Pirates!

Angel · Red Belt Old Friend Evil Council Member Posts: 1096

*abord the Bloody Angel the captian is shouting orders*

prepare for incoming fire! graplers to the port bow, bring us in!

*men grab long thick ropes with vicious looking hooks on the end and begin to swing them from the rigging. they thunk into the gunwale and the sailors begin to haul, ten men to a rope.

the ship rocks repetadly as the enemy cannons fire but the cannon teams soon return the barrage, each of the eighteen cannos aiming for one on the other ship.

the teams of muskateers form up along the bow and fire into the enemys scurying ranks*

Panther385 · Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2006 9:44 am Post subject:

Kiruko flew upwards and missed the bullets. She now had a good view of the four ships. Wait, four ships? Who else was here? She flapped her wings and circled the unknown ship. A private boat... Looks like a carrier. Wonder what it 'as inside... Pondered the repltile.

alakin1 · Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2006 10:40 am Post subject:

His attention still on Kiruko, Taka didn't see the trident Linda had thrown flying towards him, it buried itself into his arm, roaring in pain Taka let go of the mast again and started to fall down. Scraping the post with his good arm and feet, he attempted to grab it, he only just managed to grab on a few feet away from the floor. Pulling the trident out of his arm, he looked around, the Devil Bear had pulled alongside them. Taka moved towards the team of musketeers, drawing Shikyo and throwing the trident overboard.

Somefreakoverthere · Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2006 12:35 pm Post subject:

((*growls*

you've just ignored the attack i sent at you,alakin.I am in a VERY bad mood right now as i haven't been feeling well,so this is the worst time for me to come on and find somebody just plainly ignoreing me.*goes off to find out what a gunwale is*.))

"Cut loose those grappin' hooks!"

Linda yelled,hand extended as she called the trident back to her hand.This ment she had to focus on the lump of metal insted of what was going on.this was fatle mistake as she had been standing at the edge of the ship as another grapling hook latched onto the side.

It latched onto linda,too,and sent her screaming in pain.She'd caught her trident seconds before being stuck,so she swung it quickly and cut the thing loose,looking for where she'd been impailed.What she saw made her freak out:it had caught her side,and had left a huge gash behind it.One of the barbed hooks on it was lodged into her torso,and she knew that removing it would make the wound worse.

"This is worse than when i saw it happen..."

She carefuly chose her words as to not let on anything about her past,as if anybody knew about it then they'd have a chance to weave a very convincing story involving her and the captian or worse.

Shine · Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2006 6:40 pm Post subject:

Obed directs the deck hands to sever the lines of the grappling hooks. The lines have slowed the ships progress as it passes the Bloody Angel, but they are still moving to its rear, there is still considerable distance between them. They have taken some damage, lost some guns, but all the damage, so far, is above the water line

He has been watching the crew of the Bloody Angel, and believes he has determined who is calling the shots over there.

He conjures up a plague of shadows and sends it over to Angel ((should it engulf her, it will make her only able to see hazy shadows for a time, a long time for a normal mortal human, but an angel should be able to dispel it in a couple of posts, but in the mean time, it should make it hard for her to direct the battle effectively as she can't see what's going on, and, she might trip on things she can't see. Smile

))

He sees Linda and gasps. She is bleeding rather heavily. He calls to Lep:

"Quick go below decks and get the medical chest, we've got to patch up the second mate 'afore she bleeds to death."

((I'm assuming she is down, laying or sitting.)) As they are below the rail, they would only be accidental targets, but still, Obed extends a wing to shade and protect her from debris (in battle mode, they are sort of armored, read the Hall of Records.) "Did you say you saw it happen? Now that must have been a startling sight." He looks at her and subtly winks to indicate that he is misdirecting the conversation from the crews hearing. What ever the secret of her past is, he knows she has chosen to keep it that way.

The captain continues to spew his drunken rant about keel hauling the captain of the Bloody Angel. From the sound of things, they have a history of their own too.

Nishette · Yellow Belt Old Friend Posts: 34

Emilee watched as the black cloud began to swallow the Bloody Angel. She began to tremble in fear, and backed her way towards the ladder. However, before she disappeared belowdecks she yelled out to Angel "Ma'am! Watch out!"

Leporidae · Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2006 9:16 pm Post subject:

Lep pauses for a second to get everything straight. ~Ok. So, we found the serpents and the bloody angel. The bloody angel killed the serpent's captin. The bloody angel is attacking us. And . . . and . . ~ Lep's review of what happend in the past two minuets was washed away when Obed gave her a order. She obeyed and dived through the door going down the floor . . .

Ten minuets later, after battling many cobwebs and doging many boxes, she arrives tiredly with the medical chest. "Here's the chest. What do you wish to do with it?"

Angel · Red Belt Old Friend Evil Council Member Posts: 1096

((ok, im assuming from Shines post that the darkness spell is around me, not the ship))

*Angel heard the yell from the deck of the Serpent and looks over her shoulder to her ship and it begins to cloud over with blackness. her eyes go wide in shock and she rises into the air, out of the circle of enemies on deck. with some alarm she realises that the spell is around her and not the ship, she realises she will not be able to land or give any orders in this condition.

she rises higher and higher, realising she is an obvious target for any pirate worth his salt. she begins to weave her hands in the air, leaving burning trails in the air. as the symbols for the fire begins to burn hotter, whiter and brighter*

Somefreakoverthere · Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 8:48 am Post subject:

Linda had collapsed on the floor when Obed covered her with a wing for protection.

"Thanks,Obed.Maby sometime i'll tell you a little of my past.But until then,do you know what a borg is?"

She was lossing blood fast,and she knew it.She also knew she was going to black out,and that wasn't a suprise.

"And shut the captain up,he's worse than samura plus he's giving me a headache."

She told him before she blacked out due to lack of blood.

alakin1 · Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 9:29 am Post subject:

((Sorry SFOT, I forgot about it, I've changed my last post to include it.))

Shine · Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 10:42 pm Post subject:

Obed grabbed a deckhand
"I need that" he said as he pulled the man's bandana off his head.

"I'm not gonna lie to you," he said to the semi conscious Linda " This is going to hurt one h*ll of a lot." and with that he took out his dagger, made a careful slice over the barb, and yanked the hook out of her side. He then quickly stuffed the bandana over the wound and held it firmly in place to stem the bleeding.

Obed was paying attention to Linda and did not see the black cloud began to rise up over the Bloody Angel. However the captain and the crew were watching it. It proceded to flash flames as it floated over the ship. The captain grew terrified of it "She's a cursed ship she is, Cut the lines and run for our lives, run for our souls. The devil hisself be on that ship!"

Lep arrived with the medical chest and Obed opened it. He took out the bottle of medicinal brandy and took a shot for himself-

"Aaahh"

Then he lifted the bandana and doused the wound with some of the brandy thinking the alcohol would kill some germs. He applied a bandage and used some gauze strips tied around he body to secure the bandages in place.

He found the smelling salts and opened the bottle and handed it to Lep. "Try to wake her up with this, and see if she needs anything else"

Obed stood up.
The captain continued in his fearful rant about the other ship being cursed.
Obed bounded back up the stairs to stand beside the Captain and called out:

"I'm not afraid of the Devil or his cursed black cloud (which he wasn't, since he had conjured the curse himself, but the rest of them apparently didn't know that.)
"Bring the ship around for another pass, I will rid us of that cursed thing."

With that he bounded into the air, beat his wings and soared skyward toward Angel in the shadow curse, he knew she would probably dissipate it soon, and he wanted to get the credit for that. He began to hurl handfulls of flames at the dark cloud.

Angel · Red Belt Old Friend Evil Council Member Posts: 1096

*Angel begins to chant slowly in words of a blood stained and forgoten language. the lines of flames become more solid, lasting longer and spreading vicious tendrils to tear at the cloud.

Obeds attack knocks her back, bashing at her, but the flames dont burn her, living in a pool of molten rock for the first half of your life has some advantages. another fire ball buffets her, almost knocking her out of the sky. fatigue and blood loss are begining to take their toll on her body but she manages to keep above the range of your average musket or pistol. she knows that she is perfect target practice.

vauge shouts and shots drift through the eery mist, muffled but audable. she has no way to judge the battle and she swears. the word hands breafly in the air as if written in blood before exploding into a fine red mist. she dosent have the energy resources to launch a counter attack blind but she does weave a protection spell around herself. sheets of white qand black fire surround her and Obeds attacks are deflected of its sides like a duck shedding water*

Shine · Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2006 7:13 pm Post subject:

Obed kites briefly infront of the dark cloud containing Angel, preparing to coujur up a small flood of water aimed in her direction, and for the next moves to happen quickly 1,2, 3.. as the plague of darkness is disapating

He calls to Angel:

"Our captain says you suck eggs like a weasel and you are nothing more than an overgrown valentines cherub"

He casts a small "flood curse" of water in the direction he believes Angel to be.

He then folds his wings and plummets downward, opening his wings just in time to halt the fall a few feet above the water, he then morphs into an orca and drops into the sea and dives.

Angel · Red Belt Old Friend Evil Council Member Posts: 1096

*Angel is in the final stage of destroying the abominable cloud and his insults fall on deaf ears. the lashes of fire are almost pure white now and razor sharp. it takes her full concentration to keep those edges sharp enough to cleave the spell.

finaly the flames tear the spell into shreads and Angel blinks in the light. she focuses on something large and blue coming towards her, for a momant she thinks she is heading for the sea but then she realizes, the sea is heading for her. *

oh, SHI-

*by then it is to late, the impact of the wall of water knocks the breath out of her and the cold hits her even harder. her struggles slow depressingly quickly as she is hurled downwards towards the sea. she manages to get over her ship before she looses conciousness and crashes a full hundred feet onto the deck, literaly out cold.*

Shine · Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 7:22 pm Post subject:

Obed, as an orca swims back to the Devil Bear. He goes under it, surfaces with a jump, and morphs back to his winged sphynx/lion form and flies upward soaring around and coming in for a landing next to Captin Andrew. He calls to the crew:

"THE CREW OF THE DEVIL BEAR IS UNBEATABLE!!! WE DO NOT FEAR ANY EVIL APPARITION NOR CURSED CLOUD OF FIRE, BRING HER AROUND AND LETS GIVE IT ANOTHER PASS, WE WILL SEND OUR ENEMY TO THE DEPTHS AND INCREASE OUR FAME AND FORTUNES!!!"

The crew reacts with a cheer and a redoubling of effforts at repair and resupplying, as they prepare for another pass and another round of cannon fire.

He reaches into the small locker where he knows the captain keeps a small bottle of rum, hands it to Captain Andrew and says:

"Your a valiant leader Captain you should celebrate our triumph with another toast"

Obed goes down to the main deck where Lep is still tending to Linda.

"Lep, me matey, have you roused her yet?" and then discretely so no one else hears- "I tell you, that captain is a fool and a drunk. With a good crew like the two of you, and more like you, we could wrest this vessal from that inept sop of a barnacle. The crew just saw what I did to save the ship from that Firey Angel. It wouldn't take much to pull off a mutiny. What do you think, are you interestd in increasing your rank? and your riches?"