A Slapstick Showdown

**Date Started:** April 24, 2020
**Date Completed:** Ongoing
**Previous Role-Play:** Big Names in the Making!
**Users Involved:** User:Duck Dominator, User:YuveYu
**Setting:** Little Garden, Paradise
**Characters Involved**:
* **Slapstick Pirates**: Marx D. Garrison, Josiah Jomas
* **G-7.1**: Wesson Boreas, Taiji, Tokay
* **Mentioned**: Big Name Pirates; Haku, Marines; Taifuu

## Oops!

It had been about 3 weeks since the Slapstick Pirates had formed a pirate alliance with the Big Name Pirates' Captain, Haku. Since then, they had traveled from the South Blue straight to the first half of the Grand Line, Paradise. With only a 3 member crew, crossing reverse mountain would have been some trouble, if they didnt have; *One*, A well crafted steam powered ship and *Two*, Both a navigator and an expert helmsman. They had reached Paradise with some trouble, obtaining a simple log pose early on.

Marx D. Garrison sat on the deck of his ship, *the Looney Tune*, staring at the bright blue sky, using his left pointer finger to create hand drawn clouds, which floated into the sky. He was incredibly bored, which was odd, because supposedly the grand line was supposed to be exiting and fun. He stopped making cartoony clouds and sighed, standing up to stretch, he traversed to the front of the ship, staring out into the open sea.

*"Jomas! Are we near the first island yet?!"* He shouted across the deck, pulling out a cigarette and lighting it.

Josiah Jomas Sat at the helm of *the Looney Tune*, Gently steering the ship through some oddly calm waters. Their navigator was currently out of comission, so he held the log pose, which pointed to the next island. As he steered, he held some of his craft beer, before he joined Garrison, he worked in a brewery, where he was proficient and earned the title; Mr. Booze. He took a sip and responded to Garrison.

*"Captain, Im not the navigator, she's out for the count, I can only steer us in the right direction!"* He yelled back, sighing. He looked around, and saw a gull, then two gulls, then flocks. Even with basic knowledge, Jomas knew that was a sign of nearby land. About 15 minutes later, an island became visible in the distance. *Little Garden*. Jomas smiled, as he carefully steered near the island, he laid eyes upon a massive rocky outcrop. Jomas believed that meant this was a rocky area, and so he steered the ship safley around to a spot farther away from the rocky area, and dropped the anchor.

Garrison was ecstatic! The first island on the grand line! He wound himself up like the tasmanian devil and became a human tornado, carrying himself off the ship and over to the island, upon landing, he posed dramatically and took the last drag of his cigarette before crushing it and burying it. He felt like someone else was on the island, but who?

Jomas laughed at his captain's style of getting on the island. Jomas used air currents in the atmosphere and used them to carry himself off *the Looney Tune* and onto the shores next to his captain. Jomas had an off feeling about the rocks... something foreboding...

Boreas had made a mistake. Being caught up in the resulting paperwork that came from his altercation with a certain pirate along with having recently just refereed one of Dorry and Brogy's daily fights, the incoming pirate ship had completely slipped his mind. Taiji, frankly, was too stupid to notice, while Tokay, surprisingly enough, was also swamped in paperwork of a similar kind. However, everyone having completed all of that nasty paperwork, it was time to deal some sweet justice.

Standing on top of the rocky island that his base was situated on, Boreas coolly aimed his outstretched arm at the unknown pirates, the ones that were casually strolling along the peaceful Little Garden shores. In an instant, his arm elongated and morphed into a cannon!

*BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!*

And that was it. Three surefire cannonballs sailed towards the unsuspecting crew, rearing to tear them into little bits of flesh and organs.

Jomas was the first to notice the blasting of cannons and the whizzing sound of the cannonballs. He looked up to see 3 headed his direction, He quickly held up his hand, using air currents to slow down the cannonballs. 'These arent normal cannons that shot at us, they're much stronger!' Jomas thought to himself, trying to keep the cannonballs at bay.

Garrison had been alerted by Jomas' distraction to the cannon balls, and stared up at the balls in utter silence. A corny lightbulb appeared over his head after a second and he smiled with a cunning manner. He stuck his right hand behind his back and pulled out a catchers glove, and upon shoving his left hand in his pocket, he pulled out a cartoony, circus like cannon of his own.

Jomas let all 3 cannonballs go, which Garrison caught all of them. As if it were a baseball game! With each one he yelled;

"Strike One!" He quickly deposited the cannonball into the circus cannon

"Strike Two!" Garrison shoved the second cannonball from his glove into the cannon

"Striiiiiike Threeee! You're out!" And with that, he had put all 3 cannonballs into the gag cannon. Garrison smiled, and walked to the back where a cheezy fuse had been lit, upon reaching the cannon barrel, it shot all 3 cannonballs back to where they came from. They were a bit short of Boreas, but still managed to hit the rocky naval base, blasting rock everywhere. After this little interruption, Jomas was on guard, knowing his captain wouldn't be. He was right, there were enemies here!

Though the cannonballs missed Boreas, the shards of rock that they blew up headed straight towards his head... until Taiji flew in! Using his metal leg, he leaped high into the air and kicked the chunk of rock off of its path to his captain. "They won't touch you as long as I'm here!" Taiji shouted, an aura of adrenaline surrounding him. Tokay followed suit, silently drawing his sword and leaping off of the base to land on the shores of Little Garden.

As the two lieutenants dashed towards the man clad in pink, Taiji raising his metal to kick him and Tokay wielding his sword to slice him, Boreas fired another volley of cannonballs at the blonde captain. Though three cannonballs weren't enough, perhaps more of them could do the job.

Both Taiji's kick and Tokay's sword wafted right through Jomas' logia body. Where Tokay's sword and Taiji's kick had passed through Jomas' body, it seemed that there was nothing left but thin air, which soon reformed into his normal body. "Suprised?" He asked, not moving an inch. "You cant strike me, Im made of pure atmosphere." Jomas sighed, preferring not to fight. "I dont want to attack you guys, but It seems I have no choice"

Garrison had moved away from Jomas and the two lieutenants, Glancing up at the incoming barrrage of cannonballs. He pulled out a small push-pin, the type used for pinning things on a notice board. He quickly jabbed himself, and in a humerous fashion, screamed; "Yeeeeooooowwww!" As he rocketed into the air, over the cannonballs, which exploded upon hitting the ground. Problem was... instead of falling to the ground, Garrison walked on thin air. It wasnt Geppo, He was just... defying the laws of physics. Garrison made sure not to look down, because if he did, well... He'd find himself falling to the ground in a painful way. So, Now in the air, Garrison approached Boreas. "Lets dance cannon man."

Although, while on the ground, Garrison had the mobility to dodge and spin around as he did before, there was no way he could do those same moves in the air without something like Geppo, a technique that very few pirates know. Thus, Boreas once again simply raised his cannon arms and fired a volley, this one being the third, at the blonde pirate.

At the shores, Taiji and Tokay had stepped back a bit upon observing Jomas's mysterious ability. "Heyyy he's kinda like you!" Taiji said, nudging Tokay to the side, though Tokay only grunted in reply. Then, the pair of lieutenants went in for the kill once again, Taiji raising his leg to roundhouse kick Jomas in the head with his cyborg leg. "Soru" Tokay muttered, teleporting behind Jomas in an attempt to bring his sword down on the pirate and cleave him in half.

Again, the attacks didnt do much as they just seemed to cleave right through Jomas' body, leaving thin air again. "You two cant hurt me, I've got a logia devil fruit." He said bluntly, the parts that were slashed and kicked reformed into Jomas' origional body and suit. "You cant hurt me, you should stop making fools of yourselves. No matter how fast you seem to be, I will survive." Jomas had no intention of telling them that the Niki Niki no Mi was slower than most logia, due to his lack of training.

"Damnit!" Garrison couldnt move fast enough, and got blasted out of the air when one of the cannonballs hit him, somehow it wasnt enough as he still didnt fall to the earth though. As the others careened towards him, Garrison reached behind his back and pulled out some rocks, quickly flinging one at each of the cannonballs, causing them to explode before making contact. Garrison knew that at long range, he'd suffer, so, using the massive smokescreen created from the cannonball's explosion to gain ground on the Captain, as soon as he exited the smokescreen, he dropped out of the air and crashed through the hole in the base he had made earlier when shooting back Boreas' cannonballs. Garrison was inside the marine base. "Lets see if you'll fire off cannons in your own base."

Observing the pink-cloted man's intangibility, Tokay stepped back, dragging Taiji along. He then whispered in Taiji's ear: "This guy's a logia. I think that thing you can do should work here..." He said, nudging Taiji on his shoulder. Taiji then squatted down and took a deep breath.

"HNNNNNNNGHHHH" He groaned, as if he were forcing something out...

*Pop.*

From under his robes, the very tip of his metal foot turned black. "YEAAAH! WOO!" Taiji shouted, acquiring Busoshoku Haki for the *second* time in his life. Then, once again, he dashed towards Josiah and threw a roundhouse kick while Tokay stood behind.

Boreas on the other hand, hopped off of the terrace he was firing from. As he was falling through the air, he swung his legs around, attempting to somehow run... until his descent began to slow down, and as he continued to run harder and harder midair, his descent slowed down to a halt, leading to him floating midair over the base's hole with Garrison on the inside. "Hmph. This will not do." Boreas said, morphing his large cannon-arm back into his hand. Then, with the snap of his fingers, his right index finger turned into a small, miniature cannon. The cannonballs from this smaller cannon would barely scratch the walls of the base, but if they were to be treated as bullets, they'd be as explosive as grenades. Pointing his finger at the pirate, he fired a single small cannonball.

Garrison was now alert, and upon hearing the firing of a cannon, he turned, seeing a small black ball heading his direction. He grinned and uing his index finger and thumb, caught the cannonball. He just plucked it out of the air, crushing it between his fingers before it could explode. He looked to his right and conveiniently saw knives on one of the desks in the vicinity, he quickly grabbed them and threw each one out of the hole at Boreas. "Take this Captain Cannon" The knives moved incredibly quickly, giving Garrison enough time to move away from the blast radius of the hole. "I need you in close combat cannon man."

Josiah didnt take Taiji's kick seriously, and got kicked in the cheek, which blasted him into a nearby tree, making it break and fall over. Josiah stood up, and wiped blood off his cheek, and spit out some blood onto the ground. His look had turned from calm, to menacing. "You just hit me, you hit me. Alright then... Lets see how you well last when I get serious!" Tokay and Taiji could feel something pressing down on their bodies... it was as if the air pressure in the area was getting thicker and heavier.

"Kami-e" Boreas muttered. Soon enough, the knives were behind him, whizzing away onto the island. Hopefully they did not accidentally land on some tribesman... that would get him into some deep shit. The more important threat was the pirate within his very own base. That was certainly a problem. He had to somehow lure the pirate out of his base. Using Moyaho to continue floating in the air, he fused his arms together into a single, large cannon and aimed at the pirates' ship, firing a single large cannonball right at its hull.

While Tokay held back, making sure to find some sort of support gear for Taiji to utilize since Tokay himself was unable use any Haki, Taiji used his mechanical metal leg to push through the thick pressures of the air. He then covered it in Haki once again and attempted to throw another roundhouse kick at the pirate.

Taiji was suddenly blown away in a blast of air, the atmosphereic pressure in the area was getting heavier, Jomas sneered, he turned and looked at Tokay with a combination of pissivity and pity. Suddenly Jomas held his right hand out to Tokay and the oxygen around him vanished, Jomas had taken away the oxygen around Tokay! His head suddenly turned skywards as the massive cannonball sped towards the small-ish ship, he held out his left hand and blasted the ship away from that location using something similar to a tornado. However, with the current distance and control needed, this took some great effort. Jomas seemed preoccupied, holding the ship up while depriving Tokay of oxygen. "Son of a bitch, Garrison what the hell are you doing?"

As if on cue, Garrison launched himself out of the hole at incredible speeds towards Boreas closing the distance in only a few seconds, he aimed a punch at him. **"Magnum Punch!"** His arm seemed to scrunch up like a spring, and then release a punch only 2 feet away from him, the punch would have no recoil, acting like a spring-loaded cannon using the cartoony elasticity and shock absorbtion. Garrison knew Josiah wouldn't last long in his current predicament, so finishing off the captain, then helping his first mate would be the best case-scenario.

Tokay collapsed to the ground, clawing at his neck for some semblance of air. Realizing the sheer uselessness of his presence, he began to back away, hoping that there would be some limit to the man's range. However, losing oxygen at such a fast rate, Tokay could barely move. Taking one last failed gasp, he fell unconscious. Forever.

Observing this entire scene take place while being unabel to help Tokay due to being blown far back, Taiji watched as his best friend died. The friend whom he fought with against terrors from the New World, despicable animal poachers, and even whole pirate crews. No more. Taiji felt some sort of second wind of energy come upon him. It could've been from his own fear for life or his burning to avenge his friend. It could also be both. Forcing himself against the wind force applied by Jomas's blasts, Taiji unconsciously lined his arms to aid him. His eyes blazing, he shouted, "**Ryu no Kamu**." Taiji leapt into the air and spread his arms out, curling his fingers into menacing talons at the same time. Soaring towards Jomas, he attempted to grab his neck and choke the pirate in a Buso-enhanced strangle.

Boreas, having placed full trust in the abilities of his lieutenants, ignored the commotion below to focus more on the immediate problem at hand: Garrison's mighty Magnum Punch. "Tekkai." Boreas uttered. The punch made fully made contact, hitting the Marine captain's gut with a solid "Whomp." While Boreas's Moyaho to stay afloat definitely did not help in resisting knockback, meaning that the attack sent him twenty feet away, Boreas still managed to continue floating in the air due to the advanced contraction of his muscles mitigating most of the damage. Given that Garrison was still in the air, he would be in the same sticky situation as before, where he would have a much harder time to dodge cannonballs. Using this situation to his opportunity, Boreas fired another series of cannonballs at Garrison, using the reactive force of the cannon fire to distance himself from the pirate even more.

Josiah, now with his right arm free, was a bit shaken that his new attack worked so well, but he didnt have time to fight, he needed to go on the defensive as Taiji came with his new rage powerup. **"Affection Locomotive"** High velocity winds spun around Josiah' body, like a barrier. Suddenly, it gained a glowing yellow hue, as the hydrogen and oxygen were being sparked from the sheer speed of the atmosphereic wind sheild. Affection Locomotive would direct attacks away from it to the left, which was the way the air was flowing, as it did with Taiji's talons. There was an issue however; It doesnt last long. "Sorry about your friend, I see you're pissed and all, but you are the ones who messed with us." Josiah knew that apologizing wasn't going to help, nearby, he heard his captain, and silently hoped Garrison would finish with cannon man and help him.

Garrison wasnt going to finish quickly, not in the slightest. He knew he didnt have much time, so what could he do? Well, Defy physics more! Garrison turned his own intertia up, and rocketed down to the ground, making a human sized hole around the impact. He crawled out of this hole and cracked his neck. The range of these cannons were annoying. 'How do you get close enough... WAIT! THATS IT!' Garrison thought to himself, a grin on his face. "Hey cannon man, No more air stuff, you're too strong up there!" Garrison joked, raising his own durability a little more. "Come down here and lets settle this like men!"

"REEEE!" Taiji bellowed as he stomped the ground with each step. Such a cheap shield would only push him back once since it caught him on surprise. Using his heavy metal leg, he anchored himself to the ground with each step towards Josiah, preventing the air currents from pushing him around any more. However, this still left him at a slight disadvantage. Because he would be using his metal leg as an anchor, he would naturally be unable to use his strongest attacks: the ones that involve his metal legs. Thus, resorting to the roots of his combat, he shaped his hands into claws, hardened the tips of his fingers, and attempted to scrape away the barrier.

Boreas looked on Garrison with pity. This was not some sort of manly challenge. Boreas wanted to get rid of the pirate and that was that. There would be no need to risk landing on the ground and losing the effective range he had just because the blondie wanted to fight. Thus, Boreas simply did not answer to Garrison's challenge. Boreas instead aimed his two cannon-arms towards the sea and fired a quick volley, the cannonball's explosions and impacts spreading heavy clouds of misty seawater all over the area. While Jomas and Taiji were a bit more inland, and Boreas himself was above all of the seawater, Garrison was standing closer to the shore, leaving him far more susceptible to the attack.

Garrison smiled "I thought you'd do that, you'd sacrifice your own sight of me for a chance to bombard me and deprive me of sight. Here's some news for you, I know your location already!" It was sudden, as Garrison launched himself out of the mist, the force of the pushoff blasting sand everywhere. "I discovered this too, you likely aren't immune to your own cannons!" With that jump, Garrison was once again incredibly close to Boreas. "Your next line is; 'You bastard! Tekkai!' isnt it?" He grinned, pulling back his arms for a beatdown **"Strongarm Barrage!"** He began to throw a flurry of punches, each a little less strong than the Magnum Punch.

Before Taiji could scrape away the barrier, so Josiah lowered **Affection Locomotive** and let one of Taiji's claws slash at his chest, cutting his shirt and causing blood to gush out of the deep gashes. "Damn that hurts, but... youve entered my range for close combat!" Josiah clenched his fists, concentrating Co2 around them to hopefully poison Taiji if he cut him. "I'll stop with the tricks. Lets see who's the better brawler!" Josiah threw a punch with his somehow abnormal physical strength.

As he saw the man soar through the air with blazing fists, Boreas began to float back and hold up his cannon arms to directly face the incoming pirate. If he were to fire cannonballs at that moment, they would explode in Garrison's face, or Garrison would catch them and hurl them back at Boreas. Because the two had such little distance, he would get damaged regardless of the outcome. However, said outcomes can only happen when he's firing cannonballs. Smirking slightly, Boreas fired off multiple blanks at Garrison. His cannons unleashed torrents of flame and billowing smoke periodically, creating shockwaves that could send anyone in an immediate range, namely Garrison, flying.

While Jomas seemed to be a mixed fighter, handling affairs with both ranged and close attacks, Taiji was purely a close-quarters combatant. While the guard had been nearly impenetrable, it being completely let down would allow for him to dominate. Ducking and slickly dodging the punch by just a hair, Taiji swung his metal leg outwards towards Jomas's right shin, attempting to trip the man and stun him.

Josiah had seen this coming, and used his right arm to grab Taiji's metal leg, if this area didn't have increased pressure to slow Taiji down and weigh him down, catching the leg wouldn't be so easy, Josiah would've most likely had his shin broken. "I'm impressed that you can move so well in the increased air pressure, I'm sorry about your friend, tell you what..." He used his grip on taiji's leg to lift him up throw him into a nearby tree with tremendous force. "Ill give you a case of my best brandy! It's the only case of its kind!" He offered futily, then pausing he shook his head "Nah, that's not worth a human life." Josiah's gaze never shifted from Taiji's position, While Taiji had speed and Haki on his side, Josiah had patience and strength

Meanwhile, Garrison was getting hammered by the shockwaves, his shock absorbtion ability taking the brunt of them, but soon he was eventually being blown back in the air from the force, screeching to a halt about 15-16 meters away from Boreas. His clothing had taken quite a beating, but upon seeing his hair misshapen from the shockwaves, he quickly combed it over. "Well damn then, Close range he shoots blanks and long range he shoots cannonballs, then he becomes like a wall. If I could just land a strongarm move on this guy..." He carefully thought, then, in comedic fashion, a lightbulb appeared over his head. He bit the tip of his finger, causing an inky substance to come out in the place of blood, and using this, he drew an odd shield, and colored it a dark metallic grey to symbolize iron. "Cannon Man, I'll admit it, you're strong. What with your iron defenses and capabilities. I think you'd make a fine crew member, but I dont think you'll join me, considering this fight and all..." Suddenly, Garrison went from standing on thin air to speeding towards Boreas, a new plan formulated.

Taiji soared through the air, almost headfirst into a tree, but he fortunately managed to pivot himself footfirst before he actually collided, allowing him to use the tree as a launchpad that he could kick off of. Thus, within seconds, he was soaring back at Jomas with a bullet-like speed. Hardening the tips of his fingers once again, he formed claws on both of his hands, attempting to impale Jomas.

Having increased the distance between him and Garrison, Boreas could use cannonballs once again. With the presence of a shield though, such an attack might be risky. Although he *could* bust the shield with cannonfire, Garrison was moving far too fast, meaning that the explosions would end up backfiring in Boreas's face. Additionally, Boreas did not know about the durability of the shield at all. However, there was a special type of cannonball that he could fire. One that could tear through nearly anything. "We're going to have a blast." Boreas muttered to himself, chuckling. Fusing his arms with his head and torso, Boreas's entire upper body turned into a huge cannon, giving him the comical appearance of a huge cannon with legs. Quickly, he twisted himself to face Garrison and fired a massive cannonball -one that was at least a meter in diameter- directly at Garrison. Such a projectile of destruction would have an explosion so large that it would send Boreas back too, but it would hurt Garrison with him being in the center of the explosion.

'Cannonballs explode when they have a blunt force impact, and their builtup kinetic energy causes explosion, this massive cannonball just needs to hit me to explode. The captain doesn't know I have a shock absorption, so I'll survive the initial blast. But that's the reason I made the shield!' Garrison was thinking to himself, throwing his shield at the cannonball and diving behind it just as it made contact with the cannonball, causing a massive explosion. Garrison's shield absorbed some of the blast as it broke, meaning Garrison took the rest of it, the force causing a 3 ribs to break, his nose to bleed, along with cracking his glasses. But that wasn't enough to stop him, thank god for shock abosrbtion! He knew Boreas had to have been hit by the explosion and must be shaken! Garrison dove in the air to where he remembered Boreas to be, upon clearing the smoke left by the cannonball, he had already charged his next move up. Red energy bolts arced across his right arm, sparking and shaking. "This move is unstable, but it takes the damage I've taken and fires it off in a punch, if you don't get physically hit, you'll take an airblast... **STRONGARM RAIL GUN!**" He shouted, firing off the punch from a somewhat close range.

Josiah was ready, he dodged to the left, avoiding Taiji as he slowed back down in the high pressure atmosphere, and when Taiji passed him still flying through the air, Josiah delivered a heavy punch to his back, pounding him into a ground. "Being in the air is a detriment, you have less control! You lost your logic when your friend died." Josiah increased the atmospheric pressure around him even more, to the point where it would be similar to being elevated at ~20,000 feet. Breathing would be much harder.

"Tekkai" Boreas muttered once again, having turned back into his human form. While he was unable to predict Garrison's moves due to the his own cannonball's explosion, he still used this move as a sort of precaution. Such a move would not entirely protect him as it did before, though. The superpowered punch struck Boreas with an unprecedented force, one that would easily overcome Boreas's Tekkai. Fortunately, being afloat with the abilities of his Moyaho along with that Tekkai, he just barely managed to mitigate the worst of the damage. The worst of it, that is. The blow still sent Boreas reeling through the air, and every gasping breath he took to recover from having his wind knocked out and maintain his Tekkai stung with the pain of a nasty bruise. Though he would never admit it aloud, such a blow would tear a hole through his body if he were to take it head on.

In terms of who was winning the fight, Garrison seemed to be outputting a more active offense while Boreas continued to defend. Though Boreas was still on the winning side at this point due to the fact that he had taken less damage, such a position was not fitting for a high-standing pirate capturer like the Dreadnought! Raising a pair of cannon-arms into the air, he shot upwards, using the reactive force to send himself shooting at a breakneck speed towards Garrison. Before he got too close though, he used the accumulated momentum he had gathered up...

**RANKYAKU "DOUBLE BASSLINE"!!!**

And with one mighty leg-sweep, Boreas unleashed a massive cutting shockwave, one that was tens of feet in length, using all of the momentum that he had gained through the reactive force of his cannons.

Taiji felt the pressure around him change at an incredible rate, and soon enough, it was almost as if the breath from his lungs had been sucked out. He fell to his knees, gasping for air in a similar manner to his dead friend. Though body blows wouldn't work against Jomas currently... Taiji had to do something! Finding some sort of second wind within himself, Taiji cupped his hand and slammed it against the ground, picking up a clod of sand and hurling it at the pirate.

That one moment was all that Taiji really needed. That spur of the moment idea to throw dirt made Josiah raise an eyebrow, confused as to what type of attack that was supposed to be, and, as he was distracted by the dirt & other debris, the Air Pressure in the area vanished. That was something new, The pressure took absolute focus! Josiah didn’t realize he lowered it as the dirt flew through his body, he just walked over to the Lieutenant and leered over him.  “Really? Is that all? You are the first man besides my captain to hit me, and you then collapse like this? Im sorry marine, but I can’t tolerate you anymore if you’re resorting to throwing sand,” By now, all the condensed pressure was gone. Josiah had let his guard down!

The same, however, couldn’t be said for Garrison as the Cannon Man closed the distance and shot off this shockwave blade. Garrison's **Strongarm Rail Gun** was brushed off, it kinda irked him. Granted, this battle wasn’t all that difficult, but to keep his opponent’s honor intact, he’d have to fight at his opponent’s level. Back to the battle, now, the shockwave blade was a mere 3 feet away from Garrison when, he moved his arms into the blades path, and party the **Rankyaku** hit him, cutting across his arms causing for gashes to form and inky blood to leak out… the shockwave however… was absorbed due to his Devil Fruit’s shock absorbtion ability.

Garrison. Didn’t. Even. Flinch.

“Cannon Man, your massive cannon ball broke not 1, not 2, but 3 of my ribs, I kept my defensive capabilities low, as to see what you can do, but there’s something you haven’t quite caught onto yet. There is no true side that is winning or losing a battle, only until the battle is finished, can a winner be determined. And if you think your cannons can overpower my Determination to win, well…” He paused, trying to think of something to say “Well that’s really for the people controlling us to decide” he said, shrugging while breaking the 4th wall, a sly grin on his face "Ready for round 2?"

"Commodore Taifuu is a bulwark of justice. Do not even speak about him, scum." Boreas muttered under his breath, finding pride in his current superior. A battle like this certainly was no walk in the park for Boreas, but the Marine captain was definitely on the winning side at this point in time. Just how much more damage could the big blonde take before he would succumb? Boreas spat out a glob of blood, a result of that dastardly "Strongarm Rail Gun," and exclaimed: "Round 2? ROUND 2!? This isn't a fucking game!" The pirates irritatingly happy-go-lucky personality was starting to get on Boreas's nerves. The marine then raised both of his cannon arms into the air and fired a volley of cannonballs into the air, mimicking the trademark attack of a well-known former Marine admiral. Said cannonballs would carpet the entire area below with explosions, including is own base, though that issue is shadowed out by the fact that if a dangerous pirate like Garrison were to escape, that would mean trouble. Furthermore, Boreas could just push the islanders into giving him some of their building materials after the battle hd finished. This cannonball carpet would be somewhat easy to dodge for Boreas, due to the precision of his Geppo and Moyaho, though someone like Garrison might have more trouble with his slippery air-running.

Taiji looked up at the pirate, his face beet red from asphyxiation as he squirmed around in a struggle for air. Without even noticing that the pirate had let his guard down, Taiji instinctively formed his hand into a Ryusoken claw and reached out at Jomas's stomach, attempting to fully gouge him out. However, unlike all of his attacks before, he was unable to muster up even the smallest shred of Haki.

Josiah's face was one of pity and confusion as the claw went right through him. He shrugged sat down next to Taiji, and pulled out 2 shot glasses and a small case of his signature beer, the case was titled; **Mr. Booze**. He placed one of the cups in front of Taiji, and poured some high quality brown alcohol into both shot glasses from the small case. "I heard your friend say your name earlier, Taiji, was it? Regain your composure, take a break, and after you do, we can continue our battle." He said, drinking from his own glass. "I assure you, its not poisoned" He said, a grin on his face. "I take too much pride in my work to do that."

Garrison was in no position to relax like his First Mate was. 'Huh, it seems I've pissed cannon man off' He thought to himself, as the barrage flew closer, Garrison noticed that it would hit Boreas' own base, which gave him an idea. But first, time to avoid this volley. Like he did earlier to get onto the island, he started to spin like a tornado... or like tasmanian devil. As the cannon balls drew closer, they were redirected and spun around Garrison's now rapidly spinning body... it was like Josiah's Affection Locomotive! The Cannon balls were redirected in a manner of different directions as soon as Garrison stopped spinning.

"So Cannon man, somehow, you see fit to attack not only me, but your own base as well. If you have no concern for your own buildings then... I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU HOW TO REALLY DESTROY IT." Garrison, still in the air, sped towards the naval base, and landed on the top/roof of it. He tensed the muscles in his right arm and took a deep breath in, an attack slipping from his lips. "**Strongarm Impact!**" Upon uttering those words, he struck the base, causing a blast of air to surround him like a tornado, g2 force at least... The base started to shake and crack, the force of the punch astounding. Within seconds, it started to break apart, pieces of it fell into the sea, or onto land, as it slowly started to collapse from the strain of the punch. Garrison seemed a bit exhausted after releasing that punch.

"You see? That's How you destroy something. Now, where were we, oh yes, the fight. Tell me why you thought I think of this as a game? I take my opponents seriously, and always try to keep their honor intact. So why do you think I take this as a game?"

Having given up, Taiji readily grabbed the glass from Jomas and downed it. Within an instant, he fell to the ground and chuckled, the alcohol not only taking the edge off of the physical pain he had received from being thrown around repeatedly but also the emotional pain of losing his friend.

The base was a necessary distraction. In all honesty, Boreas could not care less about the base; it was in such a terrible condition that it would probably take him and his men a week to rebuilt it. However, with Garrison absorbed in dealing with the base, the pirate himself was wide open for another attack. Based on all of the attacks that have been thrown at the pirate so far, cutting attacks appeared to be the most effective. Where was Tokay anyways? Boreas chuckled for a second, having thought up of a rather punny move that he was currently in developing. Given its cutting power, though, he might as well use it.

"Hmmm... Shall I call this a **Longarm Barrage**?"

And with that, while Boreas was still floating in the air, he began to fire off blanks from his individual cannon arms to the side, using the reactive force to kick his elbows into moving in the other direction and achieving some sort of strange complex harmonic motion akin to a pair of double-jointed pendulums. This strange action was extremely strenuous on his arms as it jerked on his muscles to the point of nearly tearing, but the resulting attack was fruitful. A flurry of crescent-shaped, sharp projectiles erupted from his forearms, homing in on Garrison, who had his back turned on Boreas in order to send a punch into the base, each one being as strong as a standard Rankyaku.

Garrison perked up... his enhanced hearing alerted him that the Cannon guy said something as well as hundreds of whizzing sounds coming closer, and so, he instinctively turned around, seeing the projectiles flying at him. His eyes widened in surprise, so with most options of dodging eliminated, he quickly delivered a forceful stomp on the cracking base, and then... the entire outpost crumbled and collapsed (Save for the part attatched by a bridge), allowing Garrison to drop with it out of the way of Boreas' many blades. He stood up in the rubble of the once standing G-7.1 Base, and dusted himself off, coughing a few times due to the dust in his lungs.

"Damnit Cannon man, if this base didn't collapse and save me... I couldve been incapacitated, or at least, very injured. That's a scary attack." He said, focusing on having his fruit re-draw his broken ribs into the proper place. He stared at the rubble around him, wondering if he trapped anyone. If so, that was dishonorable, and such a cruel way to kill someone. He exhaled deeply. He had about 1-2 minutes before Cannon man arrived, so he used that opening to dig out a few unconsious Marines and carefully lay them on a flat piece of rubble. "They have nothing to do with our fight..." He trailed off.

Josiah smiled. It seemed that this new batch of beer seemed well made, he poured Taiji another glass and started rambling. "Y'know, Taiji, about your friend, I killed him because I come first. The reason I've let you rest and drink is so we can continue this battle. I mean, if you though that you could actually win I'd've had to see if you were sick and delusional." He gave a half-hearted laugh at his own bad joke. "You can drink more, Id want you to at least have some decent image of me, after all, I am quite grand." Josiah rambled on about himself, he seemed low-key narcessistic.

Boreas was grinning now. So much arrogance and self-righteousness was situated within this pirate that it was almost comical. Crossing his arms, he continued to float in the air and simply wait. Down on the surface, one of the unconscious Marines that Garrison was rescuing from the crumbling base came to. However, upon spending a solid second of just looking at the pirate head-to-toe, he grimaced. "Prepare to die, pirate scum!" The Marine shouted, drawing a Marine-issued flintlock and firing it point-blank at Garrison's head.

Taiji on the other hand, had began to sink into drunkenness. Downing another shot, he managed to sit himself up face-to-face with the pirate. "Maaaan, you suck." He uttered, giggling away as he forgot completely about the gravity of his friends's death and the difference between his own and his opponents' strengths.

Josiah stood up and cracked his knuckles. "Shit... you cant handle your alcohol. Such a shame. I'm not the type of person to attack a drunk... I didnt think this through." He pinched his brow, realizing his mistake in giving alcohol to this Marine. "Well, Im going to go see if my captain needs help. If you regain your wits, fight me again." Josiah said, turning away from Taiji. He began to send out air currents to see if any life was along the beach in a crude form similar to echolocation but with Co2. "Alright Garrison, time to find you..."

The bullet shot at Garrison by the courageous Marine was stopped by the slight elasticity of Garrison's body. His left eye twitched, and his face darkened from a smile into a sneer, as a menacing kanji... no, really, 'ゴゴゴゴ' text started to float around him. He was creating the words to add a scary effect.

"So, I try saving you and keeping you out of my fight, yet for some reason, you tried to kill me by shooting my forehead with this little peashooter and enter my fight with Cannon Man? You're a dishonorable piece of shit." Garrison grabbed the Marine by the left arm, the one holding the gun, and with a jerk, threw the Marine to the left of him. This caused the Marine to hit a piece of rock that fell from the destruction of the base and hit it with astounding force, enough to completely shatter the large rock as the Marine fell to the ground. The 'ゴゴゴゴ' text vanished and Garrison's sneer vanished, to be replaced with a slight frown. "There, learn from that you idiot. Never intrude on someone else's fight unless you plan to get hurt." Garrison's code of honor was important to him, and upholding it was his main priority in this world.

As Jomas began to walk away, Taiji slowly got up too. Though Taiji was not as his best, the pirate would not be going anywhere else. Not under his watch. And with that, he began to follow Jomas while flailing his arms around in an attempt to land some sort of blow or another on him.

On the other hand, Boreas was doing absolutely fine. While distracted by the infantry Marine, he fired another Rankyaku at Garrison. Garrison himself had been taking hit after hit, Rankyakus and cannonballs alike with seemingly no end. Sure, he had shock absorbtion, but how much more could he take?

Garrison sighed, not at all focused on the sound of air being sliced as Boreas' Rankyaku sped towards him. Garrison wansnt prepared, and as soon as he noticed, it was too late. He dodged enough, leaving his right arm cleaved off. It fell to the ground as ink had begun leak out of Garrison's newly sliced stump in the place of blood.

"Ahhhh! I lost my arm!" He dramatically feigned, however a creeping smile appearing on his face. "Pfffft as if! I have control over my own defense! Plus, I can do this!" He walked over to his arm, and reattatched it to the stump like a sleeve of a glove, it seemed corny. He flexed his hand, wiggling his fingers and grinned. "You cant dismember me! Now Cannon Man, I have no more paitence for playing around. You are skilled, I'll give you that... Honestly, I know we've been on this island for like... 30 mins but It feels like a month! So, Im gonna try to end this... that is, if you can keep up." Garrison increased his speed to be much faster than before and sped into the air up to Boreas, sending hundreds of small pebbles his way from seemingly out of nowhere as a distraction. He followed up with a speed boost in the air, moving behind Boreas, He was going to try to deliver what he missed earlier; **"STRONGARM... BARRAGE!!"**

Josiah was done, Taiji was now just wafting through his Logia body. This was pathetic... Josiah sighed and Held his hand up to deliver a chop to Taiji's neck, hopefully, the drunkard doest know how to dodge. So, Josiah said carefully. "Taiji, fight me again sometime, and get your... Haki or whatever stronger." Josiah then moved his hand down, aiming to hit Taiji's shoulder with strength comparable to Garrison's Magnum Punch.