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Wealth, fame, power. Gold Roger the king of the pirates obtained this and everything else the world had to offer. And his dying words drove countless souls to the seas.
"You want my treasure? You can have it! I left everything I gathered together in one place. Now you just have to find it!"

The Pirate Kings words ring in your ears as you break away from Mama after the last clash the entire cake covered town, or at least those who have not managed to evacuate the area yet gawk at Big Mom. After all that fighting and all the destruction that you've wrought finally there is tangible proof that what you're doing isn't futile. The Emperor bleeds. After all the effort you put into it you managed to deal genuine damage to her and not just something surface level. She can be hurt! She can be beaten! This thought that you already knew deep down spreads through the crowd and burrows into the minds of even her children, no matter how heretical they may think it is.

None of them has ever seen their mom struggle, let alone be hurt by someone. They thought they were invincible, their strength infallible. More than the legions of homies that your men have destroyed and more than all the bruises they received, this lone act managed to dampen their morale. Now there is room for doubt. And like a festering wound its taint spreads quickly. Now the Big Mom Pirates no longer have the certainty of victory.

And that's not all. The Silver Pirates may be tired. They may have given themselves a handicap by not using lethal attacks and they may be outnumbered. But now their fervor builds. Like sharks in the water they can smell the blood and know what it means. Murray roars to his fellows.
"SILVERS! DRAG THEM TO THE NEW AGE!"

After they let out a warcry the fighting breaks out again. The only two people who don't join them and coincidentally the only two people who do not react to this shift in the tide of battle are you and Mama. At first it seems like she hasn't even registered that she's been wounded. But she quickly disproves that by raising her palm and licking it clean without looking.
"SLURP. I hate the taste of iron!"
She grips Napoleon with both hands.
"COGNAC!"
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The sword elongates as she swings it and its blade reaches you. Holding Argent with all your might you block her. It seems like the result of the mighty clash is a tie for a second before you are flung far away by Mama. You end up going through and demolishing five different buildings before you manage to dig the tips of your wings into the ground. Looking to the side you quickly cut a house off its foundation and fling it into the air just as Mama takes to the sky to pursue you. She punches it into smithereens without any difficulty. Flying through the pieces of flying rubble in your regular bat form you shift into your awakened form right in front of her. Using your legs you force her arms apart and with Parley you shoot through Prometheus to disperse him a little. With Argent you then attempt to cut her head off but Mama bites your sword and stops it. Struggling with all your might you're unable to free the blade from her maw. Only by screaming at her at full volume do you manage to make her back off.

As the explosion of expanding sound abates you jump away and land on the ground. Looking up you see her screaming with rage and unleashing a rain of lightning on you. Using Rankyaku with the tips of your wings you counter with an onslaught of slicing winds. Though most of your attacks collide mid air and cancel each other out several of them end up raining down on the town and laying waste to it. The buildings may be reinforced but they are still made of chocolate, sweets and biscuits. As they crumble a flood of molten chocolate and boiling sugary syrup washes over the streets, melting even more houses. If there were people in them who foolishly did not evacuate up until now they'll surely meet a grizzly end.

"Pant. Pant... At this rate the whole island is a goner!"
You mutter to yourself as you reach into one of your pockets and to your utter dismay you find nothing.
"Heh. Looks like I'm out. Poop. But at least I'm not the only one."

Mama looks down at you, her eyes swirling with madness and her mouth overflowing with saliva. She pants just as heavily as you are with the sound of her horribly growling stomach accompanying it. It also might be a stretch or a result of your head trauma but she almost looks thinner than before. If that's true then she's burning through her own stamina as well. And if what you know of her condition is correct then she'll keep going like this until she gets what she wants, no matter what. Only question is how do you capitalize on that?

>Keep mounting the pressure and hope she runs out of steam before you do
>Practically the whole island is edible. Eating some of it could help. But it would give Mama an opening
>If she's so set on killing you maybe you could stay on the defensive until she wastes away. But if you mess up and she hits you it could be disastrous
>Other?
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>>5440388
>>Practically the whole island is edible. Eating some of it could help. But it would give Mama an opening

If she didn't want to give us a top off she wouldn't have made her island out of cake.
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>>5440388
>Practically the whole island is edible. Eating some of it could help. But it would give Mama an opening
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>>5440388
>Practically the whole island is edible. Eating some of it could help. But it would give Mama an opening
Time to heal
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>>5440388
Practically the whole island is edible. Eating some of it could help. But it would give Mama an opening
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Silver tries eating an island
>writing

Now please give 3d10+5 best of 4
dc 20, crit 24
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Rolled 4, 7, 8 + 5 = 24 (3d10 + 5)

>>5440469
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Rolled 2, 2, 2 + 5 = 11 (3d10 + 5)

>>5440469
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Rolled 2, 10, 10 + 5 = 27 (3d10 + 5)

>>5440469
Best to rest
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>>5440487
And that's the best rest it seems
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>Can we get much higher
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Since you ran out of Second Winds to chew on you'll need some sort of replacement if you intend to keep on using your awakening and, well, living. And if she didn't want you eating all of her island she wouldn't have made it out of candy. However eating with Mama around is not going to be an easy thing. Luckily there is a great way to go about it that just popped into your mind. By unhinging your jaw and going on all fours you can scoop up copious amounts of the molten sugary goodness flowing around the place as well as the biscuit pavement that became nice and soggy from all the syrup. The various street trash and whatever vermin that got caught and cooked in the hot chocolate is just a tasty little bonus of protein.

Mama naturally doesn't let this happen. She can't really tell what you're trying to do, she's just in a berserker rage.
"Haha no Hi!"

Swinging Napoleon down vertically she tries cutting you in half. Following her example you raise up your open mouth and bite down on her sword. The heat of the sword is of little concern as you've been gulping down gallons of molten chocolate already, not to mention Prometheus whose flames are the ones that are trying to burn you. Even as the flames explode and engulf your head in a great inferno you don't relent and grind your teeth against the blade.
"MAMA! Pull me back quick! He's trying to eat ME now!"

BIg Mom tries to pull her blade free but you cling on and end up looking like a disobedient dog who just won't let go of its toy. Zeus also gives over his lightning to Napoleon in the hopes that it's enough to repel you. Not quite so. The red glow of your eye pierces even the orange flames of Prometheus and the growl you let out makes the roaring flames inaudible. Seeing your impudence Mama starts kicking you. It hurts but you soldier on despite the pain. For you have a plan.

"Silver Style..."

"M-MAMAaaaaAAaaaaaAAAA!"
Napoleons voice oscillates as he vibrates faster and faster.
"hEEEEEeeeellLLLPPp!"

You whistle and imbue the sound into the blade and harmonize it until it resonates perfectly with Napoleon.
"SCREAMING BLADE!"

Napoleons screaming ceases as he shatters in the middle.
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>>5440520
>Napoleons screaming ceases as he shatters in the middle.

Made her bleed, shattered her sword, this is the good shit. I almost can't believe Luffy actually pussied out of this entire battle.
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Law and Kidd ain't got nothing on us
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>>5440531
nah law could probably take us in a fight because his fruit is bullshit. although we would have a better time than most because we harden our organs. well unless we use haki to nullify his fruit (which is even more bullshit)
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>>5440542
Imma be real withchu chief.
I hate that shit so I'm not doing it
It's just another case of Haki just making literally everything else irrelevant instead of complimenting the setting
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>>5440544
I totally agree that was utterly stupid.
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Meh, anti df powers makes sense, but the most dangerous thing is when you combine them
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>>5440548
They make sense. But they ought to be special.
BB's fruit was supposed to be unique and have that "OH SHIT" factor because up until that point only water and sea stone did that
But it turns out literally every nigga could do it. It's not even special. And all those people who got cucked by Sugar? They just didn't want to be free hard enough
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I mean, it can null affects regarding you and let you hit normal, but still has intial effect.

Blackbeards makes it so you have nothing
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>>5440548
Gods no, it undermines the fundamental rule of the settings fightan magic: Everyone is different and you need to work around the weird and quirky rules that surround their fruit.

>>5440544
I'm with ya all the way Spooks.
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I mean if you get rid of the resistance haki gives to laws fruit what stops him from auto-winning literally any fight now?
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>>5440549
honestly I don't like that blackbeard can do it too. his fruit is basically controlling darkness (and make a sort-not blackhole). I would have preferred that if someone had a nullification devil fruit it doesn't give them anything else. you only have touch based (maybe aoe if awakened) nullification and haki.

I wonder if their is a devil fruit that nullifies haki.
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>>5440560
His own cowardice and desire to not fight the world if he actually goes balls to the wall with his OP-ness.
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>>5440560
I mean it could literally be explained by his fruit having limits... rather than the nothing that there is now
Just say it's not a god mode fruit that can do anything for crying out loud
Rather than the haki bullshit he could've said

"No my fruit has its limits"
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>>5440564
I mean he 100% would have used it to kill doflamingo though, which means dressrosa ends during the caesar exchange, im just saying this causes alot of butterflies if law just now auto-wins everything
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>>5440560
Same thing which stopped logia from being literally unbeatable before haki was introduced.
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>>5440568
So have you considered what limits you'll give him here?
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>>5440568
I what limits though? we've already seen in-quest law can cut ppl up like in canon and if haki doesn't prevent him doing that something else has to then
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>>5440570
that was them having an elemental weakness though, like the only thing i can think of to justify it is idk something like if someone has sea prism stone on them he can't do it, but then thtat only works for ppl who specifically prepare to fight law who are also none DF users
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>>5440575
I mean even in canon Haki did nothing up until he could've one-shot the emperors.
Vergo was clad from head to toe in haki and it did nothing

>>5440571
Kinda
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>>5440580
>Kinda
The simplest is probably requiring line of sight and a short but exploitable mental delay between deciding to cut someone up and then it actually happening. Though idk enough about one piece to know if that contradicts how his fruit works as shown.
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>>5440580
Yeah and then oda realized "oh shit i need to have it so law doesn't just auto-win" and think someone with a stronger haki than law being able to avoid is the best explaination we could get, like as said only other thing i can think of is something like sea prism stone having like a field of negation for laws fruit that he can't affect with it, but then every important character now needs to have some on them and for DF users it'd need to be in a way where it never touches or affects them
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>>5440581
law pretty much creates a bubble where he becomes super OP the size is pretty good normally but he can take years off his life to make it ridiculously large, and if the solution is just "the opponent can beat law b4 he has time to do it" then they'd be able to beat him b4 he could use any of his abilities so it'd just mean now law never fights at all
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Like im not against having it that haki doesn't prevent laws fruit from affecting a person on principal but i do think we need another explaination for why law isn't just an auto-win against literally everyone in the setting first
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The tip of the sword that has Napoleons face on it falls to the ground with an expression of utter disbelief on its face. His mouth hangs open and his eyes are fixed and glazed over.
"I... I can't feel my lower half..."

"NAPOLEON!"
"NAPOLEON!"

The two homies cry out as their comrade falls. Meanwhile Mama just dumbly glares at the hilt of her broken weapon before looking at you as you start chewing on the broken shards of the sword.
"What useless junk!"

She reaches down and picks up the broken sword who's begging her for help.
"M-Mama! Please! I feel so cold."

"I don't need no darn knife that can't cut."

"W-Wait! Mama please! NOOOOO-"

And just like that Big Mom yanked out the piece of her own soul animating Napoleon. She then put her whole hand, soul and all into her own mouth and swallowed it. Her body expanded with reinvigorating energy and the wound on her palm seals before your very eyes. As you also swallow the remnants of her sword she raises both of her hands now that she no longer needs to hold Napoleon.
"ZEUS! PROMETHEUS!"

"YES MAMA!"
"YES MAMA!"

"HOW DARE YOU KILL OUR FRIEND?!"
"HOW DARE YOU KILL OUR FRIEND?!"

The two homies get enraged and they channel their destructive energies into Mamas hands. With fire in her right and lightning in her left she brings the two together and squishes them together, creating some sort of purple orb which she thrusts forward.
"MASER HO!"

A purple beam of roaring light shoots out from the orb and threatens to consume you. It'd be easy to dodge but the humongous wave is big enough to swallow entire cities and reduce them to ash. With Big Moms kids, not to mention your own crew fighting behind you dodging is out of the question.
"What a pain. Silver Style-"
You clench your fist and pull it back. As embers and sparks of electricity flow out from it Katakuris voice echoes in your mind.
"SILVER VOICE!"

You strike forth with all your might. The lightning and fire gets pushed out of your body by the haki coursing through it. Your own energy pierces Mamas and causes a disturbance in the perfect mixture of fire and electricity she squished together, causing the whole thing to fall apart. As the purple beam gets torn to shreds Mama stands on the other side and gives you a manic glare. Her fury is palpable, like the kind one feels when the cockroach they've been trying to squash for the past hour is still standing in front of them ever defiant.
"Die!"

"No."

"Then cake!"

"No."

"Fine. I'll grind your bones to dust and have that baked!"
She raises both her hands in the air and the sky grows dark again. You feel a pulse washing over not just you but the entire battlefield. All homies within the affected area, which feels like the entirety of Wholecake Island, freeze in place.
"Come to me! MUTTERSTAG!"
Every homie excluding Zeus and Prometheus die on the spot as the soul gets torn from their bodies. Objects become inanimate again and sentient animals loose their sense of self.
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>>5440590
If Law can theoretically auto-win against anyone that doesn't just blitz him with an alpha strike, then he'd be too much of a threat. He can't beat every admiral he runs across without massively increasing the heat. Have realpolitik be his limiters, maybe? IIRC he's a reasonable sensible person who wants to avoid dealing with the crazies.
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>>5440590
I mean he didn't auto-win every fight before that. He got his nose wiped by Doffy
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>>5440596
I mean no offense but i don't think the reason law doesn't auto-win against everyone being that he just chooses not to is a good idea, like its not like the entire navy can all just go out and get him at once anyway, like hte most they'd probably reasonably be able to spare is like 2 admirals, which a law with no haki weakness can easily kill unless they manage to kill him with an alpha strike, plus no way they'd have let him become a warlord, it doesn't matter if law hasn't shown signs of using his fruit to its full potential the WG would immediately give him like a 2 Billion berri bounty the minute they knew he had the Op-op fruit if it was hat busted
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>>5440603
I'm mostly playing devil's advocate with the guy pushing the auto win thing.
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>>5440597
when was this? law didn't fight doffy til dressrosa, and if you mean during the flashback don't think they ever fought, and if they did it was b4 law got the fruit, since law got the fruit like 2 hours b4 corazon died hid in the treasure chest and then doffy left, like can't think of any time doffy and law fought pre-dressrosa
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All the souls rush to the aid of their "mother" and congeal into a massive white soul mass above Linlins head. You take a step back as you realize what she's doing right now.
"So that's her awakening!"

She slams the whole thing down into the ground and the entire island begins shaking. To the casual observer it looks like the sky is falling while in reality it's you who's getting closer to them as the island stands up. A deep booming voice speaks, causing even a few of Mamas more seasoned children to collapse as their eardrums nearly burst.
"What. Is. Your. Wish. Mama?"

"Reduce him to nothing! ATLAS!"

"Yes. Mama."

The ground below your feet shifts as a pair of arms, each the size of Wholecake Chateau erupt from the ground. This is bad. If the very ground beneath your feet is your enemy now...

>"EVERYONE! GET OUT OF HERE! IT'S TOO DANGEROUS!"
>"BACK ME UP!"
>Other?
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>>5440612
>>"BACK ME UP!"
time for a teamfight.
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>>5440612
>>"BACK ME UP!"
Anyone who fancies remaining un-dead raise your hands now please
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>Take Flight
>>Everyone Flee!
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>>5440612
>>"BACK ME UP!"

Let our crew help us. Silver isn't alone.
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>>5440612
>"BACK ME UP!"
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>>5440610
Yeah I was referring to Dressrosa where Doflamingo beat Law
And yeah, you could say that he was using Haki to do it. I'm actually fine with haki repelling his dissecting attacks.

However if haki was the reason why he couldn't teleport Doffy into the water at any point then he wouldn't have acted all surprised at Onigashima like it was the biggest revelation in the world that Haki could just straight up negate his devil fruit
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>>5440629
Maybe he couldn't teleport Doffy into the water cause water nulls his fruit as well?

And why he didn't do it into the air was because of that trick Doffy had where he swung from clouds
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>>5440612
>"BACK ME UP!"
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>>5440612
>>"EVERYONE! GET OUT OF HERE! IT'S TOO DANGEROUS!"
>Other?
We've got an Island killer, and well, here's an island.

Doesn't exactly take a mathematician here.

>This big a target you can't possibly miss. Use Escaton voice.
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>>5440639
remember the last time we used an island busting attack and fucking missed.
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>>5440629
Well also with doffy they were like pretty much in the middle of the island during the fight, and don't even think laws big room managed to reach the water, so he may just not have tried it against him, and in all honesty i just don't think law fights much rteally, atleast against ppl worth a damn, like probably coasted through paradise and then spent the timeskip as a warlord probably just chilling until he contacted caesar
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>>5440612
>"EVERYONE! GET OUT OF HERE! IT'S TOO DANGEROUS!"
Lets just kill the island
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>>5440639
seconded
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>>5440640
In our defense we didn't have training then.

Shooting from the hip is different from aiming.
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>>5440650
Plus targets bigger
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>>5440639
Seconded

Cause we gotta win this ourselves, not let anyone else claim our victory.
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>>5440653
Yeah we did talk big shit to kid back when he came to propose an alliance saying how anyone hwo wants to take a yonkos place needs to be strong enough to take them out alone, or something along those lines IIRC
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>>5440656
That is fair. Very fair.

>>5440620
Replace this vote with: >>5440639
Please and thank you
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>>5440646
they did fight on a bridge before, suspended above water, next to that secondary island
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>>5440612
>>"EVERYONE! GET OUT OF HERE! IT'S TOO DANGEROUS!"
Island killer island killer island killer
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>>5440661
ah right during the prisoners exchange, hmm could be because fujitora was there maybe? afraid that fujitora would take the opening, would need to reread the prisoner exhcange and the big mom fight to truly try and craft some theories on that
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>>5440656
It makes me feel happy that someone remembered

Anyway it seems like people changed their mind and wish to solo soooo... island buster?
>writing

3d10+5 best of 4
dc 23 crit 30
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Rolled 5, 3, 5 + 5 = 18 (3d10 + 5)

>>5440672
can I continue the crit streak
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Rolled 5, 7, 1 + 5 = 18 (3d10 + 5)

>>5440672
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>>5440672
Yeah could be argued that one entire crew taking out a yonko is something silver could agree with though as him seeing the crew as one cohesive unit and his problem would be with 2 or more separate crews in alliance doing it though since after the yonkos dead the alliance falls apart and therefore the strength that would be needed to take the yonkos place aswell though
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Rolled 3, 6, 7 + 5 = 21 (3d10 + 5)

>>5440672
We're boned
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Please god
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Damn, we should just never use this move, apparently its cursed, like sheesh imagine luffy pulling out red hawk and everytime he does it he wiffs lol
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How do you roll again?
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Rolled 8, 6, 1 + 5 = 20 (3d10 + 5)

>>5440672
on no the island buster missed or didn't work who could have seen this coming.
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Rolled 10, 9, 5 + 5 = 29 (3d10 + 5)

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>>5440682
put dice+xdy
(x is the number of dice and y is how many sides the dice has)
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FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
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>>5440684
Damn and whent the world needed him most he was late
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Why couldn't fate have given this earlier
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We've been rocking her for most of the fight. one failure isn't gonna completely fuck us.

Right?
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Spook, what you want in order for this to happen?

I will do ANYTHING
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Didn't kill it, hopefully hurt it though.

>>5440684
Oof, like a knife to the groin that one.
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>>5440674
>5440674
>>5440675
>>5440678
>>5440683
Damn. How tragic

>>5440691
lol
lmao
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>>5440691
C'mon anon have some class.

Big Meme's enough of a slut, don't sink to her level.
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>>5440693
Plz Spook
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>>5440692
Doubt it, like i imagine hitting 23 would have hurt it, and with a total failure we're not even gonna scratch, either gonna completely tank it or somehow we're gonna miss completely, and i imagine we've lost now, considering even critical success ended up with a fairly equal exchange, so a failure on mamas super attack i can't imagine being anything but a fight ender
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>>5440697
One failure fucking us out of the entire fight after we've been doing so well would be kinda bullshit.

And honestly, I expect that she'll hit us before we had a chance to prepare the attack.
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Also, c'mon, this has gotta be our second Wind, no way we can look like a pussy Spook
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>>5440700
hopefully, since even if she doesn't knock us out with the attack if it somehow manages to tank our super move then we're fucked anyway, since like what could we even do at that point? but if its just that something prevents us from doing it atleast we'd have the oppurtunity to try again
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I forgot so forgive me if im misremembering here but don't we have like a purified version of the fishman island drug? or have we popped that already
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>>5440706
We out of candies
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>>5440706
already poped that's why we ate the ground..
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I will literally succ dick if we can pass
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>>5440713
not gonna happen my man, just gotta pray this ain't an insta-loss and if it is its just another L on silvers long streak post time-skip
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>>5440713
Calm down mate, bitching and moaning about dice isn't gonna do anything but create salt.

Even if we are just straight up out of the fight we've managed to rock the entire setting to the core. This is *NOT* supposed to be possible.
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"EVERYONE! GET OUT OF HERE! IT'S TOO DANGEROUS!"

"W-What?!"

"Are you sitting on your ears?! GET EVERYONE OFF THE ISLAND!"

Your crewmates are hesitant but eventually they all start booking it. While some of the Charlottes pursue them others stay behind and Nutmeg still fused to the Decuplets stop to warn them.
"HEY! MORONS! I don't care if we're enemies now but get off this island NOW! It's gonna blow!"

You crack your knuckles because this is about to get rough. Until everyone, or most of them leave the island you won't be able to do what you want to.
"I just hope they get the civilians off..."

As you try to buy time for the evacuation effort you fight against the island and Mama at the same time. You try contesting one of the giant arms by winding up your own punch and hitting it with the equivalent of an earthquake but it's not that simple. Everything from the ground itself to the last blade of grass on the damn island is now your enemy. The vegetation under your feet grows rapidly, entangling your legs and doing whatever it can to disable you. As vines constrict and hold you down the giant fist hammers you into the dirt. Though the homie Atlas is practically beating itself up it doesn't seem to care. It has its order. Killing you. If that entails destroying itself it will gladly do it. Over and over again it hammers you with great zeal. Even when you try to counter it the force of your punch may break off great chunks of its arm but it doesn't matter as there is plenty left.

This brutalization goes on for several more minutes until you hear the last person leaving the island itself. Took them long enough. Battered, bloody and very tired you use your leftover stamina to break out of the hold and fly to relative safety. Sadly this was necessary as if you did it earlier you would've wasted your stamina running away and may not have had enough for the attack itself.
"Alright Mama... Let's see if you can withstand this!"
Flexing you imbue your whole body with armament and start increasing your internal temperature.
"SILVER STYLE: ESCATON- Huh?"

Suddenly the ground beneath you opens up as the homies face shifts there and swallows you up. It shuts its mouth as you go off and the surface of Wholecake Island cracks as the explosion hits the insides of Atlas. But it's nowhere near close to breaking apart. As the homie burps loudly you manage to jump back to the surface covered in soot and with several of your bones broken as you had the weight of the whole island crushing you. You pant as you look at your very human looking hands. Feeling practically dead on the inside as your body is almost completely empty it becomes obvious that you can no longer use the awakening.
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>>5440735
Foolish rock man. The insides are the most vital part.
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>>5440747
Not when its all just animated rock and dirt.
They arn't living things, just matter with a soul shoved into it
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"Mama-Mama!"
Even in her deranged state Mama still finds your sight to be funny.

And why wouldn't she? You try to grab your weapons just to defend yourself with something but your fingers simply don't have the strength needed to carry them and they fall to the ground. Worse yet, all the wounds you've been keeping closed have reopened, spilling copious amounts of blood on the ground.

"Nyehahaha! You're spilling your guts out Rocks! Finally after all this time I managed to beat you! But because of our long history together I'll let you live... if you get on your knees and start begging!"

"Pant. Pant. COUGHCOUGHCOUGH! A-are you really letting me live if I ask nicely?"

"If you get on all fours and lick my boots and give me my cake then sure! I'll even get you a nice ball and chain just so you can never escape or disobey me! Mama-Mama!"

"I'd rather die!"

"Heh. Not like I expected you to agree or anything. But fine. Now... goodbye Rocks."
Prometheus starts to expand, revealing the true magnitude of the little fire. He grows so large you can no longer see the sky no matter where you look. Only flames are looking down at you from the heavens.

"K-Kek! Yeah. I guess this is goodbye. But I also got something to tell you Linlin..."

>I'm killing ya!
>If you join me I'm letting ya live!
>Other?
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>>5440760
>I'm killing ya!
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>>5440760
>If you join me I'm letting ya live!
might as well give it a shot.
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>>5440760
>>Other?
If you swear to stop treating family like slaves and toys to throw away, I’ll let you live
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>>5440760
>>I'm killing ya!
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>>5440760
>I'm killing ya!
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>>5440771
Now that I think about it in more depth, wouldn't someone that uses family as slaves be on top of Silver's fuck up on sight list? There really is no way things could work out with Big Mom in the long term. They're like two sides of the same coin when it comes to family.
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>>5440760
>>I'm killing ya!

>>5440788
I mean that's kind of what triggered this entire thing so, yea?
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>>5440760
>>I'm killing ya!
This is all part of the plan, you see. The plan. What was the plan? Win.
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Alright. So Silver officially vows to kill Big Mom sometime in the future
>writing

3d10+5 best of 4
dc 25 no crit
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Rolled 1, 9, 9 + 5 = 24 (3d10 + 5)

>>5440797
I believe.
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Rolled 6, 6, 7 + 5 = 24 (3d10 + 5)

>>5440799
Believe harderer
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Rolled 3, 9, 9 + 5 = 26 (3d10 + 5)

>>5440797
>>5440799
fuuuuck that 1
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Rolled 8, 2, 5 + 5 = 20 (3d10 + 5)

>>5440797
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Rolled 2, 3, 5 + 5 = 15 (3d10 + 5)

>>5440797
DICE GOD DON'T FUCK ME NOW
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>>5440802
>>5440803
>>5440804
I BELIEVED!
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>>5440803
Thank you, Anon.
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>>5440803
AND WHEN THE WORLD NEEDED HIM MOST HE APPEARED
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>>5440803
THE ONE PIECE IS REAL
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>>5440794
Also the plan was to follow the classic three arc story.
Arc one: We establish the players and motivations
Arc two, we are here, the hero of the story gets shafted which builds suspense and shit
arc three: Winning and celebratory milk
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>>5440803
that was WAY too close for comfort. Thanks for saving us buddy.
>>5440809
Luck is a fickle mistress
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I wonder if luffy and the rest managed to dip out in time, since IIRC the arc correctly it took them until nighttime to reach the sunny
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>>5440815
Should have found a better parking space then.
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So, I imagine Morgans will be calling US the 5th Emperor?

Since we fought off Big Mom, and were the center of attention the whole fight, nevermind how much our battle destroyed.

While 'Goofy' appeared for 2 seconds and ran away like a little bitch.
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>>5440852
>While 'Goofy' appeared for 2 seconds and ran away like a little bitch.
Proof that training arcs on isolated islands are a waste of fucking time. Get in a ton of dangerous fights like a real pirate.
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>>5440854
Sink or swim bitch, it's a tried and proved method.
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So Spook, have we done any permanent damage to the big mom pirates?

Since every Homie is now part of Atlast, and Napoleon is ded?

And several members went rogue mid fight?
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>>5440815
Silver felt everyone leave the island so they should be fine.
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>>5440868
I imagine her reputation is absolutely shot to shit, and all the commotion is bound to make the other emperors get ornery. I wouldn't be surprised if they start to push her now that everything is in disarray.
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>>5440852
I mean they already were to an extent.
But fighting one of them on pretty even grounds, making them pull out their secret trump card *and* wrecking their seat of power?
At this point we've basically done the announcement ourselves and not dying will be enough to destabilize everything... And make the Big Mom pirates have to chase us down, their entire reputation is now wholly dependent on us dying sooner rather then later because every two-bit idiot is gonna try them, people will stop coming to the tea parties because clearly LinLin isn't all she was hyped up to be any more.
And more importantly, and interestingly, people are going to start courting us instead.
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>>5440877
Yeah, but on the other hand

Everyone saw WHY she was feared...
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"I'm killing ya. And there is nothing you can do about it."

"Kill. Me? Mama-Mama! Bloodloss must've gotten to your brain Rocks. Look at you. You're already one leg in the grave!"

"Kek. Yeah. When has that ever stopped me?"

"Huh?"

"So Linlin. What do you want me to tell your family?"

"PROMETHEUS!"

"Weird but okay."

As she brings down her hand to guide the flames of Prometheus you jump right at Big Mom with your fist ready. You zip up to he so fast she's forced to parry you with a punch of her own. A black storm of lightning erupts on impact and you smile. Prometheus screams above as the violent winds blow his great flames away and even Zeus is struggling against the deluge of energy. Your fists are blown apart and Linlin swings with her other arm, trying to swat you away.

"Red Voice!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZh1qzjM8PI

With an unbroken smile you grab the incoming fist with both arms and toss it to the side. As Big Moms arm passes in front of you and as her elbow is right where you need it to be you strike it as hard as you can, causing that whole arm to go numb. Transforming into a regular bat just so you can stay in the air and reposition yourself you go to her leg to kick her in the ankle, then fly upward to headbutt her stomach. Mama helplessly falls onto Zeus as she starts gasping for air.

"MAMA! WHAT'S HAPPENING?!"

"Kekeke! That's right! No swords, no guns, no awakening and everything on the line! I haven't felt like this since Katakuri!"

Zeus and Prometheus angrily try to shoot you out of the air but it's futile. With nobody else to worry about, no tactics to concern yourself with and a clear goal of killing Big Mom your mind is liberated to focus solely on the fight. Just the way the Red Voice likes it. Back into bat form you go and dodge around both the fire from above and the lightning from below. As you fly all over the place you change back into human shape to deliver one or two blows wherever you can. And Big Mom feels it. Her emaciated body is nowhere near as resilient as at its peak. But more than that you feel the haki flowing freely throughout your body and into hers. Each strike has weight and each one moves her. Even as she tries to cover herself in armament where you're about to strike her sparks simply fly off on impact and her guard crumbles under your knuckles.

Once it feels like she's been sufficiently pummeled you fly up, grab her by the head and push her off of Zeus. The cloud tries to catch you after falling off but Big Moms hefty body simply goes through him as you push her harder and harder towards Atlas.
"HNNNG! BREAK YOU STUPID ISLAND! SILVER VOICE!"

Putting every last ounce of your power into pushing Mama into the dirt you smash her into Atlas. More black lightning erupts and her body starts digging into its crust. More than that you feel the walking island itself sinking back into the bedrock from which it rose.
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>>5440890
>Putting every last ounce of your power into pushing Mama into the dirt you smash her into Atlas. More black lightning erupts and her body starts digging into its crust. More than that you feel the walking island itself sinking back into the bedrock from which it rose.

Oh man this just reminds me of that scene with Blackbeard rolling dice or whatever to see if his crew should immediately kill Silver to prove a point about his luck. This is why you don't fuck around playing games with Silver.
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>>5440897
I'm sure BB is both tremendously relieved and extremely salty he never got Silver on his side. And it would have been so simple for him.
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Zeus and Prometheus hurry after you and start screeching.
"MAMA! MAMA!"

"How could this happen?! How DID this happen? He was out! He was done! How-"

"Urgh-"
You groan as you rise from the crater.
"I'd like to know myself. Sometimes this... thing happens when I get really pissed off and I just punch through someones armament like it's nothing. Happened with this giant robot. Happened with Jinbe, then again I did not know back then haki was a thing. Probably a bunch of other times too but my head doesn't work good with all this blood out of it. Anyway-"
You reach down and pull Big Moms buried head out of the dirt and start strangling her.
"Goodbye."
Mama does not wake up despite you choking her and her three homies can not act fast enough.
"Sorry Mama. I promise I won't hurt your family."

CRACK
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And that's it for today
Thank you all for participating
I'll try running in the middle of the week because next weekend might be a bit iffy but we'll see
Anyway, good night
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So she ded?
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>>5440904
something tells me the crack is us being hit and sent away from Mama instead of use breaking her neck.
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>>5440905
Good night, would Silver have died if we failed the last roll?
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>>5440904
>CRACK
Oh man oh god we killed an Emperor holy shit Morgan must be creaming his pants.
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Hopefully we can find the soul fruit and give it to nutmeg
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>>5440912
fruitfags should hang
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>>5440907
I think Silver cracked her neck
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>Headline: Silver strikes Gold
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>>5440912
I'd be shocked if a single blade of grass survived all this bullshit, let alone an entire fruit bearing plant.
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>>5440917
Next Island, or maybe we were carrying some.
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>>5440905
Holy shit, holy fuck.
Thank you for running Spooks. Hell of a session.

>>5440914
I second this motion, altho keelhauling would also be appropriate
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>>5440917
Yeah but it will reincarnate somewhere if shes ded, even if some rando mook eats it and we later hear rumors about it we can get it transfered to nutmeg later
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>>5440918
I don't think dauntless has a garden.
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>>5440916
Now that's a hell of a headline. Morgan is gonna give someone a bonus for that.
>>5440918
Honestly that's fucking bullshit and I always hate it when one piece fics make it that easy to kill a devil fruit user and harvest their fruit like that.
If it was that fucking easy the Marines would be going all out killing devil fruit pirates.
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So, idea for aftermath if we killed her

We give Katakuri 2 options

Either he can take control of the remains of the Big Mom Pirates and keep everything going without her protection.

Or he can join our Crew and give us the fleet of an Emperor. Essentially changing things up with us taking 'Mama's' place and placing all her Islands under our protection.

Like Outer Heaven and Fishman Island.

Option A is wiping our hands of the affair

Option B is being a typical Pirate and taking all we can.
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>>5440923
Also have some respect for the character. We just killed a fucking Emperor. We just did the god damn impossible here and people arn't satisfied with that and wanna go for some narrative grave robbing on top of that? No, just no. Learn to take the win people.
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Also, logically, if we take Fleet as well, then chances are we will get Germa as well

Since Judge is ded, Reiju is in love with Gru, and she is in charge of Germa now as the eldest presumably.

In other words, they will become family, just not in the way mama wanted...
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>>5440932
>Reiju is in love with Gru
it's kind of the other way around.
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>>5440953
Pretty sure she fell for him 10 minutes ago
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Pretty sure the CRACK was probably Katakuri punching us out since he foresaw us killing Big Mom.

Another thing to consider, Goofy and his merry band of disappointments. Dude just ran away from a fight after only throwing a single punch, and one of his crewmen went right for Big Mom's family photo.
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>>5440985
Real gigabrains know that "crack" was just Lyda realigning and reattaching our spinal cord after Big Meme one shot the shit out of us at the wedding and we've been in a hallucinatory coma this entire time.
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>>5440985
That would be such a cockblock if we didn't actually kill Big mom so it better not be that.
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>>5440909
>>5440985
That'd be really dumb, I hate that kind of fake out cliffhanger.
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>>5440852
We were already called 5th Emperor and now there's one less Emperor so...
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Literally everyone fled the Island, so probably not gonna happen.

Also, Katakuri will probably be happy to get rid of her considering all the shit she has caused for the family.
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>>5441017
It was Borsalino. His zoot suit wearing ass nothin personneled us.
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>>5440904
Oh....ooooooh fuuuuck, we just did it. Quick. Bloody. Brutal. The throne is gone, timeline shot to shit folks. LINLIN IS DEAD, LONG LIVE SILVER!
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>>5440963
Relatively speaking, still a stretch. But good on Gu getting his hot Robin.
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>>5441061
So with Big Mama dead what does that mean for canon events? What did we fuck up?
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>>5441108
>Luffy isn't seen as an emperor
>No alliance between big mom and Kaido
>The big mom pirates are gone
Wano is probably going compleately different to the strawhats now
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>>5441122
>>Luffy isn't seen as an emperor
>he never gets that random giant fleet out of his asshole
Big ouchy.
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...holy shit. When Silver doesn't fuck around, he doesn't fuck around.

Also, I like to imagine this was playing during the last parts of the fight, as the onlookers watched the island get fucked and two titans duke it out: https://youtu.be/VVp3meI7TDs
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>>5441157
Well to be fair he already has that. The grand fleet is formed after Dressrosa
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>>5441273
I must be getting the timeline confused again. RIP my brain.
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>>5440904
Spooks I was the anon who said if we can't win the game, change the game. Haki is bullshit, but it works on a general premise. Finding the seams is Silver's game.
His entire existence is finding seams in the game.
>Slave on a World Government Island
Where that is supposedly banned and he meets, befriends, and is mentored by a notorious former Pirate
>Is from West Blue where the Five families reign supreme
And our first arc was ridiculous, and hilarious as hell.
>Jade Empire arc
Could've lived like kings. But Silver Pirates are not built like that.
>Mary going back to Marines after joining and training in CP. Lucci seeing us as the reason for his existence and training
Very good stuff. Enies Lobby that you made was awesome. Still remember Marcy fucking up Kalifa and Nami holding her face from the aftermath.
Awesome job Spooks. Great QM. I always have a good time with your threads
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Murray, Hagetaka, Sister, Will, Nutmeg, Dexter, Pepe, Lydia, Zombie daughter, Greki and everyones fav Spikey bitch.

Thats 11 crewmates, meaning a total of 12 with us added.

Too say nothing of Sandersonia and the Decuplet siblings.

Meaning we have a better quality crew than Goofy, and more members.
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>>5440904
EAT HER WHOLE BODY SWALLOW HER WHOLE CONSUME THE HEART OF YOUR ENEMIES AND GAIN THERE POWER
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>>5441795
But that's how you get possessed by her.
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>>5441795
Actually, I'm pretty sure this would just kill us, as cannibalism is a valid form of Devil Fruit transference, but ya know we already have one, so we would just explode. I think.
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>>5440904
I don't know what happened but i highly doubt she's dead.
Either way, i would give my left nut to hear the all straw haw's reactions to silver and big mom's fight.
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>>5441908
Its the secret for how to survive with several powers
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>>5441795
Hey, a cannibal anon! I haven't seen any of you around since Sabaody? Man time does fly, how are you and the cannibal kids?

>>5441908
Yea, both possibilities are possible, that's just how cliffhangers work
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>>5442047
Wouldn't that be something, she gets her neck broken but manages to pull through. Not many can manage that. Even fewer without further complications. Too bad for her that Silver would still hear her heart beating. Truly the possibilities for this hanging cliff are endless.
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>>5441795
Is that you cannibalanon?
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>>5442297
Nah but i know devil fruit secrets
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If all goes well Wednesday might be good for a short session
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>>5442563
Is the secret that the Konami code totally works on fruits and unlocks the variant selection screen?
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>>5442713
No but if you trace the spirals with your finger just the right way you can coerce the fruit into not tasting like shit
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ungh jesse
jesse the one piece is real
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>>5442742
Pfffft yeah right. And I'll bet your dad works for the naval intelligence agency specifically the fruit cataloguing department.

>captcha: PYG22
Marines are the cops of the sea.
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https://onepiece.fandom.com/wiki/Eliza
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>>5442779
You delete that post right now
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So what would the main difference be if Silver was a Marine and Mary a Pirate?
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>>5443023
I don't have the strength to write a 2 page essay right now
But basically Garp would've had to beat the stupid out of him
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>>5443029
so Garps would've died from exhaustion?
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>>5443029
Silver, his 4th Grandson, and the only one who actually became a Marine.

Same Crewmates or different?
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>>5443046
Jaws, yes. Others? Not so much
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>>5443049
Oh that sucks, they get replaced or just a two man crew?
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>>5443051
Yea they'd get more orderly frens
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>>5443055
Nice

So question, what is gonna happen next Arc/Live?
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>>5443059
It's a secret :)
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>>5443061
War on Yonko?

Save Ham-sandwich because Sandi would be sad?
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>>5443065
Attack on Kaido. [insert extremely loud theme song here]
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>>5443065
-->revelry<--

Or possibly consolidating our massive gains, or waging war on Big Mom if she isn't dead. Or all three! I vote all three!
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>>5442742
Fun fact only who swallows first matters in who gets the power you DONT NEED TO EAT THE WHOLE THING
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>>5443181
>bitching out after one bite
Weak
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One twist. That's all it took. Mamas withered neck cracked and now her head sits at an odd angle and her blank, lifeless eyes stare into nothingness. As her limp body hits the ground Zeus and Prometheus let out a hollow shriek as their coalescent forms explode into the elements that made them up with the glue holding them together dead and gone. Fire rains on the ground and a thick cloud engulfs the entire area. Slowly but surely the moisture from the clouds chokes out the flames, leaving only smoke and steam that shrouds the place. But none of that matters now.

On your knees and panting with your fingers still wrapped around Big Moms neck you slowly get back to your senses as you realize what you happened. Pulling back you look at your hands in horrified disbelief. You did it. You actually did. It's over. And as soon as that thought crosses the threshold of your mind blood starts trickling from your nose and connects with the stream pouring from your mouth. With a spurt your wounds all open up and you fall over right next to Linlin. With the enemy gone you can no longer muster the strength to hold it all together. As the adrenaline is flushed from your systems your vision blurs as the strain of exhaustion and the wounds catches up to you. The last thing you see before things start to blur away is the broken body of Big Mom lying next to you in a pool of your own cold blood.

"Ma-ma..."
You gurgle.
"I'm... sorry."

"Silver..."
Big Moms angry, ethereal voice is the last thing you hear as you finally lose consciousness.

Captain Silver was no longer aware of his surroundings after that. He did not bear witness as the shreds of Mamas soul that were severed from their hosts on her death came to life. From the still warm corpse, from the murky air and from the charred ground still twinkling with embers shards of life fluttered out like fireflies. One by one they came together and wrapped themselves in a funeral gown of the mist blanketing what was but mere hours ago the seat of her power. The withered, gaunt, translucent hag gnashed her sharp teeth together in a fit of rage.
"Silver! You'll pay! You'll pay for everything you did to me! And when I have the power of Rocks in my hands I'll butcher everyone you hold dear! Do you hear me?! Everyone!"
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She moved in to possess the nearly dead body of Silver and once she took possession of it she'll use a fragment of her soul to restore it to prime condition. Then she'll finally be able to lay her hands on everything. One Piece will only be the beginning. But as she touched Silvers body and by extension his soul Mama quickly pulled her hand away. She felt a chill run along her spine colder than even the embrace of the grave and she heard a growl but when she turned to look at its source she saw nothing. A moment later her spirit, the last thing she managed to preserve out of her being with the awakened power of her fruit was gone. Were there any witnesses or indeed, any form of life remaining on the island and were they a safe enough distance away they could've seen shadows move within the fog that they couldn't quite describe, and hear an old woman dying a death most foul.

Only several hours later did you finally manage to wake up to the steady beeping of some machine hooked up to you. The surroundings are not familiar to you so naturally you're suspicious of things.
"Did I die?"

"Not yet."
A voice responds.
"But you did call me an angel when I pulled you out so you got close."

"Poison Pink?"

"Just Reiju please."

"Where am I?"

"The Germa Fleet. I brought you here once I heard things dying down. I found you next to Big Mom. Congratulations. Looks like you were more tenacious. But you were badly injured so I brought you here. I had our best doctors take a look at you. With Father gone they can not disobey me."

"Why?"

"Call it professional courtesy. But I must say you did not make it easy. Our surgeons kept passing out in your vicinity even though you were unconscious."

"Thanks."

"Don't mention it. I was just returning the favor. Though I'm not too happy about it my father deserved no less."

"How are you?"

"Not sure. Though I was not stripped of my emotions feelings will not get you far in this line of business. As such I don't feel too strongly about him. But he was still my father on some level. I can't say the same about my brothers, especially Sanji. Ichiji, Niji and Yonji are happy being unshackled but they'll still attempt to kill you out of principle. Only the fact that they also kept passing out prevented them so far. Sanji though, I don't think he took it well. He really was too good for this family."

"Uh-huh. One more question. Where are my men?"

"Both them and Sanjis friends managed to evade the fleets of Big Mom. Her children were too scared and disorganized to pursue them effectively. Sanji and his friends hid on one of the islands while the Firetanks split from them and escaped Big Moms territories. The Straw Hats are apparently waiting for their captain who engaged one of the Sweet Commanders. As for your friends, nobody knows where they went. They simply disappeared."
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"I know where they are-"
You yank out the wires attached to you and attempt to get out of the hospital bed but you collapse on the floor the moment you put any weight on your legs. They don't simply refuse to obey, there is simply not enough things left intact there to support you.
"Fine... I'll crawl."

You try to use your prosthetic to move because that doesn't rely on weak fleshy bits to move but Reiju picks you up and puts you back to bed before you could go far.
"Our science is one of the most advanced in the world. But our medicine is more focused on keeping someone in a fight rather than healing. It's cheaper to make new soldiers."

"Let me go!"

"You wish your enemies to see you like this? Weak and vulnerable?"

"Fine. You made your point."

"Good. Now please stay put. I'll have the chefs make something easy to eat. You must be hungry."

Reiju struts out of the hospital and leaves the doctors to tend for you. They are quite fearful at first but once they realize they can approach you without their brains shutting down they do start giving you medical aid. After examining your x-rays closer they seem to be at a loss for what to do so they simply inject you with various medicines and hope for the best. Among which were copious amounts of opiates for the pain. Which you don't mind one bit because the pain was simply unbearable. However they quickly leave you be once the automatic door opens.

"Leave us!"
Reijus brother walk in one by one with the biggest smile on their faces.
"Morning sunshine! Slept well?"

"Heh. He looks quite tuckered out! He probably has enough drugs in his system to kill an elephant!"

"We came to thank you for taking father out. His brilliance will be sorely missed but his weak ambitions and stupid plans won't. Now that there is nobody left to tell us what to do we can finally turn things around."

"Yeap! Who cares about ruling the North Blue? And who thought working as mercenaries and assassins was a good idea anyway?"

"Now that we're free we can just cut out the middle man. We can just extort people for all they have and kill them all if they refuse to pay. We can really start our own golden age now!"

"And while doing that we can just sell you to the government in return for what's rightfully ours!"

"Diplomatic immunity from the government and a license to raid everyone else with no repercussions! Might as well start calling ourselves the Sanchibukai!"

"Hehe! We might even be able to push our luck and get ourselves appointed as world nobles by handing over your head to them!"

They all have a hearty laugh at you before they stop.
"But you did save our lives from Big Mom."

"And we do have our own honor."

"So as a gesture of respect from three nobles to another we won't do any of that!"
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The heart monitor keeps making a steady beeping sound all the while they explain their plans to you. Right now there are a million more pressing matters on your mind. Like how your left buttcheek is itchy and you can't scratch it.

>"You have five seconds to get out of my sight."
>Teach them a thorough lesson why they shouldn't talk to you like that
>"Die."
>Other?
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>>5443922
>Teach them a thorough lesson why they shouldn't talk to you like that
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>>5443922
>You have five seconds to get out of my sight."
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>>5443922
>Teach them a thorough lesson why they shouldn't talk to you like that
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>>5443922
Ok so their idea of what they wanna do when the world is their oyster is "Be a pirate?" Cause that sounds literally like what a pirate does. I think Silver could appreciate that and there might be hope for these idiots yet. On the other hand they did just call us the N word.

>Teach them a thorough lesson why they shouldn't talk to you like that
>Don't touch anyone with my flag until you can kill me and you can have as much fun as you want
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>>5443934
Well to be perfectly fair, Silver technically IS a noble
He married into royalty and everything
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>>5443954
And I'm pretty sure we actual had that conversation with Reiju when we first met.

I'd also love for some colonials to actually use that argument and tell people "Well you are black so technically..." in fact if I ever do go to the US I think I shall.
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Well it looks like the Vinsmokes are about to receive the first ever spanking of their lives
>writing
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>>5443920
>Teach them a thorough lesson why they shouldn't talk to you like that
>Don't touch anyone with my flag until you can kill me and you can have as much fun as you want
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Taking a deep breath from the respirator you're hooked up to you look at the three.
"I don't feel like fighting for a while now. If you touch anyone with my flag you'll pay. You want trouble with me, come and kill me. Otherwise flock off."

"Heh. Looks like he still has plenty of guts in him eh?"
Yonji smirks.
"But that can be arranged!"

As a jest he closes his fist around the tube that's delivering fresh oxygen to your mask and he laughs at this with his two brothers. He's about to end the joke and release his grip when you start whistling Bink's Sake. Their laughter abruptly stops. All three of them look like they are experiencing extreme vertigo as they start stumbling around the place. Ichiji holds his head and complains about immense headache, Niji starts screaming how he can't hear anything but a loud ringing and Yonji straight up collapses as he starts vomiting on the floor. Their pleas for help turn to screams of agony as blood starts dripping from their ears and as you intensify your assault of their inner ears.

All of the symptoms however stop once you cease your whistling.
"You can do as I said. Or I can keep whistling. Pick."

As they slowly unravel what just transpired they look at each other with expressions of horrid understanding and quickly come to an agreement.
"L-Let's get out of here. Hospitals bum me out!"

"Y-Yeah."

"And I don't wanna be near this thing anymore!"

"SHUT UP YONJI!"
"SHUT UP YONJI!"

A bit after they leave Reiju returns to the room with a big cauldron on wheels full of warm soup.
"Are you the one who knocked out my brothers outside the room?"

"I did nothing after they left."

"Ah I see."
She rolls the cauldron over to you.
"If you don't mind I saw you fighting Big Mom. I assume those pills were some sort of drug?"

"It's food."

"So if you feed enough you could recover?"

"I could maybe stand."

"Alright."
She grabs about a dozen IV bags and dumps them all into the cauldron before getting a spoon.
"Now say Ah."

As you suspected despite eating plenty that's still only enough so you don't die if you're taken off life support. After removing all the wires you transform into a bat and ask Reiju if you could catch a ride on her head. Thankfully she had no reservations about helping you get back to your friends and so the two of you leave the Germas mobile kingdom using her raid suit.
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"Are you sure this is the right spot?"
Reiju asks you as you hover over an empty patch of the sea.

"Yeah. Watch."
You let out a sharp whistle and the previously calm sea begins foaming. A few seconds later the Dauntless erupts from below and its coating bursts open.
"Jaws rounded up all the territory slugs here and gave them a break. The plan was that we'll hide here until things calm down so we can leave underwater."

"That's pretty smart of you."

"It wasn't my plan. Now go down please."

Reiju lands on the deck of the Dauntless and the others quickly surround her. Gu is especially thrilled about her presence.
"MISS REIJU! Thank the heavens you made it out! Are you alright? Were you injured? The doctor could-"

"I'm fine. Thank you! But your captain may need your help."

"SILVER!"
"SILVER!"

"Hey everyone."

Nutmeg quickly rushes over and snatches you from Reijus head.
"Oh my poor little Silver! W-What happened to you?"

"More importantly, what happened to Big Mom?"

"Well Jaws what happened to her is that she's dead. Now can we please move on? I'm-"

"SILVER!"
Marcella shouts.
"Do you know what you're SAYING? Did you ACTUALLY kill one of the Four FUCKING Emperors of the FUCKING SEA?! T-That's insane! Impossible!"

"Yes. I did. And Hook I know exactly how hard that is. Which is why I want nothing to do with any of this anymore! I just want to lie down, rest and not think about this. Preferably ever again. Mama is gone. End of story. It's over. Now leave me be. I'm tired."

"Silver listen-"
Now Murray steps up.
"I know this is hard but now's really not the time for that. You did not just shake the table a little. You kicked out one of its legs! The whole empire Mama built will come crashing down! And who knows what else it will drag down with it?"

>Fine. Let's confront the Charlotte kids
>I couldn't care less about that. Let them figure things out for themselves. I wanna go home
>Other?
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>>5443986
>>Fine. Let's confront the Charlotte kids
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>>5443986
>>Fine. Let's confront the Charlotte kids
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>>5443986
>>Fine. Let's confront the Charlotte kids
They are family and we did promise mama we wouldn't hurt them, that probably includes not letting them be killed, maimed or imprisoned because of this whole thing.

That and let's be honest any scene is going to be fucking fire!
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>>5443986
>Fine. Let's confront the Charlotte kids
Can't leave such things unfinished.
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>>5443986
>Fine. Let's confront the Charlotte kids

we need to find katakuri, since he's probably the most popular choice for captain of the BM pirates now
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>>5443986
>Fine. Let's confront the Charlotte kids
Don't want to let big bro down.
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>>5443992
I thought we were the best choice for captain of the BM pirates?
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Our best bet rn probably is having katakuri round up all the remnants of BMs crew, taking over everything and then putting them and their territories under us, since when the other yonko hear BMs dead they're probably going to go after their territories, or atleast blackbeard will
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>>5443992
Imo, Katakuri would be the steward of the Toto land islands while Silver and the Silver Pirates become the new overlord of Big Mom's territories and tributaries.

>>5443996
Yeah something like that.
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>>5443996
we probably need to move mom's rio poneglyph. we cant count on anyone else to defend it from the people who truly need it.
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>>5443986
>Fine. Let's confront the Charlotte kids
They are family, after all.
>>5443995
Yes anon, I'm sure that after killing Big Mama, Perospero and others like him would be dying to follow us. Katakuri is the way to go.
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>>5444001
>The people who have been ruled exclusively by fear their entire lives are going to oppose the one cunt they've ever met who might actually be scarier then their mother
Are you absolutely certain?
cause while it might not be appreciated I think they could accept it. Especially since we're ever so slightly less evil then Big Mom and actually cares about our adopted family, enough to ensure nobody else died.
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>>5444004
Yeah but the thing is pretty much the entire family has nothing but respect and admiration for katakuri, if he tells them to get in line they will
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>>5444004
Just saying emotions might be running wild at the moment and we have a perfectly friendly and strong ally with the support of most of his siblings in Katakuri who could ease their worries. No need to go all LONG LIVE THE KING about this.
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>>5444007
You are of course right, but it would absolutely humiliate him. Quite a few of the siblings would inevitably see him as the man who sold out the family to their mothers murderer. Any resentment for us would be transferred to him.
It would be much kinder to simply say that we're the big cheese, and let him step in.
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>>5444012
I mean anyone who'd think like that will see him like that if he does anything but immediately try and kill us, so like unless we want to put on a show off katakuri trying to kill us and us "sparing" him and putting him under us don't think it'd be any different
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Alright. Time to confront the kids whose mom you just murdered!
I'm not sure there is a way to write it so it makes even a lick of sense
>writing
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>>5444017
>Sells out the family
>Preserves a measure of independence and dignity

It's almost semantics but, but, I think there is an important distinction there.
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"HNNNNNG! Fine. You're lucky that I'm this tired or I'd be on fire now."

"Silver..."

"Yes Nutmeg?"

"IF YOU BURN MY CLOTHES I'LL SKIN YOU ALIVE!"
Nutmeg shrieks as she gives you a noogie.

"OWOWOWOW! WATCH THE HEA-"

Thankfully Nutmeg stops bullying you once blood squirts out of your dome like champagne after you shake the bottle. Stitches quickly patches you up as much as she can but you specifically tell her not to use too many bandages so that it wouldn't be visible that you're gravely injured. After that you have everyone get ready and Murray steers the Dauntless towards Wholecake Island where the Charlotte family have gathered. You'd think that they'd be splitting up and searching for you wherever they can. But you guess they must've found her. Or rather they realized the moment all the homies in Totland were rendered lifeless.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NFQ9iJFg70

You count the voices of 82 of Big Moms children. That's the ten Decuplets on your side minus three, one of which is Beges wife Chiffon, the other is her twin Lola and the last is Pudding. All the others are right there, huddled together in the center of the island. Right around the area where you left her. You can clearly make out their sorrow from the sound of their voices. Especially those of the youngest children whom the older ones are trying to console to the best of their abilities, despite their own sadness. Whether they feared or loathed her, Linlin was still their mother in the end.

But their mourning is simply not allowed to proceed as they slowly, one by one become aware of your presence which sullies the site of their grief. Sorrow is replaced by unrelenting hatred as the footsteps of your crew moving in unison becomes audible. Those who were holding the little ones up until now quickly move them behind the crowd to safety while the most senior and most powerful members all take point. It becomes clear that the one and only reason they haven't yet opened fire on you is because Katakuri has the presence of mind to hold them back. They listen to him, for now. But who knows how long until the tension makes their emotions snap.

"Cavalier!"
Katakuri shouts. The coldness in his voice is not something you expected but it makes sense. Now more than ever he must be that ideal big brother their siblings see in him, their very last bastion of hope in this world.
"You must have a death wish coming back here!"

"BROTHER! LOOK!"
One of the other children start shouting.
"It's them! Nutmeg and those other bastards! MAMA DIED BECAUSE OF THEM!"
You can see Katakuris frustration as he glances back. The last thing he needs right now is people getting emotional and riling up others.
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So we taking them as subordinate crews? Most of them probably hated their mom deep down anyway since she was a pretty crap parent.

So Spook, how did fights do after we hit snooze?
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Better to take control of the situation and fast. As you take a step forth loud cracking can be heard. You're pretty sure those were your bones. It takes genuine effort just to keep standing and the pain is unbearable. But you must keep it together just a bit longer.

"No. It's because of me."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDewfr_Y_5g

"Look around. The town. The island. The homies. Mama. It was me. All they did was keep you off my back. I am Cavalier Silver. I killed Big Mom."
Your brazenness manages to attract everyones attention for better or worse.

"Then... That's what we'll carve on your headstone CAVALIER!"
Perospero creates a bow made of candy and tries to get the others to act.

"Go ahead. If you think you could've taken out Mama at any point. But make sure you tell your family everything you want to tell them before you begin."

"Y-YOU-"

"Enough Brother Peros! Let me handle this."

"R-Right brother. But make sure you make him experience the full wrath of the Charlotte Family!"

"Hmph. So Cavalier. Before we do this. Why come back? Have you had enough of living? Or did your conscience not let you leave after killing Mama? Is that it? Do you seek to atone for your crimes? Or have you come to mock us in our time of grief? HUH? ANSWER ME!"

You take a deep breath.
"I killed an emperor. We all know what that means-"

>-you can work under me or you can be my enemy. Your choice
>-but you're free now. I'm leaving you alone. If you want Mamas territory, keep it
>Other?
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>>5444068
>-you can work under me, you can leave me be or you can be my enemy. Your choice
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>>5444068
>>Other?
You can work under me or be free. The choice is yours. You’re free now and I’m not taking your choices away from you all.
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>I made a promise to her before I broke her neck, that I would not harm you. So I'm going to give you an offer you can't refuse.
>>Kaido, Marines, Pirates and those other 2 unimportant emperors will want to take a slice of your Candy pie. Meaning more and more attacks over time till you either prove yourself or nothing left.
>>>So my offer is, work under me, keep your 'peace' and I will stay out of your hair for the most bit, or I leave and never come back.
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>>5444068
>-you can work under me or you can be my enemy. Your choice
>A real family.
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>>5444068
>-you can work under me or you can be my enemy. Your choice

If we left them on their own they'd 100% start dropping, other ppl are gonna start coming in trying to start shit without BM here to act as a deterrant and katakuri can't be everywhere at once, so 100% some of the sibling would die trying to fend invaders off
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>>5444068
>>-you can work under me or you can be my enemy. Your choice
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>>5444068
>>5444072
Wait shit I like the thrust of this one.

>>5444071
Ignore my original vote
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We ask Katakuri and them if he genuinely misses her?
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>>5444072
I liked everything up to "Never come back" because if you remember this whole thing started because Big Mom didn't treat her family in a way Silver approved of, and that included making a fake marriage.

>You're my family and everyone gonna be coming for you. Which sounds like fun but I don't want my family to start dying everywhere
>-you can work under me or you can be my enemy. Your choice
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>>5444072
>support expect drop the never come back part.
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Kay, hmm, so think we will be rolling or narrative?

Cause Katakuri was somewhat in on our plans and I feel he would know this is best for his family, regardless of feelings.
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>>5444086
Katakuri isn't an idiot, he probably already knows we came back with a reason, otherwise he would have already opened fire. That being said it's a bitch to be confronted with such a big decision after basically just finding your mother's corpse so I really don't know how they'll react to any of this.
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>>5444068
>>-but you're free now. I'm leaving you alone. If you want Mamas territory, keep it
"I saw the family Big Mom created. How she made all of you to be her pets. you were given power, and safety, and all you had to do was let someone else choose who you were, forever. And I hated that." m4dpj
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>>5444072
This seems to have garnered enough attention
>writing
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Hmm, so will we roll or just narrative, cause I hope this works, else I will feel I failed.
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"-I am the Emperor now. So listen. I made a promise to Mama before I broke her neck, that I would not harm you. Here's my offer. Kaido, Black Beard, Red Hair, The Marines, Pirates. When they hear what happened here they'll want a piece of your candy pie. And you can no longer hide behind Mamas back. Everyone will know you're not unbeatable. More and more of them will come every day until you either prove yourselves or you fail and will loose everything."
You spread your arms.
"Here's my offer. Why gamble? Swear yourselves to me and you'll keep your peace! You'll live under my protection and it will be like nothing happened. What do you say?"

"SCREW YOU!"
Perospero screams.
"Y-You think you can just take everything away from us and offer it back to us in exchange for slavery?! AND ACT LIKE YOU'RE DOING US A FAVOR?!"

"It's not slavery. It's an alliance. You'll work under me but for yourself."
Taking a step forward you open up your shirt and expose your chest.
"If that bothers you that much then take your shot. But you better hope it kills. And that the next thousand does so. And the next! And the next! Until you've proven yourself to be an Emperor! Come on! DO IT!"

Perospero looks like he's about to shoot you. But perhaps he is smart and deep down realized that you're right or his faith in his families strength is simply so shaken he can't bring himself to do it. Seeing this Katakuri gently pushes him back and takes center stage.
"Why do you care? You want soldiers is that it?"

"No. I do my own work. But whether you or I like it or not you are my family. I simply don't want my family to start dying everywhere. That's the only reason why I did all that. Tell me. Did Mama care? Did you? You spit in the face of your dads and stab each other in the back when convenient! Mama invited people with open arms only to lure them into a trap! It disgusted me. But now if you so choose you may learn what a real family is like. One where you don't have to watch your own back or hate each other."
You extend a hand.
"So? What do you choose?"

Katakuri sighs.
"Are you saying you'll guarantee our safety if we accept?"

You nod.
"Yes. But no more homies. And no more slaves. Those other people who live here also get their freedom. Like you."

"Then... I don't think we have much of a choice."
Katakuri walks up and shakes your hand.
"I accept."

"BROTHER!"
"BROTHER!"
Several of the children shout.

"Listen brothers and sisters. I can't force any of you to follow me. But the way I see it this is the better of the two options."
He looks back at you and you exchange a nod.
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Alright. That's it for today.
We'll elaborate on that a bit more next time. However it's time for me to clock out.
Next time I'll probably write on Friday. However I can't make any guarantees and if that doesn't work out I may have to cancel this weekend.
Sorry about that

Anyway have a good night
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>>5444132
Man, I really want to see the fallout of this.
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So Silver truly has struck Gold

Now what about Germa, think they will join?
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>>5444132
Night Spooks. I knew this was gonna be good, I didn't expect it to be this good!
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>>5444136
nah they basicly said now that they'll do what ever they want.
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My Preditions for the future, through Morgans report.

*Test*
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>AN EMPEROR FALLS! SILVER STRIKES GOLD

At the annual gathering at Totto Land for Big Mom's Tea Party, an unexpected turn took place for the Pirate Crew, as what was meant to be a Union between the Big Mom Pirates and Germa 66 fell out of order.

Several betrayals took place on a day of what was intended to be an alliance, be it the Food themed Empire having planned too kill the Kingdom of Science, 'Capone' Bege planning an assasination and rescue of the Royal soldiers alongside the Strawhat Pirates, and most shocking of all.

The Silver Pirates full on fighting their former allies.

The exact details of why are unknown, and in the long term, unimportant, what truly mattered was the outcome of that day. Aside from the petty details of all 3 of the former groups escaping unharmed.(Aside from one Vinsmoke Judge, may he rest in piece with the new hole in his forehead given generously by Cavalier) the outcome of the match between the Silver Pirates and the Big Mom Pirates had changed everything.

By Cavalier Silvers hands, the man who struck down Mariejois, burned Ennies Lobby to the Ground, and creator of Chaos itself battled the Empress of Souls to the Death.

Over a fierce battled that lay waste to all of Wholecake Island, of which sent everyone on it packing and killed over half its population, of which merely lasted 3 hours as the entirety of the Island broke down to bedrock, one absolute truth rang out as Cavalier lay standing.

Big Mom, much like Whitebeard unfortunately was not 2 years ago, was slain.

Cavalier reigning supreme as he proved his Title as the 5th Emperor. Though one should say new 4th, as he has taken the place of our dearly departed Charlotte Linlin.

And if that was not enough for the Ambitious youth, he struck gold with his next part. Speaking too the second in command turned Captain of the newly dubbed 'Sweet Pirates' Charlotte Katakuri, the Emperors Fleet agreed to sail under his flag in return for his protection with their dearly departed mother no more.

The newly managed Germa 66 wanting a piece of that sweet pie as well it seems, as not half a day later, 'Poison Pink' Vinsmoke Reiju became one of his new subordinates, not unlike the original plans for Big Mom had regarding the Kingdom.

(Though details are unknown, one could see a certain brand of lipstick belonging to the Queen firlmly engrossed all over Silvers dear Cook Gu's face after agreements were settled...)

Getting a word from the newly Crowned Emperor, he had this too say to all our lovely readers.

"Feel free to come after my crown if you wish, if you win, you can have all I own. If you lose, I'll make sure your skeleton hangs somewhere nice in front of everyone. Just make sure your actually strong enough to beat me by youself if you think banding together will make a difference, weenie's"

With that concluded, 'Silver Scream' Cavalier will certainly bring an interesting era upon us, may we all do our best to stay off his bad side.
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>meanwhile, crocodile finds a news paper, and his day is ruined. "Oi, Linlin! Is this some kind of bad joke. I met that kid in his floating shanty town, and he didnt have enough brains to tie his shoes! How the hell does a brat like that break an emperor?"
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>>5443918
>A moment later her spirit, the last thing she managed to preserve out of her being with the awakened power of her fruit was gone. Were there any witnesses or indeed, any form of life remaining on the island and were they a safe enough distance away they could've seen shadows move within the fog that they couldn't quite describe, and hear an old woman dying a death most foul.

The fuck was this about? Should we be concerned some spooky bullshit is protecting/hanging around Silver?
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>>5444273
Wasn't Brooks at the wedding our best Skely boy?
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>>5444279
I didn't realize Luffy was invested enough to keep an eye on the fight after nabbing Sanji. He certainly left the battle quickly enough.
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So no 5th Emperor Luffy, Nami doesn't get Zeus, and Sanji gets to see his shithead dad killed.

Also, probs no awakend Observation for Luffy
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>>5444300
It sounds like he still fought Kata.
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>>5444311
Yeah, but with everyone else, and the fight likely broke off while everyone was evacuating
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>>5444136
>>5444144
It all depends on how much pull Poison Pink has in their outfit and given that the brothers seem to be weaker than her, I'd say we've got good odds of bagging Germa 66 as well.
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>>5444362
Also, they talked about WG protection for bringing in our head, a Yonko's protection does the same thing. And not like we ask for much from them
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>>5444136
>>5444362
I'm pretty certain the brothers react fairly well to Silver's notion of "Capacity for violence as a leadership criteria", Pink might be a little more difficult but we seem to be getting along pretty well and the Big Moms arn't the only ones who've had their reputation thrown into the gutter and left leaderless.
Sanji tho. Sanji. Do we really want to have one of Goofy's goofs as an honourary Silver?
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>>5444631
Hmm, well 3/4 of the Royal family don't consider him family, and we could have Gu marry Reiju to seal it instead of using Sanji.

Also, we can get the Tech and just give them 3 simple rules to follow.

1. Don't enslave people

2. Don't Attack out allies or territory, which goes without saying. And probably other Yonko but who cares.

3. Do us a favour or so every year, prove they helping out.

And Goofy can kiss our ass, we win, he barely won.

So think we should do some more training now? Finish getting swole with Katakuri?
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>>5444669
See that first one is going to be difficult to define.
Because Germa is built on slavery, just not of 'people', "tools" as Silver has called more then one agent of the government. It's why we killed Judge, he sockpuppeted his own children. I somehow doubt we are just going to forget they keep potentially tens of thousands of "people" like that as an army. It's a curious issue, and one which could become rather interesting.

Also training? We just killed. ->Killed<- Big Mom. And you want to take weeks or months off?
My man, my brother in Christ, we declared war on Peclo and Du felt. We just declared our intention to maintain Big Moms territory. There's not gonna be time to do anything like that, so put on your best santa outfit and make tuu-tuu noises because we are going to be fire brigade'ing the hell out of everywhere for the foreseeable future.
And then maybe show up to side with Kaido cause that'd be funny as all hell. I wonder how he took the news that we managed to do Linlin in.
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A slight change might be needed in the schedule.
That Friday I said might turn out to be a Saturday instead
We'll see tomorrow
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>>5444938
The ghost of Linlin strikes again
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>>5444956
That bitch
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>>5444708
>maybe show up to side with Kaido

Not a chance in hell Silver sides with Kaido. Kaido wanted to make Wano's people his slaves and turn it into a weapons factory. Not to mention his treatment of Yamato.
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>>5445288
Yeah, plus he probably wants to pound Silver, and vice versa
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>>5445441
>>5445288
Exactly! *Silver* would want to.
Not goofy plus his crew and whatever other hangerson be brings to take down Kaido, that's cheating! And if Goofy cheats it's only fair that Kaido also gets to cheat.
By cheating I mean us.
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This quest deserves a tv tropes page
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>>5445742
>tying this quest to that cancer
ick
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>>5445742
why are you like this?
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>>5445742
Fuck off
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>>5443981
Tell me metal men, can you feel fear?
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>>5444201
Crocodile don't respect retard strength, you'd think he'd learn by now, nobody fuck wit tard strength.
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There was no small amount of outrage on the part of the Charlottes when Katakuri shook your hand. Most of them were simply stunned but a small and very vocal minority, especially among the most senior members of the family made their grievances known. Among them are Perospero and Compote, the eldest son and daughter, but even Katakuris own twins are quite displeased as well. They are backed up by Cracker, the Sweet Commander Luffy beat up and easily the strongest person in opposition to the deal. It needs to be said however that they are not at all unified as each of them is trying to assert themselves as the main representative based on different factors like seniority or strength. It may not be a stretch to say that you being an enemy is not even their main concern but the fact that they won't be able to take Mamas position is, something they were all probably looking forward to for quite some time.

But there are also a few of them who, not quite as loudly, stand by Katakuris decision citing that Katakuri always knows what's best course of action to take at any situation and that it was agreed many times over the years that he would be the one to succeed Mama should anything happen to her. Brulé stands by him no matter what happens but surprisingly Smoothie, another Sweet Commander and Mont-d'Or the chief strategist among them are also backing him up.

The rest of them don't as much form or join a group but rather they just start arguing among each other until Katakuri has had enough. He pulls out his trusty trident and slams its shaft into he ground.
"QUIET!"
A wave of conquerors haki washes over them and they fall silent.
"If you don't like my decision then you're free to go. Nobody is forcing you to comply. But know that I made my decision because I see it as the best way to keep us safe. And if you disagree I suggest you take a good look at the Whitebeards and what happened to them when their father was gone."
As silence falls on the area he turns his attention back to you.
"If it's alright with you then I'd like to discuss the terms of our alliance."

"Okay."

He then constructs a small temple of mochi with his devil fruit power so you can get some privacy. After you both enter and the gate closes behind you Katakuri creates two mochi bag chairs for you to sit on and he unceremoniously falls into one of them.
"Sigh. What a pain..."

You hop into your own right next to him and give him a good long look.
"You okay?"

"Well a part of me makes me want to scoop your eye out with a spoon. But other than that and being tired I'm okay."
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"No I meant those."
You point at the bandages around his chest.

"Oh, that. Hmmm. Straw Hat Luffy packs a punch. Can take one like a champ too. He even managed to copy my future sight. You better watch out for him."
Katakuri removes his scarf and pinches bits of mochi out of his chair before eating it.

"He actually beat you?"

"More like he earned my respect. Like a certain other impudent little brat. Hmph. Maybe I'm just growing soft in my old age."
Katakuri chews on some more mochi as he's contemplating things.
"I still can't believe you actually did it. She's really gone. My mother, she's-"

"Sorry."

He shakes his head.
"Don't be. She was my mother. And now I have this hollow feeling in my chest. But... she had to go. A couple days ago she had another one of her hunger pangs. My brother Mozart tried to appeal to her through words. She ripped out most of his lifespan. We tried to scoop up as much of his soul as we could and put it back in. But I've seen bricks with faces where he fell. He probably lost years of his lifespan. She did that to her own son! She was a threat to everyone. I just hope that wherever she is now at least she won't have to feel that dreadful hunger anymore."
He looks down at the pristine white floor, lost in thought.
"But anyway, congratulations little brother."
He puts out his fist and you gently tap it.
"So. What now?"

"What do you mean?"

"I was only half kidding when I said we'd discuss our terms in here. You are, or will be an Emperor. And I just swore that I'd be your subordinate. We've been in this business long enough to know there is no such thing as charity. So long as you keep your word we'll hold up our end of the bargain. Only question is what do you want?"

>The same thing I expect from all my islands. Do what you want. You're free.
>All I want is that when I call you answer with a fleet. Sounds reasonable?
>You pay me. Simple, easy, reminds everyone who's in charge.
>Other?
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>>5446207
>As an emperor? The same thing I expect from all my islands. Do what you want. You're free.
>But as brothers, i hope you'd come to my aid if i called for you. Of course, i'll do the same. We're still family, after all.
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>>5446209
>Support
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>>5446209
This, also keep the rules we gave

Should we add 'don't lose to any other weenies'? Sinfe BB will smell weakness
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>>5446207
>>5446209
I support this.
>>5446215
What were the rules again?
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>>5446209
>Support
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>>5446216
No slavery, no attacking our other Islands, the obvious stuff
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>>5446220
I don't think we have a "no attacking other islands" rule, unless you're talking like other islands under us
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>>5446223
Yes
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>>5446209
This also has my support.
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>>5446224
Pretty sure thats what 'our islands' means
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>>5446231
Yeah when i read it missed the "our" so thought he said "no attacking other islands"
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>>5446233
Though knowing Katakuri, he will probably avoid attacking Islands for the sake of it.
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>>5446209
Second.
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>>5446235
Well they may have to actually start plundering other islands for resources, atleast in the short term, since i imagine pretty much all of totto land probably ran on homie labour, so until things can be sorted and actual ppl can start running industries, the big mom pirates will probably need to start classic plundering to feed all of totto land, or cut some islands off to mitigate some demand, though tbf with big mom not around anymore alot of the citizens of totto land will probably be dipping anyway, reaslly katakuris got alot of work ahead of him in just the logistics department
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Alright
>>5446209
This one won by a landslide

>writing
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>>5446239
Man if only we had declared war on some kind of gargantuan smuggling organization which not only have all kinds of supplies but could redirect them towards Totto land.
Also where would these people go? The main reason for wanting to leave (Big Mom) is gone and the main reason for staying (safety and a general lack of taxation) remains.
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>>5446251
Presumably wherever they originally came from, its not hard to imagine that alot of citizens of totto land probably came hearing it was some kind of paradise and once they moved in getting told "you are no longer allowed to leave" or hell i wouldn't be surprised if a handful of citizens were ppl who accidently ended up in totto land and then were forced to stay, like alot of citizens of totto land probably have families out there, like totto land in the grand scheme of things is still a fairly new country, so kids who are actually born in it are probably only around like 20-25ish at oldest, hasn't really had time to cement itself as a thing yet
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Hmm, I wonder, have the Charlotte family every considered selling their produce?

Like sell Mochi, Cream, Biscuits and all the stuff they can produce with their powers instead of just feeding Big Moms gullet?
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>>5446259
Well they couldn't before
Everything went into feeding her or building her empire out of foodstuff
There simply was NO surlplus to sell
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>>5446261
Well, now they have an easy method of profit they can abuse too get rich.
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>>5446259
I think the biggest thing that is clear, is that katakuris got a big task on his hand pretty much rebuilding totto land from the ground up in nearly all aspects, from ideology to security to trade pretty much everything needs to either be rebuilt from the ground up or otherwise atleast adjusted, hopefully some of the kids might have actually been planning for something like this though, incase mama ever died and totto land needed to adapt to be able to survive without her
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"As an Emperor? The same thing I expect from all my islands. Do what you want. You're free. But if you do slavery or attack my other islands things will get difficult."

"Thankfully homies are not a thing anymore. So that shouldn't be a problem."

"But as a brother I hope I can count on you. Because you can count on me."

Katakuri smiles at you.
"That's probably the fairest thing I've heard coming from my family. Yeah. When the time comes I'll have your back. Count on it!"

"Kekeke! In that case I might send some people from Outer Heaven to help tidy the place up after I wrecked it!"

"Just who do you think we are? Each and every one of us past the age of eighteen are master artisans. Crafting things out of candy is what we do! And without homies to speed things up I think the cultivation of Wholecake Island will be a good family project to bond over with. But once we're done with that you can bet that the Big Mo- no, the Sweet Tooth Pirates will make a big comeback!"

"Kekeke!"

With things settled so nicely you clean yourselves up and leave Katakuris little mochi temple.
"Listen all of you! After discussing things with... Captain Silver we agreed that as long as we follow his rules he'll respect our sovereignty. That means no slavery and no attacking of fellow "affiliated islands". Is that about correct Silver?"

"Yeap! Also, I want an exact number of how many islands you guys have and Spider will make a flag for each of them. My jolly roger will fly next to yours."

"I'll compile a list for you."
Katakuri then looks at his siblings.
"I know this is all so sudden and I'm sorry. But this is all necessary. Mama is gone and we must never forget that. So after we all... digest what happened we shall focus on giving Mama a proper funeral fit for an Emperor. Then we may look into the future, ours and Tot Lands. I can't promise it'll be easy. And I won't force your hands. But I promise I'll protect all of you. And together we may finally build something great. So what do you say?"

After a slightly confused and almost half-hearted cheer you left the Charlottes behind. Even as you left you felt their jeer but none of them had the mental fortitude to hit you in the back. How could they stand up to an Emperor?
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So, where is Morgans in all of this?
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did all the homie souls return to their original possessors like with moria and the shadows, or are those residents just permantly dead sooner
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Ya know i wonder if pedros gonna join the straw hats here, since in canon he never expected to survive WCI but b4 he lost almost all his lifespan his original pirates crews goal was to find all the red poneglyphs IIRC, so he genuinely might join luffy or atleast reform the nox pirates and spend whatever little life he has left trying to fulfill his old dream
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>>5446289
Wonder if he got his lifespan back
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>>5446285
I'd probably say they return to their owners since if they didn't those soul masses would just roll around aimlessly until they dissipated
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>>5446290
up to spook really, canon never gave any indication either way what happened to the lifespan if the homie was destroyed, personally i'd probably say not though, btw what the hell are we gonna do about bege? like he did betray and try to assassinate and even though we ACTUALLY assassinated big mom i could see silver viewing beges attempted as unjustified since he only really wanted to do it for the lols and therefore is now on the kill list, but bege is also the husband of chiffon, so he's technically family, like only thing i can see silver doing if he runs into him again is beating the shit out of him and then threatening him to never even think about sailing into any of his turf
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"You sure you guys don't wanna join us? The way you merge with Silvers wifey sure is something! We could use someone like you!"
Marcella tries to coerce the rest of the Decuplets into joining you at the shore.

"Naw! After hearing Big Bro Katakuris speech we decided to stick with them! Someone has to keep our crusty elder siblings in check after all! But thanks for the offer. If we get too many stabby looks we might follow up on it. But for now we'll try to help them rebuild. That sounds like fun."
Newichi chuckles.

"But we'll definitely visit sometime! And we can have all sorts of fun!"
Fuyumeg gives you a wink.

"THAT WAS A ONE TIME THING YOU SKANKS AND I'LL KILL YOU IF YOU TOUCH HIM!"

"Nutmeg's hogging all the fun! No fair!"

"Kekeke! Well you guys know where to find my place. And now Mama can no longer tell you that you can't go anywhere. Anyway, Tiny!"

"Yes cap'n?"

"You got the stone?"

"Got the blood thing right here!"

"Good. Then we can take it home with us. Jaws! Set sails to Outer Heaven. I wanna rest."

"Aye aye!"

Once everyone is on board the Dauntless leaves the rocky shores of Wholecake Island and slowly but surely heads out of Tot Land as a whole. Once the coast is clear and it looks like the crew got everything under control you withdraw to your cabin and sink into the warm, soft embrace of your bed. With every last one of your nerves screaming at you that there is PAIN to be felt you want nothing more than to sleep for like a year. But there is one more task to do before that. Taking out a den-den mushi you make a call. It takes a while for the recipient to pick up and when they do you are greeted to panting that's somehow heavier than yours.

"Ooooh. Aaaah. J-Just give me a moment. AAAAAAAAAAAAH! Oof. S-Silver? Is that you? Or did I pass out and now I'm dreaming?"

"It's me Morgans. How are you? You sound like you're in pain."

"Pain? Nonononono. No my boy. I haven't felt this ALIVE since the day the Pirate King died! If I just think about it I- I- AAAAAAAH! Oh god! This. Is. The. BIGGEST NEWS! I can already see the headlines! END OF AN ERA! A NEW EMPEROR IS BORN! Silver I'm sending our old friend Arthur over to get some fresh new pictures of you and your crew! Because I'm smelling new bounties! And rest assured I won't let those government pigdogs ruin the biggest scoop of the century!"

"Uh-huh. Listen I need to ask a favor from you."

"Anything! Name it! If... I can get an interview from you guys!"

"Sure. Listen you're in contact with the other Emperors right?"

"Yes?"

>Can you connect me to all of them? I got an announcement to make
>Tell Du Felt and Peclo their days are numbered
>I want to place some bounties of my own
>Other?
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Bounties of our own? Like whom?
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>>5446301
>>Can you connect me to all of them? I got an announcement to make

This needs a personal touch.
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>>5446301
>Can you connect me to all of them? I got an announcement to make
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>Can you connect me too all of them? I've got an annoncement to make.
>>Also, tell Du Felt, Stussie and Peclo their days are numbered.
>>> I also wanna place some bounties of my own
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Do we have the money to be placing bounties on ppl? like i might just be being retarded here and blanking on somethings but besides shit steal occasionly we don't exactly have a steady income, like we don't tax any of our territories that i remember we pretty much just shove a flag in places and say "yup its ours now" though i suppose it depends on how many ppl we'd be putting bounties on and what we're paying out for them, like i know we have some money but imagine its like a billion berries altogether at most
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>>5446308
I mean, we have looted before, plus Outer Heaven cost shitloads to make, so it likely has a profit too it.

I personally think we can either take a loan or have shitloads to go off, and its probs like Buggy and his Cross Guild. You don't need the all the money too send it, since it will take a while to bring down those who hold bounties.
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>>5446309
I mean did outer heaven cost anything to make really? i might be misremembering but isn't outer heaven literally just made from abandoned and broken ships like in shipwreck city from pirates of the carribean, with all the work to make it actually function done by tiny, and then pretty much ppl just came and started setting up shit on it with our permission, and as said i don't think we do tax atleast from what i remember, as for cross guild they 100% got the money to pay out the bounties, like buggy ran a successful highly acclaimed mercenary company for 2 years plus whatever crocodile brought in aswell, with even maybe mihawk adding to the pot aswell if warlords were allowed to turn in pirate bounties, don't think they would though, but yeah buggy and crocodile 100% got the capital to actually put out bounties
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>>5446305
>Can you connect me too all of them? I've got an annoncement to make.
>>Also, tell Du Felt, Stussie and Peclo their days are numbered.
>>> I also wanna place some bounties of my own
though even with all that said, im down for starting our own bounty sysem so disregard my first vote
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Imagine Crocodiles face when we take his idea and make it our ow.

The rage...
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>>5446320
I mean i wouldn't be against it being a joint venture with crocodile, since as said i don't think we have the capital to place more than a handful of bounties, so either us approaching crocodile or him approaching us with the system that cross guild impliments in canon is 100% something i could see happening
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>>5446321
Lol, would we get Mihawk and Buggy in our Crew? That would be the strongest team
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>>5446323
Maybe, could also just replace mihawk in the trio potentially though, since his main contribtuion to the guild though is just his sheer rep and clout though, having the worlds strongest swordsman adds alot of weight to the orginazation, something that an already established emperor would also do, so it depends on whether mihawk asked to join or if crocodile sought him out specifically for that reason
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>>5446326
Hmm, I wonder if any of the old Whitebeard Pirates will come to us, either for revenge or safety.

I actually wanna fight Weevil, since he's such a douche
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Hmmmm
Tough chcoice
I'd say that these choices are mutual
So... I'm gonna say that the bounty posters are unnecessary if you'll call them up personally
>writing
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>>5446329
Oh, so we announcing the bounties? Cool

Crocodile will defo approach us for Cross-Guild, especially since his bio in the character sheet shows he thinks we are somewhat dependable.

(Those things should probs get an update now that so much Big News has happened)
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>>5446301
>"THAT WAS A ONE TIME THING YOU SKANKS AND I'LL KILL YOU IF YOU TOUCH HIM!"
Wait, the sister fuck pile happened? Niiiice
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>>5446333
Don't think that's been updated in a while.
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>>5446344
Yeah has been awhile if any event was worth an update on it, it'd definetly be becoming an emperor, since with this i think pretty much everything about it is outdated now
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"Can you connect my call to all of them?"

"Oh you want to announce your reign? Right away oh New Emperor!"

It takes him a little while but Morgans does manage to establish a connection to all of the underworld emperors which is fun considering Du Felt, Peclo and Stussy who were also on the island joined as well.
"Morgans! You know that this channel is for emergencies only! We got bigger things to worry about now than whatever lunacy you got on your mind!"

"Oh you are correct in that my dear Peclo! You are VERY correct! My esteemed colleagues! Allow me to announce none other than the newest Emperor of the Seas! Cavalier Silver! The one who killed Charlotte Linlin in one on one combat!"

"Hey."
You hear a lot of distortion coming from pretty much all of the participants of the group call but two of the snails peak out in a spectacular fashion. The rest who don't fear for their lives are calling Morgans various curses.
"It's me. Silver. And I wanted to call you to make an announcement. I'm pretty sure I did business with most of you at some point at Outer Heaven. But things will be different now. In my adventures at sea I learned a few things. Things that I did not like. Now I said this before but I want everyone to know this. Peclo, Du Felt, Stussy. You're dead. I'm coming for you. And there is nothing you can do about it. The only reason you're still alive is because I got a long list with everything on it being more important than you. But once I've dealt with all the important stuff I'll make some time for you. I suggest you use that time to make peace with yourselves. The rest of you I am willing to be friends with. But if I learn you do anything I don't like I'm coming for you next. Got it?"
Their outrage bursts out of the den-den mushi. Pretty much all of them ask "Who do you think you are" and "How dare you" in unison.
"I am an Emperor of the Sea now. You all are just emperors of the underworld. My sea will flood whatever holes you call home and crush you. I suggest you remember that. I'll see you later. Silver out."

You then smash down the transponder snail and finally pull the blanket over your tired body and get some much needed sleep.
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>>5446355
FUCK I want an edit of that image with Silver's face on it where Big Mama's was.
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So, I imagine the plot will be shaked up now that the Underworld is gonna get destroyed, I imagine a lot of allies will be leaving Stussie, Du Field and Peclo and try too cosy up too us in fear of retribution.

Add in the WG will likely abandon Stussie since she is more of a liability that risks our wrath. And we have a recipe for disaster
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Hmm, think we will get anymore interludes?
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>>5446385
kaidos gonna destroy oni island in drunken greif, before flying off directly to either us or the island to make a toast to linlin.
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You're uncertain about the amount of time that passed while you were secluded in your room beset by near constant nightmares and tormented by an aching body that is denied the sweet release of death. All that you know is that the waters are very different when you finally managed to gather the strength to leave the bed, with not a hint of the sweet sugary aroma of Tot Lands waves.

"Look who's finally awake. Good morning Silver!"

"Morning Spider."

"Morning shithead. You just slept through what might be the last few naval combats we'll have."

"Huh? Wuh?"

Marcella tosses you a rolled up newspaper.
"It's spreading fast. Morgans made sure the entire world was made aware of it overnight. The Marines also acted surprisingly quickly. We still got the old photos but Big Bird said we'll be getting new ones soon. Check it out."

"Uuuuh."
4.239.000.000.
"Is that a lot?"

"Indeed. It's a little bigger than what Big Moms was."

"Thanks Angel. I don't think I can deal with numbers right now-"
You're about to toss the paper into the sea when you see a picture on the third page right after it's done talking about your accomplishments.
"Fishy? What's a Levely?"

"The Levely is the council the member nations of the World Government hold every four years."
Murray answers your question.
"The paper talks about whether the Neptune Family will show up since they are also under your protection."

"Hmmm. Fishy. I wonder how she's doing."
You're a bit concerned of course. About what those fools at the World Government will do to her. And if they do anything then that means you won't be able to get your rest in before two bloody wars, which would make you quite cranky indeed.
"Anyway where are we? How long until we get back to home?"

"A few more days according to Marci. You can still rest a bit more. We'll wake you up when we arrive."

"Thanks Toxin."

"No problem. In the meantime you might want to figure out what to do when we get there."

"Hmmm? What do you mean?"

"Nothing. I just assume we'll be quite busy for a while now. Might want to decide what to do first."

>Obviously we got to party! We deserve it!
>If we got a lot of Yonko business to do then we probably should do it. But like what? Sweeping the floors? I imagine it got quite dirty in our absence
>I promised a marriage and I was promised one. So that's what we're gonna do
>Other
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>I promised a marriage and I was promised one. So that's what we're gonna do
>>Hmm, wonder if Sonia would want her Sisters Island under our protection.
>>>Lets bust some heads ont he way there as well
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>>5446394
>>If we got a lot of Yonko business to do then we probably should do it. But like what? Sweeping the floors? I imagine it got quite dirty in our absence
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Spook, isn't Mama's bounty 4,388,000?
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>>5446401
FUCK! I messed it up!
It was gonna be something like 4.420 but I changed it because it was stupid and I messed it up!

It was meant to be 4.439.000.000
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>>5446394
>>If we got a lot of Yonko business to do then we probably should do it. But like what? Sweeping the floors? I imagine it got quite dirty in our absence
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Well, one more fun action and we will surpass Kaido, a measly 200 million more and he can kiss our ass

All in favour for threatening the Gorosei that if one hair is harmed on Shirahoshi or her families head, we will finish what we started 2 years ago?
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>>5446394
What is the marriage option talking about. Who's marriage is it.
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>>5446411
Nutmeg said we can marry 4 girls including her. Ome for each finger

So Sandersonia and Shirahoshi
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>>5446397
Seconded
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>>5446394
>If we got a lot of Yonko business to do then we probably should do it. But like what? Sweeping the floors? I imagine it got quite dirty in our absence

Heal first and start emancipating and proclamating
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So, who you think we will sweep the deck with first?
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>>5446394
>I promised a marriage and I was promised one. So that's what we're gonna do
>>Hmm, wonder if Sonia would want her Sisters Island under our protection.
>If we got a lot of Yonko business to do then we probably should do it. But like what? Sweeping the floors? I imagine it got quite dirty in our absence
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>>5446394
>I promised a marriage and I was promised one. So that's what we're gonna do
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>>5446397
I can work with this. Let us do so, a marriage would mean a big party as well! So two birds with one stone.
And that might also be a euphemism.
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So all in favour of making it clear that no one is too touch Shirahoshi?
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Though it was close it seems that doing Yonko business just narrowly lost to keeping a promise
>writing
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>>5446436
Well, least we will get to bust some heads on the way there

And protect Ham sandwiches home
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>>5446397
>>5446414
>>5446421
>>5446422
>>5446424

vs
>>5446400
>>5446407
>>5446417

Wutcha talking 'bout Spooks? Or and I going dyslexic?
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>>5446446
You are, he said "narrowly lost" not narrowly won
And a lot of people are trying the ol' "do it all write-in" which makes it more confusing
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>>5446446
oh
in my defense my eyes glazed over one of the "seconded" posts
this is why it's important to meme arrow your votes people
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>>5446453
So its the dyslexia then. Thank you.

>>5446454
Sorry and fair, but I think it still ended up the right way? I'm definitely gonna go buy some reading glasses now.
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>>5446456
well I did phrase it weird
sorry about that
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>>5446453
Does that include me? I still want the Yonko business to be done, I just want it done after the marriage.
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So all in favour of making it clear that no one is too touch Shirahoshi?
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Meant to ask about Yonko interlude

We gonna get one, or gonna speak personally too em...
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You do think about it for a while and yeah, there is probably a lot of stuff that you'd need to do now with all that Emperor business. But what's the point of rising in rank if it means you can't do what you want? And work is just about the last thing you want to do now. Instead it's fun that you're interested in. And an idea crosses your mind about how you can do just that. You made a promise not too long ago. You did promise Sandersonia a marriage. Come to think of it you were also promised that which then turned into an assassination. So this could be like hitting two birds with one stone.
"Yeah. I think that's good!"

With that decided you get back to your little R&R session until you get back to Outer Heaven. The last couple of days of travel pass by uneventfully, save for a few natural disasters on the way. Which is strange because the area around your dominion is not one that anyone would call quiet. But it seems like the news of the change did dampen things a bit. Upon seeing Outer Heaven on the horizon you noted that the usual bustling of the city was gone. Pirates were not fighting for the right of a parking space, nor were they blowing each other up just outside your door for matters of money, prestige or honor. If you had to pick one word to describe the situation it'd be "tense" or "nervous".

"Take us in Jaws. Let's not keep them waiting any longer."

Docking was also not as cheerful as before. The workers did their jobs with their breaths held and there was no fanfare to announce your arrival. Even the music which normally blared out of the halls felt much more tame and restrained, which turned to pure silence once you actually set foot in the great hall. There was always a certain reverence coming from the guests of the pirate city. Not anymore. Now it's just fearful awe.

As you ascend to your elevated seat at the center of the place you notice how nobody dared to return to their usual behavior. Not even Diaz and Pascia, who clearly ran over once they heard you arrived, dare to talk to you. They are all too afraid of you.
"Sigh. Is this really what we're gonna do now? HEY!"
You put your leg on the table as loudly as possible.
"What the hell happened here?! I'm gone for a little while and you all stop having fun?! SHAME ON YOU! Looks like I have to teach you guys some manners again... FIRST ROUND IS ON THE HOUSE FOR EVERYONE!"

That got a reaction out of them. Though they are still more reserved than you'd like. There is one person however who is not at all bothered by the change.

"SILVER!"
Sandersonia hurries over to greet you and only stops a moment before she'd tackle you to the ground.
"I read what happened and I... A-Ahem. Congratulations on your conquest Emperor. The Kuja recognize your strength."

"Thanks! But you don't have to keep doing that."

"Nonsense! I am their representative as your protectorate! B-But if you say so. I'm so happy! Because I knew you could do it! You're the best after all!"
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"Heh."
Nutmeg chuckles.
"Someone should warn that girl that she should stop gushing because Silver can't swim! Seriously if I ever act like that just kill me-"
BONK
"OW! WHAT THE HELL BILLY?!"

"B-but you said it-"

"Kekeke! Thanks Snakey! But I didn't really do it. She went crazy during the fight. I'm not sure I could've done it if she didn't."

"Foolishness! How many others could've done the same? None! So you should be proud of your achievement! Emperor!"
She says the word with so much glee that she forgets about her own demeanor and just smiles without restraint

"You know what? You're right. And I think I know just the way to celebrate that."
You look up at her and extend your hand.
"Marry me!"

"W-Wuh?"
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And that is it for today.
However I got something else up my sleeve as well. Though it does not require any voting on your part.
One moment
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A couple days after the wedding of Wholecake Island, which most of the world was aware of as one of the events that will usher in a new age, news began to spread quickly. The first islanders who heard what happened were naturally the ones under Big Moms direct control and their denizens did not dare to gossip about it, not even in hushed whispers. But like a wildfire it spread outward through the channels of both the underworld and that of the government.

"IMPORTANT! IMPORTANT!"
A marine shouts as he barges into the Fleet Admirals office.

"What? How dare you barge in unannounced soldier?!"

"IMPORTANT MESSAGE TO THE FLEET ADMIRAL FROM THE GOROSEI, SIR!"

"WHAT?! Those crusty old fools! Who do they think they are to send letters to me? I am the Fleet Admiral damn it! Give it here!"
Akainu ripped the piece of paper out of the hands of the delivery man and the cigar in his mouth turned into ash in an instant once he saw what was written on it. The paper spontaniously combusts in his hand as he smashes his fist into the table. Then once he's calmed down enough to not burn his office to the ground Sakazuki picked up his den-den mushi.
"CONNECT ME TO KIZARU! I DON'T CARE WHAT HE'S DOING! TELL HIM TO REPORT TO ME IMMEDIATELY!"
He smashes the receiver of the snail down.
"There is no way in hell I'm letting this go through! We'll bring that filth to justice and eradicate Big Moms empire in one fell swoop!"


Meanwhile on the other end of the New World.
"Y-You bitch! You won't get away with this! Do you know who I work for? This island belongs to-"

"Yeah yeah yeah. You work for Red Hair. Blah blah blah. Now quit squirming 'cuz you're working for me now. HEAVE!"
Eliza pulls on the rope she's been holding and ties it down.
"And you make one fine windchime."

"Erm c-captain?"

"What is it mutts? Red Hair is already here? You'd think if he cared so much about this place he would've left actual guards here and not these loosers. Oh well. Time for a bloodbath!"

"N-No. That's not it. Look! Todays newspaper arrived!"

"Wha- Why are you bothering me with this? Can't you see I'm busy?! And besides you know I don't read!"

"B-But you said we should tell you if we see him."

"HIM? GIVE IT HERE!"
She snatches the paper out of her underlings hand like a starving dog snatches an unobserved slice of meat. Only barely can she restrain her giggling and she rubs the paper into her cheeks.
"He did it! He actually did it!"
She quickly crumples up the paper but noticably doesn't throw it away and she looks at the people lined up and on their knees in front of her.
"Alright you bastards! Looks like it's your lucky day. Some urgent business just came up that I simply must do. So uh... thank your lucky stars you aren't that guy."
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>>5446515
Sandersonia is for a wild ride and this is gonna be hilarious.
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Alright. Done. Now I'll see you guys next time
Have a good night
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>>5446520
Big Mom Sis is coming to visit?! YAAAAAAY
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>>5446520
Eliza coming to join maybe?
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>>5446523
Good night Spooks! Thanks for running, poor Sandersonia should'a seen it coming tho. I'm pretty sure Nutmeg already told her she was wife number two.

That said!
>>5446520
~ Kaizoku nee-chan ~ ~ Kaizoku nee-chan ~ ~ Kaizoku nee-chan ~
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So thought of something

Going by Akainu's thoughts, it's likel that they are bringing the Seraphim or all 3 Admirals on is.

What would Silver think of the Seraphim? Since they are basically child soldiers?

Also, since the Warlord system will be disbanding, won't that mean Hancock will have to accept our protection?
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>>5446523
Straw hat reactions! Straw hat POV during the fight!
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>>5446533
I thought the warlords wouldn't be disbanding since silver's attack on the holy land made people think they were necessary.
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>>5446533
Probably would think the same of them as the Germa, just souless living weapons.
The Shichibukai won't be disbanding this time, and Hancock already has our protection.
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>>5446541
Hmm, would he kill them or try and teach them to be free?
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>>5446568
Theres's no saving them so the best next thing would be killing them or maybe have them under his control then leave them in a corner or something. But maybe they'll show some development in future chapters, who knows?
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>>5446533
>Silver
>having mercy on the Seraphim
https://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive/2021/4796593/
Read this
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>>5448285
forgot to post this gem
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>>5448291
Hai-di-do-dum-dum Hai-di-do more rum!
I never had a spirit like the Cooper's rum!
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I'll try to continue tomorrow with a short session. But if that doesn't work out I'll do one on Thursday
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So what is our 'official Yonko business' supposed to be btw?
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>>5450328
Look tough and beat up any challenges that come to take your place.
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>>5450328
I imagine its just cementing our power base, so you know staying at outer heaven awhile probably some important figures in the new world will come by just to make their faces known to us so we don't attack them, ppl who had deals with big mom will probably come by and see if we'd be up for taking over that partnership, some island leaders coming by to ask for protection, and then us just killing ppl who will think since we're new and young they might be able to take us out and become yonko themselves, plus defend outer heaven incase the marines decide to try and nip this in the bud early by rolling up and trying to kill us
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>>5450396
Hmmm, think Green Bull will be coming for us? Since he's that idiot who serves the CD like a dog?

Ad was confident in beating Luffy after the Kaido fight
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>>5450400
Maybe? i could also see akainu organizing a full scale assault on outer heaven aswell though, especially if we go invade the reverie like we've been throwing out there, since then the CS and world goverment would back a full assault plan then where as if we don't they might hold him back, hell akainu might lead it personally, only other response i could see is imu just completely wiping us and outer heaven off the map aswell though
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>>5450404
Isn't Outer Heaven under the Ocean? Not sure Imu's Anus could reach us all the way down there
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>>5450406
I don't think so? im pretty sure its pretty much like that place in Pirates of the carribean where an island thats just made up of abandoned ships, except bigger, like if it is underwater i completely missed that
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>>5450406
No, its a floating fortress/city/pubcrawl not to far from the Red Line on the new world side, by the opening from Fishman Island if memory serves.

The marines have already attacked it. Multiple times.
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Hey, did we ever claim that prison island we found rat bro on? If so, might I suggest we rename it Shadow Moses? I feel like we could use it as a "secondary" Outer Heaven if needed.
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>>5450413
They not only attacked it, they attacked it so much that almost a quarter of the place is built by the wood of their wrecked ships.

Also their marines spend almost as much money on drugs and whores as the pirates. Turns out good puss is good puss.
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>>5450414
We did. By the time we left there were people from Outer Heaven on the way there to help the prisoners, deliver food and see about getting them settled and all that good shit.

That's a weird name tho, where'd it come from?
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>>5450414
I mean i think we might have said something along the lines of "we own the island now" or atleast our crew did as they dragged our half dead body out of there but can't imagine its really did anything, like we pretty much just killed the ppl in charge and let the prisoners run free, i imagine the islands pretty much devolved into a free for all as every prisoner tries to take control of it, unless im misremembering how that arc ended but im pretty sure we just got dragged out of there by our crew after clown attempted to murder us
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>>5450418
"Ahem. Is this thing on? H-Hello? Ah there we go! Congratulations prisoners! You've been freed. You can put down your tools and come to where you usually send what you mine. We got a surprise for you."
After about an hour or so most of the islands former prisoners have arrived and crowded up where you told them to.
"Well we got some good news for all of you! Whatever you did doesn't matte anymore! You can do whatever you want! Now there is a little problem. We can't actually get you off this island yet. But I already called a few friends who are gonna come and renovate this place a bit. If you want they can take you somewhere safe where you can find a way home on your own. Or if you don't wanna you can stay here and be a part of what we're cooking! But for now-"
You snap your finger and the whole island hears it, after which your crewmembers who were all positioned at one of the rings smash through the great wall, creating a straight line connecting each of the layers together.
"It's time to celebrate!"

We pretty much secured it, and the two little starving kiddies told us they wanted to be pirates when they grow up. Very heartwarming.
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>>5450422
Will 2 and Will 3
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>>5450422
Ah k then, hopefully whoever we sent had some muscle since 100% atleast some of the prisoners would try to take over the island
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Anything else we should do besides cementing our place as Yonko?

We have a few weeks till the Wano Arc comes and goes. Then Kaido goes down
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>>5450428
Marry Sandersonia and Fishy.
Knock them up like we knocked up Nutmeg. Raise our kid(Shelly) while Luffy and his crew do stupid shit.
Maybe visit Kaido and fuck around for awhile after we tell him of our impeding fatherhood and ask for advice since he's the only other person we know that has a kid.
Try to find some way to fuck with Luffy before/during his wano fuckabout.
Maybe conquer a few more islands?
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>>5450429
Hmm, think BB will finally come for that visit he owes us?

Maybe we could meet the remaining Warlords, knock em down a peg.
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>>5450429
call our boi blackbeard over for the bachelor party lol
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>>5450429
>>5450428
taking over/causing a coup in Peclo and Du Feld's organizations, laugh at the rest of the worst generation, fuck with the gubernment via unaliving Stussy and then once someone figures out how hilariously, obscenely, wealthy we're gonna be turn down a marriage proposal from nami.
Ehm, I guess we could start literally dumping actual shiploads of gold on top of Dragons rebellion to try and spice things up around the world?
Or we could try hiring all of the marines (yes, all of them) so they can stop being boring weenies and do cool pirate shit instead!
Or if we really wanted to put our current and future fortune to work: put out obscene bounties on world nobles, just to rub it in everyones face that we can do that.
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>>5450509
Doesn't Stussy also have her own organisation?
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>>5450518
Yea, prostitution I do believe.
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>>5450525
I was thinking Drugs since they give 'pleasure' as well
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>>5450417
Shadow Moses also happens to be a place in the Metal Gear universe in Alaska(?); for the most part, it's used as a dumping grounds for nukes and radioactive materials, and happens to be the site where Metal Gear Rex was built. Naturally, terrorists, led by Liquid Snake, took it over, and Liquid considered making it more or less Outer Heaven 2.0. Whether that was from an actual strategic move or from trying to say "Fuck you dad, I have an Outer Heaven too!" is up for debate .

I chose the name Shadow Moses because the DARPA chief described it as "a desolate hellhole" or something to that effect, and seeing how that prison was a hellhole to, I figured it fit...minus the abundant snow and nuclear materials locked away.
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>>5450509
I coulda sworn we already had 30 "gold" a head for world nobles at some point.

Might be a anon floated the idea and it never became "official" though.
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>>5450406
https://acecombat.fandom.com/wiki/Arkbird
You gentlemen ought to have a look at that for good measure. A cheesy game, but I had blast playing AC5
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>>5450566
If we're going down that route, we rename the Jade Island into Tselinoyarsk.
>Russian
>Virgin Soil
>Precipice
Cool in retrospect. But how we would ever get back is beyond me.
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Sandersonia can feel blood rushing from her chest all the way to the top of her head, which causes her to turn redder than a ripe tomato and steam to blow from her ears before she collapses. Everyone looks at the swirly eyed giantess for a good while before Pascia awkwardly steps forth.

"So erm does that mean we should start planning a wedding captain?"

"Nah. I think I had enough of big parties for a while now. It's gonna be something small and private. Probably better for her too. But do take her somewhere safe. She's gonna catch a cold lying on the ground in her undies like that."

"A-As you wish."

As the big snake is carried away on a stretcher you take your rightful place at Outer Heavens seat of power and get to work. You got a lot of lazing around to catch up on. But as you down one bottle of rum after another you do notice that things are a bit different around here. You take note of two distinct "factions" within the chaotic crowd, those whose faces ring a bell and those whose don't. The regulars of the place who know how things go around here are a bit on edge. Duels, brawls and outright murder all still happen and quite frequently as per usual. But anytime someone thinks they've taken things a bit far like for example by damaging someones private property hostilities quickly stop and all participants look at you with abated breaths until they sigh with relief after they realize they are still in the clear. The other group however is a bit different.

It was never unusual for a long line of procession to be in front of your little pirate throne. Someone always wants something. Either they have grievances which they hope you'll solve, they have schemes which they wish for you to participate in or they bear gifts to you. Admittedly the last one was a bit rarer than the rest since everyone learned after a while that buttering you up is as futile as trying to empty the sea with a spoon. No matter how extravagant a gift it will not buy them any favors, it won't absolve any crimes and it won't be viewed as anything other than a tribute that rightfully belonged to you anyway. But now there is an endlessly twisting and turning line of people, all of whom wish to get in your good grace.

"What the hell is going on here?"
You scratch your head as another hapless buffoon shows you a treasure chest full of gold.

"Haven't you been paying attention?"

"How dare you suggest that I did Bullseye?! You know full well that I refuse to hear weenies talk! I just take their gold and kick them away!"

"Sigh. They want to buy entry."

"Entry?"
You look around.
"But they are already inside..."

"No, not like that. They want to join us."

"I don't want weenies on my ship."

"NO! They. Want. To. Join. Your. Fleet!"

"Oooooooh! I see."

>"HEY! BUTTHOLES! I DON'T WANT OR NEED YOUR HELP! FUDGE OFF!"
>"That's not a bad idea actually. Yeah having a fleet sounds right and propa' Emeprory!"
>Other?
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>"That's not a bad idea actually. Yeah having a fleet sounds right and propa' Emeprory!"
>>But first if all, why?

Motif is important
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>>5451225
>>"That's not a bad idea actually. Yeah having a fleet sounds right and propa' Emeprory!"
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>>5451225
>"That's not a bad idea actually. Yeah having a fleet sounds right and propa' Emeprory!"
>"But I can't let any weenies throw my name around. That'd probably get em killed."
>Ask the crew for ways to vet out the talent from the stock
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>>5451225
>"That's not a bad idea actually. Yeah having a fleet sounds right and propa' Emeprory!"

Let's not abuse our family by only using their fleet.
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>>5451225

>"That's not a bad idea actually. Yeah having a fleet sounds right and propa' Emeprory!"
>"I'm gonna make a bigger fleet than that loser goofy, and then i'm gonna rub it in his face!"
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>>5451225
>"That's not a bad idea actually. Yeah having a fleet sounds right and propa' Emeprory!"
Now... how do we weed out the weenies?
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>>5451225
>>5451232
Supporting the fleet and weening out the weenies
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>building an army
>culling the weak
yeap yeap, it checks out

>writing

now let's see how it goes
3d10+5 best of 4
no dc, higher means a higher percentage of people will survive
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Rolled 4, 5, 1 + 5 = 15 (3d10 + 5)

>>5451277
I would say keep all them as cannon fodder but anons are smarter than I
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>>5451279
now you see that'd be the smart thing to do, like how those navy guys over are doing
but they aren't concerned about a lil' thing called style
these people will not just be a bunch of goons under your command, they'll go around with your jolly roger and basically rep you
so if they are weenies that means you're a weenie
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Rolled 5, 8, 3 + 5 = 21 (3d10 + 5)

>>5451277
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Rolled 10, 3, 1 + 5 = 19 (3d10 + 5)

>>5451277
A fleet in service to God and silver.
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>>5451281
we do not support weenie-enabling. if they wanna talk the talk, they better have the guts to walk the walk. a weenie training program operated by one branch of our fleet might be good tho. Silver's school for weenie-breaking. got a lot of people who misunderstood what kind of education they'd receive, but results have been mostly positive
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Rolled 3, 6, 2 + 5 = 16 (3d10 + 5)

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21/35 not too bad, sorry it wasn't better though
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>>5451283
Not excellent, not terrible, plain good
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Rolled 5, 3, 10 + 5 = 23 (3d10 + 5)

>>5451277
Well let's see if these boys are worth anything.
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>>5451290
not our fault a bunch of weenies thought they could schmooze on us.
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Rolled 8, 3, 5 + 5 = 21 (3d10 + 5)

>>5451277
Damn, im late. Hope this roll isn't good.
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>>5451292
Fuck

So we killing em or just kicking em out if they fail?
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>>5451290
A third of the fleet dying is fine, silver loses twice that much blood every fight
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>>5451290
Weenies are weenies and ya cant fix stupid.

Still they might be entertaining as they die so there's at least that.
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>>5451295
It's a free for all so in following Silvers usual mindset we'd probably just let the winners decide what they want to do with the losers short of slavery or rape. Want to leave them broke and penniless? Fine. Want to throw them to the marines? Knock yourself out. Wanna make them walk the plank? Classic and we'll buy you a pint for the chuckles. Etc.
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"Hmmmm. Not a bad idea actually! Sounds right and propa' Emperory!"
You smirk.
"How do you guys feel about a little pre-lunch workout?"
You clap your hands together and the sound washes over the great chamber, prompting everyone to pay very close attention to you.
"Everyone! Be good and clear the area. Now. The party will resume in fifteen minutes! Not you though. You who stand in line waiting to meet me!"

In a flash the bustling great hall empties, making it look more like a ghost town rather than a place of revelry where the party never ends. The eerie silence brought about the panicked evacuation of the area weighs heavily on all those who came to prostrate themselves and you see their nerves getting the better of them. One particular kid, whom you assume to be a deckhand or something similarly irrelevant in his crew, starts incoherently screaming and runs away. His seniors in the crew either follow suit or try to stop the cowards from running but it doesn't matter either way. A snap of your finger is followed by quick shower of crossbow bolts that rains down on the cowards. The weakest fell from the first volley, the strong who managed to catch or blow away the projectiles got to witness Wills special munitions next which he picked specifically for each of them after seeing their abilities in action once.

"Kekekeke! Nice job Bullseye!"

"Hold that thought. A few of them are still in the line laying low. They got the same jolly roger as those guys. One moment."
After his third volley the entire crew lays dead, their blood further staining the already not so pretty deck of Outer Heaven. Unable to determine whether to look at the fresh cadavers or the ones who made them the remaining pirates are a bit disoriented.
"There. Now they are done."

"Good. Good! Now then..."
You stand up and lean forward to look down at the people below.
"My name is Silver! Perhaps you've heard of me! And perhaps that's why you want to join me. Okay. But before we get started I have a few conditions. I don't tolerate cowards or weaklings. If you want to sail under my flag you'll be hard, you'll be tough. And you follow my rules. Here they are for our current game! You all have fifteen minutes! Those that don't run away and survive get to join! The rest, well... y'know. Good luck!"
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So, how much wil survive qm?
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>>5451325
More than one, less than fifty-six trillion.

Relax fag you'll see it in the next few posts I'm sure.
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>>5451328
its entirely possible there is only 1 person in the soup there that isnt a weenie. it could even be a weenie palooza
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For the first minute they all just stand there processing things. After that though someone throws the first punch and all hell breaks loose. All the crews turn on each other in a moments notice and blood starts flowing almost immediately. Everyone tries to stick with their own comrades but the chaotic battle royale quickly ensures that everyone but the most well organized crews get split up.

"That's a bit barbaric isn't it?"

"Not at all Spider. They chose this. I didn't say they have to kill each other. They could've stood there for fifteen minutes and all would've been welcome to join. But this is good. A bit of bloodlust is useful. Also if any of you feel like it you can go down as well and take a few out. I don't want to have unlucky guys on my team."

"And if we accidentally cripple a crew or two?"
Clown asks.

"It's not crippling. It's removing the weak links."
Angel retorts as she flies down to join the fray.

"Works for me-"
And Pepe joins her too as do a few others as well.

Once the fifteen minutes were up you let out a sharp whistle and hostilities ceased. Most were exhausted but a select few who proved to be tough enough nuts to crack stand confidently. Sadly there were those who did not quite make the cut and they took umbrage at you culling their friends and crew. Those were given a simple offer. Swallow the bitter pill or leave. If they didn't take either they were also killed. The rest however waited with abated breath for your speech.

"Congratulations! You guys were the ones who were strong, smart, skilled or lucky enough to last the whole time! You ALL get to be part of my fleet! That means you come when I call! Aside that you can do whatever you want. But if you touch MY islands or do slavery I'm killing ya! Now go and sign up with my crew Dexter and Ann. We'll discuss benefits later!"
Most of them seem to be satisfied with this arrangement, the rest don't show any emotion what so ever. With that settled you sit back on your comfy sofa and drink some milk.
"Phew. Emperoring sure is hard work..."

Once your marks were distributed and each of the captains who swore fealty to you met up with Spider and Rat your crewmates brought you their list.
"Aside a few lone wolves we got a total of ten crews, each with roughly seven hundred members. Bringing the grand total of your new fleet to 7142 members distributed among 70 vessels."

"Cool!"

"However despite all of them being New World pirates they are all rookies and relatively weak. It seems that the old guard was not moved by your rise to power."

"Kekeke! Who cares? They may not be strong but we only need them for decoration and big numbers to impress stupid people!"

As you laugh to yourself however someone else does so as well.
"Kuhahahaha! Well I'll be. Not only have you risen quite a bit up the ranks you also wasted no time creating a bloodbath at your own doorstep! I'm impressed."
The figure walks up and grins at you.
"It's been a while. Cavalier!"

"Chocolate."
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Who's chocolate again?
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>>5451349
crocodile
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>>5451349
let the man finish the section of the narrative. we'll get answers or make enough problems to render questions moot.
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"May I take a seat?"
Crocodile moves without waiting for an answer and situates himself next to you while his second in command Daz Bones stands in place. You call for a waitress to bring him a glass of wine.
"I like what you've done with the place. It's like every time I come back it gets a bit more depraved."

"I prefer to cal it "Fun". Now what do you want Choco boy? Don't tell me you also wanna work for me."

"Hardly. I was actually just in the neighborhood. I was planning on kidnapping a king or two once the Levely was over. But then I saw the news and just felt like I had to sit down. The shock I felt when I saw a snot nosed brat like you being called an Emperor was only matched by the joy I felt at the thought of that hag biting the dust at long last."
He takes his glass of wine and begins swirling it around.
"Though I wouldn't oppose to forming an alliance. You've proven your capability and your little stunt is already shaking the world to its core."

>"I become an emperor and suddenly everyone wants to be my friend. Funny. I refuse."
>"Alright. One can never have too many friends."
>Other?
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>>5451357
>"Alright. One can never have too many friends."
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>Sure, but what does this 'alliance' propose?
>>I don't wanna look like a weeny who just makes alliances to protect himself.
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>>5451357
>Other?
>And what do you get outta this?

Crocodile is the kinda guy who always has an angle. He's not a limp dick weenie like that Al Capone looking wannabe but that doesnt mean he wont use us to his own benefit.

Hell that's one of the things I like about the guy. Not a hint of bullshit, just naked self interest. Nice to find an honest man in the business.
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>>5451357
>"After our last meeting you are still wanting for more? KEK."
>"Ok Sandman, you are on the winning side now, with all tha entails!"
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So ideas where we get the money if Cross Guild is happening?

Maybe the Sweet Tooths new product selling?

Or just taking over the Underworld
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I mean i don't think silver would straight up just accept an alliance here, i feel like he'd say something like "hmm if you can manage to fight me for 5 minutes i'd be down for an alliance" or something like that, like an alliance has got to be between equals so if croc can't last 5 mins atleast he's not worth it
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>>5451366
If he can hold his own, he an equal, if he can't, he's a subordinate.
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>>5451367
Yeah thats what im saying, like i think we need to give him some kind of test if he wants an alliance and not to be our subordinate
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>>5451368
I'd say he already proved himself back when we fought Ivankov
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>>5451369
Not really? like he didn't do anything super impressive then, like we're an emperor rn so if we agree to an alliance thats pretty much saying crocodiles our equal, so if we do that and then something happens to croc that hurts our image
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>>5451371
so checking crocs mettle b4 agreeing to an alliance seems pretty sensible IMO
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>>5451357
>"hmm well ya see chocolate apparently im a pretty big deal now, so if you want an alliance instead of just being my subordinate i need to make sure you can stack up, so how about this, me and you fight and if you can survive 5 minutes i'll agree to an alliance, but if you lose you have to become my subordinate instead, how does that sound?"
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>>5451374
This works well
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>>5451364
>second

As for what he wants. He has a underground organization' and we're about to create some vacancies. 1+1 sometimes becomes 2
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>>5451376
That doesn't sound right, are you sure 1+1 doesn't equal ham snadwich?
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Hmmm, so think we will recruit ALL the Warlords?

We can get Ham sandwich, Mihawk, Booger and Chocolate from this alone.

But what about Moria or Kuma? Since Doffy's ass is in jail
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>>5451379
the warlords aren't getting dissolved here, so we probably won't be getting any except perhaps boa or if they somehow find out about the seraphims and take offense
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>>5451378
Ham? With those numbers?!
If its anything it's an egg, bacon and cheese sandwich. That's one, one and one things
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>Knowingly and willingly allying with Crocodile
Man Silver must've bumped his head harder than I thought
Oh well, it'll be amusing at least

>writing
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>>5451387
From what I've gathered, he'll ally him but he won't trust him. Like Vito Corleone with Hyman Roth, he'll work with him but he'll never trust him.
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>>5451387
He bumped for big brain movement, also Crocodile can try and manipulate us, but you can't control crazy
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>>5451387
>Ey yo, Silver. I heard I could use you for personal gain
>But I'm gonna have enough balls to say it to your face without flinching
>We good?
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>>5451391
I'm pretty sure Croc is too smart to try and control Silver. If anything he just wants the chance to profit from the latest insane stunt Silver pulls out of his ass.
>>5451396
Yeah kind of like this
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>>5451398
Yeah but crocodile gets way more out of this alliance than us, he gets a major rep boost, and our backing if anyone tries to start shit with him, and we get pretty much nothing like the most we'll prob ask is for back up if we're in a bad situation, but if we're up against someone/ an alliance thats big enough to be a threat to us theres a good chance crocodile would just not heed the summons out of self preservation, like just do not see this ending well
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>>5451404
We probaby get subordinates, also he isn't stupid enough to not give us anything.

I imagine he will give us enough too keep us satisfied, but keep the lions share to himself.
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>>5451407
We've got subordinates of our own, we don't need crocs, and silver literally never asks anything of his allies except for back-up in a hypothetical big fight, like against kaido or blackbeard or the WG themselves, which croc would send the bare minimum to support just to say he contributed and would never take the field himself against someone who was truly a threat to him, so like on a whole this alliance gets us zilch, unless we do demand money from croc in exchange
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>>5451404
Are you trying to use logic and reason? That's very brave. And who needs people to fight for us? We have us to fight, if they want in on our fights they can get in line!

If he gets us into "trouble" that sounds like a good time, and a win for us! And if you bring up money, who cares. If Silver wants money he goes and cracks open a bank.
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>>5451408
If it's still on the table, Cross Guild is a near-perfect addition to Outer Heaven, only hindered by the fact it would certainly alienate the Marines that buy booze and hookers there, but who cares about those losers, right?
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>>5451410
i think play up silvers retardness way to much, like he has been shown to make logical decisions even if its his own twisted logic, but theres none of that here, like its not even as if him and crocodile are friends or anything, like how is crocodile any different to any of the other rando big wigs in the new world? like is silver gonna accept an alliance from rando 800'000 berrie bounty number 23 next?
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>>5451411
Yeah pretty much the only thing crocodile could bring to this partnership is money, like thats the only thing he has
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>>5451411
Only the important one's get bounties, so all other mooks can come and go.

They have as much right too be here as every other pirate with a bounty slapped on his/her head
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>>5451413
Crocodile is still a pretty strong fighter in his own right, even if he isn't top tier. And besides, even if we try to ignore it, we're going to need money if we want to move forward with ambitious projects.
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>>5451413
I think it's a matter of framing. This won't really be an "alliance" so much as cooperation. He works for us as an associate that does things not important enough for the crew but not so small that any scrub can do it. He won't be protected like our islands, our fleets or our crew since Silver would never accept him but he gets to ride the waves Silver makes and scavenge the scraps he leaves in his wake.
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>>5451417
I think at strongest crocodiles like katakuri/king level fighter, but the thing is crocodile would only ever get into a fight he has a good chance of losing if his back was against the wall, so certainly wouldn't do it at silvers request, and him taking out ppl who he can comfortably beat? like say jack or perospero, we have actual subordinates that can do that, as for the money, yeah if we ask for some that'd be good, but silvers never asked for money in the past and there wasn't a write-in to specifically ask for that in terms so don't think he's gonna be asking for any here
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>>5451419
I think thats the thing here, if he was gonna be our subordinate i'd be perfectly fine with that, but an alliance is an agreement between equals that both parties should be gets reasonably equal benefits from, which just straight up not the case here
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>>5451421
Then that's that. Chocolate has to kiss the metaphorical ring finger or he doesn't get anything. I don't think the other anons would take issue with that since no one here seems to trust him anyway.
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>>5451423
I mean we literally asked him "yo you gonna ask to be my subordinate?" and he said "no, but what about an alliance?" and the vote ended in us agreeing to that
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>>5451424
I think maybe it will be like Kidd's alliance, in that we are at the front of it, and the de facto leader.

No one tells us what to do.
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>>5451426
Yeah I don't think Croc wants the attention that comes with being equal with an emperor. It's probably a more business type of alliance with him wanting to use our resources to boost himself up.
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"After our last meeting you still want more? Kek! Okay Sandman. You want to be on the winning side. So what kind of alliance do you want? Or what do you want to get out of me?"

He smugly takes a big puff from his cigar before smothering it just so he could light a fresh one.
"Well I'd be lying if I said I'm here because of your charming personality or your luxurious accommodations. Do you remember Moria? Large guy, pale, left even more mad than I am after trying his luck at the New World?"

"Oh him. Yeah I recall him. Why?"

"He went to Hachinosu not too long ago. Heard that one of his subordinates was on Pirate Island. Nobody has heard from him again. A former member of the Royal Shichibukai, gone. Just like that. I'm sure you heard of Blackbeard and his escapades."

"He's been fighting the Whitebeards."

"And hunting Devil Fruit users. They somehow found a way to claim your power for their own and they've been hunting prominent fruit users all over the sea. Did you know they even targeted you? Or your crew rather. They have no interest in a zoan unless it's something rare and special. No, they had their eyes on the fruit of your little doctor, that paramecia. And the glass logia that woman has. But this place serves as a good deterrent. It's filled with the most vile scum who'd swarm him like angry wasps if he disturbed their pile of filth. And if they did not stop him then the Government who's close by would as they sensed blood."

"Don't tell me you're scared. I'll have you kicked off my island if you're a weenie you know."

"Nothing such. I'm just getting to my point. Teach with decades of scheming managed to supplant that god damn old man. Meanwhile we have you here who managed to do the same with Big Mom but using brute strength to claim the throne. There is also another link between you."

"Huh?"

"The impossible. Teach did the impossible by wielding two Devil Fruits at the same time. And you by killing that monster as a snot nosed rookie. In my time when we talked about replacing the Yonko we thought it'd happen after they die of natural causes and the resulting vacuum would be seized by someone. But those two giants were toppled by the Worst Generation already."
Crocodile looks up at the ceiling, lost in thought.
"The birds are also chirping that Straw Hat declared war on Kaido. Did you know that? He removed one of Kaidos most important pawns and pissed him off."

"Flamingo."

"Yeah. I don't consider myself a gambling man. But if anyone then that kid could pull off the impossible and beat that thing. If that happens then only Red Hair will remain out of the big four. In just three years the worlds foundation has been irrecoverably shaken and I think it'll only get worse."
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"I still don't see the point."

"Kuhahahaha! Well think about it. What's the one thing that happened before that three years but it's also happening now and can impact the course that the world will take?"
Finally you get what he means and look up as well.
"Exactly. The Levely. Those old farts may not do much most of the time. But you gave them plenty to act on. Well, I did as well. But I imagine trying to take over a single country pales in comparison to the atrocities you and your pals commit almost daily. I swear back in my day we knew how to not draw unnecessary attention. Well whatever. Basically what I'm saying is that you've been cornering this particular rat enough for it to start biting back. Especially now when you're a nascent emperor. If I was in their position I'd also try to nip you in the bud before your little empire could take root. Plus with all new emperors come territorial disputes. I think we're about to enter a very, very bloody era. And I'd rather stand on the side that has the Yonko killing maniac."

"You're afraid."

"No. I'm opportunistic. And if I want to carve out the biggest slice of the pie I'm gonna need the biggest knife I can get."

"I see. And what do I get in return? Joker gave Kaido weapons and that earned him the position of a lapdog. You come to me talking about Alliances. You better offer me more than that Croco-boy."

His eye does a nervous twitch at your choice of vernacular. He puts out his cigar again but this time chooses not to light another.
"As a matter of fact I do have an offer. Don't think I'm coming empty handed. I have a rather large amount of capital that others owe me. I'm thinking of investing it a bit. And since you demonstrated that you're no longer just messing around I think this is a prime target. I have decades of experience ahead of you not just as a pirate but as the leader of an organization. I know every name worth knowing and I know what powers most of them wield. And you can get it. In exchange for your cooperation."

"KEKEKEKEKEKE! Alright Croco-boy! You wanna play with me? Then let's play!"
You raise your hand up high and with a loud and satisfying smack shake Crocodiles hand.
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Alright that should be it for today.
But I got something else in the logs.
After posting that however I'll go sleep.
And I'll see you guys sometime during the weekend. Probably Saturday.
Have a good night
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"Hmmmmmmm. How strange. Isn't this weird Sentomaru? We got so many boys here. So many boys and girls with guns. I don't like it. Especially that new Pacifista. It's freaky."

"Quit your whining uncle! Orders are orders. We got our job and we gotta do it! Don't like it? Take it up with Sakazuki."

"How cruel Sentomaru. You're very mean today. I'm just concerned. If I didn't know better I'd say we're going to do a Buster Call. But we're not, which is weird."

"We finally got an opportunity to remove one of the Emperors from the equation. I'd say anything less would be stupid. If we can destroy the remnants of Big Moms forces before they could recover or before the Silvers could consolidate their power then blowing up one or two islands is a small price to pay for victory."

"Ooooh. Scaaary!"
Kizaru raises his hands and takes a step back as a jest. But he quickly halts his movements.
"Oh? Looks like we got some complications."

"What?"

The warship is suddenly rocked as a shell hits its deck. As the nose area is hit its back lifts briefly in the air before falling back down and making big waves in the water. At the area of impact stands a figure that fell from the sky.
"Yo!"

"Uh-ooooh. Who let the dog in? We talked about this guys. Everyone likes puppies but you can't bring every stray on the ship! Especially if they are so bitey..."

Sentomaru brandishes his axe as Kizaru is busy joking around.
"Mad Dog... What are you doing here?"

"Oh I was just in the neighborhood. Visiting my boy and all. Noticed a small navy heading the same way. Thought I'd come over and say hi! Now, what'cha all doing?"

"We're under no obligations to tell you that we're after Cavalier! Uh... Forget I said that!"

"Whew! Thanks for being upfront! Usually bigshots like you need at least an hour of torture before you squeal. To show my gratitude I'll kill you last!"
As she taunts Sentomaru she quickly ducks as a kick flies above her head at the speed of light.
"Ah Kizaru. Always the party pooper. Tell me, how many times do I have to butcher your whole crews in front of you admiral types before you learn your lesson?"

"Well you know, we who reached the top ranks are kinda old and we're stubborn as mules. So thank you for being patient with us Eliza-sensei!"
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Half an hour later the small armada has completely stopped in its tracks. The sails on every ship are broken so they can only rely on paddles to move. Roughly half of the ships are currently in the process of sinking, are on fire or in critical condition. Kizarus suit has been roughed up but Eliza is bleeding profusely at her forehead. She's panting heavily but she seems happy.
"Well that was fun! Unfortunately I got a million better things to do. So I'll see you later Kizaru! Please do give me a call the next time you gather a bunch of promising youths just to die like this! Okay, bye!"

As she's about to jump overboard and into the water Kizaru smirks.
"Leaving after getting us all excited like that? That's cruel Eliza-chan. Very cruel. Sentomaru!"

"On it!"

The large marine whistles and something jumped out from the bowels of the ship and after Eliza. A gasp and five seconds later Eliza is thrown back onto the vessel with a massive wound going from the right side of her hips to her left shoulder. She lies on the deck bleeding profusely as she looks up and sees the dark silhouette of what attacked her. Gritting her teeth she looks at Kizaru.
"Wha-What did you do?!"

"Hmmmmmm. I guess you'd call it "escalation of the conflict". But we just call it a secret weapon."

"WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU MADMEN DO?!"

"Us? No no no. It was the brilliant Dr Vegapunk who did that. But please don't strain yourself, you're wounded. Now... rest."
Aiming at Elizas head Kizarus leg began shining before he kicking her at full force and knocking her out.
"Phew. Akainu-san! This is Kizaru!"

"Borsalino! I haven't received a report from you for over thirty minutes! Status report NOW! Are you in position?"

"I'm afraid not. We hit a little mmmmm bump on the road. Half of the force is gone."

"WHAT?! YOU INCOMPETENT BABBOON! I'LL HAVE YOUR HIDE FOR THIS!"

"Relax Akainu-chan. We may not be able to get Cavalier but... I think we got something better."
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oh no

OH NO

OH GOD OH NOES
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Thanks for running Spooks! Good fu-
Oh. Well fuck me with a razor.
This is gonna get proper spicy.
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Oh look, killing time.
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Honestly thought Eliza was better than that, oh well, least now we know what we are doing.

Pour every last penny onto burning Marijois to the ground.

Least Katakuri will get to fight.
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Youd think after the last rampage we did they'd get the message. Ah well.

BACK TO THE FUCKING GRIND.
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>>5451454
How could they forget what happens when someone dares to hit back against Silver? Last time it happened, it ended with 23 tenryubito dead and that was just for injuring his body and trying to imprison him. What the fuck do they think is gonna happen when he learns they kidnapped his mom?

>>5451456
Yeah, this is gonna make Mariejois look like Amble Village.
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Idea

What if we start Cross Guild to sabotage the Marines?

They needed shitloads of prep time for the Whitebeard War, meaning we have a couple of weeks considering all the damage Eliza did.

So if we start attacking them where it hurts while they prep up, we could easily take em down when the time comes.

Repeat Ennies Lobby, Impel Down and Marineford all at once while bounty hunters start killing Marines everywhere.
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We could even give an Offer to the Revs, we cause the biggest Distraction with this War.

And they get to do as much damage as they like to the CD as they can.

Or if we want the WG to submit, we send them the corpses of their valuable 'Admirals' as warning of whats to come.
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>>5451471
i think you're vastly underestimating the WG, like on admiral level fighters i think we've only got us, with maybe katakuri being able to pull a win out, and in terms of numbers and equipment they're vastly our superior, and if we go to war with the WG theres a massive possiblity BB decides to attack us, like us trying to go head to head with the WG we'd be fucked, any battle needs to be going in accomplishing an objective and getting out, so for eliza its going in saving her and as a side objective cxausing some dmg
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I mean, Sweet Commander is roughly that level, give or take.

And we got about 9 sweet Commander level fighters.

Plus, with our growing Fleet, we can cause some good damage, and BB might be busy with his own thing.

But yeah, lets sabotage them all we can
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>>5451496
my dude sweet commander are nowhere near admiral level, like im pretty sure admirals are like a middle stage power wise between a yonkos right hand and the yonko themselves, like i think you're sleeping on the admirals heavy here, like literally in the interlude the only during eliza and kizarus fight spook only wrote that his suit was roughed up
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>>5451498
Yes, while she was fighting off an Entire Fleet, Sentomaro, and her only injury was a bleeding forhead.
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>>5451507
i didn't say anything about elizas strength? plus theres a big chance everyone else just stood back during the fight knowing they'd just get in the way, well until the seraphim anyway
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>>5451446
Time to make the war of the best look like a kiddie fight
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>>5451446
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>>5451518
You were drawing a comparison with the fight, and I'm pointing out Kizaru isn't the guy who goes headfirst in all fights, just he was using all his assets.
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>>5451471
Yea, if it was that easy to just wipe out the WG and marines, kill off their admirals etc etc it would have been done already.
Fuckers are dangerous if you want to be exceedingly polite about it.
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Ugh. Apologies but I can't really write right now.
Toothache is killing me. Can't even think straight
I'll try doing it tomorrow but no promises
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>>5452926
rub some tussin on it
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"Excellent! You won't regret this kid! With my expertise and your brutish ways we'll be unstoppable!"
The two of you continue shaking each others hand with forced smiles on your faces until Crocodile wants to let go. He's clearly annoyed as he looks down when you refuse to let him go.
"Hey let-"

His fingers crackle as you quickly yank him close enough that you could touch your forehead to his if you wanted to. Daz Bones turns his arms into knives and leans in to move but notices Murrays anchor around his neck and Wills crossbow poking his spine. You chuckle for a good long while, long enough to make Crocodile feel more disturbed than angry.
"Hehehehe! Good! That's what I like to hear! But I want you to remember one thing. If you break any of my rules know that I'm not as nice as Luffy. Or Whitebeard."
You let him go.
"Other than that you can do whatever you like! Even becoming pirate king. See if you can pull that off!"

He looks at his hand which hasn't been replaced with a fishing instrument yet and then meekly replies.
"Noted."

"Good!"

After hearing you snap your finger Murray and Will release Daz as well and Crocodile returns to him. As he dusts his coat off Crocodile scoffs.
"I'm regretting this deal already."

"KEKEKEKE!"

"Hmph. We'll see who'll be laughing once I show you a few tricks whelp."

"KEKEKEK-COUGH COUGH COUGH!"

Your laughter turns into a violent and painful cough that you can't stop. As you raise your hand to your mouth you feel something escaping your mouth and your palm feels sticky from it. Looking at it you see that it's deep red. A moment later it's not just your mouth that's leaking blood but your nose too and after that you roll off your couch from a violent spasm. As your vision fades you see Lyda rushing to you while everyone else assumes a fighting position just in case Crocodile or anyone else seeing this tries something.

However much time has passed since you passed out you do not know but given how numb your limbs are it must've been a while.
"S-Stitches?"

"Good. You're awake."
Lyda does not look at you while she's fiddling with her medicine cabinet.
"It's been five days if you're wondering."

"Five days? W-What happened?"

"Exhaustion."

"B-But I've been resting ever since I beat Big Mom."

"No. Not that kind of exhaustion."
She finally turns to look at you and her eyes have large bags under them. She probably has not slept much for those five days.
"Put simply, you're dying."

"W-What? Don't be ridiculous. I'm fine! Look-"
You try to get up but you can't move a single muscle.
"HNNNG!"

"I'm not gonna sugarcoat it."
She sits down next to you.
"Everyone else already knows it. Only fair that you do as well. By my estimates you won't live past the age of 30. And that number will keep decreasing."

"Am I... sick?"

"Sick in the head."
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"I told you time and time again. That you need to take better care of yourself. I stopped not because you learned your lesson but because I realized it's like telling a bird to stop flying. It's in your very nature to push your own limits. So... I tried my best. We all did. To keep you going as much as possible. But that last stunt with Big Mom probably shaved a decade off your lifespan."

"But that can't be. I'm fine. I was fine! I healed!"

"Yes. But there is only so much a body can do, even yours. Almost every day you put yourself through enough abuse to kill a normal man. And while you're not normal even you have limits. You're just hitting them now. Every time your body replaces the broken parts they come out a bit more flawed, not weaker but structurally not sound. It's the same as aging for others."

"I... see."

"The fire that burns twice as bright lasts half as long, as the saying goes. You're not Big Mom or Kaido or another one of those freaks. While you were born special you're nowhere near them. All of this-"
She points around the room.
"You built by pushing yourself past the limits. Now it's time to pay the price. If you take it slow you may still live a comfortable life of luxury, even if it'll be short."

"C-Can you do something about it?"

"Of course I could. That was always the focus of my research. But... you know the price of that. I could replace parts of you over and over again. It might even buy you a few years. But there are things that can't be replaced. And who knows if you'll still be you by the end of it. The other is... you know what it is. The same thing Big Mom did. Life for life. Question is are you willing to do that?"

>Well I was in this to have a good time, not a long time
>Well if we have the organs lying around might as well put them to good use
>Well... if it was good for Mama...
>Just... give me some time. I need to think about this
>Other?
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>>5454061
>the problem was that mama was forcing people to give up their lives. People that lived under her rule. You'll find plenty of people willing to trade some of their life. If sure some marines would give so of their life in exchange for not killing them when they fuck with us or we fuck with them.
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>>5454061
Shit, this ain't good. Hmm, when you say life for life does she mean Big Mom stealing people's lifespan? If so Silver could just steal the lifespan of people he would otherwise kill, in any other case he can buy the lifespan from others like he did when he made Shelly. Im sure there would be people willing to sell. So...

>Whats the problem Stitches? Im a pirate, if I need something I'll take it or I'll buy it. This isn't any different.
Something like this maybe?
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>>5454061
>>Well I was in this to have a good time, not a long time
We are so close to the finish line, what's the point
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>>5454079
>Second

it seems perfectly in line with Silver and, let's be honest, I don't think he'd wanna start dying just when the gettings good.
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>>5454082
What's the point? More life = more fun anon.
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Honestly, does Silver even give a shit about living for long?

He's still got 12 years on him, and honestly I don't see him minding him dying as long as he had fun all the way
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>>5454086
The quest is almost caught up with the manga, once the story is done Silver might as well be dead. Let him die I say!
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>>5454061
Part of me wants to say that Silver wouldn't mind dying, and he wouldn't, but only if it was on his terms.

Wasting away in bed is a bitch way to go and frankly accepting nature's limits is just as bitchy.

We want to live? Then we fucking live. If Stiches wants to help us with that then even better, just makes it easier.

Also I wouldn't put it past us to just outright possess our corpse should we kick it.
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>>5454089
See on a meta level that is true, but on a Silver level he always looked down on quitters so I just can't see him saying "Well alright then, this is something beyond my ability to influence so I guess I'll just lie down and die then"

Because the concept of "beyond my ability to influence" just doesn't exist in that twisted little mind of his.
Fuck fate, fuck rules.
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>>5454088
Yeah Silver wouldn't mind dying but it doesn't mean he wouldn't prefer to live. Reminds me of Vulcan from TTS "Why would i want to be dead? All my friends are here!"

>>5454089
You think Spooky will end the quest once it gets caught up to the manga? I'd like for him to comment on that before coming to such a conclusion.
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>>5454077
Hell we dont even need to do that. There are idiots more than willing to trade years off their life for money and we've got more than we care to count.

I'm willing to bet there's a chucklefuck out there willing to trade a few million for a decade or two.
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Hmm, so had s'more ideas for the War

We gonna play as dirty as can be?
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>>5454088
>>5454092
Yea, so is Silver afraid of dying? No, what he is afraid of is not living.
Wasting away in a "comfortable life" until his body just gives up sounds like hell to him, much better getting killed by someone, lose a battle and just not make it. Do what he enjoys until the last.
Not giving up, never giving up.
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>>5454092
Well considering that I have precisely 0 clues as to where the story will go I won't just end if we catch up. But I would prefer to wait and see what some of the answers are for the big reveals. However at the same time many of those mysteries don't really concern Silver personally. So we'll see.

The story will end when it ends. That's it
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>Other?
>"I dont mind dying but I still got stuff to do here and I just got my family too. I'm not about to just leave you guys when I only got a few years with you."
>"Besides we can be better than Mama and smarter about it too. Well just do what we did with Shelly. There's probably someone here that doesnt want to stick around but likes money. I wanna stick around and have money. Bartering."
>"Should probably trade out most of my worn out bits before hand though. No reason wasting energy on broken bits."

When in doubt go full Ork. We can rebuild him. Stronger, faster, stupider.
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>>5454091
The way I see it, Silver trying to cheat his way out of the consequences of his own actions would be like backing down, and Silver never backs down. Like he'd say, no take backsies.
>>5454092
I didn't say that, just that theres not a lot to go from here
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>>5454077
>>5454079
>>5454108
Well it looks like most people think that Silver should do some soul trading as a potential remedy

>writing
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>>5454061
>Sure, everything has a price. We made Shelly the same way, didn't we?
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>>5454111
But we've always cheated our way out of things, everything Silver does breaks conventional rules and thinking. And his body.

We haven't really anything fair and square since we torched Amble, and I don't think we gave them warning either. But I don't think it will just be way to bypass it all, I bet it's going to hurt. I bet it's going to be awful to force a body to remain alive against nature and good sense.
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>>5454127
we punched our way out of things, which is perfectly fine by Silver standards
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>>5454127
If reality wanted us to die then it should have brought it's A game.
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Ironic as bats have amazing immune system and lifespans and regenerative abilities due to the power of there flight muscles 41 years is fucking long for a animal of that cell count and metabolism silver should be able to become old enough for vampire impressions
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>>5454111
Taking consiquences when you can punch them away is weak sauce and just giving up
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>>5454147
Should tell you how hard we've been pushing it frankly.

We literally did toon force resistance the hard way.
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"Dying huh?"
You look up at the ceiling.
"People die. I know. And I knew that I'd die too. Sooner or later. Probably sooner to be honest. So I'm not at all afraid of dying."

"Does that mean-"

"What I'm afraid of is not living. I still have my family and plenty of stuff to do. I only had three years with you guys. And I say that's not enough. Not even if I have ten more. You know me. I always want more! Stitches. Are you okay with helping me live longer?"

"Well I have no intention of leaving the crew as long as you live. And I'll never refuse to help a patient. But what kind of treatment do you want? Or rather, which one are you willing to put up with?"

"Hmmmm. The problem with Mama was that she was keeping people as basically slaves. But other than that she was just a pirate doing her thing. I bet we could find plenty of people willing to sell a year or two of their lives for riches. And beyond that I can always just take what I want from my enemies. A lot of cowards would be willing to give a few years if I just spared them."

"Understood. As long as you can find people willing to give up parts of their souls I can work with that. Just like with Shelley."

"Excellent. How about that other stuff? Can we replace bits on top of that?"

"We could... but I advise against it."

"Why?"

"I still don't fully understand the full extent of a human souls function. I'm not entirely sure how the flesh works in relation to the soul. Is the soul a thing inside or is it spread around the whole body? If the latter we risk wasting precious life force with each transplant. And I hate being wasteful."

"Are you really going to waste this opportunity to experiment and find it out?"

"Experimentation and treatment both have their time and place. Never at the same time. If I learn anything during practice it's purely coincidental. I won't make you my guinea pig Silver. Especially not when it could endanger you."

"Fine. Soul transplants only."
You close your eye.
"Jaws! I know you're listening at the door! Come here!"

The door creaks open revealing the whole crew behind it.
"Heh. Sorry cap."

"It's okay. Go out and get me a guy who looks like he'll do anything for money. I'll give him an offer he can't refuse."
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After a quick nod and thirty minutes Murray comes back with some rather young looking guy. He looks like a fresh recruit on some no-name pirate crew. He seems nervous as hell as he's forced to enter the infirmary.
"E-E-Eeer it's nice to meet you I-"

"Don't care. Listen. You look like someone fresh off an island. You a deckhand?"

"Y-Yes sir! I'm with the-"

"Good. Now listen. Want to make a fortune? Buy yourself a nice sword so people respect you?"

"Y-Yes sir!"

"Good. I'll give you five million right here right now for every year of your life."

"What?"

"I thought I was clear. One year, five million. Do you accept?"

He looks like he's about to ask if you're serious but one glance at your crew reveals to him that you are indeed VERY serious. He swallows hard and walks up to the side of your bed. Biting his lips he asks you one question.
"Five million? I guess I could go with five less years..."

"Then shake my hand!"

With hesitation he grasps your extended skeletal hand and the moment he does you squeeze him tight as Stitches approaches. Touching his shoulder with one finger she draws a trail from him to you and his face shrivels up like a prune while you feel the strength returning to your limbs. Rejuvenated you finally manage to sit up with a sigh of relief.
"Bring him twenty-five million now."

Murray hands over a suitcase full of money to him and he holds it tightly to his own chest. Only now does he realize what he has done, or rather that you were 100% sincere with him.
"Hah. HAHAHA! Thank you so much!"

"No. Thank you. Now don't spend it all in one place. Or do. I don't care."

"I can't wait until the others hear about this!"

>Good. Spread the news. I want everyone to know about this
>Hold on. You can't tell anyone. Don't want this to get out
>Other?
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>>5454175
>Good. Spread the news. I want everyone to know about this
If people want to sell, we're buying. And just like that there is a reason for Silver to accumulate wealth and power, to keep going. Rather then just keep going for the sake of it., this could very well be a milestone in his character!

That or we just gave BB the biggest boner imaginable and he's coming for us willing to sacrifice everything for Lyda.
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>>5454175
>Hold on. You can't tell anyone. Don't want this to get out

I really don't want people to know that our doctor can extend people's lives. we already know that Blackbeard is after her for her devil fruit swapping abilities.
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>>5454175
>Good. Spread the news. I want everyone to know about this

Dont really care to keep it a secret to be frank.

Our main goal with this is to get back into peak condition. Might as well get it done in one fell swoop.

I suppose the greatest threat would be to stiches but since she's running with us the only thing that would be different would be a higher bounty. And even then only she knows how to do it. Its not built into her devil fruit, it's an exploit. If you kill her for the fruit you couldn't do it anyway cause you wouldn't have her medical knowledge.

Youd have to kill her and raid her stuff and be smart enough to actually use it, and before all of that youd have to go through "I kill Emperors" Silver and his crew of maniacs, all of whom will be coming down on you like the wrath of Old Testament God.

And even if you did ALL of that youd still have to find someone willing to trade and hold onto the fruit yourself.
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>>5454175
I don't see why anons want to put Lyda in danger since finding people willing to sell is so easy.
>Hold on. You can't tell anyone. Don't want this to get out
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>>5454175
>>Hold on. You can't tell anyone. Don't want this to get out
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>>5454188
Because other then killing anyone we deal with it's going to get out.
random dude shows up with 25 million out of nowhere and questions are going to be asked.
Not to mention the bragging, being getting drunk, robbed for the cash and asked where he got it etc etc.

There just isn't a way to manage that kind of information. it *will* get out, and fast. An adorable walking, talking, spring of youth will ensure that.
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>>5454175
>Hold on. You can't tell anyone. Don't want this to get out
We are gonna get bothered by a ton of people who just want to get rich quick and i don't see us lasting a century or more
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>>5454175
>Good. Spread the news. I want everyone to know about this
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btw are we gonna confront the crew about hiding shit from us? like this is the 2nd time they've done this now with the first being the big mom thing and silver even said they needed to talk about that at a later point, cause at this point its less the crew respects silver and more they treat him like a kid who they want to keep happy
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>Good. Spread the news. I want everyone to know about this.

What are the WG gonna do? Kill us some more?
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>>5454192
Lyda can just trade the memory of the deal and even if she couldn't there's nothing wrong with getting some extra time by not shouting about her ability from the rooftops.
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>>5454175
>>5454175
>>Hold on. You can't tell anyone. Don't want this to get out
>>5454206
Holy fuck that's genius. Let's do that, let's trade the memory of the deal to maintain secrecy.
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Besides, the WG won't care because they planning to kill us already and we are in our prime.

And BB, why would he even want it? He's already lived twice the life of others
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>>5454207
Yeah silvers not really about hiding shit for safety, he'd shout it from the rooftops and dare anyone to try and start shit
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>>5454175
>>Good. Spread the news. I want everyone to know about this
Fuck I have no self control today.
>>5454208
Ignore this. I'm closing the tab for the next 30 minutes to stop further vote changing.
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Well I may not be able to count so feel free to correct me but to me this looks like
>5 votes for spreading the news
>4 for suppressing it

If I goofed up please yell at me

>writing
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>>5454216
That seems to match up.
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"Good. Tell your friends. Tell everyone! I want people to know what I offer."

"Will do!"

As the guy runs out your crewmembers look at you inquisitively.
"Are you sure that's a good idea?"

"Don't care Toxin. I literally don't have to care anymore. Mama had powers like that. What did anyone do about it? What could they? Nothing."

"If you say so. Anyway I brought you some roast duck with milk porridge. You must be starving. How are you feeling by the way?"

"Like someone who just woke up after a five day nap and ate a guys soul."

"Fair."

As you start eating the duck Lyda starts nudging everyone outside, citing that you still need to rest. Even she leaves the room and once she closes the door behind herself only you remain in the room. And Nutmeg of course. She gives you a knowing look as she kneels down next to your bed and pats your head. Not saying a word she continues to run her fingers through your hair as you eat. When you finish the duck you offer her the porridge.
"I'm not hungry."

"Okay."

You continue eating your dessert in peace with your wife silently watching you. When you finally eat the last morsel of food you look at her.
"Sorry."

"No. I'm sorry. I should've seen how hard you were pushing yourself. But that's how I've always known you. I... I just thought that's simply how you are. It never occurred to me that you actually had to put effort into... all that. You just made it so easy."
She lets out a weary sigh.

"I won't do it again."

"No. Just don't. I'm okay with you risking your life. But don't lie to me. I was okay with everything up until now, no matter how crazy or over the top it was. Hell, I even agreed to you forming a fucking harem because I know that it's in your nature to want more. Always more. Nothing will change that. Even if it burns you out."
She stands up and looks down at you.
"I'm fine with that too. But I want something in exchange."

"Ask anything and it's yours."

"Kids."

"PFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFT!"
You almost throw up all the precious food you just ingested.
"WHAT?"

"If your days are numbered I don't want to take any chances. I think I've been patient enough up until now. But now I'm not gonna wait anymore. I want kids and they WILL have a dad! YOU HEAR ME?!"

"Gulp. Y-Yes..."
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It took one more week after that before you managed to get out of bed. You could've done it sooner but circumstances dictated that you stay a bit more. It also helped that people heard the news that apparently they can exchange "life" for money. And with the veritable mountain of wealth that you have you managed to acquire many replacement years. Lyda said that your test results are improving as a result of these infusions but there is a slight problem with them. Namely that those acquisitions don't translate 1 for 1. A single year for an average man does not equal one year for you. The kindling that fuels a campfire for an hour can not maintain a raging inferno but for a second. Still, it is sufficient as treatment.

Sadly that's not the only information that spread. Apparently people managed to connect the dots that you are not in the best of conditions. So the moment you stepped into the light at your usual place people immediately took their chance and jumped you.
"YOU'RE WIDE OPEN CAVALIER!"

The blades of the assassins shatter on your skin and Marcella starts dismantling them once they realize what a terrible mistake they made. You sit down to the sound of their screams and look at Pascia and Dias who have been dutifully kept things running during your sick leave.
"So. Anything I missed?"

"Not much captain. But are you sure you're okay?"

"Never better. Just need to take things slowly for now. But I'm good. So what's up?"

"Not much thankfully. Everything is in order as much as it can be."

"Good! Spider?"

"There is the matter of the Levely. I think you might be interested to hear what happened. Also we should really get started on your wedding since you managed to upset poor Ms Boa so much."

>Business first. What happened with those weenies?
>The world can wait. I want to focus on my personal affairs
>Other?
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>Business first. What happened with those weenies?
>>Does she want a child as well?
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>>5454270
>Business first. What happened with those weenies?
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>>5454270
>>Business first. What happened with those weenies?
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>>5454270

>Business first. What happened with those weenies?
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Business first
>writing
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"Business first, then pleasure. What did those weenies do on their mountaintop?"

Ann hands you a rolled up newspaper so you can verify everything for yourself.
"The Revolutionaries assassinated one of the kings. Young Mr Sabo killed the king of Arabasta, Nefertari Cobra and apparently kidnapped his daughter princess Vivi."

"Sabo?"
You start frantically flipping through the pages and recall the events of the island where the Revolutionaries incited a rebellion just before you touched down on it. You wouldn't put it past them to do something like that. But at the Levely? No, that doesn't make any sense.
"No no no. Doing that away from the country is pointless. Unless there was a coup at Arabasta... no there wasn't."

"I agree that it's strange. This doesn't seem to fit Mr Sabo."

"I don't know about that. But this is stupid. If they kill the king away from the country then they can just get a new king. Who wrote this?!"

"Morgans."

The big bird himself. Of course he's not a reliable source of information, only most of the time. He does love coloring stories to make them interesting. And naturally he's not all knowing. If they fed him fake information and he doesn't know the truth then he'll just release the fake story for the sake of Big News. In your frustration you toss the paper away.
"This reeks of Government nonsense."

"Are you saying the Government lied about the Revolutionaries killing a king? Then who did it? Not even they would kill a world leader like that..."

"I don't know. All I know is that if the WG says that grass is green they are lying."

"In any case I suggest you pick that back up."
She motions at the paper.
"Because there is more. King Neptune officially announced that his island is now allied with us. That caused a bit of an uproar. However your rise to Emperor status was convenient for him. And since he was affiliated with Whitebeard before and because the Fish-men were always ignored and sometimes even hunted by the government he could tell the other leaders that he feels more safe with our flag flying above his country than with the rest of the world behind him. When Neptune demanded they give him a better offer they all backed down."

"Kek! Good for Santa! Come to think of it I haven't been to Fish-men Island in a while."

"And one more thing. Apparently two kings proposed to disband the Seven Warlords of the Sea, since in recent years they were proven not just ineffective but detrimental to the Government, due to Mr Crocodile and Mr Doflamingos actions. However they were not successful as other nations vetoed them, citing how dangerous the waters have been in recent years."

"Well look at that!"

"Instead they started searching for candidates to immediately fill the two vacancies in the system, as well as recalled the four warlords that haven't been converted to cyborgs like Bartholomew Kuma."

"Why?"

"Nobody knows."
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And that's where I'll have to end things I'm afraid
I'll see you guys later next week
Have a good night
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Oh shit, I was really hoping the system would get disbanded.

Lets hope Hancock has a brain
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>>5454325
>Lets hope Hancock has a brain
Nope, just tits and scoliosis.
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>>5454318
oh, there just going to turn them into cyborgs now. Guess the same thing as canon is still going happen.
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>>5454333
yeah, here come the seraphim volunteers
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>Unsatisfied with the quality of the souls he's partaken, Silver arranges a fighting tournament of sorts to weed out the weenies and bring out the awesome sauce guys
>The tournament, for the most part, is non lethal...save for the finale
>At the end, the winner can walk away with a "mere" 25 million berries, but if they choose literally put their soul on the line and face Silver, they could possibly win 100 million berries
>Naturally, they tend to fall short when facing Silver

Why yes, I am blatantly ripping off Mortal Kombat, why do you ask?
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>>5454318
I had a thought about this soul-sucking thing that were doing now. As Silver gets older is he going to require even more souls to get same amount of years? Cause I feel that's going to end really badly.
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>>5454935
Yes, it's almost as if "And he became a soul sucking vampiric abomination to stave off death" is rarely the prelude to "And they lived happily ever after" Pic kind of related. Surprisingly related even.

>>5454685
I mean... if it ain't broke why fix it? It sounds like something Silver would do for shits and giggles anyway.
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>Silver somehow finds his old lopped off hand, and has it fashioned into a gruesome Infinity Marriage Gauntlet of sorts
"AHAHAHAHA! WITH THIS, I CAN MARRY EVERYONE!"
"Damn it Silver, no! That's not how it works at all!"
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>>5455595
"Oh yeah... a ring on a finger for every marriage except the thumbs. THAT MEANS I GET TO MARRY FOUR MORE TIMES WOOOOO!!!"/spoiler]
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DESU I kind of want an omake of the Strawhats reaction when they heard that we killed Big Mom.
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>>5455614
same
>>5454685
for the only people who could take silver 100 million berries is cump change. It would have to be a timed trail survive 5 min and you win fail and you lose a.) your life (from injuries) or b.) 5-10 years
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>>5455614
I'd rather see smug Shakky being smug to Riley, or Fishy & Family. Or some of the people who already flew our flag. Or the underworld kings we didn't declare war on, or the ones we did!
Those we actually have a rapport with rather then just the main characters for being main characters... Robin is cool tho. We actually have a relationship with her.
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>>5455614
>>5456343
I could do that
Any other requests?
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>>5456354
Hmm what about kaidos reaction? it'd be cool to see he reacts to big moms death and that we killed her
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>>5456369
He's probably pissed that we didn't take the chance to betray and kill him
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>>5456376
I mean i genuinely would not be surprised like next session if we hear kaidos literally on his way to us to throw down, since he knows and sorta likes us and us being able to kill big mom is probably the most exciting thing he's heard since marineford
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>>5456354
Could you file my taxes?
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>>5455601
Grows wings out of back 8 more wives
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>>5456417
borrow robins DF and get infinite wives
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>>5456354
Update the Character Sheet and the Social Links?
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>>5456354
i literally just want the straw hat's reactions during the fight and of them finding out we killed big mom
like several posts worth
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>>5456417
But they're all bats
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I wanna see the situation with Kaido and the other emperors, maybe Marco reaction?

Also, Green bull
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>>5457459
i mean i don't think marco or green bull would have particularly unique reactions, like we have no relationship with green bull and we talked to marco literally once, as for the emperors i'd be 100% down for kaido or BB but like GB and marco don't think shanks would be particularly special, just him going "hmm big moms dead and a new guys an emperor" and then his analysis of the new political situation
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>>5457469
Its big news, and Greenbull would smell weakness like he did in canon.
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>>5457508
yeah and they don't offer a unique perspective that we wouldn't get otherwise, like as you just said we know exactly how greenbulls probably thinking here, marco won't really care since he's quasi-retired and shanks would just be analyzing the new political situation, like none of them have any real personal stake in what happened, where as kaido had a close relationship with big mom and is interested in us personally and well BB perspective will let us know what he's up to rn since without the warlord dissolving he won't be following what he did in canon by attacking boa, and could potentially straight up rn be coming to attack us
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>>5456354
just the emperor's and the straw hats.
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So I got 2 of the stuff out of the way. Still making the Straw Hats one as it's a tad bit LONG

>>5456853
It's on the list. The to-do-later list

>>5457516
I agree Green Bull and Marco wouldn't really add much
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In the deepest recesses of Marine HQ is a dungeon devoid of all sources of light. No guards are stationed there for no security measures are needed. There in lies a cube shaped cell carved from a single slab of sea stone. Only a select few people may earn the "honor" of being locked up in there. Those whose sins are so grave and so plentiful that they don't even get a mock trial. Instead their sins will be read out loud for the public so none may have any doubt in their mind that the person responsible for those crimes deserves nothing less than immediate death.

The light of a lantern pierces the darkness as a pair of heavy footsteps can be heard descending the long flight of stairs. The person locked in the cell looks up, though she can only barely see from all the swelling over her eyes.
"Garp you old goat! Hey do me a favor and ask your whipping boys to hit my left kidney for a change. I think there is still urine in my blood when I pee."

"Mad Dog..."

"Mad Dog? Hahaha! Is that how you greet an old friend after so much time? Anyway let's make a deal! How long has it been since you've seen any action you old fossil? If you get those lads to ease off a bit I promise I'll make you feel good! And I'll only bit it half off!"

"You deserve everything that's happening to you now. You know that right? Those boys all lost friends and family because of you..."

"Nah. Couldn't have been me. I don't leave survivors. And if they were not there when I killed their friends then were they really that close?"

"Sigh."
Garp sets down his lantern with a heavy sigh and sits down outside the cell.
"I... despise you so, so much you wouldn't believe it."

"Oh give me a break-"

"Because thanks to you one of my greatest regrets in life is not killing a woman when I had the chance."

"Oh sweet! How do I rank though? Is it before or after you got the son of a man killed after he specifically entrusted the boys life to you? Or how about alienating both your son AND your grandson? Or that time when you watched like a gimp when some dogfucker punched a hole in your adoptive son?"
Garp punches the wall of the cell in his frustration. Eliza smirks.
"You know if I wasn't chained to this wall you could kiss your arm goodbye."

"Stupid girl! You ruined everything! Your actions are responsible for the state the world is in! Everything is in chaos! People live in constant fear all over because they don't know if their island will be reduced to rubble in the middle of the night! The number of orphans and widows increased ten fold across the seven seas! And it's only going to get worse as both sides keep escalating the conflict! So just tell me. Why? Why did you have to bring back Rocks?!"
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"Tch. Stupid old man."
The captive pirate scoffs.
"You think without me the world would be better? Nah. Different, sure but not better. The same way this isn't any better or worse. Because it's not me who messed it up. Not for lack of trying of course. But I just couldn't quite manage to outdo you guys. No matter how much I flexed I couldn't beat money. Clones, cyborgs, artificial devil fruits and now child soldier lunarians. And you call me crazy. Typical government dog."

"How many decades? How many decades has it been? And you're still the same snot nosed bastard Xebec picked off the streets! All of that is because of you and your ilk. You stupid children keep forcing the governments hand to escalate things! Would it kill you to take responsibility just one time?! You unleashed a monster that was better left buried and now we're all paying for it! You should've left that bastard to die on that island Eliza!"

"Take that back."
Garp picks up his lantern and turns to leave.
"Hey Garp!"

"Hmmm?"

"I didn't do it."

"What?"

"You think I did it but I didn't. And I'd never have the heart to turn him into something he isn't or doesn't want to be. Got that?"

That was not the answer Garp was expecting. And it definitely was one he didn't wish to hear.
"I see."
He looks over his shoulder and gives the chained up girl a look of understanding, perhaps even sympathy.
"Well I guess I'll see you later."

"Yep."
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>>5457627
however long the straw hat reaction is is how long your dick will become IRL
your move
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>>5457656
Please I don't need any more schmeat
Women are afraid of my girth as is
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"BEGE!"
Katakuri shouts as he punches the man shaped castle with his gigantic fist.
"OPEN UP OR I'LL CRACK YOU OPEN MYSELF!"

Bege grunts from the pain as he's getting pulverized. The people on the inside, especially his wife worry about his wellbeing. He tries to fight back but his oversized hands are inadequate to catch an opponent that much smaller and that nimble. So he tries to aim his wall mounted cannons at him but they all explode one by one as the cannonballs detonate inside.

"H-He clogged the guns with mochi! Who is this guy?"
Nami screams as the Firetank Pirates rush to the window.

"Don't just gawk! Open fire! We must protect father or we're done for!"

"R-Right!"

Vito, Gotti and Nami, alongside several other henchmen all open the nearby windows and open fire at the sweet commander. But to their horror his body turns into mochi and simply shifts out of the way of every bullet. The death glare he shoots back at them is enough to make a mans blood freeze. However before the Charlotte could attack back by slithering in through the open windows and massacring everyone inside something happens. A bright orange light engulfs everything and all eyes instinctively turn to the source. Luffy and Chopper can't contain themselves when they see the giant fire breathing bat.

"L-LASER BEAM!!!!!"
"L-LASER BEAM!!!!!"

Others like Sanji are not so enthusiastic.
"You got to be kidding!"

And Katakuri seems even more concerned.
"Hmph. It started. Then-"

With a change of plans he expands his body into a tidalwave of mochi and pushes Bege off the roof. This not only gives him a convenient way to get far away from the fight but also provides an excellent way to gain access to all the squishy enemies hiding inside Beges innards. Though after landing the castle was severely damaged the people inside were not quite as dead as Katakuri had hoped. Instead a small, monkey like boy jumped out and began fighting him.
"EVERYONE! THIS GUY IS DANGEROUS! GET AWAY WHILE I HOLD HIM OFF! WE'LL CATCH UP LATER!"

Not needing to be told twice the others made a run for it right away with the Straw Hats and Firetanks splitting up so that the enemy would also need to split their attention. This worked superbly and they managed to reach the harbor where they docked encountering only minimal resistance. With Jinbe assuming command the crew gets the Sunny ready for departure.

"Unfurl the sails quickly! And prepare for a long tough engagement! As strong as Luffy-kun is Katakuri is a mighty foe! We'll have to fend for ourselves for hours most likely!"

Meanwhile Pudding who tagged along with them begins taunting the crew.
"You utter fools! By staying here you've sealed your fate! The underwater security snails know each and every movement of yours as long as you're in Mamas territory! HAHAHA! Once your captain falls Katakuri will use them to hunt you all down!"
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"Wow! Thanks for the warning Pudding-chan!"

Puddings face turns red after Sanji speaks.
"Y-You're welcome darling! I HOPE YOU ALL DIE!"

"So Jinbe, should we wait outside Big Moms territory?"

"I'm afraid we can't. I don't think Luffy-kun will be in any condition to seek us out from so far away. We'll just have to grit our teeth and-"
But his mouth stood agape as he spoke when he saw dark clouds gathering over Wholecake Chateau. The others ask him what's wrong and as they turned around to check for themselves the rest of the Straw Hats also caught a glimpse of the titanic pillar of lightning that struck Mamas seat of power and demolished the whole thing.
"Disregard what I said! We need to get as far away as possible to protect the Sunny!"

After they managed to get several islands worth of distance between Wholecake Island and themselves the Straw Hats watched the horizon with morbid curiosity, unable to turn their eyes away from it. And given that Big Moms fleets were simply incapable of moving due to the sheer number of ships fleeing Wholecake Island they were not really disturbed at all. Fire and lightning fell from the sky like rain, waves of force powerful enough to tear islands in half sometimes zipped right past them and both the sea and the air quaked from the shock of some impacts. And then... the island started moving.

"Pedro... I'm scared."

"It's okay Carrot. So am I. We can't even rely on the full moon with all these black clouds."

Chopper shut his eyes long ago and hugged Namis leg tightly for comfort. She tried to calm him down and telling him that things will be alright but not matter how good of a liar she is not even she could make that sound convincing.
"Jinbe. Did we make a mistake?"

"No. I'm afraid there is nothing we could've done there. I just hope that Luffy-kun took the fight to another island. I never would've imagined Big Mom is such a formidable opponent. Or that Cavalier could fight at her level."

"Man. That young man has quite the tenacity yohoho. My bones still ache when I recall trying to fend off Big Mom.

Meanwhile Sanjis new wife is holding his hand tightly.
"I've... never seen Mama like this before."

While normally he'd be ecstatic to hold a pretty girls hand like this Sanji felt nothing but anger over the fact that she was clearly terrified.
"Don't worry Pudding. Everything will be fine. I'm sure of it!"
If only he knew that the two of them were not routing for the same side.
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A while later things calmed down. The contrast of the eerie silence and the roaring battle that seemingly shook the totality of Totland was unnerving. Out of morbid curiosity they steered the ship closer to Wholecake Island, close enough for them to see the absolute devastation that swept the land. They had no words. They all sailed the New World for a while now, they've seen unbelievable things and they always managed to prove that they were worse thanks to those grueling two years they spent preparing. But this? This is the true power of a Yonko. Not even Pudding, not even Jinbe had any inkling of the true scope of such monsters. Now they do. And now they no longer have any illusions about how terrible they are. Their silent watch is only broken by the ringing of a den-den mushi which they hastily pick up, if only so that something could divert their attention from the horror of such forces.
"HELLO? LUFFY?!"

"Hey Nami... I won! Shishishi!"

Without wasting any time they turned around and headed for Cacao Island where he and Katakuri went over the course of their fight via the Sky Walk technique. Straw Hat was not in a good shape after that. He reached the very end of his stamina, one of his eyes was rendered useless, shards of glass had to be extracted from his mouth after Katakuri force fed it to him and shattered it in his mouth and practically every bone in his body sustained some sort of damage. But he won. He was still conscious. Yet just after they brought him onboard he fell asleep. And with the Charlotte Family having bigger things to worry about they sailed away safely. Several days later they received the newspapers.

"Pedro! Pedro! Do you see that?"
Carrot pestered her senior who kept holding his face due to the discomfort his pulsating eyesocket gave him.

"Yeah. How... How did a mere child beat that?"

"It's a little known fact but Big Moms ability to steal your soul is dependent on fear. That's how he withstood it."

"But to not feel fear when faced with that... that monster? And to not just stand up to it but BEAT it?!"
Images of Linlin standing over him flashed in Pedros mind followed by similar memories of Jack the Drought, the man who almost single handedly destroyed his home. He may not know the full scope of en Emperors power but he knows that of an emperors underling. Suddenly something else pops in his mind, something that was buzzing around in the background of his consciousness but now it surged to the forefront.
"D-Did anyone else see a mink fighting with on that pirates side?

"I did! I saw him! But I did not recognize that rat-mink-teia."

Pedro took out a cigarette with his shaking hands and managed to light it with great effort.
"Good. Good. Neither do I-gara. Then maybe that mink was born abroad. And maybe that person doesn't know about Zunesha."
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"My my. Young man Silver really did it. Quite impressive. Oh and speaking of Emperors, I almost forgot I had this stolen from Big Moms vaults!"
Brook produces a rubbing of the road poneglyph he managed to make.
"I guess that's what happens when you no longer have a brain yoho!"

"Silvers are scary! Silvers are scary!"
"Silvers are scary! Silvers are scary!"
Nami and Chopper muttered in unison as they silently swore to each other that they'll never EVER engage that mad crew of monsters and if Luffy gets any funny ideas they'll strap him down and euthanize him.

Speaking of which.
"Hmmmmmm. How did you get that strong Sissy? Yosh! Instead of Big Mom I'll have to kick his ass after Kaido! Hmph!"

"B-But Luffy."

"What's that Chopper?"

"When you punched Big Mom she flicked you away like a fly."
Chopper spoke with snot overflowing his nostrils.

"Bah! Details! Anyway I'm hungry! SANJI! Hmmm? Sanji?"

The cook is absent from the party, instead he bought himself a spare copy of the paper and took it inside alongside the breakfast he prepared for his wife.
"Pudding-chan? Are you awake?"

"I am now. What's all that ruckus outside?"

"I'm... terribly sorry. I know it's not much but I thought I'd prepare you a decent meal. To ease the pain."
He hands over the news to her.
"If you need anything then just tell me."

As she unfurls the paper Puddings three eyes all water up an she breaks out in tears. Her new husband is quick to embrace her and tell that it's going to be fine. But he still does not realize that his wife does not share his sentiment. Pudding does not cry tears of sorrow but tears of relief and joy. They both lived through a childhood of pain and abuse at the hands of their respective parents. But where Sanjis still felt a deep familial connection to his father and swore vengeance against Silver for what he's done Pudding is secretly thanking him for ridding the world of that monster she called mother. For no matter how strong of an attachment she had to Big Mom every time she tries to feel sad for the passing of her mother all she can remember is the alienation, the insults, the isolation and the hateful psychopath that Linlin forged her into. Even now she can't fully express the genuine love she feels towards the first man who showed affection to her after the reveal of her true nature. And for that Pudding will never ever forgive her mother.
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And now for the Big Boy
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>>5457691
Crying Beetch
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"WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"
A man weeps like a baby as he drowns his sorrows in copious amounts of booze.
"JOKER! My sweet little Joker! WEEEEEEEE! Why did you have to loose? It's not your fault that you suck so bad but still! And Jack! Jackie boy! My widdle baby! He tried to break you out and they beat him like a rug!"

"Master Kaido I'm right here."

"SHUT YOUR CAKEWHOLE YOU SON OF A BITCH!"
He smashes the ground with his kanabo before raising his gourd to drench himself in sake again.
"PWEH! And now we ran out of our precious smiles too! WHAT WILL WE DO?"

"H-He's going back and forth between types of drunkenness. Have you seen anything like that?"
A mook dares to open his mouth before he's uppercutted through the roof and into the starry sky.

"And that little germ keeps bullying us. Sigh. That's all I deserve honestly. I'm so pathetic I wish I was a sea cucumber. Hic."
Kaido wipes his mouth clean before continuing.
"I even got myself one of those CUTIE PIE worst generation kiddies. But all they keep doing is sulking in a cell without obeying me. Even though I did all I could. Sigh. As usual I am the one who'll have to do everything. AND THOSE SONS OF BITCHES WILL PAY! Both that Straw Hat and Cavalier! Those little shits will rue the day they crossed me! Mark my words! Or at least when we start burning the world to the ground. Because I can't leave until then. Fuck this country. OH WE'RE GONNA HAVE SO MUCH FUN THEN TEE-HEE!"

"Master Kaido! Master Kaido!"
Another one of his minions rushes in.
"Important news!"

"Huh? Leave me be. Can't you see I'm bubsy? Hic."

"SIR! YOU ABSOLUTELY MUST SEE THIS!"

"Didn't you hear?! Kaido said he's BUBSY! LEAVE!"
Jack roars at the little man.

"EEEK! B-But sir it's Big Mom! She's been killed! Look!"

"WHAT? IMPOSSIBLE! Give me that!"
Jack snatches the paper from the little man and starts squinting real hard at the small letters before he takes out his reading glasses.
"Let's see... URK!"

"Huh? Wassat Jack? Little Jackie boy scared of big words again? Hic."

"Master Kaido! LOOK!"

Jack turns the paper around and the oni like man groggily stumbles forward until his nose is almost touching the news.
"Hmmmmmmm. Which one? Hold on..."
Kaido takes a step back before smacking himself in the face with his Kanabo.
"Ow..."
He holds his head as blood drips from it.
"Oooow. That hurt. I swear if I killed my buzz for nothing you'll both pay."
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When Kaido opens his eyes next he beholds the title of the paper and his eyes snap open. Better than even the smack from his own club those words snapped him right out of his drunken stupor and even his hangover. Memories of an age long past return to him of a much younger and much more pleasing to the eye Linlin.
"Oooooh? You look like you got spunk kid. Name's Linlin! Listen, don't listen to a word Rocks says. Just stick with me and I'll take care of you alright?"
And of another time. The last time they met on friendly terms. The time she saved his life by giving him his Devil Fruit.
"Kaido! Kaido! Damn it! Hnnnng! You better be grateful for this you damn brat!"

"Cough cough. Linlin? Where is Rocks?"

"He's gone kid! Now eat this! Eat like your life depends on it! We got to get out of here! Just hold on! I'll carry you!"

And he's back to the present, glaring at the bounty of the person who killed her. The one whom he once upon a time called comrade, maybe even friend at some point. It's the same man that's been giving him quite a headache recently.
"Worororororo."
And he's loving it.
"WORORORORRORO! WOOOOOOOOORORORORO!"
His eyes, those of a dragon have not been filled with so much life in a long, long while. Kaido is so overwhelmed by emotions that he ignores one of his sworn oaths and gets his hopes up. Taking his Kanabo he smashes down on the piece of paper, obliterating it in the process. With a wide smile and brimming with excitement he speaks up.
"JACK! READY YOUR SHIP AND HEAD FOR OUTER HEAVEN! NOW! I WANT CAVALIER SILVER HERE AND IN ONE PIECE!"

"B-But Master Kaido. Why not just go there yourself?"

"IDIOT! Last time I did that for the Old Man these fucking peasants almost got uppity! I won't risk all those decades of hard work when we are so close to the finish line! BUT I REFUSE TO GET HORNED UP LIKE THAT AGAIN! I will not let Red Hair or Blackbeard or the fucking Navy get their hands on him before I get a chance at fighting him!"
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There you go you fat bastards
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Imagine Luffy's reaction now that Wano will be empty and Kaido doesn't give a shit about him.

Easy victory, and tastes worse than a devil fruit
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>>5457703
Can't believe Sanji's mad that we killed his dad.
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Hmm, what if Kaido-Silver alliance for Eliza?

Silver promises the fight right after they destroy Marineford.
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>>5457703
i need three dozen more reactions
also,

>"Didn't you hear?! Kaido said he's BUBSY! LEAVE!"
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>>5457711
i can't believe that pudding is going to cuck him for silver
stay mad, gay boy
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Sanji is gonna have that Zenitzu reaction to Silvers 3 wives.

Also, imagine how pissed Kidd will be.
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>>5457724
>pudding thanking silver profusely for offing her mom
>silver failing to remember which charlotte this big titty bitch is
>sanji seething in the corner, worried, confused, and limp-dicked
Sanji just never gets a break.
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>>5457754
The only break he'll ever get is heartbreak
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>>5457632
>>5457628
I can't say how much it made me smile when the only thing to even begin affecting Eliza is the idea that she should just have left us there. Because she did, and she's still feeling guilty over it.

I have an idea tho, tho it would probably have to come from Clown. Hear me out: What is the Marines greatest weakness? The fact that they're not independent and able to do as they wish. If they are as self aggrandizing and propagandistic as they tend to be an announce they have her instead of doing the smart thing and killing out Eliza-nee... I have a plan.
Let's do the exact opposite of what they'd expect.
On the grand scale of things Eliza isn't much, really. No territory, no armies or organizations. Nothing that makes the people in charge of the marines give half a damn. But do you know what they would give a shit about? Half a dozen world nobles banging on their doors with ransom notes for their relatives, offering their lives for Eliza's freedom. And it'd be something the WG would want to keep quiet on, CP0 would be dispatched but no grand army maneuvers until afterwards.

It'd be a shame if we could pull something like that off, wouldn't it? Say with the help of a former CP0 operative who probably knows the Holy Land like the palm of her hand, a mink who has extensive tunneling experience and, oh I don't know, a guy who can prevent things from being audible? I think there's potential for some sneaky breeky here, and then we'd have to survive the hammerblow... But let's be honest they were gonna do that anyway. And we'd have Eliza back!


>>5457683
>Ok good, he can't find our home
This man has the right set of priorities

>>5457700
>Jaaaaack! Go keep Silver alive until I can kill him Jaaack! I know its bullshit but go twist reality Jack! You're the man Jack, I believe in you! I just don't wanna get my hopes dashed again Jaaaaaaaaack!

>>5457725
He'l be flying our colours soon enough I'd think.
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Hmm, what kind of chaos would Silver cause in Wano?
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>>5459876
honestly, luffy's crew thoroughly ruined oni island. about the only the we could do to top that clusterfuck is general slaughter, and fucking up the flower capital on the way.
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>>5459935
Hah, imagine we take over the Beast Pirates, or marry Hiyori and get promoted to Shogun

What if we cook Orochi in a pot of Oden
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Omukade slowly opens his eyes and grumbles. Every day he gets out of bed at 4 AM and does his long morning routine. He enters the bathroom and takes off the bandages he wraps his jaw in every night so he doesn't taint his bed. After a hot shower he dries himself off and heads for the mirror above the washing basin. He uses several cotton balls to properly dry every nook and cranny of his mouth before applying various ointments and oils to his perpetually dripping maw. He likes to think they help. Then he combs his hair and puts on one of his many identical scarf's. This process can take up to an hour with the only upside being that he never has to brush his teeth as no grime, bacteria or bits of food can remain long in his teeth before they are all eroded by the never ending stream of poison.

With that done it's time to get dressed. He always wears baggy pants, flat shoes and a vest, which was the currently in vogue in his homeland when he left and he never bothered to adjust it. Mainly because he wore that same style of outfit even before it became popular due to the fact that he can't wear any kind of shirt that requires him to put his head through a hole without drenching it in a purple colored mixture of various poisons. Now that he's properly woken up and refreshed it's time to go to work.

He lives directly above his eatery in Outer Heaven which saves him a lot of travel time. Downstairs he gets to preparing today's ingredients which he either bought yesterday to ensure their freshness or in the case of more exotic stuffs imports regularly and in the case of animals keeps them alive until needed. Aside more traditional things like peeling and cutting vegetables, cutting up and marinating meats he also does a few odd things most other chefs would have a heart attack from. He feeds his chicken and pigs nettles and various other poisonous plants, he milks venomous the venomous vipers, squeezes out the secretions of exotic frogs and harvests some of the deadly mushrooms he's cultivating.

With everything prepared he starts by making two fresh batches of stock, one normal and one that could easily be classified as a bio weapon. After that it's up to how he feels that day. There is no menu in his restaurant, you eat what he feels like or you don't. At best customers might have a choice between one or two main courses if he felt like making more than one dish and there is always soup. Desserts are a rarity but fermented or pickled vegetable are always available should someone need a palette cleanser. The stall itself is open so that customers may get to see the chef in action. Sometimes people do stop by just to admire his work but they usually quickly move on whenever he reaches for one of the more exotic ingredients he has, like blue ringed octopus.
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One thing that does garner him a lot of attention, mostly from newcomers, is his prodigious collection of strong spirits which he serves at a very reasonable price both to whet the appetite of his customers and to enhance the experience further by recommending alcohol which compliments today's dish. The only rule is that one must order and eat food to drink. He doesn't run a pub after all. Through this practice many eager newcomers went on night long benders at his establishment and regretted being born the day after. These customers entertain Gu the most.

He decided that the first thing he'll make today will be steamed pork buns. He gets started on the dough when someone sits down on one of the swiveling chairs outside. He sighs wearily. There is always some chucklenut who can't read the clearly visible sign outside. It's not even 6 AM yet.
"Sorry. No food yet. Come back in an hour or so."

"That's alright. I got plenty of time."
Gu looks up from behind the counter, still elbow deep in dough.
"If it's alright with you for me to wait here of course."

"R-Reiju? Miss... what are you doing here?"

Vinsmoke Reiju chuckles.
"I was just in the area and decided to stop by. Apparently the food here is to die for."

"Well I don't mean to brag but yeah! Sadly like I said I still have nothing to serve you so-"
But rather than letting him finish Reiju simply reaches over and curiously picks out a bit of the raw filling before giving it a quick taste. The way she seductively licked her lips afterwards made Gu heat up so much he was getting close to baking the raw dough with his body heat alone.

"Hmmmm. Stone fish. One of my favorites."

"GULP."

"Could use more salt though."

"R-Right! More salt! Yes. Definitely! But dough first!"

As he gets back to working the dough to calm his mind the two of them chat for a little while, mostly about how crazy the whole Big Mom situation was. But eventually Omukade does get things back on track.
"Miss Reiju I don't mean to prod but what are you really doing here? We haven't heard any reports of the Germa fleet being here. You're quite far from home."

"No. Not really. I don't have a home anymore. I decided to leave the Germa. Permanently. Now that I'm not forced to I no longer wish to be a part of it."

"So... what are you doing now?"

"I decided to do some traveling. See the world. All my life I've only ever seen regions embroiled in conflicts and devastated by war. I wish to know what the world is like when at peace, to see what the people are like when their lives are not threatened and to visit places of natural beauty. I suppose you could say I'm curious about the things my father denied from me. And of course I get to eat all kinds of tasty foods along the way."
She gives Gu a coy smile.

"I see. That does sound like a noble goal."

"Not really. It's more selfish than anything."
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"With all due respect, you're wrong. My captain would say there is nothing more virtuous than doing what you want. And to a degree I share his sentiment. You wish to explore, broaden your horizons and witness the beauty of the world. That is a good desire to have."

"Well I'm not much of an expert on the subject. Gu, what's your dream?"

"Mine? It's nothing so glamorous. I simply wish to savor each and every poison in the world and to create the deadliest toxin of them all so I can make the ultimate spice from it. It's silly I know but it's mine. And through our journeys I got closer to it than I ever imagined I could."

"I don't think it's silly at all. I think it's quite imaginative!"

"Y-You really think so?"

"I do."

The two remain silent for a while after as Gu gets back to making his buns. Once the buns were ready and in the steam he took a step back and wiped his forehead clean, satisfied with his work up until now. At that moment Reiju decided that it was enough of the quiet for now.

"Gu."

"Yes?"

"I know I already owe you a lot but would it be prudent if I asked one last favor?"

"It's perfectly fine. Go ahead."

"The truth is that I wasn't entirely honest about my reasons being here."

"I gathered as much."

"It occurred to me a while ago that I haven't properly thanked you yet for helping."

"Don't be ridiculous. You don't owe us anything. We're just a bunch of rowdy pirates. I'm sure we would've done things the same way even if you were not part of the equation. So don't worry about it."

"But I do. Though I wish things turned out differently I can't deny what the death of my father meant, not to mention how Sanji is likely alive thanks in part to you. And in regards to that request, would you remove that scarf for just a moment? I'd like to thank you face to face."

"I'd... rather not do that."

"Please."
Gu is hesitant but after a long contemplation he slowly unwraps his face, revealing his disfigured jaw where everything above the neck and below the nose has been turned into a purple sludge like mess save for the bones. He doesn't even dare look Reiju in the face in shame, opting to avert his gaze at the ground.

"Well... go ahead."

Reiju doesn't respond right away. She's probably still trying to process the surprise of the reveal. But once she's done she reaches across the bar and lifts Gu up by his chin and smiles at him.
"Thank you for giving my life back!"

Were he capable of blushing or even smiling Gu would look quite flustered right now. But the lack of cheeks makes that a bit hard.
"O-Of course! I mean you're welcome I mean... I should put this back on before someone sees me..."

"Hmmm."
Reiju starts thinking deeply as Omukade scrambles to pick back up his scarf.
"Oh no. It appears that your vest is ruined because of me. A bit of your erm, face fell on it."

"What? Oh come on! This was my favorite identical vest! Where? Maybe Ann can wash it out."
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"Here."
Reiju pokes at Toxins outfit and quickly yanks on it to pull him close enough so she can kiss him on the cheekbone. Gu becomes a bumbling mess especially as he feels Reiju sucking much of the poison out of his body. Once she had enough she lets go of the cook and he stumbles backwards while muttering incoherently as she licks her lips.
"Ah. Sorry about that. Your lack of lips made that a bit awkward. I hope that's fine."

"No- I mean yes- I mean you too- I MEAN-"

Reiju erupts in laughter at that as Gu awkwardly rubs his cheek. Whether because for the first time since his incident that he had no toxins ravaging his body or because of the sudden burst of happiness he feels he's no longer in pain. Sooner or later it will come back as the feeling fades and the poison floods his mouth again. But he's fine with that now.
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There. That was a silly little thing I made because I realized I didn't give the Vinsmokes any proper closure

Anyway if things go well I'll be able to run tomorrow
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So wait, Reiju left Germa 66?
They won't survive a week now.
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>>5460038
>the brains left the operation
RIP
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>>5459988
Dawww, they make a cute couple.
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"So correct me if I'm wrong. But are you saying that the Revolutionaries apparently killed a king and kidnapped a princess, which I still find unlikely, a king who had troubles with a former warlord, then they called the rest of the Shichibukai to them in addition to filling the missing ranks?"

"That's correct."

"Hmmmmm. Remind me, who are still in the warlords?"

"Dracule Mihawk, the strongest swordsman. Boa Hancock, the pirate empress. Bartholomew Kuma, the tyrant. Edward Weevil, the son of Whitebeard. And Buggy the Clown."

"Hawkeye and Hamhog can't be ordered around like dogs. Weevil maybe but not his mom. The clown is too scared to show up, then again he'd be too scared to ignore their order too. That leaves Kuma only who's nothing more than a machine now. Hmmmm. I don't think much will come of this."

"Unlikely. The last time the World Government issued such a command was during the Summit War. If they ignore it now-"

"They will. Without a good reason to show up. I don't know what will happen. Maybe their rank will be taken away. Maybe the government is actually stupid enough to try and force them. But this whole situation sounds fishy to me."
Suddenly something pops into your mind.
"Speaking of fishy. I wonder how she's doing. Those bastards better not have done anything to them!"

"Well... seeing how King Neptune declared his alliance with you at the summit I don't think he made any friends. Plus he also submitted his petition to move the island to the surface as well. The government might see this as a threatening expansion of a power that's not entirely under their control."

You start tapping your foot on the ground quite fast. It feels like things are happening within the World Government. Things that might involve the people under your protection and things that will definitely involve you.

>I think it's time I paid a visit to the fishes. It's been a while anyway.
>I trust Neptune that he'll give me a call if he needs something. I got other things to do. Like focusing on the wedding. Speaking of which, I should probably write Hamhog a letter.
>Other?
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I had to post this early because I won't have internet access at the starting time.
However I'll only be able to start working on the update around 17:00 GMT
So take your time until then
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>>5460672
>I think it's time I paid a visit to the fishes. It's been a while anyway.

You know who waits when they sense trouble afoot?
BUREAUCRATS!
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>>5460672
>>I think it's time I paid a visit to the fishes. It's been a while anyway.
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>>5460672
>I think it's time I paid a visit to the fishes. It's been a while anyway.
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>>5460672
>>I think it's time I paid a visit to the fishes. It's been a while anyway.
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>>5460672
>I think it's time I paid a visit to the fishes. It's been a while anyway.

And besides, it's not like we can't have a double wedding with two big beauties.
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>>5460672
>>I think it's time I paid a visit to the fishes. It's been a while anyway.
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>>5460672
I don't really want to postpone the wedding anymore, but this is a big deal so I guess
>I think it's time I paid a visit to the fishes. It's been a while anyway.
is the right choice. If we're marrying Shirahoshi she gets her wedding either with or after Sandersonia, God knows the poor girl had to wait for it. We should also probably visit her before we get ourselves neck deep in bullshit again.
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Phew. One shitty train ride later I'm back
Let's get rolling! And it looks like everyone is on the same page
>writing
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>>5460826
>be sanji
>get married to a schizo bitch against my will
>she only has eyes for silver, won't even touch you
>time passes
>find out silver married and is fucking the world's most beautiful woman, a ten story tall mermaid princess
>a woman so beautiful that she literally almost killed you by looking at her
>also an amazonian snake princess
>also one of big mom's daughters
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>>5460832
Now this is just cruel. Pudding does not have an eye for Silver. She's still madly in love with Sanji. She's only grateful to him for killing her mother, which is so incomprehensible to Sanji he simply doesn't realize it
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>>5460843
So is Pudding a Strawhat now?

Also, will Kaido want a fight immediately or be willing to Parley?
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"I don't like it. Not one bit. I think it's about time I visited fish island and ask someone who was there. It's been a while. Might as well catch up while there."
You muse to yourself.
"Anything else Spider?"

"Nothing you need to concern yourself with. Only administrative and bureaucratic issues regarding Outer Heaven. We've received many trade requests and a much greater traffic than before. But we're working on it."

"Good. Do that. Also, what about that deal we had with Big Mom."

"Hmmmm? What about it?"

"We delivered a bunch of sweets to her before. Remember? Cancel that. They don't need that anymore. Send them money or other stuff."

"Ah. I see. In that case how about some building materials and other essential things like medicine?"

"Yes, that sounds smart."

As you get up Ann looks up from her clipboard.
"I take it that you're departing to Fish-man Island right now."

"Yeap."

"Very well. I'll notify all petitioners that you are not willing to do any meetings today."
You let out a sigh as you turn into a bat and fly over to Grekis workshop where you'll don your diving suit. The irritation you feel over a bunch more weenies lining up just to meet and do business with you is beyond words. You did not become an Emperor just so you could play king. You're a pirate damn it!

Over in the workshop you see Dexter going all over the place with a series of elevators and moving platforms so he can assist the work of the giant.
"Like this?"

"Yes-yes giant person! You see? Piston moves and it suck-pulls in the mixture of air and fuel before slide-moving back in position before blowing up!"

"Urgh. None of these gizmos make any sense to me. What's the need for it anyway? Back in my day you just whacked something with a nice, big, sharp piece of metal and it was good enough."
Dexter seems tired from trying to teach the principles of engineering to the elderly giant so he takes out one of his contraptions, something he calls a "chain sword" and revs it up to demonstrate things. Greki remains unimpressed.

"I see you're getting along well."

"Ah lad. Welcome. Well the rat's been trying to teach me these mechanical things. Seems like a whole lot of work for nothing to me. Moving parts only make stuff weaker and prone to failure. Nothing beats a good wallop if ya ask me."

"Trust me-me big friend it is good-good! You just need to look-see to understand!"

"There's nothing wrong with new or old stuff. If it works it works. And if you can't work together you can work separately. Just don't get in each others way. Anyway Greki I came for my diving suit."

"Ah. Well it lays over yonder. I've seen Dexter tinkering with it so you might wanna be careful with it."
Dexter facepalms himself in his frustration.
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>>5460832
It gets worse; he has Silver as a family member in-law.
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>>5460922
Sanji and Silver are in-laws
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As you don the new suit Dexter explains you the upgrades he made to your gear. While before it was pretty much just a strong, airtight suit before the mink managed to turn it into a miniature submarine that you wear with not only big tanks on the back with compressed air but also a pack which helps propel you underwater using an oily mushroom based substance. Other than that he improved not only the integrity but the flexibility of the suit as well. It's a bit unwieldy on land due to its massive weight but he assures you that submerging in water should cancel that out. If it works out you might have him make more of them for the rest of the crew.

The first test has a positive result as it does become much lighter and easier to move in than the last one and with the help of the booster on the back you manage to make it to the seafloor in only 30 minutes without having to exert yourself in any capacity and a little knock later it seems like there is plenty of fuel for a return trip as well.

You make your way to the island proper manually and move through the bubble protecting the island without any issues. Santa will surely ignore the fact that you did not go through the proper channels first. However upon landing you do get surrounded by a bunch of sea guards who hold you at spear point until you remove your helmet and identify yourself. They all feel relieved that you're not another invader.

"Why the big security boys?"

"Apologies Mr Silver. His majesty's orders. We are to watch for any illegal entries like a hawk."

"Really? How new is that thing?"

"He gave us the order after the royal family returned from the Levely. But we think the Straw Hats might have something to do with it. You see they too entered the country illegally a few months ago."

"Hmmmmm. Another thing to bash Goofys head in for."

"Anyway may we ask what brings you here? Did you come to inspect the new ships?"

"Ships?"

Another guard smacks the first ones helmet.
"You aren't supposed to talk about that you idiot!"

Then the first starts shouting at him.
"He's a national hero you moron!"

"No seriously. What ships?"

"Well erm. His Majesty and the crown prince ordered the construction of a fleet of ships. Prince Fukaboshi is currently on site overseeing the construction. Would you be interested in seeing it?"

>Sure. Sounds interesting.
>No thanks. I came for King Santa. Can you take me to him?
>Other?
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>Sure. Sounds interesting
>>Time to tell blue he gets his wish.
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>>5460933
>Sure. Sounds interesting.

Planning something eh? planning something planningly are we? Cool!
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>>5460933
>>No thanks. I came for King Santa. Can you take me to him?
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>>5460933
>>Sure. Sounds interesting.
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>>5460933
>Sure. Sounds interesting.
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TIme to check on Fukaboshi
>writing
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"Boats? Sounds interesting! Where is he?"

To your surprise the guards point you in the direction of the Fish-men district which has been all but abandoned by now, save for the warehouses and storage units they set up there. Apparently they royal family set up a secret harbor there completely disconnected from the entrance of the bubble. You go there in your diving suit because that place is still completely flooded as there wasn't any reason to make it habitable. Down there it's still as murky and dark as before, perhaps even more so as there are no people living there anymore to offer even a small amount of illumination to the place. Not a problem to the fish-folk who are adapted to the cold and dark of the sea or you but a normal human absolutely wouldn't be able to navigate it. There is one thing that gives the secret away though. The noise.

As you get closer to the place the bustling of the shipwrights gets very audible, not to mention the shouting of the foremen. Down there at the very bottom you find Fukaboshi sternly overlooking the constructions.
"Fishbro!"

"Silver? What, no Brofishy anymore?"

"Oh look at that. A joke! You're improving."

"Thanks. I've been practicing. Congratulations on your new title by the way."

"Thanks. So... whatcha doing here? I heard your daddy wanted ships. These look more like slides to me."
These "ships" don't exactly look like anything you've seen before. They are not only very odd, almost organic looking but they are very colorful and constructed weird.

"We're very early in the building process and we use whatever we have available, so they are made of mostly coral and sea king bones. We also don't exactly know how to build ships you know, no real use for it. So we had our human population help out with their design. And actually I suggested this to Father. He wanted to expand our army. I told him that we'll need vessels to move the city to the surface and to conduct our business with the surface dwellers."

And by "business" he doesn't just mean trade, judging by the cannons that they are measuring so they can be properly fitted into the ships once they are ready.
"Expecting trouble?"

"The weapons will be mostly for self-defense."

"Mostly?"

"Sigh. I'm not sure how much you know but we attended a meeting of sorts-"

"The Levely."

"Y-Yes. I'm surprised you know what that is. But let's just say that it was bad."

"How bad?"

"Very bad. It was surreal. I'm not even sure how to describe it. Father took me there before when I was younger. But this was completely different from how I remember it. Security wasn't just tight. As far as the eye could see there were holy knights and marines standing guard over vast construction projects. The holy city still hasn't recovered from the scars you inflicted on it."

"Niiiice."
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>>5461036
>they still haven't fixed that shit up
lmao
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"It felt surreal. It didn't matter that we were royalty, we were screened like our guards and every attendee was under constant surveillance by government agents. I saw the king of Burger Island almost being gunned down on the streets just because he dropped his pen and he tried to pick it up. A soldier had to do it for him but they disassembled it first before giving it back! That level of paranoia was surreal."
He turns to look directly at you instead of the construction.
"You put fear into their very souls, which may never go away now."

"Sorry."

He shakes his head.
"Don't be. I don't resent you one bit. Truth be told I was very worried because we had sister there with us. If a Celestial Dragon looked at her and decreed so they could've enslaved her then and there, royalty or not. But we only encountered a single one and he turned out to be friendly. Hmph. Imagine that. The city of the gods. And only one of them dares to walk its streets."

"Whoa whoa whoa. Hold up! What do you mean "FRIENDLY" world noble?!"

"What I said. Do you remember how my mother once managed to appeal to one of them so they'd support moving Fish-man Island to the surface? His name is Donquixote Mjosgard. We met him up there. He's become a changed man thanks to my mothers influence. A good and honest man who set free his own slaves and refuses to wear those ridiculous bubbles that the dragons are so fond of. Shirahoshi hasn't been as happy as when he told her all that in a good while."

"That... doesn't make any sense."

"It may be hard to believe but they are not monsters. Not all of them. Some of them are simply raised being told they can and should do everything they want, no matter how depraved."
Your heart sinks and you zone out as you're looking down at the road. Celestial Dragons are people? They can change? Inconceivable!
"Anyway, after meeting some other rulers and having a pleasant discussion we attended the meeting. It was a catastrophe. The king of Alabasta suggested the dissolution of the Seven Warlords. That was immediately shut down and some even suggested expanding it further. People all over the world are afraid and want to mobilize. And... I think it might be because of you."

"What? Me? No way! Really?"

"Yes. When father announced we'll live with our writ and move the country he also told them that we are now associated with you. The other rulers... did not like that. But that was nothing compared to what happened a few days later, when the news of your ascension to the position of Yonko became public. It felt strange. Once again we felt alienated like at the worst points in our history when animosity towards fish-folk was at an all-time high. But now instead of hatred it was because of fear. I think they were actually afraid of us. Father also saw it. So... we decided to start constructing a navy. Just in case."

"Sorry."
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>>5461061
hmm wonder if silver will pick up on the fact doffys a celestial dragon, probably not since i don't even think silver remembers his full name
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Lol, why we even need ships? They fishmen

Thats like moving in slower cars for transport
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>>5461072
Kind of heavy to swim around with big ol' cannons on your back. Or when lugging around actual tonnes of cargo.
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>>5461072
>for transport
>when they are being specifically crafted due to security concerns
come on anon
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>>5461072
>guns
>conserving stamina by not having to sprint from island to island
>moving cargo
>non-fifh-folk

Even the fucking Fish-men Pirates, both old and new, had ships
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No one can take a joke...
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>>5461083
jokes are meant to be funny, anon
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"Don't be. Us mer-folk have always been too trusting and naive. It's good that it was so obvious for everyone present that they were not comfortable with us. At least this way we became very aware of it."

"What does Fishy think about this?"

"Shirahoshi?"
He sighs.
"She doesn't know about it. She thinks these are cruisers to make it easier to travel long distances with cargo. But make no mistake, we have no intention of betraying her or mothers vision. After Hody it's clear that we can't allow hate to consume us. We'll follow mothers vision of the future no matter what and seek peaceful relations with others. But we'll defend ourselves if it fails!"

You nod approvingly at the smart decision. But deep down you wonder if this is really okay and in line with what Queen Otohime wanted. Maybe the fish-folk would've been better off if things were resolved in a more peaceful manner here? Maybe sacking Mary Geoise was somehow a bad idea? Nah! Can't be. Violence is always a good answer. And if it doesn't work you haven't used enough! They'd be stupid not to prepare guns for the future!

"So what do you think?"

"Yes! I approve! Very good idea! But you should've told me. I could get you guys some proper wood, metal and big guns!"

"No thanks. The less attention we attract the better. Besides, we'd like to solve this in house. We need to be as self reliant as possible."

"Good. Very good! You got bigger guts than I though Brofishy."

"Thank you. Anyway that's enough about government projects. To what do we owe the pleasure of your visit? I hope the fleet isn't why you came. That'd mean we have an information leak."

"Nope. Actually-"

>-you just told me everything I kinda wanted to know. Thanks for that
>-I just thought to come say hi since I've been away for a while. And to be honest I really need to unwind
>-I came for your sister. You'll finally get your wish
>Other?
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>>5461087
>>-I just thought to come say hi since I've been away for a while. And to be honest I really need to unwind
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>-I came for your sister. You'll finally get your wish
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>>5461087
hmm, how about
>-I just thought to come say hi since I've been away for a while but you just told me everything I kinda wanted to know so thanks for that. I really needed to unwind, so I've been getting some stuff I've put off done. Like marryi- oh yeah! You wanted me to marry Fishy right? Im up for that if she is.
Sorry if it's a bit of a mess but all three of the prompts are kinda of important so this is how I stitched them together.
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>>5461087
>-I came for your sister. You'll finally get your wish
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>>5461087
>-I just thought to come say hi since I've been away for a while. And to be honest I really need to unwind
kinda feel like we should talk to fishy before the whole marriage thing is brought up.
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>>5461107
hmmm you're right, it'll would be more impactful that way. I'll amend >>5461105 to just
>-I just thought to come say hi since I've been away for a while but you just told me everything I kinda wanted to know so thanks for that. I really needed to unwind, so I've been getting some stuff I've put off done.
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>>5461105
Picking literally every option is kind of cheating mate.
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>>5461110
How so? If they're not mutually exclusive or contradictory then why not?
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>>5461112
Why give options if each of them is picked, and it would be an awful lot of work for Spooks. better to focus what we want said or done.

And if we "were told everything we wanted, thanks bye" that is kind of exclusive with "I wanna hang out for a bit/marry your sister"
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>>5461126
> And if we "were told everything we wanted, thanks bye" that is kind of exclusive with "I wanna hang out for a bit/marry your sister"
Where's the "thanks bye"? We wanted to know how they were doing, he told us and we thank him. Furthermore, "I need to unwind" doesn't specify that it must be on Fishman Island. And I've already amended my vote on telling him about the marriage
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just to clarify, the first option was going to lead to you leaving
the second implies Silver still stays for a bit
>writing
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>>5461141
Oh. Very well, disregard my writefagging.
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"I was mostly curious about things on Mary Geoise. But I also felt like it's been a while since I came here so I wanted to say hi. And I really need to unwind."

"Hmmm. Well do make sure to visit father. He could probably tell you more if you're interested. And I'm sure he'd love to welcome you. But after that the establishment of Fish-man Island are open for you all the time. So feel free to relax and enjoy their services."

"Thanks. I might do that actually. But first, where is your dad? The usual place?"

"No. Not quite. We've been striving for spending as little time at the palace as possible. Father said he'll be attending school today so that's where you'll most likely find him, giving a lecture to children."

"Hmmm. Doesn't he have more important things to do than that?"

"He delegated a lot of work to the ministers and us. He said that the future generation of the island is the most important thing he could be working on so that's where he wishes to spend most of his time."

"Neat. I'll check there then. See ya later Brofishy!"

"Be seeing you Silver. And please do stay a little while. I'd very much enjoy chatting with you when I'm less busy."

You wave the big fish goodbye and leave in search of the even bigger fish. Like he said you first went and looked for him at the nearby schools but you found precisely 0 kings hiding in them so you had to expand your search a bit more. To your surprise you found him at the Mermaid Café of all places where he apparently took the kids for ice cream and story time. Another surprise was that Shirahoshi was also attending but not as her fathers aide but as a student so she could catch up on her studies in a more normal school environment. First things first you went over to the owner of the establishment and said hi to her.

"Hello Shyarly! You're still as big as ever!"

"Hello boy. You're as cheeky as always. How have you been?"

"I'm an emperor now. Also I met a guy who can see the future like you but only for a couple seconds ahead of time. How about you?"

"I'm okay. Though I feel more like a principal than a café owner lately. I also decided to put down soothsaying for good when I saw your straw hat wearing friend burn the island down. Luckily that didn't happen but I decided to never look in the future again."

"You always say that but do it anyway."

"Cheeky runt."
She tries to puff some smoke at you but she remembers she put out her cigarette when the children came so she simply curses you instead.
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>>5461182
sex the shark
then the princess
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>>5461185
Why would we have sex with megalo?
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>>5461192
because he can't stop us
we're gonna shane dawson that motherfucker
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Once you're done with her the rest of the room becomes aware of your presence and the kids swarm you. Not wanting to get overwhelmed by the little devils you turn into a bat and fly over to King Neptune and just float in front of him as you talk.
"Hi Santa! Looks like you got some white hairs since I've last seen you. You should buy a red outfit to go with it. Hi Fishy! Nice to see you!"

"Hoh hoh hoh! I suppose I should. I'm not getting any younger after all-jamon!"

"H-Hi Silver!"

"To what do we owe the pleasure of your visit?"

"Oh I just wanted to check on you after that Levely stuff. I also wanted to ask how it went but Brofishy already filled me in. I'm just glad that nothing happened to you guys. If it did I'd have to go to war again and I'm really not in the mood for it."

"I see. Children, why don't you buy another round of icecream and go outside to get some fresh air-jamon? Wouldn't want to bore you with all this adult stuff. It's on me!"
The kids all eagerly rush outside with their second round of icecream as Neptune wearily sits down on one of the big bean bag chairs.
"Ugh. My old bones can't take this kind of abuse anymore. But yes, we are also we got out of there safely. The Revolutionary Army assassinating a king at the world summit. What has the world come to? It's total madness."

"Y-Yes. It was very scary."

"Did you cry?"

"Yes..."

You pat Shirahoshis head and she seems to calm down from that. But once that's over with you look at Neptune. He knows that you know about his secret fleet being made but it's probably not the best to talk about it when Shirahoshi is here.
"So... does that mean you guys will start moving to the surface soon? That Levely thingie was what you were waiting for no?"

"Well, it's more like we just started preparations. It's going to take a long time to go through with it. And even now I'm not sure about how to go about it. Do we force everyone to abandon their homes and follow us? Do we split our attention and resources governing two separate islands? And that's just the first issue we need to work out. We'll need immense resources to pull it off."

"If you need any help just ask. I can get you stuff or even an island if you need one. Heck we could probably build you one like Outer Heaven."

"Erm, no thanks-jamon. I've been to your place. It's nice but not really what we are looking for. I hope you understand."

"Ah okay."

"Besides, you already helped us plenty-jamon! You have no idea how much easier my job became when mid-way through the Levely you turned out to be the new Emperor of the Sea! Hoh hoh hoh! Suddenly even the most racist of nations thought twice about blocking out motion!"
Neptune laughs a bit more.
"So tell me boy, how does it feel to be at the top?"

"Not there yet."

"Ah my mistake. But then what's next? Where do you go from here?"

>No idea. Probably butt heads with other Emperors for fun
>Expanding the family. I'm marrying you see
>Other?
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>>5461211
>>Other?
Taking a break. Let the other weenies come to you if they want a fight, at least for now.
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>>5461211
>Finding the One Piece, I guess. Not that I've made much progress on that, but we'll figure it out
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>Defending Territory, doing what I want. Maybe start a war.
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>>5461216
Since when have we ever cared about the One Piece? We've been looking down on the weirdos who keep chasing someone elses name. Let them try to be Roger, we'l be ourselves. We'l be Silver.

>>5461211
>No idea. Probably butt heads with other Emperors for fun

Again I kinda wanna talk to Shirafishy about that instead of bringing it up with Santa just because if the dude who de-facto rules your people shows up and says "So I'm thinking of marrying your daughter" there is more then a little implied threat there, even if we don't mean it... Especially if it comes from someone as violent as Silver. I could be convinced otherwise tho.
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>>5461211
>>No idea. Probably butt heads with other Emperors for fun
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>>5461225
every thread starts with Silver thinking about Gol D. Roger's final will, I don't know how it gets more transparent than that
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What if, Silver finds the One Piece

And burns it, just to spite everyone
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>>5461249
How about the entire starting arcs of the quest, how we've repeatedly stated that we don't give a shit about becoming the pirate king and would rather make our own legacy then chasing someone elses?
Hell just earlier we told Crocodile that we didn't care what he did, go be pirate king, I don't mind.

It's kind of fundamental to the character of Silver mate.
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>>5461211
>>No idea. Probably butt heads with other Emperors for fun
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>writing

>>5461249
>Silver perpetually refers to himself in the second person
ngl that's a funny mental image
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>>5461255
anon, one piece is treasure, we like treasure, it's not rocket science
>>5461257
I though that was canon to every quest mc
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>>5461211
>Other?
Taking a break. Getting married. Defending my stuff. If trouble doesn't find me by the end of it then I'll go look for some.
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about silver getting the one piece and becoming pirate king, i don't think he'd mind but also don't think its like an actual goal for him, its probably exactly like how he sees becoming an emperor, something that just happened and not something he actively set out to do
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>>5461263
so like if silver ended up on laugh tale he'd probably grab the one piece and if ppl started calling him the pirate king he wouldn't object, but he won't actively search it out
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>>5461263
>Silver accidentally lands in Laughtale
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>>5461260
It's really not tho. It's a name. It's a title, it's the proof that you won the weird race to the ends of the world.
Nobody who actually gets within any kind of reach needs the money, if they did they'd go rob a few nations and that'd be that. It's the prestige, the bragging rights. The "Pirate king" that beckons.
And Silver doesn't care in the least. He wouldn't turn it down because hey pirates like treasure but to him it'd just be a pile of money. Nothing special, noting extraordinary. No different then breaking open a bank.
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>>5461263
There is also one other reason. The Bullet reason.
He'd keep it for himself out of spite. To deny others the opportunity and to taunt them with it.
He does not want it. But if anyone wants it they'd have to go through him. Which he finds amusing
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>>5461272
Thing is yeah silver wants to create his own title and sort of status, but he also won't reject ones that already exist, otherwise he'd be real pissed ppl are calling him an emperor so like yeah silver probably won't actively try to become the pirate king but if llike all the big boi players in the world suddenly started heading for laugh tale all at once to get the one piece you can sure as hell bvet silver would go aswell just because that sounds like a good time, and then obviously he'd probably get the one piece while there because its proof he won over the others trying to get it
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>>5461272
>>5461278
>>5461279
I think Silver would only go after the One Piece if he had nothing else to do at that moment. It'd be something to do when he gets bored and that time is not now.
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>>5461283
By that time, Luffy or whoever would have probably found it.
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>>5461287
Then so be it, although I wouldn't be so sure.
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>>5461211
lol, anons absolutely braindead not taking the hint that this is their chance to marry fishy
it'll never happen unless someone else literally shoves her onto him
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>>5461292
I voted for it but apparently they want to fight yonko instead.
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>>5461292
We know, I'd vote for it if I cared
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>>5461292
Fishy will still be around.
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>>5461301
but the quest won't be around forever
only so many chances to make it canon, anon!

>>5461211
>Expanding the family. I'm marrying you see
>Maybe fishy would like to join me?
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>>5461302
My guy, please, read.

>>5461257
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>>5461302
Spooky also didn't help since me and another anon want to talk to fishy personally but the prompts keep coming up in the presence of others, leading to split votes
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>>5461305
i know it's too late, and i don't care. put it in the record, i want that fish!
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>>5461302
>>5461292
I think you might want to talk to the girl who is naive, romantic and incredibly fragile about things before you drop the "Oh and yea, my wife said its ok if I marry other people, you in?"
Cause while Silver is blunt I don't think even he is that fucking socially daft.

Because holy shit is that going to have bothered her, and it'll be a damn nice scene.
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>>5461308
true, we're voting on things that don't necessarily have to do with eachother here
>i want to marry shirahoshi, but i want to talk about X more in this moment
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>>5461313
> What did he mean by this?
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>>5461317
There are going to be more weird votes I guess.
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>>5461318
More like votes with overly ambiguous prompts.
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>>5461320
>Destroy the world government

>Do a dance
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"I was thinking about maybe going after one of the other Yonko and butt heads with them. Haven't figured out which yet. But Blackbeard sounds tempting. He's been making big moves stealing devil fruits and all that. Plus I heard that he wanted a piece of me already so I thought I'd oblige him. But for now I'm okay with staying put, licking my wounds and defending my place from any dumbdumbs stupid enough to attack me."
You give your shoulder a few cranks.
"I'm still not in a good shape after my fight with Big Mom. But uh, let's keep that between us."

"Hmmmm. That sounds scary but understandable I guess. But if we can ever help you with anything then feel free to call us-jamon. Just please, not against World Government affiliated people! As much as I dislike them sometimes we still don't want to sever all ties with them. Now if you'll excuse me I'd better go and check on the children before I get more angry letters from their parents-jamon!"

With that Neptune leaves you there in the café with only Shirahoshi and of course the workers. She's positively beaming now that the two of you are alone. You sit down at one of the tables and move the chairs on the opposite side away so that Fishy can also sit down there and you order some hot cocoa for yourself. As you wait for your beverage you start talking with Shirahoshi.

"You seem chipper."

"I'm just glad I get to see you again."
She clutches her shirt.
"It was all very scary you know. That place on the mountain. I did not like it. I got to see the sky, I got to see more trees and birds and more people than ever before. But it felt cold and not warm like when I was in your garden. And I kept thinking about what if something happens."

"What were you expecting was gonna happen?"

"I don't know. Father said it could be dangerous so I was nervous. But then I met those two nice girls from other kingdoms. They were princesses like me. We talked a bunch and I had fun. They also have a pirate friend so we had a lot of things in common. I told them about you you know! How gallant you always are and things like that. But then... then..."
She looks like she's about to cry again.
"Then Vivis papa was killed and she disappeared! And I- And I- And I felt like I was going to make a mistake! I hated it!"

"Mistake? What mistake?"

"I-I'm not supposed to talk about it you know. But you probably know how it is so I guess it's okay. Father told me about how I... must be careful at all times. Otherwise bad things might start happening."
So Neptune finally told her about her powers as one of the ancient weapons. Probably because she could've been a risk at the Levely.

"You were angry, weren't you?"
She nods.
"You don't have anything to worry about Fishy. You're much stronger than me. I couldn't have held myself back like that."
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>>5461323
in the specific order? or both at the same time?
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>>5461327
VOTE NOW!
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>>5461326
hmm would shirahoshis power even been able to help on the marie jois? like the red line is super fucking tall so like you need to have like the mother of all sea kings long enough to be able to reach marie jois
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>>5461329
Or just nibble away at the bottom
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>>5461329
There are things bigger than the Red Line
And if nothing else they can ram the wall like and shake the whole thing
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>>5461333
the redline is just a massive sea kings spine thats curled around the world sleeping
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>>5461337
Honestly I would believe it,
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>>5461337
So if not-Jormungandr exists, would that imply that not-great Fenris does? Or to follow that Hate and Skoll?
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>>5461343
Something related to Fenrir would probably be more of a devil fruit.
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>>5461343
he's hanging out on elbaf
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"You really mean that?"

"I do."
Mostly because of her power but she doesn't need to know that.
"But tell me something. Have you ever managed to use it?"

She shakes her head.
"No. In fact I have a hard time believing it. But if father says so then it must be true. I just wish I knew how to do it. Maybe then I could help my brothers and father. Maybe if I could then- then that poor girl would still have her dad. Maybe-"

"Maybe. Maybe not. But I'm sure that sooner or later you'll figure it out."

"T-Thank you..."
Shirahoshi watches you slowly sipping away the cocoa and she gets concerned.
"Silver. A-Are you okay?"

"Hmmmm? Why do you ask?"

"You haven't called me a weenie once. You seem very tired and not like yourself. Are you perhaps sick?"

>Yeah. I'm dying. Stitches says I don't have much longer to live. Ten years or so. But I'm getting treatment for it. It's... weird
>No. I'm fine. Don't worry about it. I'm just still healing from a fight with one of the worlds strongest.
>Other?
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>>5461350
>>No. I'm fine. Don't worry about it. I'm just still healing from a fight with one of the worlds strongest.
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you guys can vote but this is where I log off
we'll continue with whatever you picked next time
good night
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>Yeah. I'm dying. Stitches says I don't have much longer to live. Ten years or so. But I'm getting treatment for it. It's... weird.
>>Don't worry, I'm not gonna leave you though, I plan too stick around a good bit longer than that.
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>>5461350
>>Yeah. I'm dying. Stitches says I don't have much longer to live. Ten years or so. But I'm getting treatment for it. It's... weird
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>>5461350
>>5461354
Supporting this.
The truth and an honest reassurance that we don't plan on dying with a whimper anytime soon.
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>>5461350
>Yeah. I'm dying. Stitches says I don't have much longer to live. Ten years or so. But I'm getting treatment for it. It's... weird
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>>5461353
Voting for this one >>5461354
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Actually, speaking our treatment plan, is it at all feasible to trade with Sea Kings? They probably have a shit load more life energy to spare than average Joes off the street. All we have to do is beat one up until it agrees to trade in exchange for being let free or something like that.
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>>5461363
hmm even if not there are other species in one piece with more life force than humans, like going to elbaf and making deals with some giants could be an idea, obvious problem being elbaf hasn't been shown in canon yet
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>>5461350
>Yeah. I'm dying. Stitches says I don't have much longer to live. Ten years or so. But I'm getting treatment for it. It's... weird
We can be honest with fishy. She's a good girl.

this kind of makes me wonder what roger was "sick" with. same problem, maybe?
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>>5461353

´>>5461354
>Second

>>5461353
Night Spooks, that one one long haul! Not that I'm complaining.
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>>5458651
A Levely raid mission while Strawhats are in Wano would be awesome. We could probably get information on the Poneglyphs from some of the people there as well. I mean they're descended from the 20 kingdoms that fought the Great Kingdom. There's gotta be some sort of Vatican archives at Mariejois.
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>>5461354
>support
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Alright. I'm feeling not too great at the moment but as long as things don't get worse I think I can do a quick session tomorrow
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Hooray!
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"I'm... dying."
The words slowly roll around in your head before you manage to say them out loud. Shirahoshi barely seems to react to it. Either she thinks you're joking or the meaning of the words hasn't reached her quite yet.
"Slowly but I'm dying. Stitches said I have about ten more years left. Less if I push myself even harder I guess."

"What do you mean?"
She asks with a nerve-wracked expression but without any tears forming under her eyes yet.

"She said that I fought too hard."
You grip your mug tighter and hear the ceramic crackling under the pressure.
"It's stupid isn't it? Kek. I'm dying because I'm strong. What sense does that make? I knew from the beginning that everyone dies. But dying because of winning? Sniff. That's just not fair!"

Struggling with words you clutch harder until the cup shatters in your hand. It doesn't hurt of course. Not even the scalding from the spilt beverage. Which is precisely the reason why it behooves you that you of all people could be dying. After everything, after all the time and effort you put into becoming the strongest your reward would be an early grave. And to speak less of the "treatment" the better. You agreed to it, of course. You won't simply lie down and submit like that. But that doesn't mean the irony of using the life force of others escapes you. On some level you keep thinking that this is a sign of weakness on your part. And that maybe, just maybe this is the reason for the abhorrent behavior of the Yonko. Big Mom was very appealing initially as she seemed to follow your principles. But then you learned that she did unforgivable things. What if that was also a weakness on her part? What if her enslavement of an entire kingdom was her compromising due to her lacking in strength? What if that's also your fate? To become the very thing you swore to destroy at all cost. What if it keeps getting worse as long as you live until eventually you become just like the World Nobles?

As the intrusive thoughts keep getting worse and worse you feel yourself slipping. Until you feel something snapping you back to your senses. A touch. You look up and see Shirahoshi laying her big hand on yours. When she see that she got your attention she reaches forward with the other and picks you out of your seat so she can raise you to her eye level.
"It's okay."

"Huh?"
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"It's okay to be scared. I know what it's like to be afraid and there's nothing wrong with that."
Her strong facade quickly crumbles as she begins sniffling.
"A-And while I don't want you to go I'll make sure you'll be happy for the rest of your life! B-Because you're a good person who deserves to be happy!"

Getting back to your senses you reach forward and pull her a bit closer so you can touch your forehead to hers.
"Sorry Shirahoshi. I shouldn't have made you worry. I just... I feel like I can talk to you. Because you understand what it's like to not live. I am afraid. Because there is still a lot of living I want to do. But don't worry. I'm not planning on kicking the bucket just yet! I promise that!"
Yes. If you stopped now then everything up until now was for nothing. You must keep going. It's the only way.

Once she made sure you're no longer so tense Shirahoshi sets you back down. She seems much more happy now that you don't look so gloomy.
"Anyway I think I had enough serious stuff for a while now. Let's talk about something more fun."

>How's school? I hope the other kids don't bully you
>Everything okay with the place? No Hodys or Deckens or Pirates running around?
>Have you got any suitors now that you're not stuck in that crummy old tower yet? I bet your brothers have to keep guard day and night!
>Other?
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>>5466181
>Have you got any suitors now that you're not stuck in that crummy old tower yet? I bet your brothers have to keep guard day and night!
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>>5466181
>How's school? I hope the other kids don't bully you
Silver wouldn't ask about the other two since one of them he would know the answer to and the other he wouldn't really care about.
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>>5466181
>So tell me how you've been spending your time! What have you done when you could do anything
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>>5466181
Actually, this >>5466197 is a better question than the prompt. I'll support it.
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Slow day it seems
Anyway >>5466194 this vote has won so
>writing
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>>5466216
What? You mean this one >>5466197 right?
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>>5466220
Yeah, fuck. Misclick
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"We haven't talked much since I brought you to Outer Heaven that one time and even then it wasn't much. How have you been spending your time? What are you doing now that you can do anything?"

"W-Well when I wasn't in school-"

"School? Bleh! School is for weenies! I never went to school and look how I- Okay bad example. But Will never, no wait he did in the orphanage. Okay. Maybe it isn't such a bad idea. But aren't you a little-"
You look outside the window and see Neptune tossing the children in the air who honestly look a lot younger than Will was when you took him in.
"Old for them?"

She nervously blushes a little.
"I'm not going there to learn."

"Huh?"

"When I was locked up in the tower I couldn't do much else but study. And the ministers made sure that I kept up with the curriculum. Father wanted me to attend school so that I learn how to socialize better."

"Still wouldn't it be better to make friends with others your age?"

"I-I thought the same thing. But father said I absolutely can't. And my brothers explained that... I need to learn how to socialize with younger people first before I move up. I think that makes sense."

"Yeah. Right. And besides that?"

"There were lots of parades that we held. Father said that people could use some happiness in their lives and a few festivals would help with that. He had me attend because he said that the people loved me. Not sure why but I was flattered."

"And exploring at all? You always said that you wanted to see the world, the grass, the sky and all that. What happened with that?"

Shirahoshi becomes saddened again.
"Father doesn't let me. He says it's too dangerous. And you said I can't go to your place without you there-"

"Yeah. Because the people I have there are nuts. I don't want you to be around them. They are mostly pigs."

"B-But why have them then?"

"Because that's how I roll. It's my rule. Everyone is free to do whatever they want. And normally I think they are smart enough to not do anything that would piss me off. But if you came up then I think a few of them would be dumb enough to try something."

"W-Well in any case. This is it. I've not been able to explore much of the outside world yet. Not even outside the bubble of the island. The Levely was the only time I was outside. But I did see birds there! And made some friends! That has to count for something! Right?"

"Yeah! It sure does!"

"Silver?"

"Hmmm?"

"When do you think I can see the world?"

"When it gets less shitty. Already working on it. And I'm not gonna need ten years to do it."

"But... how?"

>The same way as always. Force
>By making the best pirate empire ever. When everyone starts following me, you'll be free to explore
>I don't know yet
>Other?
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>>5466242
I don't think it's like Silver to deny her freedom just because It isn't "safe".
>You can see it right now if you really wanted to but could you live with it? Because I'll do things the same way as I always do. Through force.
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>>5466251
>Support
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>>5466251
if you add the caveat "Without us around" I think he might, Fishyhoshi is fragile, and easily hurt and someone Silver empathize a surprising amount with. He wants to see her happy, not hurt.

>By making the best pirate empire ever!
By force. Naturally.

There's also the irony that someone potentially dangerous enough to wreck island chains if she gets upset being held back, I think its adorable.
The only person Silver isn't actively pushing to become more violent and brutal.
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>>5466242
>>5466259 yeah I think Silver would also say something like
>The world is governed by violence so you'll either need to learn to use It yourself or stick with me so I can use it for you.
But I don't think he's naive enough to think that there would be no one willing to hurt Fishy in his pirate empire.
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>>5466262
Yepp, that sounds pretty much like what he'd say.
Also if there is doubt about that then apply more violence. Gratuitous amounts of violence.

Like if Mary (or at least the Mary before she left CP0) found out that Shirahoshi would be someone who could be used against us? Now that'd be spicy. Proper fucking spicy. But considering its pretty well known what happens to anyone who annoys us I'd say she should be plenty safe from *our* people. And the rest will remove the ones she isn't safe from.
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>>5466262
Supporting +1
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>>5466242
>>By making the best pirate empire ever. When everyone starts following me, you'll be free to explore
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>>5466259
yeah I agree
>support
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>>5466242
>>By making the best pirate empire ever. When everyone starts following me, you'll be free to explore
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>>5466262
Changing to Support this
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Sorry for the wait. Had some food in the oven that demanded my attention
So it's 3 for>>5466251
and I guess 4 for >>5466259 if I lump all the pirate empires together
>writing
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>>5466286
Meh, a pirate empire won't solve the issue of Fishy's safety. It's only through what was laid out in Silver's speech to Mary that you could be "safe".
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>>5466290
if silver was ever gonna try and convince shirahoshi to learn how to fight he'd have done it along time ago
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>>5466286
Oh and you forgot to include this >>5466262 extra bit I added that also got some support.

>>5466294
How does that refute what I said?
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>>5466298
meant to reply to the "world is governed by violence post so you need to learn" and somehow missed it
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>>5466298
I mean he has a point. Shirahoshi is an absolute pacifist that couldn't bring herself to hate the murderers of her mom
She of all people could never operate on Silvers principles
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>>5466302
shirahoshi would gently tap someone with her finger then break down and start crying and apologizing lol
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>>5466301 >>5466302
It doesn't refute that either. It's not about what she will do but what she could do, as in "If that's what you want then this method would always get it done.". Silver wouldn't expect her to do it, he's simply laying out how things are as he sees it.
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>>5466301>>5466302
And again, a pirate empire won't solve the issue of safety so she'll either have to make the choice I laid out in my write-in or accept that she'll never be safe in the world as a pacifist and from there choosing to stay in seclusion or leaving regardless of the risks.
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>>5466306
Still don't think silver would bring it up, like as said he already knows she'd never do it and if he was ever gonna field the idea at all it'd have been years ago
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>>5466313
so the write in it literally just silver pretty much going "if you ever want to feel safe learn to fight and since you won't you will never be safe"
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>>5466311
How would "A large area where nobody would try to harm her, and would jump at the chance to defend her as she can come and go as she pleases" not enable her to go out and explore?

But yes, in order to enable her we will commit violence. It's the only way to let anyone get what they want according to Silver.

>>5466317
I took much more to the "Since you won't I will do it for you" part, it's cute... In a somewhat psychotic and murderous manner. But it's the thought that matters.
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>>5466317
Yes. Silver would never think that a pacifist would ever be safe without someone else to use force for them. He literally laid this out in his speech to Mary.
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>>5466322
But a pirate empire doesn't give that, at least not the one Silver would make since there would be way too much freedom for safety to be a guarantee. So long as Silver is not omnipotent, there will always be someone with evil intent around that's stupid or arrogant or strong enough to think that he could hurt something under his protection and get away with it.

You're right on the second part though.
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"I'll make the best pirate empire ever. When everyone follows my example and they don't behave like they do now you'll be free to explore."
You look up at the big fish.
"But that doesn't mean you don't have to learn to protect yourself, or find someone who'll protect you. The world will always be a dangerous place."

"But I don't like fighting."

"I know. But look outside-"
She glares out the window where she can see her dad playing with the children, though that's not the thing you wanted to draw her attention to.
"You know what I did for this island. Why the people who've been bothering you guys stopped coming. Why Hody and Decken are no longer a threat. Just let me keep doing that. I'll do the fighting for you."

"But... I don't want you to fight either. I want you to enjoy life as well. All that anger and hate, it's not good for you."

"Shirahoshi. That is the only thing I can do. It's what I enjoy. The fight, the struggle, the adversity. Those are the best parts of the adventure. When you face an impossibly difficult obstacle. And beat it! I don't think I can stop. And the anger and hate? They make me fight better, harder."
You look at your hands with one of them being calloused and worn down and the other being a prosthetic replacement for the one you lost.
"I became Emperor because of them. And do you know what's the craziest part?"

"N-No?"

"That I'm bored. It bores me. All these people come to me, wanting to talk, asking for favors? Tedious. I enjoyed the path leading to it, the struggle, the fight more. I know that you don't like it and that you can't. And that's good. So let me do it. Please. It's the one thing I'm good at."

"But you're not..."

"What?"

"I don't think you're only good at fighting. You've made many friends, seen so much of the world and did many things. My home, my family, my friends are all here because of you. When you first met me the first thing you did was help me and you kept doing it for two years. You're a wonderful and kind person. Not a monster."
She starts twiddling her thumbs meekly.
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>>5466325
Yes but that doesn't mean we literally need to say straight to shirahoshis facve "you will never be safe" like thats just being cruel
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>>5466337
Cruel? To us, maybe. To Silver? It would be him doing her a favour because it's simply how it is. If someone's stronger than you then they can whatever they want to you and if everyone's stronger than you then anyone can do anything to to you.
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>>5466339
nah its cruel even for silver, since he knows shirahoshi will never fight, so him going "you are never safe" does nothing except upset her and make her feel unsafe and that she'll never be able to be safe, like it has no positive effects whatsoever
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>>5466341
No it isn't. A harsh truth is better than a comforting lie and I don't think that Shirahoshi can't live with the truth, give her more credit than that.
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"S-So yes, that's how I think it is. There is more to life and you than violence. Please understand that!"

"Ke-Kekeke! Sorry. I didn't mean to laugh. It's just... those were some of the nicest things anyone said to me. But I'm afraid I don't agree. You don't know what it's like out there. There are many people, worse than Hody. And you saw how he couldn't be reasoned with. Violence is necessary. And it's what I do. There's no shame in it."
Shirahoshi looks saddened rather than disappointed.
"But let's make a deal. I'll try looking at things a bit more your way, if you accept what I do and what I offer."

"Will I be able to see the sun as much as I want then?"

"Promise!"

"Then I agree."
She reaches forward and you shake on her pinkie finger to seal the deal. Then she sits up, seemingly very satisfied with herself.
"Now that we're in agreement may I ask something from you?"

"Shoot."

"If you weren't a pirate, what would you want to be?"

"Hmmmm. P-"

"You can't say pirate."

"Darn. That was my only guess. You know I never really thought about what else I could be."

"Try it. What do you enjoy doing?"

"What do I like? Let's see. I like the sea breeze. I like adventure. I like working hard. And I like discovering new things. Is there someone who does that?"

"Oh I know! That sounds like an explorer or an archeologist! I read many books about daring adventurers exploring the hidden corners of the world for new things-"

You slam down on the table.
"Wait! I got it! I'd be a farmer! With all the cows I could get so I'd be able to drink fresh milk every day!"

Shirahoshi bursts out in laughter at the mental image of you as a farmer and you get mad at her. But once both of you manage to calm down you continue talking about seemingly trivial things and whatever weird idea pops into her mind. For a while you even forget about it all, the pirate business, Outer Heaven and not even your crewmembers cross your mind. You wonder deep down if this is what it feels like to be a normal person. It's strange but not unpleasant and it almost makes you wish you got to experience it more often.
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And that's it for today I think.
Apologies for the short length of it.
I'll try to do a proper lengthy one on the weekend to make up for it.
Have a good night
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>>5466346
Thanks for running Spooks! Shirahoshi is always cute!
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>>5466344
It literally does nothing, it won't convince her to fight so it only constantly makes her feel afraid unless shes with silver, which hey "yyou're never safe unless you're with me" sounds manipulative as fuck
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>>5466344
But it's not truth and she's not dumb enough to fall for it. It's Silvers view of the world through his warped and tortured mind. Meanwhile Shirahoshi was told all her life that peace needs to be achieved with peaceful methods.

Silver is not stupid though. He knows Shirahoshi is a die hard pacifist in a way that is utterly incomprehensible to him. To reiterate, she FORGAVE THE MURDERER OF HER MOTHER. He can't comprehend how such a thing is possible and he can't in good conscience call someone with mental fortitude like that a weakling either and he looks up to her for that because it's something he could never EVER do even if he wanted to. And he wouldn't force her to abandon her ideals the same way he refuses to abandon his own
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>tfw silver is basically guts if he never got off the boat
Oh god, the struggler is real
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>>5466346
Thanks for running, this is really enjoyable and just very nice to calm the story down from the massive and awesome fights, grand politics (as they might be).
Two characters having a well written conversation. It's just very, very, nice.

Also anyone wanna take bets on whether the king or the brothers are currently listening in on us?
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>>5466349
>it won't convince her to fight
That's not what it's for.

>it only constantly makes her feel afraid
Says who? Fear can only come from within so if she is dedicated to her own ideals then she can go out into the world on her own, unafraid and at peace with the risks.

>which hey "yyou're never safe unless you're with me" sounds manipulative as fuck
C'mon, now you're just twisting things. She can do whatever she wants, we're only talking about the trade offs of the respective decisions. Which are:
1.Stay safe in seclusion
2.Go out into the world regardless of the risks that come with being a pacifist.
3.Go out into the world with someone who can defend you in your stead.
That's It. Whichever one she chooses is up to her.

>>5466351
I don't understand you Spooks, It doesn't sound like you're replying to what I said.
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>>5466351
Really they're perfect for eachother, i think. Diametrically opposed to the point where they literally can't even fathom what the other is thinking, but they don't hate eachother for it one bit.
One is incapable of fighting, the other is incapable of resolving things peacefully. They might actually make a good emperor and empress of this so-called pirate empire.

You know, opposites attract, and these two balance eachother out...
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Just a reminder. We'll be continuing tomorrow
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Hmm, will we see some action this live?
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After making small talk to your hearts content you finally feel like you're relaxed again to return to normal functionality. Getting up from the stall you look expectantly at Shirahoshi.
"Come. Let's check on your dad. He's probably wondering what we're doing in here for so long."

"Okay."

But as you go out your worries disappear as it looks like that Neptune is not at all concerned with anything other than the children swarming him. They all seem to be having a great time as the kids climb on their king like he's a living jungle jim.
"Oh-ho-ho-ho! Where are you ya little rascals? I'm gonna get ya! Oh I'm gonna- Oh. Hi there kids. It's not time to leave yet, is it?"

"No father. We just thought we'd get some fresh air and check up on you."

"Oh that's great! Silver my boy, wouldn't you like to take over a little so I can lie down just for a bit?"

"Sure."
You fly up and nab all the kids so Neptune can get some breathing room. Once you've herded all of the fish-kids around you introduce them to Marauder and the wonderful game of crab ball where you must pass the rolled up crab around without letting it touch the ground. As you start kicking the crustacean around tiredness finally catches up with Neptune who crashes on a nearby bench.
"You okay there Santa?"

"Phew. Yes. It's just that my body is not what it used to be-jamon. But it's good to be finally doing something relaxing and not just working all the time."

"Is it that bad?"

"Oh yes. Anybody could rule. But to rule well one must put a lot of effort into it. Not just to make sure your people are safe and secure-jamon, but to deal with the other powers of the world as well. That blasted last part is especially tedious. But I'm sure you'll learn that yourself soon enough now that you're an emperor."

"Hmmmm."

"But I take comfort in the knowledge that I can retire soon."

"You're retiring?"
You look at Neptune and the crab falls down in front of you.

"Soon I will be. Once we're done moving to the surface and the dream of Otohime is realihzed I think I'll step down and let Fukaboshi take the crown. I'll still help him of course but I feel like it's for the best if he'll be remembered for forging the future of our people on the surface and not some crusty old fish like me. But we still got a lot of work ahead of us before that-jamon. Like finding a good island-jamon."

>You could join up with the Charlottes
>Why not just build one like I did?
>Well if you find one make sure to tell me. I'll help
>Other?
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>>5468234
>Well if you find one make sure to tell me. I'll help
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>>5468234
>>You could join up with the Charlottes
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>>5468234
>Well if you find one make sure to tell me. I'll help
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>>5468234
>Well if you find one make sure to tell me. I'll help

I don't think the Charlottes is a good idea because it would either mean "stealing" one of their islands, or making them subservient to one of the minister of X's since I'm fairly sure all the islands of Totland have a ruler as it is.

But hey, if he finds one he likes we could always render it uninhabited for them.
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>>5468234
>>Well if you find one make sure to tell me. I'll help
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So the Fish-folk won't be subsumed into the mini-empire of the Charlottes
>writing
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>>5468234
>Why don't i help you find a decent island?
>I have tens of thousands of pirates who do nothing but explore. I'm sure one of them knows a good spot, or they could find one.
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"Hmmmm. Well if you guys do find one then feel free to give me a call. I'll help. I could clear out any island you like, or shut up any noisy neighbors."

Neptune sweats at this a little.
"Erm. No thank you-jamon. We'd rather not make any enemies. We'll just find a place that's not occupied. I'm sure there is plenty of land not suitable for humans but where we'll thrive. However we'll welcome any erm, non-violent assistance."

"Alright. But when you do make sure you tell me. I wanna plant my flag on your new place as well."

"Oh we'll do, you can be sure of that. And I hope we can continue to rely on you even after we move our home."

It goes without saying that you won't abandon your people no matter what. So the only reply you give them is a smirk, which they seem to appreciate quite a lot. However as you just stand there not saying a word the children start pestering you to continue the game already, which you oblige. Neither Neptune nor Shirahoshi seems to mind as they seem quite happy just watching you play with the kids. However as you keep playing suddenly something hits your ears which makes you stop.

"Whooooah! Check it out lads! What a huge bitch! Har har har!"

You hear a bunch of people laughing and look in the direction of their voices to see a rather large group of humans ogling Shirahoshi. A few of them make remarks about how cute she is and a few of them are literally drooling as they approach the area. The man you presume to be their leader is a blonde dude with tanned skin and a low cut shirt that exposes much of his chest hair. He walks up to Neptune who find shis presence quite irritating.
"Can I help you?"
He asks them.

"Move aside dude. We're here for the lady-"

The king swings his trident and smashes it down right in front of the man to cut him off.
"I am Neptune. King of the Ryugu Kingdom and you will not take another step to my daughter! Now show some respect and kneel!"

"Whoops! Sorry sorry-"
The man actually quickly bows briefly but doesn't properly kneel down in front of the merman.
"I did not see your crown there man. I was too preoccupied with that hottie of a daughter of yours. You know how it is!"

"Hmph. Who are you people? And how did my guards let some ruffians like you into the kingdom?"

"Whoa there pal! Don't start acting up now. We're here on official business. See?"
The man produces a letter of marque to Neptune.
"Sir Goldbrand, captain of the Goldbrand pirates. Ooops. I mean "privateers". We're here on official government business!"

"Oh... That thing. They are already distributing those? Bah. And what business do you have here? We are also a government affiliated island!"

"That you are. Truth is we're in transit to Outer Heaven. Worry not your majesty. We're just taking a break on your lovely island. We'll set sails and leave as soon as we can tomorrow."
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"What the fudge is a privateer?"

"Oh. Ahem, yes. You don't know that. Remember how the world leaders decided to expand the Shichibukai? This was one of the additions to the system they decided on. Instead of only hiring seven prominent pirates as mercenaries the government distributes letters of marque to any pirate willing to work for them. It's essentially a pardon in exchange for their services-jamon."

"Hell yeah brah! Basically ya gotta fly a government flag next to your jolly roger, carry one of these handy-dandy papers and after that you may go as you please in government territory! Only you gotta also pay them taxes too."

"How do you guys pay taxes if you can't attack government stuff?"

"Easy brah! Just attack everyone else! Islands not in the government, other pirates, easy! Hell, if you attack pirates and steal their treasure it's basically taking back what was the governments anyway brah. Yeah it sucks because we pay way more than those darn Warlords. But we're still makin' a killin' out there y'know what I'm sayin'? Except we're not doing any of that! You see we found a cool little loophole! Instead of wastin' time fighting and risking our lives we can just sail through all these safe waters, enter Outer Heaven, do some tradin' and take all that stuff back to Paradise to make a fucking fortune! Heh. Gotta thank that Silver fella for letting us go legit after all these years and retire as fuckin' millionaires!"

This Goldbrand fellows men start laughing with him while you wonder what the point of all that is.
"But isn't that boring? Where's the adventure? Where's the fighting?"

Their laughter stops.
"Fighting? Brah... Who the fuck wants to do that? On one side you got crazy cats like that Silver, the Worst Generation and the Emperors. On the other you got the government they keep pissing off! There's no point in trying anymore. They killed the dream. Now the best you can do is make some dosh and quietly hide while those freakazoid bozos destroy each other."
He lowers his sunglasses and takes a good, long look at you.
"No offense though."

"Come again?"

"You're a fan of that guy, ain'tcha? Sick costume shorty. If you were like ten feet tall I'd believe you were him. But take it from me, don't idolize that dude. No good comes from following a lunatic like that. Take the government-pill and enjoy the easy life brah."
He gives you a playful slap on the shoulder and laughs to himself.

>Leave the clown be. He's clearly a weak idiot who's not worth your attention
>"You guys are a bunch of disgusting weenies. Being government dogs fits you"
>Other?
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>Thanks for the info, now I got a few extra targets too go after...
>>Let this guy go, send a warning too all those other enemies your gonna be coming after them
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>>5468332
>>"You guys are a bunch of disgusting weenies. Being government dogs fits you"
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>>5468332
>"You guys are a bunch of disgusting weenies. Being government dogs fits you"
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>>5468332
>Leave the clown be. He's clearly a weak idiot who's not worth your attention
Don't hurt him in front of fish and children.
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>>5468332
>"You guys are a bunch of disgusting weenies. Being government dogs fits you"
Just say this.
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>>5468332
>"You guys are a bunch of disgusting weenies. Being government dogs fits you"

>Being a coward
>Being a cowardly guberment lapdog
>Being a cowardly guberment lapdog who eyefuck our future wife

So I mean we could do this the fun way, or we could send a message to OH and post a bounty/ask everyone to pretty please kill them and take their shit. They did say they were loaded.
It's only fair, right?
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>>5468359
To elaborate, remind me. Paper-guy who wanted to retire on Amazon Lily is probably still on Outer Heaven right? They were pretty damn strong, and would happily kill for a retirement fund.
Why not give him the tip, and if he fucks up let everyone else get in on it.
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So... what I'm gathering from this is that you want to shittalk them but not necessarily resort to violence. (other than putting them on the OH shitlist)
Sounds correct?

>writing
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>>5468371
Yea, out of respect for Fishy. Didn't promise her not five minutes ago to not reach for violence right away at every opportunity?
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>>5468371
Sounds about right. On the one hand, he works for the WG while being really boring but on the other hand, he gave us some info and we're in front of Fishy.
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>>5468371
I think Silver would tell him to thank Fishy for saving his sorry excuse for a pirate life or something like that. It's because he Works for the WG since Silver was okay with the Shichibukai nor the fact that he wants an easy life since Silver was okay with nobles but the both of them together? Now that's disgusting.
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"Thanks for that. I did not know about this."

"You're welcome little pal. Now could you please piss off? The grown-ups are trying to talk. Yo Princess! Have you ever been on a cruise ship before? Would you like to?"

"WHAT?!"

"Whoa. Chill king. Chill. We're just offering the lovely lady a little tour on our baller ship. We'll bring her back once we're done in Outer Heaven. Promise! Hell, want us to pay for her? We'll give you enough to buy yourself a gold statue or something!"

Neptune looks like he's about to explode and frankly, you are close to the same. That was the last straw. Tapping the guys shoulder you get him to look back at you.
"You're going to Outer Heaven?"

"Uuuuh yeah? What's it to you?"

"You shouldn't do that."

"Oh? And why's that?"

"Because you're nothing but a bunch of weenies. Cowardly dogs licking government boots. And while everyone is welcome at Outer Heaven, few are cut out for it. You are not one of those. You'll be hurt, or killed if you do something very stupid. In fact you should take that letter of yours and go back where you came from because the New World has no place for weaklings like you."

"Brah. What a fucking buzzkill."
He pushes his sunglass back so it hides his eye and using the same arm he gives you a right hook, followed by a punch to the solar plexus and all of it's finished up with a knee to the face after he grabs your head and brings it down. As you stumble backwards he smirks as his cronies cheer him on.

"Whooo! Ice cold man! Bro the captain just fucking destroyed that kid! DAAAAAMN!"

"Easy as pie! Sorry kid but it's for your own good. I know, I know it fucking hurts but trust me little fella you need to learn not to butt in the business of grown ups! Not everyone is as nice as me. Some dudes would've cut you open from the groin the the neck for that! Now curl up and cry yourself out before going back to mo- huh?"
When he glances you he sees that you've not fallen on the ground like he expected but stuck with your back arching backwards.
"What the-"

You straighten your back and dust off your shirt, revealing that not a drop of your blood has been spilled.
"Nah I'm good."

He thinks for a moment before lunging at you with all the momentum he can muster. To his credit he knows how to punch, or at least how to put his whole weight behind one. But it's precious little. His knuckles dig into your cheeks but once they touch bone and teeth he feels the shock being absorbed and he sees that your head barely moved from his swing. Briefly surprised he quickly moves his fist lower so he can wrap his fingers around your throat and with the other hand he punches in the gut repeatedly. He even puts one of his legs behind yours so he can trip you over. As you lie on the ground his crew looses his mind.

"DUUUUDE! WICKED! HE JUST DESTROYED THAT CHILD!"
But he knows better. He's breathing heavy, staring at your body in disbelief as he fails to detect any damage.
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>>5468413
I mean we got to kill em now, like now this is a matter of image here, we can't let ppl think they can attack us and just get away with a slap on the wrist otherwise everyone and their mother will try and have a go
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>>5468423
I think this is a repeat of the Shanks scene

Maybe slap his shit in and make him tell everyone who surrenders too WG too not come here
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>>5468427
Thing is we're not shanks and the higuma stuff happened b4 shanks became an emperor and was known world wide, like we can't have ppl think they can start shit with us in one of our territories and just have a free pass, like at the very least we need to beat them all unconscious, like if they manage to walk away from this confrontation and not be carried we've fucked up
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>>5468432
It's simple, you just grab his hand and fold it backwards halfway. Or squeeze it into powder. He'll never juggle again but at least we won't butcher him in front of fishy and the kids.
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You chuckle as you lay on your back.
"Told you. You won't last. Now thank Shirahoshi for saving your hide."

He looks up at the big mermaid and nods his head in a terrified bow.
"Thank you."
With shaking hands he takes off his sunglasses and walks back to his men.
"Change of plans. Get back to the ship. We're going to Outer Heaven now and get this over with."

"Aww come on cap' no fair! Don't be such a buzzkill man!"

"DO AS I FUCKING SAY!"

After they leave you get up and the kids swarm you asking if you're alright. You reassure them as you dust yourself off and take out the transponder snail in your pocket.
"Hey Hook. Yeah it's me. Listen there is this new type of weenie pirate owned by the government. One is heading to Outer Heaven now. Blonde guy is the captain. What? Nonono. Don't kill them. Just make sure everyone knows they are free game. You know what? Tell Rigami he gets their bounty if he takes them out. Okay. Okay. We'll talk more about these government dogs when I get back. 'Kay thank you! Bye!"

"A-Are you okay?"

"What? Me? Oh yeah. That was nothing."

"But why didn't you do anything boy?"
Neptune scratches his head.
"I was about ot skewer that brat!"

"Fishy wouldn't like it if I beat them up."
Shirahoshi starts beaming and while she does so you lean in to Neptune.
"And that was not worth fighting. How would it look like if I had to kill them myself? That'd be embarrassing!"

"I see I see."

"Hmmmm. But this is a bummer. If they work for the government then killing them before they enter the island would be bad for you guys no?"

"Uuuuh. I did not really think about that. If they are considered to be officially government employed then yeah, sinking them just outside our island would be a pretty big violation of the rules."

"But if they get in they could probably do some shady things."

"Well... probably. They are still pirates after all."

>You think you can take care of them on your own?
>I'll send some of my guys down here to help you guard the place. Sounds good?
>I'm not taking any chances. We'll just deal with them like regular pirates
>Other?
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>>5468439
>>You think you can take care of them on your own?
>>I'll send some of my guys down here to help you guard the place. Sounds good?
At least float the offer. We can send some of the better behaved types to help out if he'd like.
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>>5468439
hmm correct me if im wrong but isn't the sabaody archipelago the only way to get to fishman island? can't we cut the problem off if we took over it?
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>>5468439
>>I'll send some of my guys down here to help you guard the place. Sounds good?
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>>5468442
like if we took it over we could then deny the bubble coating to all privateers which would also keep them out of the new world all together unless the WG allowed them to start passing through mariejois, which would be a disaster waiting to happen
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>>5468442
The idea was tossed around before. Same problem applies. The Celestial Dragons frequent the place. Doesn't matter if you take over, those conceited assholes will still go there even if they are told that you own it and that there are no slaves there for them. They'll go there and that results in perpetual conflict with the WG
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>>5468447
Do they still go there post-time skip? i remember vaguely nami saying something about how the marines have pretty much abandoned the island since they moved the marine HQ to the other side of the redline, plus doffy seemed to have abandoned the auction house during the incident, so the slave trade there might have slowed down and caused the CDs to find new islands
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>>5468440
>Support
Makes sense to me.

>>5468442
I don't think Silver could "take over" Sabaody as much as he would "sink" Sabaody. Either by us doing it or the constant raids from admirals.
But here's the thing, attacking Fishman island kind of has the same problem as attacking Sabaody does.
Cause Outer Heaven is pretty much right next door, so if you try there will be reinforcements on the way.
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>>5468439
This >>5468440
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>>5468440
This one wins
>writing

>>5468450
It did decrease but it did not cease. Joker was not the only slave auction owner, he was just the most prominent. The Dragons still demand a constant supply of varied and high quality slaves. So long as there is demand it will be met.
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hmm what happened to surume here again? cause if he's around we could tame him and just have him destroy any ship flying the goverments flag, i know we took out hordy much sooner than he got taken care of in canon though so he might not have went and picked him up by the time we beat him
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>>5468481
Not a thing. Hody and his gang were killed before he could capture and tame the Kraken. You'd need someting different
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>>5468485
well could always ask for some advice from our crew and could 100% see like will going "why don't we just tame a sea monster and have them defend fishman island?" and silver just going "will you're a genius, i knew i raised you right" and then searching for promiment sea monsters to tame
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>>5468489
Hmmmm. How about "build" a sea monster?
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>>5468498
Son of a bitch im in
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>>5468498
Can we kidnap and beat up a Sea King until it agrees to give up some of its life force in exchange for freedom? We'd probably way more out of that than chumps off the street.
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>>5468489
We literally own an actual army of crabs that basically destroy whatever pisses off silver at the time, that we don't really use except as ammo sometimes.
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>>5468528
And to eat the occasional marine fleet that tries to reach Outer Heaven.
That was a cool scene.
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"Hmmmm. Do you think you'll be able to handle them on your own? I could send a few trustworthy boys down to bolster your militia."

"I'm... I may actually accept that offer of yours. With the ahem, projects we have going on we're a bit short on manpower-jamon."

"Alright. I'll see who's up for some easy money once I'm back in Outer Heaven."
You look up through the bubble of the island and start pondering.
"Hmmmm. Come to think of it I should probably head back soon. These privateers annoy me a little. Better think of a way to deal with them."

"A-Are you leaving already?"

"No Shirahoshi. Not yet. I'm gonna wait a little while. Don't wanna get those guys all over my new diving suit."

"Phew. In that case-"
She turns to look at Neptune.
"Father. May I take my leave now?"

"Huh? Already-jamon? Hmmmm. Alright. But I want you to be back by dinner, do you hear me young lady?"

"Yes of course! Come on Silver I want to show you something!"

"Whoa! Hey! Cut it out!"

But Shirahoshi simply picks you up and she floats away with you on her inflatable bubble. She even takes care to put one around you as she enters the waterways and blitzes through the long pipe of flowing water through the city. Given how mermaids are the fastest swimmers out there and she's a cut above the rest you almost throw up every time she makes a sharp turn as she follows the flow of the water. After a few minutes she takes you to the very edge of the kingdom where you find a large body of water that goes out all the way to the bubble sealing off the island. Arriving at the precipice she finally lets go of you and you gently start floating on the surface of the water and so close to the barrier you could touch it if you wanted to.
"Nice pool. Why did you bring me here?"

"I wanted to show you something. I like this place because people don't often come here so I can be alone."

"I thought you dislike being alone after spending all those years locked up."

"It's true that I don't like it very much. But this way I can practice in peace."
She takes a deep breath and begins singing a little jingle. It's nothing special she's just going "la la la" like a mother trying to sing to her child without knowing any songs. But it's pretty nonetheless. And you're not the only one that thinks so as a few moments later a pair of gargantuan, glowing eyes appear from the dark waters. It came so suddenly your senses did not manage to warn you ahead of time at all, though that could be the result of the two layers of the bubble coating separating you from it.
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So while I've had this quest in mind I've been thinking and I think I fundamentally get why silver gets so genuinely pissed at Mary so much, like he just gets almost unnaturally callous and mad at her compared to pretty much everyone else, and I think at the root of it he hates her and her family ditching him and leaving him for dead on the slave island and never really owning up to it. While practically rubbing it in his face like it never happened. It's why he basically tries to be a cunt every time he sees her and says the worst shit he can, because she betrayed him while blatantly lying to his face claiming to be family, and I only really got this connection do to how badly he flew off the handle with big mama for pretty much similar shit, but with Mary and Co this has just been simmering there for years and years with no release valve as it were. Anyways those are my thoughts back to my eternal lurk.
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>>5468566
kek
thank you for your input based-lurker
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The sheer size of the thing is honestly unnerving. Though you can't quite tell how big it is you estimate that it's roughly equal in size to the island minus the bubble and the air around it based on its head. It's easily the biggest Sea King you've seen yet and one that you would take seriously if you encountered it in the wild.

"A-Awesome! Did you really manage to learn it?!"

"Not really."
Shirahoshi stops her singing and the big monster seems saddened by this.
"But after Father told me about my inheritance I wanted to try it out to see if it's really true. I can't really talk with them yet. But they like it when I sing to them!"
She resumes her song and the gargantuan beast starts bobbing its head up and down to the rhythm. In its satisfaction it lets out a deep, bone shaking growl.
"I like to come here to practice because then I don't scare the people of the island. I hope soon I'll be able to talk with them."

"My Queen-"
You clasp your ears shut from the pain that the overwhelming voice brings to your ears.
"-why did you stop your heavenly melody? Please... let me hear your blessed voice again."

"S-Silver?! Are you alright?"

"Argh... loud..."

"A-Ah I'm so sorry! I'll stop right away!"

"No. Keep singing."

The mermaid princess nervously returns to charming the Sea King and it happily dances to her tune. But once her song ends it bows a little before quietly returning to the murk from whence it came. With it out of the picture she once more turns her attention to you and plucks you out of the protective bubble. She looks like she's about to cry again but you stop her before she could even start.
"Don't worry. I'm fine. That big thing just caught me off guard."

"Could you... hear it?"

"Yeah. It wanted you to keep singing. Had a butt loud voice. Almost drove me crazy."

"How do you do it?"

"Huh?"

"How can you hear them speak? I tried to pay attention so much but I couldn't hear anything."

"I'm not sure. As long as I can remember I could always hear things speak to me. But things that don't live are easier to understand. I don't know. But I'm sure I don't pay attention to any of it. I just do it if it makes any sense. Maybe try thinking less about it is my suggestion. But man, you really are something Shirahoshi! Were you not afraid of that thing?"

"No. As strange as it sounds I don't feel afraid of them. When I see them it's like I just met with some old friends."

"Ke-Kekekekeke!"

"W-Wha? Did I say something funny?"

"Treating Sea Kings that give even me a pause like old friends. I really was stupid when I called you a weenie wasn't I?"
You laugh at yourself as you scratch your head.
"Shirahoshi. You're awesome."

"Thank you!"
She blushes from your compliment.

>Marry me!
>Okay, let's get back to your dad before he starts worrying
>Other?
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>Marry me
>>I only got 10 years or so, so I wanna cross everything off the list before I kick the bucket.
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>>5468590
>>Okay, let's get back to your dad before he starts worrying
She's too good for Silver
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>>5468590
>Marry me!
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>>5468590
>Marry me!
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>>5468590
>Marry me
But I think would convey It WAY more tactfully than this. Like when he proposed to Nutmeg, really give that old cuddleslut retard charm a stretch. Does that make sense?
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>>5468590
>Marry me!
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>>5468605
...Didn't our proposal to Nutmeg go something like "Why not you, you're a girl! And awesome!"
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>>5468614
it was more like "You are the only person I like here and I already agreed to marry someone, please help me."
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>>5468614
That was when Silver first entertained the idea in front of the decuplets when they were discussing who he could choose, his proposal to her came after.
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>>5468616
That was absolutely not how it went.
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>>5468590
>Marry me!
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>>5468605
I mean it does but it'd help me tremendously if you could actually write an example. (It's late and I'm getting tired, see)
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>>5468616
>>5468617
>>5468619
Seems I got some homework to do, excellent. More for me!
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>>5468625
You mean like a write-in? Man, I don't think I can reproduce the Silver's unintentional smoothness in dialogue. Maybe re-read that sequence with Nutmeg I mentioned? Hell, I'd be willing to wait for the next session to see this done right.
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Well it looks like we have a winner.
>writing

>>5468630
>next session
uuuuh
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>>5468630
Trust in the Spooks and be rewarded.
That or the bastard will figure out a way to end things on a cliffhanger because it'd be funny... It would be, but still!
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>>5468650
>That or the bastard will figure out a way to end things on a cliffhanger because it'd be funny... It would be, but still!

>Hey fishy, would
>okay guys I'm going to sleep see you later
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"You know what? I made up my mind."

"Hmmm? What?"

"I uh. I came down here to deliver this to you."
You reach into the inner pocket of your suit and pull out an envelope from it.

"What is that?"

"It's an... invitation. To my wedding."

"W-What? But I thought y-you already did!"

"Yeap. This is my second one. To my second wife. I wanted to invite you to it because I couldn't to the first and because you're my friend. But now?"
You toss the envelope in the air and burn it to ash.
"Don't need it anymore."
Shirahoshi seems to be at a loss for words. Understandable since she has no clue what you're talking about.

"W-What's going on? Why?"

"Because I don't want you to be at my wedding. I want more. I finally figured it out. I like it when you're happy and I hate to see you sad. And I want to make sure you don't have to cry again because I get it. I know what it's like when everything is scary, when you're alone. And you know it too. So... marry me Shirahoshi. And I promise you'll never be alone ever again."

Tears start swelling under her eyes until she erupts in a crying fit that threatens to wash you into the waters below and drown you. But as quickly as it came she wipes the tears away and lifts you up to look you in the eye.
"W-When I heard that you got married I got sad and I didn't know why. Because you aren't my type. B-But every time I thought about the day you rescued me, how you helped me and how kind you always were my chest felt heavy. S-So now that you say that I should be happy b-but... but I'm not. Silver I don't know if I can do what you ask. Y-You already have two-"

"Yes I know. But it's okay. It was Nutmegs idea!"

"W-Wha-"

"And I promise that I'll love you with all my heart no matter what. Please. Let me be your family!"

"I-I-"
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>>5468439
lol, considering shit like that implies that we give a fuck about the world government
and we don't

they are faggots, they have no legitimacy whatsoever and will be dealt with by every tom, dick and harry on the island
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>>5468669
D'aww. I don't know if she'll accept, since silver already has two wives... but he's a genuine, innocent idiot.
He's not doing it out of lust unlike us but rather because he genuinely cares about her.

shirahoshi is also the only one he's chosen to marry because HE wanted to marry her
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Several minutes later you're back in the waterways being carried by Shirahoshi whose head is still redder than a tomato.
"Kekekeke!"

"How am I going to tell father?"

"It's okay. If you can't I'll just kidnap you so you don't get in trouble! Kekeke!"

"How could you say such a thing? A knight in shining armor can't act in such a way! That's not how the stories go!"

"I'm not a knight. I'm a pirate. I tried being a knight once. I almost drowned in concrete."

"You are to me!"
She smiles at you.

"Great. Now I'm the one who looks silly! An Emperor isn't supposed to blush! Anyway don't think you have it bad! I have to explain it to everyone at home that I got engaged again!"

After leaving the channels and getting back to Fish-man Plaza where you left King Neptune Shirahoshi abandons you immediately and cheerfully rushes up to her dear papa.
"Father! Father! Guess what happened! Silver finally asked like you sa-"
But she stops dead in her tracks when she sees that Neptune is in great distress and he doesn't even acknowledge her presence.
"Is everything alright?"

"S-Shirahoshi-"
He looks at you and he breaks out in a cold sweat. Quickly he turns to face you and obviously hides something behind his back. He does not speak and does not move at all, he simply looks at you with a horrible, fearful expression. Finally he averts his eyes to look at his daughter.
"Shirahoshi. Get behind me."

"B-But father what's wrong?"

"Do as I say at once!"
He roars at her and Shirahoshi falls in line immediately. She has never seen her father behave this way. Neptune then with a held breath beckons you.
"Boy... please... do NOT get mad!"

"What? What's wrong Santa? Something happened?"

"Yes. Something happened. And I NEED you to not do anything crazy!"

"Well that sounds suspicious."

"PROMISE ME! PROMISE ME ON YOUR NAME AND YOUR LIFE!"

You're not sure what to make of this but he seems serious and genuinely terrified.
"Alright. I swear."

"Good."
He takes out what he's been hiding behind his back and tosses it to you. He then spreads his arms to shield his daughter.

It's a rolled up and badly crunched issue of todays newspaper. But even with how tightly he was holding it the letters are still legible once you unroll it. And the moment you read the title on the front your heart stops beating.
"Fiendish Pirate Caught."
"Eliza D. Silver, mother of Cavalier Silver, a pirate with a bounty over one billion has been caught by the Marines and is scheduled for execution."

You can't read any more than that. Violently shaking and feeling something burning in your chest the only word you can let out is a whimpering "no".
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>"Eliza D. Silver, mother of Cavalier Silver, a pirate with a bounty over one billion has been caught by the Marines and is scheduled for execution."

>You can't read any more than that. Violently shaking and feeling something burning in your chest the only word you can let out is a whimpering "no".
And here we go.
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>>5468691
ya see neptune fucked up here majorly, immediately zooming straight for where eliza is to try and rescue her isn't something silver would consider crazy therefore he's not breaking his promise lol
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And that is the end, as well as the part that I didn't want to do but I don't think I have much of a choice in the matter.
This was the last active session for the year of our lord 2022. The next two weeks I'll be very busy and won't have the time to really write. After that comes the christmas season and I learned my lessons. There will be no running during december due to other, more pressing issues on the family front.

So this is where I'll say goodbye for the year.
I may do some omake stuff if I'm hit by a good idea or if you toss one my way. There were also requests for updated sheets, so I'll work on those too

Oh and here's a shitcord link: https://discord.gg/bsKB2eKTmy

Due to no threads that's where I'll announce when I'll be running first next year
Have a good night. And if I can't do it when appropriate, then I'm wishing you a merry christmas and a happy new year in advance
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>>5468687
Yea the chemistry is great. Silver and Nutmeg were two weird, fucked up and affection starved kids pushed together and quickly grew to love each other.

With Shirahoshi it's a shared experience (an abused childhood) that lead them down to entirely opposite worldviews, but they still respect each other because they can see where they're coming from and who they could have been if the world had been a little kinder to them.

Honestly Sandersonia is the little weird one, as she basically idolizes and hero-worships Silver to no end and Spooks has a weird forehead fetish

>>5468691
He actually did end on a cliffhanger. Bloody hell.
talked about having the wind ripped from your sails.
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>>5468703
Sandersonia also has the shared experience where she was also a slave
Also, it's a snake fetish thank you very much!
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>>5468699
Probably good to have a bit of a break to let ideas run and update all the sheets from whats looking to be Marineford 2.0 in the next arc, like the only arc i could see happening b4 it is like a "War prep arc" where silver and gang plot strats contact all known allies and get prepared for war
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>>5468699
Thanks for running Spooks, well done on upping my guess that you'd cliffhanger us! Masterfully done!

But seriously, take care and best of luck with whatever problems have come your way. Family troubles can get tough. Merry chrismas in advance and may the next year be better then what came before

>>5468708
This is fair, but it does get a little overshadowed by how obsessive the Boa sisters get. Makes perfect sense that she would put him up on a pedestal like that tho, however I do not buy your excuses. Snake or no snake I know it's the forehead that calls to you. I'm a random person on the internet, you can trust my judgement.
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>>5468711
spook saw vegapunk and immediately came lol
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>>5468708
More importantly, what is this going to do to sanji?
Silver truly has taken everything from him. Even his dreams.
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>>5468718
Make him mad while he does nothing but give Silver the stink eye like usual?
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>>5468699
See you on the other side, chief.
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>>5468699
You have a good Christmas and New years Spooky.

I still miss best Hollow.
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lets kidnap garp. if they wanna push us, we'll take their hero. They should know better than to escalate. anything they gain from actually taking us out would not outweigh the consequences of turning us loose. thats the entire reason the yonkou were a threat. any victory would be pyrrhic.
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>>5468691
Ahhhh time for some unpleasantness.

>>5468699
Thanks for running!
>No more sessions 'till next year
So that was the reason for your "uuuuh". A damn shame and right before reaching the real good stuff too!

>>5468781
>Kidnap Garp
I love how you suggest that like it's nothing.
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>>5468781
>only kidnapping garp
I'd rather go and torch te Mary geoise again, and torch the entire world government over this. They touch big sis, we remove their reason to exist, seems fair to me.
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Honestly the 'kidnap world nobles and ransom them for her freedom' plan seemed the best to me.
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>>5469138
You know the absolute best way to tell the marines to eat a fat dick? Blow more holes in the red line. More pirates coming through and places to have to hold and stretch them thinner.

Besides, if we did blow up all the nobles they'd just drop the pretense and become the new ruling class anyway.
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>>5469231
How would that get us Eliza back?
Same with the ideas of attacking outposts, bases and forts: How would any of that get us Eliza back? Cause they were perfectly happy to more or less abandon everywhere else in order to throw down with Whitebeard.
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>>5469454
I never said it would help get her back.
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>>5468781
Better idea! Kidnap Garp...and force him to attend our wedding!
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>>5471015
You want to marry Garp?



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