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This Bites! (One Piece SI)

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HeWhoAdds said:
I'm calling it now: For the timeskip, Conis ends up on a volcano island with a bunch of creepy demon-like monsters.
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Much more likely that she ends up finding her mother and training with her. Making her the only Straw Hat outside of Luffy to train with a former member of Roger's crew.


Also this is clearly the song she'd have.
 
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Xomniac said:
Soundbite stared at Franky with a blank expression, the only movement on his face the twitching of Pisces' eye. "So, basically, you're telling me… that I was cracked right from the start?"
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This one's been bugging me. Franky is on the Puffing Tom. Soundbite is on the Rocketman. Franky's talking on/to a snail connected to Soundbite and expressions tend to get transmitted/copied by the snails but it's "Pisces" expression in play here. How is Soundbite staring at Franky?
 
It has been awhile since I last checked this thread... So, some random thoughts that I had while reading this chapter

Xomniac said:
Suddenly, words cut through the music, and my gut and jaw dropped at the same time as I realized where I knew this song from.

"Oh, the wind carries my na~me! From Sniper Island far awa~y!"
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YES... I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS...

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"Sowwy…" the cloaked man mumbled into the dock. He waited a moment for Iceburg to get back to work before popping up into a proud stance, finger jabbed in the air and his very familiar mask on display for all to see. "BEHOLD!" Usopp proclaimed. "I AM SNIPER KING!"

"Are you serious?!" most of the crew demanded incredulously, myself included.

"SO COOL!" shouted Luffy, Chopper and… the Teenage Dugong Warrior Squad!?
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SOGEKING IS AWESOME!

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"Ah… hey, Sniper King?" the Zoan-doctor raised his hoof questioningly. "Not that you're not really cool and everything, but why are you here?"

"Oh, yeah!" Luffy stuck his hand up as well. "And have you seen Usopp anywhere? He's our sniper and we can't find him!"
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Wait, wait... I can see where this is going...
Stop, please...

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"LIAR!" CRACK!

"—GRK!" Usopp choked as he slammed to the ground at my feet, his nose bent way out of shape. "Agh… what just happened?"

"Pfff—!" I snorted through the hand I was using to hide my smile. "You just tried to tell Luffy that one of his crewmates tried to run from a fight to save another crewmate! What do you think just happened?"

I could see Usopp's eyes widen behind his goggles. "Ahhh, shi—WAGH!" That was as far as he got before a Heavy Point Chopper grabbed his collar and hauled him up to both his and Luffy's apoplectic lines of sight.

"You're lying!" Luffy snarled, inches away from letting loose and slugging Usopp again. "Usopp would never run away, not now and especially not from this!"

"Yeah!" Chopper barked in agreement. "Sure, Usopp can be something of a coward, sure, he might lie a lot, sure, he has so much practice at running that he's almost got Shave down pat—!"
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NO, NO, NO, NO, NO...

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"THAT DOESN'T MATTER!" Luffy roared, causing him to jump in shock. "EVEN IF USOPP ISN'T STRONG, I KNOW HE WOULDN'T EVER RUN! USOPP'S MY CREWMATE! I TRUST HIM WITH MY LIFE, AND I KNOW THAT NO MATTER WHAT, NO MATTER HOW SCARED HE WAS, USOPP WOULD NEVER RUN! HE'D STAY AND HE'D BEAT YOU IN ANY SNIPING CONTEST A MILLION
TIMES—!"

"DAMN IT, WILL YOU STOP MAKING THIS SO DIFFICULT ALREADY?!" Usopp, really Usopp this time, finally snapped with an infuriated roar as he ripped his mask off and threw it at the ground.
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I know that keeping Sogeking would be OOC, that This!Usopp is more confident than Canon!Usopp was at Enies Lobby. But, still...

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"LIKE HELL I CAN AFTER YOU SAID ALL THOSE NICE THINGS ABOUT ME!" Usopp spat. "THANKS TO YOU BEING SO DAMN NICE, IF I TRIED WEARING IT NOW, I'D FEEL GUILTY AS ALL HELL! I PUT ALL THAT WORK INTO IT AND NOW I DON'T HAVE ANY CHOICE BUT TO FORGET THE DAMN THING! THIS DAMN MASK—!" He raised a foot high...

"IS TOTALLY USELESS!"

CRACK!

And brought it down dead center on the mask.

"USELESS USELESS USELESS USELESS—!"

He then proceeded to do it a half dozen times more.
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It's just... It's just that... This... This...
This just ain't a place for no hero.

SOGEKING-SAMA!

*Ahem, ahem* Moving on...

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"Do you want that list chronologically, or alphabetically?" Chopper piped up from where he was working on something.

"HA! CALLBA—wait, you weren't even part of the crew BACK THEN!" Soundbite said.

"You talk in your sleep and I take good notes."

"THAT RAISES EVEN MORE QUESTIONS!"
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Why does this little exchange sounds so much like the foreshadowing of a incoming disaster, for me?

Moving on...

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Vivi smiled grimly as she held the metal orb up. "I didn't expect anything less. This is the Storm of Alabasta, more commonly renowned as the Logia-type Gust-Gust Fruit… which takes the form of a pomegranate."
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Now I'm picturing Vivi and Dragon fighting as back-to-back badasses on the far future.
It makes me shudder.

Xomniac said:
Vivi nodded. "And the Rage is the Hot-Hot Fruit—"

I blinked in recognition. "Which lets you control thermal energy, so that a person can burn people just with their mere presence!?"
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Hm, the Atsu Atsu no Mi? Heh, I know that you guys will do a better job than the team that wrote the filler. Hope that you have already planned something good to the fight against Don Accino, because on the original Luffy's victory felt like a asspull.

Moving on...

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"Rather horrible, I'm afraid, my dear Soundbite," T-Bone's groaning voice filtered throughout the car. "I'm soaked straight to the bone… though honestly, I suppose that's not saying much, is it?"

"Heh, skull-joke, nice!" I snickered.
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Ho, looks like Brook and T-Bone are going to become brothers-in-puns.

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And finally the Franky Family as a whole joined their voices to the chorus, turning it into a straight-up roar. "GO, LEO, GO! GO, LEO, GO! GO, LEO, GO!"
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I have no shame in admitting that I (IRL) cheered with them.
GO, LEO, GO!

Moving back...

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I shook my head as I tried to get my head back on track before turning to Chopper. "The next strongest is Kumadori. Big guy, long pink hair, and a master of Life Return, otherwise known as Bio-Feedback. He's also so hammy he might as well be cured, so if you praise him, you may be able to get some secrets out of him before the fight revs up."
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I'm telling you, this is going to end in disaster. Last time Chopper tinkered with Seimei Kikan, he gave birth to his own Mr. Hyde (that I like to call the Chopper Doctor, in contrast with Doctor Chopper). What is next, a third personality? Something worse?

Moving on...

Xomniac said:
A group of fifty soldiers who ride on wolves and have knives on their forearms; the Just Eleven Jurymen, eleven huge men who swing around steel balls and chains as big as they are; and Judge Baskerville, three people in one costume who swing a giant sword. Oh, and watch out for the mortar cannons, too."
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I half-expect Soundbite to start playing something like that when/if he meets Baskerville.

Moving on...

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"Doesn't seem fair, does it?" Zambai asked morosely as he tapped his bazooka in his palm.

"No, it really doesn't," Usopp shook his head regretfully as he loaded up his Kabuto's pouch. "These poor bastards don't even stand a chance."

"Please…" I scoffed as I hefted Lassoo onto my shoulder with one hand and flicked my baton out with the other.

"You say that as though they ever did."
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HOHOHOHO-HO. HOHOHOHO-HO, BOY.

Enies Lobby is going down.
 
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Lorostan said:
SOGEKING IS AWESOME!
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No, no no no....see, Giant!Usopp is Best Usopp. Sogepp is good for a gag or two, but clearly the one who aspires to the Pride of a Giant of Elbaf is the superior Hanapp.

Xomniac said:
A hand landed on my shoulder all of a sudden, and I turned my head to observe Usopp as his expression combined both an apoplectic flush and a ghastly pale. "Yeeesss?" I crooned.

"Are they saying… what I think they're saying?" Usopp ground out.

I jerked my head at the giants. "Why don't you find out for yourself?"

Usopp visibly balked for a second as he stared at the mournful titans… but it was only for a second, after which he steeled his gaze and back and strode forwards. "He—!" His voice croaked for a bit, but it firmed up once Soundbite amped it. "HEY! You two! Your captains, were they named Dorry and Broggy?"

Everyone opposite us jumped, giants and Marines alike, though their motivations were different. The giants did so in shock, while the Marines… they did so in bowel-dropping terror.

One of them tried to snap open a compartment in his gauntlet to talk to a baby snail hidden within, but Usopp responded by snapping his hand to his side before reconsidering and shooting it to his back. In less than a second, he unfolded Kabuto, drew, took aim, fired, and pegged the bastard between the eyes, dropping him like a sack of potatoes. Going by how the rest of the Marines snapped their hands up, where we could see them, nobody felt particularly lucky.

Meanwhile, Oimo recovered and blinked at Usopp in confusion. "H-How did you—?"

"And the island you and your crew left them to duel on!" Usopp forged on. "That was the prehistoric island of Little Garden, right!?"

"Eh!?" Kashi slowly clambered to his feet along with his companion as he stared down at Usopp. "How could you know that?"

"How could we not know? Before we came here, my crew met those bosses of yours, and we saw them fighting their duel! The great warriors of Elbaf fighting the same duel, over and over again, for the last hundred years!" Usopp boldly proclaimed, all traces of fear now long gone.

Oimo and Kashi fell on all fours, their eyes close enough to us that we could see our reflections in them. "WHAT!?" they bellowed in a furious synchronization. "ARE YOU SERIOUS!? IF YOU'RE LYING, WE'LL CRUSH YOU LIKE ANTS!"

"I'M NOT LYING!" Usopp shouted back at the top of his lungs, and on his own at that. "I'M TELLING THE TRUTH! ASK ME WHATEVER YOU WANT ABOUT THEM! ABOUT THEIR WEAPONS, ABOUT HOW THEY FOUGHT, ABOUT HOW THEY LOOKED, HOW THEY LAUGHED, ALL OF IT! I'LL ANSWER IT ALL! NO MATTER WHAT YOU ASK, IT'S THE TRUTH! I WOULD NEVER LIE ABOUT THIS! THOSE TWO…"

Usopp bowed his head for a moment before snapping his gaze up, determination blazing in his eyes. "I SAW THEM AS MY TEACHERS, MY MASTERS! THEY TAUGHT ME WHAT IT WAS TO BE A WARRIOR OF THE SEAS, TO BE SOMETHING I ONLY EVER DREAMED OFF BEING! I SWORE TO BECOME A GREAT MAN OF PRIDE LIKE THEM ONE DAY! YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME WHEN I TELL YOU THIS?! IT'S A FACT, AND I'LL SAY IT AS MANY TIMES AS IT TAKES! WE MET THEM! THEY WEREN'T CAPTURED FIFTY YEARS AGO! THAT'S NOTHING BUT A BIG, FAT, LIIIIEEEE!"
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Is our Nagahana-kun not the image of a Man? Eh, Boss? Who needs a cape and fancy smancy theme songs...no matter how cool they are.

Standing up for the pride of comrades is where it's at! Go Nagapp! Go!
 
So (since there's no way he'll ever let it go after this), how is Vivi going to make Ussop look cool with a cape?

Also, I'll raugh if Ussop's Pirate nickname ends up being Sogeking.
 
Well, looks like we will have to wait another week for Chapter 39 (unless it's posted mid-week again). As I found myself with a excess of free time (from procrastination), I made a thing to help pass the time.

Awhile ago, the Cross-Brain promoted a contest for the readers at SB. The challenge was simple, but quite interesting: to find songs from the real world that could fit the characters from their story. However, the fans who chose to participate could only submit songs for the members of the crew and their allies at the time, excluding even future crewmates like Brook and Franky.

Well, I know that the contest (that, again, was SB-only) already ended, but the following characters weren't options on the first place, and most of them haven't even met the crew yet. So it doesn't matter, right?
(The list is in no particular order).

Enemies:


Bellamy: We Will Rock You, by Queen
Charlotte Linlin: Ma Baker, by Boney M.
Caesar Crown: Come Little Children, by Katethegreat19
Oars-Luffy zombie: Guren no Yumiya, by Linked Horizon
Marshall D. Teach: Shiver My Timbers, by the Muppets (?!)
Donquixote Doflamingo: You're Gonna Go Far, Kid by The Offspring

Extras:

Shanks: Drunken Sailor, by Irish Rover
Brook: The Sore Feet Song, by Ally Kerr
The Chopper Doctor: Science Must Come First, by President Romana

(About Brook's theme: his dream is to once again, after more than fifty years of separation, meet with his lost friend Laboon. And he's going to do it by following Luffy to the end of the Grand Line until they cross the other side of the Reverse Mountain. It's a long, long journey).
 
I'm rewatching the Enies Lobby arc just to refresh my memory... And Spandam forgot to hang up. The Snail's mic has been off the hook since the causuality report of 5(00) down during Luffy's rush, before the others arrived. And the Marines on the island can't contact him. I had completely forgotten about that.

EDIT: Still watching the arc. Had to sleep.
Did Spandam actually press the golden Den Den Mushi by mistake holy... I am ashamed over how much of Spandams idiocy I've forgotten.
 
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Lorostan said:
Well, looks like we will have to wait another week for Chapter 39 (unless it's posted mid-week again). As I found myself with a excess of free time (from procrastination), I made a thing to help pass the time.

Awhile ago, the Cross-Brain promoted a contest for the readers at SB. The challenge was simple, but quite interesting: to find songs from the real world that could fit the characters from their story. However, the fans who chose to participate could only submit songs for the members of the crew and their allies at the time, excluding even future crewmates like Brook and Franky.

Well, I know that the contest (that, again, was SB-only) already ended, but the following characters weren't options on the first place, and most of them haven't even met the crew yet. So it doesn't matter, right?
(The list is in no particular order).

Enemies:


Bellamy: We Will Rock You, by Queen
Charlotte Linlin: Ma Baker, by Boney M.
Caesar Crown: Come Little Children, by Katethegreat19
Oars-Luffy zombie: Guren no Yumiya, by Linked Horizon
Marshall D. Teach: Shiver My Timbers, by the Muppets (?!)
Donquixote Doflamingo: You're Gonna Go Far, Kid by The Offspring

Extras:

Shanks: Drunken Sailor, by Irish Rover
Brook: The Sore Feet Song, by Ally Kerr
The Chopper Doctor: Science Must Come First, by President Romana

(About Brook's theme: his dream is to once again, after more than fifty years of separation, meet with his lost friend Laboon. And he's going to do it by following Luffy to the end of the Grand Line until they cross the other side of the Reverse Mountain. It's a long, long journey).
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What were the songs chosen for the other main characters?

Also, for Chopper's other form, depending on just how crazy his Other form will be, and how tough it'll be to transition back, I would go with The Doctor is Dying.
 
It has been noted on this thread the the WG is going to send everything they got at the straw hats right now. However how many people can you think of who would take advantage of the WG's distraction? Cavendish might do something big to try and grab the spotlight can you think of anyone else?
 
This might be one of the few times someone could punch a Celestial dragon in the face and get away with it. Who do you think might take the oppertunity? It is too bad in a way that Ace has not been captured I would like to see whitebread make a move. Actually is there anything Red hair Shanks might want to do?
 
fictionfan said:
This might be one of the few times someone could punch a Celestial dragon in the face and get away with it. Who do you think might take the oppertunity? It is too bad in a way that Ace has not been captured I would like to see whitebread make a move. Actually is there anything Red hair Shanks might want to do?
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... quote something if your going to make a random statement like that. Your literally coming out of nowhere with that statement.
 
Xomniac said:
"GAUTAMA FUCKING DAMN IT!" Sengoku raged as he planted a brilliant fist in what little of his office wall remained before raising his voice. "SOMEONE GET ME GARP! GET ME TSURU! GET ME AOKIJI! GET ME EVERYONE RIGHT FUCKING NOW!"

"E-Everyone—!?" stammered one of the very few Vice Admirals who hadn't fainted in the initial blast of existential pressure that the Admiral of the Fleets had emitted.

"EEEVERYYYOOONE!"

"Huh, didn't think he could get that hammy anymore…" Garp muttered around the ricecracker he was munching on as he warily eyed the roof of his office.

Said ricecracker promptly found itself inhaled when a golden hand shot through said roof and grabbed his head.

"GET THE FUCK IN HERE AND PAY FOR THE SINS OF YOUR BLOOD, YOU DAMN BASTARD!"

"Shit," Garp summarized weakly before he was pulled up and out of his office.

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If they are sending all that who would they send about any other emergencies?
 
Xomniac said:
"Usopp wouldn't run away!" Luffy reasserted firmly, so filled with conviction that he failed to notice 'Sniper King' starting to twitch like someone trying to dance to will. . "Not today, not from this!
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Dance to wilt, perhaps? Also got an extra space and . here.
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"TRY IT, puffball!" Soundbitesnarled, snapping his jaws for emphasis.
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Soundbite snarled, snapping
Woo, lots of action this chapter. I look forward to seeing all the butterfly triggered from a live broadcast of Enies being shredded by the Straw Hats.
 
I'm really looking forward to the next chapter, particularly the momentous scene on the tower when Robin says she wants to live-- hands down one of the single greatest One Piece moments ever. I am a bit curious how Cross-brain is gonna handle the fights, since the Straw Hat crew is now double, if not triple the size it was in canon. Not enough opponents to go around unless A) they tag team opponents, B) some are put on Mook detail, or C) the Marines arrive on Enies Lobby a lot sooner thanks to the SBS's forewarning and Sengoku being royally pissed.

One private little piece of headcanon for me, though: when Robin finally reunites with Cross and the rest of the crew, I'll imagine this song playing in the background:

This song works so perfecty for that moment: up until joining the Straw Hats, Robin had never met anyone who genuinely cared about her, especially not enough to openly declare war against the world for her. After having to endure 20 years of betrayal and hatred, Robin had begun to believe that she really was better off dead, and she couldn't have believed she'd ever love anyone as much as she does the Straw Hats. The last verse especially fits for the moment of their tearful, well-deserved reunion. it's a sappy song for sappy moments and sappy people, and I'm as sappy as they come.
 
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Lorostan said:
Well, looks like we will have to wait another week for Chapter 39 (unless it's posted mid-week again). As I found myself with a excess of free time (from procrastination), I made a thing to help pass the time.

Awhile ago, the Cross-Brain promoted a contest for the readers at SB. The challenge was simple, but quite interesting: to find songs from the real world that could fit the characters from their story. However, the fans who chose to participate could only submit songs for the members of the crew and their allies at the time, excluding even future crewmates like Brook and Franky.

Well, I know that the contest (that, again, was SB-only) already ended, but the following characters weren't options on the first place, and most of them haven't even met the crew yet. So it doesn't matter, right?
(The list is in no particular order).

Enemies:


Bellamy: We Will Rock You, by Queen
Charlotte Linlin: Ma Baker, by Boney M.
Caesar Crown: Come Little Children, by Katethegreat19
Oars-Luffy zombie: Guren no Yumiya, by Linked Horizon
Marshall D. Teach: Shiver My Timbers, by the Muppets (?!)
Donquixote Doflamingo: You're Gonna Go Far, Kid by The Offspring

Extras:

Shanks: Drunken Sailor, by Irish Rover
Brook: The Sore Feet Song, by Ally Kerr
The Chopper Doctor: Science Must Come First, by President Romana

(About Brook's theme: his dream is to once again, after more than fifty years of separation, meet with his lost friend Laboon. And he's going to do it by following Luffy to the end of the Grand Line until they cross the other side of the Reverse Mountain. It's a long, long journey).
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Shanks should probably be Alestorm - Drink
 
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