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Post by Matis on Jul 4, 2008 14:15:05 GMT -6
"Good morning" Matis said and added, "Yes. Immediately, in fact" he said, and shortly after that the ship started moving.
"Can you do me a favor? Try and find everyone of us and bring them to the deck. There's something I have to tell you all" he said and headed upstairs to the deck.
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Raen
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Post by Raen on Jul 6, 2008 18:14:27 GMT -6
Raen looked up to see Katara shaking him, "huh? eh.. deck, up, now...RUM ohh." sighing he staggered to his feat, only to fail as his head seemed to have gained 30 pounds or so, and he ended up butting a wall, "Ugh!" Finally Rising to his feet and swaying he tried to kick Saru awake but only succeed in falling over again. "Bloody Hell!" By this time his yelling seemed to wake Saru up anyway.
Grasping the walls, Raen struggled toward what he figured was the top deck.
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Saru
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Post by Saru on Jul 6, 2008 18:45:12 GMT -6
Saru's dreams were interupted with a loud yell of "Bloody Hell!" and thump close by. Bringing his arm in front of his face and cracking an eye open, he glared at the blurry image of a person near him. Vision clearing slowly, the mercenary growled out, "Dammit Rae, shut yer trap! I'm tryin' ta sleep!" only to notice his friend staggering his way up to the deck. Lurching into a sitting position, Saru cursed as his head throbbed. Using the wall as a brace, he managed to get up and stagger his way after Raen.
Once on deck, he saw the others of their group gathering. Making his way towards them, he raised his right hand in a wave while his left covered his mouth as he yawned. "Mornin' boss, puking horse guy, princess. Where's the walking armory?" he mumbled sleepily.
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Post by Matis on Jul 8, 2008 11:51:29 GMT -6
Alexia came upstairs as well, Nightfleet held tightly against the mast of the ship. "There she is." Matis said, and waited for them all to gather around him.
"I've been talking to the captain of the ship, and he told me of his plan. He has decided to take us to a port at the southernmost part of Etruria for free, so long as we protect the ship from the pirates" he said to the group. "Apparently, most ships that have set sail in the past few weeks have been robbed of all their goods by a band of pirates".
"I just wanted you all to stay alert and be ready, in case it happens to this ship too".
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Saru
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Post by Saru on Jul 11, 2008 14:06:01 GMT -6
At the mention of pirates, Saru's eyes shot open all the way and a grin found its way onto his face. "Pirates, eh? Well, this oughta' be fun. Fightin' pirates on the sea. I still got a bone ta pick with that one that got away las' time. Maybe he'll be so kind as ta grace us with his presence," the mercenary said as his grin deepened in anticipation.
"I can't wait."
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Post by Katara on Jul 11, 2008 15:04:50 GMT -6
Katara smiled and crossed her arms. "I'm up for it," she said to Matis. Then she turned to Saru and added, "you might want to think about calling me sexist names after you see my bladework. I am not as skilled as Matis or Alexia, but I might say I'm no princess."
Then she relaxed. Trying to think like her brother, she proposed a strategy, "I know we don't have numbers on our side, but I think that if we pair our more expiration's members with some of the newer allies, we could handle almost anything..."
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Post by Raen on Jul 11, 2008 19:37:04 GMT -6
Raen tried to be serious and not grin as he proudly stated,"Between me and Dirk they won't even reach the ship so there's no worries there lassie" he finished with a "sexist name". Chuckling he said" Either way, we better be more worried about Saru over doing himself on the hero role this time" Patting Saru on the back he continued "We don't want him to end like his last practice session."
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Saru
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Post by Saru on Jul 11, 2008 20:04:16 GMT -6
When Katara mentioned him calling her sexist names, Saru mumbled, "Whoops. Didn't mean ta say that out loud."
Listening to Raen's boasting, the mercenary sent a scowl towards his friend. "At least I was doin' somethin'. What did you do? Sit around and drink?" He waved a hand in dismissal. "Bah, Dirk'll be useful, but I bet you won't. Probably won't even be able ta hit the side of the enemy's ship," Saru finished with grin.
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Raen
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Post by Raen on Jul 12, 2008 10:20:28 GMT -6
"Oh really now?" Asked Raen with as much of a perplexed look as he could manage. He then took out his bow as quick as a flash and set a quick arrow over Saru's shoulder and into the sea - Not following its flight so he could watch the priceless look on Saru's face as the arrow narrowly missed him, "Yeah, you're right, I miss too much" he shrugged and feigned looking disappointed while secretly chuckling.
But Raen's attention was diverted when he noticed a spek on the horizen: "Uh, guys, Is that another ship out there, they don't seem to have a colorful flag like ours, more.... black?"
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Post by Roscanza on Jul 12, 2008 10:44:10 GMT -6
Over the night the stupid pirates saw Saru and Raen in the bar getting drunk but didn't attack so they could see where everyone else was. Soon every pirate was following someone different (from a distance) until every person was on a dock.
Roscanza was quite relieved, "Well I guess they're leaving so we don't need to attack." "That wasn't part of the orders, probey-boy." the captain of this mission responded "What did you just call me?" He was enraged, "Chances are some pirate ship will attack it for us. " "If any pirate ship attacks it, it will be us." "We can let them live, chances are they didn't tell anyone about where our base might be." "You can think that but it isn't true."
Roscanza gave his response by swinging his ax at the captain's face. Suddenly a battle between the pirates started on what they should do. 5 wanted to report the people were leaving, and 5 wanted to kill them.
"This is so stupid." He looked up to notice the ship was already sailing away. "Shoot i guess we have to go back anyways now." While he said that he felt something hard beat down on his head and everything went black to unconscious-ville.
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Post by Katara on Jul 12, 2008 12:11:39 GMT -6
Katara stared out towards the horizon. "Already? You think they'd wait until we were too far from the shore to have survivors..." she said.
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Post by Matis on Jul 12, 2008 13:41:39 GMT -6
"They don't even learn, do they?" Matis said, sighing. "Dirk, Raen, take position atop the mast. You'll have more reach and a better look on everything from there. Saru, come with me to the left side. Katara, Alexia, you'll be right behind us, in case anyone slips by."
A battle plan was already on his mind. He had seen a fishing net somewhere on the front of the deck and he was planning to use it, if all else failed. It would be easy to trap them with it. He turned to the captain of the ship. "Keep the ship on route. If they come to us, get the ship to their right".
Things didn't look too bright. The ship of the black flag was moving towards them. "Everyone, be careful" Matis said, not looking back.
OoC: I...didn't get a sword. Here's hoping the lance will last me until next town. Also, anyone can command Alexia until she's either killed at some point or Matthias comes back(unlikely, but still possible).
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Post by Raen on Jul 12, 2008 22:20:27 GMT -6
Climbing up the cargo net to the top mast Raen looked over his should to Dirk climbing nearby: "Ever fought on a ship before Dirk? I don't think I'll be sea-sick, but this is totally new. Any tips you could give me now might just keep me alive, though I did manage to survive pirates earlier" Thinking quickly Raen added: " and please keep an eye on Saru if I can't."
OoC: In case it gets bumped, here is my message from the chat box (I'm in the same boat as Alexia) "Ok guys in the interest of moving on feel free to "emote" me because I'll be gone for a week and I don't want to stop things"
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Post by Katara on Jul 14, 2008 15:07:31 GMT -6
Katara followed Matis as they moved to the side that the ship was approaching. It was coming in faster than it should have. She felt like she had seen something like it before. Then it hit her.
"Matis! It's not wind alone that is pushing that ship! I think theres a sage, or many mages, on board manipulating the water to approach us faster. I don't think they mean to board us; it looks like they're going to plow right through us!" she exclaimed.
She hoped that her logic was true, she didn't want to look stupid in front of Kenshin's cousin.
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Post by Matis on Jul 14, 2008 22:05:13 GMT -6
Somehow...it seemed right.
"Cap'n, they are going to ram us! Steer!" Matis shouted as loud as he could. The ship started to turn, barely missing being hit by the pirate ship. A couple of agile pirates got onto the deck of the ship, the group setting into motion to stop them. There were roughly 30 men among them, all of varied classes. Matis could distinguish one or two mages, three archers and a single mercenary. The rest were but a sea of heads and weapons coming and going.
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