Step after hastened step would lead a damaged but beautiful bronzed female form to the outskirts of the jungle. His speedy pace seemed to help him lose the strange blade wielding wolf he encountered at the river. While it was a dangerous creature, he did not want to be responsible for permanently injuring or killing an animal without proper cause. The whimpers of the helpless pup still echoed in Nefertari's mind. Single tear would be wiped away with the cloth of his sleeve. There was no need to worry now though. He was sure that he lost it in the dense jungle and his speed aided in that endeavor. His direction now unclear, Nefertari would need to regain control on his current situation. Fingers would run through his snow white hair, fixing any strands that were free and out of place. A voice would echo in the night. A voice all too familiar and still just as annoying as it used to be. Nefertari's face would change to that of slight disdain as his attention would shift to the direction of the ruckus disturbing this quite night. It was Johnny and next to the male was a woman of unknown origin. Nefertari immediately didn't like her. She wasn't ugly. She was admittedly pretty and therefor a threat to his territory. True he didn't want anything from Kaito or Johnny but they were still within his domain and seeing how friendly they were with her did not help her case. The male would walk over, his clothing dancing in the wind. Despite the many cuts into his feminine form and the blood staining the cloth on the right of his clothing just under the ribs, his beauty was still undeniable. The blonde swordsman would inquire about Nefertari's injuries which would only be answered with a simple "Ugh..." and a look of exhaustion. He didn't feel like going into the details about how he fought a wild sword wolf and then ran. It was too much to explain! Introductions. Nefertari would bow his head slightly and wuickly to acknowledge the woman's existence before turning back to Johnny who'd tell the strange woman to check his wounds. The males viridescent orbs would scan her form. "I...suppose." The male would sit on a rock and cross his legs as he would allow her to look at his moderate injuries. "It's about time I found you guys. Why do you people never give rendezvous points!? What kind of idiots don't give a place to meet and just wonder to an entirely new blue!?" Frustrated, exhausted, and slightly hungry. Nefertari would await an explanation from Johnny as he was treated by the woman who's name he had forgotten. Not out of petty mind you but out of habit. He has to hear a name three times before being able to remember the individual. Hearing someone once means they aren't important, twice and they've made their presence known, and three times means they serve some sort of essential purpose. He would flip his hair as he'd glare at Johnny, his enchanting emerald eyes reflecting the light of the moon in the night.
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Dcme
Cinna-Apple Nami
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2017 6:57 am
His back against a nearby tree, eyes forward to watch the interaction between the two. Johnny could only think that Nefetari must've gotten into the same incident that'd befallen Kaito not too long ago. Brisk air from the evening struck a cord as glasses fumbled off his face to his hands; hues centered more on his Nakama than anything else. God damn it. If they weren't careful, worst was going to hit them. Marines were relentless. People just saw them as a tag for cash and nothing more. It brought a sneer to his face as those thoughts wafted, but hearing Nefe's words struck him towards reality once again. Tch, as if it were their fault! No one told her to go running off without asking a location! "Well, if you'd have actually asked where we'd be instead of just doing things all on your lonesome." Batted back, letting his arms fold across muscled machismo. The nerve of this woman! Sometimes he wondered where she got the attitude from in the first place. As Tahira took a look at the injuries, Johnny pointed towards the sea, speaking once again."Kaito probably headed off to the next job location. If we don't see him there, then he's elsewhere doing his own thing. I don't like it, but we've gotta get outta here before we get found out."
They'd already had a mob of angry townspeople chasing them down. The marines wouldn't be far behind. They never were.
With his point raised, Johnny headed out towards a line of trees and from there, began his walk down the the beach with the duo following him. They needed to get out of here sooner than later. "Tahira, if you don't have a boat you can come with me, but this place is old news. We don't have time to waste on the past when the future is right there." Even in the dark, his smile gleamed a pearled white! Shimmering in the depth of onyx, he was excited to say the least. Never had he gone on a adventure of this magnitude before. All this time he was just traveling around, trying to find some purpose other than wielding this sword. That didn't feel quite right either - but, now, with these new friends with him, he could do things he'd never thought of. Maybe being a pirate wasn't all that bad. Fate played the dozens and the Gods would never steer perfection wrong, no matter what. "To Lyneel. If they want us for stealin' some stupid egg, then they'll hate us after this next one. There's money to make, ladies." A marker was set. A plan, ready. All they needed now was the will to continues. Let's go!
With only a few minutes probably less than that, Tahira had taken care of the lovely Nefetari’s moderate injuries. She could only wonder just what had transpired to ascertain such wounds. Though her mind could only fathom. An animal perhaps? Though with the current lighting, she couldn’t be certain. But with the short glance it would be her first assumption. But with quick hands, she would tend to the wound, while the two seem to go back and forth about something. It wouldn’t register, though it would be a good distraction to the healing process. “All done” A bit of salve and a nice wrap to cover the wound. Small and quick hands would make the process appear to have been instant or to not have happened at all. But all was taken care of, as she stood to her feet.
Not before long, the duo would leave the shadowy confines of the forest and walk along the sandy beach. The sea air wafting in the breeze, as Johnny led the way. The choice to ride with Johnny would be made, as the initial decision would be placed. They would leave and head to a place called Lyneel. It only made her anxious; excitement growing within her. The only place she knew was Alabasta and the only other home aside from there to be Cocoyasi. Her dream was to sail and discover all type of treatments for the sick. And finally it was beginning. A smile would form, as she watched Johnny’s excitement spread across his features. Though the mention of ‘ladies’ would spark a fragment of curiosity. Upon inspection of the injuries, Tahira had noticed something, after being up close. But didn’t think too long and hard on it. After all, one could notice the confusion. The feminine beauty, though all persons held beauty. But Tahira herself wasn’t one to discriminate. Nor judge. But it was quite entertaining and would continue to be along their journey.
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Lerry Jive
Panda King Tai-tai Grim
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2017 1:23 pm
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Orbs of emerald moonlight would gaze upon Johnny, staring into his eyes as he spoke. This man really believed it to be Nefertari's fault for not ascertaining the meeting location of the trio turned quartet with the new arival of this complete stranger. Slight irritation. The make would roll his eyes in the shadow of the night and the darkness created by the trees shielding the area from the dim light of the moon. He would look away towards the trees, trying to find something else to focus on as to ignore Johnny in an obvious fashion. Kaito missing? Went on ahead? This was terrible. The one male he could actually stand on this crew was gone and he was now left with his least favored crew mate. Arms would fold as the woman would finish up. She would state her completion, which would grant her quick, "Thanks." Hearing her speak helped Nefertari understand that she was not a bad person but her being here took attention from him and it was a tough thing for him to accept competition. As soon as his gratitude managed its mumbled self an exit from the Egyptian's mouth, he would rise and begin walking with Johnny towards where he assumed the ships were. His clothes would glide through the night air as step by step his feminine form would be further seen as it left the jungles and made it on to the beach. The moonlight would reflect off of his glistening copper skin and the ocean air would make one quick gust towards Nefertari, causing his silky white hair to flow furiously in the wind. "So our course is set. Then, let's be off the dreaded island as quickly as possible... the wild life here is adorable and dangerous..." The last bit about wild life would be mumbled under his breathe. Speaking his mind but not wanting anyones 2 cents on the matter! Just speaking out-loud. With haste he would board his vessel and along with the others, would make his way to a new area for another adventure and a chance at more money! A smile would appear across the young male's face as the thought of seeing a new place would excite him to his very core, sending a chill down his spine and causing energy to swell inside! Danger and trouble here we come!
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It was quite impressive that this kid was able to spew cold air and fire from his hand, normally that would shatter metal when you freeze it then suddenly heat it. Obviously logic didn't matter too much seeing how fishman karate had a basis in controlling water droplets in the air. Cleaving through the kid's attack Juusa was a little surprise that the kid was still standing after all if he was shooting fire or ice with that much force from his arms that would put a strain in the rest of his body much more force than his frail arms looked like they could handle, but they were metal. The sound of her blade screeching as it scratched some metal pieces inside of Geno. Lucky for a small splatter of red hit her cheek, there was still flesh in this young tin man. "Going so soon? Well its fun when they run" Juusa giggled as she licked the blood off her blade. Seeing the kid throw a smoke bomb on the ground Juusa couldn't help but snicker, that wasn't going to work. What a goofy kid this was while he may have not known that Juusa was a shark he should have understood he would be leaving a blood trail.
Lucky for him, the sound of a explosion made her turn her attention to the bar that no longer was there, a flying chair smacked her to the ground. Her hand going forward to break her fall she groaned a bit, placing her hand against her temple she softly massaged her head. "People need help...got to help people" Fighting her urge to chase down the pirate and have a nice barbecue she would give herself two firm slaps. "Help..help" One might think she had lost her mind in the flames and death around her but no there was a no resolve for her to help people the more she said it. People were screaming and dying all around her because she had gotten in to a fight with that little kid. She didn't even deserve to be a marine if she couldn't even protect anyone. However a glow of bright orange shine would catch her in the corner of her eyes. Was it gold? Like a child she headed over to where the shine was only to see it was a woman knocked out in the rubble. Pushing off rocks around her Juusa lifted her up. "Hope you are doing okay lady" Juusa would say. She may not be able to save everyone but one person would have to do, that's the best she could do with her strength. A battle between her and the ground ensued as the shaking and the wobbling of her feet was causing her to lose her balance. Still if she couldn't even keep herself on her feet she might as well quit trying to be a marine, they wouldn't need a weakling like her.
By the time they had reached the shore of a new island, Juusa was tuckered out. Having runned around the island after following behind Luka and Simba had been tiring, and the fight with the little kid. Now she had to pull his beauty to safety in her boat. Dragging the boat on the beach the fishwoman dragged herself on to the boat, putting a hand on her chest as it rose and fell steadily. "Should make us something to eat" Juusa would say pulling on a net to reveal a few caught fish. She was no doctor so she wasn't sure if fish was a good meal to have when injured but at least it would be tasty. She needed to get new uniform since no one would know she was a marine if she only wore a b-cup bra. Cooking the fish she put some seasoning and a bit of salt to add a nice flavor and wallah a perfect meal. Only to wait for the woman to wake up, heading over to the lady Juusa sat down next to her, putting the woman's head on her lap since the boat's wooden floor wasn't all to comfortable.
The battle had ended. That great battle. That epic battle. The battle that had been so amazingly intense and badass and ******** great that the very gods themselves had decided to omit all memory or witnesses of said event from existence! Such a thing would have been to great to handle and would surely cause heart attacks from the sheer elation that would have been experienced by those recalling such events. No, for the safety of all those in the world, the exact details of that intense three way clash of power would have to be kept a locked away secret for all of time. But rest assured that it had indeed been a battle for the ages. Terra and that shirtless guy Galand had put up a valiant effort, but alas even the combined raw destructive power of the human earthquake and the human nuke was not enough to topple the might beast king just yet. They would get their rematch one day though and it would be even more intense than the first battle.
As an aftermath, Terra was a bit banged up and not in the sexy way at all unfortunately. She had some bruises all over, her body was sore (again not for the good reasons sadly) and a few fractured bones and such all over really. The girl was in no shape to be fighting again for a while but you can bet your asses she'd try anyways.
After having been kidnapped while taking her post battle nap, Terra was taken away by some weird fish chick and set onto her ship that probably didn't 'really' fit two people but that's aside the point. The pair would be away from Torino by the time s**t hit the metaphorical fan and avoid dying a horrible death. Well Terra woulda been fine but she's a unique case. Speaking of her, as Aquawoman was busy making some dinner, Terra would awake. Suddenly.
She sat up very quickly as if she hadn't been knocked out at all. "Alright I got another one for ya bub! I aint done with ya yet man, I'm just warming up an-" She had her hands up in fists, jabbing at the air as she was still doped up on adrenaline it seemed before she paused for a moment and looked around blinking several times. "Uh....s**t. Guess we lost huh...?" She asked, mostly to herself before finally noticing the other woman there and she smiled and waved before wincing. "Ah damn, guess he beat us huh...s**t wait where's that other dude? Name was Galand, kinda tall, loads of muscles, no shirt, and a little bit cute. Seen him at all?"
Sometimes it felt good to be a fishman seeing how she doubt a human or any other race would have been able to swim under their boat, pulling it to another island. It was strenuous work but for Juusa it was nothing after all this woman was the only one she had saved during the entire attack. That was pathetic she even got a promotion for just being at the island, she didn't deserve. Punching the grill the fish were being cooked in Juusa would sigh. She was being to harsh on herself but how couldn't she be when she had also badly harmed a pirate while there. There job wasn't to take them in and while their poster said dead or alive, Juusa was someone who wanted to bring them in alove. After all pirates were people most were put in the situation where they had no choice but to be pirates.
Deep in thought, Juusa would jump in fright when hearing a voice. Turning she saw that the woman she saved was awake and was talking about losing a fight. That would explain the bruising. How did Juusa know the woman was bruised...well she couldn't resist. For medical reasons of course if the woman bled out while Juusa was trying to save her then that would just be silly on her. So she had to check her body for cuts. Brushing her nose Juusa wiped away some dry blood that had come from her nose. "Galand? No I had not seen anyone but you in the rubble....hm sounds like someone I would like to meet" Juusa would say. Adding the finishing touches to the cooked fish before placing it on a plate and walking to the woman. "Hope you like fish, name is Juusa. What be yours?" Handing over the plate to the woman giving her a friendly smile. Flicking her fingers a different direction droplets of water being flung from her hand. She was still wet from swimming, hopefully having her body wet with her clothes sticking tightly to her skin didn't make the food look less appetizing.
"Well s**t...I hope the dude's alright..." She sighed and moved to sit up as she stopped with a soft grunt from what was probably a cracked rib or three. Maybe four. "OK then I won't be moving too much yet. Gimme like...another ten minutes i'll be fine." She smiled, playing off her injuries like they weren't s**t but she kind of probably knew they were pretty bad as she looked at the woman offering her food and smiled. It wasn't pizza but it was still food and Terra loved food regardless of her preferences.
"Name's Terra Black, but just Terra works. Nice to meetcha~" She grinned, reaching out and offering her hand to offer a proper handshake before she accepted her free meal. "So I take it s**t didn't go over so well back at Torino huh...?" She curiously inquired of her cute rescuer while she took a bite of the well seasoned sea food.
"Most likely is. If he is as big and strong as you make it him out to be then he should be fine." Trying to reassure Terra that her friend was alright. Of course she had no idea what they were doing but to her it sounded like they were defending themselves from someone. Little did she know it was the other way around and that they were attacking the source of destruction. As soon as the blonde started move Juusa moved over her, her hands placed gently on her shoulders, for medical reasons of course! She shouldn't be moving in her condition even if she said she was doing fine. "You shouldn't move at all if possible...wouldn't want to permanlty damage your body now would you?" Juusa would say shaking her head up and down as if agreeing with herself. After all she wouldn't bite the hand that was literally feeding her even if she did Juusa would be happy the woman was alive. After having stayed asleep for so long she had gotten worried.
So her name was Terra Black, even though she was blonde. Human names sometimes made no sense at all. Seeing the other extend her hand Juusa would stare at it knowing what the other wanted however she wasn't sure if she could handle shaking her hand. Shyly she grabbed the other's hand and gave it a soft shake. "Nice to meet you too" Juusa would say, the other's cheery personality was helping her regain her composure after what had just happened. However bringing up Torino quickly made her smile disappear. "That's an understatement. The entire kingdom was destroyed...and I...I was too busy losing control to help the citizens" Her eyes started to water, her bottom lip quivered, even her voice started to shake. Juusa was known to be happy and cheerful but what happened in the kingdom was nothing but negative. But...but still she had to make the effort after all she was marine and that meant she had to be tough. Rubbing her eyes a weak smile appeared on her lips again. "A lot of people escaped off the island exploding island. I'm glad I at least got to save someone as bomb as you" Juusa would make an attempt at a joke. After all jokes were the best medicine, at least that's what she heard.
Being forced to lay back down would normally get a joke about putting her on her back from Terra but she was starting to feel a lot more pain the more awake she became. It was like she was hit by a train. Going a few hundred miles per hour. Made of diamond. Needless to say she'd not be super active for at least an hour. Who knows. "Well I guess I should thank you for the help then, so thanks!" She smiled, even if she was stuck laying down in a s**t ******** ton of pain. That's a totally legit metric unit of measurement by the way. But the mention of people dying would make even upbeat Terra frown as she thought for a moment about the negative consequences there were from letting that Dekura guy get away.
Fortunately Terra wasn't really one to dwell on negativity or be down for very long. Metaphorically speaking of course. She saw a chance and took it with the bomb remark as she smiled. "Oh trust me, I'm way more bomb than you know~" She smirked as she was able to lift an arm and snap her fingers. When she did such, it created a small flash and explosion at that point. "Let's just say that hanging out with me is a real blast~" She chuckled, making a punny joke in an attempt to lighten up the mood for her new buddy pal over here.
"Its my job...though when I think about it...I would probably still have helped you whether or not it was my job" Juusa would say tapping her cheek. That was how she acted most of the time anyways, trying to help people it was one of her positive personality trait. At least, that's what other said they also said that it was one of her more negatives ones, she didn't know when to leave people alone. The weak smile strengthen when Juusa saw the other frown. A change of subject was needed and it had to be quick. Opening her mouth Juusa placed one of the cooked fish directly in her mouth. A sharp row of teeth would chew and crush the fish, bones and all, in almost an instant. Eating helped calm her down especially fish, probably having to do with her being a shark fishman.
Way more bomb? Juusa asked licking her fingers to get the fish flavor out of them. Tilting her head watched as Terra raised her fingers and a light flashed out the sound of small explosions rang through the air. Juusa's eyes widen as she quickly grabbed the woman's hand, for being extremely fast there was a certain delicacy to her holding her hand. After all she was still injured. "Oh man that was so cool! It's one of those Devil Vegetables right? I heard they gave people powers" A glow in Juusa's eyes as she start to poke Terra's body expecting it to explode as she touched it. "Can any part of your body explode? Does it hurt you?" Juusa kept asking these questions, the talk of the island would disappear from her thought. Her tail swayed left and right like a dog's when they got excited.
Oh yea jackpot. Terra hit the metaphorical one at least in her search for a method to change the topic to something less depressing. She lucked out and was saved by someone who didn't really know much of anything about the cursed fruits that tasted like trash. She was barraged with a series of expected questions as she waited for her to finish before replying. "OK so in order yes, yes they do, yes I can, and no it doesn't." She said quickly at first before elaborating a bit. "They're called fruit actually but don't let the name fool you they taste gross as hell. Also the drawback is that you can't swim. Like at all. You sorta stop moving in water so like...that sucks I guess." She said, casually shrugging off her fatal weakness of water like no big deal.
"Each one is completely different and mine lets me explode and also explosions don't hurt me, like at all. Though I can't just explode when I want which is really stupid I think but all I need is to make contact with something so I guess that's fine as long as I'm punchin somethin." As a fist fighter, she likely had one of the more practical powers for beating people up, though it wan't terribly safe for a friendly spar without medical personnel around. "But what about you? you got the tail so you gatta be a fishman...er girl, right? Can you do that Fishman Karate stuff? Last guy I met couldn't do it for s**t..." She rolled her eyes a bit, thinking back to that Cassius dude who totally let her down as far as an exciting fight was concerned. Serious blue balls. Metaphorically of course.
Juusa wondered if she could get the blonde to explode, but now that she had a bit of time to think maybe a explosion in her face wouldn't be good. Especially since her body still stung from the fight with the young kid. Hopefully he was fine. "Sounds so cool i kind of want one now...do you just go to a store and get one or?" Juusa would ask looking around as if a devil fruit would just be lying around in the sand. However when the weakness of the fruit was brought up Juusa frowned. "Really?...Never mind then. I like to swim its super fun plus when there is a hot guy you can pretend to drown to get cpr without actually drowning" Juusa would say looking up in the sky before shaking her head. "Not that I have ever done that" Juusa would look away a light red on her cheeks as she giggled nervously.
However she went to further explain the fruit and what it could do, so apparently physical contact had to be made to explode. That was interesting but made sense, if not it would be over powered. Then again if the devil made them balance wouldn't be something he took account of. "Wait wouldn't your clothes be ripped off if you just explode?" Juusa would ask a soft drip of blood falling from her nose as she thought of Terra being nude. Wiping her nose she was glad the conversation went to her and her fishman abilities. "Fishman is alright and yeah i totally can its pretty cool" Juusa would say jumping off the boat and putting a bit of distance between her and the boat. "Look. Fishman Beyblade" Juusa started to spin in place. It would look goofy at first but soon a trail of water started to appear around her like a tornado. Suddenly stopping the water would explode outwards. "See there is more i can..woah" Juusa would say falling on her back. Maybe spinning around wasn't a great idea, you can get dizzy so easily there was even a ringing. Wait that wasn't from her, reaching in her belt she pulled out a small snail. "What is it little snail?" There seemed to be someone destroying a kingdom. Wano in West Blue. Normally there was another voice of a marine saying they were heading there but with no such voice that meant they were all busy. While Juusa wanted to continue talking to the blonde beauty she had a job to do...and there was a chance innocent people were getting hurt. "Hey Terra...keep in touch I need to go help Wano Kingdom in West Blue. Some pirates are raiding it. It was nice meeting you" Juusa got on the boat leaning in to give the woman a kiss on the cheek. "There is more cooked fish if you are still hungry" Juusa would quickly hop off the boat and jump into the water to swim all the way there. ((EXIT))
As Luka had finished the lst bit of paperwork needed, handing it back to the representative she'd be dealing with, she had stared off to the ocean again. Once more she was lost in thought of the time that had seemed to fly by, yet drag along at the same time. She sighed softly to herself, looking out, lost in thought. It wasn't until the voice of her first mate spoke out to her from behind that she snapped out of it. Blinking a few times and shaking her head slightly as she turned to face Lily with a nod at first before frowning slightly. "The ire...?" She asked her softly, tilting her head before remembering that her companion was hardly 'normal' as far as the human population was concerned. She looked over to some of the civilians, a few seemed to be glaring at them, or at least at Lily as she understood, sighing softly as she nodded. "I see. I apologize for the trouble. Not everyone is very accepting of those different from themselves..." She spoke, as if trying to console her aquatic ally. "They tend to not listen well to words I've learned nearly so much as they do actions. They aren't likely to think much better of you until you prove them wrong otherwise. Yet they'll assume another human is just fine until proven otherwise by their actions." She chuckled softly to herself at the irony, as if recalling something from personal experience from before. "It's backwards thinking admittedly, but humans are naturally afraid or cautious of things they aren't familiar with..." She paused, looking back to Lily after realizing that she had started rambling a bit just then and looked away, rubbing the back of her head even though it was a lot more profound than what she might have said in the same situation a year ago. "Ah sorry...I didn't mean to ramble. But we can head out now, everything here has been handled now."
With that, they'd be able to board Luka's decently sized vessel and hoist the anchor up before setting sail to the next island in the area near them. Tanaka Island would be next in line as the trip would take maybe another day or two before they could dock the yet to be named ship in port. Once there, Luka would drop anchor and look around. The place seemed peaceful and happy. She smiled a bit to herself, something she rarely did ever. She wanted to make sure every island could be so peaceful and remain as such. But she knew better. That's why she was doing this. The calm before the storm so to speak. She knew full well that things had been far too quiet and it was only a matter of time before the scum of the world reared its ugly head once more. Innocent people would be endangered once again and she didn't want anyone to die, but at the same time she knew she couldn't save everyone, and especially not after the fact. Placing these islands under the official protection of the Marines would allow her to be up to date and informed of any pirate activity that might spring up at any of them and give her the ability to respond in a far more timely fashion than she otherwise could.
As she waited for Lily to catch up to her, she looked at her and to the town. "If you stick near me, then people should be less inclined to think ill of you here." She said, as if to offer a solution to Lily's 'monster' problem. Of course there were no real guarantees on that regardless but Luka hoped it might help. She didn't want the other woman to feel aliened or like less of a person, but humans wee cruel creatures really. One of humanities many flaws, but there was only so much one could do alone to change such things. "If I may ask though...why did you decide to join the Navy? Of course you don't have to answer if you don't want to, I won't force you." Mostly out of curiosity, but she as always intrigued by how varied and different different people's motivations could be from her own initial reasoning and it sometimes gave her more insight into the kin of person they were.
[Tanaka Island takeover for the Marines 725/1,000]
Lily would look unphased for the most part by the hostile stares, the feeling of coldness that reverberated through her wasn't understood by her. She thought hard on what that feeling could be in the human tongue, 'Alert? No, what is this feeling?' she was thinking hard about it as she wandered behind Luka, 'Is this hate?" she wondered mildly, 'Maybe....though I read that it's supposed to be a boiling feeling not this cool one. Is it loneliness? Possibly." she thought as she would briefly touch where her lungs were and let out a deep breath which seemed to relieve the contrite cool feeling in her chest. She would look to Luka when she started to speak, it seemed the Lieutenant hadn't noticed what had happened, possibly deep in her thoughts again, she didn't blame the woman, Lily had been stuck in her own once again. Human feelings were hard for her to understand even now, her stint as a slave had robbed her of a lot of growth she needed to understand the majority of what she felt. The only feelings she could recognize within moments were fear, exhaustion and pain, even in the marines she hadn't experienced any of the emotions she read about. Joy and laughter were the ones she craved the most, but she couldn't find any reason to be either. Luka had tugged her out of her deep thoughts again, an apology and a demerit on the Lieutenants own species, strange. Blue eyes narrowed slightly as she would try to put a word to Luka's actions, "Is she attempting to comfort me? Was I upset?" she thought before she'd nod slowly, "I suppose that can be attributed to most species." she amended as Luka continued on. Lily tilted her head at the lieutenant's words and then looked almost thoughtful. The fishmen's eyes softened slightly from the neutral look they always seemed to carry, "I see. Humans are indeed a very strange species. I suppose one can only hope they grow out of such ways." she commented while Luka had seemed to realize she had ranted a bit at the chore girl. With another hasty apology Luka would quickly settle things and lead the way back towards the ship, "Embarrassment?' she pictured the way Luka had rubbed her head and seemed to get a little flustered. She wondered why she was flustered over informing Lily of her opinions, well it didn't matter now, they were leaving.
Relaxing was the perfect word to describe once again swimming near the boat in the cool salty tides of the ocean, she loved the quiet and the lack of beings within the water. When they approached the next island she would hoist herself up with her tentacles, the white of her suit clinging to her form as water slicked her. The white tentacles that were drifting around her would slowly retract back into their home and soak in the water stored there, "Hm." she looked weary as she would follow behind Luka. The woman's remarks and offerings of a solution towards the problem they had earlier would be accepted though Lily felt...doubtful of the problem being solved so easily, human's were already giving the two of them a wide berth once again. Did Lily look like she was afflicted by the plague? No, she was always this pale and white...and tall....humans were staring at her head where her tentacles which actually sprouted from the back of her neck resided in a water resoviour she wore. The woman twitched slightly at the idea of them throwing rocks at her head, she disliked when her tentacles dry out, they became itchy and irritating when she didn't keep them moist. The idea of having to replace the helmet style item would be annoying. Luka's question drew her out of her thought's once again, "Why did I...join the navy..." she mumbled as she thought about it she'd look curious, "I was actually born in the East Blue where we were ruled by fishmen pirates. I don't recall their names now, but back then before they were a problem our little town was left alone." she stated recalling the story with little to no emotion, "When they caught wind of how our home actually was.." she didn't elaborate about the city hidden underground in water, "The pirates decided to use it as a base, they murdered many of us in cold blood, drug us out into the streets and let our blood wash away in the tide." she worded it carelessly as she would look lost in her memories, "They took many of the children there, my sister and myself included." she murmured her eyebrows pulling into a furrow, "We were slaves for a while, beaten and treated as nothing more than property. My sister Lilac was a great girl, she made plans for all of us children to escape the pirates..." she grimaced as her chest tightened, ah this was heart ache, "but it went all wrong. She was caught and she was killed right in front of all of us as an example. We were lucky though, the Navy was there that day and they caught on to what happened because a young minkman had smelled my sister's blood." she recalled, "They found us, they liberated us, but my sister was still gone. I decided that I wanted to carry on her strong spirit. So I joined the marines to save people who were abused like I." she finished her face returning to it's neutral expression, "I suppose that would be my reason correct?" she mused staring blankly at Luka.
[ Tanaka Island takeover for the Marines 937/1,000 ]
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