III / Forneus, the Observatory

Activate. Activate. The nine pillars that govern the Observatory:

Glasya-Labolas. Buné. Ronové. Berith. Astaroth. Foras. Asmoday. Gäap.

We nine pillars smell the scent of time. We nine pillars follow phenomena.

In the name of the 72 Demon Gods, we will not allow this aggregation to cease...!

Hold it right there. From here to the future, from now to the past, all of this belongs to us.

What I'm getting at is that this is our territory. And you're gonna give us everything you've got, including your lives!

I know we've got no business showing up like this and being so pushy. But we can't help it. We're pirates!

Wow! So cool, boss!

Yeah, let's have some fun like always, mateys!

No matter who we're fighting, or what we're fighting, what we do never changes!

We pillage, we drink, we party!

But, boss!

We know you're like a ghost or something, but how come we came back to life too!?

You can worry about the details when you drop dead! Also, I ain't no ghost!

You ever see a ghost with a body like this?

You boneheaded scallywags! Don't you remember that the boss doesn't like ghosts?

But don't you dare think of using that to scare her! She'll shoot a ghost right in the face without a second thought!

By the way, that's how I got this eye patch!

Wow, this is completely useless information to be giving me now that I'm dead!

Okay, gunners! Throw Bombe into the cannons and fire him at that meat pillar!

Aaah! Please, no! I'll do my job!!

Come on, quit slacking off and work, men! I don't know what's going on, but we got dragged into this mess, too!

Looks like we're stuck with her through life AND death!

You got it! We're the sailors of the Golden Hind!

We'll follow the captain wherever she goes! Yarr!

Hmm?

Captain! I see a new ship off the starboard bow!

That's... Queen Anne's Revenge!

Heh, I see, I see! So he's come too! Annoying, but he's okay in a fight!

Hey, Blackbeard! Can you hear me? Where are you?

Heh. I shall be the one to defeat you...

I can't let anyone else be the one to

You, especially, we reject. We repudiate.

LOLWTFFML!? Oh, come on, gaiz!

What are you doing attacking me in the middle of my super cool monologue? That is SO not cool!

Wow, Anne. The captain's lecturing a Demon God on what's appropriate as a human.

I'm not sure which one is worse...

Still, I didn't think you two would answer my call! Did I trigger some flags? Without me knowing?

You've got some death flags popping up right now... Well, to be completely honest, your pirate crew wasn't the worst we've been with.

It would've been better if we were deployed with Captain Drake, though...

Oh well, nothing for it. We'll have to put up with you. Again.

Right. Compromise and settle. Compromise and settle.

Wow! I'm being treated as a guy they settled for! Welp, that's IRL women for ya!

...You're pushing your ideals on women too much.

WHAT.

He talked!?

Come on, Captain. Hektor's not here.

It's just us and your men on this ship, which means we should fight along with the Golden Hind.

Captain Drake has sent you a message to that effect as well.

I-I know! I was just about to answer!

Tora! Tora! Tora! Basically, tell them I'm down for whatever!

Roger, captain!

Fighting together... Fighting together with Francis Drake...

You seem to be having trouble containing your excitement, captain.

Our Captain is a hopeless dummy. He's so childish.

Shaddup!

All right, men! We'll match our movements to the old ha... I mean, Drake's ship!

Who do they think they are, stealing a pirate's treasure? I don't care if they're Demon Gods or plain old devils...

They'll regret stealing the treasure from super-pirate Blackbeard... when I send them to hell!

All right! Even that moron's ready to fight! Men, don't you dare lose!

If we sink before that fool, you'll spend the rest of eternity cleaning the ship's head in hell!

Aye, aye, captain!

Golden Hind, ready the main cannons!

Queen Anne's Revenge, ready the main cannons!

FIRE!

Tee-hee. I came by!♡

Hey, you there.

Don't just casually stroll in like some schoolgirl returning from the city.

Dammit... We came... We came...! And hold on a sec!

Do you think you can turn me back to my proper form, Miss Lady Artemis!?

Coming to this temple in this form seems really, really inappropriate!

Are the creepy squid legs over there looking at me like, "What is that?" Are they? Are they!?

No! It's not what you think! This fluffy form is all that goddess's fault!

Aww, but I'm worried!

And you know, the way of a Greek goddess is to stick with someone to the ends of hell once they've gotten involved.

Master is doing his best, so he'll be rewarded with some of my special services!

Well, it's good for a goddess like you to be interested in something... At least, I'd like to believe that!

I mean, in typical Greek myth fashion, a person pretty reliably ends up dying horribly when the gods get interested in them.

Aww, don't sweat the small stuff!

Okay, Darling!♪ Hop on my head!

(Sigh) Fine! Whatever!

Just so we're clear, I'll be the one giving orders! You don't need to use that puny head of yours. You just keep firing your bow!

Okaaay♪ Come on, Darling... Follow me to the ends of the earth, okay?

...Okay.

I can't hear yooooou!

Okaaaaaay! Right! Off we go!