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 Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 3:13 pm
Far South from the Dawn Castle, riding along the Great Lakes of Dawn and Dusk lies the mercenary hangout of a lifetime simply Named The Port. Long ago, during the the peak of the Age of Pirates, There was once an infamous pirate Known as Tsumani. He was said to be one of the best pirates of the world. One Day, Tsunami ordered his band of pirates to build the worlds largest pirate ship, one that guaranteed that his would always be the largest one ever known. They succeeded in their attempts to build he largest ship, the ship could easily be compared to as a seaworthy city. With their vessel complete they began to pillage and plunder the world for all of its riches. Tsunami's greed got the better of him while making his way through The Lakes of Dawn and Dusk. Tsunami got word of a great castle full of countless riches and a great storm was in his path to these riches. Tsunami took his chances and went through the storm. Years later, other pirates found the remains of the ship beached on the island. They realized that the boat itself was useless, so they converted it into a port city. Soon after it's huge renovation into a city of mercenaries, pirates, and marketplaces, the Dawn Striders claimed it as their own and turned it into their hangout, but that didn't stop pirates and merchants from traveling through The Port to trade and meet up. Today, The Port is exactly what its name says, a port used by The Dawn Striders, traveling merchants, and occasionally pirates. Rumors have gone around, it is said that all of Tsunami's riches have been buried under The Port. But if that is true, the only way to reach them it to destroy The Port.
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Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 3:36 pm
Jisatsu Tied his small dingy onto the post and leaped onto the port.
"Finally, I always wanted to see this place. I never would have thought that the Dawn Striders owned such a place, The Port." Jisatsu said in awe as he stared high up at the half of a boat. The ship was probably at least 300 feet in the air, and the rumors were right, this ship was about the size of an entire city.
"Wow, it must have taken at least 200 pirates to make this boat work efficiently." He said showing off his 'pirate facts' to himself. He tilted his head straight up and spotted the crow's nest high above the sky. From where Jisatsu was, the crow's nest looked like a bug on a long trunk of the mast.
"Well time to find work to do... should be easy when it is a city of mercenaries looking and offering work." Jisatsu said as he made his way into the hollow hull of the ship. The inside of The Port was completely made of wood, a wooden staircased metropolis, six stories tall, and a new merchant stand for every step you took. It was like a 1500's Mall of America made out of wood. All you could hear were offers being made and sales the merchants would yell, job offerings made by rogues, and drunken pirates frolicking through The Port. It had that just after dusk kind of dark to it, and the only things lighting the place up were rows upon rows of fire lit lanterns across every wooden street and high above on the ceiling of the place.A fire hazard waiting to happen for sure, but they seemed to find a way to prosper with it. This place was so large Jisatsu had no clue where to start, so he found a small bench to sit on and figure out where he would start in this place.
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Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 5:41 pm
The thick line of forest slowly began to change as the Thick brush and Trees became more tropical, and hints of sand and the smell of the sea and salt became stronger and stronger in the air. The Group of Three Striders arrived at their destination in good enough time, and the hustle and bustle of merchants and their buyers adorned the beaches, and ships of all kinds were scattered among the shore. The biggest attraction though, was the Giant ship wrecked upon the shore, where the city stood, and the most dangerous liked to roam. There was a place for the strongest, and everyone was a cautious wreck, even though the Striders were patrolling, so much happened behind the Dawn Striders back... things everyone should be cautious about.
Yata stepped onto the beach, looking around before advancing.
"Well, were here..."
Yata said rather quietly.
The lovely rush of the ocean air made Yata's Chapeau float slightly on Yata's head, and the sun was high in the sky, illuminating the port in a beautiful scene as wave after blue wave crashed upon the sandy shore.
The ground was warm, but this was hardly a place for relaxation, and more of a place of buissness.
A buissness Yata'Djinn thought most foul.
He grimaced as a group of drunks with black bandanas ushered by them, hooting and laughing.
Suddenly, the Large Troll felt very out of place, a very familiar feeling in these parts.
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Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 5:57 pm
“How beautiful!” Lindzi exclaimed. The pixie that had sat on the troll’s shoulder then entire way looked far more like a tourist than a Strider as she leaned forward on her perch, eyes wide and dazzled. She’d been the port before, several times, but she had only been in the dark of night. She was so used to the smell and feel of mountain air that the sea was an invigorating, exciting place, and she didn’t care what occurred, as long as it didn’t happen to her. Lindzi hopped off of Yata’s shoulder, growing to her full height of 5’4 and stood in the sand, her wings sparkling like a pair of purple diamonds behind her. The long, dark hair that had billowed behind her like a banner for the entire way, was quickly pulled into a high ponytail that whipped around her in the sea breeze.
“What shall we do first?” She asked, smiling brightly at the troll and the wolfman. Lindzi would be fine, she figured, just as long as she stayed with her fellow Striders.
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Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 6:06 pm
"Hmmm..." Yata thought for a moment staying still to take in the sceanery himself.
"I'm not sure, I've never looked at this place as safe enough to do anything fun." Yata'Djinn said, looking around, They had just arrived and Yata saw what appeared to be three dead bodies close by. That or they were just uncontious...
"What would you like to do?" Yata said, looking to the exited Lindzi.
Seeing her made him almost at ease.
Almost.
If only he could be as carefree as her.
"Whatever you like we don't mind." Yata said, giving a quick glance to Raigon efore stepping slightly farther into the beach.
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Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 7:28 pm
Raigon grimced as the drunks passed by the smell of drunkedness stuck to em making him wanna gag but then when they left he smelled the ocean and he smiled to himself."I am up for anything."Raigon said as he lit up a cig and took a deep drag off of it."But if there is any trouble cant garantee the humans saftey." Raigon grimaced slightly.
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Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 8:04 pm
“Don’t be such worry worts!” Lindzi said, spinning from gazing out at the ocean to turn and look at her two companions. She lightly poked them and shook her head, still smiling. She had expertly dodged everyone that had come to close so far, and she had no doubt in her ability to continue to do so. Besides, weren’t the Dawn Striders supposed to run The Port?
“All we got to do,” She said confidently, “Is stick together. Now come on! Let’s go shop!” The pixie turned, and made her way the massive shop. She patted her pocket, satisfied by the clink she heard within. She wanted a new pair of boots, a cloak and a good pair of leather gloves. Her older pair seemed to have been poorly made because they couldn’t stand up to the wear she put on them.
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Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 8:25 pm
Jisatsu rose from his bench and came to a conclusion. He could really think of any specific place to go in The Port, so he decided to wander around until he found an offer made by a mercenary that would pay well. He wanted to form his own pirate crew and when he started to become successful financially he would abandon the Dawn Striders and pillage and plunder just like he did as a child. With that his wandering began, he first started by walking up the rows of staircases to the top floor of The Port and when he was done with each floor he would just work his way down until he found some type of job listing. Who knows, maybe he'd be able to find a few future crew members while he's at it.
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Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 9:13 pm
"Lindzi! Wait for us!"
Yata said, beginning to run to the Pixie's side. With a rather dull sigh he caught up. He had a bit of money on them, and was hoping to find some special imported metals. He liked to stock up, just in case he ran low on darts.
"Ugh, merchants... all money grubbing greedy low lives..." He said with a frown. Yata hadn't met a merchant that he didn't have to threaten to get what he wanted.
As they came to the Merchant Area, the Air had a bitter taste to it, which was obviously due to the heavy drinking.
Raising his guard, Yata looked at the many Items for sale, many which looked very tempting to buy, or very interesting.
A particular blade caught his interest, but he would come later to see.
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Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 9:33 pm
The pixie tucked her wings in as they reached the massive drunken crowds of people inside the Port. Her wings were extremely sensitive, almost like an organ outside her body and she always moved to protect them first. To cut off a pixie’s wings would mean certain death, the amount of blood passing through the membrane was to much to survive if cut. Besides, Lindzi didn’t like the way people were looking at her as they moved out of her way. Then of course, there was that nasty rumor she’d heard about people liking to sell pixie wings…
“Come on you guys, don’t be afraid to shop. I saw you, Yata, let’s go back and look at that blade! Maybe you can buy it?” Lindzi said, putting her hands on her hips as she looked up at him, she flashed a golden smile before turning her gaze to Raigon.
“Raigon, have you found anything you like?”
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Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 9:49 pm
Raigon walking with them saw a nice booth full of throwing knife and looked at it with longing."Eh nope nothing I want." Raigon gave one last glance at the throwing knifes and followed after Yata and the pixie lugging around his heavy staff he opened his trench and check all the throwing knifes he had in there knowing that you could never have to many chuckled to himself."You guys see anything you like?"Raigon taking a deep drag off of the cig exhaled a huge puff of smoke.
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Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 10:02 pm
"Well, I saw a very nice sword, but knowing this place it's probably made of rubber." Yata gave a loud laugh, drawing even more attention to the Giant purple-skinned Troll with the horrible smile. Just the look on his face made people shift away, the combination made some people walk quickly away. Which, in Yata's book, was a very good thing.
"I'll take a look at it later, let's buy what you want first, then we'll go back. I'll feel easier with myself if we stick together."
Yata said with a little nod, looking around, and occasionally looking back at someone staring, giving them a smile that made them turn away.
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Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 10:09 pm
Raigon chuckled at the humans reaction to both Yata and Raigon two very rare creatures to see indeed."Eh Yata I think we scare the little humans for some reason." The werewolfs eyes glowed demonic red deliberatley to send even more people runing."We can clear house at this rate and have it all to ourself." Raigon chuckled liking that idea alot.Raigon took another deep drag this time his huge sharp canines showed threw and he heard a lady scream because of it. "Damnit forgot they arnt use to werewolf." Raigon said in a soft voice so that only he Yata and the pixie could hear.
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Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 6:59 am
"They aren't used to Troll either, but try to keep the scary down... if we do manage to scare them away, it'll be worse for us." Yata stopped, speaking to Raigon mentally.
"Our Captain will be on our hides, the Port is a large source of Dawn Strider Income."
Sweet sweet property loans.
Yata tried to dim himself down a bit, wondering why he hadn't cloaked himself in an illusion before they got here...
No use now, they've all seen me... He told himself mentally.
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Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 7:31 am
“This way you two!” Lindzi called, having already made her way through a large crowd. She was headed for a booth in the back that looked very promising for a new cloak and gloves, she’d stopped halfway though after realizing she was leaving her friends behind. From her view, the two were clearly visible, but she doubted she could be seen. The pixie jumped a bit into the air and waved her arm to catch the two boy’s attention.
“Hurry up!”
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