Rough Seas Redux: A Tale of Pirates and More!

[POMC S117]

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[VirtualWeasel]

Stumbling curiously carefully off of the Equaliser, Allen stopped once his foot hit the dock, and then twisted around, almost as if it were some strange tap routine. Right as he turned, his eyes locked on a cluster of barnacles, feasting on the dirty hull of the ship. Allen's eyes twitched a bit, until he belted out, a little slurred: "EEEEEY! Peter! I want these barnacles off my ship, or I'll have your scalp delivered back to London in a tasteful gift basket!" At no response from Peter, Allen stood frozen in place, half on the ship, half off. "I'll take that as a YES, Johnson!" After that he lifted his legs and walked rather calculated toward William and Francis, assuming they would recognize him. "Aye, men! How have you been? Curious, I don't seem to remember the past few days, must have been that peyote I got from Kingston." Allen laughed at this for a while, and then tried to contain himself once more.

[The SheoDovah]

"It's just the one." Sally told the man as she retrieved some coins from her pocket.

[The-Shadow-One]

Leo frowned at what the cards told him, picking them up and examining them more closely. "Truth or falsehoods delivered by an uncaring god?" He asked himself and those around him, none the less gathering odd looks. He shuffled, drew and read the cards once more. "A different or the same outcome this must be informed by those of the naval leading capacity. Or this danger should be kept to me and mine, readying my knives for this danger?" He touched one of them in a means of steel reassurance.

"Again cards, tell me what will happen."

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Sandy stepped out of the cabin, and immediately froze. Just ahead of the boat was a dock, they were there. The place that she'd sworn that she'd never go to, filled with pirates, was the exact place that they were about to dock in.

But then a smile appeared on her face, she could get her revenge. If she could just find the man that had killed her brother she could do whatever she wanted with him; make him pay for what he did to Damian. She walked back into the cabin, her mind filled with gruesome images of the hooded man soaked in blood, his left arm gone along with his right leg. She would make sure that he stayed alive, just so she could savour each moment that he was in even more pain, just like her brother had been.

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[Emzi 43]

Avery noticed the trio and walked over with his first mate "Gentlemen" he said.

[VirtualWeasel]

"Ah, of course, where's my manners?" Allen said almost sarcastically, bowing while simultaneously struggling for balance. "Allen Søndergaard, captain of the HMS Equaliser, purveyor of barnacles and Spanish ladies." After finishing, Allen took a swig of the canteen of scotch from his inner coat pocket. At the faint wails of the Welshman, Allen looked behind himself, rolling his eyes and sighing.

[Emzi 43]

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Faint Wails? You know I'm standing with you, aye? I walked over there.

Avery looked at the men "So, you men been invited to the governor's place as well then? By the looks of you, that'd be a yes" said Avery, eyeing Captain Cornwallis's neat uniform and wig.

[Archer]

Sally R.
"Fine. That'll be five silver." the man shrugged before his jaw dropped, eyes focused behind Sally. From behind her she could here a commotion, a large amount of snapping noises, hopefully wood and not necks, and the sound of several pistols cocking.

Leo
Sadly the cards were no more specific than last time, only reaffirming the danger that could possibly be near.

The rest of The Lady Lucine
"Hmm. Sure." the sleazy man nodded as he examined his paperwork. "Now, just pay the docking tax and you're free to enjoy our little town, so long as you keep out of our business." he added, a wicked grin gracing his face.

Don Leon
With the aid of the spyglass, Don was able to discern several details of the ship, foremost among those was the flag flying upon the mast. Not of any country, the flag was clearly of pirate origin. The ship itself was a blur of white and blue, the distance obscuring the exact layout of the ship. Then, without warning, the ship loosened its sails and started to move towards Don Leon's raft. It seemed that he was not the only one with a spyglass upon the seas.

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Sorry about the wait, real life got pretty busy for a bit.

[BetaB17]

Leon pocketed his glass, content to see he has not gone unnoticed. He let the wind and current drag, setting his worn down oar down on the raft. He held on to his make-shift mast and cupped his mouth his left hand, using it to channel his voice farther than he could yell "Oooooyh!" he repetitively called out, hoping that in the passing minutes they'll be in ear shot "Ooooooooyh!" His face was full of glee, something few would be upon the sight of pirates at sea

[Justice knight]

"This sounds like a shakedown," Matthew stated.

[The SheoDovah]

Sally got out 5 silver, slightly bloodied coins and put them on the counter. "Sorry about the blood." She said before noticing the commotion. She turned around to see what was going on.

[The-Shadow-One]

Leo placed his cards away, and walked over the captain, to Matthew. "The cards tells falsehoods or truths about this place, danger of a unknown thing, danger around him." He whispered into his ear, looking at the dockmaster, or what he believed to be the dockmaster. "Believe them or belie them, that is your choice. But the cards tell me, and I must follow through, a means to the end of the danger."

[VirtualWeasel]

Allen looked, dumbfounded at the Welshman, letting the words slip out of his mouth. "No actually, we planned to stay in town unannounced and set it aflame." He just stayed silent after that, shifting around a bit on his feet.

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If you can't tell Emzi, Allen's a bit drunk.
And he doesn't like Welshmen.

[Emzi 43]

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I know, but Avery has only just arrived. And remembered what happened last time

"How much have you had sir? Best sober up if we're off to the governor's house" retorted Avery

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[VirtualWeasel]

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To be fair, Emzi, you betrayed the UK and declared yourself a pirate.
We were law-bound to capture your ship.

And also, Allen may be drunk, but he's still got enough manners to not stab you in the middle of a dock.
He doesn't hate Avery that much.

At the comment on his drunkenness, Allen stiffened his back and tried as hard as he could to look official (and, at any rate, more sober). This only made him look as though he was one of the King's own guards. "I heard of the Cornish fellow too. Sounds like a lot of bollocks. I bet he's not all he's made out to be... Get a fisherman drunk and he'll tell you stories of cursed ships and ghosts." Allen sneered, trying to make decent conversation.

[POMC S117]

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[BetaB17]

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Actually originally he was the one who was betrayed.. then he denounced his alliance.. and tried to flee<_<
Let us not have a flashback of ill times, please?

[Archer]

Don Leon
A return yell of "Ooooooyh!" came from the ship, letting Don Leon know that it was indeed him they were after. Within minutes, the ship had arrived, drawing up alongside the small raft. It was now that Don Leon could see why the color layout of the ship had been so hard to identify and it was because there wasn't one. The ship looked as though someone had thrown buckets of paint at the hull of the ship, leaving blue and white splotches often mixing and overlapping each other. From the deck of the ship, a rickety old rope ladder was dropped by a dark-skinned man, who peered over the railing at Don.

The Lady Lucine
"Like I said, stay out of our business." he chuckled as he unholstered his pistol. "Now, pay up." he added, waving the pistol around in the air. Around the dock, all eyes became fixed on the man, almost as if this happened pretty often.

Sally R.
When Sally turned, she was met with the barrel of a pistol, aimed directly at her face. "Now love, lets leave, nice and peaceful like." the man behind the pistol grinned, revealing a severely discolored mouth with several teeth missing. The man himself was dressed fairly well, donned in a bright blue, almost violet, shirt with sleeves rolled up to his elbows. Around the tavern, several patrons in turn pointed pistols at various things, some at the man in front of Sally, some at completely random people, and others at completely random things like rum bottles or a candle.

[POMC S117]

Spoiler:

Betrayed? How so?

[The SheoDovah]

Sally slowly got up and remained quiet. She would follow the man. Not that she had any choice.

[Justice knight]

"Put the gun away, you couldn't hit me with it from this range and you're more likely to hurt yourself than me," Matthew said, "And your not getting a single coin from me or my crew so go and hassle someone else."

[Emzi 43]

"It's a pleasure Captains, and I'm sorry, a Cornish brigand with his own ship? Oh my, sounds like a fairy tale when it's put that way. If we happen to get a chance to go freelancing in these waters, he shouldn't be too difficult to hunt down. Every tavern in every run down port will have heard of him, I'd wager" said Avery

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Doesn't matter guys, won't happen again, but it started with petty bickering all the same, all in character of course...