Kragor, his cutlass dripping blood, moves to attack the red sailor. His powerful swing bites deep into the man's side, dyeing his tunic a deeper shade of crimson.
Jaska looks at the goblin. "Chickens? You are one strange little creature!" She then moves closer to the last sailor and tries to finish the battle. She miscalculate however, and ends up hitting the railing. The club almost flying from her hand.
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Jaska almost loses her club, but Kragor slashes the red sailor's body with a deep swipe of his blade. "Ugh..." He stumbles on his feet, looking around to notice he's vastly outnumbered on the sterncastle. "What are ya doin', ya wimp?" He shouts over at the yellow sailor, then desperately swipes at Jaska but misses her horribly. "Well... Guess that's it, then," He jumps overboard and into the sea.
The sterncastle is now cleared of any Rahadoumi sailors, but elsewhere on the ship, combat rages on, cutlasses clanging together and bodies falling overboard.
Kragor looks on in shock as the surrounded sailor leaps over the railing into the sea below "Guess the sharks'll finish him then." he says to no one in particular. He moves down the stairs from the sterncastle to the aft deck, taking a blocking position at the top of the stairs from the main deck.
With the rush of battle over Kragor's arm begins to shake a little as the fatigue takes hold. Looking at the blood dripping from his various wounds he asks "Anyone got any healin'"
"Well, that solves that!" Jaska shrug as she sees the enemy jumps in the water. Looking at Kragor she notices all the wounds and when he mentions healing, she just steps next to him and make a small prayer to Gozreh. Pressing her hand on him, she studies the wounds closing to see if he needs more medical attention.
Sasha makes her way to the wheel. commenting on those that decided on a watery grave instead.
Mother will enjoy the new blood, I am sure
Once to the wheel, we have a chance to pull away and be free of the wormwood. but perhaps best to hold here.
Lucien will step back to the rear of the boat, but remain there to ensure no one escapes in it.
Kragor looks to Sasha as she voices everyone's thoughts "It wouldn't do no good." he tells her "We'd have to cut away the ropes holding us together and we'd never make it before we were cut down. Besides, everyone from the Wormwood is already over here."
Turning to Bleepos he asks the goblin "Can you take care of our yellow friend over there? Tie him up or toss him overboard, either way I don't care as long as he's no longer a threat"
Jaska looks up from Kragor's wounds with a little smile. "So you are saying we should cross back over and leave with the Wormwood instead?" She winks at him as she finish talking.
Bleepos looks around, trying to keep his attention in everything going on. With all the noises and the battles, it was hard for him to closely pay attention to anything other than staying alive.
He finally decided to just ignore the surrendered enemy - the other Wormwood people were much closer to him, anyway - and move towards the center of the enemy ship, trying to seek where the other battle was going on. He went into total defense after his move.
In his small green heart, he was happy to be hearing more about mutiny and trying to cut off from the Wormwood. It wouldn't be the first mutiny he'd see himself into, and he knew such occasions mostly came from opportunity rather than perfect planning. However, on that case, he felt it had to be a combination of both... And probably luck as well.
There's still fights to be fought before that, lads! - he yelled to his companions, quickly continuing - Get ready! We're on a sea of opportunities!
His last phrase went out naturally, while he chuckled at Jaska's idea. Some longshanks are quite smart!
Hearing voices coming from the main deck, Jaska starts heading down the stairs. "I think we have new friends that want to play." Walking around, she finds an enemy and tries to take him down. Sadly, he saw her coming and was able to dodge the blow.
Hearing the voices in the fog and alerted by Jaska's warning Kragor leaves his spot by the top of the stairs and wanders into the fog. Walking blindly he comes across the sailor attempting to untie the ship's boat. With his cutlass in hand he strikes out at the man and cuts him deeply across the chest.
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The sailor bounds back, avoiding Jaska's club. Kragor rushes through the mist with his blade in hand and shoves it through the red-chained sailor's chest. He coughs up a mouthful of blood and wavers side to side on his feet, then whiffs a stab at Kragor and collapses on deck.
Orange rushes for the boat and manages to untie one of the ropes holding it in place, but it's not enough to release it yet. Purple moves up and away from Kragor and Jaska.
Bleepos sees the sailors appearing out of the fog and yell, then everything becomes confusing again. Without responsibility, brains or even sanity, the pirate charges up and tries to bull rush one of the sailors out of the ship. As the goblin moves, he touches the mast, does a flip turn and kicks him on the nuts.
Oh you want to escape? Let Captain Bleepos help you with that!
Sasha remains at the wheel but can barely make out some trying to make their escape on a boat.
not so fast she mutters as the ropes keeping the boat secure begin to knot up to prevent the long boat from being launched.
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Bleepos rushes the pirate with a solid kick to the groin. The blow is so hard that he flies back into the railing and falls overboard and into sea, screaming in terror. His screams die down as a shark shreds him to bits of flesh and a cloud of murky red water. Lucien blasts the deck with water as the pirate hops over it, and Sasha undoes any progress the Rahadoumi had made on releasing the boat. The remaining pirate lets out a cry of desperation as he looks up at the knotted ropes, but doesn't surrender yet!
Kragor laughs at the sailor trying to untie the ship's boat as the ropes keep tying themselves back up in knots "Just not your day, is it? he asks the hapless swab just before he slices his hand off with his cutlass. With a wicked flourish he follows through, taking the man's head clear off his body. Satisfied that the man is no longer a threat Kragor turns to peer through the fog for any more enemy sailors.
Seeing no more threat, Jaska repositions herself and get ready to smash anything that come near with her club.
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Before the sailor even turns to see him coming, Kragor sends his head up into the rigging with a single slash across the neck, carving it cleanly like a stick of butter.
Through the fog, you can see the Rahadoumi crew scattering or surrendering. Below, Captain Harrigan momentarily appears, gripping what appears to be a human heart in his hands.
Sasha makes her way back to the wheel, seizing control.
she simply glares in Captain Harrigan's direction, the thoughts of various ways to torture that man raced through her mind.
she finally settled that to make them undead minions would be so much sweeter.
Kragor will spend the round searching the bodies for loose change and anything else of note or interest.
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Kragor has sufficient time to loot three of the fallen sailors, and finds 42 gold pieces on them.
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As most of the Promise's crew surrender or are slain without discretion, one official-looking Rahadoumi crew member and two of her lackeys appear on the main deck. "Clear me a route to the boat, you morons!" She points her pike in Bleepos' direction. "Filthy greenskin! I've seen your kind cooked over an open fire where I'm from. Goblin meat is an acquired taste. Acquired, but delicious." She grins in the smugest of ways.
"Finally, someone in charge." Kragor grins as the officer appears on deck. "Oh ho, what do we have here everybody? Fresh meat?" he says as he points to the officer.
He takes a step up to block her path to the boat as he swings his cutlass at the sailor beside him.
Jaska shifts position so that she flank the enemy sailor with Kragor.
Turning her head toward the voice of the officer. "You are not going anywhere. Just surrender, you'll live longer."
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Kragor and Jaska surround the red sailor and slash him up from the front and back, ending him as quickly as he'd appeared.
The officer steps back and extends her boarding pike, aiming its sharp metal tip at Bleepos. "Get the hell out of my way." She stabs Bleepos deep in the belly with her pike. "Hahaha, how cute. You're bleeding."
The blue sailor moves up and tries to do the same, but cuts another groove in the wooden deck.
Very hurt, there's not much the poor little Bleepos can do. Using everything the deck has to offer, he tumbles around the officer pirate and her companion, trying to reach the exact other side of the companion. It's only 10 to 15 feet of thumbling, yet he knows he's dealing with his own life.
He doesn't follow anything like a direct line, and at the end of his movement, tries to defensively push the blue sailor off the ship, in another crazy bull rush maneuver using the rig and pushing with his head against the stomach of the guy.
Finally, if he survives this insanity, he will finish with another five-foot step (diagonally) to behind the officer.
Hahaha! Bleepos bleeds, and Bleepos likes it! Besmara shall salt my wounds and, in pain, I shall laugh at your funeral! Yarrrrrrrr
Hearing the commotion, Lucien moves up along the ship's rail, until he practically bumps into a blue-clad Rahadoumi. Taking a step back, he spends a moment summoning the water to him, then launches a torrent at the sailor.
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Bleepos grabs a rope from the rigging and hops atop a crate, flying into the blue-tuniced sailor like a cannonball and throwing him 20 feet overboard and into the shark-infested waters. "I never liked that idiot anyway," the officer casually says. Lucien barely misses her with his torrent of water, while Sasha remains at the helm of the ship with the wheel tightly in her hands.
Kragor pushes the tip of the pike to the side as he stalks across the deck towards the officer. once inside her reach he slices at her with his cutlass.
Jaska moves across the deck, trying to get to the officer. When she finally gets within reach, she tries to bring down her club, but the clumsy thing just hit the railing of the stairs instead.
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Kragor's blade cuts off a scrap of the officer's armor and Jaska misses widely and smashes a chunk of railing. Let's hope the Man's Promise is insured.
"Hah, next time, try to hit me, you idiots. You're not going to take me alive!" She drops her pike and draws a shortsword, aiming for Jaska. The sword cuts a neat gash across the inquisitor's arm. She smiles brightly as blood seeps from the cut. "There, another member of the bleeding crew. Soon to be the DEAD crew," she mockingly says.
Bleepos laughs, and keeps his loud attitude - absurdly happy and shocked he was still alive and breathing.
You're funny, dear! Are you sure you don't want to be part of our crew at all? - he says, continuing immediately - I will try not to cut you much, we could use your skin to reinforce the sails!
And then he proceeds to try his full attack, happy to be flanking with someone - so his weapons might actually do some damage.
Yarrr! Bleepos can't hit a shark in a bowl! This longtongued longshanks is probably too skinny!
Sasha can't see what is going on, but she recognizes the sounds of a battle going on. and some of her "comrades" are in the thick of it.
blast this damn fog, whoever had the bright idea to use this, deserves to meet the sharks below.
Hang on to yer hats!
Sasha gives the wheel a hard turn to starboard to shake up those on the deck.
"Besmara take this blasted, bloody fog I can't see a thing in this soup!" Lucien snarls, frustrated. Nevertheless, he steps back up into the boat to ensure no one escapes. They can handle themselves. No use risking the captain's wrath.
Kragor bends over to pick up the dropped pike and in a bold move takes a step back and using the hooked tip of the weapon attempts to pull the officer's legs out from under her.
Once again Jaska tries to attack the officer, but fails at getting a hit.
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Bleepos misses with his first strike, but as the officer dodges the rapier, he takes the opportunity to stab her in the side. "Blasted goblin!" she says as she winces in pain. Sasha grabs the wheel and turns it hard to the starboard side. The ship turns violently and the planks that had been used to bridge the gap snap off and fall into the sea. The fog suddenly dissipates as whoever was creating it has their spell interrupted.
Kragor leans over to pick up the officer's pike, opening himself up to an attack, and soon feels the cold metal of her dagger sliding into his shoulder. Both his and Jaska's attacks miss the officer, who promptly pulls out a second short sword for next round.
She stabs Bleepos in the chest, causing just enough damage to render him disabled as blood spurts from the gash. "Let that be a lesson. Tonight we dine on goblin meat! HAH!"
"That'll be enough of that." Kragor hisses as he gets cut by the sword slash. Using the pike again he hooks the tip of the on the officer's leg and yanks her off her feet.
With her flat on her back Kragor tells the others "Try and take her alive, if possible. She's got to be worth something to someone, somewhere. But don't risk your life to do it. "
The goblin keeps attacking, but he's not exactly much capable with it. His flurry of attacks ends up coming clumsy.
Skinny, skinny longshanks! Bleepos wants to poke it! - he says with his accented common, ending his turn with a five-foot-step diagonally behind Jaska.
With an enemy now visible, Sasha remains at the wheel but with a free hand, tonight, I dine on your soul. as she lets loose a bolt of black energy at the officer
Enemy momentarily visible, Lucien dashes up next to Kragor and unleashes a torrent of water at the officer. Unfortunately, the flood of water simply goes down the stairs and belowdecks.
Getting a nice opening, Jaska aim for the back of the officer's head and bring her club down. "Looks like someone just lost the god's favors."