#hakuma d. rey

Backstory wise; He's an old adventurer turned gunsmith-cum-blacksmith inventor who sails under Kanrya Zura, he is over 80 years of age and as you all can see he's age like fine wine or fine cheese. His devil's fruit is the Metal Metal Fruit which allows him to become a Metal Metal Man, he can switch between being solid metal to molten metal to liquid metal at will and if he has a sample of some metal he can replicate it by means of abusing his devil's fruit.

Yes. This includes Gold, why do you think Rya calls him her "Piggy Bank" when she's being cheeky, wasted, or both.

He cannot replicate Seastone based Metals for obvious reasons.

Back to his backstory, Rey was once upon a time approached by a wide grinning kid in a straw hat to join his crew but Rey declined. That kid turned out to be Gol D. Roger and went on to be Pirate King, funny how fate works eh?

He had developed a new black powder substitute that was more efficient, safer and less corrosive than the World Government Regulated Black Powder. He had chosen this location due to it's location deep in Whitebeard's territory and the fact that the World Government was well hated here, so it would be the perfect place to hold the meeting. In another note he had made his captain her new guns which specifically used the white powder as its primary form of propellant, a pair of self extracting revolvers that he had be experimenting with after the brat had complained about the hassle of reloading her current pistols.

"There is a very good reason for arranging this meeting," Rey started as he placed a small bag of the white powder propellant on the table "In that bag is my alternative to the black powder that the World Government has been peddling us for a few centuries."

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KLANG

KLANG

The sound of a man working away with metal reverberated throughout the nook of the ship, the smell of raw metals mixing with that of the sea was an odd one that Rey had gotten used to since joining his captain's crew. What lay before him was to be the final touches to his captains latest weapon, not a pair of handcannons but rather a powerful long gun meant for firing a large projectile at high velocities. His Captain had this maddening plan to take a shot at the monster of a man that harmed her lover and thus far no one had managed to convince her otherwise, instead Rey and the others just helped her prepare for the shot.

He was finishing the gun, a massive long gun with an equally massive telescopic sight to allow for his captain to land her shot. Shanks managed to procure and manufacture FIVE seastone bullets that matched the specifications of the rifle he was making. Thatch's siblings were giving her a crash course in the use of similar long guns, heck he even mad a smaller version for his captain to practice with and it even had a scope for her to adjust to. On a side note, Rey had received a number of weapon requests from both the Whitebeards and Shank's crew.

"Are you done yet." His captain's query broke him out of his musings, she was ready and was getting a little impatient about the delay.

"Unless you want this gun to either fall apart in your hands or suffer a malfunction when you least expect it, you will wait captain." Rey chided his captain for her impatience, he was being serious about his statement as the gun needed a number of other parts to hold it together due to its heavy duty construction. Without missing a beat, Rey used a set if nearby tongs to pick up one of the seastone bullets "Take a look captain, this is one of the five bullets meant to slay Blackbeard." Rey spoke while keeping the bullet from touching him in any way.

His captain barely paying him any attention, Rey waited for his dear captain to take a deep drink of the beer before he dropped the bomb “How was I supposed to know he’d head to Raftel and become pirate king” Rey stated offhandedly, hiding his smile behind his mug as his captain performed an impressive spit-take.

Resh paid them no attention, Fox said he could have a box of fish if he finished loading in an hour and Resh liked fish. Resh placed a crate down on the ground gently, he Fox told him to place them down gently because they were presents and broken presents make people sad. Resh doesn't want to make people sad, so Resh puts them down gently and makes his way back towards the ship to grab the next crate.

Rey's smile waned under the glare his captain gave him after she finished sputtering, she obviously did not enjoy the sensation of the cheap beer coming out so suddenly. "He had a straw hat back then, like that Monkey Brat but that grin of his was there from day one" Rey continued as if he never paused, taking another slug of his drink "I knew he'd go far but never thought he'd become Pirate King, Roger had nothing but a sack, the clothes on his back and that hat of his."

Resh had finished unloading the cargo, he was about to make his way back to the ship when Resh noticed the strange markings on the side of one of the crates, it was a strange smiling face with a line through it. Had Resh been a smarter Fishman, he’d have recognized it and been worried but Resh was Resh and Resh wanted his box of fish.

The crew was tense, Resh was unhappy and looked ready to smash something. Kaku seemed upset, considering Benny had been his charge and the fact he knew they were making eyes at each other when they thought no one was looking. Rey had made Rya another set of guns as per her orders, they were the same guns he had gifted her with when they had reunited but now she had six of them rather than just two.

Moa was the only exception, she spent her time looking after Thaddeus when was wasn't cooking and Rya's son seemed to enjoy being in the company of Moa when his captain was busy. Turns out Moa was older than she appeared, his captains face when Moa showed off her photos of her Grandchildren to Rya was priceless and when she dropped the bomb that her eldest grandchild was expecting her first child. So it made sense that Moa could handle Thaddeus so easily.

"Tings are going to be happening soon Captain." Moa reported, rocking Thaddeus' sleeping form in her arms "The Monkey boy will be thorn in jokahs side, but now Dragon's boyo is gettin involved."

Rey stood up from the barrel he had been seated on, he flexed his arms and took a deep breath inwards. "Where do we go Captain?" He asked as the others readied themselves.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diUDrTtx5A0 A familiar tune echoes through the lonely tavern as the taverns motely looking band began to play, at first it was rough but when they got started the singing started and Rey was not surprised as he joined in with the others.

~Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho~ ~Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho~ ~Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho~ ~Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho~

Rey could see Resh getting into the swing of things, Moa guiding him along with her rich voice leading the way for their fishman crewmate. Little Thaddeus smiling and clapping his little hands to the music, the loud noises of tavern no longer bothering the babe and it helped as Rya joined in with the singing. Rey was surprised that Benny had a nice singing voice and that Kaku was able to join in the singing, being the resident of Water 7 for sometime and the some being a favorite of many it made sense.

~Binkusu no sake wo, todoke ni yuku yo~ ~Umikaze kimakaze namimakase~ ~Shio no mukou de, yuuhi mo sawagu~ ~Sora nya wa wo kaku, tori no uta~

Rey: What are you doing Resh?

Resh: Dirty water is bad. *emptying barrels over the side* Resh get rid of Dirty water.

Rey: Resh. *face palm* That isn't Dirty Water, that Rya's booze.

Rya: REY! *from inside the Fox Tails* Whee is my booze! I got a few barrels of it and now I can't find them!

Rey looked at his captain, she was sprawled out on a lounge chair trying to avoid the heat under an oversized umbrella. The heat never bothered him much, so unlike his captain he was wearing something more suitable for an chilly autumn climate.