The Amazing Adventures of the Freak & Creep Association - Chapter #0001

[Shadowing]

''Guess the fourth one is the boss...64 million beli isn't something easily acquired...not something the average person could handle...Jokamie, as we fought him, would as pirate only be worth about 20 million beli....'' Seishin said. He was now not looking as cheerful anymore, but dead serious. ''This might be more than we asked for...2 of the henchies being about Jokamie's strength, one Sanas's and 1 clearly above them.''

Suddenly he remembered the name of the current king being Midas. ''Wait a sec...Midas? Scam Midas? That freak's around here? Gold Gold Fruit....Do we have anyone here who could defeat gold?''

[Deathtanz Mantisk]

"Mememe! I'll defeeeeat everything!" Salkut broadcasted proudly. Jeremias looked serious still. He went to fetch something again. He came back with a log pose this time, which he handed to Denim while talking: "You'd have to wait about two weeks for your log pose to settle here... This'll let you get going to the next island right away. I suggest you'll hurry, since the townsfolk have probably sent someone out to warn them already. You don't want to run into a trap on the second island."

[Shadowing]

''Did you just say trap? I'm off to do my job. If I happen to run into anything, I'll find a way to let you know.'' And Seishin used his Soru and Geppou to go towards the second island at rapid speed. (He guessed the island wouldn't be far off so he could find it without checking a log pose.)

[Deathtanz Mantisk]

"There he goes wiiiiiith the spontaneous appearing again!" Salkut stated. The old man looked somewhat suprised of what he had witnessed, but something just came to his mind now. He had seen those moves before. And it wasn't that long ago.

Deo broke the silence soon enough: "BOOOOOOORIING! Can't we go do whatever it is that we're going to do?" Salkut nodded, raising a fist up high: "Riiight, right! Off to Vegasoda!" Denim quickly corrected him: "Odas Vega." Jeremias was picking some stuff, including a gun and a sword among other things. Denim glared at him with a puzzled look, before asking: "What are you up to, old fart?" Jeremias continued picking up stuff, while responding: "I'm coming with you... There's someone I want to meet on the second island." Denim grinned at him, answering with a slight tone of amusement in his voice: "Are you sure you won't just get in the way...?" The old man finished preparing. He pulled a backpack over his shoulder before replying: "Nope... I'm more concerned of having to save your asses." Denim appeared to be somewhat pissed off with that answer, but he let it go. They all headed outside, getting on the ship.


Meanwhile, in the second island - Odas Vega...

Mine site number four was busy today. The miners looked grim and tired, pushing mine cars filled with rubble outdoors. Some of them carried large bags, filled with rocks judging by the difficulties they had carrying them. Several armed guards walked around here and there, giving threatening glares at the workers.

A tall, muscular man walked through the area with two soldiers at his side. He had a very long straight hair - as in.. VERY long hair. His attire consisted of dark blue pants with a short black sash, and a large black coat. After reaching the entrance of the mine, he spoke to one of the guards: "Greetings. I wish to meet the miner representative." The guard nodded quickly and ran off, soon returning with an older man, who appeared very buffed for his age.

The long haired man crossed his arms, looking at the clouds as he began speaking: "Good day to you. I'll get right down to business... It has been brought to my attention that the mine site four has failed to reach the required amount of minerals mined for this month." The representative of the miners rubbed his hands together as he tried to utter something: "We-well... It's just that... W-we haven't fo-fo-found that much-" The long haired man raised a finger in front of the representatives face, telling him to be quiet. The representative looked like he had barely dodged a bullet, staring at the finger in front of him. The long haired man continued: "However. Despite your incompetence, we will not punish you." He moved his finger away, crossing his arms again. The old man let out a relieved sigh. The long haired man soon continued, smiling now: "You have until the end of the day to collect the required amount. If you fail, we will punish you. It will be an example for the others." The old man looked terrified. Desperation took over his face quickly, as he began talking fast: "B-but...! The-there's n-no way we...! W-we can't find tha-that much so fa-!" The long haired man turned away. His hair flew up high as he did, heading for the old man. The old man jumped back. His cheek was bleeding suddenly. The long haired man started to walk away, talking a bit more on his way: "Then you better get working now. Farewell." The old man looked horrified as he turned around and ran into the mines, stumbling on his way.

[Shadowing]

Seishin had just arrived at the second island and he had witnessed the man with the long hair bullying the old man and the hair attack, which injured the old man.

This is interesting...hair able to cut...and he seems like a major official around here...or at least some kind of enforcer.

He had overheard the conversation with his mantra and knew that it'd be impossible for the miners to find that much in just one day. while the mine was clearly on it's last legs. Seishin also knew he could not interfere openly, because his presence should remain hidden until the rest arrived.

Although his duty was to find traps and such, Seishin was enraged by the harsh treatment of the worksmen. He couldn't let them notice him, but he also couldn't let the old man suffer the fate that had apparently already been decided.

He used his soru to get to the mine site very quickly, traveling through the shadows to remain unseen.

[Deathtanz Mantisk]

OOC: Come up with something for the mines. I'll put up a short meeting to introduce the major bad guys here! >.<

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The long haired man with his two guards were slowly making their way through the island, following a path. An amass of spruce trees had taken over the island. Along with the several mines, there were multiple lumberjack camps located in the island as well.

"What's the schedule for the rest of the today?" The long haired man asked - his question was apparently aimed for both the guards who were with him. The other one pulled out a notebook of some sort, going through a couple of pages before replying: "Hm! The ship to Fryygia will be leaving at 8 pm... Before that, there's a meeting held. The members of the Knight Elite whom are present on the island today are all to show up." The long haired man looked annoyed, as he asked: "And what's this meeting about?" The guard shoved his notebook back in his pocket, while replying: "Hm. To hold a voting about the possibility of changing the name of the Knight Elite to something else." The long haired man let out a frustrated groan, while complaining to himself: "Brilliant. They changed it again just yesterday. Well... At least I'll finally get to Fryygia by the evening. About time they gave me a vacation."

Meanwhile, Jeremias, Salkut and the rest of the crew had managed to leave the first island. Salkut waved away to the distance as they did, shouting there: "Gooooodbye, you lame freezing island! Let's hooope we'll never meet again!" Denim walked next to him, looking at the direction where Salkut was waving at. He tapped his shoulder a couple of times, then pointing a finger to the direction behind them, where the island actually was. Salkut looked dumbfounded for a moment, until turning to that direction and waving there.

[Shadowing]

Meanwhile, Seishin had surveyed the situation inside the mine.
There hardly were any minerals to be found and the miners were hacking away like madmen, without succes. There were a few taskmasters who tried to make them work even harder.

However, after 2 hours, the miner representative entered the stage and said:
''Time for a short break, my friends, it's hopeless anyways..., there's no way we can mine enough tons of minerals, unless we suddenly found a huge source...''
And the miners threw down their pickaxes and stumbled towards the entrance to sit down in the sun.

Seishin, furious about what was happening and pitying the miners and their rep, decided to butt in for a bit and then vanish, before the miners came to see what happened.

He activated his mantra once again to locate the distinctive presence of minerals. At first he only found some very small sources, not even worth the while to dig up. It was only after 10 minutes of walking through the mine to scan a greater part of the mine site, that he found an immense source, which would supply enough for at least 1 year of mining. He carefully made a crack with consecutive shigans and then he put his impact dial against the crack. ''Impact!!''

The whole wall split open, unveiling the immense source of minerals.
Then, as he could hear the miners hurrying towards the source of noise, he stepped back into the shadows and started to make his way out of the mine.

[Deathtanz Mantisk]

The long haired man and his party reached a large opening. One could see the coastline from there, but more importantly, there lied a huge fortress. Despite having much wood as building material, as well as stones, it looked very sturdy. It looked big enough to house an entire army - which it more than likely did. There were multiple sails of ships visible behind it, so it's likely that the fortress also served as a harbor. Several watch towers sticked out of it. There were also large windows here and there, with cannons sticking out of them. Why would they build such fortified building in their own island - nobody knows. But it's likely that the fortress would not be easy to conquer.

The long haired man signaled the two guards with him to go away. The gates were opened, apparently from inside. Inside the fortress were masses of guards. Much more heavily armed than the ones at the mines. They had identical armors, and clearly weapons that were in better condition. The long haired walked past everything, until entering the largest building inside the fortress. After passing through a handful of corridors, he entered a round room, with a round table in the middle. There was a map of the island placed on it. Some other people were also present.

Meanwhile, Salkut and gang were still on their way. Jeremias had been busy doing some sword training, along with Jerko and Mantis who had joined him. Despite the age difference, it seemed like Mantis and Jerko actually had trouble keeping up with the old man. Salkut and Denim were busy going through every detail about North Blue and Reek Town. It appears that not only the two were born and grow up in the same town; but also in the same street. Yet still, both insisted that they had never seen each other before. Lauren had wanted to test the vegetable soup recipe in peace, locking herself up in the kitchen. The old man had said that they should be there in an hour or two.

[Shadowing]

Seishin rejoiced at the intense roars of joyful disbelief coming out of mine site four. He then remembered he still had to do some more scouting, so he hurried off once again.

[Deathtanz Mantisk]

The doors of the meeting room in the fortress were closed after a tall yet skinny man walked in. Currently, there were five people present - the long haired man, the tall yet skinny man, two younger guys who both had an identical attire, and a chubby, short man.

"Bot bot boooooot! These boring gatherings with these lame beoble are bissing me off!" One of the people present shouted, in a piercingly high-pitched voice. He was the chubby and short one. From his facial features, one could easily tell that this one was Tenzodi. The picture in his bounty poster didn't show what his nose looked like... It resembled that of a bird's beak. He was wearing an orange jacket with nothing under it, accompanied by baggy brown pants. "Besides! Where's the berson with the multible swords?" The tall and skinny man answered that one: "He left the island two days ago, to head for Fryygia. There should come a replacement in due-" Tenzodi quickly interrupted him: "Bot bot! That lazy bunk is slacking! I'll bunch his face in when he shows ub!" The long haired man walked to the table, standing in front of the map. He examined it briefly before speaking up: "So... We're one man short, but we should be able to divide the island among us five. I'll take the area which is left empty as of now." One of the identical guys joined in: "Why? We have no real reason to be on our toes as of now, do we? Do we?"

The long haired man snickered softly, as he had most likely eagerly waited for that question. He turned away from the map, taking his time before responding: "We've been informed of some... Pirates... Who arrived Peasant Town as of today. I assume that they'll be coming here." Tenzodi looked fascinated: "Bot bot...! What's so imbortant about some birates coming here? The guards will beat ub such bunks in an eyeblink! Bot!" The tall, skinny man pulled out a couple of papers, showing them to the others. The long haired one didn't look interested, as he had most likely seen them already.

Tenzodi glared at them briefly before speaking up again: "Bot boot? And? That's bathetic! We should be sbeaking of more imbortant matters than some birate bunks! Like changing the name-" The long haired man quickly interrupted this: "Just this once, could you explain me why we need to change the name so often? Can't we just stick with one?" One of the identical guys joined in again: "Because! The name we have now is old news! We need a new; catchier one! Catchier one!" Tenzodi nodded, as did the other identical guy, along with the tall, skinny man. The long haired one let out a long sigh, before talking in an annoyed, quiet way: "Very well. What are we changing it to...?" Tenzodi raised his fist up high, shouting proudly: "The Royal Cabinet!" The tall, skinny man joined in: "Cabinet or capinet?" Tenzodi quickly replied: "Bot bot! Cabinet, like I said!" The long haired one raised his hand, as if they had started voting. Everyone raised their hands. After a moment of silence, the long haired one lowered his hand, smiling this time as he spoke: "So it's settled. Now, shall we get to work?"

Meanwhile, Salkut and gang had ensued in the feeding time. The old man Jeremias claimed to be as hungry as ever, and couldn't wait to find out what the young lady could make. The rest of the crew happily allowed him to have all their servings. Jeremias appeared to be somewhat confused, but accepted.