A Storm Of Black And Yellow

**Date Started:** November 14th, 2021
**Date Completed:** Ongoing
**Previous Roleplay:**
**Users Involved:** User:PuddingCups, User:CoolBlackZ
**Setting:** South Blue
**Characters Involved**:
* **Serenoa Palm**, **Gale D. Joseph**

## A Whole New World

On a bee-hive shaped ship, sailing through the South Blue with the flag of a pirate blowing in the wind, Serenoa Palm found herself writing. Her feathered pen splatted ink across the page as her thoughts transitioned onto paper, read aloud as a part of her creative process. "Dear Diary, it's only my third day on the sea, but I never knew a life of piracy would be so difficult. I understand now that I took for granted all that I've been given, but that doesn't mean I'll be turning around and taking the easy way ou-" Suddenly, the entry was interrupted, the page turning completely black as ink was spilled by an unexpected arrival. "SQUAAAKKKKKKKK!" A giant white bird had flown into the captains quarters, quite literally having to squeeze through the door. So much so that the frame nearly broke. Now, the bird was fluttering its wings so that pages of paper flew everything as it pecked all at the desk.

Previously, the pink haired pirate had been calm. Enjoying her writing, but... this set her off. "WHY YOU LITTLE! I KNEW I SHOULDN'T HAVE BROUGHT YOU!" The woman screamed from her velvet chair, everything was actually oddly nice for a beginning pirate captain. It was strange. Getting up from what was practically a throne, Palm stormed over to the bird and began hitting it on the head. "Stupid, stupid, stupid!" She called out, causing the bird to get three knots on its head. "SQUAAAKKKKKK!" It called out again.

"I know you're hungry Tiki, but if you want to eat under the Honeypot Pirates flag, you need to start pulling your own weight." Palm explained, staring at the bird dead in the eyes. Granted, she had to look up. "And last time we checked the scale, you weigh nearly five times what I do. Which means, you should be doing most of the work." Palm now had a smirk on her face, her snooty nose permanently pointed slightly upward. "Now even your puny bird brain should be able to do that math, right? Right." Unfortunately, Tiki tilted its head in confusion. Much like a dog when it heard a new noise. Work? The concept was so foreign to the bird. As Palm tried to explain several different ways, Tiki finally just shook its head yes.

"Perfect, you'll be in charge of getting us from point A to B! I've got the harness allllll ready for you!" Walking over to her desk, Palms high heeled boots clicked across the wood and as she pulled the harness out... Tiki fell over with a huge thump. "HUUUUUHHHH! I TOLD YOU TO STOP PLAYING DEAD WHEN I TELL YOU TO DO SOMETHING! GOD YOUR SO LAZY!" Storming back over to the now feathered up wannabe corpse of a pet, Palm was angry! Her cute and sweet faced turned to one filled with horror as her voice deepened. "Listen here Tiki... if you ever want to eat again.... YOU'RE GONNA GET UP!!" Palm reared her leg back, ready to kick but suddenly...

"SQUAAKKKK! SQUAKKKKK!!" The bird had sprung to life. As it always did... Palm had never really hurt Tiki, mainly because Tiki was a strong bird. On the island she came from, it was nearly impossible for humans to hunt the birds kind. They were too agile and their feathers were like wearing armor. Luckily, Palm had grown up with Tiki, so hitting her on the head a lot came as easy as breathing.

Dramatically pointing at the bird, Palm was ready for part two. Throwing the harness over the avian like a cowboy would a lasso, she struggled to get it outside the captains quarters. Apparently, Tiki liked luxury as much as Palm did. Eventually, she made it to the bow of the ship where Tiki was commanded to fly forward as fast as she could and in theory, speed up the ship.

"Now if we just keep going North, we should get to Ironworks Island in no time. Let's just hope nothing gets in our way... isn't that right Tiki!!" Palm cheered, happily sailing forward. Tiki didn't respond. Not because it couldn't but because it didn't want too. Working for a meal? Flying to make a ship go faster? Tiki preferred its old life. Not this one...