It was a nice and sunny afternoon today as the self proclaimed magician extraordinaire sailed over the open sea in his dingy. He was relaxed, laying back on his vessel as the wind blew calmly, carrying him towards who knows where as he looked through one of his many notebooks, doodling some magic circles into it alongside the basic descriptions for some new spells he was working on as he sighed softly to himself and sat up to stretch his arms and yawn. It had been about a day since he left the previous island so surely he must be approaching the next one soon enough as he glanced about, grimacing at the lack of any islands in sight. "Not to self...get a faster ship as soon as possible. Preferably an Airship though." He mumbled to himself as he stood up to stretch himself out a bit, having been laying about all day writing up new spells and ideas for magical items and the like. "Second note to self, get more money to fund magical research and production." He spoke out again, making more mental notes to himself as he scanned the horizon, putting his hands over his brow to block the sun, yet still not seeing anything just yet.
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Finally feeling like he had swam far enough away from the storm of chaos that was happening at that giant tree island Krah-Khen would begin to come closer to the surface of the water. His silhouette once more appearing to anyone who might have been around as the large sea creature continued movement forwards for the most part. There were a bit of turns and what not, but for the most part the large creature thought he was going in the right direction. However he saw fish he hadn't recognized which usually meant he was probably going in the wrong direction from the stat. Krah-Khen would sigh while under the water as he moved his tentacle to put the boat he had grabbed with it in his hand instead of holding it with his tentacle. Krah-Khen now able to really feel what a boat was realized something, this thing was pretty hard. Perhaps it was going to be difficult to chew or something along those lines. Thinking about it for a moment Krah-Khen determined he would be eating this boat at a later time, putting the boat in a rather large sack at his side. Krah-Khen would move to find some other sort of food for the time being. He hadn't gotten to finish eating the bird that he grabbed out of the air so he needed something large. Which was when he heard it, a loud noise from the ocean typically indicating something big. He wasn't sure what it was but it was a sound like he had been told of before. The sound of a giant fish that was perfect for being food. Moving towards this location Krah-Khen would notice a fish that seemed far in the distance yet still was visible. Quickly he moved towards it. The closer he got, the bigger it got until he could see for the most part this large sea creature. Moving up towards the surface. It was huge, and looked rather delicious. It could feed him for quite some time if he were to eat such a thing. As such Krah-Khen would do what any predator would do. Attack it where it least expected. Diving deeper into the water for a moment the sea monster would make his move to be under the large creature. Able to tell when from the dark shadow eclipsing the sunlight from above. Then he began to make his move, The sea monster quickly moving upwards faster. When he reached the large sea creature his tentacles would move to wrap around it as much as they could, and then a minor struggle began. However the struggle swiftly ended as Krah-Khen bit into the head of the large creature. For the most part Krah-Khen was out of the water at the moment, along with a portion of this giant creature which he was now eating in the water. Nearby was a boat, seemingly simply floating around at sea, although Krah-Khen was not paying much attention to it.
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Lyneel had left his pockets much heavier than when he had first entered the changed kingdom. While he enjoyed the compendium left behind by the white haired traveler, he soon found the vibrancy of the tales within dimmed somewhat after prolonged reading, and thus found it in common sense to stow the leather bound booklet to read at a later time. He had relocated many times during his stay in the stone kingdom, stained with s**t and piss, even in the most eloquent of places where the stench of perfume was just as bad and pungent as the odor of fecal material. In his relocation he had set up shop in various places with each new surrounding bringing new customers of varying sorts to purchase his ware. There was one in particular which spared the glow within his silver eyes as he reminisced the glittering jewels that shone from the madam's neck and fingers. "Are you sure this will do the job?" amber eyes narrowed to the point where in the dim lighting of the whale oil lamps provided the merchant could only make out a yellow glint from the voluminous lashes. A chuckle left his open maw revealing his slightly yellowed canines, "Why of course, dearest customer." Pale digits intertwined in a rhythmic, circular motion as if to ball up the anticipation that swirled within him. The two had sat at a lacquered table of a simple design with enough space to host the presence of two individuals and their hot drinks that went suspiciously untouched throughout the entirety of the exchange. The two did smoke heavily, however, and the smoke that they collectively produced created a thick curtain of fog which served to veil against leering eyes. The woman held up the pink vial to the dim lighting, inspecting the seemingly mysterious solution. An inquisitive brow rose as velvet words flowed from painted lips, "If you deceive me, I will have you hanged." While soft were her words, the intention and the determination behind them were a distinct signifier of the upper class, and the entitled who little knew how to discern one poisonous root to a harmless weed. The arrogance that bred in their wombs however were in fact a weakness that he and many traders knew how to exploit. it first started at the building of trust, and once established, like a animal led to a snare, the real game would begin. He had done just so with the heiress before him though she certainly was a fox in both appearance and manner. Long had it taken him to build the relationship between the two of them and like swordsmen, abet in their own unique way of combat, tested each other where they felt each others intent as though they were intimate lovers. While the woman was certainly adept at the duel they danced, he had danced since the day his feet were able to walk and hands were able to greedily snatch whatever the world had laid before him. "Of course not, wise noblewoman," he crooned to the pristine sack of gold that glared at him with the contempt one would have held for a poorly trained animal, which was certainly better than when he was first regarded as a pest, "The potion will do as promised. Just but a drop within his drink will set his loins afire with desire." A brief flicker of ambition graced the female's powdered features before they dimmed as Rune lifted a finger in warning. "I warn you, dear pet, that lust and love are two entirely different things altogether. Are you sure this is what you want? You may have riches beyond reckoning but is that worth the loneliness that is sure to come in your later years? Gold hold no appeal to the warmth of another's loving touch." Rage, indignation, and high passion flooded to redded the gentlewoman's face, as if the mere advisory warning had been above his predesignated station that was allotted to him. Feigning words of apology, he bowed and accepted his pay before swiftly leaving. He chuckled. What he had sold was merely a concoction of cherry, rose, and other fragrant, but useless herbs.
The money gained from the woman jingled in his pockets. The noblewoman, who by then he suspected discovered the ruse he had set for her, was thousands of miles away from where he remained safe in the confines of his singular boat that rocked gently across the waves, unmolested by dangerous winds. A whistle drew from parted lips that quivered upon high notes and opened wide upon low notes. The winds had found themselves becalmed to a soft lull as the sound of distant chirping, though he could not pinpoint where exactly, and the creak of his singular boat lapping against the soothing waves of the wide blue ocean until a dark shadow had passed beneath his boat with alarming speed. Initially, the silver eyed merchant had thought it as a cloud drifting overhead, but so such weather based phenomena existed in reach of the sun's light, or within proximity to his craft either. The shadow seemed to twist aberrantly from the usual discourse of sea life. The shape itself curled and contracted at a moment's notice before disappearing into the depths only to reemerge once more in a stunning display of raw strength and savagery as he witness countless tentacles reach to the sky as though they were pillars before coming down with a palpable 'smack' on the pitiful creature they had managed to snare. The sheer size of the animal was daunting. "Marvelous! he breathed as bits and pieces of the multi-armed colossus' prey skittered across the once calm spread of ocean, causing seismic ripples that caused his boat to rock precariously.
The young magician sighed softly to himself as he looked about the water. Calm breeze, no clouds in sight, nothing of real note at all as he looked at the water. There were a few fish passing around under the surface by his ship as he blinked once they suddenly scattered. He looked farther out and around as he caught sight of the vast shadow in the water before he pulled out a small folding telescope and looked closer. He saw what was most likely a large whale, coming up for some air and that must have been what startled the fish near his vessel. He merely smiled a bit and put away the telescope and let himself sail on towards the creature since he had some interest in seeing it up close. However as he got closer to it something happened. Something crazy. Something insane. Something absolutely fantastic! Before his very eyes, the whale he had intended to get closer to and say 'hi' to was suddenly and magnificently attacked and brutally murdered by an even larger and much more powerful denizen of the sea.
Giant tendrils, great muscles, a dark colored skin, and enough strength and size to literally bite the head off of the more peaceful beast with ease. Geno's eyes sparkled in awe as he watched the display of power shown by this great sea creature as it began to consume and devour the remains of its unfortunate victim. He quickly reached for one of his many notebooks and opened to a specific page that was labeled in very ornate cursive with the tittle of 'Leviathan' on it along with several paragraphs and small doodles of sea serpents and fins and giant waves and the like. He skimmed through his notes and stared up at the great beast before him and began to wonder if his theories of basic appearance in this world were wrong and started to think that he had stumbled upon his first mighty Esper. Summoning magics were fairly advanced however and commanded otherworldly beings to fight for or alongside you in battle. He was by no means a high ranking Magician just yet, but maybe he could reason with Leviathan for the ability to request aide should he ever be in trouble. And even if not, a mere audience with such a might being would be an honor as he let his ship sail closer, oblivious to the other ship on the other side that had arrived to witness these events unfold.
"Mighty Leviathan! Is that really you great one!?" He called out to that which he believed to be a magical dimension traveling demigod like creature. "I may only be a lower leveled mage but it would be an honor to speak with you, even if only for a short time. Perhaps you can give me some insight into your great water magics or dare I say offer me aide should I ever be in grave danger?" A bold request to make of such a mighty beast to be sure, but he did say please and he was polite, by no means making blunt demands of course, though a refusal would likely be a bit upsetting at first. of course Geno would acknowledge such a decision and he would by no means argue with a demigod either. That was just asking to be subjected to the greatest of supernatural disasters.
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Krah-Khen while feasting on his giant animal noticed a couple things. First the boat that seemed to be coming closer with a small blue person on it...or well from this distance looked like such a thing. The other was another boat nearby who seemed to have a person facing his direction as well. He wasn't sure if that other boat was coming towards him however that didn't matter at the moment. The other boat approached him, the little person on it began to speak about some weird things that even through all the different books Krah-Khen had read before..the wotan monster had no clue what this person was talking about. Utterly confused Krah-Khen would speak, mouthful though seemingly able to speak perfectly past his mouth being full of food. "What is this Leviathan thing you speak of? What is a mage? Are you asking me to teach you how to fight with water or to help you fight people?" Asking a series of questions to the blue colored humanoid being...or rather blue dressed humanoid as he could see now that he was closer. Then also turning to the other boat and shouting out loudly. "And you, what are you doing!?"
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It seemed he was not entirely alone in the wide expanse of ocean as the merchant thought he was. A monstrous groan belched from the maw of the dying animal as the predator, what looked to be a giant squid of some sort, leached the life blood from the animal. It's essence stained the ocean like foul painting that had gone wrong. Red flowers blossomed on the surface of the ocean with bits of torn, pulped flesh to accent the canvas as berries. As the innards and darker blood seeped into the ocean, the smell of digesting fish, most likely from shrimp and krill eaten by the whale, wafted in the air. The young merchant lifted the long sleeve of his robes to his nose and mouth where it remained clamped in attempt to fend off the horrid stench that permeated the air. "Ugh," he grumbled with dissatisfaction as the other hand shuffled around his packs for a better fabric to tie around his face. It took no time at all to find a cloth that was of the right proportions. He ripped the cloth and hastily tied the textile into a mask before hastily taking to the oars which governed his tiny craft. His arms labored as the wooden poles drove themselves into the colored water. Silver eyes peered at the gargantuan figure that sprouted from the depths of the ocean to feed. They discerned limbs, which were typical of a human, mixed into the vastly confusing array of tentacles. A hybrid? He had only heard tale of a species that matched what was before him. A creature that was as uncommon as mermaids which dwelled far beneath the waves, away from the influence of mankind. "What species was it again...? Rune mumbled to himself, rising to stand with little difficulty and opting to use a single oar to ease himself toward the potentially dangerous giant which, no doubt was easily five times greater in size and height than the merchant himself. Just as he wasn't deterred by the humanoid squid's size, another had come to appeal to the giant. He caught wind of words such as "leviathan" and "magic" which puzzled the man. Talk of sorcery in the middle of the ocean? Curiouser and curiouser. Such talk was almost forbidden from where he heralded, and would warrant death if not the punishment of being cast out from the clans. A life an outcast was a hard and difficult one indeed but as he dwelled on the matter, there was no better place to discuss such topics in the great salt water where only the ocean and the fishes were there for company. A silent chuckle tickled his insides as he too pondered the things that he had seen and his previous consultations to strange merchants for their even stranger inventories. Certainly he would be labeled a witch if he were not protected by the title of trader among his people. He did not expect the creature, however, to be capable of speech, regardless of how humanoid it had appeared to be, nor did he expect it to take him into regard. "Eh..?" he stuttered dumbly. His heart started to race. "Wait, are you talking to me?" he asked the monolith in a hurried fashion, stuttering all the while, "N-n-nothing in particular!' He glared at the figure in the opposing boat that was dressed in bright blue, so bright that it made him stand out against the darker colors of the ocean beneath him and more akin to the sky above. They were too far apart to exchange any words with meaning without the giant to overhear, however his general demeanor was clear enough to ask a single question "What did you say to him?"
His words fell not upon deaf ears, or rather the sound detecting holes in the side of the head that most fish like creatures had, as Geno looked up at what he believed to be the great and powerful Leviathan itself. However as the beast started to speak to him, he began to smile wider, further believing he was right because any ordinary sea monster couldn't use the human language after all. But that first question the great beast asked him made his smile stop and slowly lower into a frown of confusion as it had asked him what Leviathan even was. That didn't seem right at all! After all Leviathan wouldn't ask what Leviathan was. That could only mean one thing: He was wrong in his assumption and he had not actually stumbled across the great god of the seas this day. He frowned now, relatively let down at the revelation after having gotten his hopes up. Being asked what a mage even was only added to his disappointment at the current situation as he took a lot longer to process the fact that a sea monster was in fact speaking to him than it should have.
He did snap out of it for a moment to process that fact however as he blinked a few times, surveying the great beast before him with greater curiosity than before as it had asked him to clarify what his request had been exactly and he started to feel bad now that he had bothered this...stranger with his foolish misunderstanding. He rubbed the back of his head apologetically as he looked up to reply to the creature. "I am terribly sorry but I think I may have mistaken you for another..." He placed his right arm over his chest and bowed slightly in apology to the large beast. "Leviathan is the great lord of the seas and a master of water magic from another plane of existence. As for me, a mage is one who channels the powers of arcane or divine energy through their body to cast spells and use other supernatural abilities." He gave the explanation in a plain and honest sounding tone as if he truly believed such nonsense to be true. Of course any sensible person would think he should be put in a mental hospital or something, but in a world where people could turn into the elements, control age, levitate things with their minds, or turn things into ice cream, maybe the ability to use magic wasn't all that far fetched in hindsight.
"I do apologize for bothering you great denizen of the sea, but I must say I am a bit surprised by your ability to speak. I am The Magnificent Geno, Magician Extraordinaire at your service~" He took another bow with a lot more flair this time with his cloak even being moved behind him by the hand that did not get crossed over his chest as he smiled up at the massive tentacle adorned beast. "Might I know your name as well?" He requested the information just before the beast turned it's attention to another as he leaned over in his ship, blinking as there was someone else here, just on the other side of this massive creature. It was a young man that seemed to look a lot more frightened and worried about the gigantic talking sea monster like any ordinary person should. Of course Geno was by no means normal as he looked at the man who seemed to look back at him rather confused about this all so far. He would simply smile and wave to the other man politely as he stepped back to adjust his sails, letting the wind drift him around the being formerly mistaken for Leviathan, and get closer to the other so that the three of them could have a proper conversation without shouting at the top of their lungs like idiots. "Nice to meet you~" He greeted them with a smile once he was close enough to say so without needing to raise his voice at all in order to communicate to the other man.
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Krah-Khen sort of simply stared at the blue dressed person from above, still eating his recently killed meal the giant fish just listened to the explanations for the questioned he had asked regarding the awkward words spoken by the humanoid. The giant monster of the sea just stared after for a moment. Then turning to see the person he had yelled at was rather close now, who said he was doing nothing in particular. Krah-Khen would let go of his meal, feeling finished he decided to let the carcass of the creature he had begun to devour slowly float away from them, or what remained of the carcass anyways. He then slowly began to sink down into the ocean, his body disappearing under the water, and his head being the only thing visible now so that he could hear the two better than he was able to before. "Geno? Your explanation sounds more like a delusion, there's no such thing as supernatural abilities or other planes of existence." The sea monster spoke, feeling as though he had to inform this person...Geno of his ridiculous words. His attention then shifted to the other person whom said he had been doing nothing in particular. Then why was he even moving towards him in the first place. Krah-Khen's hand would move up from the water, lightly grabbing the boat, and beginning shaking the boat that the non-Geno person was on. "Then why were you just watching me? Or moving towards me hmm?" He asked. He wasn't shaking it enough to make the person fall into the water but he was definitely shaking it quite a lot. "None the less, I am Krah-Khen, since this person said his name was Geno, and I just introduced myself, it's your turn." He said to the person who's boat he was shaking.
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He stood incredulous as the two held their conversations at length. It was not far to say he presumed the giant to be dumb, much less capable of speech or even mimicking it to some degree. While in ordinary circumstances, especially dealing with customers, to assume such would have warranted grave consequences. Customers who would have been angered by less would have had him hung for such thoughts if they were privy to them - thankfully there were not. Nonetheless, he was still quite baffled by the situation that unfolded between the trio. While savage the beast was in it capturing of the whale as well as it's dining manners, the manner in which it carried itself as well as it speech was quite eloquent indeed much to his surprise. He watched with wary eyes as he listened in on the blue fellow who seemed quite addled in the head. Out of his experienced, those that were afflicted such as the man before him meant little in terms of profit, though they rarely posed as a threat, except for the situation which unfolded. The healers which had hailed from his land often said that one should tread lightly with the folk which have been touched so in the mind, that they were influenced by powers far beyond his knowledge. They were considered holy. He was always skeptical of the spiritual ways of the shamans and soul fliers which sat in their perfumed tents of sage and other assorted burning herbs, even as a lad. Even as he stood before a giant that towered far above him with a magic obsessed fool, he still claimed mere coincidence, or rather misfortune in this case, led him to these individuals. The questioned that remained was to be done about the events that spread out before him. He quivered so at the thought of being eaten by such a monstrosity. Would he be drowned first or perhaps consumed whole by the colossus only to be slowly digested from within? His thoughts were cut brief by the greeting that was extended by the so-called magician. His silver eyes narrowed at the ridiculously blue outfit and bright blonde hair that peeked out from beneath his equally azure cap. He had to tread cautiously. Ah, yes, a pleasure to meet you as well..." he managed in a gritty tone as he gave a semblance of a bow toward the two strangers, "My name is Rune." His voice was strained as he kept glancing at the giant. In a hushed whisper he rasped at the initiate, "Oi, do you have any idea what you're getting in-? His boat was lightly rocked before it was snared by the sea creature. The merchant, startled by the action, stumbled as he fell to the bottom of his small craft. Fear started to creep into his legs as they shook profusely. "I-I-I was merely curious to see what kind of being you were," he managed to croak, "Are y-you perhaps a w-w-wotan by any chance? It's rather rare to see one of your kind above surface." He certainly wasn't lying though much of what he said was only by what he had gains from a passing word at the bazaars he frequented. "K-k-kraken, did you say?" he stammered as his heart raced. What horrible luck. Even when he was not native to the seas, he had heard tell of a fearsome creature that went by that name. It was said that such a creature had sunken whole fleets of ships in it's ravenous hunger. Pale like the color of a blanched herb had his visaged turned, and bone white had his slender digits fade. The only hint of color that remained visibly were the bright blue veins that jutted precariously from his fear strickened limbs. Of all the misfortune in the world to face a infamous creature of the deep. He silently cursed the coming of the magician and the bad luck the man wrought him. "R-Rune, if it pleases you, oh great giant from the deep," he forced through chattering bones.
As his ship got closer to the other one, he rose up the sails so they stopped catching winds and let himself just drift nearby as he watched the large creature toss aside the carcass of the unfortunate whale that had served as his meal for the day. He was even polite enough to lower himself down into the water so that they could all speak without any shouting or anything unnecessary like that. It was a lot more politeness and consideration than any sane person would expect from a gigantic whale eating sea monster. And yet Geno merely accepted it as if this was normal behavior all around or something like that. He clearly had a screw loose somewhere in his head but since there weren't any therapists or counselors around, there was no way to really confirm or deny such a claim.
The large beast addressed him and his explanation of magic with a response he most certainly did not like nor agree with by any means whatsoever. Of course he was not entirely unaccustomed to such a reaction that didn't make it any less annoying. He merely sighed softly and shrugged it off. "I can understand your reluctance to believe in such things, but the evidence is everywhere~ After all the Devil Fruits alone prove that supernatural abilities can and do exist in this world, even to those that have yet to encounter any other forms of magic personally." He spoke rather calmly as he gave a simple counter argument that he probably had to make a good deal many times before in the past to such ignorant nonbelievers before. Though his explanation was not to be continued as the boat to his left as rocked and shaken, knocking the other person to their buttocks as the great sea monster demanded to know why that person had been watching him or having gone towards him in the first place. He didn't seem to take too kindly to their less direct greeting than Geno had given it seemed. But at least the beast gave them both his own name, which was some kind of badly spelled pun on his own species if nothing else.
Their third member of this almost awkward exchange would finally give their own name as 'Rune' and it made Geno himself raise an eyebrow slightly. A name like that seemed to imply some kind of magical connections and this person certainly didn't object or question his own explanation of himself as a mage or of the existence of magic as a whole. He wondered just how familiar this young lad was with the supernatural as he spoke to Geno. Something about asking if he knew what he was getting into or something like that before the young man fell over in his boat. Geno himself merely shrugged at him, not really seeing any dangers or threats by talking to the massive tentacle adorned whale killing sea monster named Krah-Khen. Though this Rune fellow seemed to know about the sea native species as he asked if their much larger companion was of a 'Wotan' species, sounding terribly flustered or scared, possibly both. Geno simply couldn't see why the guy was so damn worked up and nervous but Geno was by no means a normal person with normal world views. "It's a pleasure to meet you as well Rune, Krah-Khen. Might I ask what either of you are doing on the sea each by yourselves?" He questioned them both politely and calmly. "I myself and searching for a way to make funding for my magical research but I'm not against having a travel companion or two."
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Krah-Khen looked about the couple people whom he was talking to as they spoke. One seemed quite nervous, probably having something to do with the giant fishman shaking the man's boat or whatever. The other seemed to be perfectly calm, and said something about evidence of supernatural abilities, something about some sort of devil fruit thing or whatever. He also addressed the other person...the nervous one, Rune so seemed to be his name. Krah-Khen himself looked rather confused however, magical research, devil fruits? What were these things. So he decided simply....to ask. "What is this Devil Fruit you speak of? I know not of your surface fruits...in fact fruits do not exist in the deepest of the ocean..." He explained before turning his attention to the nervous one. "As for you, please pronounce my name properly, 'Krah-Khen, Crah-Ken, not Kraken. And your nervousness and speaking of me as if I am some sort of higher being is not pleasing." Krah-Khen seemed to be glaring at Rune as if to show he really didn't like that.
Suddenly then, a floating object was moving along by them, a red light flashing and the sounds of a person coming from the object loudly. Alerting them of the appearance of some supposed Yonkou thing that was at Torino Kingdom. Krah-Khen looked at the alarm thing as it moved on by and then towards the other two once more. By this time he had stopped shaking Rune's boat. "What is a Yonkou? Where is this Torino Kingdom place?" Krah-Khen questioned.
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The talk of the arcane was what suffused the conversation at hand, though Rune had very little to contribute to the matter, being quite uneducated of the rudimentary concepts of foreign magic. While he did know of a few spirit plants which the soul fliers of his tribe used to detach their souls in search of truth, he knew little of the mentioned topics which were brought up. Devil fruits were all but unknown to the skypiean native. What sort of power did these supposed fruits hold? Were they like the spirit plants which the healers of his village used to cure sickness and drive away darkness which could creep into an unsuspecting soul? There were times where he had seen war parties return from raids of enemy villages where things had turned sour. Torn limbs, lungs punctured by darts, bleeding skulls. Of the individuals who were fortunate to have passed quickly from the severity of their wounds, they were put to pyre where their souls would ascend to join their ancestors while their ashes would nourish their families. Those who lingered faced a more gruesome fate of recovery, or the long agonizing fate of wasting away when evil spirits infected wounds. He pitied the men and women that faced such horrible fates. Puss would ooze from their festering wounds while the slightest touch would send them into mad ravings, if they were not driven mad already from the pain. "Devil fruits, you say...?" he murmured before he was corrected by the titan. He bowed slightly before the beast as he expressed his apologies with the correct pronunciation of the wotan's name, "I'm terribly sorry. I did not mean to give way to offense, Krah-khen." Though he could not fully quell his nervousness, a single bite to the lip from vicious canine was enough to still his anxious twitching. Blood was not spilled but tender flesh would certainly be sore within a couple hands of time. The situation which had unfurled was uncannily awkward for the merchant. The poor soul didn't know if he was to be lectured on formal greetings or to be eaten! The notice of a floating object commanded their attentions as it breached the topic of sorcery at hand for news of more qualitative regard: a figure of high renown, a Yonko, had graced the tiny Torino Kingdom; a staple trading hub of the South Blue not too far from where they were stationed. Ears perked in earnest of this news and future prospects. He knew of money when he heard it. At the behest of his greed, he quickly bid the sea creature and the estranged magus farewell in a manner that was much unlike his twitchy self moments prior. "Oh goodness! A yonko! King among kings! I must leave immediately! It was a pleasure meeting the two of you," he twittered with a hurried insincerity. Where power dwelled so did money. Sails taught and oars at the ready, he ventured away from the two parties toward the South Blue.
Geno blinked a bit, taking note that this giant sea creature was not in fact as familiar with the 'surface world' as he was. Of course he wouldn't but Geno was a tad oblivious to such obvious things at times. He'd merely smile and prepare a proper explanation. "Devil Fruits are cursed fruits, filled with the very spirit of a Devil of the Sea. These fruitsbestow strange and magical powers unto the consumers like the power of invisibility, breathing fire, skin like steel, or even more powerful alterations as well. However the cost is that you become an enemy of the sea itself. Should you enter the water, your body will become paralyzed and unable to move as you sink like a rock to the bottom..." He paused a bit as he described the benefits and drawbacks of those 'evil' magical fruits to his new larger companion.
After his explanation however, a strange little alarm device of sorts passed by them all on the water, openly declaring a sort of state of emergency. Apparently a Yonkou, one of the greatest, strongest, and most wanted pirates in the world had been spotted in South Blue. Torino Kingdom to be more specific. Geno blinked, looking on as the odd announcer device went past them and their companion Rune took interest in it's information. In fact he apparently wanted to meet this Yonkou first hand as he made a farewell to them both and took his leave rather hastily as he dropped his sails to get his a** going to South Blue ASAP. He looked at Krah-Khen and pointed after Rune with a smile. "Yonkou are the four most powerful and wanted pirates in all the world, and if you want to go as well, I assume Rune went there as he is heading in the right direction. You should be able to follow after him pretty easily from under the water to get there as well. If you get lost, just look for the island with a really big tree on it~"
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Krah-Khen stroked his chin for a moment as Rune was still being panicky...then headed off right after Geno had explained about these Devil Fruit things. The sea monster took this information into consideration as he nodded. "Perhaps the supernatural does exist if these magical fruits are a thing...Until I see it for myself I will not believe it however." Mostly talking to himself although Geno was likely able to hear him anyways. Geno continued on to explain what a Yonkou was, and that the direction of Torino Kingdom was...the direction he had been coming from a bit ago. Was that one island Torino Kingdom? None the less he decided against going back, it would only lead him into more trouble. Looking towards Geno he would nod. "Thank you for the information you have given me. For now I shall be going, I will see you some other time." and with that Krah-Khen would completely go under water until even his silhouette disappeared beneath it before heading off.
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