Episode 22: Blood is Thicker Than Water

Podcast - 2 Hour, 5 Minutes and 31 Seconds

**"Blood is Thicker Than Water"** is the Twenty Second Episode of One Piece D&D by Rustage, in this episode the Crew kill an old enemy, help a new friend, and get into a bloody battle with the 7th Flame!

This episode was first streamed on Rustage's Twitch, and the VOD can be found here! It was later uploaded to Rustage's second Youtube Channel, which can be found here! As well as being posted as a Podcast, which can be found here!

The Summary for this episode can be found here! This consists of a summary of the episode, a TL:DR for the episode, the story impact of the episode, characters in the episode and quotes of the episode.

## Story Impact

Here are the main parts of this episode that have an overall impact on the ongoing story.

* The Crew kill Cleo, ally with Hemlock and start fighting Valentine
* William turns into a tiny gourd

## Featured Characters

### The Crew

* William
* Verona
* Duros
* Ragnar
* Pearl
* Gravy
* Louis Le'Cloque

### New Characters

* Big Blood Boy
* Meddy
* Big Blood Boy's Brother

#### Mentioned

* N/A

### Returning Characters

#### Met

* Cyril
* Cleo and Patty
* Hemlock
* Noodle
* Bullet
* Valentine

#### Mentioned

* N/A

## Quotes

* "I don't even know who you are" - Cleo when Louis simps for her
* "Do I finally get to kill this bitch?" - Pearl to Cleo
* "Hey Cleo how ya doing?" - William before stabbing Cleo
* "This isn't the sort of gas I'm into!" - Hemlock after getting sprayed with acid
* "Do we need to knock your French ass out?" - William to Louis
* "The more it hurts the more I love you" - Louis when Cleo kicks him
* "You're one annoying son of a bitch" - Bullet before killing Cleo
* "Oh Cleo's dead. I mean oh dang, oh shoot, I can't believe you guys did that while I was passed out. Oh shoot, oh darn" - Duros seeing Cleo's dead body
* "Hemlock join us! I know you want to, you like us more than this Valentine guy, pale looking motherfucka" - Ragnar to Hemlock
* "So weak-willed Hemlock, so weak-willed" - Valentine when he sees that Hemlock doesn't have Haki
* "That is me little friend, aren't you cute" - Duros to Meddy
* "Maybe I can make up for this another time" - Louis when he sees Valentine
* "Alright Cyril, there comes a time in every man's life when they have to make a decision, they have to stand up for what they believe in. Even if they're scared, they have to do it anyway. I know there were times in your life when you were scared, and you didn't do something because you were scared. This is your opportunity, look at this vampire, he's already injured, you can do this no problem! You're water, he's blood. You're him but cooler!" - Ragnar inspiring Cyril
* "Ragnar we're fighting a vampire, I need you to throw me at him as fast as you can as hard as you can" - William to Ragnar
* "Hello! I am Blood Boy!" - Blood Boy
* "I can do this, everyone believes in me and these guys are assassins, they're even worse than pirates or corrupt Marines. They don't try to justify their actions, they just kill!" - Cyril about to attack Blood Boy
* "Devil's Luck Pirates forever!" - William before downing the yellow power
* "Captain, where'd you go?" - Duros after William shrinks