Stranded

[timezten]

The large vessel floated on aimlessly in the unforgiving waves of the grandline. It’s captain was draped lifelessly over the railing. His enormous frame seemed more fitting as a figure head than a passenger. “UUUUUUUGGGHHHH!!!!!!! SOOOOOOOOOOO HUNGRY!” He whined, the first sign of life he exhibitive in hours, sliding back onto the deck and dragged his feet as he walked toward his helmsman. “Johnny, when are we going to get to the next island? We need to supply… I thought you were good at navigating?” He said as he picked his nose seemingly disinterested in who actual fault it was they were so far off course.

Johnny attempted to ignore his captain’s whining and focus on the sea and log but this was the last straw. ”Now it’s my fault? Who was the idiot that created a huge title wave that not only almost killed us but knocked use completely off course?” He asked clenching the log in his fist attempting to keep himself calm, hoping he may be able to get through to Owen. However, as usual, all he received for his efforts was a blank stare from the giant. ”Stop living in the past Johnny, it’s not healthy.”

[Monkey D. Luffy]

"Stop arguing so much!" interrupted Henry as he came out of a door onto the deck. "You guys scream too much, and I've noticed its always about dumb stuff so no offense but sut up." he said as he looked at the nearly dead giant.

"Isn't that an island?" teased Hal to get the giant to move since it was disturbing watching him do nothing at all.

[Koske]

Koske listenned. He didn't do anything, but with all the food blown in the new member celebration he had nothing to do. He simply watched the clouds and chewed on the last of the rice. He yawned lightly and swallowed as he continued to listen.

[Monkey D. Luffy]

Hal was staring at the island as he thought he saw two huge figures moving, he then rubbed his eyes and looked again, there was nothing anymore. Now it was just a lot of smoke.

"Do you guys think something is onfire over there?" he asked pointing at the island which was emmitting a bit of smoke.

[Koske]

Koske looked up. He looked over the island. "Doubt it, it looks like a volcanic island, so I'd guess it's an eruption," He said calmly. He had another ace in his analysis, he could feel the tremmors of the earthquake, eve if it was muffled by the water, but he decided that one was worth not mentioning. He then fell back to watching the sky, but felt another tremmor, this one weaker, but also it traveled across the top of the waves. He flicked up, whatever caused the tremmor was above the surface. "Something happened on the island! an explosion or something." He looked, but saw no evidence for such, but he couldn't see anything else it could be. "Johnny, can you hear anything?"

[timezten]

Johnny stopped arguing Owen and turned back to the island sitting on the horizon. "Yeah, I've been hearing it for a while now. At first I thought it was just the hunger and sea playing tricks on me. I usually can never hear voices this far out but with someone knocking us completely off course I had no choice but to steer to it... I guess we got lucky." He paused in a moment of reflection, a sigh of relief: the island was a pleasant welcome from starvation even if the sounds growing from it were terrifying. Nothing could have been as bad as this annoying poking in his arm. "Oi... OIIII." He was like a little child desperate for attention, but in giant years he was a little child. "OIIIIIIIIIIIII" Johnny snapped finally turning toward Owen and shouting. "WHAT?" Owen stopped the poking and blinked "Why aren't we docked yet, I'm hungry." Johnny's eye twitched, a blood vessel may have popped.

[Monkey D. Luffy]

"I wonder what it could be" Hal thought out loud as he looked towards the island, he was waiting to dock so he could go out and check what was going on at the island. He grabbed his swrods and hooked it onto his belt and stood up, he walked to the tip of the boat and tried to see if he could spot anything on land.

[Koske]

Koske stretched and figited to get comfy as he sat up. "I can't see any towns, I think we're just gonna have to dock down a river" He started climbing down the sail ropes slightly, but the tremmors where worrying him, then suddenly a large one occured, he last his footing, hanging on by his hand alone, before letting go to simply fall to the deck. he was around half way down the sail, and he knew he'd land on it to cussion his fall anyways, so he didnt have much to worry about, but he needed to think of who to send where when they did dock. He fell into the sail, but the giant's ship sail had a sail the size to suit it, it enveloped hm, and Koske ended up sitting in the sail rather than falling to the deck, a failing in his plan, he mis calculated, hopefulyy something he wouldn't do again, but the tremmors where effecting his thinking, at least a little; so he took the easy route. "we first need to find the source of those tremmor's, then we find restock the galley, otherwise we wait, it looks tropical, they should have some nice beaches, and then when the log-post is set we carry on our path." he thought for a second, without any obvious human activity this was the best plan to waist the time he could think of, and it gave him a chance to use some fresh fruits too, though it didn't take into consideration what the tremmors where, but with this crew, they could probably overcome anything, so that didn't matter. The plan was sound, with all current info. "any objectons, cap'n?"

[timezten]

All the while Koske spoke the island grew closer. That large tremble that nearly shook him free of his grasp was the anchor being rocketed into a nearby rock face like a harpoon. The giant tired of waiting, literally dragging the ship onto the beach: there it was docked. Koske had underestimated his crew, they didn't have to do things the normal way: all monsters in their own right. His captain had the strength, Hal the skill and Johnny... well Johnny has the... he has... And with Koske's brains they could be unstoppable, if only Owen could get him to think big, think enormous, think extraordinary, to think giant. "Yosh! Sounds good, Imma go find some food first." Owen half-listened to the plan but he had complete trust in his first mate, if he told him to jump in a volcano he wouldn't think twice... to push Johnny in first. However he did trust his stomach more and when it told him it was time to eat it was time to eat. "OI Johnny, help me catch some meat, you make great bait. BAHAHAHAHA!"

Johnny groaned, was that all he was good for, bait? His eyes cutting to Koske to see if was paying any attention to what had been going on. "He beached us... Ugh an idiot really only thinks with his stomach huh?" He asked with an heavy sigh, that idiot was his captain. His hand planted on the railing helped launch him over it, his sandaled landing in the sand below. He buried his hands in his pockets and followed after that idiot which made him wonder just whom was the bigger idiot. "I'll steer him away from as much trouble as possible," he paused letting out a groan at just the thought. "If anything happens just yell, this place seems pretty small I should be able to hear you." Make as many jokes as you liked but when it came to resourcefulness, there was nobody you could count on more than Johnny. He was a jack of all trades and useful in any position you placed him. When you wanted to make sure something got done always look at Johnny first.

[Monkey D. Luffy]

Hal agreed with what they said "yeah, also I could go get some boar meat or something" he said out-loud to the crew. He knew he was in the mood for meat. He saw as the island grew closer and suddenly he thought he saw a viking helmet. It was probably just the seas playing tricks on him, land would do him great. They were about to make it to the edge of the islands coast when Hal took his shirt off and his shoes and such and dived into the water "I'm getting a heads up!" he yelled at them as he began swimming towards the island, but right as he made it there wsa another tremmor and he fell over.

[Koske]

Koske pushed himself up from the deck that he'd fallen to before falling over in the beaching of the ship. His face said it all, with it's scorn towards the giant; 'cos he knew he would have to be the one to move the ship; Owen could, but it would end up being his job, not that it was difficult for him. He dusted himself off, and looked up, it wasa summer island summer; too hot for his liking, he'd always grown up in a colder climate, he wiped the sweat from his brow, "I'm gonna see if there's any damage to the ship from it's sudden dry docking, try and patch it up, and and I'll get it back out to water; when you all have some food come back, I'll stay guard the ship." He said, as he took his jacket off, and threw it over his shoulder, he was gonna get changed too; these clothes had been on for a bit too long, and they where far too thick for this heat. "Don't take too long! I want some adventure too!" he shouted out as he went below deck.

[timezten]

"Yeah yeah," Owen said with a bit of a defeated groan. Of course he couldn't just go out and get food, he wanted an adventure but nooo, now he'd have to wait. Pouting off into the lush tropic vegetation like a kid told to sit in the corner.

Johnny followed with a raised brow, "How is it Koske has such an effect on that big idiot? They didn't know each other before me right, Owen said he didn't have a crew." His suspicious eyes glanced up at the giant that proceeded to begin to clear the surrounding vegetation with his bare hands.

His eyes fell into deep thought once again, his chin falling into his hand. "Could it be that Koske is actually that strong that Owen doesn't want to pick an unnecessary fight?" "Here hold this." Owen voice cut through his thoughts as he looked up only to be confronted by a fist full of fruit. Johnny held out his arms catching most the best he could as Owen merely dropped them and walked away to clear even more vegetation.

Johnny grumbled under his breath stuffing an apple in his mouth but the totem pole of power had just shifted Johnny falling a peg lower. His hand dropped as his eyes widen in disbelief. He was the logia user, he should have been the strongest of the group. Sure he had already admitted his inferiority to Owen, but that guy was a monster so he didn't count, but for Koske to be stronger?

"No it can't be there has to be some other explanation... They do sort of argue like an married couple maybe they're..." Johnny paused as the realization of what he witnessed his captain doing finally dawned upon him. Looking up for his deep thought only to see the once lush rain forest barren and a giant make shift sign that read "free food" with an arrow drawn towards Johnny.

He was seriously being used as bait. He tried to yell but his apple was still stuck in his mouth like a pig ready for a feast. Infuriated Johnny reached for the fruit, yanking it from his teeth. "Idiot, only a fool like you would fall for such an obvious trap, besides animals can't even read Kanji" Oh no the stupidity was rubbing off, and not just on Johnny it seemed.

The rumble of the earth beneath his feet. A cup of water strategically place for cinematic effect rippled with each stomp until nothing. It lurked at the edge of the clearing, camouflaged in sight and sound as it stalked its prey. Uh... Owen. This isn't funny anymore just come on out and... Johnny's shakey voice echoed in the empty clearing.

A terrifying roar shook him to the core as the beast erupted from the trees in a flash. It barreled down upon the lone-Horizon-King pirate, it's over-sized fangs glistening. Johnny had never witnessed such a horrific creature, weren't dinosaurs suppose to be extinct? He froze in fear, too horrified to use the logia fruit, he stood there as the teeth closed in on him.

"Bahahahaha!" Owen came crashing down upon the beast with a make shift club he made from a tree. It crack over the dinosaurs head as it fell just short of devouring the navigator. "That's why you make the best bait, anyone else would have just ran for it. Bahahaha!" The giant laughed truly amused and impressed, dragging the catch back to camp by its tail leaving Johnny standing there. "Someone start a fire, I brought meat!"

"That bastard, I'll kill him one day... I SWEAR IT

"OI! Stop talking to yourself and bring the fruit already, I'm ready to eat."

((post 2000, I wanted to make it good... it just turned out to be more of the same only longer =P))

[Monkey D. Luffy]

Hal had already walked into the rain forest, he was exploring looking for food, a boar, while also searching for fruits, he saw a plant that had an enormous fruit which had a delicious aspect, he drew his sword and began running up the trunk of the tree until reaching the fruit then he jumped with eyes closed, as soon as he opened them he had a concentrated glare with which he cut the fruit of the plant and caught it in the word after he fell.

"Well, that was awesome" said Henry as he began walking he suddenly heard something, he turned around to see a moving bush, as he got closer to the bush the ground started trembling, he then fell over. Nothing was behind the bush anymore, he began walking back to where they had docked the boat.

He reached the shore and everyone was there, with a dinosaur, what the hell though Hal. He approached them with the large fruit. "Hey guys, I found a cool fruit." was all he said to them as he grinned, nothing about the temblors or anything.

[Koske]

Koske sat on the beach, as the ship floated out a little way into the sea and a landing boat sat on the shore; though that in itself was huge so that a giant could fit in, so he may have to do some more work later. All the holes where patched amicably and the anchor was pulled out of the rock face. For most people it'd be a days work at least, but with Koske's power shifting a ship from a sandy beach was no less effort than making someone fall over; so he had time to sit and sunbathe in his swimming shorts (pointless for a DF user like himself, but they looked call anyway) in dark red with a dark blue waves motif on the bottom, he also wore his jacket, despite the heat, and a pari of black sandles, so he didn't cut his feet on anything.

He sat on the beach drinking coconut mil straight from the husk... well, he had been, untill he spat it all out upon the sight of a dinosaur being dropped behind him. He'd heard of forgotten islands in the grand-line; three where known to him by name: Calomat Springs, a resort island inhabited by ancient beasts and trees as well as humans, Trenden Island, known for it's mammoths and smilidon, though also known as a winter island which this clearly wasn't, and Little Garden, which it appeared they had landed on. Akan had not seen this island, so Koske only knew it by name, it seems he'd taken a route his fathers research was relatively useless along, but it was no matter, that only made the adventure greater.

He flipped up into a seating possition as he looked towards Hal, who had also returned, the fruit must also have been ancient, something few rare others have had the chance to cook with; had he been a chef he'd have felt priveliged, but he was not, and thus he didn't care too much. "reptile meat is said to be very tasty" he said, not being able to think of much else, "and that fruit looks cool too." He stood up, and walked up to the dinosaur, almost as if to check it's validity, even though he knew Owen could never have made something so realistic... "Little Garden..." he said to himself, almost musing over it; he had heard the name, but this huge island was anything but 'little,' he wished he knew more.

[Monkey D. Luffy]

Hal removed the sword form his blade and then he began to move towards the dinosaur, he had never seen one, he had only known that there were ancient devils fruit but that's it.

He was inspecting the dinosaur when he heard Koske say "Little Garden"

"Is that where we are?" asked Henry as he looked at Koske. "I mean, is that the name of the island?" he repeated his question waiting for an answer, if this was that island, it would be a helluva adventure.