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[eyebrowsonfire]

Who: Aku, Adell, Flonne, Allen Walker, Brook, Chopper, Flynn, Ginko, Luffy, Moro, Nami, Noel, Robin, Simon Belmont, Katara, Sanji, Sokka, Usopp's Angst and Iris
What: Rescuing Nami!
When: Today, evening
Where: The mountains
Summary: Aku has kidnapped Nami! And Ginko! Straw Hats are mad as hell and aren't going to stand for it!
Rating: Rated ARRR

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PRE-BATTLE PREPARATIONS

[eyebrowsonfire]

[You hero types have your last minute battle prep here. Talk amongst each other, go over the plan, what have you. This can probably take place on the way to the mountains or maybe even in the grocery store like Luffy planned.]

[gomugomunopwn]

[Luffy is here waiting at the meat shop anxiously. They know where Aku is so they should all hurry up and get here so they can go kick his ass. Luffy may also be accompanied by a certain giant angry wolf too, and there's a high chance that she's not very happy. She never is really. :|]

[biteoffherhead]

[She's calmed down since their little scuffle, but she's actually pretty submissive at the moment. Luffy is in charge, after all.

Regardless, Moro's glaring at the mountains.]

[belmontlegacy]

[When Simon arrives at the grocery store, his eyes widen in surprise. He wasn't expecting Moro to be her. He can see that she's not acting violently, but he watches her suspiciously, anyway.]

THE BATTLE

[eyebrowsonfire]

[This includes everyone except for Nami, Ginko, and those accompanying Sanji. When you have assembled your teams (please limit to two to three characters per thread), have the last person tagging in signal me to reply.)]

[The sight of Ginko's abduction is the same mountainous area it was a few days ago, only rainier now. There seemed to be no indication of life anywhere, although off in the mountains seemed to be a small cave leading inward. Faint signs of scorch marks are only vaguely visible on the rock, now nearly washed away as the rain continues to come down. Maybe the heroes picked the wrong spot?]

[gomugomunopwn]

[Team WTF (Flynn, Moro, and Luffy) are totally gonna lead this shit. It takes a little while of searching, but they're going to find that inward cave there. Luffy cracks his knuckles as he looks into the cave]

Oi, you guys ready? [Like he really needs to ask. He already knows they are.]

[biteoffherhead]

[Moro simply shifts her weight, waiting for Luffy's lead.]

[capital_justice]

[Flynn nods, though Luffy wasn't even looking his way. As uneasy as Flynn should be with a giant wolf near him -- especially one who was said to be pretty hostile to humans -- he wasn't too freaked out. Gotta stay on focus, after all.]

Ready as I'll ever be. [Sword = Unsheathed.]

THE RESCUE

[eyebrowsonfire]

[This thread is reserved for Sanji and his crack squad of rescuing superheroes, as well as Ginko further into the thread and Nami's corpse unconscious body.]

[There's a cave entrance near the battlefield. Other caves dot the mountain and the interconnecting caverns are likely to intersect with one another. Deep, deep down inside the mountain lurks an unspeakable evil. And perhaps a prison. Unfortunately there seems to be no visible signs of life anywhere nearby. However deeper inside the caves, a tunnel that is clearly not naturally forming seems to descend even further down, at first at a slight inclination until it goes straight downward into a deep, deep hole. Did anyone bring rope?]

Re: THE RESCUE

[oda_hates_me]

[navigating through the caves is not exactly an easy task - Sanji's been in them multiple times at this point, but not these caves. Where evil lurks.

And a whole lot of darkness, too, but they've brought lanterns. No shitty problems there.

After a while of carefully making their way along, though, Sanji's starting to feel the first threads of frustration. Shit, he isn't and wasn't expecting a quick rescue by any means, but parading through the caves, becoming progressively more lost, isn't what he had in mind, either. Just another reason why he'll be damned if he trusts someone with a shitface after this.]

Chopper? [A glance over his shoulder] Smell anything?

[ooc: We're gonna go one round of wandering around before finding the unnatural tunnel, guys, if that's okay. |D ]

[tanukipoint]

[Chopper can feel it. Nami is somewhere in this labyrinth of tunnels - the light scent of mikans, persisting even through time and conditions, flows over his senses as he breathes in. He looks over at Sanji, then takes several cautious whiffs. When he turns back, there's a resoluteness in his voice.]

The rain is making it hard to tell where it's coming from, but she's definitely here, Sanji.

[markofthebrave]

[Katara's brought every spare waterskin that she could - three in total. And she's kept in tune with the caves themselves.. the underground dampness could play into her advantage as well. She's also worried about maneuverability - it would be too easy for them to get separated down here.

But it's not time to fight yet - and the tension, the waiting, the walking has her jumpy. She keeps glancing at shadows. And at Sokka - who isn't quite himself today. It's a relief that they've started talking.]

We'll just have to keep looking.

POST-BATTLE

[eyebrowsonfire]

[This is for... whatever happens afterward. You hero-types figure it out.]

[markofthewise]

[With Aku gone and Nami returned, Sokka finally shows up after seemingly gone missing during the battle. He's drenched and limping on one leg and using his sword to balance himself and in pretty terrible shape, but once he's close enough to the group, he find a rock to ease himself down on. He'll find out how the rescue went later. For now... he needs a moment to rest. So he just sits there and tries to ignore how much battles suck when you don't dodge everything. Or take a tumble down the mountain while being chased by a horde of Aku soldiers. But at least he's alive. Smoke bombs for the win.]

[markofthebrave]

[Those protection spells are nothing to sneeze at, and Katara's beat up and exhausted but in far better shape than she should be. And now, seeing Sokka, she feels like she can breathe again. She can't run - but there's some 'far too quick than is good for her' walking that is going on towards him right now.]

Sokka!

[markofthewise]

[He looks up at that. Well, injured as he is, he's pleased to see Katara looking significantly better than he is. He doesn't get up though.]

Katara! You made it out!