One Piece: Great Pirate Age RP: Sign-ups

[Aerozord]

Menarker you are good except, why would someone with such an affinity to help devil fruit users without question have a weapon specifically designed to kill them?

Phil, some details on your background seem, eh to me, but it amused me so I'll pass it anyways.

Prem! profile still says doctor and just so we are clear, someone punches you into the water you still sink like a hammer unless you can stop yourself before hitting the water. but approved

Approved, is Overcast

Jagos how do heavily tilted googles help aiming? also a problem of how you, someone from north blue, met up with these east blue pirates

PS, added an "attack" section to profiles for you to liste your techniques. which I'll probably change to techniques as it sounds cooler

PPS still plenty of room people, keep them coming. Still lots of positions open

[Premmy]

Prem! profile still says doctor and just so we are clear,

Maaaaan, the justification to become a Pirate Captain is FAR different than the one needed to become a doctor, and thus his character had to change GOBS to fit.

someone punches you into the water you still sink like a hammer unless you can stop yourself before hitting the water. but approved

Yeah, I mean, that's what the grapple hook's for, it's not ridonkulously long, it's about as long as a real hook on a rope would be. if he get's tossed too far overboard, he can either,
1: Turn off his powers, and die instantly,
2: Keep them on and fall Sloooooooowly to his doom.

Name: Dorian Soro
Age: 23
Appearance: A tall, Musclar man with medium-brown skin and shoulder-length wavy brown hair. He wears a red bandanna over his head, angled to cover his missing eye. a short-sleeved black shirt, and brown pants. He keeps a pistol and a cutlass tucked into his belt most of the time, and a Grappling hook tied around his waist.
Position: Captain
Weapons: Cutlass, Flintlock Pistol, He also keeps a grappling hook on him at all times, though it's mostly a tool to reel himself back in if he strays too far from the ship in the air.
Devil Fruit:
Paramecia:
Power: Grants the ability to instantly make himself as light as air and back again.
Name: Float-Float Fruit

Bio:
Dorian was his villages "Golden Boy" a tough fighter, a kind soul, a hard worker and a fantastic swimmer.

His brother Anderson on the other hand.... well, he was clever, but so was Dorian.

Anderson was also an excellent con-man, so good, in fact, he was able to hustle a visiting pirate crew out of their recently acquired treasure.

Part of this treasure was the Devil Fruit that would change Dorian's life.

When Anderson returned home, he showed his brother all his new spoils. For whatever reason, Dorian was VERY interested in the Devil Fruit stored away in the chest.

Anderson knew a sucker when he saw one, and hyped up the amazing powers bestowed by the fruit, although he had no idea WHAT the fruit actually did. Dorian gave Anderson almost his entire savings in exchange for the fruit and promptly wolfed it down, then ran off to test it.

What a shame it bestowed such meager abilties. Dorian stormed home and beat the ever-loving HELL out of his big bro. Anderson sprung into action and attacked Dorian,filled with sibling-rivalry rage, accidentally taking the boy's eye in the process.

Anderson was stunned a bit of anger was taken so far, and apologized from the bottom of his heart. Dorian wouldn't have it, and demanded retribution. He chased his brother through the streets, kicking and punching and wailing on him for all he was worth.

The people of his small village looked on in horror as their shining star raged through town, his face contorted in anger and pain and beating his brother senseless. They ran him out of town, called him a rogue and a monster, and tended to Anderson's wounds. But the elder brother knew the score. He sought out his younger sibling on the edge of town and gave him everything he had, the pirate treasure and Anderson's savings.

Now an outcast, Dorian put up the funds to have a fine pirate ship built, and set out to find a crew, He was going to show the world that he was still the best his town had to offer, and bring in an era of Noble Piracy. Thus did the Red-Band Pirates set sail!
Personality: Dorian is very flashy in his ways, generally recquiring an audience for any major undertakings, he is also big on "proving himself" because of that, he gets in quite a bit of trouble. While he doesn't go around looking for it, he does view more things as "trouble" than your average person. Any thing viewed as a slight will be immediately seized upon, and if a heartfelt and sincere apology isn't convincingly given, then GOD help you.

Dorian makes his money primarily through the plundering of people who have the grave misfortune of irking him, and treasure hunting. He's also very "Hands-on" in his leadership, running head first into any challenges he is faced with alongside his men.

Techniques:

Flying Feather: Activating his devil-fruit power, he levitates off the ground, points his pistol in one direction, fires, and goes flying off at top speed in the opposite direction.

Flying Feather Flail
Attaching his grapple hook to the handle of his cutlass, he swings the blade around him in a wide arc, hovering off the ground, the faster he does it, the more air he gets.

Feather Flip Getting a running start, he flips into the air, making himself light just as he does, then instantly becoming normal just as he lands on his target. He clears a great distance during the jump.

"Success is the Best Revenge!"

[Menarker]

His affinity to saving devil users just stems from the fact that he is a fishman and it gives him a competitive edge in getting hired as a mercenary. His "affinity" is due to CAPABILITY not desire.

Fact 1: Devil Fruit users are highly valuable members of any crew or army due to their power and their overall rarity. (The powers are one of a kind. You can never find another fruit of the exact same type. That fruit user would have to die and then the tree that sprout it will grow another one only when that previous user died, if my memory is correct. Thus there can never be another person at one time with the same capability that can be hired.)

Fact 2: Devil Fruit users can't swim and they become useless in deep water.

Fact 3: Typical humans may not have the strength to dive in sea water, reach the target and pull them back up INTO the boat with their railings high above the water itself, especially if the water is torrential or if they are in a fight and moving the ship a lot. If the crew in question is mostly devil fruit users, very few people can actually volunteer to help without getting in trouble too. Cyrano actually CAN do that, so it's a plus to his resume.

Fact 4 (Which I neglected to mention in more detail): Cyrano doesn't care about devil fruit users either way. He operates like a mercenary. If they are on his side, his ability gives him a great chance to save something valuable for the crew (A plus for getting him hired). If a devil user is a foe though, he has the sword to protect himself or anyone else from them.

So long story short, the two entirely different things. He could save ANYONE who falls off the boat, but because Devil Fruit Users are so valuable, anyone who is a strong good swimmer is worth more as a crewmember. He doesn't actually care either way about Devil Fruit users specifically. But given how dangerous they CAN be, having a weapon that can stop them is valuable both as a mercenary and for healthy self-interest. If a devil fruit user (or anyone else drowning) is on his side and in trouble, it's in his interest to help them if the situation allows it for the sake of payment. If a devil fruit user causes him trouble, he'll fight them without a worry.

So really, he's not helping them without question, but more like he's doing any sort of lifesaving because he honors a contract and expects to do the job well so he'll be paid. Anyone who attacks him, however, faces his sword.

Also helps that seastone removes the power of a Devil Fruit user, which is good for capturing if such a request is made instead of killing. (A bit harder, but at least he has a sporting chance.)

Is that reasonable?

[phil_]

I like that Prem yielded to my dibs. It is the power of dibs, you see. Plus, now we have a captain, so everything worked out for the better.

Ninja'd hard Edit: Also, Carapi commands very little mastery of Pirate Smashing Sacred Fist. Mostly, he just punches people in the butt. That is his special move, you see. As for pressure points, he could maybe cure a light headache. He's not going to make people pop or anything. That there's called room for growth.

More useful explanatory Edit: Really, I just wanted to play a weird fishman who didn't know fishman karate.

[Premmy]

I like that Prem yielded to my dibs. It is the power of dibs, you see. Plus, now we have a captain, so everything worked out for the better.

Well, I think I came out with a much more fleshed-out character who also felt more "One Peice" this second go-around, so I'm much happier now.

[Aerozord]

menarker, ok thats fine

Prem this one is good, and Phil being the ships doctor I hope you can handle more then a headach. Not that good of a physician if your healing abilities match that of tylenol

[Jagos]

Originally Posted by Aerozord

Jagos how do heavily tilted googles help aiming? also a problem of how you, someone from north blue, met up with these east blue pirates

The tint is around the edges. When he looks through them, he sees nothing more than what's in front of him. Of course, he has good sense to know when to run away, but it's a way to challenge himself.

I'll update his story with that info.

[Menarker]

A question. I only just noticed that you added a Technique section.

What degree of power you say is appropriate for techniques at this point? How many at most would you think?

[Jagos]

How are we going to do upgrades on certain positions?

Sharpshooter might be a smidge harder to do than say... Captain.

[Premmy]

Somebody's just hatin' cause they didn't get captain first!