forum Multi-universial Pirate Roleplay

Started April 02, 2018 by @StarrySplitdeath

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"The best criminals are the ones that do the wrong thing for the right reasons," Jo added, "I'm a criminal too, they just gave me a badge and a title instead."

Cadence nodded at this, saying nothing on replu. The others were used to her silence.

Atiya grinned. "Eh, I suppose I agree. We are not here to simply kill. We can do better than that," she said. She opened her mouth, about to launch a long speech about the honor of the pirate, until she saw Milo's deep glare as he launched himself from the ocean and shifted for a second to frown at her.
"So sorry," she said to him, sheepish.

Cadence observed this with a touch of amusement, still silent.

Milo rolled his eyes, falling easily back into the cool waters and changing into the slender fish again before looking to locate his little place to sit. He swam around, his senses tingling as he reached a spare raft next to the hull of the ship. Turning into his human form again, he climbed the ladder and sat in the comfortable, cushioning wood. When he looked up, he could see the side of the ship and the sky. "Ahhhhh," he said, sighing with relief.

"Did he just?" Jo shook her head before looking at him again. "We should get going, there's not a moment to loose," she said dismissively, "Captain, lead the way, please."

"Right." Atiya nodded, watching as the ship neared the fog. Once they got into this fog, they could safely travel through time. Atiya steadily kept one hand on the steering wheel and the other on the lever that would take them down below.
"Milo, get back up here!" she roared and waited until Milo, as a skink this time, scrambled up the ladder and shifted back into a human.
"Prepare for time travel!" she yelled. The boat started to tip backward. "Remember to keep your hands and legs on board at all times," Atiya added/

Cadence gathered Molly in her arms, humming an old satyr song to calm the small child.

Jo grabbed onto the mast and closed her eyes, time travel still had a way of making her queasy, no matter how many hundreds of times she's done it.

The ship was mostly submerged by this point, but Atiya made the small mistake of opening her eyes. She didn't make mistakes often - which, on the flipside, also meant that her eyes weren't as used to water as a sailor's eyes should be.
She gritted her teeth, allowing only a small bubble of seawater to escape into her mouth before the familiar softness enveloped her crew and the boat started to rise instead of sink.

Cadence held her breath, eyes wide open as usual, the saltwater not bothering her in the slightest.

When Milo saw where the Falling Thunder had ended up, he wanted to scream. And he did, despite Atiya growling at him to shut his mouth.
The good thing was that they were within swimming distance of an island. The sun was in the middle of the sky, but the island was clear. The island was pretty and photogenic despite the trash littered around.
But this island was so small that he could practically see the end.
"Why this one?????" Milo groaned. "All I ask for is some good food!"
Atiya chuckled. "Says the shifter. Can you not just eat the fish around here?"
"Yeah, well, fish is boring," he said. Milo pouted, staring out at the sea.

Becca rolled her eyes as she leaned on the ship's railing.

Cadence sighed, running a hand through her shirt white hair to shake some droplets. “Our mission, Captain?”

Atiya started to speak as she walked towards the waterproof bin tucked and tied into a corner of the Falling Thunder. She pulled out a towel and ran to the front of the steering wheel to address them all.
"My Storms, our first course of action will be to locate adequately nourishing land," she said emphatically.
"However, we cannot sail at our full speed, for that would arouse suspicion. We will most likely reach land in over a month, so I hereby permit access to the kitchen and food supplies."
Atiya sighed, biting her lip for a second while she thought. After that, she stepped down to face her crew at eye level (not including Milo and Molly, of course).
"Now that my speech is over," Atiya said, grinning, "we're going to be practicing our sword fighting skills."

"Yessssssssssssssssss." Cadendce pumped a fist, unsheathing her gleaming rapier.

"Alright, then Cadence," Atiya said. looking at the girl's obvious enthusiasm. "Would you like to spar me first?"

Jo hung back to watch this all go down.

“He’ll yeah.” She punted her rapier at Arita.

Atiya chuckled, pulling out her own double swords. Milo started a countdown. "Three. Two. One. Go."
Atiya lunged, the grin still on her face.

Cadence dodged with a toothy grin, aiming for Atiya’s legs with no actual intent to hit her, just to catch her off guard.

Connell and his ship were nearing their destination. He could make out the small island in the distance but a movement caught his eye. A small ship was lazily drifting toward his ship. It seemed they hadn't been spotted yet. Connell called for his first mate and she appeared behind him. "That ship looks too old to be from this time. Let's try to get closer. Get out the gear, you and I can swing onto that ship to see who they are." She saluted him once before backing away to carry out his orders.

Jo caught sight of another ship nearing them in the distance.
"Uh, I think you should see…" she said, her voice drowned out over the loud sparing.

The navigator on Connell's ship waved him over. "We are close enough if you want to board now. It seems they haven't seen us yet, but proceed with caution." Connell nodded at him before shouting striding over to the other side of the ship to start gathering materials. He strapped his sword onto his back before gathering some more weapons. His first mate appeared silently by his side and grabbed a cleat. She fastened it securely before throwing it. She led and the way, and the two silently made their way across easily landing on the other ship. They hadn't seemed to have gained anyone's attention so far.

"Hah!" Atiya said, grinning, as she sparred with Cadence. The satyr really was getting better, and it made her proud as a captain. As an opponent, she felt a little bit of fear.
She got lost in the beautiful sounds of the party of the two's clashing weapons.
"see…" someone said, but Atiya didn't want to lose this fight. She reminded herself to check what the person had said - but not right this second. She was busy.