A Deal is a Deal

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**Date Started:** December 2nd, 2020
**Date Completed:** Ongoing
**Users Involved:** User:ThePirateKingmaker,
**Setting:**
**Characters Involved**:
* **Pirates:** Strozza P. Giotti,
* **Other**:

Flowers for the Family

It was a rough morning for Sumeshi. Living with her kid brother was anything but what a grown woman such as herself would have wanted at this stage in her life. She spent much of that morning picking up after him, their small but manageable residence in Nassau loitered with his many clothes. "HOY!!! SHIO!!! DO YOU THINK I’M YOUR MOM OR SOME SHIT? THIS AIN’T MY JOB, YOU BASTARD!!!"

That was when the sound of the front door bell went off. "Hm? Maybe it’s another client?"

The voluptuous woman jiggled with her attributes towards the door, ignoring the heart shaped eyes of the brazen deliveryman who was visibly moved by her appearance. She had eaten a Paramecia Devil Fruit that made her a *Smooth-Human*, rendering her skin smoother than humanely possibly and thus granting her a glow and beauty that was impossible to ignore and rivaled only by the mermaids of Fishman Island and the compatriots of the Bijin Kingdom.

"Wh-What’s this?!" Sumeshi almost fainted as soon as she opened the door. Then practically gliding in the air with both feet against her arse, she gravitated towards the walls upon walls of flowers that had been shipped to her front door.

Shio, who suddenly noticed the sound of his sister’s voice despite not hearing a single one of her previous complaints, stepped into the room with a finger in his ear. "Eh? What’s all the commotion for?"

Sumeshi was still screaming. "Flowers! Someone brought *me* flowers!!" She dug her face into one of the walls, which stood at twice her height. Shio could hardly see their front yard with how many flowers there were around. He dismissed the deliveryman with a threat rather than a tip and found a letter in one of the shrubs. "They’re from some guy named Giotti. Said he wants us to join him or some shit. So hey, wait a second, those flowers are for me too."

Sumeshi who had just realized that the flowers were made of candy had begun to mow down the walls without mercy.

"HEY! SAVE ME SOME, DAMMIT! THE CANDY’S FOR ME TOO!!"

And thus the Shepard Siblings spent that morning squabbling over who gets to eat what. They were due to meet with this "Giotti" later that night. With such a classy showing for a first act, Sumeshi was setting the bar high with her expectations for him.

The sound of smooth, classical jazz was heard from a suave band dressed in clean, black suits, all wearing ties and freshly shined shoes. The smell of strong cologne and cigar smoke filled the air, slightly singing the nose hair if inhaled too deep. The floor was sticky if stood on too long, having not been cleaned in a while.

A tall, lean man danced to the music with a blonde woman, while a battalion of clean dressed soldiers stood guard, holding weapons made of peppermint and rock candy. Seeing you, they made way to the edge of the dance floor, but it seemed they would not move until the song was over. The man in the pin-striped suit didn't seem to be in a rush, dancing very close, his eyes closed. As the music faded, he whispered something in her ear before turning his attention to the newcomers.

Approaching with hands held out gently, he smiled. "Buongiorno! Buongiorno! I am so sorry for the wait, the music... when it speaks to you, one must express your feelings. Wonderful, wonderful, did your family and friends receive the flowers? They must have if you are here. Beautiful, simply marvelous you are here and we don't... well, best not to dwell on dark ideas. You've received and accepted, and we can be on our way. Oh you both are simply... stunning. Parvance, Parvance! Take their measurements, the chesty one will need some support."