"are you for real? What part of being quiet to gain the benefit of surprise don't you understand" Light asks in a hushed but clearly agitated voice from above as she stands by the helm with Amelia.
"Captain,..." Light reaches to her hip pulling a mask out and placing it upon her face, then also pulling up her hood. She loads her musket and takes aim using the railing for very limited cover. "Just give the order, there's a small chance they hadn't heard the whorc"
Amelias voice was likely hushed, her frustration shown in the harsh punctuation of her words. "Fetch the others, get them here yesterday. Tell them what is happening." Amelia extends her arm for Jasper to skitter over to from the rail. "And see to it that that horny fool is silenced and out of sight. Send Kael to me, please. Keep them out of sight and prepare to board. I'll be putting Jasper in my cabin."
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"Yes Ma'am" Light swiftly holsters her gun and jumps the railing instead of going down the stairs. Within seconds makes it to Kael's side, "Kael?, Amelia has asked for you"
Velania silences the bell as quickly as she chimes it, furious with herself for not having realized this was their target, but also wondering what happened to the battle plan meeting Amelia had mentioned when important details like estimated time for rendezvous should have been discussed.
Kael nuzzled Velania idly only to be alarmed from all the sudden yelling and movement, he wasnt in the worst condition and had a spring in his step but was ultimately.. sore. His stupor waned quickly as Light had sent for him. With a nod he followed the suggest post-haste, Drawing his bow from his back as he went to the Captain. Doing so to mitigate the enemies awareness of his presence.
When he reached Amelia, quick as lightning his voice echoed from the mist and shadows, a whisper. " You called Amelia? "
The bell ceases ringing and silence once again falls upon the foggy sea. Everyone stands in the eerie silence in anticipation, however there is no reaction from the other ship aside from the groaning of the mast and light flaps of the sails. As your ship proceeds closer, the fog dissipates only slightly, allowing you to view the ship and not just the silhouette.
It is a rather large clipper. The sails are torn and tattered. The wood planks of the ship appear wet. The rudder of the ship appears to be completely snapped off as well as one of the masts which lays lazily off the clippers portside. There are windows that line the sides of the vessel. Many of these windows are broken and yet not a single one appears to have light within. The flag upon the the still standing mast waves gently 50ft or so above the main deck and seems to be the only thing that still looks mostly intact. Just barley visible upon the red flag is a yellow merchants scale inside a white triangle.
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In ascending order, a Green Flag indicates a Apprentice, a Blue Flag indicates a Craftsman, a Red Flag indicates a Journeyman, a Red and White Flag indicate a Master. Finally a White Flag indicates the Grandmaster, who is the leader of the Merchants Guild and oversees all high profit jobs. There is one other rank, yet it is not placed above or below any other rank. Represented by a Black Flag, this rank is called Myrmidon.
Following in Kael's wake Light also began back to the captain stealthily as she could.
Kael examined the area and kept his poise, ready to snipe any possible aggressive individual.
Afterward he goes through his mental recesses and tries to see if he knows anything about the ship.
Velania walks up to Amelia at the helm looking slightly annoyed, but she keeps her voice low. She looks derelict. I hope you're not angry I sounded a collision alarm, she's less than 100 feet off and there's no way we were going to haplessly run into our quarry like this. Anyway, what would you like to do, I'd recommend we steer clear.
Kael whispers some information. " Definitely part of the Merchant Guild, the Rank of Journeyman. Does that seem accurate to your previous information on our target? "
Mordrin snaps awake suddenly at the sound of the bells, and rushes out of the medical bay he had set up in the past few hours. As he rushes out the door towards the deck he looks back and thinks, might be we'll have need of this room in a short while. I hope my efforts will pay off.[/i] He then snatches his quarterstaff from beside the door and heads up top.
As he comes above deck, he notices the ship off the ships port side, but does not stop moving. Instead, he makes his way to the last place he had heard his captain would be. Upon arriving there and finding Amelia, Kael, Light, and Velania, he whispers, Seems like most of us are here. Where's Alabar? Late again?
"I say, we're here... Let's investigate!" She looks to the captain, "Your call"
Amelia nods at Kael's query and shuts the door to her cabin after setting Jasper down inside. "I don't like the look of this. It appears as if someone else has beat us to the punch. In that case, I worry for the.. 'passengers' that were aboard."
She spends a moment staring out at the broken vessel, then turns her attention to Kael and Lightt. "This could be a trap, but I need to know what happened if that is indeed our target's ship. I need volunteers to board as stealthily as possible and do some recon."
Kael gives a nod of recognition, the idea was dangerous, but the choice to use him or the one known as Light would be par for the course. " Very well Amelia. I shall do what you need at this current time. I put forth that in following your orders the rest provide limited-to-full ranged support for our boarding and possible return. Moving into a trap does not mean doing so foolishly. "
He stares with steely blue eyes but a measured response.
Mordrin stands just behind his crew mates, listening to the instructions of his captain. When she gives her order to Kael and Light, he steps up and places a hand on each of their shoulders. "When the time comes for you to board the ship, give me a moment to provide some assistance. The divine powers that guide me may do the same for you.
"私はあなたと迅速かつ静かに移動しなければなりません!'
[/spoiler=Translation]["I shall move swiftly and silently with you!"[/spoiler] Derek Said with a soft whisper.
Derek thus began to move swiftly like a panther.
Light nods to Kael and begins moving to board the other ship once close enough. "I doubt I'll need to use this,... let's hope I don't have to"She says as she shoulders her gun. She then grabs a small object from her pouch and holds it to her forehead, as she releases it it begins circling her head giving her mask an eerie glow as it made it's passes. She gives one last check to her gear for tightness as she awaits the docking of the merchant ship.
'I think I'll try to paint this when we get back' she thinks as she maintains her sight on the abandoned vessel for any signs of movement.
Kael sets himself up on the ship taking a rope from the mast as they approach the other vessel. When it came within leap-able distance Kael swings over and lands silently as he could before looking around.
He draws his ninja-to.
As the others depart, Velania approaches Amelia. She rubs her bare arms as though chilled. I don't particularly like this, Amelia; she looks quiet as the grave over there. Do you really think that's Karrels' ship?
As the rope swings back Light times it so as to jump at it with momentum enough to easily clear the gap between ships. Swinging easily to the other side she pulls down and kicks her legs up resulting in a backflip before landing beside Kael. Looking back now at the others then to Kael, "We should make this quick" she whispers.
The ones who make it over to the deck of the Clipper are met with silence. Even taking a few steps albeit quietly, sound loud. The tension of the moment puts you on edge.
Suddenly, your ears are met with a gurgling/gasping noise from above. Causing all of you to look up with a start. A man, 50ft above you in the crows nest of the still standing mast, leans over the side, both hands clutching his throat. Before anyone can react, he falls from the crows nest down towards the deck. One of his legs gets caught in the rope ladder that ascends the mast. A resounding crack is heard as his leg breaks from the sudden twist and stop. His head slams off the mast with a sickening thud. Blood runs from the back of his head to the floor. One hand still holds onto his throat, the other hangs limp towards the deck.
Light climbs to the man up the rope ladder and check the man's medical conditions from injuries.
After assessing his injuries to the best she could Light then ties one end of a rope around his waist listening carefully for any signs of movement from the crows nest. Calling down to the others to help guide him from taking further injury she would throw down the opposite end of the rope after looping it through some footing. This would allow the others to pull and help hoist the man up and lower him slowly for better inspection should she not have assessed it well enough.
In hopes the others would catch on from the ship she would wave in a circling motion, in hopes they understood.
Kael had a plethora of warning signs appear in his mind at the sudden and gruesome end of this man. The first few were alarming and luckily Light seemed to follow his mindset to examine the body. He gave it a once over, after lowering it safely to see if there was any insight he could offer.
Afterward he would signal to Light he was going to investigate the Captains Quarters with simple gestures.
He would unlock the door if it wasn't already unlocked and look inside.
As you remove the man's hand from his throat and let his arm flop to one side to inspect his injuries. The realization that he was strangled to death by his own hand is a bit to late as you feel something attack you from the side. Thankfully, it tried to attack you where your armor was thickest. And falls to the deck with a light thump. A corpses severed hand skitters about the floor. The man now missing his own.
Kael dodged out of the way gripping his ninja-to in preparation. " Light, hostiles. "
Kael swirled his blade inward trying to pin it to the deck before resuming a defensive stance.
As they approached the ship, Amelia lined them up as best she could with the cutter. "Velania, Derek, furl the mainsail. Let's get in nice and close. Mordrin, prepare the boarding pikes."
She watched and listened as Kael and Lightt boarded for any signs of hostility.
Once the boarding pikes were set, Amelia would instruct the others to board. "Seems there's life to her yet, let's see exactly how lively they are." And she will follow behind her hand upraised ready to sling some magics if needed.
"Don't dock the ship! We don't know how many there are, it's not living"
Light then reloads her weapon in the same instant.
Velania doesn't hesitate to follow orders.
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As Kael and Light do their best Jack Sparrow impersonations, Mordrin lays a hand on each of them in turn and says a quick prayer over them.
When Amelia issues her order, Mordrin quickly snaps into action to set the boarding pikes.
The quick stab by Kael keeps the hand at bay. Light aims and fires her musket and the hand blows apart, sending fingers and rotting flesh flying across the deck. A smoldering hole is left in the deck of the ship and slowly, silence once again returns to the deck.
The crisis ended, Kael keeps his weapon ready from this point. He keeps a rather steely face upon saying, " Undead have been confirmed. This place has increased in danger. Assume there are more, watch my back. "
Alabar drew his blade and readied himself.
Alabar attempts to jump to the other ship, but as he swings across, his hand slips from the rope.
Kael, the door is locked and you successfully pick it, however... The door is barred from the inside as well.
Drawing his hands back Kael curses internally, of course the door was barred. Turning to Light he indicates the door is jammed by mimicking a shoulder-rush like movement. It seemed the others were just about to dock as well, unknown was if that boded well.
Getting into position Kael readied to dislodge the door, Stealth unfortunately would be sacrificed for it.
Kael dashed forward to give his best physical attempt, though his own body lacked outstanding burst muscle capacity.
The door takes the brunt of Kael's shoulder, the door shows no signs of budging.
Light hops down and grabs her rope replacing it into her bag as she walked over to Kael, "No sense in being quiet, if they didn't hear my gunshot then they're def" She'd then knock on the door to the captain's cabin and await a response for a brief moment. If no one answered she would add in, "Look, if someone is in there then I suggest you come out before you end up left here, it isn't safe."
Should no one answer Light would look to Kael, and point towards the entrance that lead below decks, "Shall we?..."
Kael awaited a response from the other side as well, if nothing occurred he would nod to Light. " We will need a sufficient lightsource, I will lead the way as my reflexes are sharp in case of close-quarters ambush. There is likely all manner of abomination on this vessel. "