On the Seas: Sometime before Finnigan Island
Luro stood in the training room a grin on his face as he faced the door, arms crossed patiently waiting for two of his friends to join him. He had pulled the Captain and Jack aside after lunch informing them that he needed both of their help with something, asking to see them shortly after dinner. He wanted to aim for the night but since any of them could get night watch and he wanted a few hours to work on this he decided against it, down here there would be enough privacy not to interrupt the others. He also made sure to make the room somewhat sound proof as well since he liked to mess around here at night so it was a good enough place to avoid disturbing…that and not many people came down here usually.
He knew the two would come as he made sure to inform that it was unlikely they would die from his request, which he felt would show that he was thinking about their safety in all this. He also made sure to add that he needed both of them at the same time and just in case to have a will prepared, adding again that he wasn't trying to kill them.
"Go me for getting the point across," Luro said grinning. "Oh man I wish they'd hurry. I can't wait to get started."
The idea that Luro needed help with one thing or another at night was going to get less and less surprising if he kept asking. The only reason Runali was more curious about it now rather than before is because he asked both her and Jack. Or rather, it was more curious with how much he insisted they weren't in any danger. "Not the most ideal way to make people feel safe, but I s'pose you're at least trying." Runali commented earlier. She hovered around in the kitchen after dinner with Jack, mainly to idly chat about anything new or curious with the crew, but eventually left him be to get a few of her own things taken care of before it got too late.
When night had officially settled in and most of the crew were getting ready for bed, Runali headed to the training room. Instead of putting her eyepatch back on, she opted to keeping it in her pocket for the time being. Having hair in her face was only a problem if she'd be fighting after all- and it only reminded her that eventually she'd need to get it cut before it got as long as it did when she was in Kane'Artem. "If you could wait till sunset, I'm almost sure you could wait just a bit longer." She teased as she stepped into the room and greeted Luro with a smile before walking over to him. "What's got you so cheery, hm?"
"I'll second that question," Jack appeared behind the captain. He leaned against the door frame with hands tucked in his pockets, a cigarillo curling from the mouth. His eyes roamed briefly around the room, out of habit, before resting on Luro.
An eyebrow arched. "So, my friend, what are we here for? I hope it's not to cut my hand again."
"There you guys are!" Luro yelled seeing the two enter the room. "Thanks for coming!"
Once Luro was sure the door was shut he looked back at them and gave a small shake of his head at Jack's question.
"Nah no friend stabs today, this shouldn't involve any sharp objects…probably," Luro said nodding before looking at the captain. "It's because I've been waiting all day that it's been hard to hold back Captain. If this goes well…I mean when it goes well it'll help out a lot!"
Luro gave a small nod to himself before he folded his hands behind his back; now that they both were here it was time to explain what exactly he needed them for. He didn't want to say it earlier as he really wanted to surprise the two of them, the Captain might have an idea but he knew Jack didn't know which was going to make this all the more fun. Clearing his throat Luro turned and started to pace back and forth grabbing the L.A.D. out of his pocket in the process.
"Okay as you guys know you've been helping me with my Armament study lately. Jack thanks to you imbuing my bullets with Armament, I got to learn the effects on external objects and rough estimate on how long it'll last outside of a person's hand. I also know I asked you to randomly use your Armament on the L.A.S.S. and L.A.D. which I thank you for. Captain that night we shared together also taught me a lot. Especially when we almost destroyed the ship in the process. Thanks to you guys and with a bit of inspiration from the others who I won't name since one of them might stab me I've made progress with this!"
Luro put the L.A.D. away and started digging in his sleeve, though after a bit of digging his smile faded and he started patting his body.
"Huh…I put it somewhere," Luro said. "Maybe here…no that's the other thing."
After a bit of searching Luro pulled out two gloves from his other sleeve with a relieved sigh and held the two up towards them.
"Captain you know what these are but to summarize it for you Jack, these gloves have L.A.D.'s in them and with the use of Haki it allows the control of elements. Borrowing their power for a short amount of time or in short bursts…until I figure out how to increase the time. They're extremely dangerous and have the potential to blow up the ship if used incorrectly…so yeah I need your help polishing them and making that not happen, annnnd I have some new stuff to try out."
Luro lowered his hand and motioned to the training room.
"I need Armament for this experiment and we can cause a bit of damage here in case that happens. So…think you guys can help me out?"
"He cut your hand?" The question fell on deaf ears as Luro carried on with why he gathered the two of them. Runali took an idle step backwards as he began to pace around. She watched him go back and forth as he explained, only to cough lightly when he mentioned 'the night they shared' that consisted of nearly blowing up the ship. She would have preferred to keep that one between them, but to be fair, it wasn't Jack who she needed to worry about. Alicia would have been the one scolding the two of them. Seeing the gloves, Runali couldn't help the grin that followed. "Armament stuff. That, I'm familiar with." For added emphasis, she hit her fist to her palm. "I'm never opposed to armament training, especially not with cool new stuff, so long as the ship's not destroyed of course." Runali gave Luro a mock salute. "You can count me in." She looked at Jack and laughed. "Whaddya say Jackie? Could be fun. Or could be the only force to stopping Luro from accidentally blowing a hole in the ship."
Jack blinked. "They… control the elements?" Stepping forward, he took one of the gloves and looked them over, feeling its exterior and peering with a critical eye. He glanced up when Luro and Runali mentioned nearly blowing up the ship.
"You… nevermind. Don't know why I'm surprised anymore." The cook muttered.
Sliding the glove on, Jack flexed his hand, turning it this way and that. "You have a point, I suppose, captain which means I don't really have a choice do I? How do these work anyways?"
Luro grinned seeing the two were willing to help, bit by bit he'd get this all together especially with help, and having the two Armament users would assist with polishing what he had. With any luck he'd be able to try one of the designs he drew up not too long ago. When the Captain brought up blowing a hole in the ship Luro wanted to comment about something else he was working on but ended up putting it aside. The potential danger of the other thing would only be a problem if it got out, so he saw little need in bringing it up now and changing the subject.
"They let you control them yes," Luro said. "Don't worry once you use it it'll all make sense. Much easier than standing here trying to explain it. I practiced with Z and she told me I was speaking gibberish the whole time."
Luro eyed the glove on Jack's hand for a moment his eyebrows arching seeing which one he had in his possession and with a smile tossed the other glove to the Captain pointing to it.
"What you want to do is let your Armament flow into your hand then run it up to your arm," Luro started. "Captain you remember how to do it right? Why don't you show Jack, these two are the fire gloves after all so it's the same."
Luro motioned to the Captain so Jack could watch her do it.
"Like the Captain let it go up your arm preferably to your elbow then after let your Armament fade. Once that happens all you gotta do is reach like you're trying to get a firm grip on a…piece of bread. Pretend like you're picking up bread."
The moment Jack asked how they worked Runali straightened up, eager to volunteer. Fortunately, Luro had the same line of thinking and she caught the glove from him. "Do I remember- of course I remember." She scrunched up her nose, making a face before smiling and slipping the glove on. As Luro explained, first, she let the armament flow up to her elbow, holding it for a moment before reaching out. Luro's example made her side eye him, but when she pretended to grab the air in front of her and watched as the glove, up to her elbow, was encompassed in fire. "Hah, see? Easy peasy. And," she looked over at Luro. "Still cool." While the fire swirled around her arm she grinned and stretched her arm out to show it off. "Can cause a whole lot of damage with this."
When she was done playfully posing and showing off her fiery arm, Runali furrowed her brow for a moment and watched the flame. "And…. Oh right." With a quick shake of her hand, the fire dispelled. "Tada, and just like that it's gone. And not a scratch on me, see? Cool, right?" She gestured towards Jack. "Alright, now you try."
Listening with a skeptical face, it was immediately placed with wide-eyed astonishment as Jack witnessed the fire blossoming around the captain's arm. He started to reach for it but stopped short when she showed how to put it out. He looked down at his own gloved hand. "You know, I'd really like to hear more of this gibberish you speak of," he muttered to Luro, more to himself, as he tentatively repeated what he was shown.
It took an embarrassing couple attempts before the fire ignited for Jack. He made quick action of summoning his haki and then releasing it, but had a harder time getting the grip-gesture right, as he wasn't sure how one could firmly hold bread without it crumbling-- something he was adamant at pointing out to Luro after the second failed attempt, tints of crimson warming his cheeks.The third attempt brought success and Jack made a little jump of surprise when it did. Mystified, he turned his hand left and right, moving it in small, contained gestures as he watched the fire react in gentle
swooshing sounds.
At one point, he realized he was holding his breath. He let it out and made a shaky grin at Luro. "This is...quite magnificent. I can't feel a thing on my arm! Do you have the mechanics written down? May I read it?" Caught up in curiosity, Jack continued to make little circles with his fiery arm, clearly enticed more by the engineering phenomenon than the power behind it.
Luro grinned seeing the Captain had remembered the process and watching the fire roar to life without difficulty he gave a small nod. He had practiced it himself before but he didn't have Armament himself so it was hard to test it with a 'fresh coating' of Armament. He was glad the Captain was still enjoying it as well, with any luck he could show the other elements today but fire was the easiest to deal with since if something went wrong it could be put out and he had messed with it the most. His eyes moved to Jack as he observed the Captain and he chuckled a little seeing his expression change, he couldn't believe he had gotten it to work either so he had a feeling he had made the same face when it worked.
He turned to Jack watching him attempt to summon the flames, his brows arching seeing it took a few attempts, he contemplated altering the activation process when he picked up Jack's comment about bread. Luro closed his eyes believing the other example was a better representation but from that look he got from the Captain he decided not to say it out loud.
He watched Jack offering a small nod as he watched him summon the flames successfully, he didn't say anything not wanting to rush him, small moments like this, watching faces in wonder, that was one of the more enjoyable parts of all this. Once Jack came back and asked him about how they worked Luro dug in his sleeve for a moment before pulling out a piece of paper and walking over to Jack.
"Yeah I drew up a mess of designs, I ultimately based it off this one and made some changes, but this is the original design. The final design is in my head but this is where it came from," Luro said handing Jack the paper. "Please put the fire out before grabbing it though…it won't touch you but it'll burn anything else."
With a smile Luro moved his hands to his hips offering a wide grin to him.
"I'm glad you enjoyed it. I'm making these for everyone after all so it's no fun if you don't like them. Anyway take a look."
The designs in Jack's hand made no matter of sense, staring at a blank piece of paper would easily garner more information on the device's function than the scrap of paper filled with doodles and random musings. There were four cows drawn with tops hats in the corner and a ship in night wear in the lower left corner, at least that's what it looked like. The design itself looked nothing like the gloves, it appeared to be a duck fighting an island with random numbers drawn on the side, though the number themselves were just people flexing.
There was no way a normal human being with any sense of sanity could read these notes.
"This part was especially important," Luro said pointing to one of the flexing numbers. "If I hadn't figured that out the gloves would just explode on your hand."
Taking a closer look no insane person could probably read this as well, the very existence of the paper threatened everything a person knew, easily able to create a mind lost to an endless void of haberdashery, crazy haberdashery especially if hats are put into consideration. There was a decent chance the walls were going to start talking to Jack soon as one of them was already trying to look over his shoulder.
"I showed it to Z and she ended up passing out after trying to read it for five minutes. She woke up with a bloody nose and left to take care of it. She then told me not to show it to any other living thing…I don't know why though," Luro said shrugging. "You can look too if you want Captain."
When Jack finally got the hang of it, Runali's eye lit up and she gave a short clap. "See! Cool right? Now you can hit even harder. It's.. like double damage!" As excited as she was, Runali was careful not to get too close. She didn't want to get burned from his inexperience, not that she was much better than he was. For a moment, she messed with the fire until Luro called her over.
"Oh?" Runali was curious, sure, but she knew she wouldn't understand any of it. There were just so many little mechanics that she couldn't get. The times Luro talked about his work, while it was nice to hear him being so enthusiastic, it was still very much confusing. But that didn't stop her from bounding over and leaning over Luro's arm to check it out. Her head tilted left and right as she looked over the notes. It wasn't what she imagined- seeing cows and what she thought was a duck, but she decided not to question it. "Hmm…." Her hand tapped her cheek lightly before she looked up at the redhead. "Looks complicated, but you understand it and that's what matters." She flexed her gloved hand and smiled. "I mean, without the smarts, we wouldn't get cool stuff life this. And your sharpshooting of course." She gave a shrug and turned on her heel. "So what else did you have in store or were you just showing off the gloves again?"
Just looking at the designs made Jack's head start to pound, but he nodded along as Luro pointed out the details. The designs themselves were chaotic, and almost felt they held a life of their own, so it was no wonder to Jack that Zilia had the reaction she did. The picture of the duck versus an island did prompt a humored smile, however. After what he felt was an appropriate amount of time, he set the designs down and rubbed his neck with the non-gloved hand, suddenly feeling tense, as if someone breathed down his neck. He couldn't help a suspicious glance at the wall while Runali asked Luro what else he had in store.
Luro tilted his head wondering what had made Jack smile but he shrugged and took the design back letting the Captain see before he put it away. He did spend a bit of time on them and he forgot how many rewrites it took just to get to this point, it was thankfully worth it in the end even if he lost a few nights of sleep on it. He glanced over at the Captain offering a smile as she mentioned his understanding of it, though as she continued he slowly shook his head motioning to the two of them then towards the door.
"You guys are my inspiration and there's plenty smarter than me," Luro said. "I wouldn't have been able to make this without all you guys, and just wait till you see me start trying to shoot Captain."
Luro offered a grin before he pulled out another glove, he slipped it onto his right hand and after flexing his fingers a few times nodded as if confirming something before looking back up at the two.
"Why I need you here…is kind of the complicated part."
Luro folded his hands behind his back and turning started to pace bringing a hand to his chin, his eyes narrowed a little before a small smile found its way onto his face as he started to get into why he needed the two of them here.
"Okay as we already know if the flow of Armament Haki is cut off eventually it'll fade off the object and return it to normal. Using the elements is the same way, they have to be used before that invisible timer is up, most of the time it won't cause any manner of damage just that there's a limit to the manifestation once they're separated from the Haki source itself. Up until that point however the element can generally be controlled and shaped to an extent. What I've been trying to do is create more options for that particular moment, I've been able to do a little but I still feel there's something…holding it back," Luro said with a small nod. "That night with the Captain gave me some information I needed though. The Haki naturally went up the Captain's arm, I've noticed that it will cling to the body and it changes its own shape to match that. So what I need from you guys is pretty simple."
Luro turned to face the two and rested his hand on his chest.
"I need you to cover your entire bodies in Armament and let me observe how it affects you," Luro said grinning at them. "If that little bit caused such a change and allowed the Captain a bit of control then by allowing it a bit more freedom it may amplify the effects…and with any luck the flow will last longer due to the presence of more Haki. There's also a chance it'll help me find a way to increase that timer as well."
Luro tapped his own arm with the glove offering a small chuckle.
"Since I can't use Haki I need your guy's help for this. Just being able to observe it will help me."
The captain decided not to respond to Luro humbling himself and simply offered a nod. She was more curious about his motives anyway. "S'only natural if you're practiced." She commented, remembering the first time she had struggled to keep her armament up for longer than a minute. It took a lot of focus and a lot of other technical stuff she couldn't bother to think about at the time. Her gaze went from Luro to Jack as the former began to explain what he needed. The request itself made her brow furrow a bit and she crossed her arms. "Hm, haven't figured that one out yet." It was a simple response that warranted Runali to explain herself. "Trust me, I would if I could. But I've never gotten haki to go," She vaguely gestured to her entire body. "I mean, at most I can probably…" Her voice trailed off and she hit her heel to the ground, focusing her attention on the haki going up to her knees. "But even that's relatively new." She shrugged and then let the haki flow up her arms as well. "It's like… a suit of armor. Well, if it was invisible of course." She flexed her arms forward and wiggled her fingers. "I fight mostly hand to hand sure, but the idea of my fighting style is, well, not to get hit. To put it simple. Defensive more than offensive." She explained. "Armor's not necessary if you can't be hit."
She laughed and shrugged. "But, I s'pose the various times I've gotten stabbed or shot doesn't really prove a point there. S'pose it's a good a time as any to learn."
Jack chimed in. "You do realize full-armament is a rare skill, right?"
An eyebrow arched to Luro as the cook crossed his arms, leaning one shoulder against the ship's side. There was no denying the gloves fascinated him, and his mind turned with ideas and predictions of how they'd best come in handy. But spreading armament across his whole body? He only knew one person who had that power and she died long ago. Jack grunted as he looked down to one hand, wondering how long it'd take between him and Runali to achieve that same level. He couldn't help but agree with the captain's last statement about not needing armor if you weren't getting hit.
"My armament isn't like the captain's," he followed up once she was done. "My haki is most powerful when infused with the weapons I wield. I only use it to prevent damage from hits I can't block. Perhaps I can hold it over a greater area, but I wouldn't doubt yours is thicker than mine." He gave her a smile before going back to Luro. "I don't think either of us are saying it can't be done. Just that it's a challenge. Certainly not something we can do in one session."
Luro listened to the both of them and though his brows arched hearing they weren't able to do it that was the extent of his response to the realization. Digging in his sleeve he pulled out a small notebook and flipped through it as Jack explained how his Armament worked offering a nod to show he was still listening. After a bit of searching he ran his finger down one of the pages and shut the notebook closing his eyes at this new information. A smile found its way onto his face however in the face of this kind of obstacle, the smile eventually forming into a grin as he raised his head back up to the two.
"Well it wouldn't be fun without a challenge," Luro said putting the notebook away. "I heard it wasn't common but it's rare huh. I figured there was no harm in asking, I guessed you either knew of it or could just do it."
Luro brought a hand to his chin offering a small nod.
"Haki in itself works as an invisible armor around the body, then with a bit of concentration you can create a coating which amplifies not only your defense but offense as well. Covering the whole body would really be like wearing a full suit of armor."
Luro motioned to the Captain's leg at this due to her earlier display before continuing.
"That difference you guys have is a good thing. Captain since yours is defensive that may allow you better control of the Haki, since it'll respond to your coating a bit better, the flow will follow easier around your form. Jack since you're accustomed to increasing your strength I think you'll be able to pull out more power from them, the few L.A.D.S. I had you use Armament on were very effective."
Luro said this with a nod and turned back to the two.
"When you can I'd like you guys to meet me here and practice Full-Armament if that's okay. Even if it's just spreading it around your body, let me be there to observe the changes. I want to see the effects as you grow and control your Haki. Since you two handle it in different ways it'll easily let me see the difference in usage, both from a defense and offensive sense, I couldn't ask for anything better…and being able to watch the effects over time then just at the end will help my research much better anyway."
Luro said this looking at the glove on his hand before 'grabbing' with it, a burst of cold exploded from the glove and Luro eyes widened a bit as the sudden cold. Blue mist surrounded the glove and started spreading out over the area, a mini blizzard passing through the area and in the span of a few seconds rows of ice had formed around the group. Luro looked up as stalactites formed on the walls, ceiling and floor.
"Ah there was more in that one than I thought," Luro said shaking off the ice. "If you guys are okay with it I'd like to continue these sessions and watch the growth. We can start with fire or ice whichever one and expand from there…fire might be a good start I uh…I need to adjust for ice."
"Well yeah, of course." Runali agreed with Jack's comment about her haki being tougher. "Different uses, different functions and all." She waved a hand in front of her face before looking over at Luro. Presenting it as a task made it a little less fun than it seemed, but anything presented as a challenge made the captain perk up in interest. "Oh, most definitely. Like Jackie said, we're not saying we can't because I most certainly will. Just don't expect it at this exact moment. Can't just snap my fingers and make these things happen." She couldn't help the small laugh as Luro requested to watch them train their haki.
"Hear that Jack? He wants to study us." She gave the cook a mischievous grin. "Which means~ you've gotta spar me now. Unless you don't wanna get tougher haki or a better sense of the skill, hmm?" She couldn't count how many times she tried coercing Jack into sparring with her, but he always passed on the opportunity and somehow they ended up people watching instead. Runali laughed again and for emphasis walked over to Luro and poked the taller man's side. "If not for your captain, do it for the red giant and his cool toys." Speaking of 'cool', the sudden burst of ice everywhere startled her enough to make her step closer to Luro, away from the surrounding ice.
"You've really gotta get that under control." Runali sighed and watched her breath cloud in front of her as the temperature dropped rapidly. She shivered and put an armament covered foot on a close by stalactite and pressed until it snapped in two. "Can't say I'm not impressed with how sturdy it is though."
The cook shivered, rubbing his arms, the miniature blizzard producing ice crystals in his dreads as he threw a withering look at Luro. "You don't say?" Jack asked in a fake mild tone, unamused about the sudden and unwarranted cold, when the carpenter brought up needing some adjustments. He nodded in agreement about needing better control before going to the door and opening it, allowing the waft of warm sea air draft through the space. He relaxed a little when he felt the comforting breeze. Enough to look back at the captain with a considering brow.
"I suppose...you have a point." He had been avoiding her incesstance to spar, largely because he saw no reason to. He didn't see himself as someone who could help the captain elevate her abilities; he certainly acquired no desire to do so himself. He knew his strengths and limitations and they'd been enough to get him to where he was now. More than enough, sometimes. He hesitated, looking between the two of them, and let out a sigh. "I guess I don't have a choice, do I? Not between you two. Besides, after facing the Ravens, it may be worth heightening our abilities. We are fourth gen. Who knows who we'll face next?"
Luro rubbed the back of his head and let out a small chuckle since he had made the room a little uncomfortable. He started digging in his sleeve for another glove when he picked up the Captain's comment, smiling he offered a small nod motioning to one of the stagalicties nearby.
"Courtesy of Ray, it really helped having his ice...I can almost match his Devil Fruits ice...almost…"
He watched Jack open the door as she slipped on another glove and tried to hold in a chuckle at the ice crystals in his dreads, taking his gun off his back he started to mess with something but noticing all the ice around them, put his gun away and running over to the door slammed it shut, ensuring the cold would stay in the room.
"I was going to take care of the ice but this actually works out, I want you guys to experiment with the gloves and use it to clear out all the ice. We take care of the cold and it's good practice, now the most I've gotten it to do is shoot out balls of fire, act as a flamethrower and on one occasion create a wall of fire. I want you guys to to fiddle with them and see what you can do, even if it's just punching the ice."
Luro said this holding up a finger as he grinned at the two of them.
"I can also see how you handle the gloves at your current strength. Then each time you spar I'll have you use the gloves and see if there's any growth."
Luro turned to Jack his grin turning into a small smile as he gave his friend a small nod.
"The Prophets did say they'd end up meeting us again one day. Knowing Nikos he's probably training right this moment to fight the Captain again. I'm can't wait to ki-fight...fight the next people who challenge us. I can't let you guys do all the heavy lifting though, so if I can make you stronger while improving myself all the better...and there's a very slim possibility those gloves will explode and kill us all so that's a nice extra."
"Ah, I miss Raymond. Hope he's having fun being a captain of a warship." She sighed a little at the thought before taking the opportunity to use her foot to break on another stalactite. She watched Luro rush and slam the door with sudden urgency and stopped in her tracks of trying to break every ice chunk near her. "Uh huh…" A laugh followed his request. "Is this just so you don't have to clean up? Makin' us do the dirty work huh?" Her teasing would have continued had the mention of Nikos not gotten her attention. "Oh? Yeah probably. He's still upset about our last fight. And," Runali paused to go through the process of lighting the glove and her arm on fire. "S'pose that is a nice extra. Can't
fight anyone else if we're all dead."
She stretched her fingers out, examining the ice around her. Like Luro mentioned, she decided to just start off by punching the ice and sure enough ice chunks shattered and melted around her. "Can barely feel a thing with haki and fire doing the work." She commented, deciding to hit a few more of the stalactites around. She noticed some of her punches would cause the flames to hit before she could and looked over at Jack. "Hmmm... hey! Jack think if you throw the fire like your knives you'd get small projectiles?" She examined her own fire, spinning her finger in a circle to cause a small and short lived ring to form. "Luro's reckless so of course he can throw fireballs around, but turning reckless energy into something more contained, hmmm…" Runali stepped out of the way in curious thought. Projectiles had little use to her when majority of the time she never used them. But she did throw around her new blades a lot. Runali shook her hand to get rid of the flames. "Huh… hey Luro mind tossing me one of those practice weapons- extra weapons? Why do we have extra swords anyway?"
Jack recoiled as his warm reprieve slammed shut. His eyes narrowed and his mouth opened in protest. Luro quickly followed up with an explanation, to which Jack reluctantly closed mouth again, and listened. He looked around the cabin as Runali broke another large icicle, nodding. "I suppose… this is fair practice."
His hate for the cold seemed to fuel his need to rid of it. Jack's glove alighted faster than the first time, the cook developing a feel for its function and use. He placed one hand on a remaining wall and focused the fire. It grew around his fingers like he pressed a small orb of flame against the ice. Steam and water arose as he melted it down. The farther he went, the more he tried to get the flames to extend away from his palm and stretch down on its own. Once that was accomplished, Jack gave an experimental flick of his hand. A bright, orange line of fire no thicker than his thumbnail peppered out of the glove and the wall. He was about to repeat the motion when Runali spoke up.
Jack's head cocked to one side. "Let's find out," he said. He curled his hand as if holding one of his throwing knives and concentrated the fire between his fingers until it extended and resembled a long projectile. With a flick of his wrist, he aimed it the same place as before.
Luro only offered a grin at the idea of them doing his dirty work, he left the matter at that turning his eyes away as the Captain agreed with
fighting their next opponents. His gaze moved to the swords at the Captain's inquiry.
"Well…originally I got them so I could allow half of them to rust and place them in specific places for…uh…not nice reasons. Eventually that changed and I got them because only Kadi and me used guns on the ship, I figured we should have extra but no one really…uses weapons other than the ones they got so I then got them so I could mess with the metal a bit, maybe make progress on idea number 394 which I'm still doing…at the moment though I use them to test myself, I created a mechanism and unlike people it doesn't hold back or have any particular feelings towards me."
Luro pat his arm.
"The more swords I have the more I have to dodge, it's actually really fun and I've only almost died twice. Eventually I'll do it with the earplugs too not just the blindfold."
His attention immediately refocused back on the two as they started taking care of the ice in the room, Luro took out his notebook watching how they used of the gloves, seeing the fire flare with the Captain was interesting, since the fire was controlled it easily reached the ice before the Captain's blow did. Jack's on the other hand seemed to flare outwards, just as the two had said, the Captain's fire was contained but powerful like a shield around her form or at least her fists. Jack on the other hand's expanded outwards, this was only a start but it really did respond to their style. Seeing Jack actually able to shape the fire caused Luro's brows to arch.
"Fascinating...thanks to the severed head of the fourth god the waters shape decided to do a jig," Luro said staring at the at the projectile.
He noticed that the fire exploded a bit when the projectile flew out and gave a small nod.
"Interesting I didn't realize the old man taught the fish to fly backwards."
Luro mumbled to himself as he scribbled something down and with a grin looked back up at the two.
"Ah sorry lost myself in thought for a second there," Luro said. "Being able to actually reshape the fire was a surprise, that is one of my objectives, to change the shape of the element but that requires very specific circumstances, even I can only fire it as a concentrated force. Just as I expected, those with Armament are able to pull out the full potential of the gloves in their current forms."
Luro eyed the two and looked down at his notebook.
"...let's hold off on the duel for today. I wasn't expecting Jack to actually make the projectile, especially given the current state of your Haki. I'm going to adjust the limiters on the gloves that way you don't blow up the ship form exchanging blows, I have to make sure the power itself remains contained but still responds to your Haki properly so I can mark it. Once I get a feel for how much power is coming out, we can take the experiment off the ship that way there's no collateral damage...but that's a long term goal. For now let's call it here."
Luro smiled at the two.
"I want to see this through but that's all meaningless if you guys get hurt after all. I'm glad I dialed the power back a bit."
Luro pat the glove on his hand.
"If you can do all this with fire...I'm even more excited toward your progress...and how you use the other elements.."