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Post by Princess Anne on Jan 12, 2008 11:07:02 GMT -5
Anne excitedly ran towards the beach were the pirate ship had been docked. She examined the ship, also noticing that it had retractable cannons on the side. However, the ship was so gigantic that she would have to climb up the side of it with a rope, since the walking ramp was not down.
She pulled out a long rope with a hook on the end and threw it as far up as she could, but missed at least 12 times. She sighed, then scurried over to a palm tree, climbing it to get some extra height. Anne threw the rope, finally hooking it to the side of the ship. "Yes!" she smirked.
Anne started to climb the rope, struggling, but got onto the ship after a long 10 minute climb. She crawled over to a large ram horn that was firmly positioned on a plaque. "I guess they used this to call all their crew members together..." Anne blew hard into the horn to get everybody to come over and board the pirate ship. The sound was deep and ear-deafening.
"Up here, climb on up everyone!" Anne called out, waving her arms. It was beautifully sunny and clear out, but that wouldn't last for too long. "uhm, I might need help lowering the walking ramp on this ship... the lever to lower it is stuck..."
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Post by Dante Reach™ on Jan 12, 2008 16:07:38 GMT -5
Dante climbed the rope and pulled himself all the way up. When he reached the top he shook out his arms, because the kinda hurt after that long climb. "Ok I'll Help." He said then grabbed onto the lever then started pulling with all his strength. He got exhausted from pulling. "Dumb Lever." He said and kicked it. Then to his suprised it moved a little bit. Then the lever went all the way down and it dropped the bridge down.
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Dear girl, time was the only thing that never fell on your side.
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Post by Rehjul on Jan 12, 2008 19:13:31 GMT -5
Knight stepped onto the bridge and walked onto the ship. He took a quick look around, then walked over to Anne and Dante. "Nice ship." He stated, looking out at the seemingly endless ocean. "Any idea when is everyone else going to be arriving?"
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Post by Fearn on Jan 12, 2008 21:47:47 GMT -5
Fearn dashed across the sand, leading Aurum behind her. She yelled wildly into the wind. "This is awesome! Wow, look a this ship! It's huge!"
Leading Aurum onto the ship was harder than she had expected though. She had to tug on her bridle to get her to even move a few feet. The pony wanted nothing to do with the strange structure. "Cut it out, Aurum! Stupid pony," Fearn groaned as she yanked Aurum up the ramp.
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Post by Elka on Jan 12, 2008 21:57:43 GMT -5
Elka grinned and led Rolf up the gangplank behind her after Fearn and her disobedient pony had already boarded. There was something exciting about the prospect of sailing in the pirate ship, even though she feared she would get seasick, or worse, the boat would sink. She would just have to push those fears out of her mind for now though.
"Does anyone know how long we will have to sail for?" Elka asked, hoping that the boat trip would be short. Walking she could manage; sailing sounded much harder.
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Post by Peregrinus on Jan 12, 2008 22:17:12 GMT -5
A falcon's cry echoed across the beach announcing Pere's arrival. Striding from the forest surrounding the beach, the ranger made his way to the ship. Along with his usual gear, Pere also carried a rather large bag of some sort. Climbing onto the ship, he nodded at everyone. Sly flew gracefully from the sky and landed on the ship's railing.
"See everyone is already here."
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Post by Princess Anne on Jan 13, 2008 1:12:40 GMT -5
After everyone boarded the ship, Anne put all her strength into cranking the lever that pulled up the ship's draw bridge. After that, she rotated a strange lever that brought up the anchor of the ship to make it set sail. She panted heavily, then turned back to everyone.
"Alright everyone, now that we're all here..." she put her hands on her hips and took a final deep breath. "To answer a few questions that you might be thinkin of, we're going to be sailing for about 2 to 3 days, depending if the wind is good. Also, concerning sea sickness, you guys have nothing to worry about, look how sunny and clear it is!! As soon as you guys see the size of the fish out there, you'll be more hungry than nauseous! And finally, as far as the duties on the ship..."
Anne looked around cautiously. "I say we split the duties evenly so its fair to everyone. For right now, I'll steer the ship in the right wind path. You all can go ahead and pick out which room you want, there's 4 of 'em." Anne proceeded to the captains' area, and took the wheel, trying to switch the large sails on the ship, but really had no idea what she was doing. Anne just assumed that she knew what she was doing...
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Post by Dante Reach™ on Jan 13, 2008 1:47:17 GMT -5
Dante looked up at the crows nest and smiled. "Well! I found my bed." He said then started climbing up all the way to the top. When he finally reached the top he looked down at everyone and waved. He looked out towards the shimmering sea. He hoped the waves wouldn't get to rough or he would probably start throwing up. He reached in his bag and pulled out a blanket and unfolded it. Then he set it down and climbed back down. Dante walked over to where Anne was. "So please tell me you've steered a ship before and this isn't you first time." He really hoped this wasn't her first time.
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Post by Fearn on Jan 13, 2008 2:30:19 GMT -5
Fearn dragged the near-frantic Aurum into a stall and shut her in before she could escape. "Geez, Aurum. Calm down, it's just water! This isn't the end of the world. Look silly, the weather's great too, it's not as if you're going to die," she reasoned to the pony.
Walking back across the deck, Fearn looked up at the sails. "You do know how to sail, Anne, right? Because if you don't, I suppose I had better jump over the side now," she said wryly. Then she noticed Peregrinus and his bag. "What's in there, a body? Taking a troll's head as a souvenier?"
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Post by Peregrinus on Jan 13, 2008 2:45:17 GMT -5
"Nah, just a couple of supplies we might need." Pere said before going below deck. Placing the bag there, he quickly returned to the top and made for the front of the ship, looking out on the horizorn.
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Post by Elka on Jan 13, 2008 2:58:26 GMT -5
Elka looked questioningly at Peregrinus, but had no comment about the 'supplies' he carried. She just hoped they weren't stolen or illegal.
Absentmindedly, she took her pocket-knife out of her jeans and flipped it open. With a sigh, she saw that it was still covered in the brown blood of the trolls. "Charming," she muttered, wiping it on the railing, hoping nobody would see.
This reminded her of another problem: she didn't have a decent weapon yet. Their last battle had proven that pocket-knives were not very efficient against trolls. "Hey, does anyone know where I could find something to kill things with?" she shouted, grinning.
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Post by Princess Anne on Jan 13, 2008 4:13:24 GMT -5
Anne chuckled in a confident, yet nervous way. "I happen to be a master at sailing!... Who wants to steer now? Hey Yelena, I bet you're a master at sailing too, huh!? Have fun!" Anne had put Fearn's hands on the steering wheel and quickly went back out on the deck, She looked over at Elka.
"Not only can I give you the perfect weapon for ya, but I can give you some offensive and defensive tips..." Anne smirked, then pulled out a small dagger from her boot and tossed it to Elka. "Watch how me and Peregrinus duel, and it'll give you an idea..."
Anne removed her metal outter armor from her body (to feel lighter and quicker) and drew her blade at Peregrinus. "Let's spar."
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Post by Fearn on Jan 13, 2008 13:37:25 GMT -5
"Whoa, hang on! I can't steer this thiiiiiing!!!" Fearn shrieked as the ship suddenly banked to the right. She yanked the steering wheel back, so that the sails caught the wind the other way, and the ship righted itself. "Right, so, it works like that... got it."
"Which way are we going, anyhow?" Fearn yelled, now feeling perhaps a bit over-confident as she set the ship going east.
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Post by Peregrinus on Jan 13, 2008 18:20:43 GMT -5
Pere turned to the end of Anne's blade.
"What makes you so inclined to lose in front of all these people?" He said with a smirk. Drawing his longsword, Pere met his sword against Anne's.
"Ladies first." Pere remarked allowing her to make the first move.
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Post by Princess Anne on Jan 13, 2008 19:33:57 GMT -5
Anne moved her wrist abruptly to the left, parrying Pere's blade away from hers to make the first strike. She then thrusted her shield forwards with her left hand to knock Pere back somewhat and followed up with a swift spin kick right into Pere's ribs. After that, she leaned in closely to him as looked in him in the eyes, her hair blowing wildly in the wind.
"You may look tough, Peregrinus, but that doesn't mean you are." Anne grinned mischievously. She looked back over at Dante. "Feeling nauseous yet? I hope not cause I'm getting hungry!"
The ship went over a few huge waves that caused Anne to be kinda off balance. She hoped that they were headed in the right direction.
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Post by Peregrinus on Jan 13, 2008 19:42:51 GMT -5
The ranger moved with gracefully experience as they fought. The ship crashing over the waves did little to slow him, and with Anne suddenly off-balnce, he slashed at her right flank. Spinning off the attack with his cloak dancing around him, Pere delivered a swift boot to Anne's shield.
"Where is the little begging girl from the cantina?" The ranger said, toying with her.
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Post by Dante Reach™ on Jan 13, 2008 20:33:15 GMT -5
Dante who was over the side of the ship throwing up put his head back up. "Don't worry about me i'm not the least bit sick I love sail--" He was cut short because he had to put his head back over the edge and throw up. He put his head back up. "I don't think i'm that hungry right now." He sat down on the floor then took a deep breath.
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Post by Princess Anne on Jan 13, 2008 20:35:21 GMT -5
Anne moved out of Pere's blade's range just before it could cut her side, but the side of her shirt got slashed pretty good. She paid no heed to it as she grasped her shield with both hands to block Pere's kick the best she could without falling down. Anne's eye twitched with irritation at Peregrinus' strength.
"Hmph." she lunged at Pere and placed her hands on his shoulders as she forcefully brought him down and knee'd him in his stomach. Anne quickly sidestepped to his backside and slashed her sword at the backs of his legs. Anne was not smiling anymore, but had a cold and serious expression on her face.
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Post by Fearn on Jan 13, 2008 20:47:50 GMT -5
"Right, let's not kill anyone, because gore makes me sick," Fearn commented from her post, as she watched Anne get the demon-look. She found being in charge of the ship rather entertaining, though difficult. Unlike Dante, she wasn't sick either, for which she was extremely thankful.
"You'd better get over that, Dante. I have no idea how long we're going to be out here, and that's kind of disgusting," she said, grinning in an annoying way.
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Post by Elka on Jan 13, 2008 21:20:28 GMT -5
Elka held Anne's dagger tightly, staring intently at the fight between her and Peregrinus. They both seemed to be excellent fighters, but neither appeared to think much of the other's skill.
She was feeling surprisingly well for riding in a boat like this one, especially for not being a frequent sailor. However, Dante's wretching was not exactly making the trip pleasant. "Dante, is there anything you can do to get better?" she asked, making a face. Though she wouldn't admit it, she did irrationally fear getting sick because of him.
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