"Miss Bonnet, we've arrived."
These words accompanied a gentle knock at her cabin door. Finally, after a voyage that seemed to go on forever they'd made it to their destination - Impel Down. The Shichibukai let out a slight sigh before closing the book she'd been using to pass the time. Usually she'd have made sure the book in question had a bookmark fit snuggly between the pages, however, when one was desperate they'd read anything - even a fascinating instructional guide that detailed many nautical terms. In fact, it was so fascinating that reading it once in her life was enough, as she'd never be able to duplicate the joy she'd experienced having read it the first time.
With the book thrown in a fire somewhere, Nora began to make her way to the deck. She was sure by this time that most everyone (excluding the prisoners) would be there, and she wanted to view the infamous prison for herself while she could. As she made her way out of her cabin, she could see the immense prison immediately. At the moment, their escort ship was docked near the main gates of Impel Down itself. In total, there were about seventeen ships (including their own) docked around the high outer walls of the prison. Even though the walls themselves seemed immense, she knew due to the descriptions she'd heard from many others that the majority of the prison was deep underwater. She could only imagine the mental anguish that such a prison would place on a prisoner - especially ones that had lost their ability to swim as a result of consuming a devil fruit. Even if a prisoner were to miraculously escape the confines of the prison, they'd then have to face the harsh reality of being stranded in the Calm Belt. One could attempt to swim, however, the seakings that stalked the waters would make quick work of them.
While these thoughts filled Nora's head the Rear Admirals made their way out onto the deck, followed by Admiral Howard finally making way out of his own personal cabin and to the deck. It appeared that the transfer of the prisoners from the brig into Impel Down had already begun. Impel staff began to make their way onto the vessel by crossing a wide plank that connected the ship to the docks After conversing with some of the Marine staff on the vessel, Howard included, they were instructed to start bringing the prisoners up on deck - but were strictly reminded to make sure these prisoners remained clad in seastone bindings whilst doing so.
One by one, the prisoners would be brought up onto the deck of the ship before being taken into the confines of Impel Down. A few of them still seemed to be in rather serious condition, while a few of them still seemed to be mentally shaken. Nora wondered if they'd be given any sort of medical treatment while inside of the prison, but with the reputation a place like this had garnered over the years she found this to be highly improbable. Perhaps they'd be strong enough to overcome their injuries naturally...perhaps not. All of these things were out of her control now as these four pirates were soon being carted away into the prison and placed in their respective levels.
As they were being carted away, the Warden of the prison decided to make his appearance on the deck of the escort ship, commending the efforts of the Marines and the Shichibukai for bringing in such dangerous criminals before paying them for their efforts. Howard would be honored for bringing in the Yonko Junbei Von Echo and Song Bird crew member Nico Squalo, while Eleanor would be given credit for bringing in the Supernova known as Bazel D. Wiggins, and the Yellow Beard crew member known as Alaric D. Ryotoji. With the transactions completed and the Impel Down staff making their way back into the prison, the escort ship would once again set sail. Their destination would be Marineford, where they'd all be debriefed in regards to what happened on Fishman Island and go their separate ways until the World Government had need of them again.
OOC: Amount to be gained from Bazel is his fully bounty of 839,022,985 as a result of his bounty being guaranteed - as referenced here July-August News Coo . The payment for Alaric's bounty (179,410,000 before the 50% cut) equates to 89,705,000. In total, the beli reward for these bounties are 928,727,985. On top of that, i'll be making use of my "Fiscal in nature, the thief gains 15% more Beli from everything but the casino." perk from my Thief occupation - leaving the new total at 1,068,037,182 (rounded down) beli.
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