Pirates!

[Nasari]

I had this idea long ago, when I watched POTC2. I just haven't gotten around to posting it until now.

Your characters are pirates, aboard one of five ships.

The Sea Wasp has a mostly insectoid crew, with a few arachnids and other invertebrates mixed in. They are port raiders, attacking cities that are too close to the coastline. They have an alliance with the Falcon's crew. Her captain is a mantis-man named Gregorio.

The Serpent has a reptilian crew. They are notorious for raiding galleons and other ships, but mostly stay away from port towns. They absolutely despise the Falcon and her crew, calling them "loyalist chickens". Her captain is an Ormag named Naja.

The Falcon is mostly crewed by birds. They spend years at a time at sea, only raiding when the victim is an enemy of their home country or countries. You could call them privateers rather than pirates. They rudely refer to the Serpent's crew as "scale-faced traitors". Her captain is a hawk-man named Derek the Redfeathered.

The Devil Bear is crewed by mammals of all shapes and sizes. They are well rounded pirates, raiding both ports and ships, but do neither job as efficiently as the more specialized crews. They have an alliance with the Serpent and her crew. Her captain is a Hardman Norn named Andrew.

The Bloody Angel is a mostly humanoid ship, with just about any humanlike creature serving as her crew. She is neutral, being nobody's ally and raiding any ship or port unlucky enough to lower its defenses. Her captain is a human named Argus.

Your bio looks something like this.

Name: The character you will be using.
Race: The character's species.
Ship: Sea Wasp, Serpent, Falcon, Devil Bear, or Bloody Angel.
Rank: Swabbie, Cook, Armory person (forgot the name), Spotter (crow's nest person), Generic Pirate (middle class, can do any job), Second mate, First mate (the captain is an NPC)
Extra: Anything else to take note of.

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Name: Reyeka
Race: Ormag
Ship: Serpent
Rank: Spotter
Extra: Reyeka's sword, Marnrist, is coveted by several of her crewmates. It was stolen once before, but she found it and next thing the crew knew, they needed a new cook. She had mauled him so badly they couldn't even tell who he was. Everyone on the ship fears her, except Captain Naja, who secretly likes her.

[Panther385]

Name: Kiruko
Race: Anthro European Dragon
Ship: Serpent
Rank: First mate
Extra: Kiruko earned her rank by her ruthlessness and ability to obey the captain's orders with rarely any hesitation. She has no remorse for anything she's done. She is usually seen in classic pirate garb, along with an icey-blue bandanna wrapped around her head. Her sword is named the Hai, which means ashes in japanese.

[Nasari]

Reyeka lifts her spyglass up to her eye, looking around from her perch in the crow's nest.

She sees something.

"Oy! Kiruko! Tell Cap'n I just saw another ship! She's headin' this way!"

[Angel]

Name: Angel
Race: Humanoid-ish
Ship: The Bloody Angel
Rank: Armourer
Extra: Gained the honorary name of ships figurehead after taking to sitting on the foremast with her pistols buring raids and boardings. she is well knows for her vindictiveness and the weapons aboard the Bloody Angel are renowned as the best in quality and reliability. on occasion she will trade with other ships, wih permision of course, in return for high quality materials.

[Panther385]

"Aye, aye, Reyeka!" She bounded off from her sitting place and ran towards the Captain, who at the moment, was in his cabin. Kiruko knocked and entered, then bowed to the Captain.

"Spotter Reyeka says there's a ship headin' t'wards us. What should we do, Cap'n?"

The Captain was learning over a map on his table in the cabin. He paused for a moment, then said, "Tell her if it's the Falcon, take 'em out with cannons. If it's the Devil Bear, allow 'em ta board. If'n it's anyone else," He grinned. "Loot 'em."

Kiruko bowed again and ran back to Kiruko. "If it's anyone other than ta Devil Bear, we'll kill 'em!"

[Shine]

If this thread can be outside the timeflow of the basic Dojo stuff like Corp Dev and Labyrynth, Obed is interested in trying his paw as a Pirate on the Devil Bear, ? first or second mate?? Also I'm busy so if this turns out to be one of those posts that requires daily posting, I probably shouldn't.

So, If ya think I should I'll post a more complete bio tomorrow.

[Nasari]

((This is an alternate universe RP, like the Wild West. And this is not a time-demanding RP, but if you join, it would be appreciated if you stay in it. That does not mean you have to post every day, just enough to keep yourself in the game.))

"She's th' Bloody Angel! EVERYONE, PR'PARE TO BOARD! There's a hold full'a weapons with our names on 'em!"

Reyeka knew of how well-made the weapons of the Bloody Angel's crew were. She couldn't wait to get her jaw tentacles on those cutlasses, daggers, and other weapons. A smirk spread across her crocodilian face. She climbed down from the crow's nest.

"A little eager, are we?" a voice behind her asked. Reyeka drew Marnrist and swung around.

"Now, now, dear, no need to be so uptight." It was Captain Naja.

"Ugh... what do you want now, Naja, my hand in marriage again?"

Naja leaned close to her ear and said, "How did you ever guess?"

Reyeka pushed him away, baring her teeth. "Look, just 'cause you're my captain does not make you free to approach me that way. So unless you want to end up like the cook, get outta my face!"

[Angel]

((ohy action! im going to take cortrol of the Bloody Angels Crew for a bit, when and if some wants to join the crew just say s ))

*the Bloody Angel's spotter cries out from the masthead*

Cap'n! It's the Serpent! racing hell bent with cannons out, right For us!

*the first mate yells orders at the captain's, Argus, curt nodd. the crew swarm into action, pulling muskets and long pistols from the racks and lining up in ranks along the starboard gunwale.

the rush of noise and acivity makes Angel look up from her work, crafting a long sabre, and grin maliciously. she wears little in the heat of the on ship forge, a lose backless shirt and breeches. she sends up one of her bellows-men to find out whats happening and finishes tempering the steel blade while he is gone. on his returns she snapps at him to tell her*

the Serpant Ma'am, comin' up on star'oard bow. she'll keel-haul us!

*Angel dismisses him and pulls her belts down from a metal hook, she pulls them up her back and buckles them tightly over her shoulder. a third goes round her waist, two bolt action muskets come next, slotting perfectly into the back holsters between her wings, and then a vicious cutlas with a serated back edge. all her weapons are flawlessly maintained and engraved with her sigil, a pair of blood red wings.

she takes her hat from her favorite cabin boy and clups up the stairs into the organised chaos of preperation. the first mate meets her on the aft deck and nodds towards the poop deck before hurrying of to yell at the musket men.*

Cap'n. *she salutes* it's the Serpent sir. *its more of a statement than a question, he nods*

Aye, and after your weapons i'd figure. they're never ones fer tradin fer what they wants.

*Angel says nothing but nodds. after a moment he gives her orders and waves her away. she salutes again and jumps of the railing, not bothering with the stairs, and begins to shout her orders*

Reloader team! on the hatch! i want sixteen muskets a round! GO!

*The group of cabin hands, cooks and squires that makes up the backup jumps to it, hauling barrels of gunpowder and boxes of pellets up from the hold. they ready the spare sixteen muskets, tamping and priming quickly and efficiently, soon they stand ready behind the musket men. but Angel is already below, on the gun deck.*

RIGHT you lot! haul 'em up and load 'em!

*she grins widley at the teams and they cheer and begin hauling the cannon ports open and loading the guns. the slick teams have the cannons loaded and ready in three minets. once the last gun is heaved forwards Anel hands over to a strapping young man,*

Cap'n wants two broadsides on the waterline then take out the masts with chain shot, she's got three so i want numbers six through twelve on that, and get the timing right!

*she dissappeas in a flurry of feathers up the ladder. the wind has whiped up into a frenzy and she jamms her hat down hard damn, i wont get air borne in this

she shoulders through the ranks of boarders, past the musketmen, the deck is strangly quiet no that everything is ready, the Serpent is minutes away from firing range.*

RIGHT, you scurvy lot! LISTEN UP! *she yells in a comanding voice. the first mate looks on with mute approval as she leaps easily onto the gunwale, one arm on the rigging.* these slimy snakes want to get their hands on our guns! are you gonna let em?

*the crew raise their weapons in the air, gums and cutlases alike and a roar fills the air* ARE YOU GONNA LET EM TASTE EM?!

*the roar doubles in volume* THEN LET 'EM COME!!

*Angel has timed it right and the blast of the guns echoes her last word, the first broadside fires in perfect syncrony and the cannon balls whistle through the air towards the Serpents waterline.*

[Panther385]

Kiruko grinned malicously; those cannons would never reach them at this rate! But the guns on the other hand... She grimaced as a fellow pirate beside her was shot down through the stomach. Snapping her wings open, she flapped and began to fly, albiet waveringly. The winds are not at their best today... Mused she. "C'mon Hai, I'll let you taste tha' blood of our enemies yet!" Kiruko banked upwards and circled the Bloody Angel.

[Angel]

SECOND VOLLEY! FO'ARD!

*the muskateers aim and fire at the enemy ranks, at the same moment she watches Kiruko take off,*

THEY'VE GOT FLIERS! AIM HIGH! *she roars over the gale and lashing of rigging, the hastily reloaded first group aim and fire, taking their time to aim at the fast moving Kiruko.*

CANNON! HOLD! *she calls down to the messenger on deck who rushes to the gun deck. already the foredeck its misty with musket smoke, she can just make out the figure of the first mate standing in the rigging, pistol held steady, waiting for the flier to come into his shorter but more accurate range. the whole time the two ships are getting nearer, but the end of the second volley the cannons are in range.*

FIRE CANNONS! *the order is relayed, the whole ship quietens for a moment then the roar and crash of the long-nines jarrs the ship. the cannon balls whistle through the air, heading for some three meters above the Serpents own cannon hatches.*

CHAIN SHOT, NOW! *the omonous clunk and rattle of the chain shot rattles the gun deck, six out of the eighteen cannons are loaded with vicious twin balls of iron held together by chain with links big enough to get a hand through. the gun master yells fresh orders*

Raise sixteen degrees, six and seven on Aft, eight and nine on midmast. READY? FIRE!

*the guns boom again, the chains scream through the air, heading for men and wood indisciminatly. one goes wide and crashes towards the enemy ranks but the other three head right for the masts, by the shortest route, the men on deck. he singlans ten to twelve to stay ready and the rest reload with balls.*

[alakin1]

Name:Taka
Race:Human/Lion crossbreed.
Ship:Bloody Angel.
Rank:Second mate.
Extra:Taka was saved by Argus when he was young and as thus is fiercely loyal to the Bloody Angel. He has a sword, that is his family heirloom named Shikyo.

[Angel]

((welcome to the crew, alakin!))

[Panther385]

Kiruko's maw twisted into a vengeful snarl. "Fire cannons on mah mark! We're too far off fer them ta get us now!" She circled, her wings nearly being clipped by the gunmen. Damn, where'd I put mah gun? "Ready? Fire on three, two, ONE!" Before her order, the pirates scurried to fill the cannons with gunpowder and the cannonball. When she called out, they lit 'em. About nine cannons fired at the Bloody Angel, aiming for the edge. Heh, let's see how they fare with exploding cannonballs!

[alakin1]

((Thanks))]

Taka prowled along the deck, shouting orders and scolding any slacking crew members, noticing Kiruko in the air he shouted,
"GET THAT FLIER DOWN!"

[Nishette]

(( Is it too late for me to hop on the Bloody Angel?

Name: Emilee
Race: Foxgirl
Ship: Bloody Angel
Rank: Cook
Extra: Nothing really. Knows many of the ship's nooks and crannies, so she can go fetch what is neccesary from cannonballs to cinnamon. No swordsmanship but can decently work her pistol))

As the chaos began, Emi ran onto the deck. She darted around aimlessly, looking for something to busy herself with.