A week passed and we set course for Loguetown to drop Bibi and Terra off there before we sail to the Grand Line. But the two of them made other plans while they were on our ship.
Terra: Dafne, are you sure Dia would take us in?
Dafne: I think you just have to be able to convince her about it.
Bibi: And how are we supposed to do that, we are not strong fighters and have no idea about the pirate life?
Coni: You could learn from the others just like we do. You've seen our training with Lenny and Cornelius and Dia's weights will soon kill us, I can barely walk because of the pain.
Oliver: I have a good idea, you learn an instrument and become our ship's musicians. Terra could also sing really well the one day.
Coni: That's right Oliver, Terra has a really nice voice.
Dia: Playing an instrument is not as easy as you might think.
Everyone turned to me in panic and Bibi and Terra looked at the floor embarrassed.
Terra: We would still try to learn it and work hard in it, so please, please give us this chance to stay here on your ship.
Dia: I like you both and I have already placed instruments in your room along with some books to learn about music.
Bibi: In our room? Does that mean we can stay?
Dia: Yes, or do you still want to leave the ship? I can understand that, Jack can be pretty mean sometimes.
Terra and Bibi started smiling and ran into my arms.
Terra: Thank you, we will do our best Captain.
Dia: Go to your room and put on your new clothes, you have to be able to represent me from now on.
Terra: We're on the way Captain!
Both were looking for their new room and soon found it. It was a room with all kinds of instruments, there were books about music everywhere and there was also a double bed in the room.
Dia: I hope you like the room, you can practice in here as long as you want, the room is soundproof and no one can hear anything from outside.
Jack: Oh, someone thought of that. It would have been really annoying to hear her off-color tones every day.
The two of them ran to the first instruments and tried them out and it sounded terrible.
Dia: You should start reading the books and first choose an instrument to practice, but now put on your new clothes. Jack, we'll leave them both alone for a moment.
Jack: I'll take the bagpipe from the room, I learned to play it years ago.
Dia: But don't overdo it, Jack.
Jack: You'll learn to love my divine music play, Captain.
We went outside the room and the two girls changed and then came out of their room.
Bibi wore a classic black suit with a red tie and a jazz hat, that had our Jolly Roger on the frontsite of it, she was 1,52m tall and had long brown hair that hung back in a braid. She has brown eyes and slightly tan skin and a very cute face with a little button nose and Terra as our new singer got a long sparkly red dress that had a cut on the side to emphasize her legs.
She wore red lipstick and had short blonde hair that had a sidecut on the right side and ran down her face on the left side, covering her left eye. She was 1.62m tall and the dress emphasized her very feminine curves and she was given a pair of black stilettos whose shape was changeable and whose high heel could become a flat sole when the two shoes were clapped together.
Coni's eyes glittered when she saw Terra's dress.
Coni: You're so pretty!
Jack: Our captain really has good taste, I just want to rip her dress off her body and do dirty things to her.
Dafne: Can I have a dress like that too, but mine should be green?
Terra's face turned completely red and she was slightly embarrassed because she wasn't used to compliments.
Dia: Jack, how long until we get to Loguetown?
Jack: About 2 hours, if the wind stays the way it is right now.
Dia: Well, we should leave a good impression on the people. We won't be for long in Loguetown. We'll just look at the scaffold where the Pirate King died and then head to the Grand Line after a little drink.
Jack: Look at the scaffold?
Oliver: So Gold Roger died in Loguetown?
Lenny: Yes, but he was also born in Loguetown. I remember the execution like it was yesterday.
Cornelius: So you were there then?
Lenny: Yes, I was 18 years old and was looking for a ship where I could work as a cook and you already know the rest of the story.
Dia: Exactly, it's been twenty years since Roger died and there's supposed to be a big celebration in Loguetown because of it. So it'll be swarmed with pirates and we can go more easily undercover.
Wallace came running downstairs holding a newspaper in his hand and panic in his eyes.
Wallace: The newspaper just arrived and our wanted posters have appeared.
Dia: And why are you so panicked?
Wallace: Because I have a bounty on my head too.
Everyone gathered around Wallace as He placed the wanted posters on the ground.
Slave Bibi: 1,000,000 Belly
Slave Terra: 1,000,000 Belly
Cornelius the Glimmerburner: 4,000,000 Belly.
Wallace the Priest: 7,000,000 Belly.
Amputation Shooter Dafne: 12,000,000 Belly.
Lenny the Bloody Frost Ax: 12,000,000 Belly.
Blood D. Dia the Merciless: 20,000,000 Belly.
Dia: Hopefully you like your titles?
Jack: Where's my bounty? Have they forgotten about me?
Dia: You weren't in town either, so you probably weren't considered dangerous.
Jack: But I'm the most dangerous one here. After all, I can control the Black Pearl.
Lenny: Don't take it so hard, you're not the only one without a bounty. Oliver and Coni are also disappointed that they didn't get one.
Dia: I bet you'll get a bounty soon too, so keep your heads up and train to get stronger.
Coni: We'll try.
Our ship arrived in Loguetown and the whole harbor was full of pirate ships.
Jack: The harbor is full, where should I dock the ship?
Dia: If the harbor is full, put the anchor here and we'll take the boats over. By the way, you can come with us if you want, Jack. I created a ring that allows you to leave the ship for a few hours.
Jack: So I can go into town too?
Dia: Catch! And don't lose it, that would be bad for you.
Jack: What would happen to me?
Dia: You would probably dissolve, I can't tell whether you'll end up back on the ship or die.
Jack put the ring on and we launched the boats and rowed to shore.
Dia: We go to the scaffold and after that everyone can do whatever they want, I don't know when we'll go ashore next time. We'll meet again at the ship this evening.
Oliver and Coni were running around the harbor because they were fascinated by the festival and Oliver accidentally ran into another pirate.
Oliver: Sorry, I didn't want to hit you mister.
The pirate glared at Oliver and lifted him off the ground by his collar.
Pirate: Don't you know who I am? I am Drek Dukal the Sabertail and I have a bounty of 2,500,000 Belly on my head. You piece of fly shit didn't apologized properly to me, you have to kiss my feet for me to forgive you.
Drek put Oliver down and held out his foot.
Oliver looked at him and plunged a knife into his foot, than transformed himself into his chameleon form and did make himself invisible by changing his skin colour.
Drek: You little piece of shit, if I catch you, I'll piss in your severed head.
Coni discreetly moved towards our group and saw Oliver sitting on Lenny's shoulders winking at her.
Coni: Captain, I think Oliver has caused us a problem.
I looked at Oliver and he whistled in another direction.
Dia: What did he do?
Coni: There was a pirate named Drek Dukal and Oliver accidentally ran into him and when the pirate wanted Oliver to kiss his feet as an apology, Oliver rammed a knife into his foot.
Dia: You did well Oliver and now let's move on.
Oliver stuck out his tongue at Coni and after 500 meters the pirate hobbled over to us with a saber in his hand.
Drek: Big guy, give me that kid on your shoulder before I get angry and take out my frustration on all of you.
Lenny: I won't, but you can kiss my feet so I'll let you live.
Drek had enough and swung his saber towards Lenny and Lenny stopped the blade between two of his fingers and Drek couldn't move the blade no matter how he moved.
Drek: You have a strong grip, I'll give you that, but I ate a devil fruit. You'll soon see what you get out of messing with me, the big saber-tailed Drek.
Drek transformed into a monkey and grabbed his saber with his tail and hands together and still couldn't free his saber from Lenny's fingers.
Lenny: Captain, there's a comedian with a devil fruit, should I take him out?
Dia: Knock him out. and then put him in a sack. I'll take care of him tonight.
Lenny smiled at Drek and delivered a blow to his head that was so powerful that the ground beneath him cracked as it hit him. Many people saw what happened and some recognized us from our wanted posters.
Pirate: It's the Bloody Diamonds, we'd better avoid them, they have a higher bounty than Don Krieg and his Crew.
Civilian: Did you saw that, that pirate could destroy the floor with his bare hands. What a monster.
We then all slowly walked towards the scaffold without any major problems and the people avoided to come near us.
Dia: Here we are!
It was a large place with many stands set up. The scaffold was located in front of the town hall and was a steel structure with a wooden platform on top, jutting out over the square.
Coni: So this is where the King of the Pirates died? I imagined it to be a scarier place.
Lenny: Here he said his last words, no one said a single word back then until Roger stood on top of the scaffold and smiled at everyone. And then people could no longer contain their curiosity and asked him about his treasure. And he told them with a smile where he hid his treasure and that they should try to find it. Then he was executed and the crowd began to cheer.
Jack: A worthy end, not like most pirates I knew who resigned themselves to their fate without a word and started begging for mercy.
Cornelius: He was quite a freak, if you ask me. Who smiles in the face of their own death?
Dia: I would do it, and I know at least 3 other people who would do it too.
Oliver: Who are this three?
Dia: My brothers, but let's go have a drink now, you'd better get to know them yourself sometime. They're pretty much idiots, but they're my idiots.
Wallace: So you have brothers who are also pirates?
Dia: Not everyone is a pirate, but my eldest brother is one and is already sailing on the Grand Line and my little brother will follow us in 2 years. Now let's go have a drink, I know a good bar here, we just have to find it.
Jack: What's the name of the bar, are there women there?
Dia: The bar is called Gold Roger and no, there are no women there.
Jack: We'll meet at the ship later.
And just like that, Jack disappeared into the crowd.