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It was early morning and the sun had barely risen on the world of Jaya and a Young woman wearing a black leather jacket, black tight pants and a blue tank top was walking through the streets, with her black metal boots thumping against the ground with each step. Her short red hair glistens with beauty as the light of dawn rippled through the down more and more as the sun raised. It would seem the streets were quite empty to the point Victoria could see no one moving about not even a trader prepping his stall for the midday rush, It was a Sunday after all and everyone was either hungover laying on the floor somewhere or making the active choice to stay in bed. Riding across the wind would be a piece of paper of sorts a poster it was, its course would have it flying straight into the face of Victoria, Removing it from her face she would realise it was a Pirate crew recruiting and as her eyes gazed across the streets she could see them Posted all over town. “Well isn’t the captain of this crew awfully stupid” Victoria would say while in a judgment tone with a slight touch of irritation within her voice, risen by the embarrassment of a poster just slapping her in the face.  “Yes, I agree that poster is dumb, not only are they broadcasting their name but their full intentions not to mention a time and place and one extremely public at that” Victoria would hear someone speaking but couldn’t quite see them “Up here madem” Victoria would up to find a young woman about her age perched on top the nearby roof. “Seems you and me are the only ones away right now, you sure you're a Pirate?” the young woman would ask from her position. She had a full view of the street and any alleyways within the area and was confident that no one else was on the street.


Victoria would smile, she was pleased that she had met someone that seemed quite to the point, she had become quite tired of those who beat around the bush. “Arrghh, ooh eye defo a pirate Arggh” Victoria would laugh after trying to pretend to be a stereotypical pirate. The young woman would jump down and walk right into Victoria personal space “Pathetic” she said while giving Victoria a real look over as she walked around her twice in each direction in a circular manner.  “Okay right, if you're going pull this off you really need to Arrgh from the belly and put your heart into it” she would nudge Victoria left knee a little forward and push her left arm a smidge back “Hmm that's a bit better, try Arrghing now” “Arrggh!” Victoria eyes would look left and right “Any good” “Hmmmm, good enough” They both would start laughing at the silliness that had just unfolded between. “I’m Eighteen by the way, and it's a pleasure to meet you” Eighteen would bow out of respect “Emm, I’m Victoria and I’m currently Nineteen” Eighteen faces would suddenly go really serious “My names Eighteen” “ooh” Victoria would her left hand in the shape of a fist into her right hand “I get it, such a great name I love you”. Eighteen would blush quite drastically as no one had ever said they loved her before, her eyes would open wide extremely wide as she lunged forward to Kiss Victoria. Their lips would meet and their tongues would begin to….. The scene fades to black as the words of the poster echo into the minds of each woman.


"Are you tired of the navy and its abuse? sick of those pesky celestial dragons or the world government? Or perhaps you want to cause some good old-fashioned carnage? then look no forward come and join the Phantom raider pirates! If you seek adventure fame, glory, and that shiny gold head on down to the goldies pub on Main street at one o'clock and set sail for adventure look for the man in the black cloak with red clouds!"

The two woman would be facing each other staring into each other's eyes as both began to wonder what had just happened “Well this poster is really stupid, they are asking for trouble” Victoria would say in the attempt to proceed with the normal conversation. “Do you want to grab a drink, I know a place that would be open even now” They would smile as Victoria replied with a simple yes. Victoria would pocket the poster before the two would continue to proceed to the Bar Eighteen mentioned.  The journey would take 20 minutes as the establishment was quite a distance from the main areas of Jaya, in fact, people often avoided it due to a noble often visiting.


The Bar: The bar was situated on top of a large hill with a scoop allowing a view to reach a vast amount of the island including that of the harbour of Mock town. The building was made of strong oak wood, with stone foundations. The building was quite large with two floors of equal size, there was a total of 8 large windows on the bottom floor with several guards stationed around the outside, if one had not attended the establishment before or wasn’t with such a person you would be shot on sight. Inside there were some luxury round tables situated around the outer walls like booths in order to allow the staff the opportunity to provide. On the back wall between two of these booths would be a small bar connected to a kitchen. Upstairs was off limits and unpopulated as it was a luxury apartment for sole use by the owner of this establishment, the owner was a young world noble who wanted to prove himself to his father by putting his mark on the pirate-infested land of JayaThe two young ladies Eighteen and Victoria would pass by the guards as Eighteen simply nodded “Enjoy your stay” a large 8ft tall guard would say armed which a sniper rifle and lance. On arrival, they would be met by an elderly gentleman by the name of Oxin Fod. “Welcome to our tavern, it is a pleasure to welcome you both please take a seat at booth 17th and we will be with you shortly”.  They would both sit down at opposite sides of the table “So I’m gonna be blunt, I’m a retired Marine” Eighteen would say with little emotion showing on her face, she was gazing at Victoria intensely as she investigated her expression, reaction and reply to this information. Victoria would pause for a moment as she processed the information thinking to herself several different things “Does she know?, Am i being tested?, Does she trust me regardless of the answer? Better yet do I trust her?” Victoria lets out a sigh “Gotta follow my instincts” Eighteen would become puzzled “What a strange answer she would reply” “It just so happens I'm a Commodore, specifically a Commodore from the Roaring Lion” Eighteen mouth would open wide out of surprise as her hands slammed down on the table “So you know Roaringson?, he is my uncle” “Wow no way, really” “Yeah...Does he still drop kick random Ensigns to make his training numbers even” “Totally we even got a guy nicknamed Denthead now “ The too would continue to chat away for hours as they drank quite a bit however after a while they would swap to non-alcoholic drinks


Several loud thumbs would echo from outside into the establishment, the guards had been shot and fallen to the floor. Moments later the front door would be kicked open as a group of 8 pirates entered the building. “Them guys wouldn't let us in, all we wanted was to grab some drinks”  The old man who had been serving Victoria would ask them to leave only to have a right hook smashed into his forehead “Don’t disrespect me “ The group would move into the bar and really start to dominate the place with two heading upstairs, it would appear the noble was actually home alone and had snuck away from his escort to get some time alone. Upstairs - Two of the pirates would grab the noble as they jumped out the window that they smashed creating a loud shattering that ripped through the building and called the old man quite the distress.

Meanwhile Downstairs - Victoria and Eighteen simultaneously got up and rushed towards the remaining 6 downs stairs. Victoria wouldn’t take any chances as she drew her Revolver and busted two of them in the skull with a lead bullet meanwhile Eighteen would impale the first with her table knife inside his private sack before taking his gun and killing the remainder *Bang* *Bang* *Bang* *Bang* After the chaos had unfolded Eighteen would once again lunge for Victoria kissing her firmly on the lips “I’m Beginning to like that” The scene fades to black.


Over the next few hours, Victoria and Eighteen would investigate the attacks before heading off to engage them on their home turf. The battle would be quick as both Victoria and Eighteen would attack the pirates home base and within a matter of minutes everyone was dead but the boss himself who would be holding the young noble in his right hand. “Take another step, and id crush his little skull”. Victoria would mutter the words more more as she dashed at speed beyond that of the bosses perception, once more “More More” She smashed her right hand into the neck of her target, knocking it clean off “Don’t kidnap kids”. After the swift battle, Victoria and Eighteen would make their way with the Noble to a nearby Marine base on the outskirts of Jaya under the cover of nightfall, either way, the Marines knew they had to maintain Victoria’s cover and thus before entering they would give the impression that they were being arrested. [/size]

Victoria would contact her superiors using a den den mushi within the Barracks “Admiral?” “Yes” “I have a poster here on Jaya, relating to the gathering of several pirates under the name of the Phantom raider pirates and they seem to be declaring war on the World government, celestial dragons and the Navy sir; and not to mention the attempted kidnapping of a noble has been conducted”“I see, your recommendation?” “Well sure, while I wouldn’t want to create a bloodbath; I recommend a full-scale assault to remind the people of Jaya why you can have freedom but the world government is off limits Sir” “Your recommendation has been noted” *Cka Clank*.

Eighteen would join Victoria crew as they crew, not to mention provided quite a bit of detail about the pirates currently on Jaya, its why she retired here afterall.


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