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 Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 8:16 pm
Robyn sighed peacefully, grinning as she stared down into the crystal clear water. Her bare feet rocked back and forth through the water from where she sat on the small, make-shift raft. With her heeled boots next to her, she gripped the neck of her glimmering black guitar tenderly. Her guitar was her prized posession, other than Shanks, the little white mouse that accompanied her everywhere. So let's picture this. A pirate in the middle of the sea drifting on a raft with a mouse on her shoulder listening to her strum on her guitar. And she seemed completely calm and peacful at mind and heart. Robyn had no care where she ended and wasn't even paying attention to her surroundings. The sun was beating down hard on her back, warming her after a cold and rough night. The water was still cool and she fought off the temptation to completely dip herself in. She just sat there, strumming her guitar strings in a quick pace as she sang to Shanks a merry Sea Shantey. Robyn enjoyed singing, and would do so in any silence of talking. Rather t be humming, a low tone to herself, or singing loudly for all to join in on the ship. She hadn't even noticed the large ship sailing close by, in eye shot. She was still too focused on her guitar and Shanks, who swayed along on her shoulder.
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Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 8:22 pm
[Nothing Dx Glow felt like she's been hit with something Dx]
"That doesn't really matter much!" Danny said as he stood up and brushed himself off, but just as soon as he did so, he felt arms grabbed around his shoulders. Two strong and brute-force liking men of their crew seemed to not trust strangers on their ship, even if they were slightly strangers themselfs. Either way, Danny wasn't really taking it so well, and now felt a little freaked out. "E-Eh?" he asked no one in particular, before he soon felt his body throw off the side of the ship. Edward sighed slightly as he glanced at Alex for a moment and then just walked off, he wasn't really wanting to deal with another person stowing away on their ship. Instead he headed up above as he stood watch, even if there was a person for it, he wanted to do something that didn't cause imense pain and would be slightly useful.
Note sighed as she watched Danny being thrown over board, she probably should have tried harder to give him a better plan but she honestly didn't know this crew very well. And it had been her idea to get him onto this ship, she knew Hans a little bit...and Danny was going to get in a hell of a lot of trouble the way things were. Danny was a pirate lord, the youngest one, and he had hardly any experience with pirates at all besides his father. Though...Hans was usually the type to not do things too well so she probably should have tried harder with taht was well. She floated down to where Danny was, well he could swim pretty well, and he was strong for his age...but still had much to learn.
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Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 8:34 pm
[....ah. >>;]
"Yes it does!" Alex protested angrily, thoroughly frustrated now. But she stopped whatever it was she might have done (she hadn't figured out what it'd be yet) as two men came over and grabbed a hold of Danny, then promptly threw him overboard. Alex remained where she was, expression blank again. She looked up when she heard Edward sigh, then watched him go with a sort of pitiful expression on her face. Slowly, she crept towards the side of the ship and peered over the edge towards Danny, to see if he'd drowned or not. They were out at sea already though. They couldn't just leave him there, could they? She needed someone to ask for advice, and she didn't have any one. These people... they were certainly not her crew that she'd grown up with.
She let out another furstrated growling noise and picked up a stray rope, tossing the end into the water towards him. Her old captain wouldn't just throw him overboard. He'd at least take him to the next port and leave him there. "Grab 'old," she called, her tone brimming with irritation. Why was she doing this? At this rate, her back's injury would tear open and start bleeding again! And she needed to get to the wheel...! But, she still couldn't bring herself to just abandon him.
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Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 8:59 pm
Robyn bobbed her head slightly to the music, grinning playfully when Shanks fell of her shoulder and onto the side of the guitar. Robyn laughed heartily, falling backwards onto the raft. The sea was peaceful, causing the raft to bob up and down in a calm, swaying motion. Shanks now sat on Robyn's chest, watching the strings vibrate quickly with fascination. Robyn grinned, looking off to the side. She nearly choked with surprise when she saw a ship looming so close to her. No wonder she'd noticed the waves beginning to grow a bit rougher. "So, Shanks, do ye wan' some grub and grog or what?!" she asked the small mouse excitedly, climbing onto her feet shakily and hastily as the small white mouse gripped onto her corset and squeeked in merriment. "Ahoy, avast, belay the ship! Some'n like that! I think, 'ey Shanks?" she exclaimed, waving her quitar in the air before looking down to the mouse with uncertainty. Shanks nodded, seemingly understanding human speech. Or rather, pirate. The tricorn hat with the Jolly Roger imprinted on it seemed evidence enough that he was knowledgable in human doings and pirate speech and such. Robyn nodded, grinning playfully. "Good, they don' wanna pick up persons who sound like a landlubber, now do they?" she asked the mouse once again, who shook his head in answer. Robyn let out a hearty laugh, rocking the raft roughly.
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Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 10:54 am
Danny bobbed his head back above the water, drawing in breath as he let his adjust for just a second. He saw immdately that once again Note was by him and asked if he was alright, he just gave a nervous laugh in response. He looked up though as he saw a rope haning off the edge of the ship and the girl from before was offering him a chance up. She seemed irritated...but he knew it was better to accept it than forget all about it. He could have gotten up himself with his power, but the fact that she was going to let him up was the important part so that he wasn't thrown over again. "Thanks miss!" Danny called as he started to climb up, but he used his power so that he wasn't heavy, it was like he was air itself actually. Because Note had shouted down to him once again after transporting that she had her back cut up. Once he was safely on the ship again, he held up one finger to her to singal to hold on a moment. And then he brought a huge gust of wind over him, like he was under a large blow-drier. Soon enough he was fully dry and he grinned up to Alex "Thank you miss! You won't regret it! Give me something to do and I'll....I'lll.....er....Oh! I'll finish it!" he said nodding his head. Note was still a little weary from the whole ordeal, but was glad to see that Hans could pick out some of his crew still, Alex was a good pirate, she could just tell.
Edward watched bordly at the seas, his eyes soon flickered over to someone that was in the water. No...it wasn't the boy who was being pulled to saftey, but it was a girl...no women, who was floating above the water. His eyes widened as he realized that it was a ghost, and he hadn't seen one in a while. However he soon was distracted once again when his eyes caught something and he glanced over just in time to see a girl on a make-shift raft. The boat was going to hit her soon...like really soon, quickly he pulled down a rope from the side and tied it down so she could climb up. "Hurry!" Edward shouted; it was different from the previous guy because Danny wasn't in immdate trouble and the girl would be ripped to shreds if she stayed where she was.
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Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 2:25 pm
Robyn stared up at the large ship looming above her so closely, one hand on her hip and the other leaning slightly on the head of her guitar as the base rested easily against the raft. Shanks had clawed his way up to her shoulder, squeeking with terror as he gripped the edges of his tricorn hat. Robyn looked down, realizing that her boots were still laying on the raft. Rolling her eyes seemingly annoyed, she grabbed her right heeled-boot and tugged it on while swaying from the waves. She pulled on her left-heeled boot and looked up when Shanks tugged on a strand of hair. The ship loomed above, waves surging beneath it as the raft rocked roughly back and forth. Robyn grinned, spreading the feet apart readily. With hands clasped together, she stepped forward with her left foot and pushed her hands forward. The water suddenly still under the boat and instead shifted its force against the blowing sails. With equal forces pushing against each other in oppoiste directions, the boat was now swaying in one place, not moving forward or backwards. Nodding, Robyn let out a hearty laugh before jumping up as high as she could towards the water. A burst of water shot up like a powerful geyser from the sea and shot her up the side of the ship. Leaping over non-chalantly, her heeled-boots thudded against the deck of the ship. "Ahoy," Robyn chirped confidently, giving an odd salute as Shanks squeeked. Robyn swayed dizzily, stumbling a few steps. "A bit smartly there, 'ey Shanks?" she asked after regaining her composure, looking down at the mouse on her shoulder. "Avast mates, Little Birdie here needs some grub." Robyn chirped, glancing around at the crew of nfamiliar faces. "A week with no food can take a toll on persons, 'ey Shanks?" Robyn sighed, yawnnig softly. Her hand reached up, fingers rubbing at her temples irritantly. Shanks squeeked, gripping the edges of his tricorn hat as he shook his head vigorously. Robyn nodded, laughing softly as her hand gripped tenderly at the neck of her guitar.
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Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2007 2:16 pm
Edward sighed as he saw yet another person stopping the progress of thier ship; even if just a moment and then getting onto it. This time though it was a women, and she seemed to have the power of water instead of air. Edward pulled the rope back up and then walked over to where she was after she had asked for food. "Excuse me kindly, but packed we are as it is" he said hints of irritation in his voice. He was still dealing with the pains of a rough battle, and vaugly woundered if he just have stayed at Ria instead of making this odd trip with strangers. It was alright at first, there were a few people to look after and you could get to know them eaisly enough. But now they were starting to get too many strangers on here, but...then again, he shouldn't turn someone away so quickly he guessed. He glanced over at Alex and Danny for a moment before turning back to her with nod of his head. "I'll give 'er something to eat, but you oughta be ready to leave the next time we dock" he said as he motioned her forward. If she disagreed for free food then he wouldn't let her on in the first place, but he supposed she was the type that liked a good show. There were a few people on this ship already like that, like Love for instance he thought with a frown as he thought of his sleeping sister. "Heave ho', theives and beggers; never shall we die" he muttered to himself having that particular song suddenly in his mind as he lead the women to their kitchen...which was now actually filled with food.
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Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2007 2:41 pm
Robyn looked up curiously, grinning devilishly. "Lookie there, Shanks. They even got a Sprog on board!" she exclaimed towards the little mouse before looking towards Edward with a blank expression. "Packed, ye say? That's alright, I can sleep on the deck. Me ad Shanks are used ta sleeping in odds and ends places." Robyn said with a nod, glancing towards the squeeking Shanks. Robyn nodded once again, swinging her guitar over her shoulder. "And why would I do such a thing? Seems like someone's got sand in their boots, eh?" Robyn asked with a quirked brow, her classical half-grin showing off her surprisingly white teeth. She glanced to where he motioned, taking a side-step as if she was sneaking off before regaining her composure and stepping confidently towards the kitchen. "Hold onto your breeches, Grumps. I s'pose a deal is needed for me to stay on the ship. If and when we find any treasure, if that's what yer lookin' for, I get none. And that Sprog there, I can take 'em under my wing, since most of ye are still wounded from a battle." Robyn chirped, digging her heels into the floor as she whirled around to point at Danny. "Plus, it's always funner when Little Birdie's flyin' around." Robyn added, grinning devilishly. What she meant, they would just have to find out. "So, is that deal enough, Grumps?" she asked, quirking a brow curiously. She always had a way with words, and sometimes charm, if she would put her ego behind her for just five minutes.
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Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2007 3:36 pm
As Alexia pulled Danny back up onto the ship, she became steadily more aware that she wasn't really pulling up any weight. While she was relieved, she was also very confused. She'd spent her life on the seas, on a regular pirate ship, never even setting foot on land until they'd kicked her off to Ria, and she'd never before experienced someone with powers. She hadn't stayed at Ria long enough to see it either. So she was left in utter confusion as he made it aboard and thanked her. She just gazed blankly back, then looked towards the sky, making an expression as if she was thinking "what have I done?". Then she sighed and frowned at him. "Jus' stay outta the way until we next find land. Then yer gone, got it?"
She turned to return to the helm, when she finally caught sight of Edward, and the girl now with him. She froze at first, just staring through slightly widened eyes. Then her hand raised, finger jabbed angrily in Robyn's direction. "Where are these people comin' from?!" she shouted. "Yer gone too! I'm settin' course for land righ' now!" And she pulled a map from her jacket, scanned over it quickly, then set her hands on the wheel and turned lightly. Then she stood there, stoney faced, and gripping it so tightly her knuckles were white. Why? Why were these people suddenly invading? Right when she'd been given temporary command?!
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Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 6:37 pm
Edward started to get slightly annoyed at this stranger again, but soon found it hard to stay like that. Edward wasn't normally so strict or mean, he was just slightly irritated at everything that had happened recently. Edward lightly grinned at her as he rubbed at the back of his head "I guess your right, I don't mind if you stay bu-" he had started but just then he saw Alex and she seemed as irritated as he had been. Edward sighed lightly as he smiled nervously and walked up to her again, trying to calm her down slightly. "H-hey, come on now, don't be in such a rush; we just left dock a moment ago, and I'm sure we could stand a little time with them right?" He asked Alex with a smile. It was as normal as he could do, hoping that he wouldn't act one way that she wouldn't like. "You and I are friends right? If something happens then I'll find a way to get them off immdately, but please try to give them a chance? Besides they both to seem to have some powers..." he added with a small nod towards the two. Hopefully he had managed to smooth things over enough to convince her to do the opposite. Edward did understand the reason why she was irritated though, they wouldn't have enough food and such if they weren't extremely careful. But he figured it couldn't hurt to give the two a small try, though he also understood that she was worrying since her sudden 'raise'.
Danny nodded his head, seemingly able to hear the conversation...even though he really wasn't supposed to. "Yes lassie! I'll try meh hardest!" he said with a grin, though seemingly unsure if he was speaking with a pirate accent or...a scottish one.
"Hey- wait a second...I know that girl!" Edward said suddenly as he pointed next to Danny, but of course, the 'girl' was a women...a dead women. He turned to Alex "I think he may be....a....pirate lord" Edward said with obvious shock on his face, since the kid...couldn't know a damn thing about the sea. Note just stood there silently as she eyed Edward wearily...how could he see her?!
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Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 7:02 pm
Alex didn't look at Edward. She did listen, however, and she fell silent for a moment as she thought about what he'd said. Then she heaved a sigh and shook her head. "We still gotta get to port fast, or we'll run outta supplies. With extra people poppin' up all o'er the place, we should try to get there even faster. Who knows if more'll show up?" she added with a small growl of irritation. She didn't comment when Edward called them friends. Instead she just turned her head, finally looking away from their course and staring towards him. She gazed almost blankly for a couple seconds, her expression changing to serious and wary as she studied him for a moment longer. Then she sighed again and shrugged. "Guess we're friends," she mumbled uncertainly. "...and wha' d'ya mean, powers?"
She glanced towards Danny with a scowl at his sudden interruption, and was eying him curiously a moment later. Powers? Is that why he'd felt so light when she'd pulled him back on board? "Don' call me lassie," she complained. "An' why're ye smilin'? Stop it!" The source of her annoyance shouldn't be smiling so broadly!
However, her head jerked towards Edward again when he spoke of a girl. At first she thought he'd recognized Robyn, but he was staring towards Danny. At this, Alex felt more confused than any time previously, which was saying a lot. "G-girl?" she stammered, eyes narrowing as she studied Danny and the empty spaces beside him. "....where? I don' see anyone but 'im." She faced Edward again after a moment, blinking several times at his conclusion. "Pirate... lord?" she echoed blankly, then stared at Danny, looking stunned. So that compass hadn't been a fake?
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Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 7:33 pm
[Oh man! I want some chocolate cakeeeee! Dx -figit-]
"Oh...erm...sorry." Danny replied as he hung his head and tried to look as meek as possiable. He looked back up though when Edward had mentioned seeing a girl, he sharply turned to Note, only to feel his neck crack loudly in pain. Danny made a horriable face of shock and slight agony, before getting over it again in seconds. Could other people suddenly see Note too? Maybe she was alive?! No...he wouldn't over-react this time, mostly though because Alex seemed unable to see Note. "Ah! I told ya I wasn't lying. I'll go ahead and tell you that my father was the previous Pirate Lord; Robbie, but he was murdered. So he passed on the title to me!" Danny said pausing a moment as he pulled his compass back out and flashed it for a moment. "Oh! And yes, I'm being follow-" Danny was about to tell them about Note but she quickly motioned for him to stop. Confused...Danny slowly nodded his head as he stood up "Well...time for me to get to work!" He said suddenly with a grin. Then he frowned again and said it in a sadder, self-dissapointed look.
Edward frowned slightly, he had breifly come in contact with Robbie once...but it wasn't very friendly. His father...had been the one to kill Robbie, he remebered that was the last kill that he had made before he packed up and left; of course after slaughtering their mother. But...did that add up? Wasn't Edward too old and Danny too young for their story to work? Oh well...he wasn't quite sure about how it worked out at all so he guessed he only could believe it for now. Edward whispered slightly to Alex "He's hiding something...espeically the fact that there is a ghost girl with him. I can see her, me and Love have those kind of powers. I'll explain it all to you if I can get a moment alone without the kid...I don't want him to think we distrust him." Edward added as he stood up fully and tall again, something was off for sure.
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Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 7:56 pm
Alex watched with rapt attention as Alex began explaining himself, but only slightly. He cut himself off before continuing with a really interesting part. Once more, she found herself growing irritated. He'd done this before, when he'd mentioned someone telling him to come aboard their ship, or something. Her eyes flicked to the compass, then to Alex's face, narrowed and studying carefully. He was being followed? If he was, he definitely needed to tell them. But he was seriously planning on not giving warning? Because if he really was being followed, they could be attacked at any time. Is that how he'd ended up stranded at that port? Because the last crew who'd let him join had been ambushed and killed? She sighed and squeezed her eyes shut for a moment. She hoped she was just worrying too much.
Suddenly, she pointed her finger at him, looking kind of angry. "Yer a pirate lord?!" she nearly shouted, but managed to hush herself at the last second so no one would hear. "Yer younger than I am! An' you look like ye've never had any experience at all!" She eyed him for a moment, then sighed defeatedly. "Like I said, don' get in the way."
She turned towards Edward next, to hear what he had to say. "Ghost.. girl...?" Alex echoed, suddenly seeming a bit pale. She glanced cautiously in Danny's direction, resisting the urge to shiver. A ghost, on the ship? And she couldn't see it! Were they just pranking her or someting? No, that couldn't be it.. She frowned and refocused. "There ye go mentionin' powers again," she muttered, still confused by the concept. What did he mean exactly, when he said powers? She turned, motioning for a man who was walking by to come over. "Take the wheel and 'old it steady," she ordered. "I'll be back in a sec. Danny! Ye better not cause any trouble, or I will throw ye overboard for real." After all this, she grabbed Edward's hand and tugged him after herself down below deck, partly to make sure any of the crew wasn't raiding their supplies (since she didn't trust them), and mostly because he said he'd wanted to tell her when they were alone.
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Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 8:28 pm
"Yes Miss Alex..." Danny said with a slightly nervous smile on his face as he waved her off. He sighed happily when he was alone again, the crew was still busy with work so he'd have to wait to know what to do anyway. Danny looked up to Note with a bit of a frown and pout "Hey, no fair! You didn't tell me that I couldn't tell them who you were..." Danny pointed out.Alex sighed slightly as she nodded her head " 'm sorry, but I have a feeling it ain't time yet...and I kind of want to know more 'bout that guy who can see me" she added with a frown. She had only met a few people besides Danny that could see her, and he said 'I know her!' but she couldn't think of where they had or could have met.Danny grinned slightly up to her as he then let it go back into a mellow smile "It's alright Note, what they don't know can't hurt them" Danny agreed with a nod. Though to be honest, now he was slightly bored, he supposed he'd have to learn some better dispiline as well, but something else was bothering him. "Note...when you told me to come here, you said that it was to learn how to be a better pirate. But there was never a rush before...so...why now?" Danny asked curiously.Note's expresion turned to one of slight worry "Well...I don't know...something feels like its coming soon..." she said vaugly.
Edward walked down with her, glancing around for a moment or two before turning back to Alex. Normally, he might make a small joke about them being alone, but he didn't want to keep the mysteriousness going about what was happening. "Okay. First off, I don't know how to say it any better but me and Love have 'powers' in which we can see spirits or ghost and sometimes talk with them telepathically in which we occosionally get them stuck in our heads. So there is a ghost girl who's hanging around Danny, and I'm pretty postive that Danny can see her as well. I can't remember her name, but I was on a ship with her once, and I over-heard the now deceased pirate Robbie, call her Note. And they were lovers for sure, I heard that he died recently so I suppose that she came and found his kid and has been watching over him." Edward finished off as he looked at her, trying to figure out if he needed to say more to explain things. "Oh! And Danny and the girl that just came aboard also seem to have powers, Danny can control the wind a bit and the girl seems able to control water."
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Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 8:50 pm
Alex listened carefully, her eyes slightly wide in disbelief. Edward had known Robby, a pirate lord? She'd never met one herself! Though, Hans had been holding some sort of trinket that looked kind of familiar... She pushed the thought away before her mind could wander. "There's a ghost on the ship now.." she mumbled, trying to mask the slight tone of fear her voice held. A ghost... It made her really nervous that she wasn't able to see it. Really, really nervous. She shuddered, then rubbed her arm lightly as she watched the floor. "So, Robbie's dead and gave 'is title to tha' kid," she said to herself, running things over in her mind, to make sure she understood. "And tha' kid can also control the wind?" She hadn't thought that possible, but that could be really useful. It was always helpful to have the wind on your side, especially when in a battle with another ship. Water control could probably be useful as well. "An' ye met Robbie and tha' ghost before? What were ye doin' with them?" She tilted her head back, frowning towards the wooden ceiling above them. "Feh... How'd this all get so complicated?" Another heavy sigh, and she turned to face Edward again. "I don' wanna leave them alone too long up on deck," she said, hinting that she didn't really want to be done here too long. Just enough to figure some things out, and be filled in on some things.
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