06-07-2015, 10:48 AM
"Huff . . . huff . . . whew . . The hell did that husky bruiser come from?" Luffy muttered to nobody in particular, not that anyone was around to hear regardless. The bomb-blustered landmass was scantily barren by comparison to days prior. An eerie silence befell the plundered paradise.
Ding!
"Wait a sec . . where . . am I? I'm . . back on the Island? I'm . . I'm back! I'm me!" The pirate celebrated, frantically patting himself down with fervor. The blow to his dome, compliments of the gun-toting space marine, seemed to have weakened Darkrai's cohesive grip. Mugiwara was finally in control again.
Elation soon floundered into anguish as he winced with a click of his teeth; innumerable patches of flesh-torn abrasions quickly drew him into a buckling slump. Rusted prongs jutted out from his elastic dermis, his arm refusing to obey signals from the brain, seething pain along his shoulder blade, scarred burn marks stretching the expanse of his left leg. To put it lightly, this was not his best day. With a forced chuckle, Straw Hat quietly pledged to plan his next vacation somewhere with a more pleasant itinerary.
"Ow! Owowowow! Damn it, what's that wicked jerk been doing with my body?!" The battered youth bellyached irately whilst clutching the sniper rifle at his side, nearly bending the titanium alloy with a fuming grip. Placing the butt-end against dredged soil, Straw Hat hoisted himself up via makeshift crutch. Glancing around to absorb his surrounding, the perforated prime loosed a sigh of reprieve. Threats of impending danger were in short supply, but so too were friendly faces.
He was alone. All alone.
Absolute seclusion, something the adventure seeker was rather unfamiliar with, weighed heavily on him. Craning his neck, Luffy waxed tender thoughts of fellow comrades. Back home, somewhere, his crew awaited his return. Amidst the isle of Cinnabar, his wacky group of misfits awaited his return. Here, on this very cove of murder and mayhem, his freshly coveted allies awaited his return.
Everyone was waiting for him, though the rubber youth could do little to sate their yearning. Mugiwara erroneously underestimated this island, this 'competition,' this house of horror. The marred captain tensed, angry at himself, at his own shortcomings. Why was he so weak? So frail? So vulnerable? The things he's done . . . the people he'd harmed . . . most of all, the friends he'd let down.
"Ergh, if only I hadn't been so stupid. If only I hadn't been such easy pickin's for that trash pokefreak. You bastard! I could have helped them! I could have done something! Now they're dead! I know you can hear me! Come on, speak up!" Delving into his own cognizance, Straw Hat commanded Darkrai to reveal himself. Not one to disappoint, the nightmarish entity promptly emerged from a sea of wispy shadows.
Quit your yammering, I've got a heeaadache. Moreover, don't provoke me you primeape. Just count your graaaces, little one, while you still can. In a twist of positive fooortune, that brooding homo-sapien managed to sever my supreeemacy over your cerebrum.
Ah? I don't really understand what you're saying but whatever, I've got my body and brain back! Kishishishi. Bleeehhh! Luffy jovially mocked, splaying his tongue out and erecting a solo middle-digit at the dusk-veiled legendary, whom merely gnarled resent before retreating back into the shady depths.
******
Transgressing back into the material realm, one no more joyous than his topsy-turvy psyche, Straw Hat wrangled together his embarrassingly scarce belongings and hiked forth at limping pace. The pirate hadn't an inkling of how long this newfound control might last, but time was a luxury he nor the remaining primes still littered about could afford.
"I'm sorry, everyone. I'll stand tall for you . . ."
Luffy vowed to bare all piercing fragments of guilt until such a time wherein he could rectify all aberrations. Their sacrifices empowered him, drove him. His fists now brandished the spirits of the fallen, and he grew nothing short of delighted to enact the role as their vassal of vengeance.
Survival was his obligation, victory was his compulsion, but aiding those dear to him was his prerogative.
"Time to end this game . . . "
Ding!
"Wait a sec . . where . . am I? I'm . . back on the Island? I'm . . I'm back! I'm me!" The pirate celebrated, frantically patting himself down with fervor. The blow to his dome, compliments of the gun-toting space marine, seemed to have weakened Darkrai's cohesive grip. Mugiwara was finally in control again.
Elation soon floundered into anguish as he winced with a click of his teeth; innumerable patches of flesh-torn abrasions quickly drew him into a buckling slump. Rusted prongs jutted out from his elastic dermis, his arm refusing to obey signals from the brain, seething pain along his shoulder blade, scarred burn marks stretching the expanse of his left leg. To put it lightly, this was not his best day. With a forced chuckle, Straw Hat quietly pledged to plan his next vacation somewhere with a more pleasant itinerary.
"Ow! Owowowow! Damn it, what's that wicked jerk been doing with my body?!" The battered youth bellyached irately whilst clutching the sniper rifle at his side, nearly bending the titanium alloy with a fuming grip. Placing the butt-end against dredged soil, Straw Hat hoisted himself up via makeshift crutch. Glancing around to absorb his surrounding, the perforated prime loosed a sigh of reprieve. Threats of impending danger were in short supply, but so too were friendly faces.
He was alone. All alone.
Absolute seclusion, something the adventure seeker was rather unfamiliar with, weighed heavily on him. Craning his neck, Luffy waxed tender thoughts of fellow comrades. Back home, somewhere, his crew awaited his return. Amidst the isle of Cinnabar, his wacky group of misfits awaited his return. Here, on this very cove of murder and mayhem, his freshly coveted allies awaited his return.
Everyone was waiting for him, though the rubber youth could do little to sate their yearning. Mugiwara erroneously underestimated this island, this 'competition,' this house of horror. The marred captain tensed, angry at himself, at his own shortcomings. Why was he so weak? So frail? So vulnerable? The things he's done . . . the people he'd harmed . . . most of all, the friends he'd let down.
"Ergh, if only I hadn't been so stupid. If only I hadn't been such easy pickin's for that trash pokefreak. You bastard! I could have helped them! I could have done something! Now they're dead! I know you can hear me! Come on, speak up!" Delving into his own cognizance, Straw Hat commanded Darkrai to reveal himself. Not one to disappoint, the nightmarish entity promptly emerged from a sea of wispy shadows.
Quit your yammering, I've got a heeaadache. Moreover, don't provoke me you primeape. Just count your graaaces, little one, while you still can. In a twist of positive fooortune, that brooding homo-sapien managed to sever my supreeemacy over your cerebrum.
Ah? I don't really understand what you're saying but whatever, I've got my body and brain back! Kishishishi. Bleeehhh! Luffy jovially mocked, splaying his tongue out and erecting a solo middle-digit at the dusk-veiled legendary, whom merely gnarled resent before retreating back into the shady depths.
******
Transgressing back into the material realm, one no more joyous than his topsy-turvy psyche, Straw Hat wrangled together his embarrassingly scarce belongings and hiked forth at limping pace. The pirate hadn't an inkling of how long this newfound control might last, but time was a luxury he nor the remaining primes still littered about could afford.
"I'm sorry, everyone. I'll stand tall for you . . ."
Luffy vowed to bare all piercing fragments of guilt until such a time wherein he could rectify all aberrations. Their sacrifices empowered him, drove him. His fists now brandished the spirits of the fallen, and he grew nothing short of delighted to enact the role as their vassal of vengeance.
Survival was his obligation, victory was his compulsion, but aiding those dear to him was his prerogative.
"Time to end this game . . . "
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