#inspired by some art i saw of a fan ancestor for Guzma

[grismavessel]

what if

Pirate au

Ingo and Emmet are noblemen/maybe just very well off lads

And they're forced to attend a very fancy banquet with Ghetsis at his sea side estate (i'd imagine him being a very corrupt aristocrat and the twins cannot turn down the invite)

And it is nice. The food tastes great. The drinks are great. The company is so-so.

Ingo feels a little lost. His life is great and he is grateful to have it and have a successful business with the railroad system. Emmet can see it in his eyes that his brother seems a little more lonely than usual, and Ingo insists he's fine, he's having a grand time with just his brother for company, but Emmet tries to play wingman at least for his entertainment

But then, a crash comes through one of the windows, the lights and candles go out.

And someone shouts 'PIRATES' and the party turns into chaos

Ingo loses Emmet in the crowd and he tries to find him, but then one of the pirates corners him. But they have a very peculiar mask on, one resembling , and their white hair glows in the dim light of the murky sky

And they're leering at him, a saber in hand. "Ooh, you don't look like like ghetsis's pals,"

And before Ingo could beg to be let go, one of their crewmates rushes them. "Guards are on their way, we gotta go!" And they look at Ingo and he could see their smirk behind his smile.

Before he knows it he's being thrown over someone's shoulder, taken to the side of a cliff and landing in a rowboat on the way to a discrete pirate ship

Basic idea is: Team Skull are a bad of pirates but Gris takes on a role of branching out the crew into international waters. (they're good pirates they only steal from the rich) and they kidnap Ingo thinking that maybe he's worth a lot of ransom.

No one ever sees Gris's face behind the mask, and Ingo, while a prisoner, is permitted to help around the ship and roam around while supervised.

It ends up leading to Ingo enjoying life on the seas a little, and befriends Gris even though he really wants to get back to his brother.

And eventual Gris slips up and Ingo see's his face and it's scarred and marked, but he sees their smile for the first time and his heart skips a little.