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| - Previous: Graveyard of a Madman Part 9 Den Den Mushi: This is Constable Crumb, what is your emergency? Zen: Constable! Thank God! How fast can you get to Sukiyaki?! Crumb: Sukiyaki? About an hour, I believe. Zen: I need you down here as fast as you can possibly travel! You will not believe what I’ve found! Crumb: What is it?! What have you found! Zen: When he is captured, I want that bounty put under my name! I will try to hold him here as long as I possibly can but you have got to hurry! I don’t know when he is going to leave, but it could be at any moment! Do not waste a moment! Bring all of your forces, and all of the reinforcements you can muster! Do not spare a single troop! Crumb: Good Gods man! Calm yourself this instant! What on this blue planet could you possibly be so worked up about?! Who have you found?!?! Zen: One of the most elusive pirates on the whole planet! The Clawed Scar of the Grandline! Crumb: What… Zen: Pirate Captain Catman Rinji!!!! Perhaps it was just time for him to give up all together. Really, what was the point of going on? Migoto was absolutely right when she said that he couldn’t bring his crew to Nekoshima. It was pretty much the law of the land, and he doubted that anyone would help him in his travels if he were the first one to bring humans to the island in over a decade. He would have to drop them off on the nearest island, and make the journey with Jiro and Dala. How could he possibly do that after they have been so loyal to him for all of these years? There were so many new friends along the way that have laid their lives on the line just for him and his goals. Sure, they had their own goals as well, but they were willing to put them on the back burner to give him their very best. All of these feelings of doubt and guilt flooded his entire mind as he downed his ninth shot of whiskey and cringed, feeling the waves of sorrow intensify for one moment, and then dull down the next. This place was nice, it was a 24 hour night club, something that had never been considered any place else. He sat at a colorful bar, with lights of all shades of the rainbow around him. The waitresses were pretty by human standards, and they all gave him strange looks. Not that they hadn’t seen Nekojin in those parts, but because they seemed somewhat intrigued with him for some reason. Bartender: You sure you don’t want to talk about it? I think it’ll make you feel better. [Took the shot glass from Rinji and rinsed it in the sink, placing another in front of him.] Rinji: I don’t know. [His paw went on the side of his face, and his cat ear flicking a little. He shook his head.] I just don’t know. I’ve sailed these grand old seas for a thousand miles and beyond, and no matter how far I go, I can never be jaded by what there lies out there. [Took the next shot and downed it.] Whether it be peace and happiness or a bloody struggle against all odds, it always manages to surprise me, and terrify me. All of that, and then some could not have prepared me for what just happened this day. Bartender: Wow, well, believe me when I say that you can tell me when you’ve had enough. [Placed another shot.] Rinji: Much gratitude. [Licked his paw and rubbed it over his head, then took the shot as his eleventh.] Pianoman: Well, ladies and gentlemen, that is all for me, allow me to introduce your next bit of entertainment, the very lovely maiden all the way from Nekoshima, here’s Miss Kindness! Bartender: Ah, I forgot she was playing tonight. This should cheer you right up. What little crowd was there so late began to cheer with a great deal of vigor. The announcement drew Rinji’s attention as he lifted up the next shot. The lights went dim, and another piano player sat at the seat, shrouded in darkness as the piano began to play a very sweet, trickling melody. With the slow, soft intro, there came a beautiful female voice on the microphone. Voice: To – say – the – leaaaaaast, I loved you on the highest mountaaaain… Kindness: Rinji… [She whispered as she locked her arms around him as tight as they would go.] Rinji: [Tears of joy streamed down his cheeks as his world brightened in an attempt to surpass the stars.] Kiria…
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