"Mocktown, is a town built from pirate-money." The bartender stated as he cleaned a few glass cups, "Pirates spend money like running water, you know. Fights and killings are everyday occurrences here, but the pirates rarely harm the locals here. After all, what good's money without people to accept it?"
Faythe sat between Luffy and Zoro with Nami on the other side of the first-mate. She was still in a retched mood thanks to that obnoxious man from the hotel. She stared down at her glass of apple cider, a finger circling the rim of her cup. She couldn't help but get this bitter taste in her mouth ever since, no matter how many glasses she tried to wash it down her throat, still parched. A pout present on her face as she listened to her crewmates.
Nami let out a sigh, her face growing more annoyed at how this town functioned, "I don't know... This town just ain't right."
Zoro had gulped down his whole beer mug, letting out a good sigh of satisfaction at the taste.
Faythe glanced back at the bartender silently.
The bartender, a well rounded man, with barely any hair on the top of head but some patches in the back. A yellow sash around his forehead, as Faythe glanced down at his rather strangely shaped tattoo on both his shoulders, down to his elbows. His mustache twitching up as a grin adorned his face, "Ahaha... Yeah, I suppose It's normal to think that, but there aren't many normal folks here in this town. The log here takes 4 days to record, so if you don't wanna get caught up in trouble, you should leave right after." He suggested.
Nami brought up her log pose and glanced down at the needle, "4 days huh... Then we shouldn't stay any longer than 2 days..." She turned to the bartender to ask something but was cut off sharply, "Barkeep-"
"HEY MISTER!"
"HEY MR."
Faythe then noticed a fairly large fellow almost twice the size of luffy sitting at the bar with them. He seem like a burly man with his unkept hair and missing toothed grin. He wore a black bandana on is head to try and keep his hair at bay. He and Luffy banged they're fists on the bar to grab the bartender's attention. She kept a narrowed look at the burly man, having this huge gut feeling that she shouldn't underestimate him.
The bartender looked up confused on who to attend to first, "Hm? What?"
"This cherry pie is so gross I thought I'd die!"
"This cherry pie is... To die for!"
Both men looked at each other for a second with puzzled expressions, not expecting each other's answers. As they continued to stare, they're glares sharpened into something along the way of challenging. They both grabbed they're mugs and chugged it down quickly.
"This drink is Terrrrrriiiific!"
"This drink is Terrrrrriiiible!"
The two both quickly sent each other a few angered glares and scowling faces.
"Somethin' wrong with yer tongue?" The burly man sneered.
"Somethin' wrong with your brain?" Luffy scowled.
The bartender stood in the middle with a nervous smile as he stared at the two pirates, "Umm... I ain't the cook so I don't really care either way..."
Faythe leaned on her palm and stared at the two, a lopsided grin appearing on her face. Something about the two of them together just looked funny to her. It might be how they interacted with each other and they're sudden rivalry, or maybe the silly bickering they spit at each other. But one thing was for sure, is that they were complete opposites.
Luffy whipped his head to the bartender, a smile ready, "Gimme 50 pieces of meat wrapped to go!"
The burly man grinned and pointed at Luffy almost mockingly, "Give me 51 cherry pies wrapped to go!"
Luffy glanced at the man for a sec, "Actually make that 52 pieces of meat."
"Know what, give me 53 cherry pies."
"That's right. I said 54 pieces of meat."
"55 pies will do."
"60 pieces of meat!"
"70 pies!"
"80!"
"100!"
After reaching 100 they swiftly went to square each other up with fuming faces, "WHAT, YOU WANT SOME OF THIS!?"
Faythe had burst out in a fit of giggles at the scene, her hand slapping the bar.
"HOW DO YOU GET A FIGHT FROM THAT!?" Zoro shouted out in confusion, but Faythe noticed how he gripped one of his swords, almost ready to join his Captain into a fight.
Nami stood up from her chair in a hurry, "Luffy! You promised, remember!? We don't even have the money to buy that much meat! We didn't come here to shop! AND YOU!" She turned to Faythe with a annoyed face, "Why didn't you stop him, I thought your were my ally!?"
Faythe shrugged with a indifference expression, "I wanted to know how far Luffy would go with the numbers, I was surprised he even made it to number 100." She snickered, but stopped when she felt the burly man's stare on her. He held a face of pure seriousness as he looked from her red hair to her eyes, then to how she reacted to him staring which was just a firm glare.
He then turned his attention to Luffy and started to rub his chin with a thoughtful look, "You a pirate..?"
"Yeah, so what!?" Luffy answered a bit too quickly.
"Bounty?"
"30 Mil!"
The man's face then started to morph into one of pure confusion, "30 mil? You...!?" But the confusion quickly shifted over to anger, "LIKE HELL YOU ARE! STOP LYING!"
"Cut it out!" Zoro was already done with them bickering.
Luffy stomped his foot on the bar, fuming in irritation, "I AIN'T LYIN'! IT'S THE TRUTH!"
Faythe let out a final chuckle and plopped a chicken stick in Luffy's mouth, "Alright boys, that's enough. We don't want anymore attention we already have. We aren't here to fight, remember Luffy?" She patted Luffy's head and sent the burly man a apologetic smile, "Sorry bout' that Mister."
"Zehahaha! No problem, girly. You just reminded me of a certain person that used to scold me a lot sometimes in the past." The man rubbed his neck chuckling at the thought.
"Oh really now." Faythe raised a brow, wondering who in the world could scold this huge built man.
"Fae!" Nami leaped over at Faythe and gave her a hug, "Thanks for taking care of the quarrel."
"Thanks lady, I didn't want any roughhousing inside the bar, anyway take this and leave, 50 cherry pies." The bartender placed a package with a purple cloth on the bar, all for the burly man.
Taking his package he sent one last glare at Luffy before departing out of the restaurant.
Zoro handed Faythe another glass of apple cider as he chugged down another mug of whatever alcohol this bar got left, "You looked like you needed another drink." He hummed.
Faythe let out a soft chuckle at the statement, "I have a feeling Imma need at least 5 times of these by the end of the night." She blew some of her bangs out of her eyes as she took a sip.
"Heh. You and me both." Zoro stared down at his drink thoughtfully.
She then slid the rest of her food over to Luffy as she had lost her appetite over the stale taste on her tongue. Luffy smiled at Faythe before gobbling her share of food like no tomorrow.
The creaking of the restaurant's door opening brought everyone's attention to a tall blonde with a eerie grin on his face. Everyone in the room looked on in fear or shock that he would come to such place.
"Is there a pirate wearing a straw-hat here...?"
Faythe narrowed her eyes at the man, not at all liking how he stared at Luffy with a hungry look in his eyes. She could already feel the bitter taste rising back up. She glanced over at Luffy warily as he turned around curiously.
"I-IT'S BELLAMY!"
"Heh... You the one with a head worth 30 mil?" He had his arms crossed over his pink tank top, with a ocean blue commander looking garmant over his shoulders. He wore a green sash around his hip with a really nicely designed, leather belt over it. What made Faythe screw her brows together in confusion is why wear white pants in this filthy town, "The one called Straw-Hat Luffy?"
"Huh?" Luffy turned his back towards the bar, with his elbows propped up.
"They named you after your hat?" Faythe snorted with a raised brow.
Zoro took a sip of his alcohol, looking like he was in for the gossip, "Seems like he's got business with you."
"Bellamy?" Nami kept glancing at her crew members and the blonde dude nervously, "Isn't that the same name as the pirate who rented out that hotel earlier?"
"Heh. Must be some cocky fellow." Faythe turned back around to drink the rest of her cider, "Maybe we should bring some cider back to the ship, it's actually not bad."
"Bring it back? Nah, just have that pervert remake you some, I'll bet he can make it better than this bar's." Zoro snickered, which earned him a playful smack on the shoulder.
"You two are way too relaxed!" Nami hissed in frustration at the crewmates.
Bellamy strutted down the aisles and tables, all the way towards the bar, on the other side of Luffy. Faythe and the other crewmates stared questioning at the blonde.
Luffy looked up at the man with a blank expression, "Whoa, I'm meetin' all the huge dudes today."
"Give me the most expensive bottle you have," Bellamy pointed at Luffy almost mockingly, "And a drink of his choice for my lil' friend here."
"Cocky." Zoro huffed, looking back down at his mug.
"A dick." Faythe scoffed, earning her a snicker from her green headed friend.
The bartender hesitantly grabbed a glass, looking at the blonde with an unsure look, "Alright..."
Nami's voice caught both Faythe and Zoro's attention, "Look, it's the same guys from earlier."
Faythe turned around in her seat and crossed her legs in a feminine manner, "The fur-coated scum?" She sneered. Her blue eyes slitted as she watched him walk through the door with his blonde side chick, Faythe could still hear her annoying high pitched voice.
"Ugh, what's with this shop? Reeks in here..." The blonde side chick leaned down on a random table and took a sniff of someone's alcohol, "I'm surprised people can even drink in this place."
"I'm surprised anybody can stay close to you and listen to that annoying voice of yer's." Faythe muttered, rolling her eyes, annoyed.
Zoro coughed into his drink. Nami let out a snort covering up her mouth quickly.
"Looks like they only serve cheap rum here."
"Seriously? No empty seats..?"
Faythe let out a smirk, "There's always the floor." She mumbled, watching closely as the fur coated scum look out a sword sized knife. She closed her eyes listening in to the other people in the room.
"What's with the knife...?"
"...That must be him. 'Big Knife Sarquiss.'"
A few screams ripped through the air as the fur coated scum cut a few people down, bodies flying to the floor. The bitter taste in her throat was rising again as Faythe placed her cup back down.
"The least you could do is offer us your seats..." One of their crewmates smirked.
"What a bunch of dense retards." The scum placed his foot on one of the wounded bodies. Taking a seat he placed his knife in a rest position on his shoulder. He then started to lick the blood of his knife, "Heh..."
"What are they tryin' to stir up a fight in here?"
"Who cares let's just drink..."
The bartender came back and placed down two glasses down for the two captains, "Here. Enjoy your drinks."
"Bellamy loves to play around..."
"Tell me about it.."
Faythe did not like the sound of that.
"Drink up." Bellamy gestured to Luffy's drink, with a smirk.
"Oh, thanks!" Luffy grinned happily, taking the free drink to his lips, "Haha. So you're a pretty nice guy, after all."
But right after he said that, his crewmates looked on in pure shock.
"WHA!?"
"LUFFY!" Zoro quickly reached for a sword.
"EYO!" Faythe instantly flexed out sharp feather from her arm.
Bellamy had slammed his hand into Luffy's head and crashed it into the bar's table, sending wooden splits and glasses into the air.
"AHHHH! He's done it now!"
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! YOU'RE A RIOT, BELLAMY!"
In just seconds, Faythe was behind the blonde with her feathered sword at his nape, while Zoro was sitting on the remains of the bar with his sword closing dangerously at his neck.
Bellamy let out a chuckle at the two pirates.
"And what do you think you're doin'... Underlings...?"
Zoro never let his glare waver. Faythe edged her feather closer to his nape, a snarl releasing from her lips.
"That's... A question you should answer..."
"You son of a bitch..."
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Word Count:(2153)
Sorry for these late chapters, it's exams and the holidays....
These voting's will have no affect to the storyline for this series. So don't get your hopes up for these ships. I didn't really expect Robin to get more than Sanji and Nami because well... I haven't really done anything for her yet... Oh well! Here's the update on the voting!
Luffy - 14
Zoro - 12
Sanji - 2
Usopp - 0
Nami - 2
Robin - 3
Vivi - 3
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Author: *Whistles* Wow...!
Luffy: SuGOI!!! Why is my number the highest!?
Sanji: *Bonks Captain* You Idiot! It's to see who gets a fanart of themselves with FAYTHE-CHAN!!!!~
Zoro: Now I'm glad you have one of the lowest....
Sanji: WHATCHU SAY!? HuUhH???? YOu want some of this!?
Zoro: You heard me! *Whips out sword*
Luffy: If you wanted some votes, i could give you some if you really wanted! Shishishi!
Zoro & Sanji: I DON'T WANT YOUR PITY VOTES! *They both tackle the rubber man*
Nami: Geez these boys... Never a quiet moment with these three in a room...
Usopp: I'm actually surprised Luffy has a higher vote than Zoro. I mean I don't really see the childish Captain with the crazy bird lady.
Robin: Oh my~ It just shows how differently people view things. But I'm a little confused on mine... *leans into her palm, thinking*
Vivi: It's quite alright, It's not like a competition right?
*Everyone quiets down*
Vivi: It's not like a competition, right? *starts sweating bullets at the silence*
*Author pats the blunette on the head with a sympathetic look*
Author: It's always a competition in life. Ain't no way otherwise.
Vivi: EHHHHHHHHHHHHH!?