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The Rainmaker Heist Chapter 6 (Coroika Pirate AU)

wow i cant believe we've got 6 whole chapters of this thing. i'm gonna be honest i also couldn't make up my mind for this chapter as well-- i should probably start planning these things out better ;-;;

this chapter was eh for me, i feel like i couldve done better but there wasn't really much i had in mind here. but after this chapter is when i have things mostly figured out, this one was kinda meant to be a filler thing so-- yeah :/ sorry if its a bit of a mess

Here is the link to the main thread for other chapters + infodumps!

enjoy and thanks for reading! :D

Word Count: 1,430

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[Keep Sailing]

“Captain! Wake up!”

Gloves opened his eyes and was greeted by the bright sunlight hitting the deck. He looked around groggily, rubbing his eyes tiredly. He woke up on the hardwood floor with a tattered blanket draped over him.

“Oh, good morning,” Gloves mumbled. He yawned and stretched, “Is it morning already?”

“Captain, I don’t mean to alarm you,” Clips began, “But there’s another ship perpendicular to us, coming over to us. You might want to have a look.”

“Great, is Hivemind back or something?” Gloves mumbled.

“Luckily, no,” Clips replied, handing Gloves the telescope, “It’s the Chartreuse Pirates. They’ll block our path if we don’t turn around now.”

Gloves sat up with confusion. He sighed with a twinge of frustration, but laughed it off. He extended his hand, taking the telescope from Clips. “I can’t catch a break around here, can I?”

He looked through the telescope as the ship that was heading towards them. His gaze trailed up to the black and yellow-green flag that waved wildly in the wind.

“Oh, would you look at that,” Gloves laughed, “It really is the Chartreuse Pirates. I wonder how Rider’s doing, I haven’t heard from him since the whole S4 thing. Man, that’d be hilarious if he got himself captured again.”

Gloves handed the telescope back to Clips. He walked to the front of the ship, propping his foot up onto the bow of the ship. The rest of his crew followed him. As the other ship slowly pulled closer to theirs. Most of Rider’s crew was standing near the side railings of their ship, everyone but the Captain himself.

“What a surprise seeing you guys out here,” Gloves said with a smile, “Long time no see! I’ve missed you guys. Where’s your Captain?”

“Our Captain’s in his cabin,” Bamboo Hat replied, her arms folded across her chest, “We’ve been busy these past couple of days.”

“Really? What have you guys been up to?” Gloves asked, then pointed finger guns at the crew, “My crew and I are going to go after the Rainmaker once we find out where it is! It’ll be so cool, I’ll have to show ya when we’re—”

“We are?” Half Rim asked.

“Yes, yes we are,” Gloves replied, then looked over at Bamboo Hat. “What about you guys?”

“The Rainmaker, huh?” Bamboo Hat responded, “I’ve heard about that, I think our Captain wants it as well—”

“What’s all the commotion out here?”

The door to the cabin was now open and out stepped a yellow-green colored inkling with a black coat.

“Captain Rider! Long time no see,” Gloves exclaimed.

“Oh, it’s just you,” Rider mumbled, “I thought it was someone important. What do you want?”

“Nice to see you too,” Gloves replied, “I figured you’d be ecstatic to see me. How’ve you been?”

“Oh you know, the usual,” Rider answered, “We recently captured another pirate, but so far talking to him has been a pain in the neck. At this rate, I’ll probably just drop him off at an island or something. I’ve been trying to get information out of him for the past week.”

“Woah, cool!” Gloves responded, “Who is he? How’d you manage to get him? My crew and I just escaped another pirate ship just the other night.”

“Shady of the Wireglass Pirates,” Rider began, “I wasn’t sure at first, we found him near the docks, running away from salmonids by the shore. I’d recognize him anywhere. I had my crew look for their ship, but they couldn’t find anything. It was odd.”

“You mean you actually— have one of them on board with you?!?” Gloves stuttered in disbelief. Then, he lit up with excitement, “I want to see him!! I’ve been looking for the Rainmaker, I wonder if he could tell me anything about where the rest of his crew is!!”

“Tch, good luck with that,” Rider scoffed, “None of us have been able to get him to say anything. He’s not much of a talker. We’re better off just throwing him overboard.”

“Oh come on,” Gloves laughed, “You’re not great at talking to people anyways, I bet I could get him to start talking.”

“Riiight.” Rider rolled his eyes, then turned to leave. “Well, it was nice to see you, we should get going—”

“Do you think I could meet him?” Gloves asked, his eyes sparkling with excitement.

“Alright!” Gloves cheered, then looked back over at the rest of his crew, “You guys wait out here. Turn the ship around while I’m gone so we don’t hit Rider’s ship. I’ll be back in a few!”

Rider exchanged a look with his crew. "No— We should really get going—"

"Pleeeasssee??"

Rider sighed heavily and shrugged. “Fine. Hop aboard.”

Gloves took a step back. Swiftly, he leapt across and jumped onto the other ship. His leather boots hit the wooden floorboards with a loud thump. Gloves then followed Rider to the ship’s cabin. He happily skipped down the steps.

“So, where are you keeping him?” Gloves asked.

Rider pointed to the end of the hallway, where there were a few iron bars propped upright.

“Right over there,” he replied, “This ship used to belong to the royal fleet, we’ve had a space for any prisoners but we haven’t had a chance to use it until recently.”

The pair walked over to the iron cell at the end of the hallway. Gloves tilted his head curiously. There was a cyan colored inkling that sat inside the cell, staring at the ground. He wore a tattered white shirt and a black flap cap which covered most of his face.

“Hey! You must be Shady!” Gloves said excitedly, he walked over, “My name is Captain Gloves! What happened to the rest of your crew?”

“What’s it to you?” The latter replied with a monotonous voice, “That’s none of your business.”

“Listen, your crew’s probably worried about where you might be—”

“That’s debatable.” Shady rolled his eyes.

“I really want to know more about the Rainmaker,” Gloves continued, “Rider here does too. Maybe he’ll let you go if you tell us where it might be, I’ve heard your crew’s the one holding onto it. We could work together.”

“I’ll pass,” Shady mumbled.

Gloves frowned with disappointment. He rolled his eyes, folding his arms across his chest.

“We could help you find your crew, if you—”

“Oh, I don’t need your help finding them,” Shady interrupted, “I have a small idea as to where they might be. But, as I mentioned earlier, that’s none of your concern.”

“I told you he wasn’t telling us anything,” Rider muttered, “We’ve tried almost everything. He probably doesn’t even have the information we need. It could just be another false chase.”

Gloves looked back over at Shady. “Your captain was the one who Black Labeled my friend. Because of whatever the heck you guys did, my friend can’t battle anymore— he hasn’t been able to for the past few months.”

“That’s a bit vague,” Shady replied, “My captain’s Black Labeled a lot of pirates. Nothing I can do anything about.”

“Barreleye,” Gloves said, “I thought you two were friends, but apparently not.”

Shady’s expression changed. He almost had a look of shock, before he brushed it off. He stared at the floor. “How am I supposed to know what happened? You’re— You’re asking the wrong person.”

Shady then glanced up at the other two. “Both of you are lost causes. Neither of you know when to leave people alone. I’ve already told you, you’re not getting anything out of me. You’d probably get more value watching paint dry.”

Rider sighed with frustration. “Perhaps we were being too nice before. We should just throw you overboard.”

"Then do it," Shady mumbled, "I'm surprised its taken you so long to think of that."

“Now hold on a second, Rider,” Gloves interjected, “You do realize if you throw Shady into the ocean— the Wireglass Pirates aren’t going to take this lightly. If they found out you did that, they’re going to destroy your ship and everything with it.”

Gloves then raised a hand in opposition, “You guys should at least just leave Shady somewhere, at least you’re not charged with murder on your hands.”

“First off, don’t tell me what to do,” Rider scoffed, “Second, he’s no use to me at this point. You might as well take him, I’m sick of him. We probably don’t even need him to find the Rainmaker.”

Shady laughed to himself, leaning against the wall with his hands rested behind his head.

also, it is with a heavy heart that i have to say we are nearing the end of The Rainmaker Heist 😔 This choice here will determine how the final battle goes :] I think I have about-- 2 or 3 chapters left, idk yet.

sorry for the bad-ish chapter :/ i hope you guys enjoyed it nonetheless

thanks for reading! have a great day/night ! <3

#coroika pirate au #coroika #splatoon

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