forum Crystalline Pirates: Protectors of the Island (Closed! You can stalk though.)

Started June 19, 2018 by @ShadeStar

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This lives is what's up.

Wow, I missed a lot. Lol.

(Okay.)

Cicada was shouting out orders to the crew. They had to be off the island soon before the barrier returned and rough seas came, "Faster! Get those crystals and get them aboard. Stop lazing around and do something!"

Houston: AY! WHERE'S THE FIFTH POWDER BAG? I'VE LOADED ALL THE CANNONS EXCEPT THE FIFTH! WHO'S GOT IT?

(Was just about to fix it, actually.)
Houston sat grumpily on the last canon as no one answered him. "Hey! Don't forget the measurements for my eye! I'll need to make a new one in 'bouta week. I'll get the paper, Cicada, you get that crystal!"

Cicada looked to Houstan and shouted, "Hey! I'm the captain here! So shut yer mouth! You don't give orders!"

"Yeah, and I shoot your cannons to keep you alive!"
Nevertheless, he crumpled the paper in his own pocket and ran down the gangplank to fetch his crystals.

Cicada rolled her eyes and muttered, "Other people could do that too. But go nooooo, you have to be the powder monkey. I swear I don't understand people sometimes."

Brooke was studying a map, making sure that she had the route and all possible escapes memorized. She barely glanced up at the shouting, ignoring the others.

"I could just as well be the captain! Don't make us do all the work! Do you want yer crystals? Then come get 'em!" He shouted back up in annoyance, loading up a barrel of his crystals and ignoring Cicada's still lying on the ground.

"Hey Brooke! I advocate you as the new captain, to show Cicada we could all do her job just as well!" He shouted, dumping the barrel at Brooke's feet quite by accident.
"Oops."

Cicada let out a long heavy sigh. Houston was still new, she reminded herself as she went to go check the riggings. One mistake and the ship wouldn't make it out of the port. Besides she had her crystals on her, those were spares, idiots.

Brooke's head shot up as she stared at Houston. "Talking like that could be considered mutiny. I'd prefer to keep my life, thanks very much."

Houston backed away slowly, picking up his crystals as he went. "Geez, sorry. Why is everyone here so bossy? And, no one ever answered my question. WHO HAS THE LAST POWDER BAG?"

"I'm not being bossy. Just stating a fact," Brooke clarified before going back to staring at her maps.