Tsukai Xoi
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Post by Tsukai Xoi on Feb 14, 2012 0:36:33 GMT -5
He watched her and took the book as she tossed it and slowly blinked tilting his head, "... What the hell are you mumbling about? Im sorry because I was promising that to my strongest member! Thats what I had decided! But you ate it. What the hell are you upset for?!" he said with a blink and he stood up, hearing her mumble about a dud ... he stared at ehr like she was an idiot, and calmly stabbed her in the gut, face amused. The blade would go strait through her, but since he didn't use his Haki, there was no pain ... and if she looked down she'd see blue flames, that as he drew the blade out resealed and formed back into flesh. After this was done he re-sheathed the knife and gave her a look, "You can fly. Your immune to nearly any form of attack, and the attacks that can hurt you can be regenerated, your nearly impossible to kill, and you can form flames hotter then a Fire Fire fruits for attack and defense."
He said, nailing the positives into her head. "That fruit was inspected by Marines, Marine Admirals, Marine Scientists, as well as my own Geniuses and other experts on Devil Fruits. I knew it wasn't a dud." He sighed and crossed is arms over hi chest, "yes, you will now drown if your -all alone- in the middle of an ocean and fall in, and NOONE comes to help you. Even though your part of a crew that thinks of each other as family and would dive after you in a millisecond." He rammed the negative, and a counter positive into her skull his tone firm and calm surprisingly mature for him. "o whats left on the negatives list ... Hm. I believe you didn't like the word freak yes?" He tilted his head.
"Since when have you given a shit about anyone opinions ...? I saw how you acted at your village, they stared at you, or avoided you, danced around you, and you didn't give a damn at all. Whats going to be different, beside the fact now you'l earn a title, a reputation, so more people then before wont like you ... sure. But guess what ... Ten times more people will Adore you once they know you exist, kids will pretend to be you in streets and games ... adults will envy you, pirates and marines will grow to fear you ... Devil Fruits are risky yes. But not when you have Nakama, Shipmates, and a firm willpwoer all your own alongside it. Stop being worried over such a thing ... you will have to adjust ... but don't think for a minute I actually regret feeding you that by mistake." He sighed.
"If you wish to leave, you may. I wont stop you. But ... if you want to stay ... learn to control your powers now and accept it ... I would be thrilled to have Ira the Phoenix as officially part of my Crew ... and maybe a possible friend." He gave her a gentle smile, for once revealing the side of himself he didn't show many, yes hed flirt and tease and womanize ... but the other side was caring, loving, protective and surprisingly wise and intelligence.
Stamina: 2665/2840
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Ira Travis
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Post by Ira Travis on Feb 14, 2012 1:04:32 GMT -5
Her jaw clenched a bit as he explained that he wasn't even sorry for having fed her some fruit from hell - rather he felt sorry for himself for having accidentally fed it to her. She opened her mouth as if to say something, but at that instant he suddenly moved in on her and stabbed a knife through her stomach. Ira's blue eyes were wide with shock and confusion, because he was smiling at her as he did so. Slowly her head fell, her gaze scanning downwards to her own body, watching the blue flames that had formed on her midsection, without her being conscious of it. Then her merely pulled the blade out and put it away. She pulled her shirt up slightly, to the area that he had stabbed, but there was not even so much as a scratch left behind. she swallowed a little, as this obviously meant that there was some truth to the things that she had learned. Tsukai went on to tell her that she could fly and that she was nearly impossibly to kill, but she didn't look at him, she poked gently along the section of her stomach that had been stabbed, as though searching for something, but she found nothing.
He told her that she would only drown if she were all alone in the middle of the ocean, and that she was part of a crew that would save her without hesitation. She doubted this, very highly, because she hadn't even met any of them, much less made an impression that she was worth the trouble of saving. Nevertheless she said nothing, merely quietly fixed her shirt, which now had a hole in it from where he had stabbed her.
Tsukai kept rambling on about the positives and negatives of the devil fruit, lecturing her about what she had to gain, compared to what she had lost. She had never really done any swimming, in fact, she probably couldn't even swim to begin with, but it felt very limiting not being able to all of a sudden. Like she had lost out on something that she had wanted to do. She took another moment to observe her hands, before cautiously raising her eyes to Tsukai's face. He was smiling at her as he told her that she was still free to do as she pleased, but that he would be happy if she were to stay in his crew. He went on to say that he would possibly like to be her friend, which confused her more than anything else, really. She was cold, apathetic and she didn't get along well with others. In fact she didn't really get along with them at all. She avoided people as much as possible, hid herself away so that she wouldn't have to get close to them, pushed them away even, but he seemed to want to associate with her for some reason.
She eyed him up for a few long moments, before slowly casting her gaze away, feeling a little jittery still after everything that had happened. "I'll stay for the time being," she said simply, blinking slowly, she soon gave him a somewhat sharp look, "but don't stab me anymore. I might not feel any pain from it but it made me all stomach sick," she warned, raising a hand to rub wearily at her face as she sighed softly into her palm.
The hell did I get myself into by crawling onto this stupid ship?
Stamina: 1545/1640
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Tsukai Xoi
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Post by Tsukai Xoi on Feb 14, 2012 19:29:37 GMT -5
Tsukai grinned as he heard her words, nodding at her words he stood up and poked hr gently in her tummy. "Just take deep breaths ... its your body adjusting likely." He then walked over and re-grabbed the blindfold, walking over and wrapping it around her eyes. "The fact is your not impossible to kill, just far harder ... that subconscious defense will only work against small attacks, and Bok Haki will make your flames act just like your flesh on impact, as will seastone. However ... if you learn to control your devil fruit, I'll help you, you'll learn to form your body into the phoenix, or parts of the phoenix at will." He smiled, before wrapping the blindfold around her eyes and stepping back, considering a moment he grabbed a nearby Hanbo (Wood Stick Basically), and raised it. "Now ... I want to to dodge every attack you possibly can, I'll move at speeds your level ... I can hold back alot, but its still ganna hurt alot it it smacks you, I'll use Bok Haki so that you feel it."
He chuckled a bit before he continued, "Don't try and see through the fold ... close your eyes and breath deeply, listen to the air around you, smell the animals, the wood ... sense your surroundings, feel my intentions before I do it." He slowly raised his hand and the Hanbo went down ... likely right across her head, no one ever gets it the first try. "... Well. Good first Try." He said with a soft chuckle, slowly leaning down and hopping back ... he began the training, blows would go from all directions, moving at her normal speed, and a bit weaker then her strength so they wouldn't hurt as bad as they should, but it was defiantly forming bruises of a soft brown, light ones meaning. It would continue like this for hours, he wouldn't let up ... making them both just keep training, after around hour five, Kitsune would have begun to notice how her energy was slowly returning, it wasn't alot, but it was something ... an armor like feeling, but weightless forming around her skin tight, giving her strength and energy.
At the same time Tsukai would be training with Ira, who though was still getting smacked occasionally ... had begun to feel the patterns, she could smell the wood of the Hanbo, she could feel the air around her shift and change as he lashed out. Even hear his four heartbeats ... grooving he did in fact have two hearts at least, whether he had two stomachs was unknown. He smiled noticing that before she had been hit almost every time, but now she was only hit every eighth or seventh swing and eh nodded, "Very good ... I think thats enough for today." He slowly lowered the hanbo, tossing it to the side and crossing his arms over his chest ... flickering he yanked the Leopard up and tossed the beast into the nearby cage with a bag of meat from the side of the room ... he pointed tword the nearby staircase. "Lets go up there ... I'll make you two tea and get you some dinner before bed." he gave a soft chuckle, enjoying how they both were a bit beat up, but pleased that they had begun to awaken their Haki subconsciously at least as he crossed his arms over his chest and headed tword the staircase after giving them both about thirty minutes to catch their breath.
Stamina: 2660/2840
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Ira Travis
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Post by Ira Travis on Feb 14, 2012 20:14:47 GMT -5
Ira blinked a little as he poked her in the stomach, coming to accept the fact that he was a touchy feely sort of person - a type that she had only very rarely encountered (because no one really wants to go near a grim looking girl that's dual wielding a hot piece of metal and a large hammer). It certainly bothered her, mostly because she wasn't used to any sort of physical contact, and her mind couldn't process it fast enough to give a response to it, but at the same time... She found herself slowly accepting that this man didn't mean her any harm.
Well. She had been beginning to feel that, when he tied a blindfold around her eyes and cracked her in the head with some sort of stick. She immediately let out a low growl that did not leave her throat, her hands moving to her head to rub at the spot that had been hit - which of course opened her up wide for a hit across the side. Oh, I see feel your intentions just fine... You're intending to use me as a human pinata, she inwardly snarled, gritting her teeth to keep a neutral face as the training continued.
The hours seemed to drag on as she remained blindfolded and attempting to read and dodge his movements based on what she could hear, smell and sense. It was difficult, and at times after receiving a smack it jostled her and she couldn't focus. Her mind spun and she was beginning to feel very wary from everything, and agitated from being smacked with a stick. She would occasionally utter curse words that were aimed at Tsukai, but as per usual she remained more or less quiet (besides the odd grunts and groans of pain when bruises formed on top of bruises, on top of bruises).
At long last Tsukai announced that the training was over, and Ira let out a quiet, albeit very heavy sigh of relief, allowing her shoulders to slouch forwards in weariness. She could hear the staff he was using hit the ground, and yet another sigh rocked her body. The girl rose a hand, rubbing the back of it across her face, wiping away some sweat and the like, she brushed her hair from her face, slipped a thumb under her blindfold and slowly pulled it off of one eye. She peered around with a narrowed eye, because the room was bright, and slowly removed the blindfold entirely, allowing her gaze to adjust as she stared at it.
She was quite tired, too tired, in fact, to even bother arguing with Tsukai as he informed them to walk up a set of stairs so that he could feed them. She didn't particularly feel like eating, but she supposed it wouldn't hurt to obey him. Ira vaguely recalled that there was a bath in her room, and decided that she would soak in it before going to bed. Or maybe just sleep in it, depending on whether or not she was too weary to pull herself out.
... Can I even take baths anymore? She found herself wondering, rubbing a little at her left side as she ambled towards the stairs that he had indicated to, it would be embarrassing if I got in and then went all limp or something and couldn't get out... She stuffed the blindfold into her pocket, icy eyes tired.
Stamina: 1540/1640
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Nephiria
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Post by Nephiria on Feb 14, 2012 21:52:39 GMT -5
"Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho
Binkusu no sake wo, todoke ni yuku yo Umikaze kimakase namimakase Shio no mukou de, yuuhi mo sawagu Sora nya wa wo kaku, tori no uta
Sayonara minato, Tsumugi no sato yo DON to icchou utao, funade no uta Kinpa-ginpa mo shibuki ni kaete Oretacha yuku zo, umi no kagiri
Binkusu no sake wo, todoke ni yuku yo Warera kaizoku, umi watteku Nami wo makura ni, negura wa fune yo Ho ni hata ni ketateru wa dokuro
Arashi ga kita zo, senri no sora ni Nami ga odoru yo, DORAMU narase Okubyoukaze ni fukarerya saigo Asu no asahi ga nai ja nashi
Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho
Binkusu no sake wo, todoke ni yuku yo Kyou ka asu ka to yoi no yume Te wo furu kage ni, mou aenai yo Nani wo kuyokuyo, asu mo tsukuyo
Binkusu no sake wo, todoke ni yuku yo DON to icchou utao, unaba no uta Douse dare demo itsuka wa hone yo Hatenashi, atenashi, waraibanashi
Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho"
Exactly where the sound of singing was coming from was likely a source of great confusion to the crews of the gathered ships, the sound of a womans voice floating upon the ocean waves sending tremors through the spines of the weakest willed amongst the crews of such daunting ships, but as they sailed across the waves they would soon catch sight of a lantern bobbing upon the water.
As they drew nearer, alerting the captain and his... well lady friends to the presence of another ship light caught first upon a jolly roger hoisted upon the mast of a tiny little skiff, one that seemed almost ready to fall apart at any moment, the jolly roger was a pirate mark they had not seen before, a skull resting upon an opened book.
The little one manned skiff drew closer still to the large vessels the sound of the womans voice could still be heard humming along to the tune of the song she enjoyed, finally a leather clad woman stepped out onto the deck, seemingly the only crew member aboard the little ship! Within her hands was a towel and she seemed to be in the process of vigorously drying off her hair!
Her eyes went almost as wide as saucers as she finally caught sight of the immense ship before her and she said the one and only thing she could think of to say as she dropped her towel to the side and lifted a hand to wave at the men gawking at her!
"Uhhh.. Hi! Please don't run over me"
What else was there to say!
Stamina: 390/395
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Tsukai Xoi
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Post by Tsukai Xoi on Feb 14, 2012 22:18:24 GMT -5
Tsukai grinned as he headed up the stairs after his girls, however soon he sensed a new presence heading tword the boat and he blinked a bit ... it was singular, they'd likely run it over. Normally he wouldn't care, but it was human ... as such he picked both girls up gently in his arms, before he dashed forward at rapid speeds. in a few moments they were on the top floor, the massive Gold and white ten story tall warship billowing steam towered over the young womans skiff. He slowly eyed his men and decided to sigh, setting both girls down gently, before he roared out as she was near the end of her song. Singling along his voice was surprisingly deep and full of base, more of a hollywood or Opera tone ... and fit the tone of a Priates song extremely well as he finished the song with the young woman his grin huge as he dashed over and flipped off the edge of the ten story ship, landing on its side as he ran down the ships side, as he did singing long.
"-Arashi ga kita zo, senri no sora ni Nami ga odoru yo, DORAMU narase Okubyoukaze ni fukarerya saigo Asu no asahi ga nai ja nashi
Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho
Binkusu no sake wo, todoke ni yuku yo Kyou ka asu ka to yoi no yume Te wo furu kage ni, mou aenai yo Nani wo kuyokuyo, asu mo tsukuyo
Binkusu no sake wo, todoke ni yuku yo DON to icchou utao, unaba no uta Douse dare demo itsuka wa hone yo Hatenashi, atenashi, waraibanashi
Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho"
Before grabbing a chain that hung from it and was about five meters from the woman. "Yo missy!" he said with a huge grin, tilting his head a bit and offering her a hand. "How about yah grab yer jolly roger and come up here? ... That things about to give way." He chuckled softly, his twin blades clanking softly at his sides as he easily stood basically horizontally on the ships side holding the chain for support to help himself keep his balance. If she would accept his hand, he'd lift her up easily onto his back for her to cling to before shooting up the side of the ship and landing upward, obviously gently setting her down on the top deck where everyone else was with a soft chuckle. If she didn't take his hand he would patiently wait for her down hanging by the chain, he was after all in no terrible hurry, they were going after Fishmen but that was several islands away and the trip would be a long one.
Stamina: 2655/2840
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Ira Travis
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Post by Ira Travis on Feb 14, 2012 22:31:06 GMT -5
Ira's eyes narrowed somewhat dangerously as she was picked up like a piece of luggage. Sure, he was gentle, but she didn't really like being carried around, it made her feel weak and pathetic. Well, to be fair she was pretty much feeling that now, which was likely why she didn't even bother to argue or struggle, merely enjoyed the fact that she was finally taken off of her tired feet.
He set both her and Kitsune down on deck, and the blond rubbed a little at the back of her head, wondering why on earth he had lugged them up there when he had said something about tea and food. Before long he started belting out a song, and she looked at him like he was a complete and utter moron - which he probably was, but at least this time there seemed to be someone else singing in the distance. Another female, at that, if the voice was anything to go by.
Ira allowed her blue eyes to scan the waters, and she wandered towards the railing just as Tsukai leaped over and into the water. "Idiot overboard," she muttered to herself, looking down and finally spotting the small little boat with a single woman in it. She crossed her arms, leaning on the railing and watching with her usual bored expression - visibly weary this time as well.
She licked her lips softly, allowing her eyes to wander over the water as her attention waned as she waited for the Captain to return with the new female, all this water... And I'm never going to be able to swim in it...
Stamina: 1535/1640
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Nephiria
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Post by Nephiria on Feb 14, 2012 23:04:02 GMT -5
The young mans descent along the side of the ship was rather eye catching but then she had seen many Devils fruits with unique abilities in her time in the Grand Line, but the sheer... Happiness for lack of a better word and ease in this young man brought a grin to her lips.
She disappeared though back inside the small cabin of her ship and retrieved a shoulder bag there, it bulged with whatever she had crammed into it and a large backpack too was slung over her shoulders, all the possessions that she had in the world in those two leather packs.
Once she re-emerged onto the deck of her little skiff she retrieved her pirate mark as the young man had suggested and stowed it too within her shoulder bag before offering him her hand!
"In that case thanks for the help up!"
Truth be told she could have created a staircase of sorts up to the Deck, although with such a large ship that would be something of a strain, it would have been more eye catching perhaps and a good chance to show off! But his hand and his help was much easier!
"My Name's Nephiria, nice to meetcha"
She wasn't sure how this monkey boy planned to get her back up on deck but if he were to throw her that could be a little fun, she was mostly concerned he'd want to lug her up to the deck of this magnificent ship like a sack of potatoes tucked under his arm! Sure it was always better to ride in comfort in a ship like this but surely too he could have lowered a ladder...
In any case the young woman grinned, her only real concern being whether he would drop her! If she landed in the water below then she was going to be in big trouble, not only would she be unable to use the abilities of her fruit to save herself but these pirates would know of her abilities and that would make her a rather marketable commodity!
She could tell from the number of faces looking out over the deck that at least the bulk of his crew would be males and from the look of them they might need a good bath and a nights sleep in a comfy bed but she was not going to get herself too attached to this crew, they were just her taxi to the next island!
Stamina:385/395
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Tsukai Xoi
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Post by Tsukai Xoi on Feb 14, 2012 23:28:54 GMT -5
He gave a huge grin as he watched her retreat back into her cabin and draw out what appeared to be some bags, she also fetched her jolly roger as he suggested and at that he chuckled. Gently he hoisted her up, setting her on his shoulders he waited until she had a firm grip, "Hold on tight then miss Nephiria!" he chuckled, before he took a soft breath ... and flashed forward, blurring up the ship he ran at nearly 250 miles per hour shooting strait up the ship at speeds faster then a race car of modern days. He dashed up completely releasing the chain e used pure muscle power and moment, he had no devil fruit ... so of course it was this that was truly inhuman. He was showing off. A little. But hell, he was a male now with three beautiful females, he was bound to show off a little as he leapt up about three stories higher then the ship before he went flying back down landing on his toes he bounced once and hten settled, gently helping the woman off his back with a grin. "Im Tsukai Xoi! Captain of the Heavens Eye Pirate Fleet. Nice ta' meetcha~" He chuckled a bit.
He then looked around at his crew, frowning some ... "Oi! Who said stop your jobs! Chop chop now!" He growled and everyone sweatdroped in the classical anime style, before dashing off to do their jobs among the ship, he nodded a bit and then eyed Ira and Kitsune ... he fiddled in his bag a moment and tossed them both a small candy. "... Eat that. I promise this time it wont give you any curses or anything, its just a relaxant and energy burst ... all natural." He placed a hand over his heart. "Promise." If they did eat them, their energy would immediately be rapidly returned, as if they had a full 10 hours of sleep and a meal. He grinned at them sheepishly before he turned and headed tword the edge of the ship, however he didn't get much of a chance ... suddenly the ship shook slightly, but there was no cannon fire. Slowly Tsukai blinked and closed his eyes a moment, then sighed. "Uuuh. Right. Fishmen ... Fun, probably form the Pirate we'r tracking ships ..." He sigh bubbled a bit before he turned and eyed the nearby areas with a frown. "Tch ... I was to distracted by Beauty and let my guard down." He glanced back, "Sorry Missy's ... seems I cant treat you all to tea, gatta love the life of a pirate." His face then changed from carefree to serious.
"All Hands Fall back! Fishmen are far beyond any of your level! get inside and prep the canons and long ranged weapons tot ake out any rafts they have nearby, but other whys stay off the deck!" The men stared a moment, "But Cap'n we cant just -leave- yo-" He gave him a glare that made him fall on his ass shivering. "... Inside. The Boat. If any of my Nakama Died I wouldn't forgive myself." They slowly nodded and scattered into the ship, he muttered before he looked back at the girls, "If your not good at fighting stay near me or follow the men ... if your good at fighting ... Ira Chan ..." He eyed her. "Then stay with me and eat that candy I gave you, youl be right as rain. Dont let them bite you." With that his gaze turned to the surrounding edges of the boat ... narrowing his eyes. "Five ... four ... three ... two ... One." On cue five fishmen, all looked to be shark of different types, leapt utpon the boat grinning hugely with their massive jaws. "... I dont want to waste energy on you. Why don't you be good fishies and take me to your captain so I can take the salvers head ...?"
The fishmens eyes narrowed ... to say the least at such an insult to their captain and to their own pride, they charged the small group of humans, the classical Fishman superiority to humans making them cocky.
Stamina: 2650/2840
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Ira Travis
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Post by Ira Travis on Feb 14, 2012 23:53:48 GMT -5
Ira blinked a little as Tsukai hoisted the woman onto his back, and then somehow darted up the side of the ship faster than she couldn't really even see him, just caught glimpses of blurs here and there in the darkness. She could not help but face palm at him just a little, massaging her temple slightly and leaning her hip slightly on the railing. She turned to them as they landed upon solid ground (so to speak), observing the woman for a moment, with her general expression of neutrality, she soon rubbed sleepily at her eyes and let out a soft exhale.
Tuskai tossed her a candy, and though she caught it she looked upon it with a great deal of disdain and criticism, rightfully so. He explained it, but she didn't make so much as a move to put it in her mouth. After all, he had said something similar about that fruit, hadn't he? What if this was a Devil candy! That would curse her with insomnia or the inability to breathe air! Her imagination was acting up a little bit, yes, but she felt that it was justified.
The boat suddenly rocked a little and Ira arched a slow brow, her eyes icy as her fingers tightened subconsciously around the candy. At the mention of fishmen her interest suddenly returned, because she had merely heard stories of them, never actually seen one. Tsukai ordered all of the men inside, as well, and addressed her specifically when it came to eating the stupid candy he had given her. The blonde exhaled softly in defeat, popping the candy into her mouth before her mind could protest.
Surprisingly, it didn't taste half bad. As such she was a little more content to chew it as she pulled her naginata from her belt and quickly put the pieces together. The assembled naginata rest lightly against one shoulder as he made the remark not to let one bit her.
She huffed softly as several of them leaped onto the deck. She observed them carefully, before casting a glance to Tsukai, seeing their large jaws, "and I thought you had a big mouth," she responded, in her usual, neutral tone - but it did appear to be the first 'joke' that she told, even if the deliverance was a tad... Monotone...
They soon charged and she rolled her eyes a little bit, standing in a rather calm manner, twirling the naginata between her fingers.
Stamina: 1530/1640
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