Pirates II -- Come on, Be A Pirate (Please do not delete)

[Machiathemarshwiggle]

"And remember, it's YOU not YE..." Fyn shouted after her. "And you must stop dropping your 'g's'..." Fyn instructed following her up, going to get the supplies needed to start the uniforms.

Machia tapped her on the shoulder and when she turned around he deposited an pile of navy uniforms into her arms, which he had taken from a trunk against one of the walls... "Arrrr... Here be all the uniforms we'll be needin'... That's the one good thing 'bout bein' aboard a navy ship. If ye ever need ter impersonate a British sailor there 'taint be no need ter waste time sewin' disguises... They come ready made with the boat..." He gave a crooked smile and turned to speak to Azgar...

Late, Azgar rushed in just as they were leaving. "I wasn't sure whether I qualified as a 'pirate' or not... I mean, I've been with you for awhile, but I don't know..." He took one glance at Machia's apple and knew there had been some serious thinking going on. "So," he asked, "What plans are we making today?"

"Gar, first, as to whether yer a pirate or not... All ye have ter do is ter say the phrase... "Arrrr!! Ye better be watchin' yerself me-buckle or ye'll find yerself takin' a long walk down a short plank, ye lousy, good fer nothin', yellow bellied sea rat!" 'bout ten times an' promise ye won't never spit on the Jolly Roger, mess around with Twilight's cannons or steal me apples, an' we'll call ye an honorary rum-guzzlin' buccaneer... Savvy?" The First Mate gave a short laugh and took another apple from the barrel... He bit into the apple and continued...

"Second, as ter what we're doin'... It is our intent to impersonate a bunch o' british sailors, shuffle over ter that thar port over thar, get us a bunch o' supplies an' then be on our merry way... That's about the size o' it, mate..." Machia walked over to the door, "An' now if ye'll excuse me I gotta go make sure the crew what's goin' ashore is ready an' that Norrington's been properly threatened so he won't go spillin' the beans ter any o' his navy friends at the port..." He walked out an slammed the door behind him...

Outside on the deck The First Mate could see the land coming ever nearer to them... Many ships already lay anchored in the bay and Machia realized that the only way that they wouldn't raise anyone's suspicions was if they too anchored themselves in the bay... He turned his disembodied voice so it carried through the entire ship...

"Arrrrr! Listen up ye worthless sea dogs... We're gonna be anchorin' in the bay o' a British controlled port, so we can get some much needed supplies... This will of course mean that no one is allowed to be seen on deck unless they're wearin' a navy uniform an' are lookin' at least half-way presentable... That means if yer face is covered in dirt, you have ter wash at least half o' it before comin' on deck... Preferably the half that'll be facin' the land..." he added and gave another crooked smile... "Oh, an' those o' ye who volunteered ter retrieve the supplies, ye'll life boat'll be in the water an' ready whenever ye are... ARRR!!"

Machia shut off his DV and turned to watch a ship that was sailing past their port side into the harbor... The crew on it's main deck seemed to be doing something odd... The First Mate took a spyglass from his pocket and turned it towards the ship... Many of the sailors were looking towards the Dauntless and pointing at it's sails... Machia drew the spyglass from his eye and whipped quickly around to see what would have drawn their attention... Suddenly he saw it... At the very top of the main mast, the Jolly Roger was flying freely in the wind....

 

[fish_wwjd_frog]

"Which one o' ye scallywags left the jolly roger flying?!?" Fish roared angrily when she noticed the flag. "Of all the mindless crews to be burdened with, this has got to be the worst!"

"Ye!" she snarled at a nearby mate, "there be a british flag sittin' on the counter in the ol' medics office. I suggest ye run fer all yer worth and go git it."
"Yes, ma'am," he squeaked fearfully and ran off. Moments later, he returned, flag in hand.
"Don't bother puttin' it up," Twilight sighed. "The whole British army will've been allerted by now."
Angrily, Fish threw the flag on the ground. "Good riddance. I much prefer showin' our colors anyway. Arr...Machia, what be the new game plan? We're going to have to make port sooner rather than later. We're running low on supplies..."

 

[Machiathemarshwiggle]

"Which one o' ye scallywags left the jolly roger flying?!?" Fish roared angrily when she noticed the flag. "Of all the mindless crews to be burdened with, this has got to be the worst!"

"Ye!" she snarled at a nearby mate, "there be a british flag sittin' on the counter in the ol' medics office. I suggest ye run fer all yer worth and go git it."
"Yes, ma'am," he squeaked fearfully and ran off. Moments later, he returned, flag in hand.
"Don't bother puttin' it up," Twilight sighed. "The whole British army will've been allerted by now."
Angrily, Fish threw the flag on the ground. "Good riddance. I much prefer showin' our colors anyway. Arr...Machia, what be the new game plan? We're going to have to make port sooner rather than later. We're running low on supplies..."

"Arrrr... Well, as temptin' as it sounds, I guess we can't be takin' on all these navy ships by ourselves... But yer right that we can't be waiting much longer till we get supplies... This is really our last chance fer who knows how long..." Machia walked over to a empty crate and kicked it across the deck... "GARR! Of all the dumb things this crew could have done, they had to be leavin' our pirate colors flyin'..." He growled and turned to look at the other ships with a scowl.... "Arrrr... If only we could teleport again..." He muttered moodily... "What good's bein' able to move stuff with yer mind, if the things ye need are too far away ter fetch.... If we could teleport I'd send in a bunch o' pirates anyway an' they could bag a bunch o' supplies an' we'd meet them round the other side o' the harbor where they could teleport back aboard...." He sighed, and quickly jumped to his feet....

"Gar, but there's no use in sittin' here wishin' we could teleport again... We gotta get this ship out o' the range o' fire before these ships start nailin' us with cannon fire... After we're out o' range we can decide what ter do 'bout..." Just as he said that a cannon blast came from the ship on their left and the Dauntless lurched horribly to the right...

 

[Gentle Voice]

Kris was in the kitchen being quiet because she haven't seen or heard any one for days now.

 

[Olórin the Wise]

"I can help," Azgar told Machia. "What do you need me to do? I could bring supplies or hold of the British for a while... but not both at the same time."

 

[Twilightdryadhobbit]

"I can help," Azgar told Machia. "What do you need me to do? I could bring supplies or hold of the British for a while... but not both at the same time."

"Ye, hold off the british by yerself?" Twilight intervened. "No thank ye, I've had enough of wizards and thier wily ways, thankee. But there is a job ye can do.." She thrust a rather rank pile of british uniforms in his arms. "Wash these. Fish, I think I have a new plan... We have these uniforms, and we're good actors... what if some of us escape in a lifeboat and still try to pose as the british navy? We could get on the ship and then sneak away with enough supplies to get us to shore... It's risky, but it might still work... I'm up fer the job, who else?" Twilight thought: Might be able to do a bit O' underhanded humiliation if the wizard's there too.. Her grudge against him hadn't dulled at all with time.

 

[QA48]

I feel stupid for asking this but....

Ok...let me read back on what is happening.....

 

[fish_wwjd_frog]

"Ye, hold off the british by yerself?" Twilight intervened. "No thank ye, I've had enough of wizards and thier wily ways, thankee. But there is a job ye can do.." She thrust a rather rank pile of british uniforms in his arms. "Wash these. Fish, I think I have a new plan... We have these uniforms, and we're good actors... what if some of us escape in a lifeboat and still try to pose as the british navy? We could get on the ship and then sneak away with enough supplies to get us to shore... It's risky, but it might still work... I'm up fer the job, who else?" Twilight thought: Might be able to do a bit O' underhanded humiliation if the wizard's there too.. Her grudge against him hadn't dulled at all with time.

"Aye, but ALL o' us, Twilight? Ye think the navy'll be leavin' our ship and mates alone because the nasty pirates released the "upstandin' citizens"? I'm not sure sure I be willin' to take that chan-" Fish was cut short as more enemy fire hit the water and caused the ship to violently lurch. She grumbled angrily while getting to her feet and continuing. "I mean, yer plan'd be all fine and dandy if it weren't fer the fact that we were already bein' attacked..."

 

[Twilightdryadhobbit]

I feel stupid for asking this but....

Ok...let me read back on what is happening.....

ooc: We're out of supplies, so we're sailing towards the british navy (which is come to wipe us out, of course) hoping to get some of us to pose as navy people so we can get onboard and steal supplies so we can get back to the triangle, or to the treasure, your pick..

Great to see you Capn!

 

[fish_wwjd_frog]

ooc- oh Captain my captain!!! Tiff, long time no see! Not that I blame you, of course. Twilight gave me a run down on what you've been up to. Wow...

 

[Machiathemarshwiggle]

"Aye, but ALL o' us, Twilight? Ye think the navy'll be leavin' our ship and mates alone because the nasty pirates released the "upstandin' citizens"? I'm not sure sure I be willin' to take that chan-" Fish was cut short as more enemy fire hit the water and caused the ship to violently lurch. She grumbled angrily while getting to her feet and continuing. "I mean, yer plan'd be all fine and dandy if it weren't fer the fact that we were already bein' attacked..."

"Arrrr, since we're all jus' throwin' 'round insane ideas here, while the Dauntless is bein' ripped to shreds," Machia said as he grabbed a rope from the riggings to steady himself... "I've got one what's even crazier then Twilight's, so ye might as well hear it now... How 'bout we scurry on over to one o' those ships with jus' a skeleton crew on board, 'cause most o' the crew are still in the port, partyin' or whatever... and so we board their ship, drop the crew overboard, haul up the anchor an' sail away..." The First Mate shrugged, and gave a crooked grin... "Arrr, like I said I was jus' tossin' that idea out thar for fun..."

 

[QA48]

"Aye, but ALL o' us, Twilight? Ye think the navy'll be leavin' our ship and mates alone because the nasty pirates released the "upstandin' citizens"? I'm not sure sure I be willin' to take that chan-" Fish was cut short as more enemy fire hit the water and caused the ship to violently lurch. She grumbled angrily while getting to her feet and continuing. "I mean, yer plan'd be all fine and dandy if it weren't fer the fact that we were already bein' attacked..."

ooc-I'm a bit rusty on thr RPG department, but here we go...


"Actin'? ye said actin'?" Aravis pushed several pirates out of her way. "Lest ye fergit that time we were in Archenland. Meself and Fyn had to pretend to be maidservants so that we could rescue Fish and Machia!" Her expression went from that of arrogance to bitterness. "I'm sure it would've worked out jest fine if Pharazon wouldn't have fed Fish to the Kracken and I'm not exactly sure what happened to Machia...." She shook her head, "but anyways...Where be the lifeboats..oh and some dirt, we should dirty ourselves a bit so that we could come off as mistreated by the dirty scumbags us Pirates are believed to be!"

 

[Twilightdryadhobbit]

"Aye, but ALL o' us, Twilight? Ye think the navy'll be leavin' our ship and mates alone because the nasty pirates released the "upstandin' citizens"? I'm not sure sure I be willin' to take that chan-" Fish was cut short as more enemy fire hit the water and caused the ship to violently lurch. She grumbled angrily while getting to her feet and continuing. "I mean, yer plan'd be all fine and dandy if it weren't fer the fact that we were already bein' attacked..."

"Oh, we're already bein attacked?" Twilight caught her self on the side of the ship. "Then can we blow them out O' the water? I've been dyin' to use me cannons..." At the look on Fish's face Twilight backpedalled a bit "Or... what if one of us played the dumb pirate and went along to barter with the navy fer the other pirates' lives while holding the "navy members" hostage? They'd get captured, no doubt, and we pirates could retaliate and outsail them... depends on how close they are... If we want supplies from them though, someone's got to take up this mission..."

 

[Machiathemarshwiggle]

... and I'm not exactly sure what happened to Machia...."

"Arrr, I was stuck in Pharazon's stupid brig, wallowin' in grief an' watchin' the fat lazy pig eat apples all day... Gar, don't remind me of that..." Machia shuddered....

"Oh, we're already bein attacked?" Twilight caught her self on the side of the ship. "Then can we blow them out O' the water? I've been dyin' to use me cannons..." At the look on Fish's face Twilight backpedalled a bit "Or... what if one of us played the dumb pirate and went along to barter with the navy fer the other pirates' lives while holding the "navy members" hostage? They'd get captured, no doubt, and we pirates could retaliate and outsail them... depends on how close they are... If we want supplies from them though, someone's got to take up this mission..."

"Arrr, well we do have ol' Norrington for holdin' hostage, but I don't think they're give us much fer him...." Machia said with a glance at Norrington...

 

[fish_wwjd_frog]

"Arrrr, since we're all jus' throwin' 'round insane ideas here, while the Dauntless is bein' ripped to shreds," Machia said as he grabbed a rope from the riggings to steady himself... "I've got one what's even crazier then Twilight's, so ye might as well hear it now... How 'bout we scurry on over to one o' those ships with jus' a skeleton crew on board, 'cause most o' the crew are still in the port, partyin' or whatever... and so we board their ship, drop the crew overboard, haul up the anchor an' sail away..." The First Mate shrugged, and gave a crooked grin... "Arrr, like I said I was jus' tossin' that idea out thar for fun..."

Fish rolled her eyes the ship shook again, this time accompanied by a horrible smashing sound. "Aye, because we can corner ourselves by the docks and transfer all our people and supplies to another ship and git back out all while the Royal Navy be shooting at us and tryin' to capture us. Does anyone have a REAL idea? Arr...we still have Norrington? What if enough of us put on the Brit uniforms and wave a flag o' surrender to the navy? Then we can try explainin' to them that we discovered the pirates had stolen a British ship, so instead o' destroyin' it, we were tryin' to bring it back unharmed. We dock, pretend like we be taking the "pirates" to the nearest jail, then when no one is lookin', sneak back on the ship and get away."

 

[QA48]

"Arrr, I was stuck in Pharazon's stupid brig, wallowin' in grief an' watchin' the fat lazy pig eat apples all day... Gar, don't remind me of that..." Machia shuddered....



"Arrr, well we do have ol' Norrington for holdin' hostage, but I don't think they're give us much fer him...." Machia said with a glance at Norrington...

I don't think we 'ave much powder to be wastin'...I say shoot a couple o' cannons until we're out of range and raise our Jolly Roger so she could dance with the air that caresses her! What better way to mock the mother land. That is, if we actually get away...Arr...Can we 'ave an agreement? If so...to yer positions everyone! Oh and ye might want to bring Norrington out jest in case. I've gotten better deal out of fake gun powder that's worth less than his life ever will. Ye never know..."

 

[Machiathemarshwiggle]

A cannon blast suddenly came from a ship on their other side and the Dauntless shuddered as the cannon fire hit them... "Arrrrr! Well, whatever we do, it needs to be done before we end up floatin' on bits of driftwood an' the Royal Navy decides to come an' pick us up an' cart us off ter England ter stand trial, then be hung... Cap'n, what be yer thoughts on this?"

ooc: I have to go now... Goodnight and Goodbye to all of you!

 

[Twilightdryadhobbit]

I don't think we 'ave much powder to be wastin'...I say shoot a couple o' cannons until we're out of range and raise our Jolly Roger so she could dance with the air that caresses her! What better way to mock the mother land. That is, if we actually get away...Arr...Can we 'ave an agreement? If so...to yer positions everyone! Oh and ye might want to bring Norrington out jest in case. I've gotten better deal out of fake gun powder that's worth less than his life ever will. Ye never know..."

"Well, Capn' I'll fire me cannons as often and as much as I can, but are we tryin' anyone's plan? Much as I like it, I don't think this ship can defeat the entire navy. Now if it was the Black Spot or somethin... But anyway, I kind O' like Fish's idea of pretendin' to be Navy, or draggin Norrington as a hostage to the other ship. The problem with Fish's plan is that Norrington might not be so awfully cooperative... Which plan should we go for?" Another blast shook the ship, and screams broke out from below deck. "Ye three decide and tell me which one!" Twilight called over her shoulder as she headed for her cannons. "Headless Bill, you two, fire!!" She screamed, her braids snapping in the wind, her sharp eyes sighting the vulnerable spots in the brit's ships. She loaded the powder and cannon ball, aimed and let it go, the cannon balls bit deep into the ship's hull, causing slight leakage. "Fire again!" She called back over her shoulder "If we go fer the navy takeover plan, ye'll have to pretend to subdue me!"

 

[QA48]

The Captain stood quite for a second when another blast was heard. Two seconds later the Dauntless was hit again. "Arr...Twilight, how quickly can we transport the remaining gun powder to the back of the ship? We can use the cannons we 'ave back there!...I'll send half of the crew downstairs to row. We need to get out of their shooting range as soon as possible!" she yelled amidst all the chaos.

ooc-See ya later Machia!

EDIT: I just read Twilight's post. Um...let us go with Fish's plan. Someone whack Norrington in the head and knock him unconscience.

 

[fish_wwjd_frog]

A cannon blast suddenly came from a ship on their other side and the Dauntless shuddered as the cannon fire hit them... "Arrrrr! Well, whatever we do, it needs to be done before we end up floatin' on bits of driftwood an' the Royal Navy decides to come an' pick us up an' cart us off ter England ter stand trial, then be hung... Cap'n, what be yer thoughts on this?"

ooc: I have to go now... Goodnight and Goodbye to all of you!

Good night, Machia...

I'd best be heading to bed, too....

Good night and God bless you all!

-Liz- Fish