[UNDER EDITING] ᗷEIᗪOᑌ→ OᑎE ᑭIEᑕE

Chp 2: Goals and Keys

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Leaning against the boat's side, Beidou tipped her head back to bask like a cat in the sunshine, utterly supine and gladly ignorant of whatever her captain and crew-mate were doing to entertain themselves.

"Hey, Beidou!"

'Well, it was nice while it lasted...'

"Yeah?" She muttered, slitting an eye open to find Luffy had stretched his head into the edges of her vision.

"What's a claymore?"

...

"You can't be serious."

"I told Zoro that there are large swords, but he doesn't believe me!"

"No way something could be a big of a sword" The swordsman argued, as if he had repeated this many times, likely when Beidou was napping and blissfully unaware of their bickering.

"God, you're both idiots." She lamented for a moment, head tipping back as if to ask the heavens for patience before straightening. "Claymores restrict the character wielding them to slower hits than other melee weapons like Swords and Polearms, but those hits deal much more damage per swing. Due to being considered Blunt Attacks, Claymore attacks deal increased damage to heavy and bigger objects, such as Rocks, shields, or metal"

The pair blinked at her as if Beidou was speaking in tongues, and there was a strong urge to smack her forehead on the mast.

"For the love of...Imagine A Claymore user's Charged Attack has a small windup before performing a furious chain of attack that continuously drains their stamina. This attack will end with a more powerful slash once the user runs out of stamina or reaches the max duration, which can also be triggered. "

Zoro started to nod, at least following along, as Luffy pouted in thought.

"Why?"

"My claymore The Blackcliff Slasher is passed down to me from a friend, he taught me what they needed and wanted me to have it as a parting gift," Beidou explained, settling into her role as teacher. "The stronger they are, the more energy it takes to hold them here, and the strength of the claymore determines how much power the user can use here."

"Is your claymore really strong?" Luffy wondered, rocking side to side, and she could not help smiling.

"Everyone's strong in their own way, but yeah, mine is pretty strong. "

"Can you show us some moves! I wanna see!"

"I don't know if you've noticed, but three of us barely fit in here. I can show it to you later, kid. " She drawled, gesturing to the rather tight quarters their dinghy provided. "I can only do so much one at a time, and like I said, these things are pretty heavy, you need real muscle to hold these. It's not safe to do this when you're just aimlessly caring for these, you have to be very careful with these."

"Don't worry, you're really strong!" The rubber boy assured brightly, and Zoro quirked a brow at the sudden pinkness that filled Beidou's face as she slapped their captain on the back, as laughter came out.

"Haha! Thanks, but please don't flatter me too much, kid."

"But you are strong!" He argued with a pout, looking to Zoro for support. "Right, Zoro?"

"Haven't seen her fight yet." The swordsman pointed out, considering. "But I heard that using a claymore means the person's gotta be decently strong."

"Really? How strong?"

"Really strong," Beidou answered, rightfully proud. "I'm a professional"

Beidou, glanced at the sea admiring the view, as she frowned.