Chaos in the casino! Unarmed Zoro, ass-kicking Sanji, and just what is Robin up to?
This picks up right where the last one left off.
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Sanji: *points at the Wanted poster* Eh?! Whose fault is it now?
Zoro: *eyebrow twitches* Those have a wider distribution than I'd thought...
Usopp: *face down on the ground in a pool of... ketchup. He turns his head toward them, blinking* Eh? What are you two still fighting about? *sits up, looking at his hole-less chest* Ah! I'm invincible! *looks at the guards and flops back to the ground, face down again* Nope... now I've died!
Bouncer 3: Just because my wife is a showgirl doesn't give you the right to even THINK about talking to her! *menaces Sanji*
Bouncer 1: Can't believe an idiot like you, with moron friends like these... *flips poster around to look at the picture, as if comparing the face with Zoro's* ...is worth /anything/?
Bouncer 3: *reaches into his tux and pulls out a set of brass knuckles*
Sanji: *turns his attention from Zoro to #3* Eh? What are you-- *remembers his run in with the showgirl* Tch... she came on to me all by herself. *makes a show of looking the guy over* And I can hardly blame her.
Bouncer 2: *whistles through his missing teeth holes* Don't let him talk to you like that, Pablo.
Bouncer 3: *chokes on his anger* Gahhk Gaaaaahhh I... I'm gonnaaaa.... *turns red*
Sanji: *hands in his pockets* You're gonna what?
Zoro: *just frowning at Bouncer 1, in a sort of 'you move first' staring contest* ......
Bouncer 3: *punches a colum to his right and sends it flying at a roulette table. it explodes sending patrons flying* AH!! LOOK WHAT YOU MADE ME DO!!!
Usopp: *blows bubbles in his ketchup* /-just play dead. just play dead.-/
Sanji: Yare, yare... *shakes his head, tapping the toe of one boot on the ground* Guess we're even, neh?
*to their left is the entrance to the high-roller baccarat tables. the hallway ascends a little and the doorway is obscured by more large bouncers who hurry down to see what the matter is*
Bouncer 3: *let's out a battle cry and charges stupidly at Sanji*
Sanji: *head bowed* Heh.. good. I hate /even/. *waits until the bouncer is within striking range and then drops to one hand, bringing his left leg hard up into #3s rib cage* Cotelette!
Bouncer 3: *wind is knocked out of him and he skids back a foot or two, but remains on his feet. he looks up and grins* My turn!
Robin: *rounds the corner, looks around quickly and walks gracefully, but quickly up the ramp to the high-roller room*
Zoro: ..... *cracks his neck, straightening to full height as the room fills with more and more burly bouncer-types* ...che... *looks around for any makeshift weaponry... observes the lobby fountain and the ornate swords the angel statues are wielding- and then his eye catches Robin and her brief appearance and flight into the upper levels* ..... *eyes narrow*
Sanji: Geh! *eyes wide, he staggers back a step when the man doesn't fall* ?!
Bouncer 3: *steps in and swings wide with his fist of brass. too slow to connect*
Sanji: *evades the attack, leaping into the air and hooking his leg around Bouncer 3's thick neck...* Reception! *slams #3 bodily into the linoleum, face first*
Zoro: *moves towards the fountain... stops short as several bouncers seemingly glide into place, blocking his path...* ..... *looks to the doors, and Usopp's clear path to said fountain* Usopp!
Bouncer 3: Ow...
Usopp: *gets to his knees suddenly, momentarily angry looking* Zoro~ ! I'm dead, don't talk to me!
Zoro: *eye roll, taking a corresponding step back as the bouncers approach him en masse* Idiot! Just... watch! *makes some obscure motions with his hands, pointing at the fountain*
Bouncer 3: *Gets up, slowly. Three others move in in front of him.*
Usopp: *concentrating on Zoro's gestures* You want... me... *points to self* ...to... get.. you... *points to Zoro* ... the... *pause for comedic effect* ...sake? *pulls a bottle from his purse*
Zoro: *palms his face* Gggh...
Bouncer 3: You're pretty good with the kicking. I think the first thing I'm gonna break are your feet! *cracks his neck*
Sanji: *stares at the relatively unharmed bouncer* Eh? Are you a robot or something? *shakes his head, composing himself... calmly puts a cigarette in his mouth and lights it...* ...tch. Doesn't matter what you are. *eyes shadowed* You're big. *puffs out a tendril of smoke* You're ugly. *lifts chin* And you're dead.
Zoro: *points at the fountain* Get me a sword. A SWORD!
Bouncers: *all look towards Usopp, and then the fountain*
Usopp: Z-z-zoro! Why'd you yell that?! They're onto us!
Zoro: *anger clench* ....
Bouncer 3: *face gets even redder. lunges at Sanji again*
Sanji: *runs at the Bouncer, sprinting a step past him, and then swings his leg back, cracking it into his hips* Longe!
Usopp: *screams and runs full-tilt at the fountain, his speed dwarfing the lumbering bouncers* IYAAAAAH~ ! *trips over the fountain's edge and splashes into the pool*
Zoro: Ah... *sweatdrop*
Bouncer 3: *sharp cracking sound issues from his hips* Nngg... *twists his upper boddy and connects his brass fist with Sanji's head*
Sanji: HUWAHH! *spits blood, the force sending his whole body spinning into the floor*
Bouncer #1: Enough games. *opens fire on Zoro, and is joined in gunplay by #2*
Zoro: Gah! *dives behind a table, flipping it up to catch the bullets... wood splinters and fires off in every direction* Usopp! You trying to get me killed?!
Bouncer 3: *takes a labored step towards Sanji and a pill out of his pocket. he cracks the pill between his teeth and swallows the contents* Ahhh. That hurt you little S.O.B...
Usopp: Ooough... *slowly climbing up the statue, wide frightened eyes on the bouncers as they clamber into the pool*
Bouncer #36: Hey. Get down here. *points at Usopp, and then at the floor*
Usopp: *shakes head* Nuh-uh.
Bouncer 3: *shudders as the amphetamine takes effect, masking the pain of his broken neck, hip and ribs*
Sanji: ... *wipes the blood from his mouth and gets to his feet, falling back into a cocky slouch* ...tch. Knew you couldn't be taking those blows without feeling it.
Zoro: *tosses his ruined table aside and makes a mad dash for cover, arms over head uselessly as gunfire follows him* USOPP!
Bouncer 3: Bet you felt that one... *grins*
Sanji: Hmmph. *crouches momentarily to pick up his dropped cigarette.. inspects it... shrugs, and puts it back in his mouth, grinning similarly around it* Yeah, but I got up on my own. *runs at #3, bringing a leg cripplingly hard into his kneecaps* Gigot!
Usopp: *tugging at the sword* Zoro- it's stuck! I can't... *tug tug*
Bouncer #1 and #2: *stop to reload*
Zoro: *chest heaving, in a mid-crouch behind the mostly shattered column... plaster dust hangs in the air, and gunsmoke*
Bouncer 3: *knees go out, triggering the other three injuries to add up and tell his body to STOP* Ahhh! *crashes down on his face and twitches as he's still high, but unconcious*
Robin: Veinte Fleur!
*bouncers 1 and 2 find their guns pointed at the ceiling by phantom limbs*
*other bouncers threatening Usopp have their eyes covered, arms pinned back etc*
Sanji: *standing over #3... puff of smoke* Tell your wife- *thought process derailed at the voice* Robin-chwan~! <3 <3 <3
Robin: There will be more headed this way soon. I suggest you run for it.
Zoro: *still gasping for breath, heart thundering... * 'Bout time. *gets to his feet, one hand clamped over the several shallow bullet wounds in his left arm*
Usopp: *tug! the sword comes free... he looks around at the disarmed bouncers and mostly quiet casino* Anou.... *sword in air* Banzai!
Robin: *steps over broken pillars* I don't really want to dispatch these fellows... what should I do with them? *asks of the bouncers she's holding*
Sanji: *pirouettes over to Robin, arms in the air* Robin-chan! You should have accompanied Nami-san and me! *dream sequence of Sanji with Nami and Robin on each arm... he kind of drifts there vacantly in the background*
Robin: *watches him dance away, turns attention to Zoro and Usopp*
Zoro: *narrows eyes at her* What do you suggest we do with them? I say we get the hell outta this town- *nods to the door* I'd say they have a good handle on the inner workings 'round here. Not like we can... turn them in.
Usopp: *climbing down the statue* Hai... *scampers through the disabled bouncers quickly*
Zoro: Just... let'em go when we're far enough away? *phrased as a question, as he's uncertain of how long she can hold them...*
Usopp: *offers the sword to Zoro*
Zoro: *swats it out of his hand*
Robin: *shrugs and changes the position and amount of the arms to choke each bouncer. they strugle to break free* Better start running. I'll catch up. I can't hold this further than a few hundred feet out of my eyesight.
Usopp: Neh, Sanji-kun... we're leaving... *snaps fingers in front of Sanji's face*
Sanji: I can't marry both of you at once... *talking to no one* But if I married Robin-chan, and Nami-san killed her in jealousy... /then/ I could marry Nami-san...
Usopp: *sweatdrop* Ah.. hai, that's a win-win situation there... *pulls his arm* Let's go.
Zoro: ..... *looks at Robin* You finished up here, then? *arches an eyebrow*
Robin:*gives him a wan smile but no distinct answer* Please hurry. This isn't as easy as it looks *flexes hands*
Zoro: ..... *stares at her for a beat and then turns away, heading after Usopp and Sanji one hand still pressed over his wounds*
Robin: *lets out a slow breath, addresses the bouncers* You know, you boys are lucky I'm in a good mood. *tightens the grip until they start to drop* I could have killed you. Have fun with your headaches. *steps over the bodies and vanishes into the crowd massing outside the casino*
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Sanji: *points at the Wanted poster* Eh?! Whose fault is it now?
Zoro: *eyebrow twitches* Those have a wider distribution than I'd thought...
Usopp: *face down on the ground in a pool of... ketchup. He turns his head toward them, blinking* Eh? What are you two still fighting about? *sits up, looking at his hole-less chest* Ah! I'm invincible! *looks at the guards and flops back to the ground, face down again* Nope... now I've died!
Bouncer 3: Just because my wife is a showgirl doesn't give you the right to even THINK about talking to her! *menaces Sanji*
Bouncer 1: Can't believe an idiot like you, with moron friends like these... *flips poster around to look at the picture, as if comparing the face with Zoro's* ...is worth /anything/?
Bouncer 3: *reaches into his tux and pulls out a set of brass knuckles*
Sanji: *turns his attention from Zoro to #3* Eh? What are you-- *remembers his run in with the showgirl* Tch... she came on to me all by herself. *makes a show of looking the guy over* And I can hardly blame her.
Bouncer 2: *whistles through his missing teeth holes* Don't let him talk to you like that, Pablo.
Bouncer 3: *chokes on his anger* Gahhk Gaaaaahhh I... I'm gonnaaaa.... *turns red*
Sanji: *hands in his pockets* You're gonna what?
Zoro: *just frowning at Bouncer 1, in a sort of 'you move first' staring contest* ......
Bouncer 3: *punches a colum to his right and sends it flying at a roulette table. it explodes sending patrons flying* AH!! LOOK WHAT YOU MADE ME DO!!!
Usopp: *blows bubbles in his ketchup* /-just play dead. just play dead.-/
Sanji: Yare, yare... *shakes his head, tapping the toe of one boot on the ground* Guess we're even, neh?
*to their left is the entrance to the high-roller baccarat tables. the hallway ascends a little and the doorway is obscured by more large bouncers who hurry down to see what the matter is*
Bouncer 3: *let's out a battle cry and charges stupidly at Sanji*
Sanji: *head bowed* Heh.. good. I hate /even/. *waits until the bouncer is within striking range and then drops to one hand, bringing his left leg hard up into #3s rib cage* Cotelette!
Bouncer 3: *wind is knocked out of him and he skids back a foot or two, but remains on his feet. he looks up and grins* My turn!
Robin: *rounds the corner, looks around quickly and walks gracefully, but quickly up the ramp to the high-roller room*
Zoro: ..... *cracks his neck, straightening to full height as the room fills with more and more burly bouncer-types* ...che... *looks around for any makeshift weaponry... observes the lobby fountain and the ornate swords the angel statues are wielding- and then his eye catches Robin and her brief appearance and flight into the upper levels* ..... *eyes narrow*
Sanji: Geh! *eyes wide, he staggers back a step when the man doesn't fall* ?!
Bouncer 3: *steps in and swings wide with his fist of brass. too slow to connect*
Sanji: *evades the attack, leaping into the air and hooking his leg around Bouncer 3's thick neck...* Reception! *slams #3 bodily into the linoleum, face first*
Zoro: *moves towards the fountain... stops short as several bouncers seemingly glide into place, blocking his path...* ..... *looks to the doors, and Usopp's clear path to said fountain* Usopp!
Bouncer 3: Ow...
Usopp: *gets to his knees suddenly, momentarily angry looking* Zoro~ ! I'm dead, don't talk to me!
Zoro: *eye roll, taking a corresponding step back as the bouncers approach him en masse* Idiot! Just... watch! *makes some obscure motions with his hands, pointing at the fountain*
Bouncer 3: *Gets up, slowly. Three others move in in front of him.*
Usopp: *concentrating on Zoro's gestures* You want... me... *points to self* ...to... get.. you... *points to Zoro* ... the... *pause for comedic effect* ...sake? *pulls a bottle from his purse*
Zoro: *palms his face* Gggh...
Bouncer 3: You're pretty good with the kicking. I think the first thing I'm gonna break are your feet! *cracks his neck*
Sanji: *stares at the relatively unharmed bouncer* Eh? Are you a robot or something? *shakes his head, composing himself... calmly puts a cigarette in his mouth and lights it...* ...tch. Doesn't matter what you are. *eyes shadowed* You're big. *puffs out a tendril of smoke* You're ugly. *lifts chin* And you're dead.
Zoro: *points at the fountain* Get me a sword. A SWORD!
Bouncers: *all look towards Usopp, and then the fountain*
Usopp: Z-z-zoro! Why'd you yell that?! They're onto us!
Zoro: *anger clench* ....
Bouncer 3: *face gets even redder. lunges at Sanji again*
Sanji: *runs at the Bouncer, sprinting a step past him, and then swings his leg back, cracking it into his hips* Longe!
Usopp: *screams and runs full-tilt at the fountain, his speed dwarfing the lumbering bouncers* IYAAAAAH~ ! *trips over the fountain's edge and splashes into the pool*
Zoro: Ah... *sweatdrop*
Bouncer 3: *sharp cracking sound issues from his hips* Nngg... *twists his upper boddy and connects his brass fist with Sanji's head*
Sanji: HUWAHH! *spits blood, the force sending his whole body spinning into the floor*
Bouncer #1: Enough games. *opens fire on Zoro, and is joined in gunplay by #2*
Zoro: Gah! *dives behind a table, flipping it up to catch the bullets... wood splinters and fires off in every direction* Usopp! You trying to get me killed?!
Bouncer 3: *takes a labored step towards Sanji and a pill out of his pocket. he cracks the pill between his teeth and swallows the contents* Ahhh. That hurt you little S.O.B...
Usopp: Ooough... *slowly climbing up the statue, wide frightened eyes on the bouncers as they clamber into the pool*
Bouncer #36: Hey. Get down here. *points at Usopp, and then at the floor*
Usopp: *shakes head* Nuh-uh.
Bouncer 3: *shudders as the amphetamine takes effect, masking the pain of his broken neck, hip and ribs*
Sanji: ... *wipes the blood from his mouth and gets to his feet, falling back into a cocky slouch* ...tch. Knew you couldn't be taking those blows without feeling it.
Zoro: *tosses his ruined table aside and makes a mad dash for cover, arms over head uselessly as gunfire follows him* USOPP!
Bouncer 3: Bet you felt that one... *grins*
Sanji: Hmmph. *crouches momentarily to pick up his dropped cigarette.. inspects it... shrugs, and puts it back in his mouth, grinning similarly around it* Yeah, but I got up on my own. *runs at #3, bringing a leg cripplingly hard into his kneecaps* Gigot!
Usopp: *tugging at the sword* Zoro- it's stuck! I can't... *tug tug*
Bouncer #1 and #2: *stop to reload*
Zoro: *chest heaving, in a mid-crouch behind the mostly shattered column... plaster dust hangs in the air, and gunsmoke*
Bouncer 3: *knees go out, triggering the other three injuries to add up and tell his body to STOP* Ahhh! *crashes down on his face and twitches as he's still high, but unconcious*
Robin: Veinte Fleur!
*bouncers 1 and 2 find their guns pointed at the ceiling by phantom limbs*
*other bouncers threatening Usopp have their eyes covered, arms pinned back etc*
Sanji: *standing over #3... puff of smoke* Tell your wife- *thought process derailed at the voice* Robin-chwan~! <3 <3 <3
Robin: There will be more headed this way soon. I suggest you run for it.
Zoro: *still gasping for breath, heart thundering... * 'Bout time. *gets to his feet, one hand clamped over the several shallow bullet wounds in his left arm*
Usopp: *tug! the sword comes free... he looks around at the disarmed bouncers and mostly quiet casino* Anou.... *sword in air* Banzai!
Robin: *steps over broken pillars* I don't really want to dispatch these fellows... what should I do with them? *asks of the bouncers she's holding*
Sanji: *pirouettes over to Robin, arms in the air* Robin-chan! You should have accompanied Nami-san and me! *dream sequence of Sanji with Nami and Robin on each arm... he kind of drifts there vacantly in the background*
Robin: *watches him dance away, turns attention to Zoro and Usopp*
Zoro: *narrows eyes at her* What do you suggest we do with them? I say we get the hell outta this town- *nods to the door* I'd say they have a good handle on the inner workings 'round here. Not like we can... turn them in.
Usopp: *climbing down the statue* Hai... *scampers through the disabled bouncers quickly*
Zoro: Just... let'em go when we're far enough away? *phrased as a question, as he's uncertain of how long she can hold them...*
Usopp: *offers the sword to Zoro*
Zoro: *swats it out of his hand*
Robin: *shrugs and changes the position and amount of the arms to choke each bouncer. they strugle to break free* Better start running. I'll catch up. I can't hold this further than a few hundred feet out of my eyesight.
Usopp: Neh, Sanji-kun... we're leaving... *snaps fingers in front of Sanji's face*
Sanji: I can't marry both of you at once... *talking to no one* But if I married Robin-chan, and Nami-san killed her in jealousy... /then/ I could marry Nami-san...
Usopp: *sweatdrop* Ah.. hai, that's a win-win situation there... *pulls his arm* Let's go.
Zoro: ..... *looks at Robin* You finished up here, then? *arches an eyebrow*
Robin:*gives him a wan smile but no distinct answer* Please hurry. This isn't as easy as it looks *flexes hands*
Zoro: ..... *stares at her for a beat and then turns away, heading after Usopp and Sanji one hand still pressed over his wounds*
Robin: *lets out a slow breath, addresses the bouncers* You know, you boys are lucky I'm in a good mood. *tightens the grip until they start to drop* I could have killed you. Have fun with your headaches. *steps over the bodies and vanishes into the crowd massing outside the casino*
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