forum "Bloodstained Gold" (Pirate Group RP) {Closed}

Started August 25, 2022 by @ScotchTapeWorm group

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Once Inez decided she'd sufficiently filled the plate with fruit, she started to return to the main deck to give it to the new arrival. He'd already left, though, and the captain had as well. Probably left to talk to him about jobs. In his state?
For a moment she lingered on the deck, watching crewmembers scramble with their jobs. Captain Silver-Tongue mentioned stopping somewhere. Inez figured she must have forgotten where, because she couldn't recall anything about that. She'd just ask Kavo about it once she was done, since she was curious.

Plate in hand, Inez stepped down below deck. She'd heard the door close right as she laid her foot carefully on the first step. Slowly, she continued descending the stairs. But she found herself hesitating at the door. Her interest in the next destination was replaced with curiosity as to what was being said or done in the room. Like the night prior. But even if she didn't want to eavesdrop (which, guiltily, Inez did), she didn't want to interrupt during the very beginning. She wanted to wait for a pause in a sentence, she told herself. The captain seemed a bit on-edge before she left and she was not eager to poke any potential flames. At the moment.

(I- 'Polytheistic pigeon'. I laughed for a solid thirty seconds, thank you XD)

(You’re welcome (demonic cackling))

Axel had thrown out his bait, unfair as the situation was, he knew that he would get a bite. The deck was so stacked that he was holding all of the cards, a one player game. He watched Juan wander about, amused at the aimlessness of it all. The fruit was more tempting than all the glittering gold, he knew. And it only took a moment for his winged friend to make a grab for it.

Silver-Tongue pulled the bowl away, making a tutting sound with his tongue, a mock look of disappointment on his face.

"Now, now.. Trying to take whats mine already?" He pouted, resting his head on his fist, inspecting the bird. He didn't need a canary, their voices paled in comparison to a sirens song. And he already had one of those in the hold. And a few dozen dead ones.

"And without even asking, for shame." He pretended to pause, like he was thinking over something, acutely aware that all his theatrics were mostly wasted on an idle mind. He tapped his chin, then glanced at the paper.

"You want this, don't you?" He picked up a grape, inspecting it and turning it in his hands, then popping it in his mouth, piercing the soft skin easily. "Didn't your momma ever tell you nothing in this world comes for free?" Axel wasn't sure why he was drawing this out, each moment made his companions sanity slip further, he was probably walking a thin line before he snapped fully and attacked him. He ran his tongue over his teeth thoughtfully.

"Hell, just sign the paper and you can eat whatever you want." Axel sighed, slumping back in his chair, maybe he was just losing his touch. Performing for a madhouse audience. Where was the joy in that? His game was wasted, violet eyes darkened with displeasure. He rubbed his temples, watching Juan with half lidded eyes. Maybe he should just shoot the bird, someone else had already de-feathered it based on those wings. Was it even that much of a prize? He exhaled softly.