That last training session had been fruitful. Linnea was feeling stronger, far stronger than she had been in a long me, if ever. She had always been trained intensively by her fellow Kuja but a training session like the one on that island was exactly what she needed to grow stronger. She had also met another pirate on that island, the kind of random encounter nobody could have even imagined would happen... But then, thats what random encounter truly means does it not? Having met a Logia user by the name of Melissa, Linnea's own wonder as to the kind of power a single fruit could grant her had all but decreased. Even with such a crippling weakness as being unable to swim, it might still be worth it.

Linnea wandered around Karate Island as she normally did, wondering just what she might be able to do to pass the time. Hopefully something interesting would be happening soon. Maybe she'd happen upon some other corrupt Marines just as she did last time? Or maybe she'd suddenly find out about some treasure she had yet to discover? Who knew? Hopefully whatever event she came upon wouldn't be a really unpleasant one, or so she hoped. She had a rather pleasant breakfast with all the delicious fruit she gathered yesterday.

"What's that...", uttered a surprised Linnea, turning towards the beach as she heard frightened screams in that direction. It's almost as if she'd just jinxed her whole day...

As she hurried on in that direction with a serious look on her face, she understood exactly what was going on. Pirates were attacking Karate island, likely preparing themselves for the journey into the grand line. Up in the distance she could see a large ship flying a jolly roger, as well as a rowboat slowly making way towards the shore. Seeing an opening to thin out the pirates before they arrives, she took her position before the pier and quickly let loose an arrow, taking aim at one of the pirates on board, and even at this distance she could see it fall onto the ocean, dead...


OOC: Used one arrow, killed one T1 Pirate

These pirates seemed very much like the vicious kind, the type who could kill just about anyone who stepped right in their way while they were on their endless, insatiable quest for booty. Of course, it wouldn't be so easy... It seldom was. Even if killing the pirates on the rowboat would prove incredibly easy, there were more of them than she could kill before they landed, and once they finally did land, they would cause a great deal of mayhem long before Lin had a chance to kill them all. More importantly, it would become significantly harder to take aim at each of them in turn. But then, it didn't seem like her job would be that hard either, not after she heard that familiar voice she'd grown used to over the course of her last week at that island:

"Oh, Melissa!", Linnea flashed a smile her way before her sharp hunting eyes darted right back to the pirate filled boat she was targeting before, "Don't have to tell me twice."

Letting loose yet another arrow, she could tell the pirates were frantically attempting to row faster and reach the shore. They were sitting ducks on that boat, if one of them miraculously managed to avoid a single arrow, the one behind himm would take it in turn. All in all, it was a very unpleasent situation to find oneself in, to the point some of them even jumped out of the boat and swam to shore. This had the unpleasant side effect of allowing the boat to speed up without all the extra weight; as she loaded another arrow, Linnea knew she wouldn't be able to get another cheap shot as the pirates were now close enough to stand even outside the boat.

Shooting off another arrow, Linnea's uncanny aim reaped the life of yet another immobile pirate, trimming their number down to seven as they finally disembarked on the shore...


OOC: Shot 2 arrows (total 3);
3 T1 pirates dead

"Don't worry~", Lin gave Melissa a friendly, reassuring smile as she watched the girl head off to meet the enemies

Hanging back, she had a clear shot on this whole wide area of the beach, and most of the pirates seemed completely focused on Melissa, for good reason. Yet even before the girl got close enough to start unleashing mayhem, the platinum haired archer still had the opportunity for yet another shot, taking aim at a pirate struggling to walk through the shallow waves, and quickly knocking him down with an arrow right in the chest.

As three enemies pounced her ally, Lin knew she wouldn't be able to aim at either of those three, not while they clustered around her friend. Granted, the girl had her logia intangibility but she didn't appear to be using it and the archer wasn't too confident in how it worked to allow herself to shoot arrows at Melissa. Would the arrows phase through her naturally, or did she have to do anything to activate it? No matter... She punched off the first enemy into the air, and Lin naturally followed up with an arrow as his path was easily predictable like this. Then she flicked another one away with enough force to knock him out cold or kill him outright, and then another one.

"Not so fast...", uttered Linnea as she took aim at another pirate attempting to sneak up on Melissa to get a cheap shot in while her back was turned. Her arrow cleanly intercepted the pirate, nailing him in the neck and trimming down the number of enemies to three.

But then, this fight wouldn't be so easy... Another rowboat approached the shores, and unlike last time, this pirate seemed to be hiding behind some kind of cover. Lin wouldn't be able to kill him before he disebarked. One of the pirates glanced back and looked pretty happy to see this new reinforcement arriving...

OOC: Shot 2 arrows (total 5)
7 T1 Pirates dead

This was a good arrangement for Lin... A really good arrangement. Melissa was not only powerful, but she was also a melee fighter, meaing the enemies had their hands full to a great enough extent that they didn't even dare turn their gazes away from her. She finally unleashed her snow powers once the three remaining pirate grunts as they decided to group up to attack her. As her body turned to snow, she took down the surprised attacker in one fell swoop, while the archer left her to her task and instead too aim at the big guy still on his boat, letting loose an arrow which pierced through his gut. But unlike his underlings, the man wasn't taken down by a single arrow, letting out little more than a pain filled grunt, staggering for a split second before getting back on track:

"LEEERORORORORO!!", laughed the captain as he finally disembarked, not even seeming the least bit bothered by the arrow stuck in his gut, "You're pathetic boys, this much trouble over two little girls?!"

The moment his two feet touched the sandy shores beneath, he dashed at full speed towards the two of them - drawing closer and close to the streets - wildly flailing his sword around and shooting air blades in every direction... Sickle winds...? This guy, he must have a devil fruit power too. Linnea managed to aim and shoot yet another arrow but to no avail, it was sliced to ribbons by the wind blades before it even got close. It wasn't even worth the risk of poking her head out, and she still wound up with a slice to her cheek. It could have been a lot worse...

"Tch... I missed...", uttered an annoyed Linnea; she wasn't used to missing her shots, and even a cool girl like her couldn't avoid showing such frustration, "He defenitely has a devil fruit, I'll say that much... He seems tougher too. Do you think you can draw his fire away?"

She wasn't the least bit worried about Melissa, the girl was a Logia user which made her immune to attacks like those coming from this battle frenzied pirate captain. For the time being, she kept her arrows in her quiver, ducking back behind her stone cover to avoid the hail of wind blades. She'd peek her head out every now and then when the rain seemed to subside a little bit, hoping Melissa would create an opening for her to shoot again. At this rate, she wouldn't be able to get clear shot with all the suppressing fire over them... Looking at Melissa, she couldn't help but envy her Logia ability; nothing this guy did could ever hurt her...


OOC: Shot 2 arrows (total 5);

She smirked at the girl's answer, knowing it was perfectly doable given her immunity to the foe's attacks. She was just standing there as the attacks phased through her without even flinching. She then offered her jacket, an appreciated gesture even if Linnea was incredibly resistant to envoiromental hazards, cold in particular. She slipped her arms through the sleeves:

"You didn't have to, i have a high tolerance for cold... But thanks anyway.", she watched Melissa make her move under the constant barrage of attacks, and little by litte they could see the pirate captain grow frustrated by his inability to hit her.

Suddenly, a massive snow storm brewed up centered on the girl's position, and for all her tolerance to cold, she was glad to have borrowed the girl's jacket. Being tolerant didn't make the envoiroment any more pleasant, but the sudden onslaught of cold affected the clearly intolerant captain even more than herself, slowing him down and disrupting his aim. Linnea poked her head out once more and much to her surprise, Melissa was nowhere to be seen. The Captain had pretty much forgotten about her by now, which provided her with the opening she needed. Taking aim, Linnea let loose an arrow and this time she managed to strike his shoulder. Despite the terrible visibility and wind conditions, Linnea was a train sharpshooter to whom even a faint silhouette was enough for her to take aim, even if her shot wasn't as accurate as she'd have normally liked...

Soon, the snow storm subsided and she saw Melissa come back to her. The heat was once again too much for her, and as sweat trailed down her face and chest, Lin put away her bow and returned the jacket to the snow woman:

"No idea...", she shrugged, shaking her head, before crouching down and looting the guy's pockets with a smirk on her face, "But I guess whatever they have is ours now. We can just go loot their ship."

There might be a bounty to collect but Lin herself was a wanted Pirate, so walking into a marine base wasn't her idea of fun... This pirate crew should have enough gold in their posession, and they had already taken out the bulk of the crew. The ship they left ashore was ripe for plunder...

OOC: Shot 1 arrow (total 6)