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 Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2009 9:45 pm
I heard you on the wireless back in Fifty Two. . . Sara would merely peer through a door before walking fully out into the deck. She would see a wide array of training dummies on the deck that Zeff was just tearing through with powerful kicks. He would finish it off by send a straight snap kick at the chin of the dummy. It would be sent flying up into the air. He was jumping around although she could tell that he was an aged man. After all, he was breathing quite heavily and his style was just a tad bit sloppy from the rumors of him that she had heard. Although it was expected for him to not be as great as he was in his prime days of piracy. Sara would put on a look of nervousness as she would walk out into the deck. Zeff would see her just as he would send a kick straight to one of the many dummies head and then right on to the stomach. Zeff would look over as Sara would walk through. A slight smile on his face.
Kick Uppercut: 3 - 4 Posts Lying awake intent at tuning in on you.
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Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2009 9:57 pm
I heard you on the wireless back in Fifty Two. . . Sara would smile too as she would walk closer to Zeff. "So, the first thing is called a Kick Uppercut." He would walk forwards and with a direct kick to the chin of the dummy he would send it flying up into the air with great speed. This, of course, would lead to the enemy being open and available for further attacks quite obviously. That would mean that Sara would gain the upper-hand in a situation such as this. Leaving an opponent wide open only for them to be assailed by several strikes. Sara would copy what Zeff had did. She would run at the dummy and drop her upper body while raising up one leg and keeping the other at a 45 degree angle with the other leg to keep herself balanced. The dummy would soon be sent flying into the air from the Kick Uppercut. From inside the restaurant a few loud crashes could be heard. Apparently a fight would be breaking out.
Kick Uppercut: 4 - 4 Posts Lying awake intent at tuning in on you.
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Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2009 9:59 pm
I heard you on the wireless back in Fifty Two. . . The two would walk into the restaurant and Patty was pulling out a rather huge'ish looking bazooka and Carne was pulling out what would appear to be a giant spinning fork. A man in a brightly colored outfit was in the restaurant. Yelling with anger. He was quite obviously an armed man as he would pull out a pistol. Zeff would tell Sara to run and that is just what she would do. Leaving the Baratie behind she would know that Zeff and the others would do fine. Lying awake intent at tuning in on you.
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Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 11:40 am
Ben slowly stepped off of his boat and onto the Baratie's outside platform, looking around for a certain man. His pack was weighed down from the weight of the Pearl Hand Shields, but he had grown use to it and it helped him train. Continuing to wander the outer platform he finally came across the man who he was looking for, there stood a large man with silver colored symbols all over his body. Looking up to him he made a slight wave, but the man simply paid no mind to him. "Excuse me" Ben said in a small hushed tone, but the man seemed to pay him no mind, let alone did he hear him. "Excuse me!" he shouted louder and this time the man turned to him "What?" he asked in a calm tone, wondering what a little kid like him would want "Well, I was wondering if you could teach me a few of your techniques? I have the equipment." As he reached into his bag the man began to laugh "You want me! To teach you!?" he continued laughing at this as if it was a joke. Ben held the pearl shields in his hands and just frowned "Give me a chance!" he shouted. "Well alright" he said, trying his best not to laugh at the fact he was going to teach a child the age of fifteen his techniques "First I'll teach you Pearl Surprise"
Pearl Surprise
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"So can you give me a little demonstration?" Ben asked Pearl as he finally got the hang of the weight of the Pearl Hand Shields. "Example?" he asked confused at this, but finally understood "Oh! I see!" he said with a smile as he turned to the wall of the Baratie Resteraunt lifting his hand up into the air. "Just a simple punch to the opponents face with one of your hand shields, that is if you can hold up the weight of them" Pearl explained sending his Hand Shield forward in a punch towards the wall. When it collided it caused a very large crack to appear and Pearl had a large grin on his face. "I see, seems easy enough" Ben replied moving towards the wall and raising the pearl shield held in his right hand. It was difficult to hold the weight up, but he finally managed to hold it and than in one large blow he fired a punch with the Hand Shield at the wall. A crack appeared when it collided almost the size of Pearl's, but a little bit smaller. "Well done" Pearl said giving him a slight nod showing that he had accomplished it "Now let's move on"
Pearl Surprise
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Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 11:41 am
"The next technique I'll be teaching you is called Pearl Cymbals, the only difficult about this is where you aim the attack and holding the cymbals in place for a few seconds. To begin-" he continued to explain as he walked over to a large mast that was positioned on the Baratie. "-let's pretend this is the neck of your opponent, simply raise your hands on both sides and than clash them together on their neck just as if they were symbols." As he spoke he gave a visual aid by placing his hands on the left and right side of the pole and than slammed them together like he was playing the cymbals. The mast shook from the impact and it had to be a powerful blow to shake such a large thing. "If done correctly it can make a person black out, it's a good move for battle" he said as he stepped away from the mast extending his hand towards it "You're turn" he said with a smile.
Pearl Cymbals
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Walking over to the same mast he clenched the Pearl Hand Shields tightly in his hands looking down at them and than at the pole. "Just like cymbals?" he asked looking back over his shoulder at Pearl "Just like cymbals only a little heavier" he said with a smile and than stood quiet once again, awaiting for Ben to attempt the technique. Lifting one arm to the left of the pole and his other arm to the right of it, he tried to keep his balance, but they weighed to much for him and caused him to fall over to the right. Ashamed from failing such a simple technique he quickly stood up and looked up at Pearl, wondering how he would react to his mistake. In his past experience, he'll either be helped or hit, he was hoping more for the helping than the hitting. Pearl simply looked at him, surprised that Ben hadn't done anything "What are you waiting for?" he asked, raising an eyebrow at him "Get up and try it again". Ben smiled at his words and quickly stood upright and in front of the mast, readying to attack.
Pearl Cymbals
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Clenching the Pearl Hand Shields tightly once again, he stared at the mast for a short time, wondering where and when to strike. If he waited to long than his arms would get tired, and if he did it to quickly than he would lose his balance and would have to start over. It was all a matter of preparing yourself, but keeping your strength up in the process, truely a challenge for Ben's strength. Lifting the Hand Shields to the left and right of the mast he knew that he couldn't hold them there for long and he could feel sweat already coming from his forehead. Ben's arms began to shake slightly and he knew that if any time was to strike it would be now. Gripping the Hand Shields harder he prepared to strike, and this time he knew he could do it.
Pearl Cymbals
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The Pearl Hand Shields collided with the mast with a large amount of force, not only did the mast crack from the force, but Ben too shook from the amount of force that traveled through the Hand Shields up his arms. Trembling still even when the force was gone he placed his arms back down to his sides and the Hand Shields slipped off his knuckles hitting the wooden floor below with a loud 'thud' "Did I do it?" he asked turning to look over his shoulder to see how Pearl would react for him mastering this technique. "I will admit, you got talent, and I'm pretty sure that was the real thing so I guess you did master that. Hurry up and recover and we'll move on to the next thing" Pearl didn't really care on how Ben felt, but still he managed to form a small smirk at how such a kid could get this technique.
Pearl Cymbals
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Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 11:42 am
"Alright than, this next technique will be a beginner for a future technique that I'll teach you, but first let's just learn this one. I will admit, it will be somewhat difficult, but I bet you can do it" Pearl explained to Ben who was now resting on the wooden floor from doing the recent technique, he listned closely to what Pearl had to say "This is what I like to call the Pearl Diver, simply hit the ground with such force using both of your hand shields and this will propel you in the air, it's that easy!" Pearl closed his eyes and smiled realizing that it was a pretty simple technique if you could just overcome the weight of the Two Hand Shields weighing you down in the air. "Do you think you could do a quick demonstration?" Ben asked, he was now standing up and already had the Hand Shields on in preperation. "Sure why not" came Pearl's happy voice.
Pearl Diver
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Pearl began lugging himself over to a nice flat area of the Baratie ship that had nothing that would get in the way for when he used the technique. Ben followed behind him but was stopped as Pearl held a hand up towards him "You might want to stand a few feet back" he warned Ben as he lifted both of his hands up into the air. Ben nodded and than walked back a few feet before turning around to watch the technique in action. Pearl took a deep breath and than slammed both of his Pearl Hand Shields onto the ground, causing the ground to crack and shake slightly. From the two punches, Pearl was launched high up into the air, flipping slowly once and than twice from gravity pulling him down. He landed on the floor with a very loud 'thud' causing the crack to increase in size "And that's it" he said with a smile.
Pearl Diver
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"Seems pretty simple, but I bet there's a catch" Ben would say both to Pearl and to himself "Well, the weight of the Hand Shields can bring you down and you need to punch the ground pretty hard to get yourself up into the air, but I think you can do it" Pearl reassured him in a kind voice, but also a very serious and stern voice. Ben gave a quick nod and than walked over to where Pearl had first performed the technique. The ground was cracked from where Pearl had gone, so he moved forward a few feet to make sure he didn't break through the boat. Raising both Hand Shields in the air, he found it difficult to hold them up, but he knew that he wouldn't have to hold them up for long. Deciding to try now he brought both Hand Shields downward, slamming them hard onto the ground and could feel himself being lifted up. Only when he opened his eyes did he realize that he had only gone up a few inches, not even as high as Pearl had gone "Alright, I can do this" he muttered to himself, giving himself some moral support.
Pearl Diver
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Taking a deep breath he looked down at the ground below him, trying to figure out if maybe going up had something to deal with you hitting a certain area. Lifting the Pearl Hand Shields above his head once again he prepared himself to use the technique. Using all the force he had in his body, he slammed the Pearl Hand Shields down into the ground, causing the ground to crack from the force. When he opened his eyes he saw that he was in the air and that he had successfully performed the technique. He was overjoyed and terrified at the fact that he didn't know how to land "Hey! How do I land?" he yelled down to Pearl who had a shocked look on his face from Ben performing the technique "Just hope for the best!" he yelled back and Ben could already feel himself descending. He closed his eyes, awaiting the impact and in a few seconds a sharp pain traveled up his legs when he landed. "Ow!" he yelled out and fell over, hoping that nothing was broken he attempted to stand up from the recent injury. Even though it hurt to stand up, he was fine and wondered how Pearl would react to him completing yet another technique of his.
Pearl Diver
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If Pearl wasn't wearing the Pearl Hand Shields on his hands than he would have begun clapping at the achievements this simple boy had accomplished. When he first met the kid he found it funny that someone like him believed he could learn Pearl's techniques, but here he was accomplishing all of them and now he only had one more technique to teach him. "You did well, but sadly I can only teach you one more technique, it's one of my strongest, but I think you'll be able to do it" he said with a smile as Ben walked up to him "Thank you for everything" he said with a smile as he awaited instructions on what the final technique would be. Ben was filling up with joy, not only did he become stronger from all these teachings, but now he learned new techniques that he could use in battle.
Pearl Diver
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Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 11:43 am
"Alright, now it is time for me to teach you my most powerful technique, one that easily crush a persons bones in a single blow. Simply begin by using the Pear Diver which you have already learned, than you have to strengthen your body so you're able to land head first so you crush their body." Ben was slightly terrified and intrigued by this technique, on one hand he would learn a very powerful attack, on the other hand he was terrified of landing on his head, couldn't that seriously hurt him? He didn't care anyway, he had to become stronger and this was the only way for him to become stronger by learning. "Now, to help you learn I am going to set up something so you won't seriously injure your head" Pearl explained as he soon walked off to another section of the Baratie. Ben was thrilled to hear that he wouldn't be getting seriously hurt by practicing this technique, and wondered quietly to himself on what Pearl could be planning to do.
Tarnished Silver Surprise
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A few minutes later Pearl returned carrying a very large object slung over his shoulder. Ben stared at it in amazament wondering what on earth it could be and where Pearl had obtained such an object. Throwing it down on the ground Pearl smiled up at Ben "This is a practice dummy, it will represent a real human you are using this technique on and it will protect your head from the hard surface" Pearl explained as Ben continued to look the dummy over "Speaking of the technique" Ben replied, looking up from the dummy and back over to Pearl "What was it called again?" he asked wanting badly to at least here the name so he could get a picture in his mind on what the technique might look like. "The technique?" Pearl repetead Ben's words and than simply smiled at him "It's called-" he paused to build up tension on the scene "-Tarnished Silver Surprise"
Tarnished Silver Surprise
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"Tarnished Silver Surprise" Ben said quietly to himself, running the words over and over in his head and trying to figure out what exactly this technique involved, but no matter how many times he repeated it in his head and sometimes out loud he couldn't even get the faintest idea of what it could mean. "Could you show me exactly what it is?" he asked, anxious to learn this powerful attack, but to learn it he would have to see it first. "Certainly" Pearl replied in a cheery voice as he stepped a few feet away from the dummy "Wait! Don't you have to stand right next to it so you don't miss?" Ben shouted out, that's what he thought you had to do so you didn't miss. Pearl began laughing hard "No, in a real battle you can't get that close without risking getting hit, you need to do the Pearl Diver at an angle and make sure you fall right on the dummy. Now let me demonstrate" Pearl explained as he took a deep breath, eyed the dummy, and began preparing to demonstrate.
Tarnished Silver Surprise
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Raising both of his arms above his head he took aim at the dummy laying on the ground a few feet infront of him. Continuing to hold up the Pearl Hand Shields for a few more seconds until he felt it was time Pearl slammed them on the ground below them, sending himself flying into the air. While in the air he aimed himself above the dummy and as he was falling he made sure that he would land head first on the dummy. Ben couldn't help but flinch as Pearl began to fall faster and faster increasing the amount of force that would hit the dummy. After about a minute of falling Pearl's head slammed down hard on the dummy's stomach causing certain areas to rip open and a few bits of stuffing to fly out of going everywhere. "Well" Pearl said as he stood back up and looked back down at the dummy that was now ruined. "Didn't expect to do it that hard" Pearl explained as he chuckled to himself "I'll be right back with another one and when I return it will be your turn" Pearl said as he ran off to another section of the Baratie. All Ben could do was just blink and could hardly imagine doing such an attack.
Tarnished Silver Surprise
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Ben simply watched as Pearl dragged another dummy from who knows where and only when Pearl talked to him did he snap out of wondering where the dummys had come from "Are you ready?" were the words that entered Ben's ears and all he could do was simply nod to this. In truth, he wasn't ready, he was terrified of getting harmed, even though he already knew how to perform the technique, he had learned all the information needed and now it was time for him to try it out "Alright" he said stepping about two feet away from the dummy, making sure he knew the exact location of the dummy. "Whenever you're ready!" Pearl shouted to him, excited to see if such a kid could learn his most powerful attack. Ben stared one last time at the dummy and than at the ground below him, taking a deep breath and gripping the Pearl Hand Shields tightly he lifted them high above his head and prepared to use the technique, now confident that he could perform it.
Tarnished Silver Surprise
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The Hand Shields were heavier than normal and he wondered if it was just his fear making them heavier or if he was getting to tired. Now wasn't the time to think about resting though, he had to perform this technique for Pearl. Bringing both of his hands down he slammed both hand shields on the ground, sending himself flying high up into the air. As he began to fall he positioned himself to what appeared to him as the correct place where the dummys stomach was. Doing somewhat of a half flip he made sure that he was falling head first right towards the dummys. Feeling himself gaining more and more speed his heart began to beat faster and faster, wondering if he would survive such an impact or not. Than it came, he could feel himself colliding with the dummys chest, it didn't hurt as much as he thought it would, but it still hurt. Staggering to stand up he looked down at the dummy he was standing on, stuffing had gone everywhere, and from the looks of it he had done the technique correct, now it was all up to Pearl to tell him how he did.
Tarnished Silver Surprise
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"Very well done, you performed the technique perfectly, and now I have nothing more to teach you" Pearl said to Ben who was now standing a few inches away from him "Thank you for everything you have taught me" Ben said, slightly sad that he would have to leave, but happy that he had learned powerful moves to learn in battle. "I will be honest, when I first met you I didn't think you had what it took to learn these, but here you are learning them, go on your journey" he nudged Ben forward towards his boat and Ben simply smiled. Stepping into his boat, he placed the hand shields back into his bag and began sailing away to a new teacher.
Tarnished Silver Surprise
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Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 5:26 pm
The Baratie, a grand cuisine cruiser. It was a truly magnificent establishment, Noah boarded the ship believing that this would be a simple day out. The Baratie had a strange feel to it, as though it harbored something that was extremely skillful and somewhat scary. Noah continued because of his hunger but in truth he did not want to stay in the East Blue long, being a Northerner he felt that no other blue was could ever be as fun or as adventurous as the North. Head Chef Zeff, ran the place, he was notorious for being an ex-pirate.
Lethal Kick 1/2
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Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 5:38 pm
Head Chef Zeff came to greet Noah, "Welcome to the Baratie. I'm Zeff." he said with a stoic look on his face. Noah smirked at how ugly the man was, "Hello, head chef." Zeff smiled, "How did you know I was the head chef?" he asked as he delivered a quick and powerful kick to Noah's chest, literally knocking the air out of him. Noah caught his breath, "You're reputation," he paused, "How'd you deliver a kick like that?" Zeff laughed, "It's all about precision. Knowing where to hit. Placement is lethal if used to your advantage." Noah jumped up and kicked Zeff just as he had. It was well placed and effective.
Lethal Kick learned
2 of 2
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Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 5:44 pm
"Oh that's great" said Noah. He knew there had to be more to it than that,"Take another swing old man." he said. Zeff jumped into the air flipped, keeping balance with his hand while kicking Noah in both the face and the stomach. The pain rushed to both places of the body, a clever technique by Zeff but none the less Noah couldn't see any other unique things while he did it. "Some how I feel that the fact that you hit me in both places reduced the overall pain intake due to the fact that I couldn't just focus on one part of his hurting body.
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2 Kick Combo
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Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 5:46 pm
Zeff smirked, "whats confusing you?" he asked. Noah smiled, "I don't have any confusion." Zeff frowned, "In that case, what the hell is wrong with you?" Noah stood still for a moment, "It just seems less effective than the last one. Do it again Zeff, do it again." Zeff went in for another attack, this time Noah caught one of the legs but Zeff had always had extremely powerful legs, even in his old state of life. Noah couldn't handle it the kick went on through. In truth the first attack had been extremely painful as well.
2 of 4
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Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 5:47 pm
Noah used the same style of attack as Zeff, he used his arm to keep balance on the ground while he propelled his legs in the air. He struck both Zeff's face and stomach. The positioning of the kicks felt off to him, he felt he might have been off balance. Zeff wasn't hurt, Noah knew something was wrong. "Trying to catch a man off guard?" he asked in an angry manner. Noah remained silent as he stood back up. "I figured you'd expect another attack, seeing as I try to demonstrate everything I see." Noah responded. "Yes, monkey see, monkey do." remarked Zeff indirectly and strangely trying to insult Noah.
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2 kick combo
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Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 5:52 pm
"Your stance was off." said Zeff, Noah nodded, he had known something was wrong, he didn't really want to hurt an old man. Not because he was old but because he probably was experience full of knowledge of the sea and combat. He tried again, this time not on Zeff and he did it correctly, Zeff laughed with approval, "Good one. Looks like you can kick now." Noah knew what he meant, Zeff was a master of kicks and honestly although Jesus Burgess had taught him a few tricks Zeff was a the true master.
2 kick combo 4 of 4
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Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 6:08 pm
Upon further inspection Noah realized that the place was empty. This was supposedly "Why isn't anyone eating?" asked Noah, who actually didn't care. He just wanted to make a little small talk as most people do. Zeff answered, "Well kid, I guess you didn't notice the freaking sign but, we're closed. I don't even know why you're in here..." Noah was surprised that he hadn't noticed the sign. His mind must have been too focused on food to notice the sign, usually he paid extremely attention to detail. Maybe Zeff was lying.
1/6 6 Kick Combo
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Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 6:22 pm
Noah stood in his place. Zeff made a frown, "Well, get out, we're closed. What don't you understand?" Noah didn't know if he was kidding or not but he wasn't concerned with whether Zeff got angry or not. The man always seemed to have a grumpy mood. Noah still didn't move, he wanted to get some food or at least learn a trick or two. "GET OUT!" shouted Zeff. Noah slowly walked out, "I don't see what the problem is, all I want is some food." The problem is, "We are closed!" he yelled once more.
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