Dezzi would slowly get up after getting pelted by rocks, then they would help Kirk up as well. Turning back to Suid they would line their hands with Electro
“Last night? How could you know what he said last night? Unless... You were there, weren’t you?” it wouldn’t be too hard to blend in for him considering the devil fruit he has, so it wasn’t too far fetched to assume he was there at Arid listening in
“Hey Kirk, I know I haven’t been on the crew for long, but I gotta ask, are we just gonna let this man insult our captain and get away with it?” they were already really upset about their mask getting destroyed and hearing their captain get insulted just pissed them off more
Kirk Raised to His Feet. Blood dripping from his brow from the Pelting of rocks. A Determined Look on his Face.
"Hell no!" Kirk thought back to all that Leroy had done for him. He'd put his life on the line for him, put faith in him. Had shown kindness and love to him. He Couldn't think of a single person in his life before that who reached out to him like that. Even his dear sister Oliko, as unfortunate as it was, were never able to spend the right amount of time with Kirk.
Kirk then, in a show of confidence unbuttons his collar exposing his neck and gills in full. It was about time he started showing himself to the world. He was unashamed of who he was. The Navigator then tore his shirt off! Exposing his lightly tanned skin. His skin was far healthier now. No longer that Dark sickly look that some fish would get.
He was...Lean? Very lean. His body curved with a small waist, and wide hips and strong legs. Clearly he had worn those shirts with padding to put on the guise of muscle that he didn't have. He didn't even have prominent ab definition. Small curving patterns sat just beneath his chest, similar to how small curves of white sat beneath his eyes.
His fins had had regrown on his arms. As were the ones behind his ears. He'd hid his true body for so long. But he was proud of who he was. Along his back, where once was the large tattoo of a sharks jaws siting vertically. Had been redone after Barnums defeat. Changed into something that reflect himself.
Across his back, the Jaws had been drawn over and covered, creating a oval where curving lines that curled into themselves like vines or like depictions of wind. Two came from the right and left, as two other came from the opposite sides, top and bottom. Just below his neck was an upwards arrow. With two curves out the side. Two more were at the each side, east and west like a compass. With south being the same but with another design coming out the back, two curving lines with black circles at their ends.
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Nature, Weather, Navigation, Art. It was all that he was.
Finally. With a kick of his shoes, that knocked him down to a height of 5'7 from 6'2. He smeared his hand against his face. Ridding his face of the false facial hair whose glue had been failing him, it may have been only 6 patches, but it now revealed his soft round face in full. The 'Whiskers' like that of a Koi that had regrown coming out, having been tucked under the false hair. Two 2 1/5 inch whiskers right at the end of his chin, while smaller half inch near the middle of his Jaw line.
With a Deep breath. He released.
"Leroy is the Man who'll become King of the Pirates!" He declared, practically screaming as he readied his staff out in front of him "Right, Dezzi?" Kirk grinned a toothy smile
“You’re darn right Kirk, Leroy will definitely become the King of the Pirates. I’m willing to bet he’s already finished with his fight, so let’s not make him wait any longer and wrap this up” Dezzi would take their cloak off and toss it to the side, since they were already revealed they no longer saw a use to keep wearing it during this battle especially considering it slightly hindered their mobility
“Alright!” Kirk’s smile got bigger as their cloak drifted away again. He wasn’t alone, he realized. Dezzi was different to the crew, just like he was. It was comforting. Even if they weren’t the same species, Kirk knew Dezzi must face the same discrimination the Navigator had gone through.
He understood why they hid their face. Kirk had been hiding his gills and fins from the crew just out of fear that one of them might not consider him an equal on the crew, someone that didn’t deserve to be on the crew… but hell! Kirk wasn’t alone anymore! And his crew would accept and protect them both, no matter who or what got in their way, some bigot or.. whatever!
It was about time that he started to be honest for once. Both of them.
“Together then!” Kirk said to Dezzi, nodding to them once before being the first to shoot forwards, in a huge burst of speed as he dug down into his natural fishman strength, a plume of dust poofing out behind him. In an instant, he was up and off of the ground! Directly above Suid! His staff was split into two once more, the length of rope flapping behind him as he jumped right over the Agent.
The rope hooked around Suid’s neck, wrapping around it as Kirk landed behind him, suddenly pulling hard against the Zoan user to choke him and pull him back, restraining him. He forced the ends of his staff into the ground below, trying his hardest to keep Suid in place, even for a second!
“Dezzi!” He shouted “Now!”