RPG: Dead Eye's Plight

[~Shobu~]

So begins our journey through the waters of Poseidon! The general rules of AF rps apply.

A few quick notes before we start:
1. The Dydrogan Islands have active volcanoes except for the second to largest island which is called Lavora, which is the most popular gathering place for pirates to eat, drink, sleep, and be, well... pirates.
2. Gods and Goddesses will be NPCs played by either me or Valk.
3. Posts must be at least 2 paragraphs long. (More like a rule than a note, sorry)
4. Bellamuna has several deserts.
5. Tazo has a lot of trees, bamboo, and mountains.
6. Erabyss has a lot of mountains but the land varies.

Ugh, I feel awful. I should have made these notes earlier and then some. TT-TT I'm so sorry I'm a horrible GM guys!

Well... poor management skills shouldn't delay an RP so leggo!

Lavora Island was swarming with its usual foul-mouthed, loud, drunk, and lively customers. There were hardly enough bars and inns to contain the lot of them but the outdoors supplied plenty of extra room. Sapphira sat upon the rooftop of the Dripping Jack, drinking her mug of rum as she swung her legs over the edge and surveyed the scene. Normally, the captain of the Red Sapphire would be too drunk to function once she stepped foot on this island. But today, her mind was preoccupied with other matters. Tabais Dead Eye: a legend. Legends, in all technicality, could be true or false. Sapphira believed this legend to be real, at least, she hoped it was. His treasure was tempting and certainly didn't escape her desire, but she wanted to meet the infamous Captain himself. A man who angered Hades so much he cursed him with immortality; there had to be more to the story. If anything, Sapphira was too curious for her own good, but that was just on of her many insatiable hungers: knowledge, along-side pleasure and wealth.

Her patience was wearing thin. She had had enough of sitting around. It's been a full day. Although she could see the Helle Sea from where she sat, she missed the water deeply. She hopped to her feet, inhaled the rest of her drink, threw the wooden mug aside, not caring where it landed, and swung herself into the nearest window of the place. Time to gather the crew.


OOC: I know it's a pitiful start but I'm in a hurry to post an OOC thread and you'll see why so just hush, post, and have fun!

[Esiphas]

As Saphira swung through the window, She found herself standing on a Balcony overlooking the Main Area of tHe dripping Jack. Behind Her Leaning against the wall, was Alena. She was drinking a Small glass of Ale, using a thin metal rod with a hole through the centre to drink from behind her mask. It was an invention of hers- she called it a ''Straw.'' As Alena notced the captain, She stood up a bit straighter. ''C...Captain! You scared the life out of me... '' She cocked her head to one side a little- the left, which usually meant she was smiling- and said ''Hopefully your goig to be ordering the crew out soon. I'm getting bored here, and 4 times I've had some jerk try a move on me.''

Standing up, she dropped her empty mug on the table, and slipped her Straw back into her pocket. ''Unless you'd care to Dance of course? I mean... Um, well, Dancings fun you know. Can you Dance Captain? I've onnly Danced a Couple of times, but... Well i did enjoy it. I think the Lookout wanted a dance with you as well, but im not sure. He's at the bar.'' She tried to avoid the Catains eye.

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Noir sat in another, far more respectable tavern- that is, there were only 1 or 2 fights a month, and they actually served cooked food. It was less rowdy. He loved it. Digging quite happlly into the roasted Fish he had, in a half decent manner, He looked across the table. Haley was eating hers quite happilly. Swallowing a mouthful, he said ''Told'ya you'd like the Halibut, didn't I?'' She nodded, too busy eating the delicious Fish. He smiled. She looked gorgeous as ever.

Looking around teh tavern- called ''The bridgebacked Lodge''- So named because it was the main support for a whole bridge- He took in his crew. Lots of them were sitting at the bar, ordering drinks and Flirting withthe barmaid, others around teh room. ''I love a good Tavern...'' He muttered, before returning to his meal. ''I do enjoy our little Dates.'' He siad. haley, swalowing her mouthful, said ''Yet you havent asked me out yet.'' He flushed red. ''True. Probably should get round to it, shouldn't I?'' haley couldn't tell if he was serious or not. Then someone threw someone else across teh room- Noir recognised the thown person as Wee Jack, the Ships fastest -and Shortest- cannon loader. Wee jack picked up a bottle and threw it at the man who threw him- a big, thickset man, too bus laughing at wee Jacks lengthy flight to notice- and caught him in the teeth, shattering the glass and teh teeth. The man screamed like a girl. Nearly everyone in Noirs Crew laughed, hearing the Scream, Including Haley. ''Serves you right you big brute'' She says, as Wee Jack flips hm the Bird. The Mans comrades- privateers by the looks of them- stood up, and the whole bar devolved into a chaotic fight. Haley could be seen at teh forefront, swinging punches left and Right.

[mrpineapple]

John had just finished making his daily visits to the local traders and was having a rest in his local tavern. "The usual" he requested the bartender as he walked in. "As always John" he smiled back and went about getting his drink. John sat into one of the bar-side seats.
John slumped down on his chair. Evelyn had been gone a while now, he was getting worried. Was the fisherman's son not capable of minding both himself and her on their little trip? Regardless, they were due to be home any moment, he told himself not to worry.

His drink was ready, taking a large slug of the thick liquid, he let out a big sigh. "Ah. good as always" he proclaimed. The tavern wasn't busy today, so the bartender pulled up a seat beside him. "You look like you're taking the news okay, it's okay if you want to talk about it, I know the whole town's secret's and I haven't told a single one".

John looked at him confused. "What news?" he said worriedly. He hadn't heard anything from any of the traders. Was trade declining and it being unspoken? Was... His thought process was cut off by the barman.
"Oh, you don't know?" he said, "well, I don't like to be the bearer of bad news, but the fisherman's boy got back from his trip this morning and it figures Eve never went with him in the first place."

John was speechless. If she wasn't there.. Where had she been for the several weeks? He held his head in his hands. "Do you know where she went instead?" he asked.
"I'm afraid not. Your best bet would be to ask the boy. He was the nearest to her after all."

all the shops were closed at this hour. He would have to wait 'til the morning. "I'll give him a visit tomorrow, for now I think I'm going to need a refill or two" he paused "...or three"


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Eve sat in the corner of the tavern away from the rest of the crew. Her father had probably noticed she was missing by now. Maybe she should... No. She told herself that it'd all be worth it and she'd be forgiven once they stumbled upon the treasure.

She downed the rest of her drink in an effort to wipe the thought from her mind. "Why shouldn't I do this?" she told herself "It's only right I get a bit of adventure in my life" she walked over to the rest of the crew, stumbling as she went.

"Hey guys~" she gave a drunken wave. She counted the crew. There was Noir and Hayley sitting seperate from everyone else and the usual mischievous bunch. But wait.. wasn't there another member?
Wee Jack smashed into the table. Oh. That's the missing member. Eve smiled that she had fit in so quickly to the group and could recognise everyone.
Turning around to see where the rest of the crew were angrily shouting, she noticed two groups starting to stand off.

Hell if she wasn't going to be in this fight, both her will to defend her comrades and her drunkenness pushed her forward until she was in the midst of the scuffle between the two.

[Cross Avantgarde]

OOC: Trufax: Jasper’s first diagnosis and the name of one of his coworkers stems from two Greek words (couldn’t resist). But the true reason for this note is to ask that those who have characters employed as pirates not be bothered by Jasper’s vitriolic comments towards pirates. And with that being said, I’ll insert my post.

There was a decent number of patients in the clinic in Greece that day, and Jasper and the other physicians were grateful. Some days the clinic would be swamped with people who had suffered injuries from over-imbibing on alcohol, the substance that Jasper abhorred so much that he called it “quasi-poison.” Today, however, was much better as most of the patients just had run-of-the-mill illnesses. Children and the elderly were always the ones that Jasper felt the most compelled to help, and the child that he was administering to at the moment was no older than seven.

“So he has trouble breathing deeply?” Jasper asked the boy’s mother.

“Yes. Usually during the middle of the day,” came the reply from the concerned mother.

“And you say that your husband breeds pigeons?” Jasper asked, still looking at the boy as he spoke to the mother.

“He does. But I’m a musician, and I think my son will be, too,” she said.

Jasper tightened his tie a bit as he said, “hypersensitivity pneumonitis.” The mother shook her head and said, “I’m sorry?” Jasper turned his attention to her and said, “That’s the umbrella term for it, anyway. To be specific, he likely has bird fancier’s lung. Don’t worry, it’s not as bad as it sounds. But…I’m guessing he likes to play with or have some kind of contact with the birds? Especially, say…during the mid-day hours?” The mother nodded quickly. “Of course,” Jasper continued. “It’s highly likely that keeping him out of contact with the birds will help his breathing in as short as two or three days. If not, come back here and ask for me.”

Jasper ruffled the boy’s brown hair and smiled at him. “You should be breathing better in no time. But, you’ll need to steer clear of the birds, okay? But don’t worry…there are some other good hobbies that you can pick up on. And it sounds like you already like to play music?” Jasper pointed to one of the physicians, a tall woman with hair as dark as night or, more accurately, the gemstone jet. “Well Nicole over there was speaking of giving away some sheet music. Perhaps you’d like to see what she has?”

The promise of new music seemed to dispel any dissatisfaction the boy had with being instructed not to play with the birds, and Jasper watched as the child and mother walked over to Nicole with a smile. His reverie was soon broken by one of his coworkers named Baire abruptly bringing over a man with a stab wound on his left arm to Jasper’s workstation.

“Pierced through by a pirate near the Dydrogan Islands,” Baire simply said. “The bleeding stopped some time ago, so I guess now we should just focus on saving the arm.”

Jasper motioned for the man to be seated and then turned to Baire and said, “Bring me some sutures.” Baire nodded and went to get the materials while Jasper shook his head in disgust. “Pirates,” he snarled, looking at the wound. There seemed to be a clear increase of pirates and tales of pirates in recent days, and Greece’s relative proximity to the Dydrogan Islands and, namely, Lavora, meant that Jasper saw his share of wounds inflicted by pirates.

“It was near Lavora,” the man replied. “I’m just a merchant, but they took all my wares and my ship. I escaped on one of my emergency gondolas. They say Lavora is crowded with pirates. I’ll never sail near there again…”

Jasper shook his head again and said, “Dregs of Mundus, those pirates. If I had my way…nevermind. Alright, let me see the wound, good sir.”

[Light Buster]

Alexandra took off her cap and let her hair down after another pirate was taken down and taken into custody. She looked out onto the town of Tazo as she got a good sight of the city along with the mountains, trees, and bamboos that filled the empty spaces of Tazo.

(Alexandra) "Sigh, might as well go see what's up in town."

Alexandra decided to head into town to see what's up...

[Spydermonkey]

PLAMEN was walking through the mountains of Tazo looking for a contact he was to meet. As he was walking he saw the contact come into sight but he was being taken down by a group of people. This is when he realized a female among the group taking off her hat. He decided he wanted a closer look at this female, if she is in the pirate hunting business then his skills might be of use to her.

When PLAMEN got up into the trees and over to where the girl was standing he heard her say that she was going to head in town. Plamen never liked going into town just because you never know who you might find walking down the street, and in a business like his, getting his cover blown could prove to be fatal, but he was to intrigued so he continued to follow this girl towards town.

OOC: hello againLight Buster

[Slayer]

A soft, melodious tune poured from the strings of the violin as Candeza skillfully manipulated the bow to emit an up-beat tune. Lithe, graceful movements accompanied the song as she maneuvered her way through the gathering crowd outside the tavern, and anyone who didn't know Candeza past the pleasing exterior could almost certainly be fooled into thinking she was one of the few pure souls that still gathered around these parts. A few minutes later and the song drew into conclusion and an uproar of clapping came from the crowd with a few words of praise. “Excellent job!” or “I have never heard anything more beautiful!” were thrown this way and that, and with a clearly vexed look upon her features, the red-head pushed her way past the remainder of the people and stepped inside the tavern.

The atmosphere inside wasn't ideal but it was a slightly better change. Candeza saw the Captain outside right before she entered and her eyes were quick to find Alena inside the tavern, but she was more preoccupied with filling her flask back to the top with vodka. It had run out earlier that evening and she knew she'd need a refill to make it through the night. “Vodka, full to the top,” she demanded, placing the flask down on the counter and giving the bartender one of her infamous glares; one that clearly sent the message of “make it fast or else tempt me to deck you right in the very establishment you work in”. Offering a clearly strained grin and a brief nod, the woman quickly followed through with the request and gave Candeza what she desired. She placed a few golden coins on the counter to cover the charge of the vodka, pressed the top of the flask against her mouth and jerked her head back hard enough to let a good rush of the stinging liquor wash down her throat. Finally.. just what I needed.

A little less than half had already been consumed by the time Sapphira made her way inside the tavern. While Candeza held a great amount of respect for the woman, and that was a huge feat in its own, she remained seated, crossed one leg over the other and watched as Alena and the Captain talked about whatever it was they were talking about.

“Hey, lil' lady.. I bet ya can hold somethin' else almost as good as yer holdin' that bow, eh?”

Candeza took a deep breath, focused on the stinging in her throat for a few seconds and didn't spare the man to her left any attention. Instead, another swig of the vodka was taken.

The man, a big, scruffy an unkempt creature, reached out with one of his massive hands and made a grab for her wrist. Being ignored didn't sit well with his ego. “Oi, I'm talkin' to ya, wench!”

Although not as sturdy as some other object would've been, there was hardly any resistance as the bow was thrust straight into the man's left eye. There were a few shocked gasps from those close enough to see it happen and the man himself stumbled back a few steps, mouth hanging ajar but no words managing to come out. “You're not much of a talker now, are you?” Standing up, Candeza encroached upon the man – who had cleared a path behind him by now – until he fell loudly on his back and his arms smacked against the floor of the tavern. The next question would undoubtedly be whether he was alive or dead, but Candeza simply reached down, curled her fingers around the end of the bow and jerked it out of the eyesocket with a gruesome schhiinkk. Eyeing the blood that covered the opposite end of the bow, she idly wiped it across the skirt of her dress and began to make her way over to where Sapphira and Alena were.

[Valkarma]

OOC: Massive post warning. Got carried away. Could not stop writing. Love this RP and it has only just started.

The bell rang pleasantly as Jace entered the shop. The thing that assaulted his senses first was the smell. It was the kinda smell that stuck with a place open as long as this one. One that had 'Worked it's way into the woodwork' as they would say. The smell of oils and varnish. Of metal and wood shavings. And mixed in it was the feint trace of warmth. There was a furnace in one of the backrooms, the shop had a few places attached via the back. It was a little way back though, through a couple of doors that currently sat open, and the smell and heat was drafting into the store front where Jace waited. He smiled to himself as he back to warm up. It was a lot colder outside then he had expected.
He glanced around as he waited. There were various things on display. A few things stacked on shelves, there organisation spotless. Jace was past trying to figure out the exact nature of the specific ones but it was clear where the swords were. Two spaces above the Axes. One below the wooden figures. Jace admired how neatly they were set out before his eyes wondered across the walls to the other side. Here there were a few heavy items. Not things to be carried out of the shop. More things that would be delieved to a ship at a later date. The same old bronze cannon was sitting at the bottom. It had been there everytime Jace has came around. No one wanted it.

As he smiled a voice perked up from near the back door.
"Back already?" The figure chuckled as he entered, wiping greese of his hands. "Your timing is as perfect as every Jace."
"You know me Gordan." Jace turned, the smile growing as he faced the Shopkeeper. "Never in the right spot but always at the right time."
Grodon was short. This wasn't an insult but if you had guessed about five foot you would not have been wrong. He peered at Jace behind his glasses with sharp green eyes. His smile was like an old mans, warm, and missing that one tooth they all seemed to lose. His skin was wrinkled but rough from constant exposure to a furnaces heat. It had a healthy tan to it, one that was just starting to lighten. He still had some muscle in his arms, and it seemed like once he may have been a sailor but those days were gone now. Jace was not sure how old Gordon really was, as life had been both harsh and kind to him in equal measure. He stood before Jace in a remarkable suit. He had natural, if expensive, look. Dark pants and a white shirt, his sleeves currently rolled up. Classic. Both were clean and well pressed as normal. But on top of that he had acquired a new waistcoat. Jace raised an eyebrow at the expensive lining of the pockets. Business had gone well it seemed.
"Spending my money already?" Jace asked.
Gordon just smiled, "Not all of it. But with the sudden rumors flying around some people are showing up with just about anything in the hopes of getting enough money to set sail. Or they come with the aim to get those very same things they need. Sometimes both at once."
"Oh the Dead Eye thing?" Jace shrugged, "You believe them?"
"I believe others believe it." Gordon joked. "Brings business my ways so who cares in the end. I ain't going to leap out of this comfortable home for some rumor." He smiled to himself this time. "Got a daughter to look after you know." He shook his head, "But less on that. It is here. I'll go get it for you." He turned and wondered off into the backs again.
"Don't break a back old man." Jace shouted after him. He heard a friendly gumble in return. Gordon owned a unique shop. It sold secondhand goods that he brought back up to scratch himself. He did well and business had grown as time had gone on. Jace had visited everytime he made port here. The shop was out of the way enough that it was peaceful.

A few moments later Gordon returned with a plain wooden box. Jace tilted his head in confusion.
"Hey! Don't be giving me that look." He pulled a seat up from behind the counter and sat down. Jace walked over and leaned on the side. "Less likely to be notice by thieves in a plain box."
Jace rolled his eyes, "And I am sure that Pirates and their kin are just lining up to burst in. What with those guys outside," He said sarcastically, gesturing to the two thugs outside by the door, pistols in hand. More money in their pockets then they should, "And that thing behind the counter." He pointed at the blunderbuss under the counter. One shot. But if that thing went off it would create a lot of noise. And a lot of mess. "Good thing your too old to fire it eh?"
"Do you want this or not? I still get paid regardless."
"You caught me there. I was only looking to donate my money to some helpless old timer."
"Good. If I see one I'll let you know."
They both laughed.

Gordon opened the box and Jace was silent. When he had last been here, he had asked a favor of Gordon. A tale had gone round about a particular item that had caught Jace's interest and if anyone knew how to get hold of something it was Gordon. It cost a lot more then most other things, but Jace had no real need for money beyond the basics. However as looked he found himself wanting this more and more. With a nod from Gordon he reached into the box and pulled out a particular pocketwatch. It was a gleaming silver, and not a single scratch marred it's surface. It was a hunter case watch and fit well in Jace's hand. The front of the cover was decorated with amazing detail. On it was an image, half a sun and half a moon joined together. The sun was a dazling gold and the moon a rich silver. Starting from where they joined they both swirled and became their own vortex within the center. With a flick Jace opened it. The hands were deathly still. The time locked. Jace closed it quietly and then dangled it by the chain. As it spun around he noticed writing on the back in script he had never seen before.
"The chain is not original." Gordon perked up, "And hard as I tried I can't open the damn thing. So it is stuck on that time boy." He looked disappointed, "Sorry about that. Would have had to break it to fix it and I'm sure you didn't want that."
Jace just grinned. "No it is perfect Gordon. I won't ask what it cost to get." He slipped his travel sack off and began untying a sack attached to it. It made the pleasant sound of money clinging as it hit the counter. "Here is the rest I owe you. Thank you again."
"No thank you. It was a pleasure to hold for a while and your more then welcome." Gordon yawned, "It is always a pleasure when you visit. For business or not." He stood back up stretching. Jace slipped the watch into his pocket. It was getting late.
"Regardless. Thanks again." Jace said, Pulling his pack back on he also quickly dug out his cloak and swung it round himself. "I'll be in town for at least a night or two. Till new work appears." He walked over to the door and pulled it open, keeping it open with one foot. "Tell June I said Hi. I will see you both again no doubt."
"No doubt you will. But you better only see my daughter when I'm around."
"But of course." Jace made a mocking bow. They both laughed again.
"Till then you crazy eyed stranger." Gordon smiled.
"Till then old man."
Jace waved his good bye and made his way off down the street. With the most important thing sorted first he now just had to find a place to stop. But Lavora was a big enough island. There would be somewhere. And things were only just beggining really. He had time.

[Esiphas]

Noir Swigged the last of his drink as Haley Decked teh last of teh privateers. She was really something in a fight- and she hadn't even used her blades for this one. Leaving a decent sized sack of Gold on the table to pay for damages, eh shouted ''Ok Maggots, Get lost! I want teh deck spotless before I get back, or I'll keep the Salted meat for myself. And you know that means more Seaweed for you lot.'' The crew all graoned, then chuckled- They Knew Noir wouldn't let them get sick eating nothing but Seaweed and Greul. However, they knew him well enough that he was serious too. ''Haley, Eve, Wee Jack, you wait behind.'' As the Three came over to him, he gave them each their Orders. ''Eve, I want you too see about refreshing our Inventorys- I ahve a long Trip Planned. Wee Jack, Get my Coat from the Cleaners and Pay the Lady, then you can grab some of your private ale with the leftover money.'' He gave a small bag to Jack- Contaning jsut enough to pay the cleaner and get a couple of bottles of Skullhammer. Noir lauhed. Wee jack might have been the Shortest, but he was the only man Alive who could stomach more than half a bottle of Skullhammer and live to tell the tale- at least that Noir had heard of.

After the other two had left, Noir turned to Haley. ''Listen, I meant it when I said I have a big Trip planned. Its gonna be worth it, I promise. But we will probably be gone for a while. So I thought I'd give you the heads up. Go procure some goods. Sell stuff, Buy better stuff. Use your Ravishing beauty and Heart-warming Personality to persuade people into giveing you beter deals. Wee need Ammo, Spare rope, Spare sails... The Lot.'' She saluted him. ''Aye aye Cap'n.'' As she oved to leave, He Grabbed her chin delacately and kissed her cheek. ''I know you can do it. Now go.'' She blushed slightly, then left.

As she left, just up the road, she saw a man leave Grodans Woodwork place. ''Huh. Dd he Buy something? Or sell prehaps. hmmm... maybe he's a Mercha- Oh hello.'' She realised she had been talking Aloud and walking towards him. ''How goes the day my good sir?''

[mrpineapple]

Eve withdrew her arm from one of the smaller privateers. She was about to return it to it's rightful place in his gut, when she noticed the fighting had stopped. She stood up straight and brushed herself down.
Eve faced the loudest noise, which was of course, as always, her captain. She instinctively screwed up her face in disgust upon the mention of seaweed. She hadn't been with them long, but the reputation the rest of the crew put on eating seaweed put the fear of god in her.

"Aye Sir!" she said as Noir briefed her on the essentials to retrieve. "I shall get right on it" and headed for the door. This was one of her first jobs Noir had given her directly, she was determined not to mess up.

It was late enough in the day, so she was probably not going to get to all the shops in time. She decided to head first to the food market, as she was still wasn't sure about the seaweed threat.

Seeing a young man selling some oranges, she sidled up to him "hey... what you got on sale there?"


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OOC:
bit of a time difference between the two characters, but It'll even out in a bit.

IC:
John woke up, after a restless night's sleep. It was too early, but he thought he would go down to the docks and sit and watch the waves. He spent a lot of time there when his wife died.
He could see the fisherman's shop from here, so he'd go up to them once he saw it opening.
he took off his shoes and hunkered down. Dipping his old crusty toes in the water, he sighed with the splash of the cool water on his skin. He hadn't been here in a long while, hopefully he wouldn't have to again.
He lied back on the wooden dock (careful with his back) and stared into the sky, waiting for the day to start.

[Light Buster]

Alexandra placed her cap back on as she began her walk down to town. She wondered what was in town today for her to do; more jobs, interesting topics, and the latter. She would be interested in the bounty board. She quickly checked the bounty board for any new jobs and it happened to be her lucky day. There were so many jobs that she will be working all day for the job, including jobs based on the legendary treasure. She needed jobs to do and to get paid for it. She smiled as she took each job with happiness and headed off.

(Alexandra) "With these jobs, I can make money quick."

[~Shobu~]

OOC: Just noticed I have no men on my crew (none played by one of you guys anyways) hmmm... NPCs are a blessing sometimes, still I'm grateful to have my girls. ^_^

Sapphira chuckled and gave Alena a hearty pat on the back. "Oh love, me singing is the best talent I've got. Dancing requires grace. I'd look like a damn fish out o' water!" She kept her hand on the lower part of Alena's back to guide her down the stairs. "Was that one of your fancy straws you always use? I do wish you'd take off your mask one of these days. I'd love to take a gander at your face. You sound like a beauty!" She laughs again. "But yes, we be sailing out tonight if it pleases the bunch." The reached the bottom of the stairs and Sapphira, being rather short, stepped up on a chair to scan the rowdy crowd for the rest of her crew. She caught a glimpse of Candeza, the ship's musician and back-up gunner. She easily stood out with her beauty and heavily clad arms, not to mention her violin; not many carry around such an instrument in these parts of Mundus. she was about to call out to her when she saw a man grab her. The Captain couldn't help but grin. This should be good. She thought and watched with her hands on her hips.

She nearly fell down laughing when Candeza impaled his eyeball with her bow. She loved her crew, which contained mostly females but she wasn't complaining. Most men, especially pirates, were scoundrels anyways. Though, she did miss one of the "scoundrels" that left her crew. She may have rejected his confession, but Christopher was a competent man. She enjoyed his company and respected him above most men. She only tried to seduce him the first time they met because she lacked respect for him, but after he joined her crew she couldn't bring herself to do it again. Sapphira may be lustful and greedy, but she was not one without morals when it came to her companions. When he had confessed to her, she had to turn him down because of her habit of seducing men to please herself and steal from them. She could not subject a lover to her ways, much less a respected member of her crew that cared for her so deeply and she in return. When he left, it certainly left a scar on Sapphira's heart. She had returned the promise that she would kill him the next time they met. Thankfully, their paths have not crossed yet and she was dreading the day they would for she didn't know if she could bring herself to kill him.

Sapphira's random depression over Christopher quickly the moment Candeza retrieved her bow from the man's eye socket. She gave a delighted, bellowing laugh. "Serves you right swine! Teach you to underestimate a lass from the Red Sapphire!" The man stumbled out of the tavern, holding his bleeding eye. "Rub some dirt in it ya wee willy'd scally wag!" The room burst into laughter and she hopped off the chair, looked at Alena with a wide grin and flicked her head towards Candeza, beckoning her to follow. She approached Candeza, looking like a proud mother. "Such a good girl you are Candeza. You ready to set off soon? Alena's bored and you know how she gets when she can't play with her scalpels!" She said, as loud as ever, especially since the little scene caused everyone to rile up again. Of course, she was joking about Alena's fetish, but she always made light-hearted jokes abut her crew because that's just how comfortable she felt with them. "Now where is God-Eye? Can't leave without me trusty quartermaster!"

[Folter]

Shaun walked down the street towards the pier, his hood was up and his head down. He rubbed his wrists and the new steel arm-guards. They'll be useful, but we shouldn't have had so much left over from the last heist. He thought to himself. Shaun and Johnson usually only stole what they needed, but they got greedy the last time, and took more than they needed. And to think I want to consider myself a noble thief if there even is such a thing. He walked over to the ship that should be the one Johnson described as he remembered the conversation from earlier.

"Alright according to my info the money should be in the hold." Johnson said. Shaun focused on what Johnson was saying. He was a short man only about 5 feet tall. His clothes weren't of overly high quality, but average like he preferred. "You're sure this ship isn't a pirate ship right? Angering the guards and merchants is one thing, especially when they don't find out till we're gone, but pirates it will be too easy to run into them again. I feel you should know I'm not ready to die yet." Shaun said. "Don't worry has my info been wrong before?"
"No but better safe than sorry."

He looked around, after he confirmed there was no one around. He climbed up the side and reached the top in a few seconds. Who keeps their money in the hold? he thought. It's going to take me forever to find it. He walked into the ship and looked around he managed to make it into the hold without being seen. Now to start looking.

[Esiphas]

Alena Flushed Heavily behind her mask. Sometimes, she was really glad of it. As she followed her captain -Half willingly- She saw Candeza stab someones eye with a Violin bow. "Yeesh, thats gotta hurt" She says quietly. As she moves tohelp the man, He got up, and Walked out. Turning the step into aa vored little twirl, she faced Candeza. "Nice shot by the way. Though if you had the choice, Stabbing his tonsils would have been a bettee choice." Flushing again as the Captain made her joke, This time from embarrassnent, She re-adjusted her mask slightly so it remained secure.

"So Captain, what are we here for? You spent a fair bit of time on the roof, and If I know you, that means youve got Plans for us. Whats gonna happen? Did you find a big juicy target, maybe a map to some lost hoard?" Swaying slightly on the spot in tune to a soft bit of music, she said "And are we all stocked up on supplys?"

[Valkarma]

Jace began to ponder what would be the best way to meet up with a new employee. His advertisment was mainly through word of mouth. And though good it did mean that sometimes it would die down. Not everyone was looking to hire. Not a Quartermaster atleast. He scratched at the stumble on his chin. Maybe employment was not the first thing he should look for. He had after all, only just made land fall. He needed a shave, and though Gordon was too polite to say, he would need a bath too. Food would also be a good start his growling belly reminded him. His mind was made up. A spot to stop was the first call for him.

As she left, just up the road, she saw a man leave Gordons Woodwork place. ''Huh. Did he buy something? Or sell prehaps. Hmmm... maybe he's a Mercha- Oh hello.'' She realised she had been talking aloud and walking towards him. ''How goes the day my good sir?''

However as he was lost in thought as he bumbed into someone who may have been talking to him. They both didn't tumble, often the case for any sailor since you learned to handle rougher leveling. However he was embarressed and his line of thought had scattered.
"Sorry about that." He said, giving a fient chuckle, "Wasn't looking where I was going." He put on a bright smile and took his first look at the poor guy. Well scratch that. It was in fact a girl he had bumbed into. No scratch that as well. Woman was the better, and more polite term. She had an look that was almost instantly recalled in his mind. Without thinking his mouth opened and words left it.
"Haley Attenya?" He asked, "The 'Brighteyes' of The Blackwinged Angel? I expected you to be shorter." He tilted his head. He had read a profile on her, and like most figures of some importance, had commited it to memory. That and he had once been under the employ of a Captain that had a bit of a rivally with hers'. Not that he took that into consideration. Jace was fair with all. If she was in down then then The Blackwinged Angel was docked near by. Which ultimately meant so was Blackwing himself. There was a meeting Jace thought he might enjoy. Through out all these thoughts the words kept tumbling.
"Fancy meeting you? Fate is a weird one." His brain finally began to catch up with him. "Oh sorry again. I wasn't thinking." He offered his hand out, "I am Jace Harlon." He smiled at her, "It is a pleasure to bump into you." He gave a small laugh, "Literally it seems."

[Esiphas]

Jaley smiled. "Glad too see I made a name for myself in such sort time... Wait... Jace...Garlon.... Harlon? Ah, I remember the name. Father did some buisness a while back with you, snobby git.How are you doing? I seem to recall you were looking dor work. Have you found anything? Im still workin on the Blackwinged Angel myself. Noir... oh, Capn Blackwing, to you, Keeps me busy. He might like to meet ypu actually." She stopped. "Sorry, Im rambling arent I?"

[~Shobu~]

Cross Avantgarde Come back to us! >.<

"Kepper stocked the ship full yesterday," Sapphira replied to Alena. She couldn't help but smile at the girl's enthusiasm. "As for our destination, well, let's just say we'll be sailin' through cold waters, ladies. Might want some more blankets. I'll tell the crew as a whole what be our mission soon as we board." She smirked. "We'll need water also. Get the last of yer needs and join me on the ship before three. That gives you an hour, mateys. Let's make haste!" With that, Sapphira strolled out of the bar, her pulse racing with excitement. She didn't know if she could last an hour, but she needed time to gather the rest of her crew and shop around for any necessities. Besides, she needed any leads on where she should start searching for the infamous Dead Eye and his treasure.

The girl walked down the streets of Greece with her woven grass basket, filled to the brim with plants and flowers, dangling from one arm. She was a beauty, turning heads everywhere she stepped. Her hair was waist-length, braided back with flowers, and voluminous with waves. Her eyes, blue as the ocean. She wore a simple emerald-colored dress that reached her ankles, layered at the hips, tightened at waist with a brown corset, and scooped low at the neck, revealing a decent amount of cleavage. Around her neck, she wore a blue pendant shaped like a starfish. In this form, she was called Euthalia, the flower and herb merchant. This was her favorite form because she did not have to do anything extreme. This was her leisure time form. It also meant she could pay him a visit.

Nemo gathered her wits and inhaled a deep breath as she stood outside the clinic at which Doctor Jasper Chrysostom. She opened the door and walked to the receptionist with a lovely smile. "Good day, Lydia. I've brought the herbs Dr. Chrysostom asked for," she said, her voice was sweet and melodic.

Lydia looked up from her papers when Euthalia walked in and smiled. "Oh, Euthalia, hello. I'm afraid the doctor is with a patient at the moment. How about you leave those herbs here with me and I will give them to him when he's finished?"

That wouldn't do at all. "Oh, I'm not in a hurry. I can wait until he's finished. I have a 'thank you' gift to give him as well for helping me with my fever last week."

"Well, if you truly wish to wait, you can take a seat."

"Thank you Lydia." With that Nemo took a seat beside the window. Hades has not contacted her since she started the rumors of Dead Eye in Kanthrax. Was he waiting for something? And why would he start up this rumor so suddenly. Nemo didn't understand her master, but she didn't need to. He scared the hell out of her.

Rufus sat up in bed. The red covers were silk and felt heavenly against his naked skin. He could become accustomed to this. His last kill was simple enough, but even the simplest of jobs has of jobs can have tremendous benefits, hence why he was sleeping in the guest room of Governor Baltamus of Ralyn, Erabyss.

Rufus took another five minutes to revel in the rare comfort then rolled himself off the bed with a sigh. Off to look for work. If I'm lucky, maybe I'll find me a good crew to sail with. That is mind, Rufus threw on all of his clothes, grabbed his weapons, and he was out the door.

[mrpineapple]

John heard the patter of footsteps behind his head. "John" a voice said. He opened his eyes to look up into the face of the fisherman. "Did something happen? you haven't been down here since, well... you know"
He got to his feet slowly and stretched. "I'm here to talk with your son. Eve's gone missing, and I think he's the first step in finding out where she might be"

"He's in there, setting up shop for the day, here, I'll accompany you in" he guestured towards the door.]"Oh! Hello Mr. Brower. Come to buy some fish? you'll have to give me a minute"

"I'm afraid I'm not buying fish today. I thought Evelyn was going with you on that trip of yours and you've come back and it figures she's been gone the whole time! Did you have anything to do with this?"

The fisherman's boy stumbles back and looks a bit nervous "I... I... Yes.." He admitted "She asked me to cover for her while she was gone. I.. I think she went looking for that treasure everyone's talking about. That "Dead Eye's treasure or something" he paused. "I brought her to Hinawa on my way to Otayo, she was going to look for a group to go with."

"She told me not to say anything! she thought that you'd be proud of her when she brought back the gold and she didn't want you to worry. I would've stopped her but.." John thought he saw a small grin, but it quickly vanished "but she convinced me not to"

Hinawa? That was the Huntress's territory, undoubtably Eve must have decided to start her "hunt" there. It was also at least three times the size of Kanthrax.

"Right." John said, his face strained with thought.
"I think it's time I left this island. Eve must learn that she can't simply do as she pleases. I'll go stop her before she does something reckless." he looked at the fisherman "do you have any boats spare? I should have enough to cover the cost of a replacement"

OOC: eww all the colours :S

[Cross Avantgarde]

OOC: ~Shobu~: Props on the name “Euthalia!”

“Alright, the sutures are in place,” Jasper said as he carefully examined his work. “It doesn’t look infected, but it’ll leave a nasty scar, I’m afraid.” The man looked at the closed wound and tried to move his arm a bit.

“It’ll take some time. Come back two weeks from today and we’ll see how you’re progressing. Until then, I’m going to give you some balsam fir to put on the wound and some bromelain to put on afterwards that may ease the pain. We’ll decide when to take the sutures out when I see you next.” The man grunted and got up to leave. “Oh, and if you stop by the Dydrogan Islands again, take some nightshade and put it into the pirates’ drink. Should resolve the pirate problem with speed.” Though Jasper meant it as a joke, the man did indeed ask for a portion of nightshade before he left, giving Jasper a good laugh.

While washing the small amount of blood from his hands in a washbasin, Baire once again came over to him. “Another emergency, Baire? And I thought this was going to be a slow day.” Baire simply replied,“Jasper, Lydia says that Euthalia is here to see you.”

Jasper immediately finished washing his hands, dried them, rolled down his sleeves, and turned to Baire. “Baire, please tell Lydia to send her right to my office.” Baire turned in Lydia’s direction and Jasper quickly walked down the hall to his office, hoping that Euthalia hadn’t been waiting too long.

The beautiful Euthalia was always able to find the rarest and most needed plants and herbs, even those that grew in lands far from Greece. She had singlehandedly provided enough medicine to treat each and every patient during a strange epidemic that Jasper had never seen before, a feat that boggled Jasper’s mind. He had no idea how she acquired such rare items so quickly, but he was grateful to have her help. He felt uncomfortable having her sit and wait for him, and promised to remind himself to tell Lydia to send her right to his office next time.

Waiting for her to enter, he began to put various books ranging from Aristotle’s lectures to works on Hippocrates back on the winding bookshelf that covered three of the four walls in the room, attempting to make enough space for the “flower,” as such meant her name.

[Slayer]

For what it was worth, Candeza was grateful that it'd been the Red Sapphire that'd picked her up and not a ship full of overzealous pirates with sour attitudes and inflated egos; something that seemed to be reoccurring around here, but then again not something that was a complete surprise. She supposed that, to some extent, that kind of mindset was required for someone to be able to the kind of work they indulged in.

"Such a good girl you are Candeza. You ready to set off soon? Alena's bored and you know how she gets when she can't play with her scalpels!"*

Although she wasn't one to go out of her way and try to like people, she found herself taking to most of the crew in Sapphira's ship, but if asked she would simply state that the level of tolerance was there because she had to live with them on a day-to-day basis. “Alena's bored?” She questioned as a wry grin stretched upon her lips, “I would've figured that hitting on you was going to keep her busy enough for some time.” The words held no harm – surprisingly – and she knew that the other two women were used to her playful jesting. “If we're going to be leaving soon.. I think I need more vodka. We have enough gunpowder and ammunition to last us for at least another month if our.. aggressive encounters don't suddenly skyrocket.”

With a bit of hesitation, the bartender refilled the silver flask and Candeza went on her way to find Sapphira and Alena. Despite the fact that she was now beginning to feel the full effects of her intoxication, she still managed to keep herself well-composed and only the two women she was about to meet up with would likely be able to tell. She caught the last part of Sapphira and Alena's conversation and instantly knew that, whatever it was the Captain had in mind, they were about to embark on a new and likely lengthy journey – just what the redhead had secretly been hoping for.

More blankets? Candeza had a feeling that the little silver flask would be more than enough to keep her warm throughout the night.

[Esiphas]

Alena Blushed Heavily under the mask. Had she actually been... Hitting on teh Captain? Was it that obvious how she? No, of course, Candeza was Joking. ''I... Erm, well I think theres enough blankets in the Medical store for me... And the first thing I did on arrival was buy some medical stuff... Herbs, Rum... Erm... Scalpels.'' She said, remembering the Captains earlier jokes. So... I'm all set. I do hvae something I want to get though... I'll meet you in an Hour then.''

Leaving teh tavern- her tab already paid- Alena wandered down the streets. Sighting the Shop She wanted, she entered. ''Hullo Mirian'' She said. Mirrian, The Girl behind the counter, looked up, Surprised. ''Alena! Good to see you! How's my favorite mystery Madam?'' Alena shyly shuffled her feet at the use of her old nickname. ''I'm... well and good. Are... are you?'' Mirrian nodded. ''Shy as Ever i see? Well, what can I getcha this time?'' Alena pointed to the door. 'I'm going to go have a look around, ok? Ill let you know when I've got it all.''

[mrpineapple]

"Um.. fruit" the young seller said dumbly.
"I do love fruit" Eve peeled the orange. She took a section and plopped it into her mouth.
"w...would you like some?" the seller looked awkward.
taking another section, she chomped down another. "Do you think I could have a crate or two? my captain wants some for his ship."
"w... why yes, of course" he fumbled and stacked up two crates for her.
Eve took out her satchel of gold, taking out a little under the labelled price.
handing it over, the seller didn't complain.

"Where should I deliever it to miss?" he asked.
"oh delivery too? you're too sweet" she doted on him "It's docked in yonder port, The Blackwind Angel." she let the name sink in. "I've got to head now, maybe I'll see you later?" she said and left with a wink.

Boys, they're all the same, she thought as she headed to the fisherman's shop for ropes and other misc. supplies next.

OOC: maybe next time i'll do bolds and italics, rather than colours...

[Esiphas]

Noir Sighed. Wandering out of the Tavern, He went across the street. Knocking on the door, It was opened by a man with a lng grey ponytail. ''Noir Blackwing. Heh, got that gold you owe me?'' Noir Chuckled. ''Julio my old friend. An dby Old i mean it literally, your an old geezer now! When'd you go grey? You were a redhead just last year.'' Julio chuckled and Led Noir into teh House. ''I have her all cleaned up. You owe me 3 favours now.'' Julio pronounced, almost as though it were formal. Noir Grinned. ''Good work.'' Lifting up the Package, he hung it to his belt and said ''Dyou want 4 favours? I havent paid my Pub Tab. Keep quiet to Haley- she's jsut down the road. And I need to get off teh Island soon, but I won't make it on the main streets.''

Julio nodded, still smiling. ''Say no more my shadowy friend. Maybe I'll see you around. The Tunnels are yours. And I'm calling in 2 favours now- Take this to Jasmine on the Docks, and Then Put her reply in the blue-flagged box.'' Noir nodded, then ducked into Julios tunnels to the Docks. Running along it, he looked at his package- a small letter. Julio Flirting with jasmine again, no doubt. Couldn't leave a married woman alone.

Climbing out the Pipes in an Alleyway, he walked over to Jasmine. It was obviously her- She was teh Only woman with truly Crimson hair he'd ever seen. She took the Letter wordlessly, and handed a small box to him. He then Slid down an Alley, slipped the Parcel in a box, and Walked out to the Dock where his Ship was tied up. He chuckled. The Lads on board wouldn't be expecting him back THIS early.

[~Shobu~]

Cross Avantgarde Why thank you ^_^ I love it when a person's name has more purpose behind it than just simply being a title. Baire's an unusual one that I've never seen. I like it though!

Euthalia dug into her basket of herbs and such and retried a jar filled with a thick orange liquid. She smiled to herself as she caressed the jar in her hands as if it contained the most precious substance she'd ever held in her life. She had spent two whole days perfecting the marmalade. She loved it, having enough free time to herself so she could devote herself to learning about what she enjoyed doing. For example, she just recently discovered she loved making and eating marmalade among other things she does as Euthalia. She couldn't remember a day when she wasn't at Hades' beck and call, not that she wasn't still, but she was being allotted time to discover things about herself. Her smile began to fade. Despite the air, she was merely a dog with a longer leash. She was beginning to fear that she will never be free of his grasp.

"Euthalia."

Lydia's voice brought her back to her senses. She looked up at her as if confused to why Lydia would call her such a lovely name, but just as quickly as the confusion had come, it was gone and Nemo was once again Euthalia. She smiled at Lydia, a genuine smile because she knew what she was going to say.

"The doctor's free to see you now."

Euthalia stood and thanked Lydia as she made her way into his office, hiding the marmalade behind her back, hoping she could surprise Jasper with it. Lydia shut the door behind her and suddenly she couldn't face him. She had been waiting for so long to see him, but now her nerves were getting the best of her. She forced herself to look at him and smile, holding the basket out to him. He was as handsome as always, of course that's not all Euthalia admired about him. It took vast amounts of effort not to shake and fluster. Smiling she said, "Well, it took me a while but I was finally able to make something valuable enough to trade for turmeric with my friend from Alovehr."


OOC: I'll post for the other two later. I'm going to go watch the Hunger Games!!! XD

[Cross Avantgarde]

Jasper turned around when the door opened, and couldn’t help but smile when he saw Euthalia enter. She didn’t look at him at first, and for some reason that made Jasper almost laugh.

Smiling she said, "Well, it took me a while but I was finally able to make something valuable enough to trade for turmeric with my friend from Alovehr."

Jasper could usually tell if his visitors had been taking care of their health, based solely on their appearance. He would often recommend health tips for some of his patients and visitors if something in their physical appearance denoted a nutritional deficiency or need of exercise. But such was not the case with Euthalia. The professional sculptors throughout all of Greece were unable to produce any sculpture that looked half as perfect as Euthalia.

“Turmeric!” Jasper said, delighted. He took the basket cheerfully and delicately placed it on the desk, as if he were working with a patient. “Perfect! I’ve been wanting to try new combinations and methods with tumeric; and it’s so very rare...I owe you big for this.” Jasper shook his head. “I know you worked really hard for the trade, and please, name your price. We’re still in your debt for bailing us out during the epidemic when our materials were so terribly low.”


From the talks he’d had with Euthalia, Jasper could easily see how knowledgeable she was about the world, which was astonishing given her young age. She knew much more about travel and distant places than Jasper could ever hope to find out, it seemed. But amazingly she also seemed to be curious about the world around her that she obviously knew so well. And that fact placed a thought in Jasper’s mind.

“Euthalia, there’s an exhibit a few of my colleagues have worked on at the Lyceum later this evening. They’re presenting new remedies for common diseases that are easier to obtain for the common Greek. Would you be interested in going with me? I didn’t work on this with them, so I’m interested to see what they’ve done. Of course, if you can’t attend, there’s always next time.” Had Jasper been concentrated harder, he might have noticed that she seemed to be concealing something behind her back. Yet this ignorance could be blamed on the truth that he was a bit anxious as to how she would answer.

[pleasant_disorder]

Xanthos was grinning while he busily cleaned the deck. He always felt best after a good bar fight, especially when there had been so many involved. The boy's fist was a little soar from a bad punch to a privateer's jaw. He'd have to get the captain to show him how to throw a proper punch again. If he broke his fist again, the captain would have his butt on a platter. The last time he'd broken it hadn't been too fun. During the healing period, he hadn't been able to fight back when they sparred so he was forced to play run away, and they didn't stop until the captain was sufficiently worn down. The matches had frustrated Xanthos to no end. He wanted to give Noir a good fight, and it just didn't feel like a "good" fight unless he was fighting back.

He went to the edge of the deck to dump his mop bucket's dirty water into the ocean. He saw the captain walking down the peer, towards the boat. Xanthos grinned. He'd already finished his portion of the deck and moved on to help the others with theirs. The captain would be pleased.

"Alright ladies and gents, cap'ains back!" He announced to his mates. "Best have somethin tah show fer yerselves!" Then he rushed to meet Noir, excitement wide in his eyes. "Cap'ain! D'you see the bar fight?! We got them privateers right where it hurts!" The boy walked proudly beside Noir. "Mosta the decks done. Got a few slow pokes finishin up, but they oughta be done any minute. We worked hard. Didn't want you ta catch us off guard if you came back too quick." He let out a boisterous laugh, grinning from ear to ear. Noir's crew knew him too well. "I was wonderin if you wanted me ta plot another course, cap'ain. I woulda done it fer you got back, but I didn't know where we're headin next."

[Esiphas]

Noir chuckled. ''Ah, no worrys. I was forced into taking a shortcut.'' He leant in closer. ''I may need to skip port sooner rather than later. With regards to a Certain Tab, and the Lack of Paying therof.'' He gave Xanathos a grin, then came aboard. ''Welll, Looks pretty darn good up here. Well done you lot. Just waitin on the last coupla members getting back and I'll tell you all about the new trip.''

He walked up the lenth of the deck and leant over teh bowsprit, looking at the Figurehead. Someone had evidently polished it. ''Come on girl, were leaving soon. Things should be good onn this journey... I'll ahve you tuned up in no time. You'll se.'' He patted the Figurehead, then turned around. Wee Jack appeared to have returned. ''Cap'n, I dinne knae if its me short legs, or if you can fly, but why do'ye keep croppin up befair me!''

[Spydermonkey]

PLAMEN was still following this women he saw take down one of his contacts when he saw her taking more quests off of a bulletin board. As PLAMEN took a closer look he realized many of his contacts were in this group of papers. PLAMEN could not allow her to take out all of his business, so he ran ahead of her on the road. Soon after getting ahead of this girl he lit up his fire poi and began to start a show, than when the girl walked by him he "accidentally" lit the papers on fire.

As soon as the task was done PLAMEN was relieved but didn't want to show this woman that he was happy with what he had done so he apologized while holding back a grin.

PLAMEN " Oh my, I am so incredibly sorry about this ma'am. Will you please forgive my clumsiness?"

OOC: Sorry Light Buster for the late respond but I got sick

[mrpineapple]

"I'm afraid I can't spare a boat for free, but if you pay, this.." he slapped the young man on the back "..Laddie, will accompany you, Because he's the reason you're here in the first place".
The fisherman's son looked like he wanted to object, but he didn't dare go against his father.

"I'll have it to you by tomorrow, and I'll set sail first thing. I assume he knows how to man a boat?" John proclaimed. He needed time to say his goodbyes , to pack and other miscellaneous things.

"That he does, and if he doesn't, he ain't my son" the hefty man laughed. "I hope it all goes well for you. Ye have my well-wishing."

He gave the fisherman a hearty handshake and walked out, with a sense of relief, anxiety and a twinge of adventure.

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The door to the fisherman's shop was shut. and locked. Evelyn was in a bind, she had spent too long orienting herself in the town and getting used to her landlegs again.
She banged upon the door. "Please. I only need a couple of minutes" she yelled at it.

A window opened from up above. "Go Away! We're closed" a gruff voice shouted, and slammed the window shut again.

Looking up to the window, Eve cried out "Please. I need to get these goods before tomorrow! You should be open anyway!" she picked up a nearby stone and chucked it towards the window.

The windows opened yet again, and this time she saw a old bald head pop out. "I told you already, I'm not letting you.. " The man seemed to have seen something about Eve from the high angle. "I... I guess I could let you in for a moment" He said, reconsidering. "but only a moment. I have other matters to attend to too you know!"

Eve waited at the door, happy with her diligence. "Thank you so much" she said happily when the door started to open.

"Well.. What do you want? " the man said grumpily.

"I.. I need about 5 lengths of rope, a small section of sail... " Eve cited off the list she had memorised.

"Well.. I think I've got most of those things, let me go see" The man then headed off into a back section of the shop. Evelyn stood there in wait, occasionally going up and admiring some of the fine model boats that were on display.

"Do you like that? That's Dead Eye's old ship" he startled her coming back with her items. "Took me two years to craft that, but I think it's the best I have" He coughed violently. "sorry. Anyway, here's your stuff. I'll send a runner down with the goods before you set sail, I'll just need your ship name"

Eve told him the name, and handed over a significant portion of her coins. "Thanks again!" she said and leant in to kiss him on the cheek. While the man was still registering it, she walked out of the door and back to the street.

That was all she needed to get she told herself and proceeded to head back to the ship where she expected the rest of the crew to be.

[pleasant_disorder]

Sometimes Wee John's voice made Xanthos want to kick him in the face, but he wouldn't because Wee John was one of his best mates, despite how much his voice annoyed him. He looked to the captain. A rush of excitement ran through him as he thought of leaving port. For Xanthos, much like other pirates, there was nothing better than the feeling of the sea rolling beneath a boat. It felt like home. The throb of his fist came back, reminding him of his poor punch.

"Cap'ain, you think you might show me how to throw a punch again? Landed one wrong on a privateers jaw. Can't say my fist is feels too right." He shook out the hand and grinned. "Besides, we been slackin on the sparrin matches. How'm I s'posed to get better at fightin without my blades?" Although Noir was still leaps and bounds better at hand-to-hand combat than Xanthos, the youngster had improved greatly from two years ago. "S'pose we don't have much time fer it now. Where we headed off'ta. Gotta get those plans started up." He rocked back on his heels, then forward onto his tip-toes. Xanthos could never stand still. It was what made him such a fantastic fighter.

[Esiphas]

Noir Grinned. ''A Sparring Match? I guess I could use one. We gotta wait on Holly and Evelyn getting back anyhow, so I guess we have the time.'' Without Warning, He feinted a punch to Xanathos's Face, and struck him low as Xan tried to avoid it. ''Come on Xan.'' He said, taunting him with his nickname for Xanathos. He never did know if Xanathos liked it or not. Leaping to the centre of the Deck, He Brought his fists up in a defensive position, Ready for Xanathos Counter Attack.

''You've gotta remember to keep you Guard up always.'' He Said, sidestepping, keeping his eyes on Xanathos. ''Your enemy can strike at any time. If you cant Keep your Guard up, he can hit you. And If he's got a blade, it'll hurt mre than a fist to the face.'' He Stopped dead. ''Now try and Hit me.''

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Ryko sat on a strret corner, his eyes gleaming. A group of young children stood around him, eyes wide, attentive. ''So, after We had sucessfully solved the riddle, Mercius pushed open the heavy stone door with a mighty shove. I myself stood behind him, and as he stumbled forward, his mighty strength tested by the massive doors of Shey'drava, We beheld the treasury of Shey.'' The children all gasped at once. ''Yes, ''*gasps*'' Indeed! The Treasury was a siht to behold. Piles of Gold, Pools of Rubys and Saphires. There were emeralds the size of a horse, a Diamond the size of a Large Wolf, priceless works of art, even a few lost artefacts.'' One of the Children stepped forward and blurted out ''And id you take it all? Did you?'' Ryko chuckled.

''Alas my friends, we did not. As Ceyrini stepped forward to claim her share of teh Treasure, a deep, fearsome roar was heard from above. From the high, ornate ceiling we saw a Dragon, swoop down low, and Picked up Mercius in its great Jaws! Though he struggled and struggled to pry the jaws off him, poor Mercius, he was Swallowed whole! I Threw dagger after dagger at the beast, even managing to blind it! But it could still smell me, and it grabed me with a clawed hand, slicing my belly, and threw me back down the Corridor. And with another Mighty roar, Cerini and Barron dissapeared from my sight as the foul wind blasted teh great doors shut once again. I did not stay long enough to know their fate. I only just escaped with my own life- thanks to this...'' He held up a small Amulet. ''It used its maical energys to heal me, so it might escape into teh world! But I sensed its evil intents, and i Shattered its stone.'' Presenting the Amulet, teh Children took in teh split down teh centre of the topaz gem. ''Now then, who would lie the Amulet of Shey? All you have o do is correctly answer one question. Who gave us the Quest for the Treasure?'' One Young Girl shot her hand up straight away. ''I know!'' Ryko chuckled again. ''Alright, Who was it?'' The Girl beamed and said ''Princess Nirvanis of teh Chaos Islands.'' Ryko laughed, throwing back his head. ''How right you are My young Friend. Now, Take the Amulet.'' She reached out her hands to take it. Slowl, quite dramaticly, Ryko reached out and touched the tips of her Fingers with it.

Jumping, yelling ''Aah!'' and dropping the amulet, he threw his hands over heis head and loked at teh floor. The Children all jumped, some falling over. Ryko laughed, and picked it up gently. ''No need to worry. its power is Long Gone. It won't bother you. Nwo its just a pretty necklace.'' He handed it to teh girl, who loked scared and happy at the same time. Then she smiled, ran down teh street and her friends quickly follwoed. A Pretty Lady in a Green Dress walked over. ''Thank you for telling them that story. I think they needed it.'' Ryko smiled. ''Not at all young Lady. I do love seeing children Smile. It brings warmth to my heart doing something good.'' She smiled too and Handed him a Small pack of Gold. ''For your Troubles.'' He accepted it, smiled, then nodded his thanks. ''Best go find the Captain now...'' He Said, walking away.

As he did, a Boy of 16, maybe 15 ran oast him and Snatched the Small bag. Looking around- seeing no-one looking, Ryko pulled a Knife from hi belt and threw it, the blade sinking into the boys shoeless foot. As he stood on it, it forced itself right through, and the Boy dropped screaming. Moving over him and pulling the knife out, Ryko took the Bag back. ''Don't steal from me.'' He looked alot colder than he had dealing with the other Cildren. The boy nodded. Ryko handed him a couple of Gold. ''For your Medical Bill. Now don't do it again. Standing up, he noted a fe wpeople staring. Uncaring, he walked on through the wet streets, headed for the Inn where the Captain was supposedly.

[pleasant_disorder]

Xanthos felt the rush of adrenaline that always came when someone landed a blow on him. The low-blow to his thigh didn't hurt, so he knew that Noir had held back for that first punch. He beamed with an undisclosed amount of pride when Noir called him by his nickname. It made him feel closer to the captain. It made him feel like he had a family. "Alright. But no more holdin back cap'ain." Xanthos put his hands up in a similar stance to Noir's, but his was not nearly as perfect. The kid had a bad habit of leaving his left side open, and this time was no different. It was only luck that Noir wanted him to punch first.

Xanthos inched towards Noir, circling around him first, looking for some sort of opening, but he was too eager for much observation. And besides, there wasn't much to find that was open in Noir's stance, at least, that the kid could find anyway. So he decided to go for it. He came forward and faked like he was going for a mid-body punch, then twisted awkwardly at the last second, pivoted his feet and hips, and threw a weak jab towards Noir's chest. The fake had taken much of the momentum from him, and he knew the second he went into the punch that Noir would have seen it from a mile away.

OOC: I figure that this fight will prob be short lived. Lol.

[Light Buster]

As she managed to remember the contracts that she acquired as well as the awards, she began to move to the more simple ones first. But as she was getting to her first one, she was stopped by someone using fire as he lit the papers on fire. It really didn't matter as she dropped them to the ground to move toward her first mission. To find a kitten for a girl and return it to her for a small yet humble reward. It didn't really matter though as she completely forgot about the man who lit her contracts on fire. She would remember their faces anyways.

(Alexandra) I wonder who that guy was...

[Esiphas]

Noir saw teh Punch coming. ''Too Slow!'' He Said, grabbing the Fist and pulling it under his arm. Raising the Other Elbow as he Did, He impacted the Bridge of Xanathos's Nose and Sent him reeling, Letting go of hisa rm so he stumbled further. Rasig his Fists Again, Noir grined and Darted in, Feintng low and punching Xan full in the Face as he scrabbled to Block. ''If you attemp a feint, you gotta Keep it Simple! too much energy in the feint, you'll always end up with a half-arsed real pull you you did back there. You save all your Energy for the Real Punch. Like this!''

Noir Feinted , twice. Teh First punch he made look half bothered, then put a decent bit of whack into the second one. Xan, catching on, Lowered his hands to blcok the second- then Noir put all the force he could behind the first, catching Xan off Guard and knocking him on his back with a chest shot. ''And watch out- Some Feints are Double Bluffs.'' He said, Grinning. Offering Xanathos a hand, he said ''Come on Xan, Up ya Get. Cant have my best map-reader lying on the nice clean deck.

[pleasant_disorder]

Xan laid on the deck, laughter full in his stomach. "One'ah these days cap'ain." He took Noir's hand and hoisted himself up. With his thumbs, he cracked his broken nose back in place and blew out the blood. He spat some blood and rubbed his jaw, still grinning. "It was more yer punch I wanted a look at, Cap anyway. And I think I got my answer." He threw a straight punch, keeping his wrist completely straight and making sure to shift his weight just in time with the punch, giving it extra force, the exact way Noir had hit him earlier. He bowed to Noir and said, "As always, thank you fer the lesson. Now. Where're we off'ta this time? Think we're waitin on supplies fer we ship off, but that'll gimme time to work out the details of our voyage. Think I could get somethin cold to put on this shiner, Cap'ain?"

[mrpineapple]

Evelyn at last reached the ship, It looked like Noir was having a tussle with one of the crewmates. She sat down on a pile of rope while she waited for them to finish.
She couldn't wait until they set off for real this time, she was getting impatient with all the waiting around, gathering supplies, gathering crewmates (although.. she WAS one of them), gathering.. and so on. But tomorrow would be the start of their journey and despite herself, she was feeling quite giddy inside.
She tried to wave to the captain, to signal her return, but he was too engrossed in the fight to acknowledge her, she'd just have to wait.

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John headed back to his house and packed everything he thought he would need. He took the sword he had adorning his wall and swung it around. He hoped it didn't come to anything like that, but he'd pack it just in case. Not that he was in any form to be fighting off pirates, but it comforted him that it was included in his bag.
After he had packed his clothes, and some food. he headed down to the tavern to say his goodbyes.

[Spydermonkey]

as the fire engulfed papers fell to the floor and she kept walking without even a second thought, PLAMEN became confused,he wondered to himself 'did she simply not care?' This made PLAMEN want to talk to the woman even more, so he decided to put out the fire, collect what ever tips were in his hat, and head off. As he ran he could see her in the distance.

After a few minutes of running he was able to catch up to her, but he didn't want to confront her out of breath so he merely walked in the middle of a crowd behind her. As soon as he caught his breath he walked up to her, went in front of her and began to walk backwards and talk. he was able to move around crowds while walking backwards without hitting anybody, a simple talent he picked up in his years.

PLAMEN asked "I am sorry for burning your papers, is there ant way I could help you?"

[pleasant_disorder]

Before Noir could respond, Xanthos caught sight of Evelyn. The sixteen year old boy had, from the start of his journey with Captain Noir, always been fond of her. She was so beautiful, that whenever she came around, he would sigh audibly and turn a faint shade of red. He sighed and his cheeks turned red. Xanthos snapped himself out of his puppy-love stupor and waved to Eve. "Did'ya see the cap'ain beat my arse?!" He shouted from the other side of the boat. "Bet ya found it funny, huh?"

[Esiphas]

Noir Chuckled. ''You werent that bad lover boy'' He said, tussliing Xan's hair. Slappng his back he said ''Go on, Away with ya. See if you can find something for that lump. And Remember what I said about keepng your Guard up!'' The Moment, Xan had taken the door to the belowdecks, Noir put a bucket of Seawater over the door, so When Xan came back up he'd get soaked. ''If he stays dry, Someone remind me I owe him a Pint.'' Then he clambered up the rigging to try and spot Haley.

Ryko spotted teh Captain and Moved up to her. ''Evening.'' He grunted, before tossing her the Bag of coins. ''Todays pickings. Is not much, But might get'cha something. Certainly its the last of what I owe ya.'' He sat down. The Bartender looked like he was about to say something like ''Customers only'', but Ryko shot him a look and he backed down. ''Some Jackass tried to rob me earlier.'' He said to the Cpatain. ''Got my stuff back, but still. Little so and so's...''

[Light Buster]

(Alexandra) It's that guy from earlier who burned my papers. Maybe I should ignore him...

Alexandra then saw the cat that she was supposed to get for a girl and as it took off, she took off after it as well.

(Alexandra) "Please excuse me, I have something to get."

[Valkarma]

OOC: Sorry Esiphas that this reply took a bit.

Jaley smiled. "Glad to see I made a name for myself in such sort time... Wait... Jace...Garlon.... Harlon? Ah, I remember the name. Father did some buisness a while back with you, snobby git. How are you doing? I seem to recall you were looking for work. Have you found anything? Im still workin' on the Blackwinged Angel myself. Noir... oh, Capn Blackwing, to you, Keeps me busy. He might like to meet you actually." She stopped. "Sorry, I'm rambling arent I?"

Jace smiled cheerfully. It was a nice feeling when someone remembered you. Best when it was for good reasons.
"Dear you can ramble all you like. But no I haven't been off ship too long so I haven't had the chnace to look for new work." He stepped to the side to let someone pass him. It was then he began to notice the increasing number of people passing by. Or more to the fact, those who were avoiding them both. They had that gumbling look on their faces that said they were annoyed but not enough to make something of it. "However I think it might be an idea for us not to do this in the middle of the street." He grinned, "Beside people might think we were some kind of star crossed lovers." He gave her a knowing smile, "Wouldn't be good if you Cap heard about that eh?" He gave her a slight nudge and smiled.
"How about you escort me to somewhere to stay?" He asked, "I've only just made land fall and I don't think I will live up to standard if I don't clean myself up." He gestured with his hand for her to lead the way. "You could tell me about what you have been up to recently as we go. Your not another of this 'Dead Eye Teasure' hunters are you?"

[mrpineapple]

'"That Xanthos, does he have an ounce of subtly in his body?" Evelyn laughed.
"Well Captain, I've gotten the ship restocked answer it'll all be here by tomorrow morning, then we can set sail."
She watched him put the bucket ontop of the door. "I'll be sure to tell him sir!" she said.

When Noir had gone onwards, she stood on her toes to take the bucket off. It wasn't because she liked him or anything, she just didn't want for him to be made a fool of. Looking around that the coast was clear, she edged the bucket to the side of the door.
One more and she'd knock it off, but Wee Jack burst through the door, knocking her over and also, tipping the bucket down onto her clothes.

She lay there motionless, while Jack stared awkwardly.
"You!.. You!.. Stop looking!" she yelled and aimed a slap at his face. She quickly turned and ran towards her cabin

[Esiphas]

Boir Leant over the Railings to see who hed got. Seeing Evelyn running off and Wee Jack staring after her uncomfortably, he Burst into jolly laughter. "Ill have to tell Xan about THAT one!" he said, before shouting down to wee Jack "Go get yourself cleaned up you salty little muppet." He said. Jack gave him the Finger jokingly before scarpering off to find something not covered in Sea water.

Haley blushed as Jace mentioned Noir in a more romantic fashion. "Um... Right, well, The Captain wants me back on the Ship soon. I think i should head back pretty soon anyway. your welcome aboard for a while, but we set sail soon. As for this "Dead eye" thing... Nit entirely sure what were talking about there. Ive never really looked much into the legend of Dead eye." She led him down towards the docks, though she would turn into an Inn if he wasnt intrested in coming aboard.

[mrpineapple]

John opened up the doors to the tavern, it was quite busy tonight. He pulled up a chair at the bar again.
"I'm heading after her. I'm her father, I've got to take care of her right?" he asked the bartender. "The usual..." he requested. "actually. give me something completly different" he said changing his mind. "It'll give me something to remember you by".

The barman slid a strange smelling pint his way. "Course you're right. Besides, I know you, You're not going to change your mind now"

"Damn right I'm not" John claimed, taking a slug of his drink.

They continued their conversation late into the night, when John headed home (slowly, and swervingly) many hours later.

[pleasant_disorder]

Xanthos wandered off to find something cool to put on his cheek. He made his way to the Captain's Chambers and grabbed the helmet from an old suit of armor. It was what he always used for a cooling pack. He liked it because you could roll it around to the other sides and they would still be cold, but he liked rolling it most of all because he could feel the dull throb of the lump underneath. Xanthos liked to poke at his bruises and wounds. The pain reminded him of a good fight.

He took a seat at the map table and stared as he rolled the helmet. The routes made themselves in his head. He imagined several different lines forming on the map, each forming the easiest route between each continent. Xanthos traced a few imaginary lines with the tip of his finger, then left the room, still rolling the helmet. Xanthos made his way back up to the deck. A lopsided grin hung on his face as he watched the crew working towards setting sail. He waited patiently for the Captain to brief him on where they were headed next.

[Spydermonkey]

the girl seemed out of body when PLAMEN tried to talk to her, than the girl took off saying "Please excuse me, I have something to get", as she ran he looked and saw a cat running from her, so he took of after the cat, only using short cuts that he knew about. PLAMEN was able to get in front of the cat, pull out some tuna from his back pack, and catch it.as he picked it up he decided to wait for the girl to catch up, once she did he smiled at her and said "Now do you have time to talk?" He continued to pet the cat as she looked at him.

"Don't worry the cat won't run from us I put some medicine in the tuna to calm him down, and make him tired"

[Light Buster]

Alexandra pulled out her weapons as soon as the same man got ahead of him and grabbed the cat. Now she was starting to think if this one was one of her big targets that she was after. Who was this man and what did she want from him? Either way, she had to get the cat from him and complete her first contract.

(PLAMEN) "Now do you have time to talk? Don't worry the cat won't run from us I put some medicine in the tuna to calm him down, and make him tired."
(Alexandra) "What do you want?"

She kept her weapons raised at him so at least it wouldn't give him any funny ideas.

[mrpineapple]

Evelyn reached her cabin and shut the door behind her. Her shirt was soaked, she tore it off and threw it on the ground.
Jeez. This always happened when she tried helping people
She didn't want to see Jack for a while. Never mind any of the crewmates he had undoubtly bragged to.

She pulled over a new shirt and lay down on her bed. She was having such a good day too.

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John woke up and headed down to the water. The fisherman was there waiting for him.
"The boy is onboard, sorting ye out."
John walked past him and onto the boat.

It wasn't very impressive, it was really just a small fishing boat.
Still, It would be able to hold them on the way over.
The boy popped up from seemingly nowhere. "Ok, everything's ship shape!"
"Let's set sail!"

John looked to the boy's father, who just nodded in acknowledgement. He stepped into the boat, and as the boy unfurled the sail, he took the first step on his adventure to save Evelyn

[Spydermonkey]

The girl finally gave him the time of day and said "what do you want", while keeping her weapons pointed at PLAMEN.
PLAMEN chuckled as she tried to be intimidating, he pulled out some smoke bombs just in case he had to run. He circled around her for a little bit until he reached an ally and started to speak.

"Well there are many things a man would speak to a woman like yourself, but this conversation is all about our works, you hunt criminals I help criminals, you see where are paths cross?, but see you don't have to deal with them except for when you take them down, and sometimes at the guillotine, I deal with them all the other time, and I get tired of their rude demeanor, I may be of a gypsy background but I wish to be more than that, perhaps we could arrange something, between the two of us we could put a rather good dent in the criminal population, and I might be able to get some good info on the treasure everyone is looking for. you dont have to answer now, meet me at the pub behind you later tonight, sit at the bar, I will find you. Besides you have something prior since I lied about the medicine and the cat is a mile to your left, only vengeance for being stubborn bye." PLAMEN than threw the smoke bombs on the ground and escaped. waiting around for when she enters the pub.

[Light Buster]

Alexandra was suddenly surprised as she coughed through the smoke. Her target have disappeared and the cat was no where to be seen, seeing that it 'was a mile to the west' anyways.

(Alexandra) "Damn, who was that guy anyways?"

She quickly headed there and it turned out that the cat was there but about that men...he could be a problem but she decided to meet him there anyways to see what was up with him...

[Spydermonkey]

PLAMEN decided to wait for the girl inside the bar, he had some cloak on with a mask so he would not be recognized, as he sat and waited for the girl he decided to have a drink, this is when one of his contacts walked in. PLAMEN thought to himself 'this could be bad, better difuse the situation' so he walked up with the drink he bought, with a little bit of medicine to make the memories of the night not be remembered, and he offered it to his contact. Within minutes the man was speaking in a tongue that no one recognized, and he left. PLAMEN thought 'he could become a menace to the society of the town but I have more important things to do. He ordered another drink for himself and sat in the back corner watching the door waiting for her to show up, he still had 30 minutes before she was do, but he liked to know his surroundings before meeting a new person, for you never know what they might do, he had rigged the entire bar with smoke bombs and had three possible escape routes, than she walked in and sat at the bar. PLAMEN sat next to her and bought her a drink and said "Letsl start with the basics, hello my name is PLAMEN whats yours?"

[Light Buster]

Alexandra first walked into the bar and sat at the table. She quickly got a glimpse of the bar and people around her. There would be a lot of pirates and other fugitives around her but there are that many today. She didn't want anything but she kept her guard up as the same man from earlier approached her and sat next to her. He kindly passed her a drink but usually wanted water but she needed answers first.

(PLAMEN) "Lets start with the basics, hello my name is PLAMEN whats yours?"
(Alexandra) "Alexandra. Now that we introduced ourselves, I would like some answers on your intentions and motives..."

[Yuuchun]

OOC: Sorry for such a late entrance to the RPG ~Shobu~. Also please be aware that 1 gold coin is equal to 1000 dollars so to speak...this is just so it will be easier to illustrate the amount of money available in the game. If you guys are confused about the Stationary Roulette and how it works please watch this video Stationary Roulette [click here] (http://www.dramacrazy.net/japanese-drama/liar-game-season-2-episode-4/161147). It starts at 1:15

The air was muggy and pungently perfumed with bodily odors and alcohol. As Galatea entered the poorly lit bar she was greeted by sneers and eyes that glimmered at their own perverted thoughts and the desire to "do" her. Disregarding the eyes that followed her like a predator looking at their helpless pray, Galatea confidently smiled and sat a seat next to the counter where the bar's patron cleaned his cups with a rather dirty rag. Galatea bent her leg and rested it on the next seat well aware that this revealed more of her body to the hungry wolves, but she innocently pretended she was not aware of it. Raising her hand to get attention of the bar tender Galatea ordered a shot of cognac and instantly the scrubby man served her the drink along with a small bowl of black olives. Slowly Galatea raised the shot glass to her lips and took a sip of the cognac which was followed by a burning but pleasant sensation in her throat.

Just as she was about to eat a black olive a rather burly pirate rudely approached Galatea taking an obvious peek at her breasts. Calmly taking another sip Galatea finished the alcoholic drink and before the swain could further walk into a territory that could not be touched Galatea quickly grabbed her scimitar and placed the tip of the blade against his throat. The man was taken aback as he had not expected to be so quickly subdued by a woman that was merely a fourth of his own size. Galatea slightly scoffed the man before forcibly making him sit in the nearest table by pressing her sword against his throat. Leaning forward Galatea looked into the pirate's eyes, she was so close to his face that it made him slightly uncomfortable. Her olive colored eyes were like that of a jungle Jaguar; which deeply penetrated into everything her eyes laid upon or so it was the rumor as to why she was referred to as God-Eyed Galatea. Smiling Galatea backed off and the man fell at easy, but again was put on the hot seat as Galatea once again unsuspectingly took her scimitar and almost skewered the man's private parts.

"Do not cross a path that you can't even step on. But today is your lucky day my man...why don't we play a game of Stationary Roulette? If I win I will get to keep all of the earnings but if you win I will surely welcome your generous patronage."

The man gulped and looked at her as if she was insane to which it seemed so, but like always Galatea did not go gambling like this if she did not had a clear plan set up...especially with her life and pride as both a pirate and a Amazonian. Looking at one of bystanders Galatea nodded and the youngster meekly walked over to where she was and placed two veiled objects and a huge pile of gold coins on the table. With the table set Galatea went on to explain the game to the crowd.

"Roulette...invented by the famous Pascal is the world's oldest casino game and all that is requires is luck. Players must hone their sight, and sharpen their senses and trust their intuition. HOWEVER...the roulette we shall play is not reliant on luck. Let us reveal...our roulette table."

With those words Galatea's partner took off the black blanket that had covered the game pieces. It was a rather peculiar roulette for instead of the usual number of pockets Galatea's only had four pockets along with a betting mat with numbers one through four. Not only did the roulette have a weird numbering but it also did not rotate like the conventional roulette table. Immediately both the burly pirate and the bystanders that were watching whispered among themselves amazed at the bizarre game that had been presented to them and even one of them said out loud: "What the heck is this?" Surveying the crowd Galatea moved on to explain how the game worked.

"This table is used by removing the top lid and inserting a ball inside the cylinder that is directly connected to the roulette."

Galatea took the small silvery marble and placed it like she had explained. Once she was finished Galatea looked at her adversary whom still had a completely puzzled look.

"Did you see what number I have chosen?"

The pirate shook his head to show that he could not see which number Galatea had placed her bets on.

"This roulette has been designed so that the opponent cannot see the number that has been chosen. I have chosen number one."

Closing the lid Galatea pressed the top of the lid down and just like she had said the silvery marble appeared on the number one slot. With this she had finished explaining the main game piece and only the betting mat was left to explain.

"The rules to this game is roughly the same as ordinary roulette, with the exception of who you're up against. Instead of going against the dealer, this game pits player against player. One player drops the ball into the wheel while the other player bets on where the ball will land. Since it seems that you, my lovely man, is still confused let's have a rehearsal game. But first we must decide who is the designated dealer and the participant. The designated dealer's job is to place the ball on the wheel and this job will be alternated every round to a grand total of eight rounds. That means each player will have four opportunities to be the designated dealer."

With her hand Galatea motioned towards the man letting him know that she was allowing him to be the first designated dealer. And so the pirate took the silvery marble and foolishly without much thought placed the ball on a number, forgetting that Galatea had previously explained that Stationary Roulette did not rely on luck like the classical version. Warily the pirate sat back down and avoided eye contact with Galatea.

"Hmm...which numbers shall I put my bets on? I think I shall pass on this one..."

"Eh?! Why do I have to bet?! You do know that I am the one who chose where the ball is right?"

"Yes I am aware of that fact but that is why you have to bet in a way as to hide the correct number from your opponent. Say for instance, you bet ten gold coins on number one only I will immediately know that the answer is on that number. But if you were to bet ten gold coins on all four numbers then it will be much harder to guess which is the right number. And you can bet as much as you want and on as many numbers as you want. From one gold coin to all of your money so that means in this Stationary Roulette game it is possible to end everything in one shot. Now please bring out your gold...after all I know that the pirates gathered here aren't small fries."

The game began with the man placing ten gold chips in all four numbers as expected but just as Galatea was about to make her bets she explained the rules for the participants.

"When someone is the participant there are two rules involved...First, the participant may not wager on more than two numbers and second the participant must bet an equal amount or greater than the bet placed by the designated dealer. Of course, in such case that the designated dealer waged more gold coins than the participant can pay he can continue to play by waging all of his money at once."

Smirking Galatea placed her gold coins on numbers two and three completing the bets for the round. Once again the young pirate that was helping Galatea stepped forward and pressed the lid revealing the golden number; which was number two.

"As you can see we have both won this round since we both put money on the correct number. However the total coins waged on incorrect numbers are awarded as earnings. In such a scenario as this, in which both players have bet on the correct number, the coins waged on incorrect numbers are paid to each player based upon the ratio of coins waged on the correct one. Which as you can see right now is three to two in my favor."

After computing the earnings Galatea's pile increased by 6 gold coins. A crowd member shouted towards Galatea: "You sure are lucky God-Eyed Galatea that you did not bet on number four..." yet little did that pirate know that Galatea's bet was much more than just a lucky shot. This was best explained by a psychological experiment done long ago where the test subject was asked to make a three choice multiple answer question. The experiment later revealed that a majority of the test subjects had placed their second and third choice as the correct answer. It was a subconscious defensive instinct of the mind to allay their fears; which if anybody would recall the man had said out loud which first numbers he was betting on thus giving a likely choice on what the correct number was. Next was Galatea's turn to be the designated dealer and so she took the ball and placed it inside the roulette wheel.

"Shall we make our bets now?"

In this round she had placed 160 coins on two and three; which was more than her adversary could afford and so by game rules he was forced to bet all his money. Unnervingly he placed all of his money on the same numbers as Galatea. The air became tense as the moment of truth came but this round was perhaps the most yet shocking move to be made by Galatea as the ball came down not on the numbers she had bet but on number four -- a number nobody had bet. And since neither player waged on the correct number all the gold coins were collected and neither could obtain them back. And to much of the crowd's jubilee those unattainable coins were redistributed making the crowd of pirates even more rowdy. This seemed like an extremely foolish move, but because of the difference in previous earnings the man had reached zero. Meaning that since he had ran out of coins the game is immediately finished and thus Galatea would've won if it were not a rehearsal game.

"This is also another way you can win the game."

And so the rehearsal game had ended and the real game began...naturally in this game the bets where a lot higher than the rehearsal game. One hour and eight rounds later the once fire lit pirate that was eager to make his "kill" laid his head on the table as Galatea had completely defeated and swindled all of his money. This was one of Galatea's favorite way to take down an entire "ship" and its crew without ever laying a foot on an actual deck. Satisfactorily, Galatea got up and along with her partner left the crowded rowdy bar. Once outside the bar a breeze of fresh ocean air rushed into Galatea's lungs bringing in much needed relaxation.

"I guess after collecting my spoils it's better to return to the Red Sapphire...isn't it right Hypnos?

Once again Galatea and Hypnos returned to their home base where she was enthusiastically greeted by the crew and especially by, Sith, Galatea's pet Jaguar that accompanied her since her warrior days in the Amazon. Looking out into the deck and setting down multiple bags of gold Galatea wondered where her Captain was.

[Spydermonkey]

The girl introduced herself as Alexandria, she than wanted to get into the grit of things and know PLAMEN's motives, PLAMEN smiled at her and said "Motives, why my only motives is to find new work, as I told you before madam, I truly despise working for the pirates but they are the only ones who want to hire a man with the set of skills that I have acquired, and even than most of the time they don't want to know what the other pirates are up to, just what they know about the infamous treasure. As you have probably guessed I am a spy, and I am a good spy at that. Now than the reason I contacted you is simple, to take down the pirates, they are my competition, and yours to if word does me right, and I can't take them all down on my own and despite the fact that you may refuse to believe it neither can you, BUT if we work together we might just have the chance at the treasure, if it in fact does exist."

[pleasant_disorder]

Xanthos became bored waiting for Noir to give him orders. He leaned himself over the banister and looked down at the water, longing to see the ship cutting through the ocean's waves again. He rolled the helmet on his cheek some more. The cringe-worthy pain made him smile. While he was staring, a little lost in his head, Xanthos' ears picked up Wee Jack's voice talking about someone, some girl, getting water on their shirt. When he heard Eve's name, his blood began to boil. Wee Jack had a bad habit of objectifying women. Xanthos didn't mind his objectification when it was about someone he didn't know, but this conversation was about Eve. Beyond just Eve's tremendous beauty, Xanthos had a deep respect for her as a human being. She was a good friend, and an awesome pirate. The longer he listened, the more he wanted to slam Wee Jack's head into the wall. His sight began turning red. He knew that if he didn't leave the deck, he'd end up acting on his violent nature, and Noir would have something to say about that, even if Xanthos did have a valid reason.

Resisting his urges, Xanthos walked down to the cabin area. He knocked on Eve's door. "Are you ok?" He asked through the door when no one answered. He didn't know what else to ask or say to her. He didn't even really know why he was in front of her door, but his walk had taken him there, so there must have been a reason. "If the cap'ain would let me, I'd teach Wee Jack a lesson for talkin bout you the way he was. I'd knock that midget-man flat on his back if I could, Eve." He bowed his head, staring at his feet while he rambled into the door. "You shouldn't be that embarrassed. You're pretty an' people are always gonna talk that way bout pretty folks. Even without water fallin on them." The lop-sided smile appeared. "I'd be lyin if I said I wasn't jealous of Wee Jack though." Then he turned and began to walk toward the deck.

[Light Buster]

(PLAMEN) "Motives, why my only motives is to find new work, as I told you before madam, I truly despise working for the pirates but they are the only ones who want to hire a man with the set of skills that I have acquired, and even than most of the time they don't want to know what the other pirates are up to, just what they know about the infamous treasure. As you have probably guessed I am a spy, and I am a good spy at that. Now than the reason I contacted you is simple, to take down the pirates, they are my competition, and yours to if word does me right, and I can't take them all down on my own and despite the fact that you may refuse to believe it neither can you, BUT if we work together we might just have the chance at the treasure, if it in fact does exist."
(Alexandra) "Doesn't help the fact that burning up those contracts were going to help you. I'm not too sure if I can trust you since you burned those contracts up."

Alexandra wanted to keep an eye on this man seeing that his motives may be unclear still...

[mrpineapple]

Evelyn heard the voice at the door, it was Xanthos. He must have heard the lads talking about her. She muffled her face into the pillow.

As Xanthos finished his short talk with the door, Eve sat up in her bed. She muttered something under her breath to herself and regained her composure. "Oh Xan, If I were 10 years younger..." she replied, and headed to let him in. He had just left though, Eve saw the bottom of his legs heading up the far stairs.

Guess I better show myself to the guys, and get it over with she scowled. It was like being in school again, but these immature boys were men.
"Wait up Xan!" She ran up after him "I do believe the captain owes you a drink!"

[Esiphas]

Noir came back up on deck. He was getting a little impatient, waiting for Haley, but she probably ahd a good reason for being Late. He didn't begrudge her that. She had to make quite a few investigations. Spotting Xan coming up on deck he grinned, vaulted the banister then landed on his feet. Then he noticed Xan was dry. ''Bugger.'' he said, realsing- ''Wait, Xan, I think the Captain owes you a Drink!'' Yup. That.

Eve Came bustling on Deck just after Xan did. her hair was wet lightly wet. ''Eve... You disabled my trap you sly little... Oh.'' He realised Eve might have a small thing for Xan, same as he had for her. ''It would seem I do, Eh Xan. Fine, I'll get you one next port were in. Promise... Why are you staring at Jack like that?'' Wee Jack looked over akwardly, halfway through dowing a bottle of his own booze. He looked hammered already. ''Whatchouwannin Xanny Boy!'' He proclaimed drunkedly, before stagering backward a few feet. Xan realsied he would have a hard time fihting Jack like this- he was drunk, and trained to fight like a drunk.

[mrpineapple]

Eve stopped in her tracks. Oh, it always happened to her...

Thankfully though, the captain was still in a good mood. she sensed Noir caught the wrong impression of her and Xan, she'd have to clear that up later.

Looking over at Jack, she was glad he had probably drunk the image out of his mind, but was going to steer clear of him anyway, she walked carefully around him and to the captain's side

[pleasant_disorder]

Xanthos' warm smile quickly transformed itself into his lop-sided grin. "A bucket-ah water over the door again, eh?" A waver of laughter carried in his voice. "Cap, you gotta change it up. I haven't fallen for that in almost a month. I always look up if the door's cracked open." He stood proudly, thinking to himself that that captain's lesson of stay on guard was beginning to wear into him.

Wee Jack's presence made Xanthos' blood boil again, until he saw the bottle and that half of it was demolished. His blood cooled to a low simmer. The language Wee Jack had used to describe Eve was, in Xanthos' young mind, inexcusable. "I can't just not say somethin to ya Wee Jack, talkin bout Eve that way, like she was some low bar wench was real sad ah'ya!" He growled. "I dun care if ya are trained ta fight drunk, if the cap'ed let me, I'd go straight fer ya throat ya ugly toad." Xanthos' guard was up. He was ready for the little man to attack.

[Spydermonkey]

Alexandria was still unsure of PLAMEN due to him burning the contracts that she had in her hand, so in an attempt to mend that bridge he explained his reasoning.

PLAMEN "ah, but my lovely Alexandra, burning those papers were all part of the chess game I had to play, I burned those papers so that one of two scenarios, it also helped me get to talk to you as a person and not as a face. The first scenario was simple, I burned the papers, you refuse to help me, and I may have saved a couple of my contacts from being busted by you, or this scenario, where we talk and you agree to me purposal, either way it set out and accomplished its goal when I burned those papers, its all just a game of chess, you just have to make your opponent move where you want to, and hope that they don't counter your peice, and I have to say the cat was an excellent pawn in the matter."

[~Shobu~]

OOC: I love you guys!


“Turmeric!” Jasper said, delighted. He took the basket cheerfully and delicately placed it on the desk, as if he were working with a patient. “Perfect! I’ve been wanting to try new combinations and methods with tumeric; and it’s so very rare...I owe you big for this.” Jasper shook his head. “I know you worked really hard for the trade, and please, name your price. We’re still in your debt for bailing us out during the epidemic when our materials were so terribly low.”

Euthalia failed miserably to resist the blush that crossed her cheeks. "No no! You owe me nothing! I'm always happy to help!" she said, waving her hand at that statement.

Of course, one of the reasons Nemo even assisted in the epidemic was to be close to Jasper; another reason was because mermaids were immune to the diseases of humans so she knew she could help without the worry of falling victim to the outbreak. She wore a mask and gloves for "protection" of course. At the time, she realized she enjoyed busying herself with helping others. Until then she thought she could only hurt others. To know that she had the ability to keep people alive made her feel incredibly useful. But Hades thought otherwise. Nemo keeping people alive meant less people coming to the Underworld. He felt she was interfering with his "line of work". Regardless, Hades did not stop her from this little pleasure in her life, but he did make a point to punish her the moment she returned to the Underworld.

“Euthalia, there’s an exhibit a few of my colleagues have worked on at the Lyceum later this evening. They’re presenting new remedies for common diseases that are easier to obtain for the common Greek. Would you be interested in going with me? I didn’t work on this with them, so I’m interested to see what they’ve done. Of course, if you can’t attend, there’s always next time.”

Euthalia blinked, trying to register what had just been asked. He could have asked her to go to Tartarus with him and she would gladly company him. The only time she ever sees Jasper was while he's at work and even her frequent little visit satisfied her. To be able to spend time with him outside of his work, she could die from joy. Of course, in retrospect, it still pertained to his job and he probably simply wanted her to accompany him to learn some remedies for herself so she would know what to gather next time she dropped by, but it didn't matter to her. She was going to spend extra time with him and that was all she cared about.

"O-of course! I'd love to go! It sounds very interesting!" She said, her blush still sitting on her cheeks as she smiled at him.

Sapphira made her way through the streets of Lavora with a determination in her eyes. She was nearly at the shore when she took a turn into a tavern. It was one of the more quiet ones in town. The moment she walked through the door, a dagger flew by her head and stuck into the wall behind her. It was quieter, not less dangerous.

"Apologies lass," a man in the back called out. Everyone was staring at her but she knew the source of the voice. She smirked and strolled into the back. All eyes fell back to their business. Sapphira stood in front of a handsome man who's long curly black hair held more jewelry than her entire being. Her black-rimmed eyes smiled at her, flashing a lovely golden tooth. "Lovely as ever, eh Sapphy?"

Sapphira sat on the table and stuck a boot between his spread legs and on the chair. "Now, did flattery get me under the sheets last time, Fador?" She said, her eyelashes lowering to give him a sensual gaze.

"Take a compliment, will you?" He laughed and leaned back in his chair. "Could o' grabbed my dagger for me, too."

"I'm sure no one would dare steal from Fador Markovosi the marauder if they hold life dear."

"Now you're flattering me, and you know I falter easier than you. You seem to always know when I'm here. To what do I owe this little visit?"

Sapphira smirked and leaned into his ear to whisper, "Tabais Dead Eye."

"Ah, so you're hunting his treasure too?"

She leaned back, hooked a finger on the gold chain around his neck and dragged him out of his seat as she languidly laid back on the table, which was bare except for Fador's mug. He braced himself so he wouldn't fall on top of her, not that he would mind, with his hands on each side of her head. "No love," she said in a low, husky voice, "I want to find the man himself." Before he could object or question her, she closed the distance between their lips. The two battled for dominance of the tongue until coming up for air was needed.

Attempting to catch his breath, Fador said, "Alright," huff huff, "Maybe I heard some rumors."

"What a kind sir," Sapphira said as she smirked.

"But it will cost you. Fifty gold."

Silence.

"FIFTY GOLD?!" She kneed him in the abdomen and kicked him off of her, sitting up quickly as he stumbled backwards. "You're damn mad if you think I'll be payin' you fifty gold for a rumor!" After his coughing fit died down, Fador had to pull himself back into his seat.

"It's a solid statement. Take it or leave it Sapphira. Business 'as been slow." Sapphira fumed for about minute before giving a frustrated shout.

"Oh alright! Fine! But if it's a hoax, I'll have your tongue and tooth for payment, Fador!"

"Believe me, the source is trustworthy. He tells me Tabais has been spotted in the southern regions."

"Does anyone even know what he looks like?"

"Course not, just look for them dead eyes. 'At's how he got 'is name, isn't it?"

Sapphira weighed those words to logic. "There's more to it than that. I know there is." With that, she tossed a sack of coins in his lap and walked out.

Back on the ship, Sapphira looked about as her crew enthusiastically greeted her with waves and smiles and only returned to their business when acknowledged. She looked about and saw whom she was looking for. "Galatea!" She called out as she made her way towards the Amazonian woman. Seeing the two together was almost comical; compared to Galatea's tall and broad form, Sapphira seemed almost like a toddler in her presence. She caught a glimpse of her sacks and smirked. "Another game well played, I see. Get ready to set sail. the waters are calm for now, but we'll be headin' south to Greece. 'S about a four day journey I'd say, if Poseidon feels charitable enough," she said. "We'll be joining in the race for Dead Eye's gold."

Rufus had taken the first ship sailing to Greece. He had too much money and needed to spend some of it somewhere, where better than the center of of Mundus? He didn't know how long he'd been on this ship, but it didn't matter; he'd lost sense of time a while back.

As he sat in his tiny passenger cabin, he unconsciously stroked at his eye patch. This eye was a reminder of why he was alone. He needed nothing else; not even the scars beneath his clothes. He thought back to days he spent with Hitoshi and how he had lost him. Those were, of course, the happiest years of his life. But now, he feels nothing of the sort. All of the money in the world couldn't fill the hole in his chest.

[Esiphas]

Ryko bumped into Alena as she left the Shop. ''Alena... Seen the Captain?'' She shook her head. Ryko intimidated her mor ethan everone else, and she couldn't take him in a fight if she tried. ''N...no. I think she's gone back to the sh... ship.'' Ryko nodded, and flashed a quick smile, reminding Alena that there was kindness in him. Then he went back to the solemn look, and turned around to walk back to the Ship. checking her parcel was still in her bag, she followed.

As they arrived on the ship, Ryko handed over the Money he had made to Saphira. ''Is'nt as much as God eye got us, but I owe you as much. So here.'' He then walked along the deck and stood right in front of the Bowsprit. ''Theres a nice Southernly wind, sin't there Ma'am. Is that good or bad for us?'' Alena, as Ryko gotSaphira's ttention, Slipped away and took the Parcelto her medical room. She'd deliver it Later.

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Noir looked rather amused at the rather Embarressed look on Evelyns Face. Maybe he was wrong aout her having a little crush on Xan, but he almost certainly did her. His Eyes Flickered to Xan and he said ''Actually, To hurt him more, I'd go for whats between his legs. Thouh i suppose its an easy mistake to mae, his face looking like an Ass.'' Alot of the crew laughed at that. Jack didn't seem to register. ''Go on then Xan. Show him what you've got.''

Wee jack was on him in a Heartbeat- leaping up, looking like he was going to land akwardly, he landed perfectly. Raising a fist, he landed a Jab taht stung more than it should- a blow straight to the top of the pelvis. Xan realised Wee Jack was still wearing his Knuckledusters. As jack brouht around a fist for another blow, he stopped it mid air and started throwing another puch with his other hand. however, there was the slightest hesitation in the 'real' punch- much like Noirs double bluff, only more obvious.

[mrpineapple]

Evelyn sighed, why did boys always fight? Against an enemy was one thing, but they were crew mates.
She didn't think she could stop them, there were too many flailing arms for her to step in safely. She would have to just watch them (and silently root for Xan)

She looked up at the captain, he was engrossed in the battle, mimicing the punching movements of Xan. He must have been teaching him earlier, she was suprised she was rooting him on.

[Valkarma]

Haley blushed as Jace mentioned Noir in a more romantic fashion. "Um... Right, well, The Captain wants me back on the Ship soon. I think I should head back pretty soon anyway. your welcome aboard for a while, but we set sail soon. As for this "Dead eye" thing... Not entirely sure what were talking about there. I've never really looked much into the legend of Dead eye." She led him down towards the docks, though she would turn into an Inn if he wasnt intrested in coming aboard.

Jace laughed whole heartedly as Haley blushed. It drew a few looks from passersby as they walked closer to the docks and the main location for a place to stay. Jace hoped there might be a quiet place he could sort everything out at.
"A fair sight to see. A lovely young lady like you blushing." He joked, "I bet your captain has many sleepless nights with you on the same ship." He gave her a friendly nudge and a wink. He smiled, one of those that only positive people seemed to truely make. The kind that makes you sometimes think, 'Hey things might not be so bad'. One of those smiled.
As they continued on their way Jace took note on how much the little port had grown since his last visit. The wooden boards they walked on became more strained as they got closer to the docks, but were otherwise stronger then the last time he had made landfall here. Not that it wasn't to be expected, the salt in the air often did that to the wood. But Jace couldn't help shake the feeling that they might just snap under him. Trailing yet more dirt and mud might not imporve his chances of getting into a comfortable place. But luck would be luck.
"Well then," He sudden said. "I would hate to keep you apart from your captain anymore then I should." He gave a quick look around and spotted a good spot to start about getting himself sorted. He looked back to Haley and gave an over the top bow. "So fine lady I believe we may seperate here and go about our lives." He straightened up. "Good luck to ya and all your crew." He gave her a wave as he walked off in a different direction to a small travern out of the way. "Stay safe."

[Slayer]

Everyone had gone off to gather any last-minute supplies before they set sail and Candeza decided to make her way back to the ship instead. With her flask once again full to the top and her buzz growing steadier by the minute, she knew she'd be set and the knowledge of the ship holding a couple dozen boxes of ammunition served as soothing comfort. The Red Sapphire, after all, had become home to Candeza and she'd be damned if she'd let anything happen to her.

Rumors had been flying everywhere about Dead Eye's treasure. Although stories of the legend had become more constant lately, the redhead had always taken any leads on it with a grain of salt and tended to bite her tongue whenever the Captain spoke of pursuing it. A skeptic by heart, it was hard for her to believe of the existence of something that, as far as she was aware, no one had been able to find. Setting her violin down, Candeza turned in time to see Sapphira return and approach Galatea. Out of everyone in the crew, the Amazonian was the one who Candeza knew the least about, but even then she held her in high regards for her contribution to the ship. Although they didn't always see eye-to-eye, the crew of the Red Sapphire was more or less a family.

"Another game well played, I see. Get ready to set sail. the waters are calm for now, but we'll be headin' south to Greece. 'S about a four day journey I'd say, if Poseidon feels charitable enough," she said. "We'll be joining in the race for Dead Eye's gold."

Great, she thought, fingers idly unscrewing the top to the flask and pressing it to her lips to take a large swig. Swishing the vodka around in her mouth for a few seconds, she finally urged it down her throat and grimaced. “Do we have any real leads this time, Captain?”

[Yuuchun]

OOC: We love you too Shobu ♥ and I wish the forum would allow us to use more foul language...it would make things so much more realistic.

It was said that each day the Olympian god, Apollo, made his journey through the sky with his golden chariot and horses causing the Earth's day and night. Lightheartedly Galatea laid with her back in the ship's bowsprit nostalgically watching the skies that had been romantically dyed with yellows, oranges, reds, and varying degrees of indigo. Such skies brought nostalgic memories of when Galatea had lived deep in the mountainous forests of Tazo. Sighing she melancholically looked to her right...the vast ocean and bittersweet memories of her fellow Amazonians whom were taken hostage by the brutes that called themselves servants of the infamous Dead Eye's flooded Galatea's mind. "I wonder how my sisters are doing..." Galatea lightly whispered to herself. Noticing that Galatea was becoming gloomy, Sith, limberly climbed on top of the bowsprit and rubbed his large furry head against Galatea's thigh and looked at her with worried eyes. Slightly chuckling to herself Galatea got up to look at Sith and affectionately petted him. As Galatea stroked the Jaguar's head she noticed that Sapphira, her Captain, was calling her.

"Galatea!"

Getting up, a strong ocean wind blew behind the Amazonian woman perhaps suggesting a new hope that she would finally be able to re-unite with her sisters and that the Red Sapphire crew would be able to find the fabled treasures. Using the fore-topmast staysail to balance herself Galatea jumped down onto the main deck. The wooden and bone like aboriginal ornaments that Galatea wore made playful noises like that of small coconuts hitting themselves as she jumped down. As always Galatea was barefooted and could feel all the nooks and crannies of the ground she walked on, a feeling that Galatea always loved to feel.

"Another game well played, I see. Get ready to set sail. the waters are calm for now, but we'll be headin' south to Greece. 'S about a four day journey I'd say, if Poseidon feels charitable enough...We'll be joining in the race for Dead Eye's gold."

Galatea watched her Captain as she spoke, Sapphira was a petite pirate who had champagne colored hair, cerulean eyes, silky light caramel skin and was a year younger than Galatea. All of Sapphira's traits both physically and personality wise made Galatea want to take her in as a apprentice like the Amazonian customs dictated, but Galatea had to constantly keep reminding herself that Sapphira was the Captain of the ship.

"I am not the Red Sapphire's strategist and Quatermaster for nothing --Sapphira the Saint. And I will get our crew ready for the journey and make sure we are well stocked in both food and ammunition."

Walking towards the center of the Red Sapphire, Galatea climbed on the ratlines near the foremast to get a better vantage point of the crew. Turning around to face the crew Galatea cleared her throat and spoke in a loud firm and somewhat authoritarian tone.

"ALL CREW MATES REPORT TO THE MAIN DECK NOW!"

As the crew began to gather in the designated spot where their Quatermaster had ordered, Galatea looked down and saw Alena, Candeza, and Ryko -- the top most known crew mates of the Red Sapphire. After a couple of minutes the ship's entire crew down from the rank after Galatea's to the musicians had gathered in the main deck.

"We are setting sail once again my fellow mates! This will be a four day journey to the island of Greece. Henceforth we need to be well prepared in every aspect and down to the minuscule details. I will have very little tolerance for anyone who fails to give their utmost attention to their positions. I want five people to check the state of the ship and ten people to check the food and ammunition supplies. Alena! As the only medic on this ship I want you to make sure that you have all the supplies needed in case of an emergency. Ryko! You check the conditions of our weapons and especially the cannons, you may take four crew mates of your liking to help you. Candeza! You are to go around the ship and check how things are going and report to me. All of you are dismissed!"

After being dismissed all of the pirates went on to their respective jobs. Climbing back down Galatea began heading towards the Quartermaster's chamber, she needed to check on the Red Sapphire's gold levels and other tasks that had to be done only by Galatea.

[Esiphas]

Ryko almost Chuckled as Gatlea began ordering him around. He would obey it of course, but it seemed almsot Ironic it was an Amazon ordering him around when he had once ordered them around. Then he remembered- that was one of his stories. He rubbed his eyes. ''Am I loosing it? Thats the 3rd time I've done that.'' He shook his head. It was probably Nothing. He moved away and busied himself checking and tuning up, where needed, the Ships weapons.

[Cross Avantgarde]

Euthalia failed miserably to resist the blush that crossed her cheeks. "No no! You owe me nothing! I'm always happy to help!" she said, waving her hand at that statement.

She couldn’t be serious, could she? She had done so much and was asking for nothing? And was that truly a blush that Jasper saw on her face?

"O-of course! I'd love to go! It sounds very interesting!" She said, her blush still sitting on her cheeks as she smiled at him.

This time Jasper was very glad that she was serious, though he was still a bit surprised. In hindsight, asking someone like Euthalia (who would surely have better things to do) to something as potentially uninteresting as an exhibit in the Lyceum seemed like a lapse of judgment. But she had actually agreed and, even more surprisingly, sounded genuinely excited. And again, Jasper thought that he could make out a blush on her face, though her smile was occupying enough of his thoughts. Things seemed too good to be true, so Jasper thought it best to not jump to any conclusions, despite the fact that he was thoroughly excited.

“Superb! I’m really glad that you’re coming with me. Really. I promise that it’ll be more exciting than it sounds.” This would be the first time he saw Euthalia outside of work. The hours counting down to that evening would certainly pass by ever so slowly. “If you like, you can meet me in front of the Lyceum this evening, and then we’ll go in.” Jasper motioned around his office with his right hand and added, “And you know you can come here any time.”

[Folter]

When everyone was out of the hold Shaun let out a sigh. The gold's not in the hold and one time Johnson's info is wrong and I end up on a pirate ship, and if I heard correctly it's the red sapphire. Do I know anyone on the ship? No I don't. Well it appears I have three options I can try and get off this ship without being seen, that's next to impossible even with my skill. I could try and hide, but that will be difficult for the whole ride. Or I could try and turn myself in and pray they don't kill me. "Uhhhh why did this have to happen to me" he said louder than intended.

Oh crap did someone hear me. Hopefully not. he thought as he got back into an empty box, but before he could close the box a rat tried walking in. "Shoo, shoo go away you stupid rat." he said in a hushed voice as he swatted at the rat.

[mrpineapple]

As they set sail, John waved goodbye to the fisherman, his good friend for quite a while. Once he was out of view, John turned to the fisherman's son. "Alright Ehh.." John realised he didn't know his name. Surely it was both too late, and too awkward to ask now.

The waves started to churn his stomach, he decided to lie down until his sealegs set in

[Esiphas]

Ryko heard something beneath him, Follwed shortly by the sounds of a frustrated rat. "Wait... theres no one in the hold. Or no ones suppossed to be." Drawing 3 knives in quick succession, he qyietly went down the wellmaintained stairs, soundlessly due to the lack of creaks and his bare feet. He saw the lid of a box close, and smiled. A catch. "You. In the Box- Out. Now, Or i will turn it into a Pincusion."

Alena smiled, humming a tune Ryko had taught her once. As she came to the chorus, She actually began singing aloud, then stopped dead as She heard Ryko saying something to someone. Racing down the stairs, She saw Ryko staring at a box, Brandishing a Knife at ut. "Ryko... Who are you threatening?"

[Hollow Ichigo]

"Then please allow me to be seen next Dr. Jasper."

Christopher stepped into the office with an air of purity surrounding his body. It's aura was plesant other then the smell of blood reaked against his right shoulder. He sat down against the walk and quietly slid down it till he was sitting against the colling wooden floor. It's texture and temperture was soothing against burning skin. Christopher smiled as the cut against his shoulder continued to bleed. His face was slightly flushed yet it was obvious this man was far to bold and determined to die so easily. The Captain of the Star Wind was a very strong man. This cut was of his own doing in a sense. He had a crew member attack him unannouced. This was for the soul purpose of forcing the Physician to see him. Christopher was a very detail-plan orienited man whom enjoy plans within plans within plans, and constantly planned events out ahead of time. This instant he was in need of a doctor on his ship, among other positions to be filled. Currently the most important was Jasper. A Doctor Christopher himself held much interest in. It was also known to him that Jasper didn't hold pirates in high spirits.

So he gambled with this mans morals. Could a Doctor turn down a patient even if that patient was a Pirate. He supposed he would have to find out with his own life.

[Light Buster]

(PLAMEN) "Ah, but my lovely Alexandra, burning those papers were all part of the chess game I had to play, I burned those papers so that one of two scenarios, it also helped me get to talk to you as a person and not as a face. The first scenario was simple, I burned the papers, you refuse to help me, and I may have saved a couple of my contacts from being busted by you, or this scenario, where we talk and you agree to my purposal, either way it set out and accomplished its goal when I burned those papers, its all just a game of chess, you just have to make your opponent move where you want to, and hope that they don't counter your piece, and I have to say the cat was an excellent pawn in the matter."
(Alexandra) "You say that you have contacts on those papers seems like you might be linked to the whole pirate business. So why do you want to talk to me? To prevent me from taking out your contacts that may ruin your business?"

[Spydermonkey]

(Alexandra) "You say that you have contacts on those papers seems like you might be linked to the whole pirate business. So why do you want to talk to me? To prevent me from taking out your contacts that may ruin your business?"

(PLAMEN) "have you been listening, as I said before, I hate working with the pirates, they are neanderthals, i wish to help you in your jobs, and work together to get rid of this problem with society. Not to mention I realized that some of those papers you grabbed had some information that could lead you to Dead eye's treasure, which we both want, but neither of us can get on our own, not with the pirates in the way, but together I feel we could shake the pirate community down to its core."

[Light Buster]

(Alexandra) "Very well, I'll go along what you say but if you don't go by your word, I'll bring you in."

Alexandra didn't trust this man but that treasure rumor that was spreading was to be silenced before it could cause anymore harm to the public.

[Folter]

Shaun swore to himself, Of course I get caught. Now it's either fight or flight... I choose surrender. Shaun opened the box and threw his dagger on the ground and held his hands in the air. His hood still up, Please gods don't let me die.

"That would be me." He said. He looked at the two pirates and realized he didn't know either. "Please believe me when I climbed on board I didn't realize this was a pirate ship. So is this the part where I beg for my life or are neither of you the captain?"

[Esiphas]

Ryko chuckled. ''Im not the Captain, Stowaway. Now, How should I deal with you? Your obviously up to no good. Prehaps I should drag you upstairs to meet the Captain, but...'' He ran a KNife down the mans cheek. ''I doubt she'll want you around. We're getting something Big you see? We're gonna need this space... Andd your just taking it up.'' He rasied a knife to strike.

Alena kicked Rykos legs out from underneath him. ''Have a bit of Mercy Ryko! just becaus eyour an emotionless sod!'' She looked at the man. ''I'm Alena Hera, the medic. And you are?'' She noticed teh Cut Ryko's blade had made down his Cheek. ''Oooh... we better get taht looked at. Dn't worry, we've got more than enough medical supplys to see to one little cut.'' She led him out of the hold, as Ryko gave them the Evils from behind, and led him to the Meical room. aking out a lotion that stung like crazy, burned, then froze, then started itching agin, allin a few seconds, she applied it to the cut, then put a peice of clean cloth over it. The lotion hardened it in place, as well as acted to lsoe up the wound with little or no infections.

[Cross Avantgarde]

Jasper’s eyes shot from Euthalia’s immaculate face to the grievous wound on the unknown man’s shoulder. Jasper immediately noticed the way in which his skin looked as if it had been exposed to some harsh weather before he even registered the man’s overall appearance. The realization caused him to almost grind his teeth together.

If it looks like a pirate…chances are…

Jasper shook his head. There was no use thinking such things. It would only make him angry. Sure, he was almost certain the man was a pirate, but what about the benefit of doubt the man was entitled to? After all, the man did have a distinguished look that pirates rarely have. Above that, what about the Hippocratic Oath that commanded all physicians to help those in need? Yes, Apollo’s name was the first mentioned in that oath that is so very sacred to physicians, and Jasper knew that well. No matter how deep his suspicion ran that this man was a pirate, Jasper had to put that thought and all of the prejudices it entailed to the rear of his mind. He had a job to do.

His eyes focused on the wound as he walked straight toward the man and knelt in front of him. “Euthalia,” he said while still looking at the wound, “you can stay if you want, but I warn you that this is about to get a bit bloody. If you choose to go, then rest assured that I certainly look forward to seeing you later, and I thank you deeply for the turmeric.” Jasper felt rude for not looking at her as he spoke, but this obsession with his work was so characteristic of him that he felt sure that Euthalia would understand.

Jasper’s thoughts came in quick succession.

He’s flushed, but is coherent enough to understand what’s happening. Very coherent, indeed; he’s even smiling. He’s completely in charge of his wits, so the blood loss can’t be too great at the moment. Such a clean cut…no exit wound…certainly the work of a double-edged blade, but it appears that it wasn’t twisted after the insertion…

Jasper pulled a pair of white gloves from the left-inner pocket of his jacket and promptly put them on, all the time looking at the wound. He then rolled up his sleeves and yelled for Baire. When Baire walked into the door he quickly spoke to him without moving his gaze from the wound.

“Sutures, please, Baire…and ligature. Might as well throw in a hemostat and a cleaning rag.” Baire went to get the supplies as Jasper studied the wound a bit more, lifting his right hand to the man’s wounded shoulder.

“I’m not sure who gave you my name, but I’m going to assume that they sent you straight to my office because of the severity of the wound,” Jasper said, moving the man’s garb around a bit to get better access to the wound. “You’ll feel a bit of pressure here…this might hurt,” he added. Baire returned briskly with the materials, and Jasper held out his left hand and said “cloth.” He quickly cleaned the wound, and noticed that the man wasn’t showing much pain.

“Tough fellow, I see.” Jasper would have smiled had he not suspected too much already. The ligature was next to control the bleeding, then the sutures and hemostat. Jasper worked quickly, his eyes only moving mere centimeters from spot to spot around the wound. Cutting the excess of the sutures he stood in front of his desk and looked down at the individual. Everything about him seemed to scream “pirate,” though he did seem much more refined than the pirates his father had told him about. His eyes had been fixed on the wound for so long that placing them somewhere else had a bit of a disarming effect on his prejudice.

“It’s going to hurt if you try to get your full range of motion back in your arm too quickly,” Jasper said while taking off the gloves and rolling back down his sleeves. Baire took the gloves, reached out a washbasin for Jasper to wash his hands in, and then left. “I’m not supposed to pry too deeply into others’ affairs when it comes to wounds unless it can help me with a diagnosis. But I don’t think there’s any harm in asking for your name.” Jasper had heard of some of the pirates who were presently sailing Mundus, and he genuinely hoped that he was mistaken as to the man’s profession.

[Spydermonkey]

PLAMEN was happy that he was able to get a new partner in the attack against the pirates, but for now they drink and he hands Alexandra another drink
(PLAMEN)"and tonight was drink to a new partnership"

[Hollow Ichigo]

Christopher slightly sucked in a harsh breath of air.as the doctor examined hia wound. Judging by his eyes he suspected he was a pirate. The black suit and well maintained hands and overall appearance must have been offputting. Nevertheless, Christopher watched the doctor just as closely aa he himself was being watched.

"Micheal..Micheal Rosewood. Pirates..."

Christopher flinch as anger filled his body to the best of hia ability. Which wasn't hard due to the thoughts running through them.

"She was beautiful. Cunning and swift. Her ship was so fast. My transport fleet stood no chance. All of them....my crew, the medicine, all of it gone."

Christopher fought back tears yet the water flowed so effortlessly from his eyes. Within the deep conflicted depths of his cunning mind so many scenes played. She was beautiful, she was swift, her ship was so fast. He rememered it all even if only two months had past from his denial. She accepted his proclamation of death wholeheartedly and still she seemed so.uncaring of his heart. His anger spiked and with it the blood from his shoulder sped in its escape from his body.

"The Red Sapphire. Damn those pirates..."

[Light Buster]

(Alexandra) New partnership huh? Don't really tend to be partners forever...

Though if the treasure is real, what will she do with it. What if it is just a trap?

Alexandra will just have to find out for herself...

[Folter]

"The name is Shaun," he said putting down the hood. He followed the girl out of the hold, then she put a lotion on his face, and then put a bandage over it. "Thanks for covering my cheek. You need to believe me I didn't intend to end up on this ship. Well I did intend to be on this ship, it's just that when I climbed on board I thought it was just a merchant ship. I usually try to avoid pirates if I can, unless its having a few drinks in a tavern."

He sighed, Please believe it, especially since it's the truth he thought. "So you said your name is... Alena. So your friend said your after something big, huh. I may be of help with that. If it's a robbery I can definitely help, and if it's treasure well I have a knack for stealing info. I just realized, I should probably be saying this to your captain shouldn't I?" Hopefully this will work out well for me. Right now it seems best case scenario I join the crew and make some money. Worst case I die. Worth a shot at least, he thought.

[Esiphas]

Alena smiled. "No need to thank me. I am amedic, I do like to keep people healthy. Come then, Lets get you to the captain, shall we? Shes a rather unpredictable woman, so keeep yoyr defenses up. Ill try and defend you as well." She led Shaun up a flight of stairs and onto the deck, then to the captains cabin. "Captain? Captain? Theres a... unexpected guest for you. "

[Cross Avantgarde]

"Micheal..Micheal Rosewood. Pirates..."

Christopher flinch as anger filled his body to the best of hia ability. Which wasn't hard due to the thoughts running through them.

"She was beautiful. Cunning and swift. Her ship was so fast. My transport fleet stood no chance. All of them....my crew, the medicine, all of it gone."

Jasper listened in abject horror as the man spoke. He sympathized with the man as soon as he realized that he was an actual victim of the pirates, but when the man revealed that he ran a transport fleet that had been carrying medicine, Jasper’s sadness was soon coupled by fury towards the pirates who had assailed the man. His anger only got worse as tears began to form in the man’s eyes. Jasper noticed that the wound was bleeding through the sutures, and he grabbed a spare cloth from inside his jacket and immediately began to tend to the wound once more, this time not even taking the time to put on gloves, so engrossed was he with the man’s story.


"The Red Sapphire. Damn those pirates..."

Jasper’s eyes widened. He couldn’t be sure, but he was almost certain that he’d heard the name of that ship before.

“Sir,” Jasper said resolutely, “I salute you for your service on the dangerous waters of Mundus. People like you who are simply trying to work and advance mankind are too often beset by the dregs of Mundus, those blasted pirates.” Jasper clenched his fist, then noticed the small amount of blood on his hands, and began to clean it off.

The man’s occupation explained his refined attire and the fact that it looked like he had endured his share of rough weather. Jasper felt guilty over his mistake of thinking the man to be a pirate, and felt sympathy for his state of affairs. “I’m glad you were able to make it to the clinic, and I promise to do my best to get you back in peak health. Is there anything else I can do for you at the moment, Mr. Rosewood?”

[Slayer]

“...Candeza! You are to go around the ship and check how things are going and report to me. All of you are dismissed!"

Nimble digits idly adjusted the bandages on her arms as Galatea assigned each of the members their assignments. She would've rather have been told to go check on the weapons and ammunition... but alas, arguing would've been futile and the only purpose it would've served would've been to likely piss both her and Galatea off. With a mock salute, the redhead turned around and decided to check the quarters first; a move that put her in the opposite direction of Ryko, Alena, and the boy who'd stumbled upon their ship. Had she found the boy before the other two... well, like Ryko, Candeza wasn't so forgiving and the chances of the boy ever having met Sapphira were slim to none.

Careful speculation was placed in every detail of the ship. The kitchen was stocked full with supplies, each individual belongings that weren't carried were in place and there didn't seem to be any holes that could be of trouble in their voyage. Despite the fact that it wasn't her duty, Candeza still found herself making her way over to the massive guns and canons, shot a brief glance over to the pile of ammunition and let her palm smooth over the surface of one she seemed to favor.

BOOM.The explosion of the cannon firing at the target rattled every bone in Candeza's lithe figure, but she found she liked the moment of deafness and the surge of adrenaline that suddenly surged through her. Peeking out, she could make out the hole on the vessel's side and this brought a giddy grin to her lips.

Ever since that moment Candeza had declared herself the gunner of The Red Sapphire, and after showing Sapphira her unnatural skill for the task, the Captain hadn't had any objections. “Boom, baby,” she murmured, removing her hand and then turning to go back to the deck.
Just as she was about to ascend, Candeza caught sight of Ryko, Alena and.... who was that? She made her way over to the trio, fingers curling into her palms to form two, tightly-packed fists and eyes narrowing to target the boy. “Who the Hell is that?” She scowled, positioning herself in front of them to stop them from advancing further.

[pleasant_disorder]

((OOC: Sorry guys! Got caught up in school work! @.@'))

Xanthos took Jack's punches and jabs, gritting his teeth as he landed a few more. It started as it always started when Xanthos let himself go during a fight; a bubbling sensation appeared in his gut. The bubbling rushed to the top of his head, and suddenly Xanthos was laughing in an almost maniacal fashion. By rapidly maneuvering his legs, Xanthos was able to ward off a few of Jack's swings and punches, though he still landed quite a few. He side-stepped, just barely managing to dodge Jack's last punch at him. Wee Jack stumbled forward awkwardly. He hadn't expected to miss. Xanthos cocked back a fist, and threw it in a downward angle to hit the back of Jack's head. Xanthos kept his guard up, just as Noir had told him to do earlier. He expected Jack to move, to fake, to something. He'd seen Wee Jack fight while intoxicated a dozen and a half times. He knew how fast the little bugger could be.

[Spydermonkey]

PLAMEN woke up the next morning without any idea as to what had happened the night before he was in a strange bed that he had never seen before so he thought it be best if he just slip out the window and look for alexandra. when he found her all he asked her was "what happened"

OOC: sorry bored with no idea as to what to do next XD

[Light Buster]

The next morning, Alexandra was on her morning watch duty as she normally would. She will have to figure out those contracts that she lost from PLAMEN. She continued to wonder until he showed up in front of her again, with a rather odd question.

(PLAMEN) "What happened?"
(Alexandra) "Oh, good morning PLAMEN. You fell asleep while you were drunk so I took you to a nearby townhouse for you to rest in. They needed money for one night so I managed to get you to pay a small amount of money so that you can rest up. I hope you got a good night sleep."

Alexandra smiled as she said this.

[mrpineapple]

Evelyn's eyes shifted back and forth following the fists.
Xanthos was always so straightforward, but she wished he wouldn't get into those kind of situations so easily.
"Well Captain, I've got to rise early to check in those supplies, can i be allowed head off for an early night?" she turned to Noir.
It was true, but mostly she didn't want to see anyone getting beaten to a pulp

[Esiphas]

Noir chuckled. ''Sure, Go ahead. If Xan is up in the morning, you'll know he won.'' Giving her a pat n th back, he laughed and guestured to the door leading belowdeck. The fight was out of its way, and Xan wouldn't ntice if she left, unless he could see through Noir of course.

Jack recovered quickly from the blow, hough he seemed more wary now. Raising his fists again, he threw a few cautious punches. Then, abandoning all caution, he darted forward like a bat out of hel, his guard gone but a punch that would almost certainly knock Xan off his feet flying forward at almost nhuman speeds.

Alena stood, blocked by Candeza. ''I'm taking him to the Captain, Candeza. Don't try and Stop me. Thsi is an important matter, and As I have actually finished my inspection- i never even needed to leave, as I stocked up before I came back aboard- I'm taking him. You wouldn't want Gatlea or dare i say it, Sa... The Captain Angry, would you?'' Alena, dspite her mask, looked incredibly stern.

[Spydermonkey]

(Alexandra) "Oh, good morning PLAMEN. You fell asleep while you were drunk so I took you to a nearby townhouse for you to rest in. They needed money for one night so I managed to get you to pay a small amount of money so that you can rest up. I hope you got a good night sleep."
and than she smiled
PLAMEN was really rather confused, as to what town house would cost him over 20 gold coins, but he figured out that she had probably pocketed a few, which he was fine with. He than looked at her and said " I am off to meet a contact than"

[~Shobu~]

OOC: Still posting, but for now, sleeeeep...

“Do we have any real leads this time, Captain?”

Sapphira considered this. She swore she'd maim Fador if this lead was fake, but she had to blame herself for jumping aboard such a minuscule piece of information. Either way, she didn't want her crew to lose faith in her. "We'll just have to see won't we?" She replied to Candeza with a smile.

''Is'nt as much as God eye got us, but I owe you as much. So here.'' He then walked along the deck and stood right in front of the Bowsprit. ''Theres a nice Southernly wind, sin't there Ma'am. Is that good or bad for us?''

Sapphira looked over the bags of money Ryko tossed at her feet and smiled in satisfaction. "Swear the whole crew'd starve without some of you," she said and motioned for one of the other crew members to take it to the hold. "I'd say it'll be good if me karma in't on our tail!" She turned to see that Galatea had already begun giving orders. Sapphira took this opportunity to head up to the crow's nest. Not being the one to do anything by usual standards, she climbed her way up the ropes to the rope net and performed a series of acrobatics until she finally swung herself into the nest. Kips, who had apparently been watching her the entire time she was climbing gave her a blunt stare.

"Couldn't just use the ladder, could you? Why must you always take the longer route?" He said.

"Kips, the shorter route is the route that's more fun. Now don't bore me with your shilly shally. Where's me map?" She said, perching herself on the railing.

"Careful, railings are fragile under greedy cows," he joked as he took a key from under his shirt to unlock a chest.

"Wouldn't break if you replaced 'em with iron like I ordered you."

"Iron looks atrocious with a wooden ship, my dear Captain. Have a little more fashionable sense."

"As if I hadn't heard it before." They smirked at one another as he handed her the map. Their banter was a part of the day that she often looked forward to everyday among various interactions with other crew mates. Kips may be hot-tongued but he always meant well.

With a "shove on" to Kips, Sapphira shimmied her way down a rope with map in hand. She headed into her quarters and laid the map of Mundus out on her desk which was nailed to the floor. "Praise Apollo if we find the man," she muttered to herself. She studied the map as if it would give her answers as to where Tibais Dead Eye might be. Fed up, she cursed and went to her stash of rum in one of her several chests. Taking her dagger, she stabbed it into the cork and yanked it. She took a few swigs before she heard a knock at her door and voices, which she recognized as Alena and Candeza, but they were discussing a third person. I don't remember anyone new boarding this ship. She pulled the cork off the tip of her dagger with her teeth, spat it on the ground, tucked the blade back into its sheath, and, still holding the bottle by the neck, walked to open it.

A hooded man stood with them. Candeza looked ready to tear at his throat and Alena, despite the mask, looked rather determined. Sapphira arched an eyebrow. "And who is this lad you bring to me lassies? He wouldn't be tryin' to steal from the Red Sapphire would 'e?" She said, smirking, as she took another swing, Zeus knows she needed it when something like this arises. "Wouldn't serve you well, would it, lost one?"

“Superb! I’m really glad that you’re coming with me. Really. I promise that it’ll be more exciting than it sounds.” This would be the first time he saw Euthalia outside of work. The hours counting down to that evening would certainly pass by ever so slowly. “If you like, you can meet me in front of the Lyceum this evening, and then we’ll go in.” Jasper motioned around his office with his right hand and added, “And you know you can come here any time.”

Oh, if only I could. Euthalia thought. For the moment she forgot her true self, her true form. She fully immersed herself in Euthalia. If it was her choice, she'd never go back to being Nemo, back to being No One. Sadly, her life was not her own.

"I loo-" She was cut off by a man entering the room. She looked to him and instantly recognized him as a pirate. She's been all over the world and encountered many people, several of which were pirates. No matter how much they decorated themselves to look otherwise, Nemo could seeright through it. Hades didn't raise a fool. But she thought it would be best not to call the man out for his occupation, for Jasper, who despised pirates, would never turn away an injured man. She found this man suspicious but masked this feeling with concern. "Oh my," she said, bringing her fingers to her lips in reaction to his wound.

“Euthalia,” he said while still looking at the wound, “you can stay if you want, but I warn you that this is about to get a bit bloody. If you choose to go, then rest assured that I certainly look forward to seeing you later, and I thank you deeply for the turmeric.”

She wanted to stay, of course. She yearned to assist him. She could handle blood. It never bothered her due to her excessive exposure to it. When she was about ready to respond to him, she felt something on her leg, slithering its way upward. A snake. She resisted the urge to scream, but she could not stop the fear that crossed her face. Act natural. She thought as the snake continued to travel up to her inner thighs.

"I would stay to help, but I've got to run now. I'll see you tonight, Jasper," she said as she inched her way towards the door. "And I hope all is well with you, sir." She said towards his patient and then she was gone. She walked briskly out the door of the building, not bothering to say good-bye to Lydia, who barely had a chance to look up from her paperwork. Ducking into an alley and making sure she was out of sight, she frantically pulled up her dress and yanked the creature off of her leg before it could slither anywhere unpleasant. She threw it on the ground and it hissed at her. She was breathing heavily, her body wracked with fear.

"H-how long have you been watching?" She asked the snake.

"Oh, dear, I'm always watching," said the snake.

The creature began to grow in size; as it did so, it began raveling itself in a spiral around thin air. It did this until its twisted body stood about two feet taller than Nemo and there were no spaces between its body. The skin then dried up, turning a yellowish color before burning away as if it were never there. As it burned from top to bottom, the dark, pale figure of a man whose face was obscured by a feathered mask stood in its wake. His cruel golden eyes twinkled mischievously as she shook even more.

"Hello, poppet," said Hades, his voice deep and smooth.

[Light Buster]

(Alexandera) "Okay, see you later."

Alexandra then headed off to town to check on the people there and once she was out of PLAMEN's sight, she headed for the rooftops to get a better view of the town.

(Alexandra) "I hope I can silence the treasure rumor. It's getting a lot of people hurt..."

[Slayer]

Candeza's fists tightened and the scowl upon her features only deepened. Honey-colored eyes stared hard and long at the boy, flitted up to Alena and Ryko and for a couple of seconds she refused to move or even acknowledge the woman's question.“ 'Che...” A small growl eluded her lips while her nose scrunched up in clear disdain, “If I were you I would've killed him on sight.” Removing the dagger from the holster that was strapped to her hips, she closed the distance between her and the boy. “A piece of scum like this,” she began, placing the sharp edge against the boy's throat, “doesn't deserve to even meet the Captain.”

Before any problems between her, Alena and Ryko could arise, Candeza took a few steps back and positioned herself to give the others room. “You better keep a close eye on that rat, Alena.”

And with that, the redhead took off to finish her duty while muttering something incomprehensible beneath her breath.

[Esiphas]

Ryko chuckled. ''She's got the right idea. Should've gutted the... Oh, hello Cap'n.'' Alena blushed behind the mask and turned to face Saphira. ''c..Captain. Umm, we found him underdecks. He's a little confsed as to what ship he's on- didn't even know we were Pirates. I think Ryko and Candeza-'' She paused here, her head fltting to Candeza for a second, presumably with a nasty glare -''wanted to kill him. But its your ship, and He might even turn out to be handy.'' She shuffled a little on her feet. Ryko gave a ''Hmmmph.'' And stood stock still.

[Hollow Ichigo]

Christopher had to hand it to himself. he was out doing even his own expectations. Not only had be convinced into believing such a wholehearted story but now he asked if anything else was needed of him. He fought the urge to maliciously smile under his cloak of sadness and despair. "There were, *cough* a few survivors. Two cooks, a few dozen other member of my crew. We have a back-up ship docked down at the pier. PLEASE! Help me tend to them."

under this mask of falsehood Christopher was laughing hysterically. There was no stopping the inner joy he felt from manipulating this man through his own good will, and morals. How delightful it was to hold another's heart in one's hand then crush. Christopher could almost understand how power hungry that dreadful man-eater of a Captain could get. This was ecstasy.

[mrpineapple]

John had just finished his last bout of vomits. "can't you make this thing ride steady?" he weakly called to the boy.
His voice didn't carry far enough.. He started to swagger over to him. Using the side of the boat as a reassurance.
"hey! boy! how much longer til we hit land? my stomach has nought left in it to share with the ocean."
Climbing up to where the steering was done he laid a hand on the boy's back."Di you hear me sonny?"
still there was no response, John decided to confront him face first

[Cross Avantgarde]

"I would stay to help, but I've got to run now. I'll see you tonight, Jasper," she said as she inched her way towards the door. "And I hope all is well with you, sir." She said towards his patient and then she was gone.

Jasper caught the smell of her lovely perfume as she left, and it made him realize how much he wanted to speak to her more. He was content, however, to remind himself that he would soon see her again. Had he not been so focused on his patient, he would have noticed that she seemed to be in an unusual hurry. “Take care, Euthalia,” Jasper said, already looking forward to seeing her again. Michael Rosewood broke his reverie as he began to speak.

“There were, *cough* a few survivors. Two cooks, a few dozen other member of my crew. We have a back-up ship docked down at the pier. PLEASE! Help me tend to them."

Jasper did not nod, nor did he blink. He simply stood, turned to his desk and walked behind it. Pulling out a deep drawer he pulled out a black briefcase and walked quickly to the supply room next door. Placing in various bottles of medicine, some sutures, gauze, splints, scissors, scalpels, hemostats and several other tools, he moved the contents around carefully to prevent anything from breaking. His father’s pistol was also in the case, but he only wore it when he wasn’t working, and this request was as serious to Jasper as anything he would have done in the clinic. A man and his crew had been beset and victimized by pirates, and Jasper didn’t need the Hippocratic Oath to remind him of his duty this time.

Walking back into the room Jasper extended his right hand toward the man to help him up. “Take me to them, sir, and I promise that they’ll get the care they need.”

[pleasant_disorder]

Xanthos easily dodged the cautious punches, backing up, putting distance between himself and Jack. When Jack darted toward him, Xanthos readied himself for Jack's final attack. This would be the deciding factor in their fight. He dropped to his knees, putting himself at the dwarf's height. He would have to be just as fast as Jack for this to work. He smiled. But who cared if it didn't? It would at least be another good fight he could laugh about later with Wee Jack. He'd already forgotten why they were fighting. A smile of happy gratitude spread across his face. He loved forgetting about why he was angry.

He wondered if the dwarf knew what he was doing, but apparently not, because he just kept on coming at him and when he got there, he swung hard for Xanthos's face. He'd figured that by dropping to his knees, this would be where the dwarf would swing, and so he shifted his weight to his left knee and leaned away from Jack's punch, also lowering himself at the same time. He sent an uppercut sailing for the dwarf's chin.

((OOC: Esiphas I didn't think I was god-modding by aiming Jack's punch. Let me know if you thought so though, I can tweak the post if needed. Last thing I want is to upset someone by god-modding.))

[Esiphas]

ooc- Nah, its fine. I did intend for you to win.

ic- wee jack barely Registered Xans lastmovement, but as the uppercut crashed into his Jaw, a full groan was heard as he left the floor, flew a couple of fett bacwards and hit the deck- literally- with a resounding crash. He was evidently unconcious. Noir jumped up with a "Ha ha!" and most of the crew gave a "Yaar!" A few were quiet- jacks friends, and they scampered over to help him to the sick bay. Noirgrabbed Xan by the shoulders and screamed "Nice wor, Nice Work! By the gos am I gonna remember that." Then he practiclycrushed Xan with a great big Hug.

Haley came aboard to see Xan being mobbed. Havong caught thelast of the fight, she clapped a few times, Drawing most of the crews heads. Noir released Xan and straitened out his Coat. "H...Haley. I was wondering where you were." She gqve a Dazzling smile. "I wandered into a friendly rival. But good news is, Im able to do my task myself from the ship. So i came on back. Now, what did Wee Jack do to deserve that sort of beating?" Noir pointed at Xan. "He was defending his girlfriends honour." Haley frowned. "Girlfriend?" Noir chuckled. "Im kidding. Jack insulted Evelyn." Haley smiled and nodded Knowingnly. "Ah."

[mrpineapple]

Evelyn was almost asleep when she heard the ruckus up above. The fight had ended anyway, she could hear cheering.
"Hmph!"she let out as she groggily turned over in her bed.

She was sure if it was Xan who won, he'd probably be down soon, telling of his battle. maybe the crowd would delay him so that she could fall asleep before he arrived.

She nuzzled herself further into her sheets

[pleasant_disorder]

Xanthos grinned wide at his victory. He felt his breath leave him as Noir squeezed him into an embrace, but he managed to hug him back. It had been a while since Xanthos had, had a decent fight. This one had been particularly good. When Noir let go of him, Xanthos stretched his arms upwards then put his hands on his hips and leaned backwards, stretching the muscles in his lower back.

When Xanthos heard Noir mention Eve's name, he remembered why he'd been fighting Wee Jack. Looking around the deck, he noticed that she was no where in sight. He was excited and wanted to tell Eve about the fight and how he'd won, but there was something in the air. The wind had shifted. Xanthos' face became incredibly serious. Putting a hand on Noir's shoulder, he said, "We'd best head out soon. The wind's gettin' heavy with the scent ah rain, cap. There's a storm blowin in from the west."

[Folter]

Shaun gulped, as he rubbed his neck he thought Great two people threaten me in under an hour. At this rate I'm not going make it off this ship alive. When the captain appeared in front of him he studied her, tried to find out strengths and weaknesses in case things took a turn for the worse. He didn't have a weapon, he was severely outnumbered, and there would be no way he could overpower everyone on the ship especially since some of them had guns. So my only option is run for my life and pray they don't catch me, hopefully it won't come to that.

''c..Captain. Umm, we found him underdecks. He's a little confsed as to what ship he's on- didn't even know we were Pirates. I think Ryko and Candeza wanted to kill him. But its your ship, and He might even turn out to be handy.''

After hearing Alena's summary he decided the best course was to be honest. "Ma'am, what Alena here said was entirely true. I am a thief, but I only steal from merchants. I have a rule of thumb when it comes to pirates avoid them whenever possible. Tavern's are an exception. When I climbed onto this ship I had thought it was a merchant ship, not at all a pirate ship. My informant had given me poor information. If you want you can search me I have nothing of your's on me. Now your crew mate" he gestured towards Ryko, "let out some information saying you were after something big. I and feel I may be of help with that." Please, don't kill me, please don't kill me. he thought.

[Hollow Ichigo]

Christopher took the kind doctors had and was gently helped to his feet. The manipulative man simply stared into the eyes of the doctor before whispering a soft, "thank you." He noticed how the girl eyed him. Could she see straight through his lies? Only a few were so skilled, most of them were aboard a certain ship with a certain flirtatious captain. Christopher made a note that in the future he would kill that girl if need be. What was most odd wasn't how she looked at him or how she left so quickly, but the snake that seemed to follow her. Christopher's eyes had narrowed at it as she froze with it's arrival. Then, it didn't attack her, filling her with it's poison and reaping her life, but he rather seemed to direct her outside. Christopher's suspicious nature made him susceptible to several games of wits, in which he normally won.

Pushing those thoughts into the furthest reaches of his mind Christopher focused on the task at hand. The Doctor. So far he had given this man lies after lies after lies, and so far, it worked, and worked, and worked. Christopher wasn't sure if he was pushing this to far, or his intellect was top-notch. Who knows? But what he knew as fact was that Jasper was a gullible man and those were the types of men the Captain of the Star Wind devoured.

As they left the shop Micheal stumbled slightly, his breathing heavy, this wasn't part of his act. A part of him noted that the crew member he tasked with attacking him would receive quite the punishment for being so good. That punishment would be joining that women's crew. Hell on water. Christopher knew of no worse fact in serving a greedy witch(with a B) who at times proved herself cunning, and not a total idiot. Something she proved Christopher was, or used to be. "Tell me as we ride down to the docks my friend." He strained to exhale and sucked in a sharp breath of cool seaside wind. "When i mentioned pirates...your face flushed, your shoulders dropped and tightened, and your voice in itself became far more serious then one would expect. What did they do to you?" Christopher needed to know a few things if part two was to work out perfectly.

[Cross Avantgarde]

As they left the shop Micheal stumbled slightly, his breathing heavy, this wasn't part of his act.

“Easy, Michael,” Jasper said. “We’ll ride there; no sense in pushing you further.” Jasper waved down a carriage, helped Michael inside, and paid the driver with some silver coins from inside his jacket. Jasper placed the briefcase between Michael and himself to give the wounded man some extra room.

"Tell me as we ride down to the docks my friend." He strained to exhale and sucked in a sharp breath of cool seaside wind. "When i mentioned pirates...your face flushed, your shoulders dropped and tightened, and your voice in itself became far more serious then one would expect. What did they do to you?"

Resisting the urge to start out by saying “How much time do you have,” Jasper instead shook his head and looked the other way, toward the sea. He quickly looked back at Michael and began to speak slowly, enunciating each word carefully due to the anger that he was suppressing. “Myriad reasons, good sir, but I’ll provide a cursory sample of some of the more egregious ones. Instead of laboring and striving for their sustenance they attack good, hardworking people like you who are doing nothing but serving mankind, trying to provide for yourself, your crew, and perhaps your family. Human progress is hard enough to foster, but to blatantly attack it? That is the game of the pirates. Instead of living the investigative life—our beloved Socrates of Greece spoke of that, perhaps you’ve heard of him—these dogs live hand to mouth, trampling over the honest people and besmirching virtue wherever they go—that comes from Aristotle, another one of our Greek philosophers. They fancy themselves as being successful as they do this, but all they’re really doing is paving the way to die as they live: by the sword. I mean, to imagine feeling successful at deceiving or hurting someone! Of course, some dogs feel successful in their attempts at coprophagia, I suppose. But I digress. Further…”

It was clear that Jasper was ranting by now. In fact, it may have seemed as if the rant had been rather rehearsed by practice. As they came to a stop at the docks, Jasper abruptly ended his diatribe and helped Michael from the carriage. “Sorry if I was a bit garrulous, my friend. We’ve arrived.”

[Esiphas]

Noir nodded to Xan. '''ll trust you on that one Xan. The crews all here, so We'll set out the moment we have a course. For now, we sail to the nearest cove- I need some time to tell you what we are after. Now c'mon, get your backsides in gear you mangy lot! I need a course and we need to set sail. Go, Go, Go!'' Then, as Xan went to go past him, he grabed him and Whispered ''If I were you, I wouldn't g boastin to Evelyn. She doesent like bigheads. If she asks you about it, just tell her how it is.'' The he pated his shoulder and said ''Now get to work, before I have you on bilge duty!'' Giving Xan a wink, he clambred up to the helm and shuted ''Raise anchor!''

Crimson Morgan heaved the Anchor up- a Huge, mucular wall of a man taht he was- and the rest of the crew, excepting Jacks lttle group, who were elsewhere, went about preparations. Finally, The wind caught in their sails and they began to move, leaving the docks before the storm could catch the ''C'mon Xan, i need that course soon... Else we'll be sittin ducks in the open waters.'' He kept Lavora in sight whilst he waited, Humming an old sea shanty.

[mrpineapple]

Evelyn coudn't sleep. she opened her window and gazed out and the town. She thought she heard a familiar voice just out of her view. Leaning out she saw the boy who had given her oranges and another boy from the other shop.
'They're here early' she thought.
She headed out to meet them, giving the captain a nod as she went past. "Supplies are here, I'm gonna go down and load 'em in".

She finally arrived in front of the boys. "Alright, You're a bit early, didn't I ask for them in the morning?" One of the boys blushed, which was cut short by the oranges boy elbowing him in the ribs.
"Alright, well I'll show you where to bring 'em".

Leading the two young men down to the storage section of the ship, she chatted with them as they went down "It's a good thing you came when you did actually, the captain seems to have forgotten about the schedule and wants to head now" she sighed "ah well, I can't wait to be out on the ocean again anyway, it's none too soon."

"Well, There we are. This 'ere's the Storage room. you can start loadin' her up so." Eve headed for the door.
She was cut off by the rope boy. "Lad, you're in the way. Let's go out and get the rest of the supplies"
The Oranges boy spoke. "I noticed after you were gone that you didn't pay in full." He paused. Evelyn looked warily around the room. "Well, I think I should be paid back in-kind, don't you? I know Roger here completly agrees". The boy named Roger smiled widely.

Evelyn backed out so she was out of the range of their arms. "You filthy boy! You'll take that money and be happy with it." As she spoke, the boy was shaking his head "Sorry, but orange prices are high this time of year, I think I definetly need some reimbursement"
Eve was about to protest again when the boy called rogers stepped forward. With a knowing glance between the boys, Evelyn knew what was about to happen.

[Hollow Ichigo]

Christopher registered this mans hate and thought of ways to manpulate. Once this man found out Micheal was really a pirate himself he would surely regret helping such a 'dog'. Yet Christopher was no fool, nor was he without back up plans.

As the carrage came to a hault Christopher found himself stepping aboard the Star Wind. His men, dressed suprisingly formal, yet sea worthy, greeted him and ushered the kind doctor on the ship. Christopher was glad his crew seemed more like hardworking men then pirates.

"Welcome to the Star Wind my dear friend. Please follow me." Down in the belly of the ship Christopher found three men, all bleeding from various wounds, they greeted the Captain to the best of their ability yet Chris stopped them short. Narrowing his eyes in the direction of the Physician. They remained quiet and let the doctor examine them, if he hadn't caught on yet.

Christopher wondered her his cooks were, along with the doctor that dealt with her own ordeals above that of the crew.

[Esiphas]

Haley watched the Boys delivering the supplies follow Evelyn. ''They don't look too friendly...'' She muttered. Follwing them Quietly, she watched them threatening her from a crack in the door. As they began to advance, Haley quitely drew her sword, then kicked the door down. ''Right you lot, back the Hell down or i'll gut the pair of you. Got it?'' She brandished her sword for effect.

[mrpineapple]

Evelyn staggered back with the sudden entrance. "Oh Haley, Thank goodness!" She went to head over to her saviour, but the Orange boy grabbed her by the arm. "Look Roger, we've got one each!" he smiled grimly. "I like fiesty ones, but I'll let you have this one". Grabbing Eve's shirt, he pulled her closer to his body. "You're not getting away that easy".

Roger started to carefully close in on Haley, careful of her sword.
Evelyn stradled the leg of her(still nameless..) captive. When haley was ready to move, she had a clean shot at getting a knee in a sensitive spot. She looked up at him. "See, it's not such a bad fine is it?" he smiled. Eve smiled back as much as she could, hoping Haley would start moving soon.

[Esiphas]

Haley moved like a Lightning bolt, in her famous (amongst the crew at least) Spin attack, Which sliced off the boy, Rogir's- Fingers off. As the.boy screamed in pain, She twisted the swordso she held it Backhand and stabbed it up, into his armpit and clean through his shoulder. He Screamed again un agony as Haley released the blade, twisted around and grabbed his Collat. Then, As rogir began to stutter something, She took hold of the blade and twisted it 180 degrees. Rogirs arm fell to the ground with a sickening splat and a loud Thump. Rogir himself Fainted, And Holly stripped her top off- Leaving her in her undergarments only from the waist up- and tied it round the unconcious boys shoulder to limit the bleeding. Haley then looked too Evelyn to see how she was doing.

Noir Looked to where haley had been a minute ago,to see his first mate and Quatermaster had dissapeared. Hearing Screams from below decks, He yelled "Morgan, Take the helm!"And leapt over the balcony and dashed underdecks.Running down the Wooden stairways, He kicked the door Where Haley and Eveyn were, and shouted"Right, what in the name of Hades is going on down here!"

[GodricLeMort]

Occ: Guess i'm up for grabs for a ship.


It looks to be about Mid afternoon as he pushed off the pier with his small little dingy. He was hoping to make it to the next island in the next week. as the sail from the ship caught wind he started drifting off into the ocean. "it's a nice day to be sailing." he said to himself. fear in the back of is mind gnawed at him like a pack of starving wolves. He only had a few weeks worth of food for him, and so far his search for a crew has shown up nothing but more searching. Godric was starting to run out of money He only had enough for two more resupply stops, and by the last one he feared he would be heading home. "I wont give up" Godric assured himself. Feeling that fear fade but stick at the back of his mind. as the shore, and town sailed further and further away from site. the wind made him feel a bit easier on his journey, like it always had, when he was with his father out at sea,

[Cross Avantgarde]

"Welcome to the Star Wind my dear friend. Please follow me."

Jasper had not imagined that the ship would be so majestic. Jasper knew little of woodworking and craftsmanship, but it was clear to anyone that the Star Wind was a strong, able ship. “A magnificent vessel,” Jasper said as he followed.

Down in the belly of the ship Christopher found three men, all bleeding from various wounds, they greeted the Captain to the best of their ability yet Chris stopped them short. Narrowing his eyes in the direction of the Physician. They remained quiet and let the doctor examine them, if he hadn't caught on yet.

Jasper walked to the man on the far left and knelt, looking at the man as he opened his briefcase, his attention fully on assessing the man’s wounds. He quickly looked to the other men and was relieved. “The good news is twofold, gentlemen; one, none of the wounds seems deep enough to be arterial or venous, and two, they don’t seem to be infected.” Jasper reached into his briefcase and pulled some sutures, a hemostat, and a vial of powder from the briefcase without shuffling around to find them. “Oh, and don’t worry, this won’t be too terribly painful. I’m sorry that the pirates did this to you, but I’ll get you back in working order as quickly as possible.” Jasper reached inside his jacket and donned a pair of gloves, thinking to himself what a difference it was seeing the gorgeous Euthalia one moment and a variety of wounds the next. Pirates ruined everything.

He cleaned the wounds of the men, and surprisingly that took longer than applying the sutures to the men’s wounds that were deep enough to warrant the stitching. “If there are any other ailments you have, or any internal injuries that you suspect you may have sustained, please let me know. Any movements that hurt? Any potentially broken bones?” The men of the ship were physically fit; the nature of Michael’s job must be arduous, but the men did indeed seem happy to be on the Star Wind.

[mrpineapple]

Evelyn Thrust her knee up into the man's groin, making him fall over onto the floor, curling up. Seeing Roger getting slashed, his confidence quickly vanished.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" He pleaded "It was his idea, he said we should take advantage of the situation, but I didn't want to, I told him to stop..." Eve looked back at Haley, and with an exchange of glances, she turned back and kicked him full force in the head, knocking him unconscious.
"Take that, scum!" she said angrily, throwing in another boot for effect. turning to Haley again, she walked towards her briskly and embraced her. "Thanks so much Haley, I.. I like to think where that would have led"

They both looked over when the door was slammed open by the captain. "N.. Noir" Eve uttered. "Sorry, you're a bit late for the party" she tried to fake a smile.
"This really hasn't been a good day for me" she sighed. She blushed a bit when she realised she was still holding onto Haley and let go. "I.. uh.. I'm going to get the supplies they left outside. Can you guys do something with.. them?" she pointed distastefully at Roger.

[Esiphas]

Haley looked a little surprised at Evelyn as she embraced her, but smiled nonetheless and hugged her back. As noir entered, She snapped around- not embarressed, as sh emight have been in the arms of another man, But surprised. As Evelyn stumbled her greetings, Haley smiled and bowed her head in greeting. ''Not much of a Party mind you- they turned up pretty late and were only intrested in the off limits section.''

Noir cracked his knuckles, and grimaced. ''Now this is unnaceptable. 2 members of my crew? My quatermaser no less? There are going to be punishments here.'' He looked at both girls and for a moment, a deathly expresion on his face. Then he split into a wide grin and said ''For them, at least. C'mon, lets see how well these lubbers can swim.'' Tossing Haley his coa, he lifted one up, as Haely got her victim and they dragged them up onto the deck.

Morgan sparked a small green tpped candle and held it underneath the two's noses. They awoke, coughing and spluttering from the exotic smells, and Noir immediately jumped into ''Right then Gentlemen! You've gone just a little overboard- metaphoricly speaking of course.'' He guestured to Haley adn Evelyn. ''And these two aren't best pleased. Now Normally, A Captain here might keelhaul you, or just execute you. I on the other hand, have decided to give you a fair chance. You have a very VERY bad injury, and theres a storm coming in. We are a good 3 minutes swim- for a trained sailor- away from the nearest ladder. You went overboard- now your going to again. Literally this time. If you can swim to the ladder, you can live. If you cant, you'll be dead anyway, and I won't have to bother killing you. Now then. Morgan, Headless? Chuck em up.'' Scarlet Morgan and Headless Hayden (So called because he has suffered a grand total of 5 neck njuries and escaped from 2 hangings) picked the two up and threw them overboard, into the chilling sea. Noir chuckled. ''Lets see how well they fair.'' And qeuitly, to Eve he whispered ''Do you wnat them dead, or are you happy with the chance I gave them?''

[pleasant_disorder]

Akantha's eyes opened slowly, and she stretched in her bed, yawning a huge wide-mouthed yawn. That was when she noticed it. Her entire room was in complete disarray. She looked about, a little confused, scratched her head and said, "Don't tell me I slept through another one." She dressed herself in her normal regalia: her doctor's coat, black thigh high leather boots, mini skirt, and decided on the more revealing, triangular bikini top. There wasn't much to accentuate in the chest area, but Akantha's had thick hips and muscular legs. She put her long black hair into a ponytail and walk out of the ship. She took a swig from her bottle of rum and walked out of her room.

She wondered about the deck, asking after the captain, her rum bottle in hand. One of the crew explained that he'd been injured during the attack from the Red Sapphire. She grabbed the man by his shirt and slammed him into the wall, snarling, "And no one came to wake you up." With fearful wide eyes he told her that they'd tried to wake her, but she wouldn't get up, so the Captain was forced to find an alternative medical source. She dropped the crew member. He told her that the captain was down stairs.

Akantha went to the hole and found Chris standing with another man. "Christopher. My apologies for not waking up," she said in a low, unapologetic voice. "The men were celebrating last night, and I must have had a bit too much..." She looked at the other man and immediately recognizing Jasper from her time in the medical profession in Greece. She laughed. "So quick to find a new doctor for your little band of miscreants, Christopher? And Jasper nonetheless. Has he told you why he despises pirates yet, my dear Captain?" She grinned wide at him, her eyes twinkling deviously. Akantha could easily treat the three injured men. There was no need for Jasper, and the sooner he realized he was working for pirates and left the ship, the sooner she could get to work on the injured men.

-*-

Xanthos grinned at his captain. He ran off towards the Captain's quarters, almost a full galloping pace. When he got to the door it dawned on Xanthos that Noir had never told him where they were going. So he ran, at full speed, back to the deck, knocking over a few of his mates as he went. He could smell the moisture in the air thickening. They could out run the storm if they left in the next three hours, and that would be an easy feat. It wouldn't take Xanthos more than twenty minutes to plot their course, but he'd have to be cautious for Privateer check points depending on where they were going. If they couldn't leave, they'd have to wait out the storm in the harbor. The storm was going to be bad.

But when he found the captain, he quietly watched the scene with the two men unfold. He felt watched the captain throw them overboard with cold eyes. To deserve such a fate from Noir, they must have been truly atrocious men. In Xanthos' experience, Noir was the most level-headed, logical person when it came to punishment. He walked up to the captain and heard what he said to Evelyn. He cleared his throat and said, "Cap. You forgot to tell me where we're headed."

[~Shobu~]

OOC: New color for Sapphira! Folter I'm sorry, I completely overlooked your post!

Ryko chuckled. ''She's got the right idea. Should've gutted the... Oh, hello Cap'n.'' Alena blushed behind the mask and turned to face Saphira. ''c..Captain. Umm, we found him underdecks. He's a little confsed as to what ship he's on- didn't even know we were Pirates. I think Ryko and Candeza-'' She paused here, her head fltting to Candeza for a second, presumably with a nasty glare -''wanted to kill him. But its your ship, and He might even turn out to be handy.'' She shuffled a little on her feet. Ryko gave a ''Hmmmph.'' And stood stock still.

Captain Sapphira was many things (a witch with a capital B, a thief, a deviant) but she was not one without compassion. She eyed this stow away with one hand on her hip and the other gripped around the neck of her bottle. His garb told her he was neither a simple merchant, nor was he a pirate himself. He could be a privateer but she doubted that.

"Ma'am, what Alena here said was entirely true. I am a thief, but I only steal from merchants. I have a rule of thumb when it comes to pirates avoid them whenever possible. Tavern's are an exception. When I climbed onto this ship I had thought it was a merchant ship, not at all a pirate ship. My informant had given me poor information. If you want you can search me I have nothing of your's on me. Now your crew mate" he gestured towards Ryko, "let out some information saying you were after something big. I and feel I may be of help with that." Please, don't kill me, please don't kill me. he thought.

Ah, a thief. He looked confused enough. But then again, there were very good liars out there, Sapphira was not one of them. She could hold up a bluff for maybe an hour if her mind was preoccupied. She wasn't one for tactics and strategy, unlike Galatea; she liked to "wing it". But that was besides the point.

She took a hard swig of her liquor and turned to walk back into her room. "Bring 'im in here 'n tie his hands. I'll talk to him. I'm pretty good a sniffing out a rat," she finished her statement with a pointed glare in the boy's direction. "Alena, why don't you join me? Bring a good scalpel, just in case he needs some convicin' t' talk."

[Esiphas]

Alena nodded, And awkwardly stumbled down to get her Equipment. She didnt know if the captain was aserious, but she figured she was better safe than Sorry. Coming back up on deck, Once again glad of her mask, Because her face was more Red than a boiled Lobster.Ryko tied the Boy up whilst she was gone, Giving hima few nasty glares. Once Alena got back, she gave him a sympathetic look by tilting her head. "Shall w...we Captain?"

[mrpineapple]

"Thanks Captain, I think they got what they deserved" Eve replied. It felt good watching them in an equally stressful situation.
With Xan's sudden enterance, their conversation was cut short.

When he had finished asking Noir about the course, Evelyn spoke up before Noir could reply "I see you beat Wee Jack so?" Eve asked him. She was pleasantly surprised to see little sign of pain on his body

[Esiphas]

Noir glanced between the two. ''Xan, I did actually say, but I wasn't very clear so i'll let you off. I need bit of time to explain this to the crew, and I don't want to do it where I may be heard, so I want you to plot a course for the nearest Island to here, that has a decent, safe cove we can anchor up in.'' He patted him on the shoulder. ''But we have a few hours, as you suid, so finish up your conversation first.'' He then walked away as one boy clambered out of the water- the one who's arm had been cu off. The other could not be seen anywhere.

Haley watched the two boys swimming, then turned away. ''Probably about right for equivalent exchange.'' Crimson Morgan nodded in agreement. ''I think one of dem has drowned, Mon!'' He shouted at Noir. hen he went back to his usual dutys. Haley went into the underdeck. She'd made a mess, and she'd clean it up. She had nothing better to do anywaay. Throwing some water over the floor, she began to mop up the blood from her viscious assault.

[Cross Avantgarde]

Akantha went to the hole and found Chris standing with another man. "Christopher. My apologies for not waking up," she said in a low, unapologetic voice. "The men were celebrating last night, and I must have had a bit too much..." She looked at the other man and immediately recognizing Jasper from her time in the medical profession in Greece. She laughed. "So quick to find a new doctor for your little band of miscreants, Christopher? And Jasper nonetheless. Has he told you why he despises pirates yet, my dear Captain?"

Jasper would have noted the tension in the room had he not been so confused. It had been a long time since he’d seen Akantha, and he was surprised to see her working for a merchant marine crew—or so he thought of the crew of pirates. He wondered why she was bringing up the issue of pirates as if Jasper’s repugnance of them was problematic, and why she would call the crewmen “miscreants.” Akantha, the “thorn,” as her name meant, was a gifted physician as Jasper remembered, but he had no idea that she was now known as the “rose-thorned pirate.”

“I certainly did, Akantha—good to see you again, by the way. I haven’t seen you in Greece in quite some time. And, for that matter, why would I not tell Michael about my aversion to pirates? Just look at what they did to this crew!”

[mrpineapple]

The boy had fallen asleep! no wonder the boat was swaying so violently. John slapped him awake. "Which way?" he demanded.
The boy pointed wearily towards the east and rolled over

"by the heavens! you are a useless buffoon! " John swore at him. He turned to where the boy was supposed to be steering. "I guess I'll have to try wrangle this thing myself. Darn unrespecting youth! "

struggling with the wheel, John tried righting the ship's direction.

OOC: poor John hasn't had attention in a while :(

[GodricLeMort]

It had been a few hours since Godric had left port. he tried to pass the time by looking at the sky, or watching to see how many fish would jump out of the water, but to no avail the was was as calm as glass and the sky had no clouds in the sky." man i'm so board!" he screamed. but no one ever talked back, he hated these long trips they bored him to tears, for he had no one to talk to nothing to keep him occupied, but he couldn't sleep and let as ship or something pass by. so he cleaned his swords, and cleaned his gun. Godric had yet to use them in battle but he knew he would some day. after he was done with that, he sat there looking out onto the horizon, Sinking back into his state of boredom.

[pleasant_disorder]

Akantha sidled up behind Jasper and put her arms around his shoulders. She pushed her breasts into his back. The two had never been very close, but she was drunk and the alcohol made turned her into quite a seductive person. "Mmmm," she whispered into his ear. "So you told the doctor your name was Michael?" She asked Christopher, a devilish little smile playing across her lips. "Why, dear Jasper," she said, looking directly at her captain whose severe eyes made her stop, "I should thank you. Without you, my captain may have bled to death." And with that she released Jasper and went to the men that sat moaning on the floor. She looked them over closely. Each had several dozen lacerations, two had incredibly deep cuts to their legs and arms. Their clothes and the floor were coated in their crusting floor.

"Jasper," she turned to him and said through slightly parted lips, "I'll need your help. These men have deeper cuts and lacerations than I'd anticipated." She looked up at Christopher with smiling eyes. "Now I see why you brought in a second physician." She couldn't help but smile. "I suppose that you weren't expecting women to do so much damage?"

~*~

Xanthos stood beside Evelyn, a huge smile on his face. "Sure did! But Wee Jack won't let me off so easy next time. Ya see, I lowered myself down to his level, and when he swung for my face, I dodged and gave him an upper cut straight to his chin. Doubt it'll work a second time though. I was real sad to see you did get to see it happen, considerin what Jack was sayin about you to all our crew mates. But no one should mess with you now, not unless they want to deal with me anyway." He winked at her with a big grin. "Would ya like ta help me plot a course? I know it's not your specialty, but I could use the company and someone to bounce ideas off. The Cap doesn't seem to interested." He shrugged his shoulders. "But not like you have to or anything. I can do it on my own. Just thought I'd offer."

[Light Buster]

Alexandra continued to scout out the city for more crimes as she spotted a thief taking a bag of coins from a innocent women and dashing off with it. She immediately intercepted him and stood in front of his path before he could escape.

(Alexandra) "This is as far as you go."

The thief attempted to attack her with a knife but she quickly disarmed him and managed to tie him up with a nearby rope.

(Alexandra) Didn't need my guns for such an easy task.

[Cross Avantgarde]

"Why, dear Jasper," she said, looking directly at her captain whose severe eyes made her stop, "I should thank you. Without you, my captain may have bled to death." And with that she released Jasper and went to the men that sat moaning on the floor.

Jasper stared down at the floor, not completely lost in thought but a bit bewildered, nonetheless. Something seemed amiss. Why would Michael walk all the way to the clinic when he had an able physician aboard his ship? And what was the story behind Akantha’s sudden change in behavior? Was she toying with him?

"Jasper," she turned to him and said through slightly parted lips, "I'll need your help. These men have deeper cuts and lacerations than I'd anticipated." She looked up at Christopher with smiling eyes. "Now I see why you brought in a second physician." She couldn't help but smile. "I suppose that you weren't expecting women to do so much damage?"

It seemed that the pirates who attacked were women, an interesting fact. Jasper walked back over to the men and knelt down once again. His earlier confusion remained, but taking care of the injured came first. “Perhaps you have an infirmary on the ship? If not, it might be in our best interest to create a makeshift infirmary to ensure that the wounds don’t become infected under our watch.”

[mrpineapple]

"Ehh Sure, Why not?" Eve replied. Plotting a course had to be void of trouble, which was all she wanted out of the rest of today.
"Lead the way sonny"

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The storm had died down, and John was able to see into the distance. W..Was that Hinawa ? The trip wasn't as long as he had feared. He kicked the boy awake "Look son, this is the last leg of the journey, you better git yer act together or I'll make sure that you're unemployable when i get back!"
the boy lazily rose to his feet "alright, alright. I'm taking control"
John fell back onto some bags, "Good. let's have a good parting okay?" He sighed. This kid seemed so suitable for Evelyn before, how had he not seen through him before?

[pleasant_disorder]

Akantha looked at Jasper and took a swig from her rum bottle. Even in the dark, she could see that his face was flushed red. "Oh my. An infirmary, he says." She wasn't talking to anyone in particular, just aloud. "I'm afraid we lack one of those. Although merchant ships get hit all too often, we've been lucky so far. This is the first attack we've had." She studied their wounds more. "Too late. They're already infected. They need to be sterilized." She was a little amazed at the state these men were in. Christopher's crew was no one to be messed with. Although their captain appeared cordial and kind, underneath was the hard, metallic heart of a pirate. If he thought one of his men useless, he'd throw him overboard to the sharks and find a replacement.

She got up and went to a table sitting in the corner. "We can use this as a work table," she nodded her head towards his bag as she took another swig and made a stiff face. "I assume you brought some sterile utensils? Boiling mine will take too long." Akantha grabbed one of the men by his armpits and looked at the two men. "Well, are you going to help a lady or just stand there and look at me?" The man in her arms moaned as she pushed him into an upward sitting position.

-*-

Xanthos waved his arm and lead the way to the Captain's Quarters where the large map was splayed out on the table. He southern peninsula of Greece. "This is where we are right now." He scratched his black eye and winced. He'd forgotten how hard Noir had hit him. "Cap said to head somewhere safe and secluded, and relatively close by. Apparently he's making an announcement to the crew that he doesn't want others to overhear." He took the straight edge and drew a line to the Spartan ruins, and island just east of where they were.

He pointed to a small divot in the island on the map. "Hang Man's Cove." He said with sparkling eyes. "It's where the Spartans used to hang their prisoners of war. Ever hear of how the Spartan's went about killing their prisoners?" He'd read about it in a book once, and as he drew, he related the book's story to Eve. "After they found a man guilty, they offered the person - man, woman, or child - as an offering to Apollo. They chained their prisoners to the sides of cliffs and let the sun bake them dead." He drew the beginnings of their path in a dashed line.

He pointed to a green triangle at the tip of Greece. "There are two obstacles. First, the Athenian Naval Fleet." He stood over the map, scratching his head with the dull edge of his pencil, then lightly penciled in another dashed line, traveling further out from the coast of Greece. "Going around them will only take another hour, but," he pointed at a blue squiggle that intersected his pencil marking, "there's this current. If we're not careful, it'll carry us off to Erabyss." He sighed. "And with the Cap's navigatin, there's no bein careful. I might as well draw a path straight through Athens."

Xanthos tapped the pencil against his chin, thinking and silent. He looked at Evelyn with a huge grin. "Looks like we're between a rock and a hard place."

[Hollow Ichigo]

Christopher eyed his flirtatious doctor ever so menacingly. Even drunk she was no fool but her Captain told her a few detail concerning this mission. Fact One: They had indeed been attacked and yes by pirates. Second was that these men had failed him and from that they recieved punishment. Third the pirate Captains name was Micheal captain of the Rosewood a young pirate by all means. Fourth was that Christopher was preparing for a journey that would surely create more injuries so it wad only natiral to increase his medical powers; hence the recruitment of another doctor.

"If you'll excuse me I'll have dinner prepared. Pleasr Jasper join us its the least I can do for one that has come to my aid."

Christopher didnt wait for a reply and rather walked out of the room and closed the door behind himself. He trusted that women enough to distract Jasper for the time being. Till then he had work to do.

"Please find those two children and have them meet me in the supply room. Tell them I have a special request for dinner tonight." The pirate nodded and went to retrieve the two pirate cooks. They served great food, or they wouldnt be on his ship, and both were capable fighters. A win if Christopher didnt say so himself.

[mrpineapple]

"Hmm.. Well, we'll surely be overpowered if we get caught by the fleet." she thought aloud. "No matter how good you've got at tusslin' " Eve laughed.
"I guess that leaves us with the current. What do you say our chances are for that?"

She paused. "Does it have to be that island? is there any other ones without the dangers?"

[Folter]

Shaun sighed, he offered no opposition to his wrists being tied just wanting to get this done quickly and not wanting to give them reason to use the scalpel. After his wrists were tied he gave up any hope of escape knowing it was next to impossible to accomplish. Well if I somehow get... no that probably wont work.

He decided to tell them what they needed to know and nothing more. He wasn't a coward for giving them information, because he was the only one at risk. Giving info wouldn't hurt anyone but himself so he had nothing to hide... except a name or two.

[Light Buster]

Alexandra returned the stolen money back to the owner as she thanked her in a proper manner and ran off back to her family. She then decided to return to her private home which looked out into the city, which lied just at the base of the mountain, just past the forest of trees and bamboo since it was getting late and the night was already upon the city anyways. It was her private home that rarely got any attention since it was mostly out of sight. She decided to take a shower and get a quick rest, so she began to remove her clothing, hat, gloves, and let her hair down. All was left was her bare body from head to toe, which was blessed with beauty thanks to her inherent trait from Valera. While her home was mostly out of sight, anyone could still see through the big windows and if they were lucky enough, they could get a peek at her. Alexandra didn't mind much after all, she was a beautiful women after all.

She then stepped into the shower and began to clean herself off, humming a tone that her parents would always sing to her when she sleeping back in her childhood years. Once again, there was another window for anyone to peek in to get a good look of her body but it was mainly for venting the hot air out of her house. When her body was refreshed and cleaned, she then headed over to her bed and began to lie down. She needed the rest and if anyone wanted to attack her in the process, she'll have a surprise for them. She turned on her back and let her hair fall on to the bed as her hair straightened out while placing her head on to the pillow while drifting to sleep. She was now a sleeping beauty within a half of an hour but more dangerous than she looked.

[mrpineapple]

At last John had reached Hinawa. Getting off the boat, he turned to the boy. "Im sure some of that money i gave was for insurance, and i think i should be partly reimbursed fer incompetent crew"
The boy begrudgingly handed over a small bag of coins.

"Righto, any idea where she headed?" he was met with a blank stare. "Okay.. I guess I'll wander around the port" This guy was the worst sailor he had known. Good riddance to him.

Leaving the small boat, he headed to find the man in charge

[Cross Avantgarde]

"Oh my. An infirmary, he says." She wasn't talking to anyone in particular, just aloud. "I'm afraid we lack one of those. Although merchant ships get hit all too often, we've been lucky so far. This is the first attack we've had." She studied their wounds more. "Too late. They're already infected. They need to be sterilized."

She got up and went to a table sitting in the corner. "We can use this as a work table," she nodded her head towards his bag as she took another swig and made a stiff face. "I assume you brought some sterile utensils? Boiling mine will take too long."

“Certainly did,” Jasper responded, closing his briefcase in order to pick it up. Since there was no infirmary, the table would have to do. Fortunately only three men were injured, so the tight quarters wouldn’t be too hard to work in. Michael soon spoke.

"If you'll excuse me I'll have dinner prepared. Pleasr Jasper join us its the least I can do for one that has come to my aid."

Nodding, Jasper did not notice that Michael had left before Jasper began to answer. “Yes, I would be glad to. I have a prior engagement this evening in the Lyceum, but I’m free until then.” Looking back, he noticed that Michael had likely not heard him. He turned again to Akantha.

Akantha grabbed one of the men by his armpits and looked at the two men. "Well, are you going to help a lady or just stand there and look at me?" The man in her arms moaned as she pushed him into an upward sitting position.

Jasper moved over to the table right away, placing the briefcase on top before opening it again. “Alright, feel free to use anything here. When I first got here I cleaned to wounds, so we should be able to move to fighting the infection stat.” He looked at the other two men who needed to be moved to the table and walked over to them. “Good sirs, please allow me to assist you to a position near the table.” He knelt down and placed the second man’s arm—the wounds were less profound on that arm—across his shoulders as he helped the man limp to the table, sitting him up as Akantha had done for the first man. Afterwards he did the same for the remaining man and all three patients were soon near the table, ready to be assisted by the two physicians.

Had he not become once again hyper-focused on his work, Jasper may have asked Akantha when it was that she had left Greece and why she chose to become a merchant marine. But as ministering to a patient always did to him, Jasper seemed almost lost in thought as he studied the wounds of the men. “Akantha,” he said suddenly, “the infection hasn’t spread much. I recommend superficial treatment for the wounds of all three men. What’s your prognosis?”

[Spydermonkey]

PLAMEN had been following Alexandra around for some time, as he watched her, he saw her taking a shower, he thought to himself 'I should look away, but i might miss something' as she laid down to sleep he got into her house and sat in a room that he knew she would have to enter, and waited for her to get up.

[Light Buster]

OOC: Spydermonkey I'm surprised you didn't try to do it to her but nevertheless but let us keep the story between us going.

IC:

As Alexandra opened her green eyes, she stretched her body, her body glowed from the moonlight ray to show the extent of her beautiful body.

(Alexandra) "Mmh, that was a good night sleep. Well then..."

Alexandra moved her legs off of her bed, her bare feet touched the ground as she stood, her hair covered her breast while stretching her arms but her butt was completely exposed though, showing off the beautiful but natural curves of her body, which she inherited. Being out with nature like this without any clothes on was refreshing for her. Just her, plants, trees, even animals. It was very lovely indeed, that she can be one with nature. She loves the place that she currently living right now and she wonder if any man would be able to find her like this or even find her place. Of course, one man has already entered her household and by his scent it would be PLAMEN again, a very clever man indeed. She wondered what he wanted from her again...wanted a talk about the treasure, mad about taking another one of his contracts down, or even try to show his love to her, but it really didn't matter. In her current state, she was very happy. Alexandra turned to face PLAMEN with a friendly smile, who was waiting for her in the entry room of the house just before her bedroom, while exposing her body to him at the same time with the hair in the way of her breasts of course.

(Alexandra) "Good evening PLAMEN, what brings you here on this lovely night?"

[pleasant_disorder]

Akantha grinned at his question. "I have a similar prognosis my good doctor," and she poured her rum onto the man's arm. He gave a grunt of discomfort and the arm twitched. Then she lifted the rum up and swished the bottle then took a swig. "Always good to have a bottle of rum lyin around." She looked at the door Christopher had exited through and stood up. She stood up and went over to the doctoral tool kit. She took out a needle and suture thread and went to the man. "Let's stitch em' back together, eh?" She offered Jasper a needle and suture and went to her man after he took it from her. Despite her drunken state, Akantha stitched with amazing precision and speed, with small, economical stitching.

She worked on a large gash in the man's shoulder blade. "There's nothing like stitching up an old crew mate's failures," she gave a loud laugh and slapped the man on the back. He growled angrily and grumbled a low, insidious curse. Akantha whispered into his ear, "Why don't you go take it up with the captain, eh?" And the man blanched, his eyes shifting to the floor.

~*~

Xanthos tapped the peninsula, his brow knitted in concentration. "The closest islands to that is north of here..." and then it hit him. "Wait." He measured the distance from their location to another location, within the crevice of Greece's peninsula and mainland. "I forgot completely about Silent Point. It's a pretty shady and unknown Privateer cove used by a few of our friends. But no one dangerous." He gave his lopsided grin. "Glad you were here! Never woulda thought of it without ya. Let's go find the Cap and let em' know to set sail North." And then he walked out of the cabin to go look for Noir.

Once they'd made it to the deck, Xanthos hailed the captain. "Set sail North!" He yelled. Immediately the crew began setting up the deck for sail. All of them working with a slight tremble of excitement in their hands.

[Esiphas]

Noir grinned. ''You heard the man! Lets get moving north! Be quick about it, or I swear, I'll get Hayate to bite yer asses!'' He grinned, then almost leapt up the stairs to the helm, eager to be back moving again after all the waiting. This would all be worth it. He hoped.

Haley smiled at Noirs joke, and tusseled hayate's fur. He wouldn't eat a cat, let alone a Human. The big wolfhound may have looked intiidating, but he was friendlier than a feline and more loyal to boot. And of course, would-be boarders might not have thought him so friendly- more than one potential border had let go of his rope raher than swing into the dog. ''Hey Xanatha. Where exactly are we going?''

[mrpineapple]

Heh! Eve thought, That wasn't so hard, I can steal Xan's job in no time she smiled to herself.
She headed up to the deck with Xanthos and smiled at Haley as Xan called over.

They were finally on the move again, Although, this announcement that the captain was going to give gave her the shivers.

[Spydermonkey]

PLAMEN stood up walked over to Alexandra, and blew the hair off of her breasts, "you don't have to cover them, I saw them last night while you were in the shower" said PLAMEN with a smile, albeit a creepy smile. "As for my visit" continued PLAMEN " I am here just to talk with my dear friend, Alexandra, and to see if any good leads have popped up yet?"

[Light Buster]

(PLAMEN) "You don't have to cover them, I saw them last night while you were in the shower."

Alexandra took note of PLAMEN's cleverness as he blew her hair off of her breasts as the hair flew behind her shoulder and went completely down, revealing her breasts along with her beautiful body. He was very clever indeed, not only he managed to get a glimpse at her beautiful body when she was taking a shower, he also found his way in to the house. She had to admit that PLAMEN did look cute and was very good at what he did. She wondered what kind of body he would have if she were to do it with him.

(Alexandra) "You know, you look cute under all of that armor."

Alexandra then turned her attention to the current subject.

(Alexandra) "As for the treasure, I've asked the locals and some of the pirates I've captured around here and nobody is really quite sure the exact location of this legendary treasure is but people have been seeing it on the same ship of the same legend around the seas of Mundus so we can start there. As far as we're concerned, finding it won't be easy so we'll need to find a ship and someone who can navigate the seas well. We can start by looking around Pallas Sea or Thallasa Sea but it's your call..."

Alexandra then changed the subject again as he got close to her.

(Alexandra) "Or we can do it if you want..."

[pleasant_disorder]

Xanthos' grin was still smeared across his face. "Wouldn't ya know it, cap. I'm sittin' there, tryin' ta thinkin about sailin to Sparta, but there's that current and the Greek Naval Fleet to the south, when Eve says somethin' about goin' else where. Coulda punched myself when she said that. I hadn't thoughta Silent Cove. We'll be there before the sun moves much farther." He jabbered at the mouth, excited to feel the roll of waves rocking the boat beneath him. They'd been land locked far too long. The fights had been enough to distract him, but in these moments, when they were setting sail, all of the violence left Xanthos.

[Esiphas]

Noir grinned. ''Silent Cove? Sounds liek a good idea to me. It may be more public than I'd like.. but, well, you'll see. All hands, Brace up! We're setting sail you salty dogs!'' Grinning like a Madman, Noir tunred the wheel in the direction of Silent cove. ''You'd better get up here and help me out Noir. Your the one with the map.'' As Xan came up, Noir patted himon the back and said ''Have I ever told you i couldn't do this without you? Best damn navigator i've ever found.''

Haley walked up Beside Evelyn as Noir continued chatting to Xan. ''Really something, Isn't he? Don't deny it, your impressed too. Hes got spirit, and Skill.'' It wasn't enturely clear who she was talking about, and her gaze wasn't on either noir or Xan, but On the rope she was tying Hayate too. ''I knwo you hate it boy, but we cant ahve you jumping overbaord. we need you, yea?'' She scratched his chin as she waited for Evelyns answer.

[Cross Avantgarde]

Akantha grinned at his question. "I have a similar prognosis my good doctor," and she poured her rum onto the man's arm. He gave a grunt of discomfort and the arm twitched. Then she lifted the rum up and swished the bottle then took a swig. "Always good to have a bottle of rum lyin around." She looked at the door Christopher had exited through and stood up. She stood up and went over to the doctoral tool kit. She took out a needle and suture thread and went to the man. "Let's stitch em' back together, eh?" She offered Jasper a needle and suture and went to her man after he took it from her. Despite her drunken state, Akantha stitched with amazing precision and speed, with small, economical stitching.

Jasper’s eyes widened a bit at Akantha’s treatment of the patients. While some would certainly consider it to be rather uncouth, it was nevertheless effective. Jasper almost laughed, but he was a bit concerned for Akantha. She’d never seemed to indulge freely in alcohol before, and though it didn’t seem to hamper her ability whatsoever, Jasper wondered what had happened to her since her departure from Greece. He took the sutures from her along with the needle and turned to the man in front of him.

“Slight sting on the way, sir. But it won’t last long.” Jasper used the sutures he’d taken from Akantha and began his medical ministrations. Each stitch was done with nigh textbook precision, and he spoke to Akantha while he did so. “So, it sounds like your captain has a lot of respect on the ship? He certainly seems like quite the capable man. But how did you come to be on the ship?”

[pleasant_disorder]

Akantha furrowed her brow in response to Jasper. She accidentally stuck the needle deep on one of her stitches and the man beneath her sewing hand jumped. "Stay still," she growled at him. Her face hardened as she thought of the reason she was on this ship. "I suppose you aren't much for gossip, so you probably hadn't heard about my husband." She inhaled deeply, then exhaled with a sigh. "He threw me out of our home and into the streets because I couldn't conceive a child for him. He then told everyone that the reason behind my barrenness was because I was committing adultery." She stopped stitching and stood up, stretching her back. "He's done on my side."

She bit her lip, thinking about her husband. "I didn't have any choice but to start up my old practice. But it's hard to start a practice when you're the laughing stock of the Greecian Isle, but I didn't have any money, so I couldn't leave and start up somewhere else." She sighed. "My only hope was to find a merchant ship that needed a physician, someone that didn't know me. And along came," she thought for a second, trying to remember Christopher's fake name, "Michael. And that's how I ended up here. I haven't been in Greece in almost two years."

Akantha smiled genuinely since the first time she'd started talking about her past. "Besides. You'd be surprised how reckless merchants are. They're always needed to be stitched up."

[mrpineapple]

Eve wasn't sure who se meant. "Heh, the both of them are cut from the same sheet o' cloth"

Eve smiled. She had heard rumours that her and the captain had something between them, she must be talknig about Noir. "I think don't need to worry while he's onboard anyway"

[Esiphas]

Haley nodded. ''He'd look after all of us. Theres no denything that much, always ready for a fight, always ready for an adventure. He's a good person. And he likes you alot'' She patted Hayate on the hed as he wimpered, then looked up at Evelyn. '''What about you? How do ou feel about him?''

[Spydermonkey]

Alexandra drew closer to PLAMEN and said "Or we can do it if you want..." PLAMEN wasn't sure of this was a trap or not, but either way he will learn more buy allowing it to go further, with the added benefit of laying with Alexandra if its not a trap. PLAMEN undid the armor of his chest plate, allowing his torso to be shown, he had many scars from battle on his torso, but he looked at her and said " your choice"

[Light Buster]

(PLAMEN) "Your choice."
(Alexandra) "Is that so?"

PLAMEN revealed his torso as he took off his armor and clothing, showing the scars of battle that he endured throughout his life, presuming that he came from the Chaos Island, which was under the influence of Eris, the Goddess of Discord. Alexandra herself came from Valera, under the influence of Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty. He was indeed, sexy, despite the many scars he has, but maybe scars do make a man more sexier. Maybe a match from heaven was destined to happen as Alexandra walked behind PLAMEN and gave him a slight but gentle push to her bed while moving with him. Once they were close to the bed, Alexandra then began to strip off the remaining armor and clothing from PLAMEN's lower body, starting with his boots. She unlaced the boots and took it off for him as well as any garments that he may have under his boots, revealing his bare feet. She then moved back up to his torso, wrapped her arms around his waist, and removed the remaining lower garments and all was left was his bare and scarred up body. She then gave him a kiss as she then wrapped her arms around his body.

Alexandra then moved in front PLAMEN and gently pulled him down along with herself to the bed. She then revealed her body to him and spread her legs out, allowing him the pleasure of a lifetime as she blushed...

(Alexandra) "Whenever you're ready..."

[pleasant_disorder]

The kid stood like a super hero with his feet shoulder length apart, his hands on his hips, breeze whipping through his hair. "Don't worry cap," Xanthos said, "if anyone's too close, ya could just send me an' Wee Jack ta make em leave." Standing next to Noir at the ship's wheel made him swell with pride. And when Noir commented that he couldn't do it without Xanthos, the sixteen year old could have burst. Noir slapped his back with a hard, stinging slap. "Bet yer glad I convinced ya ta take me on." He laughed. "D'ya remember when I told ya I was only fourteen? Ya almost fell out of yer chair laughin'." He inhaled deeply and let the sea-salt air fill his lungs.

[mrpineapple]

Eve became unsure again about who Haley was talking about. It was a bit late to ask now though.
Maybe she was talking about Xan, did haley want to know what she really thought of Xan? did Eve even know what she herself really thought of Xan?

"I'd hope he'd like me, there hasn't been a bad word between us." she replied generically. She couldn't answer the last question unless she was sure who they were talking about, and also, she felt slightly embarrassed.

"Does Hayate always need to be tied up when we set sail?" she asked, eager to change the topic.

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John headed to the dockmaster's shed-thing that was set up between the border of the dock and the town. Knocking on the door, it swung open to reveal a large burly man who towered over him. "ken I be helpen' ya?" he asked in a gruff Hiwanian accent. John queried him about Evelyn, making various hand gestures to describe her height, figure and anything he could to describe her.

"Aye. There be someone of tha' nature around here, I think I've seen 'er at the market selling furs, meat and things. She is a hellova catch I tell ye, Caught me eye as soon as she came into port"

Guy was delighted, she was still here! He thanked the man several times and left for the inn for the night. He would have to wait another day for the market, but he had found her now, and that was all he that mattered to him.
Handing over some coins to the innkeep, John bought a room for the night, and slept easy in what seemed to be the first time in ages.

[Esiphas]

Haley smiled to herself. She's confused. She doesent know who im talking about, but she's thinking about both. She nodded. ''Except if theres an eemy ship nearing, yea. he's prone to jumping in to the sea.'' She laughed as Hayate came over and nuzzled Evelyns hand, Curious as to Evelyns presence. He gave a sort of whimper. Haley laughed again. ''I think he's hungry. Go grab him a Bone from the scrap barrel, If you like.''

Noir laughed again. ''As I recall, I did fall outta my chair. '14? 14? Is that it? Should I start hiring minnows next?' I belive were my exact words. Ah, your no Minnow Xan. More like a Monster catch. And you know what? Theres no way in hell i'm throwing you back.'' He Smiled, and Xan could tell he was being serious. ''Your too valuable here.''

[pleasant_disorder]

Xanthos stared straight ahead. "Wouldn't want to go back anyway, cap." It was the truth. After his parents abandoned him on the Dydrogdan Islands, he'd been on his own since he was very young. "Y'all're the closest thing I got to a family. Wouldn't leave it for the world." He revered Noir like a father and Hayley a mother. Although he found himself attracted to Evelyn and often made jocular passes at her, he felt that she was closer to a sister than a love interest. And he knew how she felt about him. He was too young, too immature. But that was fine because that's how it was, and Xanthos wasn't about to try and change it. Wee Jack was his wee uncle, while the rest of the crew were more distant, more like cousins than siblings. But regardless, he loved them all.

"Besides, cap," Xanthos said with a smile. "You'd probably eat me before ya let me go." He was well aware that despite his closeness with the captain, his captain was still a hardened pirate. He'd seen Noir cheerfully throw a man off the plank, into the ocean, turn around and tell the rest of them, "Double crossers don't live. No matter who they be." Noir was the ocean. Rough and tumble at most times, but calm and serene at points.

[mrpineapple]

"Heh heh. He's so nice, i can't imagine him attacking anyone. Even our enemies!". she gave his head a rub. "How's about we get you a bone?" Eve said, crouching down. She looked to Haley "i think that's a yes, don't you?"

"alright, I'll be back in a moment" Evelyn called as she headed to find the scraps.

[Spydermonkey]

PLAMEN awoke the next morning feeling more replenished than ever, he looked over and saw Alexandra laying next to him. He quietly got up went out to get some fresh fruits, and made some breakfast for him and her.

OOC: keeping it pg-13ish XD

[Light Buster]

Alexandra awoke from the night of her lifetime as her body was flowing with energy making it feel good for her already, or maybe that good feeling was from last night. Still, she liked it, especially the sexy moves that PLAMEN had in store for her. Even up to this point, she can still remember how the night played out for the two of them in the same bed, she could also hear her own moans from the night. She remained in bed to look for PLAMEN but she heard noise in the kitchen, presuming that he was making breakfast for the two of them.

She was now interested in the legendary treasure that she was reminded of from PLAMEN as she began to straighten out her hair as she wondered what PLAMEN was making for the two of them as she laid back down on the bed as she waited for more pleasure from PLAMEN if he wanted it.

[Esiphas]

Hayate sat down, his eyes following Evelyn as she wentvto thre stairs leading down to the galley. Down below, Crimson morgan was singing something from his homeland, And the smells of about 20 fifferent spices and herbs blended together drifted heavily from the galley. Evidently Crimson was cooking.

Noir smiled, then chuckled. "Good to know Xan.Good to know. Though i wouldnt eat you. If you really wanted to go, Id chew you up, then spit you out if you still wanted to go." He looked deadly serious. Then seconds on, he split a huge grin, and said "Oh Xan... you know im a kidder. If you wanted.to leave you could.I eoildnt say no."

[pleasant_disorder]

Xanthos eyed his captain warily, then grinned as well. "We shouldn't be thinkin'a somethin like that." It physically felt painful to Xanthos to think of himself leaving the crew, the ship, Noir, Hayley, Evelyn; even the idea of leaving Hiyate behind made his stomach sour. He loved them all far too much. This sort of emotional attachment was widely considered effeminate within the pirate world, and pirates mocked Noir for it, though never in front of him. It was what Xanthos loved about Noir's ship.

"We should be arriving at the cove shortly, cap. I'm curious to hear your news." Just as Xanthos finished his statement, the cove came into sight.

~*~

Akantha smiled at Jasper, "If you'll excuse me for a brief moment," her voice was unusually soft. "I need to..." she paused, not really knowing what she needed to do. She simply wanted to go on deck and take a breath of fresh air. Thinking about her ex-husband had made her rather melancholy. "I need to find the captain and ask him a question. It should only take me a few minutes."

She'd forgotten that she actually had a question for the captain. Akantha left Jasper and went up to the deck to find Christopher. When she found him in the kitchen, she asked in a very low, quiet voice. "Christopher, I don't often question your motives. It's not my place. I am simply your doctor. But I must ask: why Jasper?" Her frowning face and furrowed brow showed her obvious irritation with his choice. "Besides, he's not going to stay with the crew. He said moments ago that he would had an engagement with another person..." her face slowly sank into a look of shock and horror as she realized what he was doing. She whispered her next question, "You're going to kidnap him, aren't you?"

((OOC: Come back to us Hollow Ichigo!!))

[~Shobu~]

Sapphira decided she should place the rum down before she finished the bottle. It would be a rather useless interrogation if she couldn't register what the man says, much less remember it. She corked it and placed it underneath the elaborately carved Hinawan desk which was bolted into the floor. Then she shoved the map and and navigation tools off the surface and took a sit. Comfortable enough, she turned her attention to the bound boy.

"Give us your name lad," she said, placing her feet on each arm of the desk chair. She knew she could probably be doing something much more important than interrogating a silly thief, but she had about four days to do whatever so she wasn't in any hurry. "Then you can tell us exactly how you plan to contribute to our little... exploration."

After Hades disappeared in a stream of black smoke, Nemo was left alone again as Euthalia. Another reason why Nemo enjoyed being Euthalia, aside from being able to visit Jasper, was because Euthalia looked very much like Nemo's normal form, only brown-haired, tan, blue-eyed, and human. As Euthalia, she's can at least be somewhat comfortable, but transforming into other people made her feel a tad... guilty.

After every encounter with Hades after an extended period of time of not seeing him, Nemo was always shaken up. Hades is a terribly frightening god. His immortal beauty is a sin in itself, but the man is a pure sadist. Nemo didn't know why all of the Dead Eye fuss was exciting him so much. Why after so long would he suddenly take interest in the treasure and story of Tabais Dead Eye again? Nemo didn't dare question him. Who in their right mind would question the God of the Underworld?

Nemo stood in the alley way for a moment as she collected her composure. Once she did, she took a deep breath and walked casually out of the narrow corridor and head to her cottage. There was work to be done before her meeting tonight. She could only hope nothing would go wrong and interfere with her plans.

[mrpineapple]

Eve had returned. "Here you go boy" she said, chucking him a bone, which had a generous amount of scraps still left on it.
"Oh, that was quicker than expected" she gasped, seeing the first signs of the cove. "I'll chuck another one onto the beach and he can run around with it" she smiled. Evelyn loved dogs, and this one was adorable.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

It was the day of the market. John woke up from his bed in the inn, well rested.
He nodded to the innkeeper as he left. He ambled towards the market square.
It was busy. much busier than his hometown, no wonder everyone came to trade here.

he looked around for a fur stall, eager to see Evelyn again, although he didn't know what to say when he found her.
at the back of one of the larger houses, he found it. darkness secluded it and he couldn't really see, he walked in closer and saw a slim figure.
"Evelyn?" he asked out loud.

[Spydermonkey]

PLAMEN walked in with the fresh fruit and some home made omelets, they sat in bed eating and PLAMEN turned to Alexandra and asked "was there enough 'energy' in here last night" and winked at her

[Cross Avantgarde]

Akantha furrowed her brow in response to Jasper. She stuck the needle to deep on one of her stitches and the man jumped. "Stay still," she growled at him. Her hardened as she thought of the reason she was on this ship. "I suppose you aren't much of a gossiper, so you probably hadn't heard what happened." She inhaled then exhaled. "My husband threw me out of our home and into the streets because I couldn't conceive a child for him. He then told everyone that the reason behind my barrenness was because I was committing adultery." She stopped stitching and stood up, stretching her back. "He's done on my side."


Jasper admittedly lost his focus for a second. He sympathized with Akantha, despite the fact that he had never experienced anything quite like her hardship. He began to work more slowly as she spoke again.

She bit her lip, thinking about her husband. "I didn't have any choice but to start up my old practice. But it's hard to start a practice when you're the laughing stock of the Greecian Isle, but I didn't have any money, so I couldn't leave and start up somewhere else." She sighed. "My only hope was to find a merchant ship that needed a physician, someone that didn't know me. And along came," she thought for a second, trying to remember Christopher's fake name, "Michael. And that's how I ended up here. I haven't been in Greece in almost two years."

Akantha smiled genuinely since the first time she'd started talking about her past. "Besides. You'd be surprised how reckless merchants are. They're always needed to be stitched up."

Jasper was relieved to see her smile and nodded in agreement. He finished his ministrations to the patient and began tending to the last man. He noticed that he was still working rather slowly, probably because he was saddened to hear of Akantha’s hardship. He had no idea she’d been through such an ordeal.

Akantha smiled at Jasper, "If you'll excuse me for a brief moment," her voice was unusually soft. "I need to..." she paused, not really knowing what she needed to do. She simply wanted to go on deck and take a breath of fresh air. Thinking about her ex-husband had made her rather melancholy. "I need to find the captain and ask him a question. It should only take me a few minutes."

Jasper watched her walk out, unable to tell if bringing up her past had been a bad idea or not. Perhaps she’d left because of something she just thought of? Or was it that Jasper had opened old wounds? Hoping it was the former, Jasper finished his work and looked at the patients. “And we’re done! Don’t worry, you’ll most likely get the full range of motion in your limbs soon, but we’ll have to take the sutures out later to get things feeling totally back to normal. Until then, stay away from pirates, bramble bushes, and—depending upon whether the cooks on this magnificent vessel are female or not—armed masters of the culinary arts.” Jasper laughed at his own dry joke, noting simultaneously that it had not gone over quite as well as he’d liked. “Just be careful,” he quickly added in the awkward silence, shaking his head.

[Light Buster]

(PLAMEN) "Was there enough 'energy' in here last night?"

As PLAMEN winked at her, Alexandra moved next to him and gave PLAMEN a kiss on his cheek before she took a bite out of her omelet.

(Alexandra) "Indeed. Thanks for the night we had together."

[Esiphas]

Hayate gratwfully gnawed away at the boe, after h happy bark. For a wolfhound, he was an incredibly friendly dog. Chewing most of the scraps off in a few second, He began biting on the bone. Aboaut a minute later, there was a sharp CRACK, and most of the crew turned too look- only to see Hayate, aa dopyey expression on his face,, and half of the bone in his mouth whilst the other had snapped nd now hung from his snow white fur. A good portion of the crew burst into laughter.

About 10 minutes later, the ship pulled up in port,and with a loud splash, the anchor was released. From the Galley, Crimson morgan shouted "Grub-Ho!" As je brought up a steaming animal leg- no doubt covered in huge amounts of spices and herbs, and Enough Greenery to keep the crew clear of Scrurvy without complaint. Noir chukled. "Everyone grab som meat, a bit of greens and tuck in! And be sure to eat the greeneey. Scurvy aint pleasant." Wee jack seemed to be first in line somehow, and Xan could see a huge bruise on his face where he had been struck.

[Spydermonkey]

"all the thanks goes to you"replied PLAMEN "but on a different matter, what do you think we should do about that treasure?"

[Light Buster]

(PLAMEN) "All the thanks goes to you. But on a different matter, what do you think we should do about that treasure?"

Alexandra thought about the treasure for a bit. With all the contracts completed here and Tazo now free of crime, she wondered the reward if she were to get her hands on the legendary treasure. Despite not wanting the treasure, she would like to go out on an adventure for the treasure to decrease the pirate activity. After all, having to stick with her lover PLAMEN, it would surely be an adventure of a lifetime that she'll will enjoy, especially with PLAMEN.

(Alexandra) "I figured that we should get our hands on it."

Alexandra was still next to PLAMEN, wonder what he'll think of next.

[mrpineapple]

This looked good. Eve put aside the other scraps she had for Hayte and joined the queue.
She was glad Noir had picked such a good cook. Everything always tasted nice, even when they had next to no supplies.
Evelyn stood midway in the queue, eager to fill her stomach.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"Sorry" A voice replied and the figure came out of the shadows to reveal an elegant woman, who while matching Evelyn's description, was in fact, not her.
"There's no one here by that name, can I help ye sir? what about some furs?"

"Oh, sorry, I was told there was someone here that I was looking for, but I'm afraid you just look very similar to her" John sighed openly as he turned to leave.
His hand was held by the woman. "I remember a woman coming by, oh musta been a few weeks ago, who people kept mistakin' me for" she suggested "she looked kinda like you too, in a way. same shape face I think"
John turned back around, refreshed by the news. She continued to speak, " i do believe she went an' joined some pirate crew, she seemed eager to be explorin' and they said they'd take her in. Lavora i think they were headed. Stocking up on supplies and what not"

"Really? Thank you very much!" John was conflicted. At least this time he knew where she was, but she had mixed with the exact people she hoped she wouldn't ever have to mix with. God knows what lecherous things they would be doing to her at this very moment. Next stop would have to be the docks again, to see if he could hitch a ride with anyone headed that direction.

He thanked the woman again, and started to head out, but his hand was still grasped, was there more information?
"Information comes at a price you know" she looked at him.

[pleasant_disorder]

Xanthos wasn't hungry. He decided to wait until last to get food and stood next to Noir. "Have I ever told you what happened to me as a kid?" Xanthos asked. It was a strange time to be reminiscent about his past, but something drove him to share with Noir. When Noir replied that he hadn't, Xanthos let out a little sigh. "They left me there on the Drydrogen Islands when I was a wee lad, smaller than Wee Jack. Just up and left me." His face softened. "This crews all I got, cap. You are my family." His face cheered into a grin. "Leavin' y'all behind would be like doin' what my parents did ta me. An' I couldn't bring myself ta do somethin' like that." Xanthos knew that if he ever did decide to leave the crew, he would do it when no one would notice his disappearance. He'd be unable to face Noir or Hayley or Evelyn. The thought made him sad, but his face stayed grinning because he knew that it would never happen. When Xanthos had been accepted aboard Noir's ship, he knew it was a life-long commitment.

[Spydermonkey]

Alexandra wants to go for the treasure, so PLAMEN suggested "why dont we go tothe library and research the treasure?"

[Esiphas]

Noir Smiled. ''Well Xan, once again, you appear to have led us safely to our destination. Good work. Go on, get some grub. I'll join you in a minute. Just... Gottta think about things.'' He turned away from the helm and walked to the back of the ship. His heart was racing. He wasn't keen on telling the crew this, but they were almost out of gold. They had nough to make it back to Lavora after one last attempt at a raid, and they could possibly settle down there. But in truth, if they went after Dead eyes treasure, and came back with nothing... They wouldn't make it halfway before their food supplies ran out. He didn't want to loose Haley. He didn't want to loose Xan, nor Morgan, Nor Evelyn. Even Hayate. He didn't think he'd be able to stand it if they all died, just because he ordered them to the grave. It'd be like ordering my Kids to charge at a wall of Cannons. he Thought. I have to give them a choice.

As Evelyns turn came to get food, Morgan Smiled o her. ''Are yah feelin hungry today lass? Hoepfully it tastes as good as ever. I'm told im a good cook. But so was my father, and he managed to burn soup.'' He gave a deep chuckle as he handed Evelyn her slab of meat, then gave her a decent amout- though not too much- of vegetables. ''Grab a seat Lass, and Enjoy.''

[Light Buster]

(PLAMEN) "Why don't we go to the library and research the treasure?"
(Alexandra) "You read my mind PLAMEN."

She then decided to get out of bed and stretch her body out for a bit, revealing her body to PLAMEN as the sun ray shined on her body. After adjusting her hair, she turned to PLAMEN.

(Alexadra) "Shall we head to the library?"

[mrpineapple]

Evelyn beamed. "I am indeed. But no worries, your cooking always solves that." he doled out her meal. "Looks great!" she smiled. She noticed he left out her least favourite vegetable, she was grateful.. Whatever booty share he was getting, wasn't enough. Evelyn didn't know where Noir had procured him from.

She sat down to start digging into her meal. Reminding herself to keep the ends for hayate.

[Hollow Ichigo]

How odd. The women that drank 24 hours a day. Care not for the dealings of the ship and ran from truly horrible life was behind him. As if this wasn't enough she felt sorry for Jasper when she digured out his plan. Christopher smiled before speaking not bothering to turn in her direction. "And if I was?" This both a question and a warning. Jasper cpuld be right behind her afterall.

[pleasant_disorder]

Akantha sighed and took a swig from her rum bottle. She recovered herself, quickly wiping the horror and surprise from her face. She didn't know why she was surprised. It wasn't like Christopher was acting out of character. She stood in the doorway looking at the back of her captain's head, postulating her response with a careful choice of words. "And if you are, then I am behind you, sir." She said simply. Akantha may have felt sorry for Jasper, but she was in no mood to die for him. She relaxed and took another drink.

"I suppose he'll be a good asset to your crew." She stepped closer to her captain and whispered, her breath hot on his ear. "You don't have to worry, Michael," Akantha smiled at her own joke, "I won't say anything." She stepped from the him and said, "I'm interested to see how dinner goes," then left. As Akantha walked away, she thought about Christopher's lack of concern for others. She found it rather fascinating that someone could live the way he did. When she returned, Jasper had already finished the suturing up the men.

Akantha gave a pleasant smile. "I'm sorry for leaving you by yourself. I was just asking the captain how long we had til dinner. I thought it'd take us a bit longer to finish stitchin these fellas. Guess I was wrong." She sniffed the air, smelling the dankness of the ship's belly. "What d'ya say we go up on deck? I hate the way these places smell. We can sit in my room and talk until the captain calls us for dinner. I'd rather like to hear what's been going on in the Greecian medical circuit since I left."

~*~

Xanthos went to get some food from Morgan. "Best grub on the planet," he grinned as he held out his plate for food, waiting patiently for his serving. "Yer foods better than any of them fancy ole landlubbers can make."

[Folter]

"Then you can tell us exactly how you plan to contribute to our little... exploration."

"My name is Shaun. Just Shaun. And your friend out there said your after something big. And he made a mistake by telling me this. And I think I know why. My guess is that he doesn't understand how important it is. This being do to one of three reasons, or a combination of. Reason one, he doesn't have a significant amount of information, due to you not having a ton. Or reason two he's just new and you didn't tell him. Or three he's just not very bright. My guess a mix of one and three. So if you don't have all the info,your gonna need it. And some of that info may not be very easily obtained. So that's how I can help, I'm a thief. Stealth is my specialty, so now you know.

[Spydermonkey]

PLAMEN stood up, and turned to the revealed Alexandra, and stated "well, first I think we should get dressed, I don't think they would be happy if we were nude" and he put a grin on his face.

[Light Buster]

(PLAMEN) "Well, first I think we should get dressed, I don't think they would be happy if we were nude."
(Alexandra) "Indeed."

Alexandra first gave PLAMEN a kiss on the cheek and then she began to retrieve PLAMEN's clothing and armor as well as her own and gave PLAMEN his clothing with a smile.

[Cross Avantgarde]

Akantha gave a pleasant smile. "I'm sorry for leaving you by yourself. I was just asking the captain how long we had til dinner. I thought it'd take us a bit longer to finish stitchin these fellas. Guess I was wrong." She sniffed the air, smelling the dankness of the ship's belly. "What d'ya say we go up on deck? I hate the way these places smell. We can sit in my room and talk until the captain calls us for dinner. I'd rather like to hear what's been going on in the Greecian medical circuit since I left."

Jasper nodded, and was grateful for the offer. He wasn’t used to working in quarters that were tight and dimly lit, and he would have been lying if he said that he wasn’t curious to see more of the impressive ship.

“Sure,” Jasper agreed. “And, do you think we could find a place to wash the blood off my hands? I’m afraid that one of the wounds was a bit more profuse than the rest.” He used his left hand to repack his briefcase since it had far less blood on it and wouldn’t sully the rest of his tools and utensils. “And for the record, I’ve come to the swift conclusion that your husband is a fool. Though he would have blamed you for barrenness, I could equally level the accusation at him that he may indeed be sterile.” It was an awkward topic, but Jasper was hoping to dispel the cloud that had settled over their earlier conversation when he invoked Akantha’s past. A quick jab at the man who had hurt her seemed like a good preliminary remedy.

[Esiphas]

Morgan smiled. ''Xanatha, my Boy! The satisfied belching you usually do is enough to tell me that! Least you can do is try not to inflate my ego any more than it is Mon.'' handing him his food, he tousled his hair, then called to the Captain ''You wantin Any Cap'n?'' Noir nodded. Then he came over to the balcony. ''My friends, You know I have an announcment to make. Well, here it is. Ourtime together is almost at an End. We cannot afford to keept his ship going much longer. Unless we find a miracle, I cannot see us lasting any further than one raid, then retirement in Lavora.'' He strolled up the deck, then slammed his hands on the helm. ''I have found a miracle. And Itis also a curse. If we take this oppertunity, then come back empty handed, We die of starvation on the open ocean.'' A few of the crew looked reproachful. ''But if we take it and Suceed, we come back richer than the greatest king of old. I cannot force you to come. But who's with me?'' Morgan, Headless, Scarecrow Jane and a large majority of the crew yelled ''Aye!'' In unison. Haley too, nodded, unable to speak and Blushing heaily, watching Noirs charismatic preformance. A few crew members looked unsure, icluding Wee Jack and His friends

Alena nodded. ''Yes umm... Shaun... Speaks the truth. Honestly, I doubt he would have beene found had Ryko not been such a keen observer. You'll have to forgive him Shaun. Hes not very good Socially with others of his age. A great storyteller though. Umm... Back to the point at ahnd.. captain... What should we... do with Shaun? My gut says he might be handy.''

[pleasant_disorder]

Akantha blinked slowly at Jasper. She took a short sip from the rum bottle, swished on her tongue, then swallowed. "I have a wash basin in my room. You can use that." She motioned for him to follow behind. Her lips lifted into a small, confident smile. "He was quite the fool," she said, making it obvious that she was no longer upset by the conversation topic. "What's worse is that I even made arrangements for another wife. I'd decided that my bareness shouldn't keep him from an heir. I loved him. I wanted him to be happy, and if another woman who could bare him a child made him happy, then I was happy." Akantha enjoyed talking to Jasper. It saddened her to think that after he realized he was being kidnapped, they would probably no longer be on speaking terms. Christopher was never much of a talker, and the crew despised her for being so uninvolved in the ship's affairs. Why should a physician worry over the ship's affairs when her job is to care after it's human residents?

"But I suppose having a new wife wouldn't have been enough. In his eyes, I was a failure, and if he saw me as a failure, then that made him a failure as well. You see, politicians are very particular with how others see them." She raised her eyebrows and glanced over at Japser. Stopping at a door to her right, Akantha took a key from the pocket of her doctor's jacket. "Their lives must appear blessed by the gods. Everything must be perfect." She stuck the key in the lock and twisted it, then pushed the door open. "Since having a barren wife is to be cursed by the gods, and to be cursed by the gods...well...worse than death for a politician."

She walked into the small room. It smelled of wood and saltwater and vanilla perfume, a smell that Akantha had come to associate with home. "It's small," she said, "but it will have to do." The room was sparsely furnished with a bed, a desk, a chair, and a small wooden crate that held her clothes and perfume bottles. She sat down in the chair and took out a small, black notebook and made a notation for the work she'd done that day. "How do you spell your last name, Jasper?"

~*~

Xanthos marveled at Noir. He felt his heart sink. He'd just been thinking about how he'd never leave the ship, then suddenly, this news? But his heart lifted at the sound of a final mission. "Til death do us part!" Xanthos shouted as he lifted his fist in the air, still clutching his fork.

[Spydermonkey]

PLAMEN got dressed and was ready to go find out information but decided to wait for alexandra

[Light Buster]

Alexandra got dressed along with PLAMEN but decided to keep her hair down and her hat off. She had the feeling that now that PLAMEN has seen her long hair, she might as well keep it down and let everyone take in her beauty. She also equipped and holstered her guns in case in any emergency.

(Alexandra) "Ready to go, PLAMEN?"

[Cross Avantgarde]

Listening to Akantha, Jasper felt compelled to relate how Greece’s own Socrates often disparagingly spoke about some politicians, politicians that sounded very much like Akantha’s husband. Yet when the door opened to her room, the faint scent of saltwater and perfume reminded him of Euthalia. It always amazed him how scents could invoke strong visual cues. Vanilla scent had never been Euthalia's choice, but her hair often had a trace of saltwater in it. Jasper stepped into the room, noticing that Akantha had managed to turn quarters on a merchant vessel into rather comfortable living space, even if it was somewhat small. Jasper was glad that Akantha seemed to be speaking freely and lightheartedly concerning the subject, but he was worried that the drinking she did may be a direct result of the past ordeal. As she took out a black notebook and began to write in it, Jasper stepped closer to the desk and answered her question.

“It’s ‘C-H-R-Y-S-O-S-T-O-M,’ Chrysostom,” Jasper said. He looked about the room and said, “You’re the only physician onboard? That must’ve been quite the taxing job for you. And I bet it only made your skills all the sharper.”

[~Shobu~]

OOC: Let's play find the link! Can you find the word which is linked to description of the mystery man? *laughs* I know it's silly, just play along.

Spydermonkey Try to stick to the rule of at least 2 paragraph love. I'll even accept one if you honestly can't think of more to write, but keep in mind a paragraph is 3-5 full sentences.


"My name is Shaun. Just Shaun. And your friend out there said your after something big. And he made a mistake by telling me this. And I think I know why. My guess is that he doesn't understand how important it is. This being do to one of three reasons, or a combination of. Reason one, he doesn't have a significant amount of information, due to you not having a ton. Or reason two he's just new and you didn't tell him. Or three he's just not very bright. My guess a mix of one and three. So if you don't have all the info,your gonna need it. And some of that info may not be very easily obtained. So that's how I can help, I'm a thief. Stealth is my specialty, so now you know.

''Yes umm... Shaun... Speaks the truth. Honestly, I doubt he would have beene found had Ryko not been such a keen observer. You'll have to forgive him Shaun. Hes not very good Socially with others of his age. A great storyteller though. Umm... Back to the point at ahnd.. captain... What should we... do with Shaun? My gut says he might be handy.''

Sapphira frowned at this. She stood from her desk and walked over to this Shaun. She glared up into his eyes. With such large eyes, it was a dramatic change on her expression. "Shaun. Thief. I don't think you're in the position to throw around jokes, especially ones about my beloved crew. I promise you, if pushed, Ryko could slice you up into bits small enough we could easily feed the tuna fish." When Alena said he could be useful, she cocked a smirk. "Alright then, Alena. I'm intrigued by your proposition, sir Shaun, but what caliber of a man gives out information simply to save his own hide? Are you expecting anything else in return for this?"

Nemo had to be sure she made an appropriate entrance. Nothing less than a spectacular performance would satisfy Hades. She knew this and yet she felt wrong. She never made much of the Tibais story. He's never told her if it was true or not. It's almost as if he was purposely hiding it from her. Then again, to Hades she was nothing more than a puppet, and only madmen spoke to dolls.

Speaking of madmen, Nemo couldn't help but wonder as she dove into the waters of the Helle Sea where that damned Thanatos was. He was probably scouring the mind of some poor sod who was clueless enough to give him permission to possess him. Aside from Hades, Thanatos was the next person whom she feared. He was something else. She's never seen such a heartless being. Just the thought of him delving into her subconscious made her feel sick in the stomach. In there he could see her darkest desires, and those thoughts were hers alone to know. She didn't want that shapeless devil to know anything about her. He's sick. He'd find a way to use everything and anything against her, and she couldn't allow them to harm Jasper. He was her only light in this life of hers surrounded by shadows and death. If anything were to happen to him, she would surely throw herself into mouth of Cerberus. Her life would have no more meaning since with him gone, she would still be in the cruel clutches of Hades, wrecking havoc in his name.

But never mind Thanatos, now. She has her task and he has his.

Hades, in all of his horror and beauty stepped, toward his pet, reaching hand up to brush his fingers across her cheek. His presence was menacing. His eyes were glistening with sadism. But his touch was gentle. And cold.

"Such a beautiful form this is on you my dear Nemo. It looks almost uncanny to your original." He said. His voice was naturally husky and dripped with sensuality.

Nemo trembled under his touch. She didn't have the courage to move.

"No wonder that doctor has taken such a liking to you. Then again, you've always been lovely." He took her face in both of his icy hands. "Now, my pretty, I'm a very busy man so listen well..."

Nemo knew her instructions. Swimming through the water in her original form, she searched the surface from below. Hades had told her to swim North but- aha! She spotted her target floating along the surface of the water, a large jagged silhouette with an extended appendage. Alone in the upper level of the water, she was afraid of what she might encounter once she swam up to the surface, but she couldn't simply sit here and stare. She was on a tight schedule.

The mermaid flicked her tail and shot through the water at an increasing speed. She raised her arms in front of her and braced for impact. The bottom was slick with algae but it flipped easily. When she shot out of the water she toppled whatever was on to into the sea and fell back in herself. The gills on the side of her neck were flaring as she looked around frantically to see if anything was coming back to retaliate, but all she saw was a skeleton clad in privateer attire slowly sinking into the dark depths. She sighed to herself, resurfaced, and positioned herself on what seems like a small piece of a ship. As she pushed it towards the shores of Greece, her form began to shift...

The white sandy beaches of Apollis, Geece was occupied by its usual crowd of merchants and families. Philomel was a simple merchant of seashell jewelry. Greece had the most beautiful seashell washing up on its shores. Today Iesos, her young nephew, was joining her on her scavenge. They lightly splashed one another and laughed as they dug in sand which sloped into the crystal clear water of the sea. Philomel kissed her beloved nephew on the forehead and said, "Come now little one, we'll never fill this basket if we play all day." He agreed reluctantly and returned to hunting shells for his aunt. Turning around to go a tad deeper in the ocean, he caught a glimpse of something in the distance. The figure drifted closer with each wave that crashed onto shore.

"Aunt Philo! Look! There's a man floating out there!" He shouted and pointed.

Philomel turned and followed the direction in which Iesos pointed. "By the gods," she whispered and shot to her feet. "Help!" She called to others on the beach. "There's a man in the water! He may still be alive! Someone hurry!"

Kaisar, a respected authority, sprung into action. He stripped off his overcoat and boots, then ran into the water. For the few moments he was retrieving the man on the makeshift raft, the beach spoke in hushed tones and watched. When he was pulled onto the sand, many gathered around him wearily. The man (http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee85/kagome132465/Anime%20Boys/characterfrommagithelabrynthofmagic.jpg) looked beaten and battered. When Kaisar went to look for signs of life by lifting his eye lids, he saw nothing but white; he had no pupils nor irises.

Not a man to be easily deterred from his mission to assist the public, Kaiser raised his head and shouted, "Someone call the town doctor! This man needs immediate medical attention!"

Rufus was awoken by a knock at the door. "Ship's docked! Up 'n out with ya!" It was not a luxury ship of any kind so he didn't expect any sing-song morning call. He didn't mind it at all. In fact, this ship reminded him of being part of a pirate crew. He missed those days dearly.

On the docks of Greece at last, Rufus made his way into town. A sign overhead read "Welcome to Apollis". Rufus has been a here a few times. He heard there was an excellent doctor in town that had all types of foreign herbs which he used to cure almost any illness. A plague had swept through these parts not too long ago. They say he cured an entire town with his remedies. He would visit there later. Right now, he needed a drink. He headed towards the nearest bar, his ethereal beauty marred by his intricate eye patch, attracting more attention than he pleased, but even so he ignored it all and kept walking.

[Light Buster]

Alexis sat in the bar in the city of Tazo, once again, drinking down a mug of beer again, to blend into the crowd of people that occupied the bar while the sounds of people muttering and chatting filled the room with life. However, this peaceful sounds was cut short when a gain of pirates burst into the room.

(Pirate) "Arr! We've come to plunder this bar of the gold and women!"

There was sudden screams and gasps around her as everyone in the room, even the bartender ducked down under the counter, as well as some brave men drew their swords and pistols to defend themselves but the pirates were very numerous, but Alexis paid no attention to this. She was used to this after all...

(Alexis) *sigh* Pirates these days, they just won't leave people alone.

It would be a matter of time before one of the pirates spotted her, sitting down at the bar counter, along with her empty mug.

(Pirate) "Blimey! Look at the girl over at the bar!"

The pirate shouting pointed to Alexis as she sighed again.

(Alexis) *sigh* Here we go again.

The pirate group went up to her and before anyone did anything, the group began to sexually assault her by massaging her breast, butt, and stomach. Another pirate also grabbed her chin as he moved her head so that she can see the pirate massaging her breasts.

(Pirate) "So girl? Where did you get that beautiful body of yours? Valera?"

Alexis didn't answer the pirate that was insulting her.

(Pirate) "Ah, it wouldn't matter. We'll just give you the pleasure of a lifetime."

Just before the pirate can sneak his hand between Alexis' legs, she immediately pulled her left arm up and the back of her left hand ran dead smack into the pirate's face and he was knocked out, cold, and fell to the ground next to her. She then swung her right leg and it made contact with the pirate that was massaging her butt while she complete swung her body and the the pirate massaging her stomach flew over the counter and into the many bottles of beer and alcohol, knocking him out and possibly injuring him in the process as he fell to the ground. The remaining pirates drew their swords and guns while she stood before them.

(Alexis) "Sorry, but if you want the pleasure of your life, you'll have to earn it."

As the civilians around her vacated the bar, the remaining pirates charged at her. Alexis then took a quick step forward and punched the first pirate in the stomach before swinging her right leg out to kick him into the other pirate. As one of the pirates swung his sword at her, see immediately moved the back of her left hand and pushed the sword away with ease as she then moved her right arm under the pirate's chin and thrust it upward in a form of an uppercut. She then landed gracefully as the pirate fell to the ground, face down. She was then grappled on her shoulders as she then moved her head and hit the pirate with a hard headbutt. Then she turned toward the last pirate as he took his gun and attempted to shoot her but the shot went wide as she made a final roundhouse kick to the chest as he flew into the doors and crashed out of the bar and back outside.

Once the dust had settled, Alexis then sighed again, seeing that she may have caused the damage to the bar but it really didn't matter, it was just a bar after all and she was always getting paid from jobs anyways. She took the loot from the pirates she took out and gave them to the bartender who revealed himself after the fight.

(Alexis) "This should cover the damage caused to your bar."

She then left the bar and back out to the pirate who was knocked outside to see him out cold. She keeled down and took his loot while picking up a map of Mundus in the process.

(Alexis) "Thanks for the pleasure of a lifetime."

Alexis then left the scene while the people around her began to mutter how sexy she was while she headed for the library, examining the map in the process.

(Alexis) I'll need more information on this before I can move to the Dead Man's treasure.

Alexis, without haste entered the library.

[Valkarma]

OOC: What a poor co-GM I have been. Time to return and gather some sheep.
Go go random NPC.

For mrpineapple

"Excuse there." A figure interrupted John and the dear woman he was with. The figure placed a hand delicately on the woman's. Slowly she let go of John's hand, her eyes locked with the strangers. Words unspoke past between them and she moved off a moment later. The figure nodded his head in approval. Now that enough time had past, one would notice the strict military uniform the figure wore. It was kept in a healthy white and numerous badges lined a pocket. The man had his hat kept under his arm and a sword by his hip. His hair was a short dark brown. Kept at a very military level of growth. But his most noticable feature was the sharp green eyes. They slowly turned towards John.
"My apologies." He gave a formal bow. "You must be John Brower I presume? You have a reputation as Kanthrax's major a while back, and I always keep an ear out for news on those who support; shall we say a more peacful time. I couldn't help right now but over hear your conversation. I am Captain James T. Sorson of The Seacutter Naval ship." He straightened himself and gave a quick look around. "I would like to have a chat with you about your daughter, and those she may be currently in the presence of." He gestured to the docks. "I have a ship docked if you would follow me. I would like to keep this conmversation private if possible."

[Light Buster]

OOC: Going to help Spydermonkey move along.

IC:

As Alexis entered the library, there were people taking, reading, and placing books along the shelves and racks that make up the library of Tazo. She began to walk around the library quietly to find the information on the Dead Man's treasure and the legend himself. She skimmed through the books on the shelves and found the book on the legendary man, Tibias and the Legendary Dead Man's treasure and began to read.

As Alexandra, along with PLAMEN, began to travel to the Tazo library as she stood close to PLAMEN. Along the way, the city was filled with life as the two began to make their way to the library. People were conversing with each other and doing errands in town as Alexandra examined the city along with PLAMEN. As they made their way to the library and entered, they took in the beautiful architecture of the library and interior of the place as they began to search for the book. Alexandra knew the place very well, after all, she did come here on daily basis to give her the education she needed so she knew what book she needed and she, followed by PLAMEN, made their way to the book, only to find that someone has already begun to read it. Alexandra noted the girl who was reading the book and she almost recognized her immediately. The girl was Alexis, the one who was kidnapped and after years of being abused and raped, has molded into a fighter that she is today.

[pleasant_disorder]

Akantha immediately recognized the expression on Jasper's face as he thought of Euthalia. She wanted to ask him who he was thinking of, what her name was, and what she was like. The expression of love on his face reminded her of her own expression years ago. She wrote down his name in her notebook as he spelled it out loud then also wrote: Three men with extreme lacerations to the upper body (legs, arms, shoulders, faces). Wounds were easily patched up with Jasper's help. It was customary for Akantha to keep tabs on the amount of work she'd been doing on the ship. She flipped through the book and said. "It's been slow for the past few days. We've had four recent cases of scurvy in the past week, but the only people to blame are the invalids themselves. Michael," this time she said his fake name without a second thought, "makes sure to keep his crew well fed and lively. But some of them won't eat their vegetables."

She closed her notebook. Looking down, she noticed her left breast was almost popping out of her bikini top. Without any sense of humility of personal embarrassment, Akantha straightened her top while she spoke. "Usually it's just stitching. Some broken bones here or there. But I suppose when you have a large crew of rowdy boys, it's not that unusual." She finished fiddling with her top and took another drink from her rum bottle. "They do keep me sharp," she admitted. "To be honest, I wouldn't trade this ship and its crew for the world," she took another small sip and licked her lips, "after all, where else can I drink and practice medicine at the same time? You're liable to get stoned in Greece for that little indiscretion."

Akantha offered the rum bottle to Jasper. "Take a sip. It's the best rum in Greece," holding the bottle up, she swished the brown liquid around. "Take a sip for me," she said with a smile. "I don't offer my rum to just anyone."

[mrpineapple]

OOC: woop, john!
"It seems word has spread fast. Lead the way"
It seemed John had found an ally, he wondered who had informed him of his journey, perhaps one of the barkeeps.
In whose company?... and wait... this was a military officer, "oh god" John thought. "What has she gotten herself into?"
He trailed behind the captain as he led the way.


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Eve finished up her food and sidled over to Haley, "Hey, when's the Captain's talk thing?" she whispered in her ear.

OOC: sorry for short post, gotta run!

[Esiphas]

Noir smiled. He almost looked teary. As the crew mopped up their dinner plates, he actually wiped his eyes. "Thank you eceryone... Good too know I have most of you behind me. Now..." He suddenly looked stern again. "Take a seat you salty ba***rds, and Ill tell you whatcha need to know. It bwgins with a certain... Tibias Deadeye." Many of the crew myrmered to themselves. "Legend has it, that Tibias Dead eye was a pirate of... well, a rather well endorsed kind. His treasure is suppossed to be enough to make a man a king for eternity- and its just as dangerous to grab, from what i hear.We seek his legendary treasure. If we cant find it, Then wwre dead meat."

Haley smiled. Realising she was blushing as Noir got all sentimental, she looked at the deck. It was times like this she wished he had the courage to ask her out for good- she made a promise shed never ask him, he had to be the one.She Could almost hear it... but then she shook her head. Would it ever be? She thought not.

[Light Buster]

Alexis took a look to a right and saw two figures before her. One was a man, who looked liked he was from the Chaos Island, overlooked by Eris, the god of Discord. The other looked strangely enough familiar to her, and that was Alexandra, who also originated from the same place as she did, Valera. Alexis wondered what Alexandra was doing here with that man? Maybe looking for the treasure like herself? She could use the help if this was the case...

(Alexis) "It's been a while since we met, Alexandra."
(Alexandra) "It has been a while, Alexis."

[Cross Avantgarde]

As Akantha straightened her wardrobe, Jasper noticed how small the room had become. Jasper had been engrossed in his work earlier with the wounded men, but now found that his attention was undivided. Jasper quickly looked at the floor, hoping to take his attention and place it on more mundane things, such as the tracing of the oak floor.

"Usually it's just stitching. Some broken bones here or there. But I suppose when you have a large crew of rowdy boys, it's not that unusual." She finished fiddling with her top and took another drink from her rum bottle. "They do keep me sharp," she admitted. "To be honest, I wouldn't trade this ship and its crew for the world," she took another small sip and licked her lips, "after all, where else can I drink and practice medicine at the same time? You're liable to get stoned in Greece for that little indiscretion."

Akantha offered the rum bottle to Jasper. "Take a sip. It's the best rum in Greece," holding the bottle up, she swished the brown liquid around. "Take a sip for me," she said with a smile. "I don't offer my rum to just anyone.”

Jasper smiled and shook his head slowly. “I’ve no doubt whatsoever that it is the best, Akantha, but I’ve found that I can be called upon at any moment to administer aid, and I need a clear head. I can’t operate as well as you under its influence, and given the behavior of a few of my patients who imbibe regularly, I’m afraid that I’ve been rather dissuaded from its use.” Jasper worried that he might offend Akantha who was merely being civil, and he quickly added, “I hope this doesn’t bother you—I appreciate the offer, just the same, and, if I might ask...well, it’s just that I don’t remember you drinking in Greece.” Jasper worried that Akantha’s dunce of a husband might be the reason she took to the bottle, and he further worried that his question had become too personal. He moved over to sit on the bed, looking across to her at the desk, hoping that he hadn’t overstepped his bounds as her guest.

[Valkarma]

In whose company?... and wait... this was a military officer, "oh god" John thought. "What has she gotten herself into?"
He trailed behind the captain as he led the way.


James walked along side John while they moved through the thin crowds of people.
"I can guess you must have quite a few questions Mr Brower? I will do my best to answer them and my best to support you in these hard times." He stopped in order to let a elderly woman pass. She thank him kindly. As he caught back up to John he pointed to a ship on the far edge of the docks. It was a beautiful machine that looked like it could part the sea as it moved. Hence the name.
"While we walk I can at least put some of your troubles at ease."
He pulled a few sheets of paper out from under his jacket.
"Your daughter, it appears, is fine and healthy." He grinned, "Well as healthy as any new ship mate is only any ship. Pirate or not."
"Saddly that last bit is true. She has been taken on as crew for a quite...unique crew. They are headed by a Captain Noir. Someone we have been keeping a close eye on for a while now. As pirates have emerged and flourished so too have we had to step up what we can do." He suddenly stopped. Shook his head and smiled.
"I apologize. I have begun to prattle on without even giving a greater introduction.
As I have already said I am Captain James T. Sorson. I am from the 12th devision of the Bellumuna Navy. Under orders from our superiors we have begun to track dangerous pirates and begin a long awaited claen up of these seas."
He stopped in front of the ship and signalled to a man waiting by the edge. He lowered a gangway down and Captain James turned to John.
"After you Mr. Browers. We can talk details once on. Don't worry as well. Foods free." He gave a gentle smile to reasure John.

[mrpineapple]

Eve gasped aloud, but in was lost in the hubbub of the other crew. This was Dead Eye's treasure. Did Noir even know where to look for it? He must have found some sort of clue. She beamed as she imagined the treasure. It would be amazing to see everyone's faces when she returned so loaded, she wouldn't know what to do with the money. She could start living as she wanted, not that she wasn't, but she would now be free of the constraint of money and joining Noir purely for the ride.
I mustn't get carried away she thought, and regained her neutral stance. There's still the chalelnge of finding it

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Still worried, John was slightly calmed by Captain Sorson's demeanour. He carefully walked up the gangway. Once the captain had gotten there also, he looked at him. "So, are these pirates dangerous? I mean, why did you observe them in particular?" John hoped that even though they might be a threat, they would treat their crew with respect, it was a small hope, but it was unlikely, he had heard such terrible things about the ships.
"And.. that Captain Nar guy, he's the boss huh?"

[Valkarma]

"His name is Captain Noir Blackwing." He opened a door to his cabin and lead John within. A couple of crew members followed. He gave then a few commands and they left. He then pulled a table out from the corner of the room and put a pair of seats next to it. The main table within the center of the room was layered with maps and other such things, including little flags that seem to signify certain locations. James pulled a large cloth out and laid it over that table, careful not to move anything about. He looked back to John.
"Sorry. I am open with you. But you understand there are things I can't show a civilian." He then moved over and sat down on one of the chairs he got out. He placed his hat on the edge of the table and leaned back to relax.
"Now I have sent someone to mix up something to eat. I personally haven't had a chance to sit down yet, so eating has been even lower of the list." He smiled. "The chief isn't the greatest. She is more home infront of the wheel, but she does a good job when needs be." He rocked back slightly in the chair. "But I am off subject again ain't I? The captain your daughter is currently under is far from the worse she could serve. From what we gather he has harsh views on traitors. But with the information my sources have gathered recently we know your daughter chose to join." He bit his lip suddenly realising the implications of what he said. He hestitated. "Sorry about that. I should have made sure what you know before hand." He avoided looking a John for a few moments. He felt bad for just letting things like that out. No father wants to know their children chose to be a pirate.
At that moment the two crew members from before appeared. They had a simple try of food and a bottle of something. They put it down on the table and James let them go. Giving the order to let the others take some time off and onto the land. He then turned his attention back to John.
"Sit and eat. I guess we have a bit to go through now."

[Folter]

"Alright then, Alena. I'm intrigued by your proposition, sir Shaun, but what caliber of a man gives out information simply to save his own hide? Are you expecting anything else in return for this?"

Shaun smirked. "I feel I must correct you in this. Also note I am being 100% serious when I say this, but what real information have I given you? A name and a single skill. And what don't I gain out of this? Strong allies, and I would like a small piece of the cut, just enough for a weeks worth of food and travel expenses."

She really needs to get better at interrogating, she has no info on me nor anything incriminating. If I was in a situation where I had more leeway I would tell that to her just like that, he thought.

[mrpineapple]

"Noir sorry, I've become silly with the age" he joked. He sat and listened to the captain talking. The bit about being recruited was a bit hard to swallow as he had been in denial of it in his head. "No no, it's okay, i guess i knew already".

When the tray of food arrived, John realised how hungry he was. He started tks dig in, afterall, it WAS free. He chomped into a shiny apple that was on the side.
John decided that the first thing to ask should be how he came to be sitting here with the navyman ."So why did you seek me out? I'm not to believe it was sheer kindness am i? Do you think I know where they might be? Or some info you want?". The captain looked like a decent enough fellow and was very amiable, but John knew from regular life that nothing was truly free.

[pleasant_disorder]

Akantha the out a giant laugh. She laughed for the face that Jasper had made and for his response to her offer. She took another swig, then held the bottle up, letting the rays of sunlight from the open door catch and glisten on her wall. Her face was satisfied, happy. "I suppose most alcoholics are less functional than myself. I've been at it long enough to have a tolerance greater than any other man on this ship. They've made a game of trying to out drink me." She smiled a little at this. "But I will admit, I am an alcoholic."

She turned around with sad smiling eyes and faced Jasper who sat on the bed. "No. I did not drink when I lived in Greece." She put the bottle in her lap. "I could blame my alcoholism on my husband's actions or the fact that I was laughed out of my practice or my life's circumstances." Akantha moved her arm, indicating the space. Quickly realizing that Jasper did not yet know that he was on a pirate ship, she retracted her arm, smiled and added, "Being on a ship for months with a load of horny men has it's own strenuousness to it." She moved the bottle from her lap to the table. "And perhaps these things played into why I first took to the bottle, but I chose to blame my drinking on my own addictive personality." She grinned. "I live for today, and that can sometimes be a more destructive path than others."

~*~

A grin expanded across Xanthos' face when Noir said they were going after Dead Eye's treasure. He felt the adrenaline pumping into his veins, sparking his brain into the memories of when he was a young boy, of when he'd found the book on Dead Eye's treasure, of days spent, reading quietly in the library's corner, flipping pages, deeply engrossed within the book, of the old librarian saying with a smile, "I'm sorry to tell you this Xanthos, but we are closing," and when she'd notice the book he'd been reading, adding, "Ah. Another day with Dead Eye? You do like those pirates don't you? Let us hope that your brain is not wasted on such things." Oh how sad she'd be if she knew where he'd ended up.

The adrenaline in his veins was too much for him to handle. He turned and threw a punch into the nearest face he could find, a swarthy, red-headed man named Reemus fell flat on his bottom, and Xanthos shouted, "LONG LIVE THE BLACKWING!" And everyone's voice rose up around him. Reemus stood, put his arm around Xanthos' shoulders and cheered as well, understanding why he'd gotten hit.

[Valkarma]

When the tray of food arrived, John realised how hungry he was. He started tks dig in, afterall, it WAS free. He chomped into a shiny apple that was on the side.
John decided that the first thing to ask should be how he came to be sitting here with the navyman ."So why did you seek me out? I'm not to believe it was sheer kindness am i? Do you think I know where they might be? Or some info you want?". The captain looked like a decent enough fellow and was very amiable, but John knew from regular life that nothing was truly free.

"Ah?" James felt quite awkward. "I understand that even the best of us fall prey to a bit of cynicism from time to time." He looked a little off as he thoughts wondered. "It sometimes causes us to make bad decisions." He shook his head clear of the thoughts and popped open the bottle. It was some cheap rum, and he was still on duty, so he poured himself only half a glasss. Then he downed it and poured another.
"I'll keep being straight with you. Had it been any other Navy officer you would have been both ignored and not even recognised. People speak on how Bellumuna is the most war like of the islands. And I admit we take after our God. We have records of any and all important leaders of any location of any significance."
He reach over to his plate and picked at a few vegetables. They were soft enough for his liking. "While some use this as a way of tracking threats, I personally use it to track allies." He took another bite of food off the plate and took a moment to eat it. "Where am I going with this? Oh that right. You see it is complete chance that I heard you had been asking around for your daughter. So I too did a quick investigating. Once I figured out that she was the same person he had seen recently join Noir's ship then I felt I should at least let you be aware of it." He sighed and took a quick drink of the rum.
"I'm not going to ask a lot of you. In fact technically I don't want to ask you anything. It isn't my place to do that. It is difficult in times were people are running around stealing and murdering, to think that any kind of order to be found. I aim to be one of those to bring that order." He glasped his fingers and leaned forward towards John. His voice took on an much more serious tone. "But I am not willing to sacrifice sons and daughters to do it. If my mission has been to remove Captain Noir and his crew then I will do just that. However if your daughter has gotten mixed in with them, if she is willing to leave and face lawful judgement, then I am willing to put aside her involvement. No! I want to put aside the involvement of any of the crew that are willing to face law. Any but the captain. That one is not my call to make."

"I have invited you here because I would like to ask you if you would be willing to go after her? Convince her to leave. Turn herself in. That way when the hammer falls, and make no mistake it will, then she will be safe from the impact." He met John's eyes. He was serious in his mission, and though he had great compassion, he wanted John to know that he was a officer and a Captain before anything else.

[Esiphas]

ooc- Great. Of all the Captains, Noir is the one to have an angry navy officer hunting him.

ic- Noir smiled, then laughed. ''Long live me eh? Thanks for that you lot, but we are pirates. Longlivety isn't exactly a trait we are well known for. Still. Mop up yer leftovers, and then get ready to sail. Oh, and Keep an eye out for the navy. If they catch us on this treasure hunt, even if we do get away, we'll be remebred as the pirates who led the navy straight to our brothers.'' He turned around, then said ''And thinking about it, Sisters too.'' Prompting a low chuckle from some of the crew.

Haley had already finsihed eating. Watching Morgan go to give the captain some grub, she Scratched Hayates ears and then stood up. ''Evelyn. You do know... This could be the death of us right? have you ever considered tellling your ather how your doing? I know you and him might have a few differences, but it probably wont hurt. And make sure to tell him where we arent going, if you do. Say we're off to lavora again or something.'' She smiled. then went underdeck to start cataloguing.

[mrpineapple]

Haley's words hit home, she hadn't sent any word to her father since she left. He was probably worried (although she knew he wouldn't admit it, stubborn man).
Eve considered what she could write. She crouched down and petted Hayate's head. "What do you think I should say boy?". she smiled, she knew Hayate couldn't talk back, he made her feel comfortable though. "I guess I've been putting it off too long. Want to come down and help me write something?" Evelyn rose to her feet. She gave a short nod to Noir and headed down to her cabin.

"No, Hayate! stay on the floor!" Eve said as she tried to convince Hayate to get off her bed. "I'll put you out on deck again.." That calmed him down quick enough. Evelyn sat on the bed instead and pulled over a book and a sheet of paper. Leaning on the book, she began to write.

Dad,
I know I've been missing for a while...

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"Ah, I see, I guess if my daughter was.." John paused "...caught up in your capture, i wouldn't be too happy, and consequentially Kanthrax too." John was glad this man was so straightforward, it was the kind of man he liked.

"I'd be indebted to you if you'd let me in on your search." John finished his apple and put it to the side, and filled up a glass of rum. "Which reminds me, that woman I was talking to just as you arrived, said Eve, my daughter, was headed to Lavora" John stopped and took a slug from his glass. "I mean, I'm sure you already know that, but still."

John thought about the chances of Evelyn turning herself in. Once she committed to something, it was hard to convince her otherwise, but if anyone could do it, hopefully it was him who could. Anyway, they had to get to her first before he had to think of what to say.

"So, how many crew do you have onboard?" John tried to lighten the conversation

[~Shobu~]

OOC: I'll post more later. Had to get back to work. I'm guessing the Star Wind is still docked?

Sapphira chuckled at him. "Sir thief, when you live the life we pirates do, you learn that the less you know about a man, the better. You take a man such as yourself onto your ship and if he cant give you what you want, you feed him to the sharks. It's as simple as that. Keep in mind, you are on a ship stocked full of highly skilled pirates in the middle of the ocean. Not one of us are opposed to driving a blade into your throat. So what else would I need from you but the information you may give me for my goal? Your skills are all I need to know about you to use you. I asked your name out of common courtesy. I don't care to know anything else about you. In a pirate's eyes, any man not of one's crew is untrustworthy, regardless. Hence why we resort to violence. Don't think light of me thief. You may not live to regret it."

[Esiphas]

Alena chuckled at her captains stern words to the thief. ''Especially if Ryko has anything to say about it. He may come across as a total jerk, but don't underetimate him. He's pretty funky with his knives.'' Alena stood up, and nodded to the captain. ''Should I find our... guest, some floor space ma'am? If he's going to be working with us we should at least give him somewhere to sleep. or I could give him My bed. i'm not adverse to all nighters, and I can keep an Eye on him that way.''

Ryko stood on deck, twirling a knife. He coulkd probably ahve been nicer in that last encounter, but he was getting bored. He itched for some real adventure again, the chance to pick up another story for the children ashore, or the chance to once again put his life on the line for the chance of feeling adrenaline in his veins. He wnated to challenge someone on board to a fight, but that would mean he'd have to see alena again, and he didn't think he could quite take her remarks about his recklessness at this time.

[Cross Avantgarde]

"And perhaps these things played into why I first took to the bottle, but I chose to blame my drinking on my own addictive personality." She grinned. "I live for today, and that can sometimes be a more destructive path than others."

Jasper looked again at the oak floor, then back to Akantha. He’d never been one to impose direct lectures upon others, unless he was suggesting behavior and actions that would optimize his patients’ health. Perhaps not so surprisingly, he felt as if his next words might indeed lean in that direction. Despite that feeling, he merely looked back up at Akantha and replied, “Yeah, those actions certainly can be.”

She looked sad—unless that was his imagination. Perhaps he was mistaken. Whatever the case was, he quickly added with some degree of resolution, “You know, Akantha, I’d like you to set aside to stay in Greece again for a while. Long enough for people to see you. I want to set the record straight on why you left, and I want all the ones who were dumb enough to believe your husband’s banter to be embarrassed to have substantiated such nonsense.” Jasper shook his head and added, “I’m not telling you that what they think matters. I just hate to see you disgraced amidst such a scandalous lie.” Jasper was a bit surprised at his anger concerning the subject, but from what he could see Akantha’s husband was responsible for her disgrace and even mostly for her subsequent drinking, no matter how much she claimed to have begun on her own volition. The thought frustrated Jasper, and he almost felt vindictive toward her husband. But revenge settled nothing, and Jasper much preferred restoration on Akantha’s behalf. She was a skilled physician—why should she be disgraced because of her cruel husband?

“Sorry if I’ve been too probing,” Jasper added. “I’ll make sure not to bring up such heavy topics during dinner. Though I’m afraid I’ll have to run after that as I have an engagement at the Lyceum of much importance.” It sounded important enough to be business, but it was in truth important to Jasper for a much different reason. “And if I ever hear your name brought up in a derisive manner in Greece, I’ll be sure to insert the truth.”

[Valkarma]

OOC: Oh don't worry Esiphas. Of all that could be hunting your captain he is FAR from the worse.



John thought about the chances of Evelyn turning herself in. Once she committed to something, it was hard to convince her otherwise, but if anyone could do it, hopefully it was him who could. Anyway, they had to get to her first before he had to think of what to say.

"So, how many crew do you have onboard?" John tried to lighten the conversation

"Eh?" James looked up from his food. He had been busy stuffing a few things into his face and had relaxed a great deal more the moment John had agreed to help. It was something to say about the captain when you realised how casual he was even in the middle of missions. He smiled at John though.
"In total? Not sure." He pick at some meat.
"Seacutter has about twenty four. Myself included."
"Then Mistmeadow and Ashen Halls have about half that each." He paused for a second. "Oh those are our support ships. As a captain of the 12th division I can request up to four other ships to be a part of the fleet." He picked at some meat stuck between his teeth and then had another drink. After which he placed the glass just outside of easy reach.
"It sounds like a lot." He paused to think, "But it is only a small part of the 12th division. And then there is the fact that 12th has the smallest of them all." He gave one of those loopside grins. "But we are Bellumuna born. Battle is in our blood."
"You will be fine here if you wish. My crew are well respectful, determined and take after their Captains bad habits." He leaned back in the seat. "Quartermaster is still on shore, so will a few others be. Space can always be made though." He sniffed up. "But I have to ask you one last time. You sure you want to help us? We are not pushing you for it and it will be dangerous."

[mrpineapple]

"Yes, i need to my duty as a father. Count me aboard. I may not have the muscle i once had, but I've got experience. I'll try to help out where i can" John smiled. The atmosphere was good between the two, John poured himself another glass.
"You got any kids yerself?" the drink had let John turn the vaguely formal talk into casual talk between two merry acquaintances. "More trouble than they're worth i tell ye. I still love 'em tho"

[pleasant_disorder]

OOC: Sorry for my absence guys! It's been a long few weeks. >.< Hollow Ichigo

Akantha nodded in Jasper's direction, thinking only of what he captain had said. If she helped Jasper escape, perhaps she could live with him amongst the Greeks, but it would never be a peaceful existence. The thought of constantly looking over her shoulder, watching for when Christopher might strike made her shutter, but only mentally. Externally, her face was still smiling. She removed all indications of sadness. "I do not care what others think or say," she released her long, black hair from it's ponytail, "nor do I care to restore my image." Akantha stood up and walked toward Jasper. "What's done is done." She closed the gap between them and put her arms around his neck. Her lips were on his ear as she whispered, "I will let you in on a secret: you are on a pirate ship and there is no leaving once you've come aboard." Her lips twisted into a cruel smile as she head-butted Jasper and rendered him unconscious.

She caught his body as he crumpled and set him on the ground, bound his wrists and ankles, then went to go find Christopher, grabbing the rum from her desk as she left the room. She found him still in the galley, working away on dinner. "I apologize for yet another interruption Christopher," Akantha said, "but our dear doctor kept on about leaving the ship, and I simply couldn't abide by that, not without letting you know first. I told him what type of ship this is and now he lays on my floor, unconscious and bound." She stood, ready for Christopher's punishment. "I told him that there is no leaving this ship. If you want him to stay aboard, it's best we act now."

~*~

Xanthos and the other crew members quieted down to listen to Noir, but everyone stood on edge, waiting for him to call orders. Unable to contain himself, Xanthos grinned and said, "Well, cap, you must have some idea where we're headed. Tell me the directions, and let's get on with life or death." The crew members surrounding him cheered again. Xanthos stood, looking Noir dead in the eye, a huge grin on his youthful face.

[Esiphas]

Noir beckoned to Xan. "Come on up. The rest of ypu, get us sailready! Go, go!" When Xan joined him he grimaced, putting his arm round Xans shoulders. "I hate to tell you Xan, Im not sure where we are going atal. Its all a bit of a Wildfire. What I want you to do is have a look at the map, and come up with a few ideas where the treasure might be hidden, then plot a course to the most likely.If we pick up some new info on the way, then all the better. Ok Xan?"

He stared into his Cartographers eyes, Begging that he trusted him, silently. Then he sighed. "Or should we just give up? Whaddyou think.my lad. Is it really hopeless, lr is there a chance for the dreamers yet?"

[Cross Avantgarde]

Jasper was equally surprised and confused at Akantha’s sudden approach and subsequent embrace around his neck. Had he been so terrible at misreading the signs in their conversation, and had he led her on during their talk? He felt blood rush to his face, and he was uncertain of what to do and how to act in the situation, but all uncertainty was soon replaced in abject horror at Akantha’s next words. Surely she wasn’t serious. A pirate ship? And he was to be held there?

Unfortunately he didn’t have time to further doubt his very real dilemma as he received Akantha’s head-butt full force, her smile the last thing he saw.

[mrpineapple]

Eve left her room with Hayate in tow. Everyone seemed to be busy. She ignored them and went to find Noir to see when she could post the letter. After that, she thought that Haley would like the dog back, Evelyn had sort of dognapped him

[~Shobu~]

Valkarma Exactly where is Jace love?

Mira, following the orders of Kaisar, ran as fast as her feet could carry her to the local doctor's office. As she ran, she passed a peculiarly beautiful man with an eye-patch and couldn't help but stare at him as she passed. When she turned her eyes back ahead, she saw the clinic coming into view. She burst through the front door, frightening the desk clerk with a jolt.

"Lydia! Where is Doctor Chrysostom?" She said, her breathing slightly jagged.

"He-he went with some man earlier to help him with his crew who were attacked by pirate, I think. He's been gone for a good time. We're about to close. What's wrong?" Lydia said as she stood to prepare to depart for the night.

"There's a man who was just pulled out of the ocean half alive! Where's this ship at?"

"I don't know. Jasper didn't tell me a thing. Looked like they were heading towards the docks though."

"Okay! Thanks!" And she was gone. Lydia was concerned, though. She should have said something to Mira. Jasper never takes this long to patch up some wounds.

As Mira ran towards the docks, she saw the young man again. He was standing at a lamp as if he were waiting for her. He turned his gaze upon her. Her feet began to come to a stop as if he were compelling her to. She stopped and looked at him. "Who-" she started, but was cut off.

"Word spreads quickly around here doesn't it? It's also rather peaceful. What's a girl like yourself doing running like a madman through the streets?" He asked, smirking a tad.

"There's a man on the beach who's injured," she replied, wanting to inch past him but simply couldn't look away.

"You mean the one with only the whites of his eyes?"

She nodded.

"The one they're already calling 'Dead Eye'?"

She nodded again. Rufus smirked.

"I see," he hesitated before speaking again. "So where are you headed miss?"

"The ports."

"For the doctor?"

She nodded. He made a face.

"I'll go get him for you."

"W-"

But Rufus had already turned and left. Probably should checked the ship which looks a tad out of place.

[Valkarma]

OOC: Jace is still in Lavora. I swear I'll post as him again as soon as I figure out what I am going to do with him.


"Yes, I need to my duty as a father. Count me aboard. I may not have the muscle i once had, but I've got experience. I'll try to help out where i can" John smiled. The atmosphere was good between the two, John poured himself another glass.
"You got any kids yerself?" the drink had let John turn the vaguely formal talk into casual talk between two merry acquaintances. "More trouble than they're worth i tell ye. I still love 'em tho"

"That great. It always good to have reliable company." James smiled with a big grin. "Plus is good to see you willing to work. A good attitude to have on board a ship wouldn't you say?" He laughed. James then began to settle into the last of his food as John continued on. He felt better knowing his was accomplishing something good again. His mistakes of the past where just that, mistakes. He could fix things now. As John perked up on things more casual, James gave a grin.
"No kids here. No wife too." He took the last gulp of the drink and wiped his mouth on a cloth. "A little tradition from old time. Not many people do it now but it goes along the lines of not marrying until you have finished your time in the navy. Bellumuna are at war a lot and not everyone makes it back. Don't want to put a family through that." He realised the angle this conversation was going and so did a quick redirect. "Doesn't matter too much like. Got a pretty cute Quartermaster here anyways." He gave John a wink. "She is stubbon though. Off proberly battering some poor merchent to death."
"Speaking of which. Anything you need to collect before we go? We plan to sail come the afternoon, be in open sea by night. Makes good for not getting spotted by the target."

[mrpineapple]

"I'll keep an eye out fer her fer sure" John laughed, he now felt a bit bad about suspecting he had other intentions earlier.

"I don't have much with me, but I'll load my bag on, if you show me where to put it" John only had the one bag that was sitting in the inn's bedroom. It was a short walk to get there

[pleasant_disorder]

Xanthos crossed his arms and gave Noir a very serious look, an out of character thing for him to do. "Cap, I follow behind you. Best bet is to head back to Greece and do some recon work, see if we can't find somethin there, some hint. We'll need to split up and listen in the taverns and in the streets." His lips turned upwards. "And we need to make supplies. We may be poor, but we're pirates, aren't we?" He leaned closer to Noir. "The last night we're there, let's you, me and Eve go on a quiet raid. We'll come back with either money or at least supplies. We gotta be able to make it where we gotta go. Legend has it, Dead Eye's money's up North, past the Drydogan Islands, an we ain't got the supplies to go that far." His lips turned downwards. "It ain't our way, but we gotta do somethin. We can pay em back when we're rich."

~*~

Akantha left her captain and returned to her room. She sat, waiting for Jasper to wake up, half wishing she hadn't done what she'd done. Her heart was beginning to break. She thought about Jasper's offer over and over. But it didn't seem possible. Not in her predicament. Not unless...not unless she turned Christopher over to the authorities. Yes. The thoughts began to churn in her head. If she could escape, get away from him, why not spend the rest of her life looking over her shoulder? And even if he found and killed her, she'd still enjoy her life far more off this god-forsaken ship.

She shook Jasper's shoulder. "Wake up," she said lightly to him. When he didn't respond, she slapped him several times, hoping that the sting of her hand would bring him back to life.

OOC: Cross Avantgarde looks like we're jumpin ship together.

[Esiphas]

Noir nodded. "Good man. So, to greece. Well manage somehow. I swear morgan could make raw rat taste good, so we should have enough food for the journey." As the ship was readied, Noir took the helm and began turning the ship around. "Greecewards, lads and Lassies! Let the wind be in our favour!" And then they wwere off, sailing throgh the cock towar gates and onto the open seas.

[Cross Avantgarde]

OOC: pleasant_disorder: Then jump we shall.

A sharp pain registered in Jasper’s mind before anything else. Next came traces of his vision, which finally focused on a face in front of him—Akantha’s face.


“I—what? What happened?” was all he said at first. The symptoms he was experiencing—the slight nausea, the gradual realization of what had happened, and the pain in his head—were all indicative of minor head trauma that had likely resulted in unconsciousness. “Akantha, what happened? Are we in danger?”

Her face seemed worried and anxious. Was whatever had rendered him unconscious also the source of her fear? Could it be another pirate attack that perhaps rocked the ship enough for him to hit his head? He started to stand but found that he was bound at the wrists and ankles. “Okay, I definitely don’t remember that…”

[pleasant_disorder]

((OOC: Sorry for the long post >< got kinda carried away))

Akantha could've slapped herself on the forehead for not thinking further ahead. If she'd at least unbound Jasper, she could have told him some lie about how he'd fainted and bumped his head on her bed, but now she had to admit that she was the one who knocked him out. She took a swig from the bottle of rum on her desk then crouched down and began working on the knots at his wrists. She talked in a hushed and hurried voice. "I'll start at the beginning. You've been fooled, Jasper. This isn't a merchant ship. You are currently aboard the Star Wind, a pirate ship run by the notorious Gentle Pirate, none other than Captain Christopher Thomas himself." The knots on his wrists came undone.

She went to her desk, poured out a glass of water, then pulled a vial from the top right drawer of her desk. She set the glass and vial down next to Jasper. Holding his eye contact with him, she said, very seriously, "Christopher was going to kidnap you and I was going to help him. Right now you have a splitting headache because I head butted you, knocked you unconscious, and tied you up. I know this little development makes me untrustworthy, but right now I need you to rub that medicine," she indicated toward the vial with a nod of her head, "onto your forehead and drink that glass of water. It's a strong headache salve I got from the Bellumuna. Don't ask me why, but it works faster if you rub it in then drink a glass of water."

She watched him pick up the vial and stare hesitantly at it. A low growl emitted from her throat. "Jasper," he looked back at her with startled eyes. She held his eyes again, this time speaking much slower and more clearly. "Christopher was going to kidnap you and I was going to help him. But what you said about starting over in Greece or elsewhere, something about it made sense." She sighed with frustration. "Look, I'm sticking my neck out for you. Christopher will be after me for the rest of my life for this and I'd rather not die right now, so if you don't mind, hurry it up." Akantha watched in silence as Jasper applied the salve to his forehead and as he drained the glass of water, his adam's apple moving up and down, in time with each gulp.

"Good," she said as she started on his ankles, "I suppose you're asking yourself 'Why me?' Well, I asked him the same question, but got little in the way of an answer. But considering the recent buzz going around in Greece's pirate pubs, my guess is he's about to start looking for Dead Eye's treasure, so he wanted an extra pair of medically knowledgable hands, and Christopher's a bit spoiled. He doesn't like anything but the best." Akantha had apparently tied more intricate and tighter knots around Jasper's ankles, but they finally came loose. She unwrapped the rope from his ankles, stood, and offered him hand. He took it. She pulled him up from the floor.

"Follow my lead and try not to say anything unless you're spoken to," she winked, "and I promise we'll get off this ship alive. You'll have to leave your equipment here. I can replace it if you need." Akantha grabbed her rum bottle with her left hand and Jasper's wrist with her right, and left the room with Jasper in tow, not waiting to hear if he had some sort of refusal. As they came to where the wall ended, she released his wrist, but kept her careful pace, quick but not so quick as to attract attention or suspicions. To her surprise, they made it across the deck without running into anyone. But right before they made it to the large plank leading down to the docks, someone yelled her name.

The only thing she'd listened for was whether or not it was Christopher's voice. It was not Christopher's voice. She spun around and stood, glaring, arms crossed. The shipmate sunk back and meekly asked where she was going with 'him' and pointed to Jasper. "We're going to get more supplies for the next journey. This man is accompanying me." As the shipmate turned around, Akantha sent two acupuncture needles into his neck. The man fell unconscious. She took the needles from his neck and set him against the side of the ship, leaning his head ever-so-slightly to make it look like his was sleeping. She grabbed Jasper by the wrist. "Now we need to run." And took off down the plank.

They'd made it about 100 feet when Akantha turned her head to ask Jasper about a safe place they could go, but just as she opened her mouth to ask, she ran smack into someone and was knocked flat on her bottom. Looking up, she saw that she'd collided with a strangely handsome young man, "I'm sorry," she said to Rufus as she stood up. "But as you can see, we're in a bit of a hurry." Snatching Jasper's wrist again, they took off before Rufus had time to react. "We need somewhere safe to go. I can't be your home or office. No friends, no family, no inns," she shouted behind her. "Any suggestions?"

~*~

((OOC: mrpineapple))

Xanthos inhaled a lung full of the sweet salty smell of the seas. The feeling of the ship rising and falling as the waves rolled beneath them was a feeling of home. His heart was content. There was no reason or drive for him to fight. In this moment of clearheadedness, Xanthos suddenly thought of Eve. "Imma go look at our maps," the young pirate said to his captain, "give myself a head start finding a route North. Pretty sure whatever we hear'll point us up that direction." There was an eager bounce in his step as he left Noir. He went to find Eve before heading toward the map room. When he saw she wasn't on deck, amongst the other scrambling deck hands, he went to her room and found the door slightly ajar. He knocked and the door widened. He could see Eve sitting on her bed and writing. Her face told Xanthos that she was engrossed with whatever it was writing, but before he could turn to leave, Hayate's head shot up and he barked.

Xanthos crouched down and whistled to Hayate. The dog came to him and sniffed his outstretched hand, then licked it a few times. "Don't mean ta intrude on ya, Eve," Hayate nuzzled his head against Xanthos' hand. In response to the dog's nuzzling, Xanthos scratched behind Hayate's ears. His leg went wild, kicking at rapidly at the air. "I just wanted ta talk. Got a minute?"

[mrpineapple]

OOC: sorry for delay, started work last week and got like no chance to internets.

"oh no, it's okay, I was just finished anyway" Evelyn smiled "Wha'cha wanna talk about?"
Evelyn turned in her seat, she couldn't tell from his face what he was thinking. she stopped squinting at his face though, he would probably think she was weird.

"Something happen with the Captain?" she asked worriedly

[Hollow Ichigo]

Christopher stood in his office staring into a wall. A smirk across his face as the Foolish female doctor tried to insult his intelligence. As she left Christopher did.nothing. If Jasper was bounded and tied then that was fine, however.

Turning around Christopher walked up to a chester drawer made of maple wood and oak. Opening it Christopher was greeted with the shining divinity of rapier's. Taking them both Christopher stepped onto the deck of the ship and whispered to himself. "As expected..."

As the two fled they must not have heard the quicken foot steps of a pursuer. Did'nt matter anymore. Christopher stepped into the light before the two with a dry expression and killer eyes. "Out for a romantic walk so late my dear friends. You'll have to excuse my rudeness. We have a small problem, Your both doctors, very good ones at that. So I cannot allow you to leave the Star Wind, not yet at least." Drawing one sword with his left hand Christopher watched the two coldly. "I have something very important to find and without you to there is a small chance I will be unable to obtain it. You see the problem in that correct?"

[Cross Avantgarde]

Jasper’s mind had run the gamut from shock and confusion to anxiousness and apprehension as he followed Akantha off the ship. He was still trying to piece together the information she had provided for him, and the feeling of being deceived by the presumed Mr. Rosewood was starting to sink in. Nevertheless the poignant way in which Akantha had expressed her desire to start over in Greece touched Jasper to the core, and he was determined to do his part to help the woman who had helped him escape a forced role on a ship full of pirates. In fact, he had already imagined most of the preamble he would write to the ignorant senator who had besmirched Akantha when Akantha suddenly asked for help deciding which way to go. Jasper couldn’t help but notice a man with a striking face and an eye patch as he ran with Akantha.

“Hiding from a blasted pirate? Not me, Akantha—I say we go to the port authorities and get the Greek navy to pay our would-be captors a visit.” It was difficult to speak so much while he was running with Akantha, but Jasper was passionate about his plan. “And then that dirtbag hubbie of yours is going to get a letter addressed from a very concerned constituent who just so happens to know the truth behind his banter. And then we’re going to find you a place to—”

It seemed like a good idea at the time. But plans are known to change when radical elements are inserted into the scheme, and Christopher’s appearance was one such element. Perhaps it was the nausea that had arisen after his concussion, but Jasper felt bile rise up in his throat when he saw the looming figure of Christopher barring their way.

"Out for a romantic walk so late my dear friends. You'll have to excuse my rudeness. We have a small problem, Your both doctors, very good ones at that. So I cannot allow you to leave the Star Wind, not yet at least." Drawing one sword with his left hand Christopher watched the two coldly. "I have something very important to find and without you to there is a small chance I will be unable to obtain it. You see the problem in that correct?"

Jasper realized that Akantha knew Christopher and what he was capable of. He also knew that he should probably allow Akantha to do the talking in light of that fact. Despite this, Jasper still felt responsible for Akantha’s choice that was now causing trouble between her and her boss. Would she be punished? Akantha was armed with her needles, but what if Christopher was able to land a hit on her in the skirmish? It could not be risked. Jasper would allow himself to be captive on a pirate ship, a fate that disgusted him deeply, before an innocent was wounded on his behalf.

“Christopher—as I’ve realized you’re called—take up your anger with me, not Akantha.” Jasper couldn’t help but scowl when addressing the pirate, as much as he wanted to be straight-faced for Akantha’s sake. The feeling of being lied to and having administered aid to pirates sickened him, and he could hardly feign anything other than disgust. Nevertheless, he had Akantha’s best interests in mind, and as she had risked much for him this was the least he could do. Doubtful as to whether it would work, he spoke again anyway.

“Know this, pirate,” Jasper said, practically spitting the last word, “Though I’m powerless against your force and your coercion, if I do find that Akantha is harmed because of this ordeal you will receive no help whatsoever from me, even if it means that my life is forfeit.” Jasper clenched his fists, though there was no threat of a fight from him whatsoever. “And if you think that I’m bluffing, you need only know that I am, unlike you, a man who tells the unadulterated truth.”

He closed his eyes. Was he really going to be the captive of a pirate? If that were to be the case, at least he had a shot, however slim, of helping Akantha escape punishment.

[pleasant_disorder]

((OOC: You sly dog.))

IC: At first, seeing Christopher made Akantha's blood run cold. Her mind went blank. She'd been so sure, so positive that they would make it! And, unfortunately, she'd also been so wrong. Akantha heard Jasper's words in the fog of her brain. She was trying to figure a way out this, but there was nothing to figure out: they'd been caught. They'd have to go back to the ship. Although Akantha was a skilled fighter, she'd only sparred with Christopher once, and he'd beaten her in three moves. Her cool and collected persona was just that, a persona, a facade. Akantha feared Christopher. As his doctor, she knew what he did to traitors. On many occasions, she'd practiced her suturing skills on dead men from his crew. He was not a man to be tried.

For just the briefest of seconds, Akantha felt a fiery hatred for Jasper. If he hadn't filled her head with idealized dreams of returning to Greece, she never would have tried to escape. She could have peacefully lived on Christopher's ship, sipping away at her rum bottle, watching the sun set across the seas, stitching mean up after a raid or battle with the bucaneers. Her life wasn't so bad before Jasper, but after him, it would be hell. But as Jasper spoke, as he defended her, Akantha felt the fire subside. This wasn't Jasper's fault. If Akantha had blinded her self to it before, Jasper's situation now opened her eyes. Jasper was simply a kind hearted physician who wanted to help, and he'd been kidnapped. And this was what pirates did. They kidnapped, stole, and killed.

Akantha stepped in front of Jasper and held up her hands in a sign of surrender. She appreciated Jasper's words, but in the end, it was her actions that had landed them there, with Christopher now ready to harm them if necessary. She preferred the path of less pain. "Don't worry Jasper," Akantha said with a sly little smile, "he won't kill us as long as he needs us." Her eyes caught Christopher's and held them. "You know I don't believe in romance, my dear Captain. I intended to escape with Jasper." Her words were bold but quiet. "But you are, after all, The Gentle Pirate. Considering that I've been working for you for almost 3 years now, I should have realized escape wouldn't be so easy." She took a sip from her rum bottle, pausing to let the rum warm her stomach and thoughts.

"Forgiveness isn't in your blood so I won't bother asking for it. But," Akantha let the smile drop, her face becoming nothing but serious, "regardless of the other reason Jasper and I are out here, if we are going in search of Dead Eye's treasure, we're going to need more supplies. You're welcome to accompany us if you like."

~*~

Xanthos grinned at her. "What'd'ya think about the Cap's plan to find Dead Eye's treasure? Pretty bold, huh?" He continued petting Hayate. The dog curled himself into the boy's inner thigh.

[Hollow Ichigo]

How amusing. Christopher watched the two, easily mistaken for a couple, stand in.defense of the other. Such human purity was rare yet mandatory for ones in their position. Christopher had to admit to himself that at this moment he was at the disadvantage. He was injured, not at his best and even that full out sprint had tired him out to some extent. Both were doctors, both knew the human body better then he, and both were unharmed. Christopher supposed it was his detection of their plans and his quick response in which fear was delivered. Good.

"I applaud your swiftness my dear friend. It pains me to do this but I really must teach one the consequences of treachery." Christopher began slowly inching toward the two with his sword still drawn. The air around him seemed cold and as the wind blew gently against them they may have finally caught the scent of blood against his blood. In fact the sword was bathed in it. Who's blood could it be?

"CAPTAIN PLEASE!!!" Behind the two stood the pirate whom had been knocked from those ever so dangerous needles. There was a small cut on his arm and blood leaked from it profusely. Christopher walked past the two doctors and within a few seconds, and one or two quick steps, the pirate began choking on the same liquid that was so vital to survival. The twin lashs on both sides of his neck sprayed violently as Christopher turned, swung his sword out to remove the blood, and the shealthed the sword. With it's click into the hoslter Christopher looked up at the two wide eyed doctors. "This was your fault. His life sacrificed for your own." The man suddenly stood up straight and choked out a few words of little worth and made a mad dash at the Captain. "Do not make the mistake of thinking me Gentle." Pulling out a dagger the man lept at Christopher gargling a few curse words before striking down at the man from behind. Christopher kept his eyes trained on the doctors, this was a lesson on what would happen to not only them but anyone whom they had ever talked or had been saved by them.

"You should thank him as I have. He was a great foundation for today's lession."

Before the man could touch Christopher several rays of silver cut through the air around him then....

(Choking sound muted by the ringing sound of blades then the sound of ripping and tearing flesh and muscle)

A wave of blood and bodily organs littered the ground between and around the three lone humans. Christopher's gentle smile only seemed off by the coldness of his eyes. A perfect circle of human remains enclosed them. Christopher stood without a stain of blood on his frame. The doctors however had been showered, a liver and kidney at Jasper's feet, a bursted lung slid down Aka's left leg, the heart was split in to and lay against the two's own chest where their heart was before sliding down to the ground. Then the brain. Perfectly intact yet laid percisely next to the two seperating them. Christopher watched with malicious eyes gauging their reaction. He was not to be played with. The sword blood soaked swords in his hands seemed so powerful right now. In a deep dark secrion of his brain a name escape itseld from it's cage. The mess before him triggered his desire to see it repeated over and over on one person.

"Sapphire..."

[mrpineapple]

"Well.. Bold is the right word. How are we going to find it even though noone else can? " Eve thought aloud. "Although i do trust the captain, he must have a good lead or something"
"And if it goes good, we'll be rich. AND famous!"
Eve smiled, she imagined Xanthos would like the limelight. He had the personality for it.

[pleasant_disorder]

Akantha spit the other man's blood from her mouth. She lifted her arm to look at the sleeve of her once white coat, now stained a deep red in the man's blood. She kicked the lung from her leg, and stared, hard at the organs around her. She thanked herself for sparing the man and not using a poison-tipped needle. In her stupidity, she hadn't accounted for getting caught by Christopher, but the harshness of The Gentle Pirate had dawned on her the moment he stepped from the shadows. He was a man of punishment. To their luck, Christoper figured that a show of power would suffice in keeping them aboard, though she severely doubted that this was the last of their punishment. She picked a bit of intestine from her cleavage.

Akantha felt little for the pirate that Christopher had killed; in fact, with her new revelation, it was hard to feel much for either the Gentle Pirate or his crew. They were all the same. Killers, thieves, arsonists, some of them likely rapists. She felt herself get nauseous. Her legs shook, but not for the circle of innards and blood and pieces of body, working with pirates had made her privy to rather gruesome sights. She took two long gulps from her bottle. Letting out a sigh, she moved her eyes from the disemboweled body to Christopher's cold stare with a serious face.

Day after day, Christopher gave her several reasons to fear him, and something inside of her quivered as he held her gaze. What was she doing with this boy? She was Akantha the Rose Thorn Pirate. She had her own pirate name. She clenched her fists and looked away from Christopher. The sad truth of it was, there was nothing for her to go back to. If she went to Greece and made her appearance known, the police would arrest her. Akantha was not as innocent as Jasper thought, and somehow, his belief in her, his urgent words, they'd fooled her into believing so too.

Akantha pulled her head up and made eye contact again. This time her eyes told Christopher that she'd been beaten. "Sir..." she said with a rasp, "thank you for your punishment." She felt ashamed of herself and knew that Christopher could see it, so she turned to Jasper, who stood behind her covered in blood. She put her arms around Jasper and hugged him, not knowing what his reaction was. "Keep it together," her voice was a harsh, demanding whisper that only Jasper could hear, "show him your fear and he's got you." Her blue eyes narrowed as she spoke into his ear.

~*~

Xanthos held the dogs face close to his. Hayate sniffed at Xanthos' lips then licked them. He laughed and released Hayate's head. "Cap ain't got any leads so far," he said with a shrug. "We're headin back for Greece right now to see if we can't root nuthin up in the pubs. Imma head to the library. I've only read on Dead Eye's treasure at the Drydogan Library, but there wa'nt much there, so I'm hopin ta find out sumthin new." He stood up and crossed his chest with his arms, his youthful grin spreading across his face. "Wanted ta know if ya'd like ta come along. Greece's library's supposed to be huge, an' four eyes are better than two. But I could understand if the promise of a bar fight would keep ya from it."

[mrpineapple]

"Im sure jack'll ensure we don't miss out on any opportunities for bar fights" she laughed.
"Yeah sure, i've never been to a proper library before" Eve had been brought up solely on the books from her fathers room, most of which were about trade.
"you reckon they've got that sorta book? About the treasure?"

[Cross Avantgarde]

The gruesome display of punishment was bad enough, but the reckless, almost proud disdain for the sanctity of human life that Christopher had displayed thoroughly rattled Jasper. He’d been around enough blood and viscera in his practice as a physician to keep him from vomiting at the sight, but that did nothing to quell the brutality of it. His white jacket, gold vest, gold tie and white pants were now blotched with red in spots. To Jasper’s disgusted surprise, Christopher blamed the man’s death on the near-escape from the ship that he and Akantha had undertaken.

Jasper felt his fists clench once again, but he also felt them shake. Perhaps his perturbed state was visible, since Akantha soon embraced him and told him not to show his fear. He reached up with his left arm, moving from the elbow as Akantha had his shoulders in the embrace, and placed his hand on her right shoulder as if to reassure her that her words were understood. He wanted to state this vocally, but all he managed to say was, “Thanks.”

He noticed that she had taken a few more swigs from her bottle after seeing the sight. This made it all too clear what the pirate’s life had done to her, and would likely drive her back to, at least in Jasper’s line of reasoning. Pirates stole, lied, deceived, murdered, and ran a life as turbulent as the waters upon which they sailed. They had driven Akantha’s life to a place that infuriated Jasper. Truly, everything he’d ever thought about pirates was turning out to be true.

And now he was about to be their captive.

[pleasant_disorder]

Akantha let go of Jasper and turned back to Christopher, her eyes renewed with her facade of careful respect. She was finally aware of her status in Christopher's world. Akantha was one of his belongings, an item under contract that he paid for. In the beginning, Akantha had been like all the other women, swooning for that long black hair and those steely blue eyes. She'd been surprised when he offered her a position aboard the Star Wind. Like Jasper, she hadn't expected such a finely dressed gentleman to be a pirate. And without a second thought, she'd agreed to his terms and conditions, adding in the addendum that she was not to be considered one of his crew. But the addendum was idiotic, nothing more than words, and she suspected that Christopher had known this all along. She was an accomplice to pirates, and her agreement with Christopher trapped her there.

"Sir," she said, her voice thin and tired, "I would like to request that Jasper and I be allowed to clean ourselves up, unless, of course, you'd rather us walk through the town covered in blood. I doubt any night watchmen will let us get very far. We will still need to get the supplies tonight, before others become fully aware of Jasper's disappearance."

~*~

"If the Drydogan Library had a few books, on it, I'm sure Greece - the center of the world'll have tons of em." It was hard for Xanthos to hide his excitement and anticipation for the trip to the library. "And we can even look and see if there's anythin on the cap while we're there. But there's somethin else...I wanted to ask your help on a little raidin adventure. The Cap shot down my idea, but I figure, if we can get supplies together, then there'll be no problems getting North."

[mrpineapple]

"I dunno... If the captain isn't approving...maybe there's a reason." Eve said concerned."anyway, what kinda raid you thinkin of? Anyone else know?"she asked.

"Or is it another two man adventure?" she smiled questioningly at him

[Hollow Ichigo]

Christopher smiled with closed eyes. He opened them and sighed. "You still test my patience." He shealthed both swords before turning his back to the doctors and clapping twice. Half the crew stepped from around the trees, bushes, and around three in a tight trianglar formation. Christopher turned his head round and peered at them through his periphel. "Kill them!" The men aimed rifles easily taken from a few Naval Ships at the two. Before one could fire the Captain lifted his hand whispering a "Hault. Stand down." They stepped back grinning, some seemed actually eager to kill the two. Shaking his head Christopher turned and began walking. His men ushered the two forward. "I suppose my actions seem excessive. Yes. They are. However the era we live in is complicated at dangerous. What I want is what everyone wants.? Can you guess that is?

[Cross Avantgarde]

Pincered, Jasper thought. And it seems he’s changed his mind about us physicians not being expendable…is this really going to happen?

Disbelief was serving to keep his fear at bay, but Jasper could feel the anxiety mounting as the men closed in. When they suddenly stood down, Jasper breathed a sigh of relief and noticed how profusely he was sweating. Christopher then began to speak, but it only seemed to confuse Jasper further. He spoke in a mix of fear and anger, and the two emotions were probably evident in his voice.

“Of course I don’t know what that is!” he yelled. “You said something about needing us to find something ‘very important,’ but that’s all.” Jasper shook his head and shrugged. “I can only guess that you’re keeping two physicians onboard because of an expectation of high casualties. But that tells me nothing about what it exactly is that you’re looking for.”

[pleasant_disorder]

Akantha felt dead, and as the crew stepped forward, their eyes gleaming with blood lust, she felt herself quiver, but just as she'd anticipated, Christopher called them off. He will not kill us as long as he has a use for us. She said it over and over again in her head as she followed the captain back to the ship. God forbid he found another physician as capable as either of them. Christopher would surely kill her first. She wasn't as easily controlled by Christopher's fear tactics, though admittedly, at that moment, her legs and hands were shaking with fear.

A few men laughed, one even made the comment, "Well now, if that ain't a sight, the Rose Thorn Pirate herself, shakin in her little high heels." The one pirate sniggered and said, "Aye. It's too bad the Captain won't let us at her, teach her a real lesson." Akantha didn't let the comment get to her. Christopher made all of them shake; they were just on the duller side of his sword.

Jasper's tone made Akantha incredibly uncomfortable. Was he trying to get himself killed? She cooled herself down by trying to think out Jasper's motives. Perhaps he was. Perhaps he felt that death would be better than working for someone like Christopher, but that was not how Akantha viewed the situation. She was glad to be alive, and Christopher had provided her with a life, a job, and somewhere to sleep where no one judged her. But her loyalty was torn. There stood Jasper beside her, shocked and appalled, covered in blood and obviously frightened for his life.

Though Akantha's hands and legs had stopped shaking, she could not control the quiver in her voice. "Your name etched with fear in the minds of every person?" She said quietly, hiding her smirk by looking down at the ground. She had a few more answers for Christopher, but refrained from them. "Besides that, I can only guess that you want what every pirate wants, Dead Eye's treasure: immortality. To be a god of sorts."

~*~

Xanthos shrugged his shoulders. "Wanted ta run my plan past'im but the Cap cut my off before I started. It'd be a two man adventure, and I need someone stealthy." Xanthos wondered into Eve's room and plopped down on her bed. Hayate barked at him. He dropped a hand over the edge of the bed and Hayate nuzzled it. "I've been dreamin'a stealin the corpus Aristotelicium since I was a wee one." He registered the blankness on Eve's face as uninformed. "It's all of Aristotle's treatises and philosophical theories. There's an added bonus to the original text. An old hermit scholar once told me that it mentions Dead Eye's treasure."

He put one of his legs into a 90 degree angle then put his other leg on top of it, and rhythmically swung his bare foot back and forth. "But ta even look at it, you have ta be one'a Greece's top scholars. So we're gonna have ta take it. Won't be easy either. Security's tight with all the pirate ships bein round." A seriousness overtook his tone, but his smile and determined eyes remained in place. "But I've got the blue prints and I know their security routes." During their last port in Greece, Xanthos had done some curiosity-driven snooping one night. He'd gone to the library to check out their security. It was fairly tight, but as Xanthos observed from windows and in the shadows, it was flawed.

[Hollow Ichigo]

"God?" Christopher hault his movements and like drones his crew did as well. He turned to the doctors and chuckled softly. "My name ecthed in the hearts of all through fear. It's done. To be a God. Impossible. How can one become that which does not exist?" He stepped toward the two, opening his arms wide, he seemed so open to attack right now. His voice grew cold and dry as he spoke. "What I wish is an end to this world. Like the passing of the wind."

[~Shobu~]

OOC: Cue Thanatos! XD

Rufus let it go that the woman had ran into him. She seemed to be in quite a hurry. but he couldn't help but think he's seen her somewhere. She was dragging a man with her and he had a gut feeling that he was the doctor Rufus was looking for. He didn't even have time to turn around before he saw another character run past him. Now he knew exactly who that was. No mistaking it. It was the Gentle Pirate. Rufus had seen him in Lavora on several occasions, as well on wanted postesr. He didn't look a one bit like his name implied. The streets were awfully desolate at this time. The sun was already beginning to sink beneath the horizon, casting a warm glow over the town. He couldn't have that megalomaniac killing the doctor before he had a chat with him. Then again, that man, the Gentle Pirate, is--if he remembered correctly-- captain of the Star Wind. He stood and weighed his options for a second, then decided to follow.

He came upon a gruesome scene; organs and blood painted the beautiful cobblestone of the pathway. Rufus had missed quite a bit. He was just in time to see men pop out of hiding here and there. Now he knew who the woman was. The Rose Thorn Pirate, a woman almost as notorious as the Gentle Pirate himself. Almost. Coming upon this scene, Rufus' intuition of his ruthlessness proved correct.

Rufus wasn't entirely certain if he wanted to stick his neck out for these people. He did need the medical supplies, but he could just steal them. But he wouldn't know where to start; medication. Then again...

Acting quickly, Rufus retrieved his sling-shot from within his coat. He removed one smoke pellet he had bought in Hinawa, readied it on the sling, aimed, and fired. The moment the pellet hit the ground right in front of Christopher, a thick black smoke erupted, temporarily blinding everyone there. Rufus shot forth, grabbing both Akantha and Jasper by the wrists and dragging them along into the alley way which lead into the market, which was still bustling with people. Small blessings, Rufus thought as he slowed, released their wrists and flicked his head for them to follow. They eventually ended up in another alley way. There was a door which had a small sign which read Carpe Diem on it. He opened the door, allowed them to go in first, glanced u and down the alley, as well as the rooftops, for any signs of pursuers, and shut it.

Inside, it appeared to be a normal bar with normal Greek citizens, but underneath, it was truly a hide away for pirates whom stopped in Greece. Rufus made eye contact with the bartender, a young and attractive man. He smiled at him charmingly and without a word, the man threw him a pair of keys, which Rufus caught. He urged the other two to follow with another head twitch. They walked over to what looked like cellar doors. Rufus used a key on the padlock, opened the heavy doors with shocking ease, and turned to face Jsper and Akantha. It was their choice whether they wanted to go in or not.

"That man most likely knows of this place and while he may not know we're here, he may come anyways. What will it be?" He said.

Nemo didn't know what was going on with her eyes close. People were shouting and telling others to get the doctor. Her heart leapt in her chest. The only doctor in town was Jasper. No, no, no! She thought in a panic. She had to think of something quick. If she saw Jasper, she'd blow her cover without doubt.

She didn't even have time to think of a strategy before she was suddenly lifted from the sand and onto a stretcher of some sort.

"He wasn't there," she heard a girl say, "but a young man said he'd go retrieve him."

Wasn't there? Nemo thought in confusion. He's always there. Unless... the exibit! Nemo didn't know what time it was. With her eyes closed for so long, she couldn't even tell if there was sunlight anymore or not.Her pulse was suddenly racing, then she remembered what she was doing. She had to calm down. She laid still and let them carry her to where ever.

Once the sweat had been wiped from his brow, his clothes changes to a night gown, he heard the door shut and sensed he was alone. Some type of strange herbal aroma that had a hint of honey in it wafted into his nostrils and Tibais awoke finally woke from his false slumber. He was lying in one of the cots in the room adjacent to Jasper's office. Nemo had been in here before, assisting Jasper in caring for patients in her freetime and during that plague. Tibais alllowed himself a second to fade back into Euthalia. She was behind a curtain so no other patients could see if they were there. She wondered where he could be. Was he waiting for her? Was he simply out helping another patient. Voices outside the door brouht her back to reality.

Tibais ran to the window and leaped out before anyone could come through the door. He needed to buy time and to spread a word or two. As he ran down the alleyway, he felt the dirt beneath his feet, then realized first he needed some clothes. But as he ran, he ran through a peculiar smoke, and came out fully clothed in a white undershirt, loose overshirt which looked as if it were made in Kanthrax, tucked into tan slacks which had silver buttons running up the sides stiffued in brown buckled boots. Complete with a pistol, sword, and earrigns and a chain around the neck. He slowed to a stop and looked at his new attire. He gripped loose end of the chain and frowned. That's not funny. He thought, before running again. He had a rendevous with a certain creeper.

In the looming darkness of Tartarus, there stood a massive, golden double door embroidered in jewels of varying shapes, colors, and sizes. Etched into the door were images of lust and terror. All of the intricate,bare, beautiful men and women could be seen crawling to the center of the two doors, as if they were desperate to enter. Those who were furthest from the center were captured by horrible creatures of al types, either being terribly maimed or raped. Behind this door there stood nothing but black abyss. But once opened, one would enter into the bedroom of none other than the Lord of the Underworld himself, Hades.

Today, Hades relaxed behind his precious doors in his black silken sheets, a tell goblet of red wine in one hand and a black-haired beauty in the other. It was a woman tonight. She was asleep, cradled by his arm as if she weren't in the embrace of once of the most menacing gods of them all.He had been watching his pet since she drifted ashore in the eyes of a nobody. Known only to him and Nemo, this nobody hid a very cruel being within his mind. Through his eyes, Hades saw all in his glass globe. So far, he was pleased with the progress his poppets were making. After they carried the body of "Tibais" off on a stretcher, Hades nodded in satisfaction.

"Thanatos," he said, "I want to meet with Nemo. Figure a way to form a crew and spread the word: Dead Eye lives."

OOC: Sorry Folter. I'm gonna move things along.

Sapphira turned to look at Alena. She considered this, but thought it too risky. "No, give him a cot in Ryko's quarters. You're easily swayed, darling." She smiled at her as if to pose no hard feelings. She stood and walked to her desk, her head starting to feel heavy. "Now, if you will, take him out of here, and tell Galataea to take charge. I'm going to lay down."

Three days passed and they were nearing Greece. It was midafternoon when Sapphira sat with Alena and a few of the other crew members, drinking light and listening to one of Ryko's stories. Brutus had volunteered to keep watch in the crows nest. He had a bottle of his own, but he hadn't touched it. He was horribley blind when intoxicated, so he chose instead to carve himself a whistle. He'd already gotten the shape, when he saw something in the distance. He stood and squinted over the railing. It wasn't in the direction of Greece, which was a speck on the horizon at this point. He grabbed the sea scope and peered through. It was a ship, but not a pirate ship. No, the white sails and uinformed men on board meant-

"CAPTAIN! NAVY SHIP!" He shouted down at the top of his lungs.

Sapphira's head snapped up and she was on her feet before Brutus could slide down the rope. He handed her the scope and pointed her in the direction. "It's not headed this way, but it'll come close enough to see us." Sapphira observed the ship's occupants for a bit longer then lowered the scope, a grin growing on her lips.

"Why wait? Let's make ourselves known to our fellow sea travellers."

[Cross Avantgarde]

Jasper’s fear was causing his mind to race. The thought of marching off to his captivity—surrounded by a group of pirates, no less—was starting to sink in and his mood was growing quite sullen and somber. Only the words of one of the crew sparked his emotions into a quick return to anger from sorrow. The crew member who had said it had threatened to teach Akantha “a real lesson” if given the chance, and Jasper studied the man’s face for a brief moment after he said it, just long enough to retain it in his memory. The crude comment would not be forgotten, and though Jasper could never take a life out of rage alone, he would certainly do so if it meant protecting an innocent person. One of the Greek philosophers had called this “ethical hierarchism,” the belief that some ethics are higher than others, and Jasper adhered to it stringently. If given half the chance, Jasper would ensure that the crew member would ingest nightshade via his drink and the results would be nigh untraceable.

Christopher’s words caught his attention next. It wasn’t so much the remark on God, though that did remind Jasper of Aristotle, the founder of Logic, who had stated that you can’t be a thinking person without believing in a supreme God—thus, the remark coming from a pirate wasn’t surprising to Jasper—but it was instead his comment about ending the world. Was that even possible? What could Christopher be seeking that would enable him to do that? Whatever the case, Jasper feared that Christopher was serious about his desire. Jasper had said too much already, and was lucky that Christopher hadn’t dispatched him to an early grave so far. He decided to keep his mouth shut and march on to the ship. Christopher had already shown he was beyond capable of getting his point across, and Jasper could not forget that fact.

It took more than a little effort to understand what was happening next. The sound, the smoke—Jasper was being led by the wrist before he gathered that someone had intervened, but this time it wasn’t Akantha but a very athletic man who was leading both of them somewhere with immense speed. They had reached the market before the man released them, and he moved his head for them to follow. Embarrassed at his bloody, macabre appearance amongst the Greeks in the market, Jasper nevertheless looked at Akantha and nodded for her to follow as well. Whatever the man’s intentions, it seemed he was their only hope for a thorough escape from Christopher, and Jasper was thankful. He followed eagerly, averting any and all gazes at his bloody attire while hoping that the citizens—some of whom he knew—would simply think he’d done a somewhat messy surgery.

Down another alley and through a door Jasper followed the man, and saw him catch a set of keys and walk to what appeared to be doors to a cellar. Jasper followed again, looked back at Akantha to make sure she was in tow, and then stopped when the young, fit man spoke. Had he not been the man they had so quickly passed before? Jasper was almost sure of it.

"That man most likely knows of this place and while he may not know we're here, he may come anyways. What will it be?" He said.

“I’m in,” Jasper said while crossing the threshold of the doors. “You have my sincere thanks.” There would probably be time for more talk later, so Jasper kept his words concise. “Akantha? I think this may be the best course of action right now.” He studied her face, knowing that this time there would probably be no going back to Christopher for forgiveness if she followed. Jasper couldn’t—wouldn’t—coerce her, but he feared what decision she might make.

[Valkarma]

OOC: Shobu! Are you back? Must get that rope. Your not leaving again.

Thanatos didn't so much as step out of the darkness, more he just appeared as if he had always been it. Hades was the only one whom he would appear before in his true form. The idea of his existance was a burden on reality to bear, even this far into the underworld. It made the area around him twist ever so slightly. Thanatos almost hoped that the human would awake. So he could see, so he could feel, so he could taste, the pain as her mind shatters struggling to understand his glory. But no. The glory of Hades came first. Always the master first.
"As the coil is tightened my lord. I have but to speak into the right ears and the seas will spin with the tale of the eye that lives no longer." His words were smooth and yet seemed to cut the air like serrated knives. Then at the same time they were not words. For Thanatos could not speak. Instead the knowledge of what would be words merely came into existance within the minds of those he chose. "I shall place the markers and move the souls best suited. No one ship shall be yours to wield, but many shall be played." Thanatos displayed a strange pattern to his speech. His form always affected the way he spoke.
As he slipped from existance again he entered an already prepared form waiting within the depths of the sea. The seas swarmed with life, so much life. He was a shark surrounded by fish. By life. Life had a quality that Thanatos found intoxicating. As his jaws clamped hard on a close fish he felt the tingle as it faded. That is what life had. Life had mortality. An end. It was so foreign to Thanatos that he fascinated him to no end. Lost in his meal he felt a gaze pass him by. He then returned to his mission. In but a few more hours the seas would hum with the knowledge that Dead Eye lived. He had work to do before the gaze of the gods past him by again. Hades would not go unchallenged it appeared.

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"Your right!" James smiled, "How silly of me to forget about that. A place to settle your head eh?" James paused and began thinking. There was a little shiver down his back and all of a sudden the idea hit him. "You can crash in the stores for now." He grinned, "We have one or two others making beds down there." He gave John a friendly tap on the back. "Not what you are expecting I bet but a good nights sleep can be had anywhere. With some luck."
As he stepped outside he noticed the change in weather and the suns decending. He gave a sharp whistle and one of the crew came over. He gave a quick salute and James saluted back.
"I'm going to jump off a second to meet a contact. Needs to be kept it quiet. Show the new guy." He titled his head at John, "Show him the stores below and help his set up somewhere to sleep." The crew member nodded and James gave John a reasuring smile before stepping off the ship. He had a meeting at dusk and he couldn't be late for it.

OOC: mrpineapple. Feel free to make up the crew member NPC. I'll be moving to John back into the action with everyone else soon.

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OOC: Jace post coming soon...

[Folter]

OOC: Sorry Shobu I was waiting on you XD

IC: Shaun was sitting with his hood down near the front of the bow on his own, thinking about the past few days. The first day with his new roommate hadn't gone too smoothly but Ryko wasn't too bad. The time at sea was worse, he spent most of it over the railing trying not to lose his stomach, and after that a lot of time just walking around until he could do so without falling over. At least now he was used to it, most of the crew members weren't too bad but some not so much. He was currently trying to design a new weapon that could be concealed easily and quick to draw, there were still a few kinks to work out but he was close.

"CAPTAIN! NAVY SHIP!"

He stood up when he heard this and walked towards the captain stopping a few feet away and looked towards the ship. He may not be a member of the crew, but he still followed her orders and he was interested in her plans.

"Why wait? Let's make ourselves known to our fellow sea travellers."

He heard Sapphira say. He put his hood up and looked again at the ship and thought Well now this is interesting.

[Esiphas]

*3 days ago*
Alena blushed under her mask and nodded. "Cmon Shaun. We'd better get you to Rykos room. Hes not bad by the way. Just... abrasive. He has some personality traits brought on by stress Just be nice, and he shoyld treat you fine. And if.he injures you, Im always in the infirmary." She guestured to Ryko. aryko, catching the look, Stood up and walked over. "Let me guess. Capns got you bunkung with me, right?"

*Current time*
Ryko was aggitated. He had just about finished his story about the Finnish Bard and the Hydra when he was interrupted. "Goddamnit..." He muttered, drawing his knives. "Come on.you navy sods,, hurry up... I want fo gut the lot of ya quickly." Alena onthe other hand stood next to the captain, her feet together. "Does that ship look big to you?" she asked, curiosity saturating from her tone. "Because i really need some cadavers, and I dont want Rykos leftovers to play with."

[Light Buster]

Abigail began to sail the waters for some people to hire for her crew while standing on the rail of the upper deck. So far she was failing to get more members more often than not due to her blunt behavior but she still had high hopes for some crew members. As she sailed on, she was approaching the island of Tazo, where her father originated and where she will look for her first set of members.

(Abigail) "So this is Tazo eh? Okay, full speed ahead!"

Of course, she said this to herself as she lost her balance and fell to the lower and main deck, only to land on her feet.

(Abigail) "A little clumsy but nevertheless, members need to be recruited and I'll make them join me if I have to!"

The ship then began to approach Tazo in a cruising matter and slowly but surely, she arrived at the docks of Tazo as some soldiers approached her with their weapons pointed at her.

(Abigail) "Do not fear about your belongings. I am here to simply recruit members to my loyalty. If you wish to join me for my cause, you will follow me. If not, step out of the way so I may look for members. And while you're at it, I would like my ship clean and spotless, setup as beautiful as the upper class."

People don't know why but they started to approach the ship and began to clean it up for her. Many say because she is a pirate and people fear pirates but it turned out that she was beautiful and the men would do anything for her just to have a night out with her. She left her ship, knowing that it was under her supervision even when far out from it and began to look for a library so that she can look up information on the legendary treasure as well as any potential members as well as she made her way to the library, men and women alike examined her body from a distance as she made her way to the library. She began to look around for the book on Mundus but didn't find it until she saw two girls move to the table and sit down to read the information on Mundus. She could steal the book from them but then again, she could test them to see if the girls were fit for her needs...she decided to wait and hear to see what information on Mundus they could get out of the book.

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Spydermonkey hasn't posted in almost a month now so I'm going to move on without him.

Alexis and Alexandra sat down with the book about the legendary Dead Eye's treasure. Alexandra opened the book and began to slowly but surely skim through it and began to pull information out of it in words.

(Alexandra) "Okay, here's the information on him...

There’s a legend about a man named Tibais “Dead Eye”. They say he sailed the six seas of Mundus with nothing but a nine man crew. He was a fine-looking gentleman. Only problem was that he had no pupils; all one would see was the whites of his eyes. Legend has it, he sold them to Hades, the ruler of the Underworld, in exchange for an immortal crew. All it cost him was his irises, pupils, and his humanity. Completely oblivious to what this meant, Tibais took the deal. Before, the exchange, he was still a decent human being, but afterwards, every city and town that came into view fell into total chaos. His crew of immortals grew tired of his bloodlust very quickly. All of them were great companions before his madness, but Tibais’ lack of humanity led to many brutal brawls between all him and the nine.

One day, they were completely fed up with their so-called “captain” and beat him until he agreed to ask Hades for his humanity back. The moment they all set foot in Tartarus, Hades was upon them. They demanded Tibais’ deal be reversed, immortality be damned. Hades grinned and “sympathized” with the crew so he reversed it. That same night, as the crew and the old Tibais rejoiced, the ship was sunken by a sea creature so large and horrible, if one were to survive, he or she would surely never sleep again. All nine of Tibais’ crew died, but the captain himself was said to have survive with his immortality intact. His punishment for breaking a contract with Hades, is to forever live with the guilt of having killed the only people he ever cared about, as well as the guilt of being greedy enough to make the contract in the first place. But no one really knows if it’s true, although, that sunken ship was said to have Mundus’ finest treasures on board."
(Alexis) Interesting indeed. But the true question is where is this treasure located? Mundus ship could have been sunk anywhere around here or not even around Greece at all."
(Alexandra) "True indeed. We'll need more information on this but as far as we're concerned, we need a ship."
(Alexis) "Good point but now the question is who is willing to offer us a ride to the treasure?"

Abigail decided to step in once they asked the question.

(Abigail) "If you're going to look for that treasure, then you can count on me to get you that treasure."

The two girls then looked up to the person who spoke to them and examined the pirate from the table. She was a pirate indeed but she was a bit more open most pirates who sail these days. Her body was of course molded from her Valera inheritance but she also looked like she can put up a fight.

(Abigail) "Of course, I can't simply give you a ride to the treasure. You'll have to join me and my cause if you really want to get your hands on the treasure."
(Alexis) "Join you?"
(Abigail) "Of course. But it won't be easy because I only take the best of the best. But if you pass my test, you'll be a member in an instant."
(Alexandra) "Then shall we take the test?"
(Abigail) "You two seem very eager to join eh? Okay, we'll take the test. Follow me."

The three girls returned the book and followed the girl to the ship.

[mrpineapple]

"How tight is tight security? how many guards we talkin' ?" Eve asked.

"Sorry Hayate, i think he means me, you make too much noise". She petted him as she noticed he was staring at Xanthos intently.

"Got a time planned for all this?" she asked. Presumably it would be dark, but shed like to know exactly.

[pleasant_disorder]

She stared at Christopher with wide eyes. His intent greatly surprised Akantha. Since she'd been aboard his ship, she'd always assumed that he'd loved living, if only for the small satisfaction of inflicting pain on and killing others. Her eyes lit up. Intrigued, she stepped forward, toward Christopher, if only by half an inch. She'd been wrong about him the entire time. Her mouth opened. She said, "What will you get out of ending it?" It didn't matter to Akantha one way or another if Christopher ended the world; it wasn't like she had much to live for. She simply wanted to know his motives.

But that was when the smoke bomb went off. Akantha's mind reeled as her wrist was grabbed, and suddenly, she was again running down alley ways, making turns, her high heels clicking loudly against the cobblestone. Part of her knew what was going on and demanded for her to stop running, but she didn't say a word, just let the man continue leading them. When they made it to the tavern, she uncorked her rum and gulped down approximately four large swigs. She knew this pub well. It didn't surprise her that few of the patrons paid little attention to their bloody appearance. Akantha let the warmth of her alcohol ruminate in her decision making process. She had two choices:

1) Return to Christopher and beg for her life by offering to lead him back to Jasper.

or

2) Keep running and hope she never saw Christopher's face again.

"You realize," she said to Jasper as they made their way downstairs, "you cannot go back to the way things were before." She didn't look at Jasper as she spoke, just stared straight at the doors Rufus unlocked. She stepped through without any hesitation. As they waited for Rufus to lock the door behind them, she continued, "Christopher will hunt you down and either capture you or kill you, and I assure you, neither of those options will be pleasant. Even if you're offered protection, he will find a way." She looked to Rufus as he approached. "I can't say you've made our lives any easier, but thanks."

~*~

Xanthos sat up, his grin larger than life. "Tighter than we're used ta. We'd have ta do it tonight cause there's no moon, so no extra light. So we'll have plenty of shadows ta hide in. But the beauty of it is no one'll be expectin it. They've got their hands full makin sure the banks and merchants don't get robbed, and cause pirates never attack libraries, security should be lighter than normal."

He got up from Eve's bed and stretched. "Think I should tell the cap?"

[Light Buster]

The three girls made their way to the Abigail's pirate ship as they left the library. Abigail needed some information out of the two before she could test them.

(Abigail) "Before we can start our first test, you two will need to exchange information to me."
(Alexandra) "Wait, you really want to know who we are?"
(Abigail) "Don't worry, I'll tell you who I am as well and I won't use the information against you. Besides, by knowing your names, we can get to know each other more and your names are also the foundation of your reputation as well."
(Alexandra) "I see..."
(Alexis) "All right then, the name's Alexis."
(Alexandra) "And I'm Alexandra."
(Abigail) It seems these two are very well known. I've made a good decision after all. "Okay, let's head for the ship so you girls can take the entry test."

The three girls began to proceed toward Abigail's ship and when they arrived, they spotted a set of pirates raiding the docks but leaving her ship unharmed. The pirates were doing their typical raid and rob on the local people but they did look rich with all of the gold they have and then the pirates spot them, that's when Abigail came up with their first test as the pirates rushed toward them to kidnap them.

(Abigail) "Okay, if you two don't wussy out and take the pirates without calling for help from me, you'll be an official member of my crew."

Alexis stretched her body as she arched it back, displaying her abs and breasts while Alexandra did the same thing. Alexandra then loaded her weapons and the three girls prepared for combat as Abigail pulled out her flint pistol and Sabre sword.

(Alexis) "This will be easy."
(Abigail) "Okay girls, let's get 'em."

[~Shobu~]

OOC: *runs and hides* Noo! Not the rope! I'll stay this time! I promise! >.<


“I’m in,” Jasper said while crossing the threshold of the doors. “You have my sincere thanks.”

Rufus nodded but didn't say anything as he waited for the two to enter before closing the doors behind him. He pulled the iron latch down and turned. The room to which the stairs led, was lit with torches on the stone walls. There was a wooden table with four chairs, two small beds, and a faded tapestry of Apollo in his chariot. In his hand he held a spear and pointed it upward to a large mosaic sun.

"Christopher will hunt you down and either capture you or kill you, and I assure you, neither of those options will be pleasant. Even if you're offered protection, he will find a way." She looked to Rufus as he approached. "I can't say you've made our lives any easier, but thanks."

He glanced at Akantha as he crossed room to the opposite wall. One hard kick and a few stones slid out of their resting place. He worked quickly, pulling out blocks of stone at a time. "If I feared death, I wouldn't be in the business. Life as a pirate isn't as easy as they say, is it, Miss Rose Thorn?" He only paused for a moment to smirk at her, but his eye didn't express humor. "We drink, pillage, and enjoy ourselves to our hearts content, so we think. But then we're reminded we have a place--captains and crew mates alike." He still had his back turned to them as he finished pulling the last loose stone out. "At some point, we're all reminded that we are still forever at the mercy of the gods." He turned to face them. His gaze, which always seemed glaring, was somehow a tad sad. "Therefore, M'Lady, I don't fear this Christopher. I've seen horror at its worst, if you can believe it." Behind him, there was a small, circular wooden door. "We'll rest here for a bit. It's dark outside and we'd look awfully suspicious running through the streets as we are. I'll keep watch. At the first sign of trouble we'll escape through here. It leads to the winery, run by a friend of mine."

Removing his overcoat, he set it on the chair. He looked to Jasper. "You're the doctor of this town, I presume?"

With Galatea at the wheel, Sapphira gathered the crew. "Gather 'round mateys!" She shouted as she stood upon the upper bow. "We've got ourselves a succulent plunder about us!" Cheers erupted from her crew. "Now, I've got a rule about Navy ships for your newcomers, and that's only kill if necessary. Many of these boys are still fresh from the the school yard so ya tie 'em up and throw em overboard if you have to." She looked to Shaun and smirked, then turned her attention back to the crew. "Are we ready mates?" She said and thrust her sword skyward, which her crew mimicked, followed by shouts of excitement. "Alright! Man the canons!" She leaped down from where she stood and walked to Shaun. "Seems like I have use for you t'day, Sir Thief. You're supposed t' be stealthy, aren't you? I'd like you to find me anything, anything at all that pertains to Dead Eye. Bounty papers, propaganda, what be it, take it. I'm sure I don't even need to say, feel free to take whatever else you please," she smirked at him as she turned to Ryko and Alena.

"You two ready?"

In the form of Tibais, Nemo stood at the loading docks for merchant ships. She at her reflection in the dying light. This white hair and eyes frightened her. It was yet another form that would cause tragedy. She knew several people were willing to kill e. Nemo shed all of Tibais' clothes and dove into the water. Underneath she saw him in the form a shark, a creature which all mermaids feared. Nemo clenched her fists and fought to fight her trembling as she approached him.

"You just jump at any chance to scare others don't you?" She said, frowning. Thanatos hadn't been able to possess her yet, Hades allowed her to stay free of that horror at least. Once he did, he could come and go from her mind as he pleased. She wouldn't be able to handle that one bit.

[Cross Avantgarde]

Akantha’s words were a heavy weight upon Jasper’s shoulders, and he knew she was probably right. Though pirates had to hide away from the open in Greece, they were still there. Jasper couldn’t possibly endanger the lives of his co-workers and patients by being an open enemy of pirates, could he? Yet, this seemed to be exactly what his father, Byron, had done so long ago—if the stories were true, that is. And Byron was still alive and well. Perhaps he was more like his father than he would like to admit. Or perhaps his luck would prove to be a lot thinner than his father’s and he would be the early victim of a pirate’s wrath.

The man’s words diverted his attention from himself and to the fact that he was in the presence of yet another pirate. A pirate who knew Akantha by her nickname. A pirate who had a secret entrance to the winery. Most importantly, he was a pirate who was actively protecting him, and the irony was not lost on Jasper.

Removing his overcoat, he set it on the chair. He looked to Jasper. "You're the doctor of this town, I presume?"

He’s in the know about both Akantha and myself…who is this guy?

“I am, sir,” Jasper said with a nod, surprised at his own use of a respectable title towards a pirate.

[Light Buster]

Alexandra took the first third of the pirates and immediately loaded her weapons and blasted the first two pirates ahead of her, knocking them back on their backs. She then jumped at the third pirate feet first before she slid on him and spun around to shoot the remainder of the group. Alexis on the other hand first grappled the first pirate's of her group using her leg whilst flipping forward to throw the pirate toward the others to knock them to the ground. She then turned left and smashed the pirate's stomach before giving him a roundhouse kick to the face, knocking him cold to the ground. She finally made a one hundred eighty degree turn to the right to give out an uppercut to the chin of her last pirate as he flew in the air and then back down to the ground. Abigail yawned as she shot the first pirate with her pistol whilst slashing and stabbing the others with her sword. She could do two things at once even when not looking in a particular direction and every last pirate fell to the ground faster than they can examine their bodies. The crowd around them began to cheer for a bit as Abigail made her way on to the opposing pirate ship as she took their treasure and placed it outside for everyone to grab.

(Abigail) "For you citizens of Tazo, we leave here with our mark in history."

The three boarded Abigail's ship and set sail for the treasure of Mundus...

[mrpineapple]

"Hmm"
"I think it's best we don't. He'll try stop us. And besides, he'll probably accept the idea once he sees the rewards"
If she knew the captain, Xanthos would get an earful if he knew he was continuing the idea. Noir was a great captain, but part of that was disciplining his crew too.

Eve looked at Xanthos stretching. "Alright. What time is it now so?"

[Esiphas]

Ryko and Alena nodded Simultaneously. Ryko drew out some knives, twirling them in his fingers. Alena drew her favoured weapon, a Short blade, like a shortsword, but incredibly sharp and shaped like a Falchion. She called it ''Precision.'' She rarely used it, because it took so long to service. ''ready as ever captain. Just give the word.'' Ryko loked about ready to start butchering people. but the look on his face was one all were familiar with. The look he wore whenever he was about to start his precision attacks. Crippling, Incredibly painful, but not lethal.

[Light Buster]

As the ship began to head out to sea, Abigail began to think on what to do next as she had many things to do. First task was to name her ship since it has no name to speak of yet. Second was to test the two girls, Alexandra and Alexis. Although they passed their first test to be deemed worthy members of her ship, this was only test number one and they had other tests they had to go through. Abigail began to speak once they were out in the middle of the sea where nobody could spot them.

(Abigail) "Okay girls, now that we're out here, it's time that we've come up with a name of our ship."

The girls looked at Abigail with curiosity and then at each other before they looked back at Abigail. They wondered about a name for their ship but were also afraid to blur it out if their name was terrible but after some thinking the three of them had a name.

(Abigail) "How about the Dark Azure?"

Alexandra and Alexis looked at each other and nodded.

(Abigail) "Great, then our ship will be known as the Dark Azure! Now that we gotten that over with, it is time to start our second test."
(Alexis and Alexandra) "Second test?"

[pleasant_disorder]

It hit Akantha. She knew who this fellow was. "Rufus..." Akantha said with smiling eyes. "And what pirate ship are we working for these days? Eh? I suppose your sudden and gracious rescue has something to do with the Dead Eye rumors, hmmmm?" She crossed her arms over her chest. There was a bit of a triumphant look on her face. "You're not still roaming about, looking like a lost puppy are you?"

She watched passively as the two spoke. "Don't worry, Jasper," Akantha put the rum bottle to her lips and spoke into in, contemplating its quickly disappearing contents. "Rufus isn't nearly the same as Christopher." Her voice echoed into the bottle. She sipped, then spoke again, "The saying 'a lone pirate is the worst pirate' doesn't apply here."

~*~

Xanthos walked into Eve's room and shut the door behind him. "This is the blueprint," he said, removing a piece of folded paper from his tunic. He sat down on the floor and unfolded it, then turned it to face Eve. "The obvious and guarded points of entry are here, here, here," he pointed to three places, "but what isn't guarded is here." He pointed to another opening circled in red. "The guards pass every thirty minutes. Once they're past, it's a quick dash down the hall, up the stairs, and then the locked door." He looked up at Eve. "Are you any good at picking locks?"

[Valkarma]

OOC: Must dig self out of grave and post.

There was a distinct ripple in the sea as Thanatos paused. Nemo appeared before him, her tone disapproving and her posture on the side of threatening, but always ready to run. Thanatos did not respond straight away instead he encircled her. He drank deep the fear as he nudged himself even closer to her, a mere hairs width apart.
"Oh Nemo." He words placed into existance as always. "Look at you." Somehow the tone became mocking. "Have you been injured recently? I smell blood on your hands. Innocent blood. Killed for an corrupt purposes. Did you know blood makes a shark frenzy? Makes them want to feed. To hunt. To kill." He drifted closer, lightly touching her back with his nose. He kept moving, forcing her to keep turning so she could see him. Forcer her to get more and more paranoid.
"You know. There are things I can do to you that are worse then death. Forms I can use to break you. A subtle thing such as yourself. With a body that is so malleable." He slowed to a stop before her. The eyes of the shark shifted and became sickly. Thanatos glared at Nemo knowing she would not risk staring into his true eyes.
"So. Do. Not. Push. Me!"
He then returned to swimming around her.
"Tell me. How goes your orders so far?"