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so I read the gay witch manga
#wha#witch hat atelier#tbna#orufrey#qifrey#wha qifrey#qifrey wha#tbna qifrey#olruggio#olruggio wha#wha olruggio#tbna olruggio#qifrey x olruggio#they’re so infuriating I love them so much#for the love of everything please COMMUNICATE#I love this manga so much omg omg omg omg#a work of art truly#clockwork windmills
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Demon Fire.
Yan Kafka x F Reader x Yan Blade.
Synopsis: Where is this train going?
Warnings: Yandere themes, kidnapping, and manipulation.
Word Count: 1k.
*~*~*~*
“Which seat do you want, darling?” Kafka asks, her thumb still making circles over your own.
Her hair is half put up in a ponytail as usual, the rest flowing down the sides of her face. She only held her purse, which held only her wallet, her phone, snacks, water, and pictures of you with her and Blade. Blade pulls her suitcase, as well as yours and his, through the narrow gap between the seat rows, with his bag noticeably smaller compared to Kafka's and yours.
You point to the one closest to the window, and Kafka smiles. “That one.”
She nods, and Blade begins to put the luggage in the cabinet above, being silent all the while you and Kafka sit down.
“Neither of you have told me where we are going.” You say as Kafka puts her head on your shoulder.
“Be patient, my dear girl. You will find out soon. You’ll love it, I promise. Bladie and I spent a lot of time searching for a place to celebrate.”
You ask what you are all celebrating, and she continues.
“Do not fret, it will only be a few hours before we reach our destination. We’ll just cuddle for now, and chat. There are also movies to watch and sights to see out the window. Both the ride there and where we are going is going to be so relaxing for all of us. You have my word. Or my honor. Whichever you prefer, dear.” You stop paying attention to her words halfway through, and when she realizes this she pecks your cheek. “Though I suspect you think that neither of them exist.”
“Maybe.” As the train begins its journey, you gaze out the window, murmuring to yourself. Like a well-rehearsed performance or clockwork, an array of colorful flowers and plants glide past, each one swiftly replaced by another. Before you know it, the vibrant beauty of spring and the whispers of Kafka lull you to sleep.
…
The landscape was a surprise, yet not entirely, as it lay in a remote location devoid of human presence except for the occupants of the cabin nestled at the foot of the verdant hill. The vast expanse was a haven of blossoms, grass, and foliage, enough to supply a lifetime's worth of adornments for a spring festival. Every imaginable flower and plant seemed to find a home here. In the nearby lake, crystal clear waters mirrored the mountain's grandeur, while tranquil sea bass and carp glided serenely beneath the surface.
Nestled beside the solitary cottage stood a windmill, its weathered blades casting a gentle shadow. Atop the one aimed towards the heavens, doves perched, unharmed, indicating the absence of predator birds in this vicinity. The setting appeared idyllic, yet a lingering unease persisted within. Despite the hours that have passed, questions lingered in your mind; what is the purpose behind Blade and Kafka bringing you to this place, and what are they commemorating?
Kafka is the one who guides you, as always, holding your hand gently and pulling you along as she chatters away. Blade, as always, simply watches from behind you two like a shadow.
…
It is Blade that opens the door to the cottage, his face still stoic, as Kafka wraps one of her arms around your waist. You have adorned yourself in the attire she adores, a lacy, ebony dress accompanied by sheer black stockings and elegant flats. Much to your misfortune, according to her, Blade doesn’t hate this outfit either.
Even though Blade was the one to open the door, it is you who is forced to step in first, and it is you who is forced to sit down first at the little wooden circular table surrounded by three chairs.
“You still haven’t told me what this is about, Kafka.” Despite your curiosity, you don’t dare to raise one of your eyebrows.
“Yes, yes. Let us just rest for a moment. I’m tired.”
“...Okay. It’s just… you’ve kept me in the dark for the past few days about this trip, so…”
Kafka lets out an exaggerated sigh before sitting down as well with a thump, pressing her thumb and forefinger against her temple, gently massaging in circular motions. She is acting like she was the one who carried all of the luggage, and not Blade, who is still putting your suitcases down in the corner. “Come on, love… I’m tired, take pity on poor little old me.”
“...”
Finally, Blade sits down in the last chair. You’re not surprised by his silence anymore.
“...” In his customary manner, he rests his hands on his lap, maintaining a polite sitting posture. Unchanging, his countenance remains impassive; it is difficult to recall a single instance where a smile has graced his face, except for those dreadful moments when he is mara-struck.
“Sigh. Bladie, which suitcase did you put the peaches in? Was it [First]’s? I’m craving one.” If you were Blade, you would have rolled your eyes. “Really badly. Almost as much as I crave our dearest. I’ll get it myself.”
“...[First]’s.”
In a split second, Kafka's wearied expression transforms into a radiant grin as she stands up and walks toward your suitcase leaning against the wall.
Kafka's gaze freezes time as he rummages through your luggage, searching for the bag of peaches. As Blade utters his words, his voice retains its roughness, yet it carries a touch of tenderness.
“...Do you like this place, [First]?” He asks, looking at you. You think he is trying to put on a small smile, from the way his lips are slightly curved upward, but it does not comfort you as intended. “We picked this place for you.”
“But why?”
As ironic as it may seem, it is always Blade you ask questions to because at least he gives straightforward answers.
“Didn’t Kafka tell you?” For once, Blade seems confused. Was he not paying attention every time you asked? “It’s your birthday, isn’t it? ...Did you not know that?”
“...Well, I’m not exactly always given access to calendars…”
“...Fair.”
You hear Kafka's mischievous laughter from the corner.
“...But happy birthday regardless, [First].”
Once more, his smile achieves the opposite of its intended effect.
#he's trying his best guys </3#yandere#yandere x reader#aya abstractions#yandere honkai star rail x reader#yandere honkai star rail#yandere kafka x reader#yandere kafka#yandere blade#yandere hsr#honkai star rail x reader#blade x reader#yandere blade x reader#kafka x reader
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a spaceman and a gay alien cowboy!
drew this as a cover for a playlist i made for my beloved girlfriend @clockwork-windmills :))
bonus doodles of holly and peter from my sketchbook below the cut!
#ravaxis starburner#peter walter iv#commander cosmo#steam powered giraffe#spg#the vice quadrant#i dunno what to tag holly with :(#the walter robotics patch on peter’s suit is based on owlharì’s depiction of him!!#i hc wanda stuck it on him just before he left or something lol#peter doesnt have those streaky dark tear things below his eyes cause i couldnt make them work. let's pretend he got them later#oughhhh vq#kaheeliez art
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WIP Character Introduction: Creator
It's time to once again take a look at the characters of The Clockwork Boy, and the time has come to talk about the book's primary villain, Creator. It should surprise nobody to learn that this is not his given name, as he was given the name Magnus at birth, but he only responds to this name from people he considers his equal. The number of Creator's equals, in his own estimation, is rather low.
Creator started his career as a clocksmith, creating timepieces and other small mechanical devices back in Imelia's Steam Age. Despite being of unassuming stock as his parents were both farmers, the light of ambition burned bright in the young man. Creator went on to experiment within his field with the goal to expand the scope of what could be done with cogs, gears and springs.
For his efforts in the field, Creator was rewarded with the most common reward for hard work, more of the same. The Imelian government hired him on to look into developing large-scale spring-powered transport to save the nation's dwindling coal reserves. Creator's proposed solution for shipborne springs combined with a particular kind of windmill to exploit periods of favorable weather to wind up the springs were rejected on account of requiring too much onboard space.
Creator was nothing short of furious at this decision and threw himself into more and more esoteric avenues of research. By the time Creator had found what he believed to be the ideal solution, the Imelian Imperial Council had scrapped the project on account of cost. The way he tells it himself, Creator considers the rejection of his bid to be the final crossing of the threshold to the doomed Coal Wars, although this is probably more a case of his ambition making him myopic.
Either way, Creator was later on hired by a confederation of merchants for a weapon-development program that saw him employ this new solution of his that eventually led to the creation of The Clockmen.
Creator is, as may have come up once or twice so far, a very ambitious man. At the start of The Clockwork Boy he has arguably made a very comfortable life for himself, but the fact that he is subservient to his sponsors in The Spire drives him up the wall, and he fears the day he'll be forced to give away some his secrets as he views his knowledge and skill as his greatest asset and source of power.
Further complicating matters, Creator is suffering from a degenerative condition not unlike ALS, and it has already impaired him enough that creating a Clockman chassis takes about twice as long as it used to, even if he was to lower his standards and let his many assistants do the gruntwork. There's no known cure, and Creator's attempts at working around his ailment have proven futile. As such, he has found himself working towards overthrowing The Spire and ruling in its stead with the Clockmen he has available.
As the rate at which Creator produced new clockmen slowed down, he grew more paranoid over the loyalties of the supersoldiers he had created. While the steady stream of new members in the early days had kept the dynamics somewhat stagnant and prevented his most ornery subjects of consolidating too much support. Either way, as long as the only one who could repair The Clockmen's complex gearwork bodies, there was no effective way for them to rebel, and that was without taking Creator's other failsafes into account. Creator now fears that his more volatile members would rise up against him without considering these failsafes, and the fact that it'd doom them to slow degradation and painful death being a cold comfort in the face of his own death.
This paranoia led Creator to build 13's body. When time came to transplant a head onto it, though, he found that his benefactors at The Spire insisted they'd provide the subject. In order to ensure 13 did not hold any loyalties to The Spire, Creator purposefully used a less gentle method of sedation that he knew would induce Amnesia in the subject.
Creator is, as this summary may have given the impression of, more of a plot character than many other in my dramatis personae in that his role in the plot is mostly to make things happen. This isn't to say there's nothing going on with him outside of that. He's also, for one, an anthithesis to Jake, 13 and The Northwest's approach to community and power, in that he tries to rule and organize his world around strength rather than trying to make a "community of vulnerability," as it were. His main challenge is that his strength is starting to fail him, both in that his physical facilities are failing on account of his disease and in that One's machinations, the violent impulses of 10 and 12, not to mention whatever the hell Secundus Two is up to, are starting to erode his grip on the organization.
As for where the character is going, let's just say things will get a lot worse for Creator before they get in any way better. It won't be for the lack of trying on his end though, and I will say as much that he is still hiding some interesting secrets and is working on something rather spectacular.
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Obligatory Intro Post
Welcome! Glad to have you here:)
Who am I?
Name: Call me North on this blog, even if you know my real name haha. Flash is also fine! that’s generally what I go by online
Main blog: @clockwork-windmills
Pronouns: they/them -- in fact, here's my pronouns page!
Where I'm from: England
What tags do you use here?
#further from maths master tag
#further from feelings not-studying stuff
#further from my blog reblogs
#[number] days until how many days away the end of the IB was on the day I posted
#haha goal post goals!
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What do you study?
I study the International Baccalaureate, and I'm currently in my second and final year! The sidebar of my blog has an up-to-date countdown until my last exam is over:) My subjects are:
#ib psychology HL
#ib global politics HL
#ib english language and literature HL
#ib computer science SL
#ib maths analysis and approaches SL
#ib german ab initio SL
What are your goals?
I have pretty high predicted grades -- currently chilling at a very crazy 43 -- so my main goal is to meet those if I can! My priority is English, because I need a 6 in HL English LangLit to get into the uni course I want. An unconditional would be insanely cool, but even a conditional with sliiightly lower English grade would be fantastic.
What are your plans after you finish the IB?
University, baby! I want to study creative writing. I'm not applying to Oxbridge because I don't want to lol, but with a pretty hefty predicted grade set, I have quite a lot of other options:) I've got a few more open day visits to go through, but right now I'm very interested in Warwick!
It's possible I'll do a law/teaching postgrad, but I'm pretty sure I want to work in publishing after uni.
What do you post about?
I (plan to) post:
typical studyblr content
screaming into the void that is tumblr, because the IB is the hardest thing I will do in my life
revision explanations
how uni prep is going
monthly goal updates
I'll update this as I get back into the swing of things.
What do you do outside of schoolwork?
Writing, funnily enough. I used to do theatre, but I had to sacrifice it to the IB gods for more hours in the day:') I also have a bunch of silly interests I reblog stuff about over on my main blog!
-North 💫
#intro post#studyblr#study blog#ib studyblr#ib student#further from maths#further from feelings#hullo!!#a (re?)introduction#felt like it was long overdue#215 days until#ibdp
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Thinking about cyberpunk/steampunk/retrofuturist Tolkien elves again. I think that they deserve blimps! I think that they deserve to invent trains, have Balrog flashbacks, and banish trains to the Underground. I think that they get real into the potential of AI for a little bit (Aulë admits he’s been trying to crack it for ages but when have they let the failure of the gods stop them). Until then, creepy 18th century automatons! Clockwork animatronics! Imagine them equipped with solar powered biplanes. Not even regular planes, biplanes are enough to wreck havoc. Imagine the windmills. Imagine the hydroelectric projects in Alqualondë. Imagine tragicomic space exploration attempts to get to the other side of their (still flat) patch of earth.
#the silmarillion#their solar panel potential is terrifying#because if they start to run out of rare earth metals they just cry to Aulë about it#Valinor isn’t BORING it’s five minutes away from a nuclear incident at any given time#it’s a pile of ptsd ridden vets just out of rehab given access to Oppenheimer’s old labs#it’s the funniest place in the world#saw someone assert the other day that Elrond would be understimulated there#he doesn’t like being forced (by various circumstances)#but he’s a healer and historian given access to the world’s biggest senior citizen facility#he’s living the dream!!! interviewing the old criminals… creating treatment plans… integrating historical accounts#patching people up when they fall off of recently invented motorcycles#Aredhel emotionally recovering from her situation as soon as she hears about this Vespa they’ve invented
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bdubs truely prides himself with being the blacksmith that forges every sword he falls on
I have been turning this over in my mind bc you're correct and I think it hits on maybe the thing that gives me the second most agony over any given Situation bdubs has put himself in, which is that he is really good at forging swords to fall on to such an extent that he does not know how to make swords that do not harm the user.
I love thinking abt him in comparison to Scar, who has a similar but distinct paradox: he dies a lot, and is constantly trying to bend things to his will through big talk, and dies often enough that him being dangerous is always somehow a surprise. he just does not choose to be on high alert at all times, because playing dangerous or loose is fun and has minimal consequences when you can get regeared easily - and he can play well in 3L when it isn't.
bdubs, though. oh, bless him. he feigns outrage at the s8 clockwork mansion and then is absolutely tickled leaving it that his friends would do him the kindness of forging swords FOR him to throw himself on. he is, unlike Scar, frequently terrified of dying, which is why he sleeps and avoids the nether; when he plays reckless he's selfish and loud and full of fairly empty bravado, which is a different kind of big talk. scar wants you to buy his snake oil, but bdubs wants you to mistake him for a more dangerous animal so he doesn't have to find out if he is. so he dies enough, because it's an easy bluff to call! everyone laughs at the guy jousting at windmills as if he didn't build them himself.
he rarely gets away with even accidental slights in LL and DL without making enemies, even when others do worse and come out far ahead socially. but as has been said the bravado also hides his competencies, because you never expect the guy with the big mouth to have tricky secrets. (this is why his tango/etho assassinations in 3L are still the most impressive scheme of all, and why the homewrecker bit is just so fucking doomed.)
but. But! he is not in the habit of letting those be in service of much but crafting swords that can be fallen on. Interrupts tango fk show off his cobble generator and then remarks not a whit on how technically impressive the pretty stone sugar cane farm is as a custom functional art piece tailored to its commissioner (tnt, suckers) and charges nothing for it. he is not very good at being red unless he's building a disgustingly competent crastle (the WINDOWS they make me sick). hard to throw yourself on a sword when you've only got one, though he does it beautifully in his LL finale that no one will ever see his side of.
scar can turn it back on because his dying and percieved lack of skills is a focus and a stakes thing. bdubs rarely can, because his dying and perceived lack of skills is because he will play the role that needs played for good stakes to be possible, and if those stakes are life or death he's already being cleo's sword or a hero with skizz or making a stand at his wrecked home. he has already forged the swords, the hilts are already buried in the ground. just one tiny push, and there he goes -
#i said gn but i lied. ive been thinking abt this for days#this post is also about wellsglazes. who? wellsglazes my friend wellsglazes.#but WG is literally the same as the boomers explosion deaths or a clock betrayal that immediately leads to hus death or --#etc. fucking etc etc#peter posts#blogging with bdoubleo#i think i didnt gef across enough how bdubs' loudness in terms of just always saying things olays into this#bc it truly is a foil to scars always talking. but they are so good together#remember bdubs nosing in on half profits on all those s7 shops#he can move others! if its minimizing himself and hiding his own profits/angle usually
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2024-01-19: Hex 1,6 (Shrubland)
Limbs of shrubs groan in protest against the constant wind.
Notable Feature: Settlement (Hamlet of Hardstock)
A steep hill rises over the shrubland and is home to the hamlet of Hardstock. A patchwork of farmsteads ring the base of the hill, while a handful of smaller farms with terraced fields thrive on the hillside. The top of the hill is home to a large windmill, which is where the settlement grinds its grain.
Because of the constant wind, Hardstock is surprisingly noisy. The landowners in town, especially those who own the farms on the hillside, are the power players of the settlement. Recently, the town has been talking about the malevolent haunting at the house of Yancy Elverine, but it's currently unclear if there is a true haunting or it's some manifestation of whatever weird plague that's blighting Goldfall to the north.
Rumor: Cash For Pelts (Exaggerated)
Something has been killing sheep every month, and the farmers are convinced it's a werewolf. If the werewolf is killed and the pelt presented to the Hardstock's leaders, the old abandoned McGinty farm would go to the killer as payment. Although completion of the task will result in a land grant, Hardstock will only grant a small plot of land fit for a tiny home and a small garden as reward. The current caretaker of the McGinty farm is Declan Applewood (adult male human commoner) and he wants the land for himself. Declan will actively work against the party to waste their time by sending them in the wrong direction.
Encounter: Man's Best Friend, New And Improved
A group of 4 clockwork dogs (use the dog stat block) play with sheep and herd them almost as well as a natural born herding dog. The dogs are a creation of local gnomish tinkerer, Vodira Fiddlebender (young adult female gnome)
#hexplore24#hexcrawl#fishdavidson#5e#dungeons and dragons#shrubland#settlement#rumor#encounter#hamlet
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Clockwork Island Adventure- Pt. 2
Meanwhile in Card Castle, a serious competition was underway: specifically, a game of poker between Nami, and her captors. "And I win again!" Nami boasted after laughing with victory, and gathered her earnings. "So sorry, guys."
Venus watched from behind the redhead, leaning against the dresser with crossed arms. "See why I didn't want to play?" She snarked. Despite her not being in the crew for long, she already knew not to get her money involved with the greedy navigator. Thanks for the warning, Zoro.
"She's going to make us lose everything!" Skunk One moped.
"Why don't they come to try and save you?" Honey tried to break her spirits.
"The traps must've got them," Boo-Jack guessed.
"It'd be easier if they were that weak," Nami retorted.
"They can get through anything," Venus added.
"Out of the frying pan... into the fryer."
Venus furrowed her eyebrows. "What?"
Nami looked at Pin Joker with annoyance. "It's "fire"." He glared, but stayed calm.
Honey stood on her feet. "I'll go, and check up on them."
"Running away, are you?" Nami beamed. "You owe me quite a lot." Venus rolled her eye. "You can pay with your body!" In retaliation, Honey stripped down completely, and turned completely into water, shocking the two girls. "What?"
Honey slithered down a pipe, as Boo-Jack rode out on his unicycle. "Let's go!"
Nami looked on in awe. 'Don't tell me she's...'
Venus turned to her, feeling surprised herself. "Is that what you meant, by her paying with her body?" Her innocent question was met with silence.
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Elsewhere, the guys rode in a basket with a parachute above the town. "Cool! It's like an airplane!" Usopp commented in awe, as he and Luffy enjoyed the view.
"Watch out, there's a minefield below us!" Borod warned.
"Hey, look at those windmills," Luffy pointed out.
"Eh?" Usopp perked up.
Luffy took out his toy from the beach, and looked back and forth between it, and the real thing. "They're identical."
"It must be from here," Usopp observed.
Luffy tried to wind it, but it wouldn't budge. "It's broken."
"Give it to me," Akees held his hand out. After Luffy gave him the toy, he whipped out a blue-handled screwdriver, and began tinkering with the wind-up key.
He opened the top, and continued to work, as Luffy and Usopp watched in awe. "Wow, you're pretty good at this kinda stuff!" Usopp complimented.
"He's amazing!" Borod said, as he steered the makeshift balloon. "He can repair pretty much everything."
Just then, Akees put his screwdriver away. "There, fixed."
He winded the key, and sure enough, it was working just like new. "Cool!" Luffy gushed. "Wow, you're great!"
"Oh dear, are you still alive?" A familiar, female voice interrupted the happy moment. Sure enough, strangely-colored water descended from a pipe, and Honey started to manifest nearby.
"It's that hot babe!" Sanji swooned, as Usopp held him by the waist to keep him from falling. "I gotta see her again!"
"Calm down."
"What was that?!" Zoro demanded.
"Devil Fruit powers," Borod replied.
"Correct!" Boo-Jack threw Honey's long coat to her, as she fully changed appearance, back to being fully clothed.
"Melt-Melt Fruit. Boo-Jack, give them their prize."
Boo-Jack rode his unicycle along the rope tied to the basket. "Yes! Come to me!" Sanji gushed obliviously, but his face quickly changed to disappointment when it wasn't her approaching them. Boo-Jack threw a ball at them, and Sanji prepared to kick it away, but it suddenly jutted out black spikes all over. He wasn't quick enough to pull away; his already injured foot was impaled.
"Sanji!" Luffy exclaimed in terror.
"Right in his foot!" Zoro remarked.
Sanji started to fall, but luckily, Borod grabbed his ankle, just as Honey floated over. "Hold it right there!" Using her powers, she shot a large gush of water over the crew. Borod accidentally dropped Sanji, who bounced face-first on the grass, followed by a mine explosion.
"Sanji!" Luffy screamed, as they flew away.
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Nami and Venus gasped in shock when the battered, tied-up cook was suddenly brought in, and thrown to them close by. "Sanji-kun!" Nami looked over him in concern.
"Your feet!" Venus cried at the bloody sight before her.
"Nami-san, Venus-chan... I'm sorry."
"Sanji-kun!"
Bear King approached them. "Look, I spared his life. That's how much I love you two."
"I see now," Nami stood on her feet, "Yes, I really prefer strong men like you."
"Yes!"
"But I need more time to think..."
"Me too," Venus agreed.
"I understand."
"So don't kill..."
"Skunk One!"
"Sir! I will convince them!"
"Wait!" Venus shouted.
"No!" Nami protested. "I said don't kill-!"
"Now, let's play." Bear King kept Nami and Venus back, as Skunk One flew away.
-
Meanwhile, the guys recovered from the crash landing outside the spade-bearing gate. "Damn it all!" Usopp fussed. "If only I had my slingshot."
"You wouldn't dare to anyway," Akees snarked.
"What?" Usopp glared.
"Borod would save me, even if he lost both feet!" He bragged.
It was then when Usopp noticed: Borod had a metal, prosthetic hand under his left sleeve. "Your hand... did you?"
"Yup, he always protects me, risking his life for me."
"You brag about being saved?"
That caught Akees off guard. "I'm just a kid, and I'm still weak, so..."
Usopp stood on his feet in anger. "It's not a question about being weak or not!"
"Stop it," Borod put a hand on the sniper's shoulder, "That's enough."
"It's not!" Usopp nudged him off. "I hate brats who think they'll always be saved!"
"As if I care!" Akees retorted.
"What'd you say?!"
"If that girl getting in Borod's business earlier thought she'll always be saved, would you hate her too??"
"Leave her out of this! I would never hate her!"
Through the argument, Luffy stared on in deep thought, then spoke up. "Okay! Let's go!" He swung his arms about in preparation. "Hey, kid. You can go home."
"What?!"
"Well, I'm not saving a weakling."
Borod's eyes widened in shock. "I'm not going home!" Akees protested.
"Okay," Luffy grinned, "Then fight! Gum-Gum Pistol!" With a single punch, the gate was totaled. "Come on!" He started to run inside, but quickly turned around the horde of angry guards, as they chased him out. "Oh, crap!"
"I'll take them!" Zoro ran in to help, followed by Usopp and the Thief Brothers.
"There's too many of them," Luffy fussed.
"Leave 'em to me!" Zoro stole a sword, and curb-stomped guards one by one effortlessly.
From the top floor of the castle, Pin Joker was watching everything. "Roronoa Zoro," He smirked.
"Ooh!" Bear King perked up when the elevator rose into the room.
"What?" Nami looked up, as did Venus.
The door opened to reveal a large, mystery device concealed by a white sheet. "So my doomsday weapon is finally done!" The patriarch eagerly ran over.
The trio of guards standing in front danced in celebration. "All hail the great Bear King-sama!"
"Much better than our last boss!"
"The King Cannon has finally been completed!"
"The spicing on the cake," Pin Joker grinned.
""Icing", you mean?" Nami corrected.
"King Cannon," Honey's eyes widened.
"Is that it?" Boo-Jack questioned.
"The legend about me has begun!" The weapon was wheeled out of the elevator. "I'll be the King of all Pirates!" He laughed evilly.
Nami turned to Sanji when he groaned in pain. "Sanji-kun!"
"I'm sorry... Nami-san, Venus-chan."
"Don't worry," Nami assured, "They're dumb, so Venus and I can-"
"No, you can't," Sanji cut her off.
"Eh?"
"I just wanted to save you... by myself..." The two girls looked down at him in sympathy, before they were surprised by him wiggling like a worm with a wide grin. "... then be hugged by you both as thanks, followed by this and that, and-!"
"You creep," Nami frowned.
"Going by yourself is reckless!" Venus scolded. "Why would you want to save us alone?!"
"That's a conversation for another time," Nami dismissed.
Just then, an angry Bear King came running. "Who are you to my fiancées?"
Sanji glared defiantly at him. "The one who rubs suntan lotion all over their backs."
"Sunblock for me," Venus corrected innocently.
"Shush," Nami hissed.
"What?!" Bear King shouted. "Crucify this creep!"
"No!" Venus protested, as Sanji was lifted by his ropes.
"He might be one of her crew, but I'm gonna kill him!" The cook was thrown roughly to the floor, and bounced into a stone wall.
He landed face-down, and was pinned down by Boo-Jack. "Watch your mouth. You weaklings have no chance against us." He wrenched his heel in his back.
Sanji glared up at him, weak from his injuries. "You'll regret those words before the day is over," He vowed.
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Outside, the rest of the crew were warding off the endless guards; Luffy using Gum Gum Pistol, Zoro slashing and stabbing with his "borrowed" sword, and Borod punching them out. "What's this stench?" Usopp complained, closing his long nose.
Skunk One. He was perched menacingly on top of a tall pole in front of them. "Welcome to Card Castle. Your friend is waiting." He pointed to the sky.
"What?" Everyone looked up, and to their horror, the cook was strapped to a cross.
"Sanji!" Luffy exclaimed.
"He made Bear King-sama a bit angry. So we crucified him a little."
The guards were scared away by a smelly, yellow fog spraying from his back, but the crew stayed, and covered their noses. "What's this?" Borod glared.
"Devil's gas! One breath, and you'll turn into a powerless lump. Have fun holding your breath!"
"You're kidding me!" Zoro fussed, "We can't just..." He tried to run, but his strength seemed to have been drained. "Luffy!"
The captain sat cross-legged on the ground. "I don't wanna do anything."
"Get a grip!" Zoro yelled.
Usopp and Akees watched from afar, avoiding the noxious gas. Usopp took a deep, nervous breath, and braced himself. "Akees, you said I didn't have the guts to do anything, right? Take a look at this, brat! Behold Usopp, when he does his amazing, cool stunts! Venus-chan needs me!!"
"Usopp!" Akees was shocked when the sniper ran straight in, and shimmied up the pole the stinky villain was perched on. He latched onto his waist, and held on tight.
"Lemme go!"
"Dream on!"
A weakened Borod pushed himself up. "That idiot," He panted.
"Leave this guy to me! Just go!"
Skunk One blasted himself off the pole with the gas. "Now eat that!" As everyone watched, Usopp blocked the tank... with his mouth! As he fought off the horrid taste, he was flailed around aimlessly. His stomach became greatly inflated, due to getting rapidly filled with gas.
"Usopp!" The little boy exclaimed in shock.
"Come, Akees!" Borod ordered, and made a mad dash to the castle.
"But..."
"Don't let his bravery be in vain! Hurry up!" After some hesitation, Akees joined them in their sprint.
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On the top floor, Skunk One barely managed to make it, before he kicked a bloated Usopp to the floor. He let the gas out from his mouth, as his stomach deflated back to normal. "I can't believe that he's alive."
The girls watched from further inside. "Usopp!" Nami exclaimed.
"Usopp-kun!" Venus followed suit, but more shocked.
Bear King put his hands on their shoulders from behind. "Do you care about him?"
"Of course!" Venus threw him off, as did Nami.
"He's one of us!" Nami added.
"You both should care about me alone," He glared, "Crucify this guy too!"
"Yes, sir!" Skunk One obliged.
Nami grabbed a broom nearby, and began swinging at him, as Venus prepared an attack. "You big, stinky jerk!" Her eye widened when the redhead was quickly outnumbered, losing her weapon. She was pinned down to the floor by her throat. "Nami!"
"What are you doing?" He sneered.
"Don't spoil your dress, m'lady," Bear King picked her up with both hands, "And mind your manners. Skunk One, fetch the little one for me."
"Yes, sir!"
Venus glared when he began to approach her. "Touch him, and you'll regret it," She growled, and launched her energy ball at him. He jumped away to dodge it, only to do it again when she shot another one.
Usopp's exhausted eyes watched, as familiar black sneakers briefly showed themselves under the long, white skirt. "Ve-Venus-chan."
"I won't let him near you!" Venus promised through her attempted battling. Sadly, despite her best efforts, she was outnumbered, and forcefully escorted away. "Usopp-kun!"
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During their trek up the spiraling staircase, the guys fought off even more guards effortlessly. They made it to a covered bridge, where something caught Luffy's eye. "Look there!" Usopp was crucified, just like Sanji! "Usopp!" They ran up more stairs, and encountered a spiraling pillar behind a grated wall. "What's this?"
"It's the mechanism protecting this island," Borod explained.
"Let's hurry!" Zoro urged.
They continued their sprint, but Akees was knocked to the ground, now unconscious. "Akees!" More guards came, one of them being the culprit. A furious Borod fought them off, and looked over his adoptive brother in concern. "Akees!"
Just then, a grated door closed, blocking off the exit, before the whole tower started to rumble terribly. The floor was rising! It abruptly slowed when the Straw Hats pushed on the ceiling. "What's happening?" Luffy questioned in shock.
"Akees!" Borod ran over to him, as he woke up.
"I'm just dragging you down again," He smiled weakly, and began to drift off again.
"Don't give me that, Akees! We're brothers, remember?"
"It's so heavy!" Luffy exclaimed, as the floor continued rising.
"We can't hold it for long! Borod, you gotta help us!" Borod ignored Zoro, as he lifted Akees off the floor. "What?"
Borod stared daggers at the two, then smiled. "Of all people. You disappoint me." He started shifting away, as Luffy and Zoro struggled. "Seems no one can fight the Card Pirates."
"What?" Luffy watched him in confusion.
"After I took your ship and all."
"You stole our ship?"
"I thought something was fishy," Zoro glared, "So it was you!" Borod jumped off the floor to a safer staircase. "And to think, Venus liked you! She's too good for you!"
"Like I said, I'm not looking for a relationship."
"You used us to get to the Clock!" Zoro exclaimed.
"I'm not after some damn clock."
"What?"
"I just wanted you to defeat these pirates, and save the island."
"B-but why?" Luffy stammered.
"I wanted to return Akees to his parents on this island."
"So this is his..." Zoro concluded.
"His birthplace," Borod finished, "I'm sure of it. Sorry for the trouble. And please take care of Akees, should I die here." Zoro glared during his struggle. "I have to fight them."
"Idiot! You don't stand a chance!"
"I don't care. There's no future if you run away." He glanced at the unconscious boy with a smirk. "Right?" With that, he sprinted up the stairs.
"Borod!" Zoro shouted, but went unnoticed. "He's ready to die. Luffy, can't you do something?"
"I'm afraid not." A door opened to reveal Pin Joker.
"Who are you?" Zoro's eyes widened.
"Long time no see, Roronoa." He pointed to the long, horizontal scar going from the top to the bottom of his face. "I have not forgotten the scar you gave me!"
Zoro sneered, but was confused. "You... who're you?"
"You don't know?" Pin Joker griped.
"Can't remember all the weaklings I've beat."
"Agreed!" Luffy nodded.
"I will teach you that he who walks first, squalls first."
""Falls first"," Zoro corrected.
That made him mad. "Shut up, and die! Featherdarts!"
Luffy braced himself when yellow feather-like darts shot out from the man's sleeve, but to his confusion, he didn't feel anything. At least, other than more weight above his head. To his shock, the swordsman took the full brunt! "Zoro... you...!"
"You lunatic! You almost scared me." He prepared his sword through the pain. "Sorry, Luffy. This won't take long."
Pin Joker chuckled mockingly. "Try it. Skunk's gas, and my poison darts... your body won't move."
"Damn." He went in for the attack, but another door closed, and he was stabbed.
"Zoro!"
He landed on his back in front of the captain. "Time to kick the one who's clown."
"D-down," Zoro stammered, before drifting into unconsciousness.
"Zoro!" Luffy screamed, as he was taken up the elevator, over Pin Joker's shoulder.
#magical straw hat#clockwork island adventure#one piece#one piece oc#tempeste g. venus#borodo#borod#akisu#akees
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Zag’s first time feeling poison must have sucked.
Think about it.
Zag would almost certainly never have experienced anything like sickness before: firstly because he probably runs really hot because, y’know, fire feet, but also because he’s a god and I just don’t think they’d get sick in the same way humans would without the interference of another.
Then, all the damage he takes to everything else around is superficial. It’s all bashes or slices or,, whips I guess. Nothing lingers — sure, maybe it’ll sting or throb, but it’s all on the outside of his body and the cause is obvious, so it’s not going to be particularly scary. He knows what to expect: Achilles trained him in combat.
Then we come to poison.
Imagine being Zagreus and stepping in a puddle of green stuff by accident. You start feeling a stinging in your foot. Okay, nothing unusual, probably something similar to lava. You step off it, but the problem doesn’t leave. Then this pain spreads up into the rest of your body — inside you — and doesn’t stop. Your health just keeps on depleting and you’re continuously weakened from the inside.
I don’t know about you, but I’d certainly freak out at that.
#zagreus hades#hades zagreus#hades game#clockwork windmills#tw injury#tw poison#canon typical violence#there should be some dialogue or something to do with poison#even just a ‘what the fuck is happening’#or like a conversation with achilles back at the house#‘achilles why did the green puddle make my insides burn me’#also the h/c potential 👀#(thanzag mayhaps)#(if anyone wishes to write this then please tag me I wanna read it)#(I’ve written a bit for myself because I was excited when I first thought of this but I wanna read what other people do with it)#anyway
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So if humor (happiness, joy?) is used as a positive trait, even a currency at times, would there be a societal pressure to be someone who is happy or makes others happy? what is the penalty for being a boring or depressing or upsetting clown?
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There wouldn't be a penalty, but there would be stereotypes. The same way people think of poor people as dirty, hoarding and always wanting a better chance.
There is different types of humor, which means that different humor takers crave certain types, and some people are not able to understand/replicate them as their lineage does not allow it.
Take injury humor, how the assailed is always hurt, but in funny ways, like a giant mallet to the head, or being bodied by a piano, that would get you some things, in a certain place.
Theres also puns, which could get you something else at another place, pray tell they haven't heard it or enjoy that one enough to give you your wares.
There are pressures in some places to be happy, but others leave it well alone as the sad clowns are simply content in their lifestyle and their way of doing things. The kingdom under quing dunce is typically a sad clown kingdom, and is considered not a rich kingdom since the people there are perpetually sad, by choice, and uses items and coins to buy/trade instead of the humor economic system.
Quing dunce, is commonly pestered by king Jest about their sad demeanor, while queen squeky simply does not care too much about it. Leaving Jest to try and "cheer" them up in their meetings.
These citizens are more open about their emotions. About all of them, the sad ones included, and one would often find the other kingdoms citizens, (if they had decided to travel), asking the usual jokes of "ehy the long face", "turn that frown upside down", "the grass is greener on the otherside, for that long face" accompanied with another horse pun maybe, but that in of itself is its own form of cultural ignorance.
So, different kingdoms, different currencies, different cultures, and more importantly, different emotions.
There is something of the "cheerer upper", for the making people happy part, but its not an official title. Its often within families and close circles, much like how in out world we have therapist freinds, chill freinds, the mother of the group, these guys whole social purpose is to make others happy, and they choose to do so. If they aren't able to make one happy, it would be a cause of concern depending on the clown and the family and the kingdom they are from.
Sad clowns are apart of the regular clown regime, just as happy clowns, mad clowns, "dunce" clowns, physical clowns, and everything.
These clowns have their own social determinations, like King Jests royal gaurd that entails physical clowns that use the toon force to turn the tide of battle towards them, tanking hits and giving just as much with the mallets, pianos, and windmill punches. But there is a sad clown on there, but the guard has long since learned shes content, and doesn't want to be happy like them. Bimly, is also considered king jests second favorite to Shimy, who is a clown from the clockwork queen, diplatic trade to keep peace, but he's a clown that makes people laugh in the casual conversation. Nuanced jokes never at the others expense, and that highlight their strengths, which works wonders for the vain king.
#i only have designs for two of the three rulers.#king jest#and#quing dunce#queen squeky#is still in concept form#but she looks more militiac the the other two#since her kingdom has much more within the inventions of the clown world#and astronomical.#im gonna draw these people hehehe
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Writing practice while sleep deprived,
4/24/23
I will either find a way or I will make one
Been trying too long not to take one
To see what never was sounds like a waste
But maybe I’ll give it a try
No one really cares
Who you are or what you look like
There’s dishes to be done
Or homework to turn in
Or lunches to throw up
We’re all at least a little busy
Even if we’re busy looking for reasons to care
Who is god really?
A fantasy, a thought, a parent,
A failure, a walk with a mind
Clockwork or windmill
What holds you?
Death in his cold grip?
Madness in it’s overwhelming nature?
Or greenery by the lake, where you used to feed the ducks.
Burn my wings off my back
Wax burns,runs, drools down
A river of wax
And broken candlesticks
Wow this was shitty, in my defense I wrote it sleep deprived and very hyped up on coffee
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Tonći Kožul: Najbolji filmovi 70-ih...
The Adventurers
Aguirre, the Wrath of God (Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes)
Airport
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Alien
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (Angst essen Seele auf)
All Screwed Up (Tutto a posto e niente in ordine)
All That Jazz
All the President's Men
Amarcord
American Graffiti
The Amityville Horror
The Amusement Park
The Anderson Tapes
...And Justice for All
Annie Hall
Apocalypse Now
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
The Ascent (Voskhozhdeniye)
Assault on Precinct 13
At Long Last Love
Autumn Sonata (Höstsonaten)
The Baby
Bad Company
Badlands
The Bad News Bears
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
Bananas
Barry Lyndon
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
A Bay of Blood (Ecologia del delitto)
The Beguiled
Being There
Beneath the Planet of the Apes
Between the Lines
The Big Boss
The Big Bus
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (L'uccello dalle piume di cristallo)
The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
The Black Windmill
Blazing Saddles
Boxcar Bertha
Bound for Glory
The Boy Friend
The Boys in the Band
Breaking Away
Brewster McCloud
A Bridge Too Far
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
The Brink's Job
The Brood
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson
Cabaret
California Split
California Suite
The Candidate
Carnal Knowledge
Carrie
The Cars That Ate Paris
Car Wash
The Cassandra Crossing
Catch-22
The Cat o' Nine Tails (Il gatto a nove code)
Céline and Julie Go Boating (Céline et Julie vont en bateau)
Charley Varrick
Chilly Scenes of Winter
Chinatown
Chinese Roulette (Chinesisches Roulette)
A Clockwork Orange
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Coffy
Colossus: The Forbin Project
Coming Home
The Conformist (Il conformista)
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
The Conversation
Convoy
Cooley High
The Crazies
Cries and Whispers (Viskningar och rop)
Crimes of the Future (1970.)
Cross of Iron
Cry Uncle!
Daisy Miller
Damien: Omen II
Dark Star
Dawn of the Dead
Day for Night (La Nuit américaine)
Days of Heaven
Death on the Nile (1978.)
Death Race 2000
Death Wish
The Deep
Deep Red (Profondo rosso)
The Deer Hunter
Deliverance
Dersu Uzala
Despair
Desperate Living
The Devils
Diamonds Are Forever
Dirty Harry
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Dodes'ka-den
Dog Day Afternoon
Don't Look Now
Dracula (1979.)
The Driver
Duel
Duelle
The Duellists
Dusty and Sweets McGee
Earthquake
Eaten Alive
Effi Briest
The Electric Horseman
El Topo
The Enforcer
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle)
Enter the Dragon
Equus
Eraserhead
Escape from Alcatraz
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
Even Dwarfs Started Small (Auch Zwerge haben klein angefangen)
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex
Every Which Way but Loose
The Exorcist
Exorcist II: The Heretic
Eyes of Laura Mars
Face to Face (Ansikte mot ansikte)
Family Plot
Fantastic Planet (La Planète sauvage)
Fast Company
Fat City
The Fate of Lee Khan
Female Trouble
Fellini's Casanova (Il Casanova di Federico Fellini)
F for Fake
Fiddler on the Roof
F.I.S.T.
Fist of Fury
Four Flies on Grey Velvet (4 mosche di velluto grigio)
The Four Musketeers
Fox and His Friends (Faustrecht der Freiheit)
Foxy Brown
Freebie and the Bean
The French Connection
Frenzy
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
Funny Lady
Fun with Dick and Jane (1977.)
The Fury
Ganja & Hess
Gates of Heaven
The Getaway
Get Carter
Getting Straight
Get to Know Your Rabbit
Gimme Shelter
The Godfather
The Godfather Part II
Gods of the Plague (Götter der Pest)
The Goodbye Girl
Good Guys Wear Black
Go Tell the Spartans
The Great Waldo Pepper
Grease
The Green Room (La Chambre verte)
Grey Gardens
Hair
Halloween
The Harder They Come
Hard Times
Harlan County, USA
Harold and Maude
The Heartbreak Kid
Heart of Glass (Herz aus Glas)
Heaven Can Wait
Hester Street
High Anxiety
The Hills Have Eyes
Hi, Mom!
The Holy Mountain
Home Movies
Hooper
The Hospital
Husbands
I clowns
Images
India Song
The In-Laws
Interiors
Izbavitelj
Jabberwocky
Jaws
Jaws 2
Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
Jeremiah Johnson
The Jerk
Jesus Christ Superstar
Je tu il elle
Joe
Junior Bonner
Kelly's Heroes
The Kentucky Fried Movie
The Killer Elite
Killer of Sheep
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
King Kong (1976.)
Klute
Kramer vs. Kramer
The Kremlin Letter
The Landlord
The Last Detail
The Last House on the Left
The Last Movie
The Last of Sheila
The Last Picture Show
Last Tango in Paris
The Last Waltz
The Last Wave
The Late Show
Legend of the Mountain
Lenny
Leo the Last
Les Rendez-vous d'Anna
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
The Life of Brian
Lisa and the Devil
Lisice
Little Big Man
A Little Romance
Live and Let Die
The Long Goodbye
Love and Anarchy (Film d'amore e d'anarchia)
Love and Death
Love on the Run (L'amour en fuite)
Love Story
La Luna
Macbeth (1971.)
Magnum Force
Mandingo
Manhattan
The Man Who Fell to Earth
The Man Who Loved Women (L'Homme qui aimait les femmes)
The Man Who Would Be King
The Man with the Golden Gun
The Marriage of Maria Braun (Die Ehe der Maria Braun)
Martin
M*A*S*H
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
Mean Streets
The Mechanic
The Merchant of Four Seasons (Händler der vier Jahreszeiten)
Mikey and Nicky
Minnie and Moskowitz
Mirror (Zerkalo)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Moonraker
The Mother and the W*ore (La maman et la putain)
Mother Küsters' Trip to Heaven (Mutter Küsters' Fahrt zum Himmel)
Mr. Majestyk
Multiple Maniacs
The Muppet Movie
Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
My Little Loves (Mes Petites Amoureuses)
Nashville
National Lampoon's Animal House
Network
The New Centurions
A New Leaf
News from Home
New York, New York
Nickelodeon
A Night Full of Rain (La fine del mondo nel nostro...)
Night Moves
Noroît
North Dallas Forty
Nosferatu the Vampyre (Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht)
Obsession
The Offence
Oh, God!
The Omen
The One and Only
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
De cierta manera (One Way or Another)
Opening Night
Orchestra Rehearsal (Prova d'orchestra)
Out 1: Noli me tangere
Paper Moon
The Parallax View
The Passenger (Professione: reporter)
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid
A Perfect Couple
Performance
The Phantom of Liberty (Le Fantôme de la liberté)
Phantom of the Paradise
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Pink Flamingos
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
Play It Again, Sam
The Poseidon Adventure
Predstava Hamleta u Mrduši Donjoj
Quadrophenia
Quintet
Rabid
Raining in the Mountain
The Return of the Pink Panther
Revenge of the Pink Panther
Robin and Marian
Rock 'n' Roll High School
Rocky
Rocky II
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Rollerball
Roma (1972.)
Saint Jack
Sambizanga
Saturday Night Fever
Schlock
Scrooge
The Seduction of Mimi (Mimì metallurgico ferito nell'onore)
See No Evil
The Sentinel
Serpico
Seven Beauties (Pasqualino Settebellezze)
Shaft
Shaft's Big Score!
Shaft in Africa
Shampoo
Shivers
The Shootist
Silent Movie
Silver Streak
Sisters
Slap Shot
Slaughterhouse-Five
Sleeper
Small Change (L'Argent de poche)
Smile (1975.)
Smokey and the Bandit
Solaris
Soleil Ô
Sorcerer
Soylent Green
The Spirit of the Beehive (El espíritu de la colmena)
The Spy Who Loved Me
Stalker
A Star Is Born (1976.)
Start the Revolution Without Me
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Star Wars
The Sting
The Story of Adèle H. (L'Histoire d'Adèle H.)
Straw Dogs
Stroszek
The Sugarland Express
The Sunshine Boys
Superman
Suspiria
Sweet Movie
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
Swept Away (Travolti da un insolito destino...)
Taking Off
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
Taxi Driver
Telefon
The Tenant
Tess
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
That Obscure Object of Desire (French: Cet obscur objet du désir)
Thieves Like Us
The Third Generation (Die Dritte Generation)
Three Days of the Condor
The Three Musketeers (1973.)
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
THX 1138
Tko pjeva zlo ne misli
Tommy
Tora! Tora! Tora!
A Touch of Zen
Touki Bouki
The Towering Inferno
Tristana
The Turning Point
The Twelve Chairs (1970.)
Two English Girls (Les Deux Anglaises et le Continent)
Two-Lane Blacktop
Two Mules for Sister Sara
Up in Smoke
The Valiant Ones
Vanishing Point
Wake in Fright
Walkabout
Wanda
The Warriors
Watermelon Man
Wattstax
The Way of the Dragon
The Way We Were
A Wedding
West Indies: The Fugitive Slaves of Liberty
What? (Che?)
What's Up, Doc?
Where's Poppa?
White Lightning
Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?
The Wicker Man
The Wild Child (L'Enfant sauvage)
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
Wise Blood
The Wiz
A Woman Under the Influence
Woodstock
Woyzeck
W.R. - Misterije organizma
Young Frankenstein
Zabriskie Point
Zardoz
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King and Queen of the Pirates Part 44
Clockwork Island Adventure Part One,
The Straw hats docked on a nearby island to have a little break and some relaxation. Luffy saw something in the water as he was fishing. It looked like a seashell. He picked it up and looked at it closer. It looked like a mini windmill of some sort and on the side, there was a small wind-up key. He hopped on top of a rock and sat down and started winding up the device. It makes a ticking noise with each turn from the windup key. As he finished, the mini windmill slowly turned, ticking like a clock. Luffy eyes grew wide, and he grinned widely as he stared at the device excitedly.
"Oi, I've found something coo! Come and see! Hey!" Luffy shouted. Nami was wearing a magenta two-piece bathing suit, lying down on her stomach on a table, tanning. She looked over at Luffy hearing him call out something.
"What's he so happy about?" She murmured. Zorro was doing some push-ups with a couple of sacks on his back. He was topless and wearing his black pants and boots with his bandanna tied on his arm. Sanji walked over to her, wearing a dark blue swim shorts with light blue stripes on the side and flip flops. He poured some sun lotion in his hand.
"Sorry to keep you waiting, Nami!" Sanji smiled and started to rub the lotion on the navigator's back. "Oh! Nami! Your skin is so smooth!"
"If your hand goes any further than I like, I'll kill you, Okay?" Nami told him.
"Yeah." Sanji replied, blushing as he grinned ear to ear. He turned his head looking over towards Aya, seeing her in a dark green two piece with blue stripes. She was drawing in the sand with a stick. It was the green cloaked man with tattoos on the left side of his face that she saw back in Loguetown. Why did he smile at her like that? Did he know her from somewhere? Just who was he? Aya sighed in frustration.
"Hey Aya! Do you want me to rub some on you too!?" Sanji called out to her. Aya tensed up when she heard him. She raised her hand waving and not looking at him.
"No thanks, I'm fine." She replied. As she went back to her drawing, a ball flew over her head and slammed down on the sand, messing up her masterpiece. Aya twitched a little in anger and disappointment. She dropped the stick and slowly turned around to find the culprit standing not too far away behind her. Usopp had a sheepish grin on his face and made a nervous laugh. He was wearing a red a white one-piece bathing suit with a rubber float around his waist.
"Sorry about that. I did try to warn you!" He told her. Aya reached over and picked up the ball and stood up facing him. She tossed the ball back to him. "It's fine. I was about done with it anyway. Let's play."
"Man, this is one great vacation!" Sanji said.
"It's fine, but just remember that we've got bounties on our heads." Nami said.
"Hey everyone, come look! It's really cool!" Luffy called out again.
"But aren't you the one relaxing the most, Miss Nami?" Sanji asked her.
"It's the Going Merry! Come look!" Luffy shouted.
"It's okay. We're not in any hurry to get going." Nami said.
"I agree with Nami!" Sanji shouted.
"Our ship's really something!" Luffy grinned.
"What're you talking about, Luffy-" Usopp turned his head. His eyes went wide with a startled yelp. Everyone looked and their eyes grew wider as well in shock. The Going Merry had its sails down as the wind gently blew against it and was sailing away from the island without them on it. "OUR SHIP!"
"Our jolly roger is so cool!" Luffy replied, grinning as he watched the ship.
"You moron! How can you be so calm?!" Zorro shouted at Luffy.
"Our ship just got stolen!" Usopp cried out. Luffy's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.
"WHAT?! STOLEN!?' He exclaimed.
"YOU DIMWIT!" Both the sniper and the swordsman shouted at him.
"Hold it, thief!" Luffy stretched his arm out towards the Going Merry. His fingers barely reached the railings, but he couldn't manage to grab it as he was out of reach. Luffy pulled his arm back and it quickly slingshoted back slamming into his face.
"The Going Merry is the gift I got from Kaya!" Usopp shouted.
"Being robbed by a thief? This is a joke, right?" Nami twitched, angrily. Aya stared at the ship with a frown as she bit her bottom lip nervously. All of their clothes and weapons were on that ship. Her medicine was on there. She didn't have any on her. Aya gritted her teeth, mentally kicking herself. How could have she been so stupid! She had to stay calm. As long she stayed calm, hopefully an attack won't happen. They watched the ship sail away leaving them behind.
"GIVE IT BACK!" Everyone cried out.
"It's been a whole week since it was stolen. But you know, couldn't we have found a better ship?" Sanji asked.
"Quit complaining." Zorro replied.
The crew was riding in a small swan paddle boat, completely cramped inside. Luffy was keeping looking on the swan's neck. Zorro was wearing a black kimono with wooden sword at his side, Nami was wearing a white dress with a veil and a crown on her head, Sanji was wearing a white suit, Usopp was wearing a brown shinto priest kimono and a dark greenish brown hat. Aya refused to wear any of the outfits, not wanting to look ridiculous, still in her bathing suit. Luffy still had his clothes and straw hat.
"The only place open was a rental store for wedding ceremonies." Usopp said.
"By the way, where are we?" Luffy asked.
"I don't know! My maps and compass were stolen along with the ship, remember?" Nami said sarcastically.
"And my swords too, damn it." Zorro gritted his teeth.
"And my shoes." Sanji replied.
"It's good we're going after the thief and all, but why'd you set out to sea without any preparation!?" Nami shouted. While she was yelling at Sanji and Zorro, Aya noticed something floating in the water ahead of them.
"Hey, there's a kid." She pointed out, calmly. The crew looked out to where she was pointing seeing that it was a small boy, wildly thrashing in the water as he tried to keep his head up above it. He was wearing a stripped tan and red knitted hat, white shirt and tan vest and goggles around his neck
"Huh? Yeah, Aya's right, there's a kid over there." Usopp replied.
"Is he drowning?" Zorro asked.
"Guess I gotta do something." Sanji pushed Luffy and Usopp to the side and jumped into the water. He swam towards the boy. "Hey, you alright over there?" The boy suddenly stopped thrashing about, swimming perfectly fine. He made a smug smirk.
"Thanks for asking!" He answered. A shadow rose from underneath the water under the swan boat and a giant net pulled the crew along with it, trapping them inside.
"What?!" The straw hats exclaimed. Then a ship pulled out from the rocky cove and sailed over towards them. It was filled with treasure chests. The man looked at the captured crew with a smile on his face. He had blond hair, wearing goggles and a tan suit with a strapped pack, white scarf, brown gloves and a red and white bandanna tied to his arm with a key symbol and letters with a T-1 on it.
"Akisu, good work." He called out. The boy climbed on to the boat.
"Easy victory, it was a piece of cake. Idiots like them are easy to trick." He smirked. Usopp growled, while Sanji and the others glared at the two as they were hanging in the net.
"Damn it, you little brat!" Usopp shouted.
"But they're broke. You can tell they don't have money on them just by the look of 'em." Akisu said.
"Duped, eh?" the man questioned, looking at the crew. He sighed in disappointment. "So they're just poor people." He walked over and pulled the string, untying the net. The straw hats dropped onto the boat as they fell. They sat up, looking at the two.
"Who the hell are you?!" Aya demanded.
"Yeah!" Sanji demanded as well. The man began to pose as he introduced himself and the boy followed him, posing as well. The two landed on top chest pile, staring down at the straw hats as they finished.
"Us? Those sailing in search of a mountain of treasure! The thief brothers! Borodo and Akisu!" Borodo told them.
"Thief brothers?" Usopp asked. The pile of chest collapsed underneath the two, knocking them down. It was filled with items, such as iron and small bags and pebbles that the two had fished from out of the sea.
"It's just a bunch of trash." Nami replied.
"Well, well...they're nothing but scavengers." Usopp said.
"That's not true! Watch what you say about Borodo! Borodo is the man who will steal the Diamond Clock from Clockwork Island and become the greatest thief in the world!" Akisu shouted at him.
"You mean THE famous Diamond Clock?" Nami exclaimed, happily. Her eyes went wider as dollar signs appeared.
"You know, what it is, Nami?" Sanji asked her.
"The finest jewel and greatest artifact ever crafted. The most valuable clock in the world!" She explained.
"That's our smart Nami!" Sanji smiled at her adoringly with hearts in his eyes.
"Ah, so if someone was able to steal it, he would be the world's greatest thief." Usopp said.
"Oh, then he's just like me!" Luffy grinned. "I'm aiming to be the greatest pirate in the world, the pirate king! My sister over here is aiming to be the queen!" Borodo stared at the two in disbelief.
"R-Ruler of the pirates!? With this ship?" He sputtered in shock then pointed towards the swan boat.
"No way in hell!" Usopp and Luffy both shouted.
"Our ship got stolen." Sanji explained.
"Yeah, you wouldn't happen to know who it is or seen it, have you?" Aya frowned looking at him. There was something off about this man. She did not trust him one bit.
"Does your ship have a pirate mark wearing a straw hat?" Borodo said.
"You've seen it!" Usopp shouted.
"The Trump pirates have it." He told them.
"Trump Pirates?" Luffy asked.
"They're a nefarious group of pirates that have a stronghold on Clockwork Island and terrorize the surround area. And the diamond clock that I'm after is also in their possession." Borodo explained to the crew.
He pulled out wanted posters of the group, showing it to the straw hats. On it was a chubby man wearing a white pig hat with white curly hair, a woman with wavy blond hair, a man wearing a helmet and goggles who had a long nose and curly mustache, the next one had a man with a jester like outfit, with black hair tied in a pony tail, pointed ears a painted scar mark on his right eye and a long scar slashed across his face from the top of his head down to his chin. The last poster had a large man bearing the resemblance of a bear, with a heart tattoo on the top of his bald head while his hair wildly pointed upwards from the side along with sideburns.
"They don't look so tough." Sanji and Zorro both commented at the same time. The two turned to each and started bickering.
"This bear guy is cool! Awesome!" Luffy said, excitedly, looking at the bear-like man.
"What are you so happy about?! They stole your ship! You're supposed to be pissed off! You're supposed to want to beat the crap out of 'em!" Borodo said in disbelief.
"B-Borodo, over there!" Akisu pointed out. Everyone looked and saw a very large ship with a bear flag with crossbones, sailing towards them. There were more ships as well, baring the same jolly roger flags and suit card symbols on the sails. Borodo began to sweat nervously as he gritted his teeth.
"That's-" Usopp squeaked.
"Trump Pirates." Borodo replied.
"Hey, Trump Pirates!" Luffy called out. A woman with blond hair looked down at the group when she heard Luffy. She was swimming completely nude at the ships master head that was shaped like a pool. Sanji's eyes popped out of their sockets as hearts appeared as he stared at her.
"That is one sexy lady!" He exclaimed.
"And what might you want?" The woman asked.
"Give us back the ship you stole from us!" Luffy demanded.
"Your ship? I've never seen it." She told him.
"Like hell you haven't!" Nami shouted, angrily. The woman's eyes widen at her before she smirked. The chubby man wearing the pig hat hopped over, landing on the the ship's master head, standing next to the woman in the pool.
"Alright! Time for a riddle!" He shouted.
"Riddle?" Sanji murmured.
"Who will become the greatest pirate in the world, the pirate king?" The man asked.
"Come on now, Boo Jack. That one's way too easy." The woman chuckled.
"Me!" Luffy pointed to himself.
"Boo-Boo! Wrong! The answer is our boss, Bear King!" He told Luffy.
"No, you're wrong." Luffy said.
"What?" The man blinked.
"What kind of riddle was that anyway?" Sanji asked.
"I knew these guys were nothing special." Zorro replied.
"Boo-Boo! So, you're mocking the Trump Pirates, eh!?" The chubby man growled.
"Well, the, it seems we have to explain it to them." The woman smirked. She snapped her fingers and the more pirates appeared from the ships. They charged at the straw hats.
"Here they come." Sanji said.
"I guess we don't have a choice." Zorro replied.
"Let's see what you got!" Borodo shouted.
"Hold this!" Luffy placed his hat on Nami's hat and charged towards the pirates, slamming his fist into them. Pirates surrounded Sanji and he kicked them down. Zorro smacked at a few with his wooden sword, knocking them out. Aya punched and kicked a few, knocking them into water. Borodo and Akisu watched the four in shock and amazement as they plowed through the pirates like weeds, tossing more into the water. Usopp dodged a couple as a few landed near him, knocked out.
The chubby man jumped off the boat, making himself into a spiked ball and started roll towards the crew, wrecking half the ship. Luffy jumped out of the way. The chubby man bounced back onto the boat landing on the master head.
"That's my Boo Jack!" The woman winked.
"What's with this guy?" Sanji asked.
"He might be full of tricks, but I have one up my sleeve. My famous "Escaping is winning" master plan!" Usopp ran over towards the ship's oar and started rowing fast. The boat quickly sped away.
"RUNNING AWAY?!" The crew shouted in disbelief. Usopp continued to paddle faster, and the enemy ship was getting smaller and smaller behind them. A small chest slipped out of Akisu's pocket, falling into the sea. He smacked Usopp's head with a broken board.
"STOP!" The boy cried out. Borodo jumped into the water swimming to the small box. Everyone blinked, wondering.
"What...happened?" Usopp groaned as he sat up, holding his head.
"It's safe!" Borodo held up the box, showing to Akisu. Akisu sighed in relief. Aya noticed something in the distance and her eyes widen as she saw the blond-haired woman along with the man who was shaped into a spike ball rolling towards them.
"Guys! They're here-" Bombs were tossed onto the damaged boat, completely blowing it to smithereens. Everyone was tossed out from the explosion, getting separated. Zorro managed to grab Luffy, dragging him onto a floating wooded platform. Sanji came up swimming over towards it along with Usopp. Borodo grabbed Akisu, swimming over to the others as well. As the smoke cleared, Zorro looked around in worry. He saw the others, but Aya and Nami were nowhere to be seen.
"Hey Usopp! Where's Aya! Nami's missing as well!" He shouted at the sniper. Usopp's eyes widened and looked around, noticing the two girls were gone. Sanji looked around wildly as he tried to find them as well.
"Aya! Nami!" He called out to them.
"Now, it's riddle time again! What is it we want most?" The chubby pirate smirked, looking at the group. Sanji's eyes widened, along with Usopp's and the others as well. The blond-haired woman held Aya and Nami in her arms, who were knocked out cold.
"Nami! Aya!" Sanji cried out.
"Aya!" Usopp shouted. The woman smirked at the crew. "Yes, you're right! We'll be taking them along with us."
"What'd you say?!" Sanji shouted. "Give them back!"
"They'll be souvenirs for our Captain Bear King." The man told them.
"It'll be fun to see him do this and that to them." The woman smirked.
"This and that?!" The crew sputtered in shock their eyes nearly bulging out of their sockets. Boo Jack tossed another bomb, blowing up the raft, destroying it.
"Damn it." Zorro hissed. He held onto Luffy as the group fell into the water. Luffy slipped out of his grip, sinking deeper. Sanji quickly swam towards him, grabbing Luffy. The two breached the surface watching the woman and the man roll away with Aya and Nami.
"Shit." Sanji cursed.
The group quickly gathered whatever they could from the wreckage. They climbed onto another piece from the boat. Borodo held onto a small sail as the wind blew them in the direction where the pirates went.
"Are we really going to get to Clockwork Island with this?" Sanji asked.
"Be quiet. Borodo is a genius at manipulating the wind and waves!" Akisu shouted at him.
"What are you so proud of, damn brat? Just so you know, Nami and Aya were taken 'cause you had to go and jump in the ocean." Sanji frowned at him.
"After all the trouble I went through to escape from them. So, what is it anyway, your treasure?" Usopp asked the boy.
"That music box is the only thing Akisu has left of his hometown." Borodo told them. Akisu began winding up the box.
"His hometown?" Luffy questioned. Akisu opened the lid from the music box and music started to play. He sat quietly, listening to it.
"When Akisu was a baby, I found him drifting in the sea. He was listening to that lullaby. That song was the only thing that would calm Akisu down." Borodo told them.
"So you're not real brothers?" Luffy asked.
"We're still brothers even if we're not related by blood!" Borodo said.
"That's right! I'm gonna become a cool thief like Borodo and never be hungry again!" Akisu shouted. Luffy reached up to touch his straw hat but only met his head. His mind flashed back to Shanks the one person he looked up to.
"Look! A whirlpool!" Usopp pointed out. The group saw a whirlpool within the distance to the side of them.
"Yeah, we're approaching Clockwork Island." Borodo explained. In front of them there was a small island with a tall spiral tower stretching up towards the sky for miles. Luffy and Usopp stared in awe.
"So...that's Clockwork Island." Zorro murmured.
"So, what should we do now? We want to steal the Diamond Clock and you want to get your nakama and ship back. Either way, we're all going to Trump Castle." Borodo told them.
"The base of those bastard pirates who took Nami and Aya. I won't forgive them for that." Sanji said.
"And Going Merry's there, too." Usopp said.
"And my swords." Zorro replied.
"Then let's go together to Trump Castle!" Borodo shouted.
"Yeah!" Luffy grinned nodding his head.
On the island at the top of the tall spiral tower, there was a castle. Inside there was a throne room filled with many glass panels and in the center was a large glass floor. On the throne was a large man, the bear king who was glaring at a man and a woman who had swirly hair that pointed upwards, wearing white lab coats. The jester like pirate was with him along with the man with goggled helmet and mustache.
"What? Say that again!" The bear king shouted, furiously.
"You've occupied this island for 7 years now. The weapon you are forcing us to build has spilled too much blood. And when that horrible weapon of mass destruction is completed...You've done enough! Please don't taint the sea with more bloodshed!" The woman pleaded to him. The pirate fired at the two's feet, making the couple jump, startled. Beneath them under the glass floor, was a large wind-up key slowly spinning.
"Have you forgotten? This island's main key is under my complete control. You know what'd happen to the island if I were to break the key. Even if you don't like it, you should just keep quiet. Show them out." The bear king snapped his fingers and two members wearing numbers on the back of their clothes ran over to the couple, dragging them away.
"Let me go! I can walk on my own!" The man shouted.
"Once the 'King Cannon' is completed, everything will be in place. And then I, Bear King will control the entire sea! I will be the Pirate King!" The pirate smirked, maliciously.
To the side of the room, a glass elevator rode up and the doors opened. The blond-haired woman walked out along with the chubby pirate who was carrying Nami and Aya on his shoulders.
"Ah! Welcome back-gas! Honey Queen!" The mustached man ran over to them.
"Oh? What lovely women-gas! Did you kidnap them-gas?" He asked her. Nami looked up at him with a dark glare, growling. Aya tried to pull herself out of the chubby man's grip. She felt her body growing weaker. She growled, looking at the pirates in the room.
"Stop it already, Skunk One. These women are Bear King's sou-ve-nir." Honey Queen tsked him. The bear king walked over to them, looking at Nami and Aya, picking them up with his large hands.
"Oh! They're to be my brides?" He grinned at them. His face was met with a foot as Aya kicked him, leaving a foot imprint.
"Like hell! You ugly ass fat gorilla!" She shouted. He stared at her unfazed as if he didn't even feel her kick. Aya gritted her teeth as she glared at him.
"Aya, shut up." Nami hissed at her. "I'm trying to keep us both alive! By that, I mean me!" She knew that Aya could handle herself well. But Nami couldn't help but noticed that Aya's kick was weaker than what she had witnessed her fighting. The man stared at Aya with an emotionless expression, silently.
"What're you looking at?" Aya demanded. The bear king grinned ear to ear, happily, ignoring Aya's glare that she was giving him.
"She's my type!" He shouted. Aya's mouth dropped a little in disbelief. "E-Excuse me?!" He placed the two girls down and took Aya's hands in his own, holding them.
"P-P-Please marry me!" He sputtered nervously.
"No way!" Aya shouted shaking her head. Nami pushed Aya to the side, standing in front of the man.
"Don't mind her. It's just, we've only just met you once. And unfortunately, I hate hairy men." She told the pirate.
"I'll shave it all off!" The man insisted.
"But I hate weak men even more." Nami replied. The man pulled out some weights, lifting them.
"I'm super strong!" He insisted.
"But I know you can't win against Luffy and the others." Nami smiled.
"Yeah, my boyfriend is going to kick your ass." Aya shouted. "He'll snipe you dead. His name is Usopp."
"Luffy? Usopp?" The bear king questioned.
"He's their nakama. He's a freak whose body can stretch like rubber. Nothing to worry about. The other other one is a coward. He practically ran away at the sight of us." The chubby pirate told him.
"This guy...would he be Straw Hat Luffy?" The jester pirate asked. He pulled out Luffy's wanted poster.
"Eh? That weak little guy has a bounty?" Queen Honey asked, taking Luffy's poster, looking at it.
"And I suspect Roronoa Zoro was with him as well. In any case, we should be cautious." The jester replied.
"Heh! Caution, you say? For this little twerp? Alright then." The bear king smirked. He looked over at Nami and Aya. He tossed Luffy's poster, shooting at it. "As you requested, I'll show you both how strong I really am. His bounty is $30 million belis. It will fund our wedding!"
"Nice going, Nami." Aya hissed at her.
"I just bought us some time!" Nami argued. She turned back to the pirates. "How about a lovely round of poker, anyone?"
Borodo pulled the small raft up to the shore of the beach and the crew stepped off of it. Luffy looked up at the tall spiral tower. "Too cool! Too cool!" He exclaimed jumping up and down excitedly the balls of his heels.
"How the hell did they set up something like this?" Usopp asked.
"They made it to defend themselves from enemy invasion. If someone tries to invade the stairway, they'll be killed before they even reach the town above." Borodo explained.
"Traps, eh? So how do we climb it?" Sanji asked.
"There's an elevator running through the center shaft. When they come out to terrorize the seas, the secret door will open. So until then we'll-" Borodo started to explain. The straw hats ignored him as they were already halfway up the stairs. Borodo's eyes widened in horror as he ran towards them. Akisu followed him as the two quickly joined up with the pirates. "WAIT! YOU IDIOTS! Weren't you listening? Those stairs are full of traps!"
"We'll just tackle them one at a time." Zorro said.
"Waiting here's too much of a pain. We'll just go right up." Sanji replied.
"This'll be fun!" Luffy grinned.
"You better listen to Borodo!" Akisu shouted. The crew started to run up the stairs then the steps suddenly went flat underneath them and they started to slide down. Sanji cried out as he saw water rushing towards them, crashing into the crew, knocking them off their feet. Luffy's popped out and he screamed as pillars of stone emerged from the staircase behind them, filled with spikes. He quickly grabbed the sides of the stairs, stretching himself, catching Zorro, Sanji, Usopp, Borodo and Akisu before they were all impaled. Suddenly the group heard a rumbling sound and looked up. Luffy and Borodo screamed, while Usopp and Akisu held each other, screaming as well, as they saw giant boulders rolling towards them. Sanji jumped and started to kick away at the boulders, shattering them.
"Guess I gotta do something!" Zorro grabbed the floor and started to lift it up with his bare hands. It crumbled away creating a path, making it easier to run up it. Borodo's eyes widened in shock. "Amazing!"
"Let's get going!" Sanji shouted. The group ran up the stairs and Sanji kicked away at the boulders as the came rolling down at them. He kicked at a door, prying it off it's hinges. They ran out of the tunnel, panting as they tried to catch their breaths.
"We finally reached the town!" Borodo shouted. They saw spiral houses on the hills along with windmills and the castle with card suit designs on it, resting in the center of the town. A large cog wheel circled the land as it spinned around it. Zorro and Sanji collapsed on the ground as they panted in exhaustion. Luffy's eyes widened as he shook his fists up and down, wildly in excitement.
"What is that?! What is that?! It's so cool!" He cried out, looking at the spiral buildings.
"What kind of city is this?" Usopp asked.
"This is Clockwork Town. And that must be Trump Castle." Borodo said. At the top of the castle was a large glass diamond clock.
"There's the Diamond Clock!" Akisu shouted.
"Yeah! The most valuable clock in the world! And look at the top of the castle!" Borodo pointed out above. Usopp looked through his googles and his eyes widened in shock as well as relief as he saw their ship above the castle.
"It's the Going Merry!" He exclaimed.
"Are you sure?" Luffy asked.
"Yeah, I'm sure of it! It's on top of the castle."
"It can't tell it's so far." Luffy squinted his eyes as he tried to see it. Zorro frowned as he turned to Borodo.
"Oi. It's interesting that you could tell where our ship was from down here."
"Huh? Oh, thanks." Borodo smiled, looking away from him. Zorro narrowed his eyes at him in suspicion.
"Damn!" Sanji cursed as he held his feet. They were bloodied as he was kicking away at the boulders.
"Your feet." Zorro frowned in concern.
"Nah, it's nothing!" Sanji hissed and stood up, walking away from him.
"Alright! Let's get moving!" Luffy shouted.
"We're attacking Trump Castle?" Borodo asked. The group started to head towards the town.
"We'll eat. Then change clothes." Luffy said.
"W-What? Are you okay with this? Your nakamas has been kidnapped. Aren't' you going to attack?" Borodo asked in shock. The crew walked into a store and picked out some clothes, so it'll be easier to fight in as well some food.
"Since it's Nami and Aya, they'll be fine." Ussop said as he put on an orange shirt, green shorts, and his bandanna.
"Aye, this is so much easier to move in." Zorro smiled, putting on a black jacket with a white scarf, now armed with a sword.
Sanji was wearing a sea green shirt and black pants. "Alright, take care of the bill, okay?" He told Borodo.
"Hey, wait! -" Borodo stammered. A woman held out the bill to him. "Here you go. Come again!" Borodo and Akisu sputtered in disbelief as they looked back at the straw hat crew seeing them leave the two behind. "Excuse me, can't I get a discount?" Borodo asked the shopkeeper. "No." Zorro, Sanji and Usopp were walking down the stairs when they saw Luffy had stopped in front of a store. His face was pressed against the window as he ate a croissant bread while holding some more food in his hands. Usopp ran over to him.
"Hey Luffy, what're you standing there for?"
"Remarkable workmanship!" The sniper saw that it was clock shop as the display window had mini windmills. Sanji and Zorro walked inside, while Luffy and Usopp were admiring the crafts.
"Wind-up crafts?" Sanji questioned.
"What are you saying?" Usopp asked Luffy. Luffy started to make gestures with his hands, telling Usopp because his mouth was stuffed with food. "Clockwork. Island. Is. A Very Fun. Island." Borodo and Akisu walked up behind them and walked into the store. The group heard a man call out.
"Strangers. You know nothing of this place. The time for calling this island 'fun' is in the distant past. There was a time when this was an island of dreams." They saw him along with his wife, both had swirly hair and wearing white lab coats.
"We created an autonomous clock to commemorate the birth of our child. We were congratulated by all the people of the island." The woman said.
"Wow! So you two made the Diamond Clock?" Akisu asked the two.
"But, ever since the Trump Pirates occupied this island, we've been living through hell every day. Now, we're only making tools for killing! If we rebel, Bear King will destroy the island. By occupying the castle that houses the central key, there is no limit to their control." The man explained to them.
"That's cruel!" Akisu growled, angrily.
"Fear not, for your problems shall soon be solved! Because the Trump Pirates will be defeated by these guys, the greatest pirates in the world!" Borodo shouted. Zorro silently stared at him, frowning.
"Oi, we haven't agreed to anything." Sanji hissed at Borodo.
"That's right! We only want to get our stuff back! Can't we just do that?" Usopp shouted.
"But didn't that just make your blood boil? As long as those bastards are here, nothing can help this island!" Borodo insisted. Akisu copied him, repeating what Borodo was saying.
"Nothing can save it!"
"Well, well. Aren't you just thinking the Diamond Clock will be easier to steal without them around?" Usopp smirked. Borodo's eyes widened and he quickly slapped his hand on Usopp's mouth.
"Shut it!" He hissed. However, the man and woman already heard what Usopp said.
"I see. We don't mind. We'd be grateful if you were to take it away. Whenever I see it...it only reminds me of a painful past. However, it's quite impossible to steal. Those who have tried before have all perished." The woman replied.
"It's not impossible! There's nothing Borodo can't steal!" Akisu shouted.
"Y-Yeah!" Borodo said, nervously.
"You just don't understand just how terrible the Trump Pirates are. If you don't want to die, please leave this island at once!" The woman insisted the group.
"We can't do that." Sanji told her. "The Trump Pirates took something of ours. We're not leaving without them."
"We've got some private business with them." Zorro said.
"Death creates no future for you!" The woman shouted at the two.
"If you don't risk your life, you can't create a future. Right?" Luffy told her. The woman's eyes widened in surprise. Luffy grinned. "Let's go!" He ran out of the store, heading towards the castle.
"Right!" Zorro followed after him.
"Just wait a little longer, Nami and Aya." Sanji murmured, chasing after them. Akisu ran after them but fell face first in the ground.
"What'd are you doing?" Usopp pulled the boy back up and the two followed Borodo as he ran past them up the stairs. "Akisu, let's go!"
"OK!"
"Wait!" The woman and man chased after them as the crew ran out of their shop but they stopped when the two heard Borodo called out Akisu's name. The man and woman's eyes widened in shock. "That boy was...Akisu?" The woman whispered. She saw something lying on the bottom on the steps and picked up Akisu's music box.
Nami slapped down her cards down on the table with a wide grin. "I win again!" She laughed. Her and Aya, along with the Trump pirates were playing with her, losing very badly.
"I wonder what's going on out there? Could it be that none of their friends are coming to save them? They must've gotten killed by the traps along the way." Honey Queen said.
"You wish." Aya replied.
"Those guys won't die that easily! It just wouldn't be a challenge then!" Nami said.
"Well, I think I'll take a look at what's going on." Honey Queen stood up walking away. Nami grinned, trying to get her to come back. "Aw, you running away? Do you know how much you owe me? Or will you pay me with your body?" Suddenly, the woman began to strip down. Aya's and Nami's eyes widened in shock. Her body slowly began to liquefy turning into water and went down the pipes.
"W-What?!" Nami sputtered.
"I'll go too!" Boo Jack grinned, hopping onto a unicycle and jumped out the window, riding down the pipe line.
Nami gritted her teeth in concern. "That woman...she's a devil fruit user!"
The straw hats climbed into a hot air balloon. Borodo opened the sails and ignited the gas blowing air into the sail, flying them up towards the castle. Luffy grinned as he saw them going higher into the air.
"Sweet! We can see the whole island from up here!" Usopp shouted.
"Don't get too carried away. There's a field of landmines down there." Borodo warned them.
"Windmills?" Luffy frowned, seeing the windmills below them. He pulled out the mini windmill. "They look like this thing?" He tried to turn the key but it was stuck.
"Maybe it floated away from this island." Usopp suggested.
"It's not working." Luffy replied. Akisu held his hand out.
"Let me look at it." Luffy handed the windmill to him and Akisu pulled out a small screwdriver. He began to tinker with it quickly with ease. Luffy and Usopp watched in amazement.
"You're pretty good at that!" Usopp replied.
"Akisu's something, even though he's never practiced, he can fix of all kinds of machines." Borodo said.
"There, it's fixed now." Akisu turned the key, winding the windmill up. It slowly began to tick like a clock as the sails turned.
"Whoa! it's working! You're great!" Luffy exclaimed, happily and patted Akisu on his back. The two laughed.
"Still alive, are we?" Everyone froze as they heard Honey Queen's voice. She came out from a water fountain. Sanji leaned over the side of the balloon.
"It's that sexy lady!" He grinned with his hearts in his eyes. "What should I do?!"
"Get a grip already!" Usopp grabbed onto the cook so he wouldn't fall out.
"She's not a normal human!" Zorro shouted.
"She has the powers of the devil fruit." Borodo told them.
"Quite right! The Toro Toro Fruit to be precise. Boo Jack, reward them." She smirked. The chubby man hopped up towards the crew.
"Reward me!" Sanji smiled reaching out towards the woman. He growled as he saw Boo Jack, heading towards the balloon. "Not you!" Boo jack tossed a ball at them. Sanji leaped out of the hot air balloon to kick it away. "Take this!" But the ball quickly turned into spikes. Sanji's eyes widened and his foot was impaled by it.
"Sanji!" Luffy cried out.
"It went straight through his foot!" Zorro shouted. Borodo quickly grabbed Sanji before he could fall.
"You save him!" Honey Queen hopped up, towards the crew. She smirked her eyes turned into slits and released a wave of water, engulfing them in it. "HOW NAUGHTY!" Sanji slipped out of Borodo's grip and fell to the ground below them. He set off a landmine, exploding every time he bounced down the hill.
"SANJI!" Luffy cried out.
Borodo quickly sailed the balloon away from the two pirates. Luffy, Zorro, and Usopp could only watch as they saw the two pirates capture Sanji, taking him to the castle.
Nami and Aya's eyes widened in shock as they saw Sanji tossed towards them. He was badly injured and tied up, his arms and legs bound together.
"Sanji!" Nami cried out, running over to him. Aya rushed over to him as well, staring down at the cook, worried.
"Sanji..." She whispered softly. Sanji turned his head away from them.
"N-Nami, Aya, I feel ashamed to look this way."
"Sanji!-" Nami tried to speak to him, but he wouldn't look at her or Aya. Bear King grinned as he walked over to the three.
"See how kind I am? I didn't kill him because he's your nakama." He told Nami and Aya. Aya didn't even acknowledge him as she tried to get Sanji to look at her. Nami frowned, turning towards the large man. She stood up, stepping over Sanji, smiling at him.
"Hmph. I don't care about him anymore. A strong man like you is better!" She smiled.
"Didn't I tell ya?" Bear King grinned.
"But marriage is a very important event in a girl's life." Nami told him.
"I know." He nodded.
"So, in exchange, my nakama-" Nami was cut off by him. Bear King turned to Skunk One. "Oi, Skunk One!"
Skunk One turned towards the window, as he flew out of it using gas. "Ay! I'll help her decide-gas!"
"Wait! That's not what I meant!" Nami shouted trying to him. Bear King grabbed her dragging Nami away from the window. He walked over to Aya to pull her away from Sanji. As he placed his hand on Aya's shoulder, she slapped his hand away. She slowly turned her head towards him with a dark look in her eyes. Her sea foam-colored eyes were glowing ever so slightly around the edges. She was so angry. She hated seeing Sanji like this.
"Don't touch me." She growled at him.
Nami's eyes widened, seeing Aya's eyes. Nami blinked her eyes again. When she did, Nami saw that Aya's eyes had returned to normal. Were her eyes just glowing? Had she imagined it? She could've sworn that they were.
The Bear King blinked at Aya. He stepped back from her, a little intimidated.
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