Vizmir downed a shot glass and asked for another. He was already in a calm mood, and to him it was never too early to drink and enjoy one's own time. After the second shot glass, he asked the bartender for a beer, "I'm keeping it classy" he chuckled. The rumbles that emanated through the area nearly startled some of the patrons and the bartender, "Don't worry, that's just the giant that's outside, fell asleep no doubt" the old man said calmly. The bartender shrugged his shoulders before gesturing for everyone to remain calm and take their seats.

Though Vizmir has met the Phantom Raiders, a few of them, he prefer not to be seen associating with them, one, for not risking himself getting in trouble with the marines, and two, to avoid any conflict with anyone else, to his knowledge it seems these pirates seem to draw trouble to them like a moth to a flame.

The empty shot glasses slowly moved across the bar due to the giant's snoring vibrating them along the surface. Vizmir laughed but it came quickly to a stop when the snoring was overtaken by several distance explosions. The glasses stopped moving, and Vizmir locked eyes with the bartender "Yeah, that's not giant" he said before downing the beer and gesturing for another one. Already the day was at that point.

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Gideon was awoken by the explosions. He had tipped over but quickly got to his feet. Looking about as his eyes adjusted, he finally spotted where the noise was coming from, the docks, "What the hell?" he said, rubbing his eyes, trying to gather his thoughts.

Ships doing battle... no... ships destroying docked ships, "Damn! what pirates would do this?" It didn't make much sense, Mock town seem to be a place where pirates would try and find some type of peace, honor among thieves in some sort of way, or at least that was what Gideon thought. Instead of using the den den mushi on his shoulder, he bent down and opened the door with one hand, calling into the tavern "Attack on the docks! Enemy unknown !Daimaru, what's the plan!?" he called in, knowing with the captain and the firstmate gone, Daimaru was next in line on the chain-of-command due to seniority. Hopefully the shark had some kind of idea what was going on or at least what was needed to be done.

12 Dorikis in Speed

Dai watched at the human who had come in suddenly got up and left and he merely shook his head. Probably would have been a weak addition anyways. No spine to him just getting up and walking away like a coward. He was slightly annoyed at the deer refrained from giving him a light and now for putting wax on his cigarette. He sighed and flciked it away as it was pretty much ruined now and pulled out a fresh one and merely put it in his mouth and began to fiddle with the flint on the lighter. Flicking it repeatedly until at last a spark of life came in and he had a flame. "Well finally!" he smirked and lit his cigarette and took in a small drag the ember on the paper glowing brightly. Exhaling with a sigh of relief he turned towards the lion mink who said that the meeting was over. "Oh no, this meeting has only just begun still plenty to discuss between all of us."

He snapped he head over in the direction of the lion catching what he said about him not being right in the head. "I heard that lion but I will let it slide." He turned his head back to the antlerless deer mink and smiled kindly as he heard him speak about Gideon. "Yes that's him alright he is in the crew I'm in, he's a hell of a cook and a good loyal heart." He was speaking honestly Dai had very high regards for his giant friend. After all, it was only him and him that attempted to rescue their friend Yuurei when he got taken in by slavers on Skypeia.

He took another drag from his cigarette and blew it out to the side away from the minks that were at the table with him as he also heard a commotion. he thought perhaps it was just Gideon snoring outside clearly just ignoring him or he had simply shut off his baby den den. "I think it might be Gideon snoring, to be honest, but maybe I should go and take a look." He shrugged and was about to get up when he heard the sounds of screaming outside as people were fleeing. "Yeah no that's definitely not Gideon what in the hell is going on out there." He got up to his feet and was about to head to the door when he heard the sound of his compatriot's voice yell into the bar about the docks were under siege.

He stamped out his cigarettes tip on the table and placed it behind his ear and turned towards the men at the table. "Well seems the meetings over but tell ya what if you guys can make it to the ship with us your in the crew so follow me if you want to join and live!" He smirked and turned towards the doors and began to walk out and pushed his way through the double doors of the bar and looked up at the giant.

"Gideon we parked the ship on the opposite side of the island so I think we're ok but we should get going to it and set sail, whoever's attacking clearly didn't plan it out well enough or doesn't have enough manpower to attack on all sides but its time to leave mock town." With that he would wait before the giant and as soon as the giant moved he would to this island was beginning to become a burden anyways it was time to reconvene with the others.  He could feel the anxiety and fear the air was palpable with it. Whoever was attacking was clearly trying to cut off escape for anyone on the island but who would be stupid enough to attack an island full of pirates.

Bermudo flashed a toothy grin at the cervine in response to his warning. He said nothing of course, especially after watching the shark get rejected big time with his wax cigarette. Despite laughing at the dicketry that had just transpired before him, Bermudo made note of what Legosi just did as the fishman fiddled with his lighter. Wax, huh? That seems……….not powerful in the slightest.“Seems you lucked out, kid.” He thought to himself as Legosi responded to him, not particularly taking his words to heart before listening to the fishman mention that their discussion was just beginning. “Is that so?” He would ask rhetorically before the fishman would suddenly look at him.

Bermudo simply rolled his eyes at the fishman calling him out, simply staring at him with uninterested eyes as the talking sushi spoke to Legosi about this Gideon individual. A giant, eh? So he was essentially one of the bigger hairless apes then. "How quaint." The lion thought to himself as Legosi and the fisman discussed Gideon, with the fish mentioning that the rumbling could just be the giant ape snoring. Bermudo might've believed that if it weren't for the screams of men, women, and children being heard outside along with what sounded like distant explosions. "We.... might want to get moving."He suggested as he slowly stood while Legosi was already heading straight towards the double doors, soon followed by the fishman, before a voice boomed into the pub. Someone was attacking the docks? Who? What pirate in their right mind would start such destruction at a haven like Mocktown..unless...

Before Bermudo could finish his thought the fishman, who he supposed was named Daimaru, spoke of how if they made it to the ship they could join the crew before exiting the pub. "Hold on!" Bermudo spoked, raising his voice as he followed suite as the other patrons of the bar simply stared at each other. Walking by and even slightly shoving aside Legosi as Bermudo power-walked, he managed to catch up to Daimaru who was just standing outside and speaking to someone. Opening the double doors before they could fully close, Bermudo would place a hand on the shark's shoulder and turn him around so that he faced the lion. "Follow you? Why the hell would we follow you. It'd make more sense to keep to the alleyways so that we have some cover. You're clearly not the captain of your..your..." He would trail off as he finally noticed the elephant in the room...or should we say woolly mammoth?

To side of the pub stood what seemed to be a 40 foot man. Bermudo gawked at the sight of the true giant, almost falling backwards as he looked further and further up just to see the giant's face. "I didn't think they were that big!" He screamed in his mind, only coming to his senses as more explosions erupted from the harbor. Shaking his head, he tried not to stare at the humongous ape and he did his best to focus on Daimaru while not noticing if Legosi came out of the pub or not..

Would like to claim/ask for Otter to be skipped due to 48 hours. Soz but don't want things to take forever. Excalibur your up

Legosi would be on his way towards the door to investigate, figuring it more than likely wasn’t as bad as he imagined it would be in the moment. This was just one giant mess that was getting out of hand, that was all. Something like this was totally unrelated to what had just happened, and whatever group of nimrods deciding to blast each other away outside won’t interfere with his going to catch up to Taiyo later. However, it wasn’t as simple as what he had thought, not in the slightest. Soon enough someone had opened the door from the outside, and it was then that Legosi would hear Gideon speak, announcing that there was an attack going on on the docks, the enemy was unknown and it seems the giant had no idea on what to do to deal with this.

Legosi paused in surprise, which lasted just long enough for Daimaru to pretty much walk past him, telling him and Bermuda that the meeting is over and that if they can make it to the ship with them then they would be in the crew, so they should follow him if they want to join and live. With that he would be at the doors, opening hem himself and stepping outside. ‘Why would I even want to join you? I don’t even have a bounty, I can just walk the other direction..’ He considered it, the idea of actually staying in the bar or walking out and heading deeper into town. There would be no reason to suspect him of trying to join, especially with how he looked. It would be as easy as just turning the other way and ditching these people, especially the lion and the fish guy.

As he was talking himself into it however Bermudo actually shoved Legosi aside. The lion was definitely stronger than him, especially considering how while Legosi was distracted he was even more caught off guard by this, making him nearly fall over as the lion walked on and forcing him back into reality. ‘Come on you pathetic loser, you’re just proving Goh right.’ After stumbling a little bit before regaining his composure, he knew he couldn’t give in to his instincts to just ditch this train wreck, especially since Taiyo wouldn’t be all too pleased if he learned one of his two associates were captured, and knowing his naïveté in the short time they knew one another that would just lead the two of them off on a more sure-to-be suicide mission. He thinks he’ll pass on that.

He would hastily catch up with the rest of the group, exiting the bar and entering the chaos outside. The first thing he would see is Bermuda confronting Daimaru, although all Legosi caught was the lion saying something about Daimaru clearly not even being the captain of his crew, although his voice trailed as soon as he noticed the giant. Daimaru, on the other hand, was conversing with an alarmed Gideon, mentioning something about the enemy not thinking this plan through. That was good, that implied they had a chance, although as the deer’s eyes trailed away from the group, it was less likely than he would’ve suspected on speculation alone, as he spotted five strangers that each wore similar attire consisting of brown shirts, black pants, black shoes, and white bandanas surrounding them. Four of them had rifles, while the fifth held a pistol and a camera, demanding the giant to surrender in the name of the World Government. Clearly whoever taught these people how to infiltrate did a terrible job at it, if they felt that five of them would be enough to capture one giant, let alone three others with him. They must’ve come from an incompetent crew for sure.

This could work to their advantage however, as it was clear they were easily distracted with Gideon and his height of forty feet, clearly less interested in the others. Legosi wasn’t exactly happy with the idea of letting that camera go undamaged, especially since he didn’t exactly want a bounty just yet, but four rifles is four deadly weapons too many, and that pistol can be dangerous in its own right, as well. The rigors could do more damage to them, so they would take priority to be taken out first. Immediately, the deer mink rose his left arm in the direction of one of the four revealed undercover marines, aiming at his rifle from a short distance of four meters away, partially covered by one of the double doors of the bar, where his left hand became a grey melted mess, and a thick globule of wax that was approximately one foot in radius fired outwards, flying at a speed of 4 directly towards one of their rifles, where upon impact it would clog up the barrel, making the weapon virtually useless. “Stop standing around and fight, dammit!” He shouted towards the others as he immediately took cover behind the door, turning away and out of sight, where he held his left hand with his right, watching with surprise as it slowly became flesh again.

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Ooc sorry for taking so long, I won’t in the future, though I’m denying that skip since no one posted after me yet

People had quickly exited the bar, the little amount of locals had dispersed but those, who Gideon suspected had answered Daimaru's posters had stopped right in front along side the said fishman, two minks, one familiar. Legosi!, the giant wanted to speak to the deerman, wanting to know what he was doing in such a situation, but the situation was serious and he couldn't get to that at the moment. Daimaru explained the position of the ship and their need to retreat. Gideon nodded but before he could get moving, a group of similarly clothed men arrived, drawing his attention with readied firearms. A bead of sweat dropped when the men announced themselves associated with the Government; Marines no doubt.

There was a moment of hesitation, Gideon didn't know what to do, Daimaru had called for a retreat and he wanted to, but not before everyone else could safely get away, he couldn't just let these white-tops fire upon his allies' back while they ran. He wondered if he should attack, he already had a strategy in mind, but he wasn't sure if it was the right thing to do, if making this move would ruin everything, would get everyone captured as Yuurei was captured. Anxiety began to creep upon him, his nerves were beginning to set ablaze, even the thought of surrender began to wash over him until...

“Stop standing around and fight, dammit!” Legosi's voice kindled a flame within the giant, like the flame Yuurei or Mashyuu had lit within him. Immediately Gideon inhaled, stood a step and positioned himself in front of the minks and the fishman so they had cover, he also focused and solidified his legs in armament haki so there were two tough pillars that their shields couldn't easily be taken down, lastly, Gideon clicked his teeth, causing a spark within his mouth that ignited the spicy burp which then sprayed out from his mouth, attempting to engulf the five white-top gunman in a blaze of fire.

The heat from the fire matched the heat of his determination that was pushed by an ally, a determination to save his crew, to save innocent people, to protect others. Hopefully this move will turn the dinner table in their favor, and allow them consume the meal of victory, or at least taste the desert of freedom if the meal wasn't prepared as hoped.

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Dai would continue to look at his giant friend as they conversed briefly. He heard Bermudo speaking to him and merely shrugged. "I never said I was the captain, I'm mere, the navigator the captains went on ahead of us and were heading out to meet him, But ultimately the choice is yours little lion personally I think it would be safer with the giant." He smirked and slowly turned his head to the side as he heard a voice address, Gideon, telling him to surrender. He counted out how many were as he pokes his head out slightly enough so his eye could count.

He clutched his body tightly around the giant's leg his right hand drawing Yubashiri slowly. A chuckle escaped from him as he saw a large formation of wax was tossed and plugged up one of the rifleman's rifles. All in all, there were 5 people with 4 rifles and one pistol. He smirked as he made a mental note as he had spotted the camera. Lifting the collar up and covering his lower part of his face he watched as Gideon's legs suddenly turned black and a stream of fire had been blown out from his mouth.

He smirked as he watched as the marines were incinerated and feel to the ground blackened as the flames continued to lick at the bodies. The smell of burnt flesh was very overwhelming. It was a shame though that the camera had been more than likely destroyed with Gideon's fire attack along with any chance of their weapons getting salvaged. He merely resheathed Yubashri as it was no longer needed and took a drag from his cigarette and exhaled the smoke from his nostrils and flicked the cigarette onto the ground. "Well damn Gideonim mighty proud of ya right now finally getting the warriors instict and your the kind-hearted one on the crew seems I might be rubbing off on ya."

He merely chuckled and proceed forwards as the flames died down. He moved at his full speed a few feet and turned and looked over his shoulder as he looked at each f the people. "Well you guys coming or what seems the government might be exterminating the island, They're killing everyone here be they civilian or pirate if they're bombarding the docks. Oh and you can come out Mr deer mink!" He shook his head in disgust. The world government dared to bare its fangs at a pirate island. oh, there was going to be much retribution to be paid back for.

He had nearly had chosen to become a revolutionary instead of a pirate. he had been so close to siding with them but being a pirate to him barely had more perks than being a revolutionary at least in his own mind's eye, more freedom to do as your please and fight for yourself and your own goals. He merle walked past the burnt marine bodies and proceeding heading off towards the mouths bay. He was going to get to his ship and get the hell off this island before anymore before this place became a ground zero.

He withdrew Yubashiri once again and would move at his fullest speed he could muster. More than likely the marines may be blocking off the entrance to the mouths back dock area to prevent anyone from escaping he was going to get there if he had to cut thro0ugh an entire legion of them. They would not be claiming his life today nor any of his newfound acquaintances. He just prayed they hadn't had the numbers to close off the bay. Escape was a top priority for them right now. His heart pumped excited the flames of battle had been lit in his soul and he was ready to fight oh yes he would certainly show no mercy to anyone who dared to get in his way that was very evident by the look on his face. His appetite for battle hopefully would be satiated this day it had been so long since Skypiea.

Bermudo narrowed his eyes at the fishman as he simply shrugged and explained his role in the crew along with what he thinks is best to do in the current situation. Despite hearing his full explaination, Bermudo couldn't help but focus on one tiny part of it. "Little lion..?" He questioned venomously, taking the simple phrase as an offense. There was nothing little about him. Hell, he was probably bigger than the fishman when it came to certain categories. Before more could be said however, five men who oddly wore the exact same attire came to them and began yelling some nonsense to the giant. From what they were saying, it became rather evident that these five were a very small detachment of disguised Marines. The lion snarled quietly at the sight of their weapons and camera, noting the slightly disadvantage in that regard though mildly glad that they were inept enough that they seemingly focused solely on the giant rather than himself. Making sure to not seem completely obvious in his movements, Bermudo would slowly reach into his jacket pocket and take a hold of Bandito, readying to unleash pure lead upon the hairless apes once the moment was right. Or rather, he would've, if it weren't for the fact that a glob of what seemed to be melted wax would suddenly smother one of the men's rifles.

“Stop standing around and fight, dammit!”

Bermudo, taken aback by what just happened, quickly turned to Legosi and swore he saw something strange about his left hand. What that something was, however, he couldn't exactly tell or even make out, for Legosi was already turning away and using the door as cover for the upcoming battle. Though curious as to what the deer was even doing since he just told him and the others to fight while he himself hid, Bermudo manage to subside his inquiries for now. Rather, he turned to focus on the matching marine men before him. Quickly drawing his revolver from his pocket, Bermudo took aim at the marine directly in-front of him. Of course he didn't get to fire off a shot, however, as suddenly the giant took a single step and placed himself in-front of everyone. Not only that, but his legs were suddenly coated in what seemed to be black, shiny metal. Whether this was due to some devil fruit ability or some inborn trait, the lion couldn't tell. Nor did he care at the moment, especially since the giant then proceeded to seemingly belch fire upon the poor fools.

"What the hell!?"

Within mere moments the five turned black and charred while an odor that could best be described as burnt food mixed with garbage lingered in the air. It wasn't appealing in the slightest. Though dominating his sense of smell, Bermudo managed to listen to the walking sushi roll. Exterminating the entire island? Bermudo doubted that. Invading and killing any criminals they they had on record? Now that seemed more likely. Regardless of whether which was true or not, he knew that the situation wouldn't exactly be the brightest if he stayed.

With Daimaru already turning around and running to where he seemingly docked his ship, Bermudo would turn to Legosi. "Don't really have much to lose, do we?" He asked, not really expecting an answer from the herbivore and deciding to keep any questions to himself. Rather, he would go on ahead and follow the shark, seeing as time had suddenly become much more valuable and didn't want to waste it. As he did however, he would turn his head and yell back to Legosi. "And next time, join the damn fight!"

Evil Deeds. Everything was going smoothly. Shit was crazy as Calico couldn't save anyone that was on the ships. Only one from before had anyone on it, below deck. And the others at that time were empty. But, the attackers were tweaking when they started to attack every last ship. As not every ship would be empty, that would be dumb and foolish. This was the only town on Jaya Island. There weren't any smaller settlements or villagers around the Island. Mock Town was the place that everyone lived. It could be considered crowded and like other places some people lived on their ships. Like stated somewhere in this topic. Two places were commonly and usually used for ships. The main harbour or port they were currently at or the other one that lead out of Mouth's Bay. There was a third but no one had a ship there and it had been burned down by Calico some time ago. So with how ALL ships were now sinking into the waters below the death toll had increased. It was sad and the carnage had also leaked over to the area people were fleeing from. Stray cannonballs didn't hit Calico but did come inches in front of him once. With the large volumes of smoke leaking into the air seeing what you'd actually hit over time would increase in difficulty. "Hehe, going to be a piece of cake to bring this place under me now." Calico's mental thoughts leaked from his mouth as he watched the last group of people in this area vacate. Someone however stayed behind even though it was dangerous. Offering some nonsense about a ticket. With the screams and his focus on saving others he only go bits and pieces of what was being said. A cannonball would fly through the sky and would potentially hit the Man if he didn't do anything to stop the cannonball that was two inches from his torso. What had brought out this quick barrage was someone trying to escape from the area on a rowboat. Thinking that they could get away with their small vessel, when that wasn't the case. Anything that tried to leave via water would more than likely get fired upon. That should've been known. The safest place was deeper into the town where the range of the cannonballs wouldn't be a factor. Unless they had some other form of weaponry. But if they did that would be dealt with. If the potential death from balls would be avoid or not Calico would vacate the harbour. Moving as fast as he could into town. He'd catch up to people still running and speak to them. "EVERYONE FOLLOW ME!" Calico repeated this over and over again as he knew where they needed to go. He felt how dumb they could get and didn't want anyone just going to the nearest building for shelter. Calico was a pirate or bounty hunter and was known on this Island. People thought he was a saving grace. So following him wasn't that too hard to get done. The evacuation wasn't over and would not be over till Calico decided. He was leading them to the further area in the town. The wealthiest district. The mansions he was supposed to lead that Noble to.   Word Count: 0000/0000 Equipment: Den Den mushi and Shusui Doriki: 12 to Speed

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its been 4 -5 days now. so skipping ottar. Not sure if i can skip Excalibur or not at this point so either Excalibur or Daimaru.

After the fire mostly dispersed, the white-top government officials, or the ones who seem to still be alive, rolled on the floor, their screams mostly muffled through the ground, though the giant was concerned with whether they were alive or not, he had to focus on the priority at hand: getting Daimaru, and Legosi to safety as well as the Lion-man if he desired to seek shelter with them, as far as Gideon sees, the mink wasn't a threat. Regardless, not much time to think, he ran after Daimaru after he scooped up Legosi with his hand and cradled him with his left arm while pulling his thirty foot sword Jormungandr from the floor with his other hand; then just as he was about to kick off, Vizmir steps out of from the doorway, cautiously, but before he could ask a question, Gideon scooped him up to.

As they made way towards the shore, Gideon could see people running about, different directions, mostly further into town, as for his merry-band, they headed for Dai's ship, as far as the giant knew, he was sure where the sharkman had docked his ship, but judging by the direction, it probably wasn't in a local or known area. He wanted to give credit to him for that, despite the mistake of putting up posters around town displaying his intentions and whereabouts.

"Wonderful we're making our escape" Vizmir was trying his best to sound calm, though his shaky tone betrayed him, "I believe your size will give away our position easily" he said, sinking in between Gideon's arm and chest, trying to push Legosi away, and giving himself more cover.

"Yeah, I understand, but we need to stick together" It was all Gideon had to say, deep inside, the reason he was opposed to Vizmir's implied suggestion of separating is the possibility of leaving behind another crew member. As he followed, he looked down at Daimaru and thought about Mashyuu and the last time he saw him was falling off the edge of Sky Island and he thought about Yuurei and how he watched the marine ship take him away, unable to do anything. Pain swelled inside him as well as determination. So far he has lost too many people and he wasn't planning on losing anyone else, "We stick together" his tone was stronger, more stern and final and Vizmir didn't argue.

Indeed if Gideon were to separate from the group, Dai would have a chance of escaping stealthily, but he couldn't risk it, he felt it would be a better to draw the fire and be his shield then to risk him getting exposed by a chance. With a dip he scooped up Daimaru and picked up his speed.

They're nakama after all.

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