On the high seas

[intriguess]

Where pirates play and sailors pray, where wenches are few and far between and maidens fear to tread. Where each bunk is small and cold.

There was a ship, of bounty and pleasure, where stories of trickery join in beautiful music, and the sea is a welcome mistress.

OOC so mainly there will be this pirate ship that will have more fun between raids than dealing in fighting. Where I myself am the arrogant swashbuckling captain and others male and female are my crew, and mermaids and other watery creatures are free to prey on my crew as long as it's all in good fun.

IC

I stood on the prow watching the dark waters, my cape billowing behind me as the wind whipped around me. I stood five feet two inches and my dark curly hair was tucked into my cap as I surveyed the sea.

 

[Merelan]

Bethany:

Huddled in the hold, cold and hungry. But for now undetected. A stowaway, dressed as a cabin boy I had snuck on board. Knowing full well that if found my life would be over, or worse. But I had to leave. The local gendarmes had caught on to me and I was worth more dead there then alive.
So here I was, broke, and frightened. For the first time in 4 years not in control.
Yes, I was a thief, but no ordinary one. I preyed on only the rich. The men who could afford to lose money and goods, and who would be hesitant to report such thefts to the law. But I had gotten greedy, and caught in the act. Luckily I was small and had slipped away easily in the crowd. But now here I was, headed who knew where. Broke. Sooner or later I would have to sneak out and get some food, and a blanket. Though we were in the tropics, the hold was wet, and the nights cold.

 

[Blackbich]

Janelle Boudreaux

OOC: Mind if I join in? My character is a black female, 5'5", 120 pounds, dark brown hair, brown eyes, approximately 18 years old. First mate.

IC: I had just finished screaming at the crew to get everything back in place due to the gusty winds. With everything under control, I turn to face my captain but all I see is her back. Definitely a familiar sight. I begin reminiscing about the day we met.

I was running scared from the lynch mob of men who wanted my head for killing my husband. If my parents had listened to me and let me come home when I told them of his penchant for causing me pain, this never would have happened. He was the reason I had lost the baby I had been carrying. Most women feel tis a cross we have to bear. I don't regret it. Besides, if that had never happened, I would never have gone to the docks. I hoped it would buy me some time before they caught up to me. After all a real lady would never go to the docks by herself. I snuck onto the ship, hoping to hide out until it had docked somewhere else. She was standing right where she is now, same exact spot. I froze, expecting her to turn around anytime, unable to move. I hadn't anticipated what came next.

"Bonjour, Madamoiselle." pause "Do you plan to stand there all day?"

She turned to see me in the same spot, only with wide eyes and mouth hung open.

"Did you think I'd mistake you for a masthead? Or statue perhaps?"

Unable to speak, I shook my head no.

"Then perhaps you'd like to tell me why you're sneaking onto my ship and why I shouldn't kill you on the spot."

For some reason, the purpose for running away burst from me like a broken dam.

"You killed your husband?"

Eyes dropped, I answered "Yes".

There was such a long pause, I expected her to turn me over to the authorities right then. Instead she offered for me to become a member of her crew. Of course, I accepted. I have never looked back or regretted making that choice. After two years together, there is nothing I would not do for my captain, including take a life.

Snapping out of my reverie, I begin yelling at the crew once again.

 

[Merelan]

Pushing this back up. I think it has potential. Come on people!!! Climb aboard!!!!!

 

[intriguess]

Captain Maji

OOC been a long couple of days, starting classes Monday not sure how actively I'll be posting but I'll try for once a day (or night)

IC

I had seen a lot and been through a lot, my crew was a rough bunch, but my first mate was a sharply honed individual I had personal shaped. She and I had passed many enjoyable evening both aboard and on land. Occasionally we shared a man or each other as we wished. I turned slowly feeling something amiss about the boat. My dark eyes scanned over her and I nodded briefly before sliding down a ladder and heading to look over the cargo.

 

[Talon]

Jake Brand

OOC: Mind if I join up? Heres my character.

Jack Brand
6'1", 185 pounds
Brown Eyes and long Brown hair
Seagoing Wear: Red and White striped pants, no shoes or shirt, a red sash around his waist, over which is tied his sword belt, a rapier and a headband to keep his long hair out of his face.
Landlover Wear: Polished black boots, brown pants, a white shirt with lace around the collar and cuffs, a black jacket with tails, and a hat with a black feather, along with a fancy rapier.

Swashbuckler extroidinare, Pirate and breaker of womens hearts, Jack Brand was a Captain himself until he met this crew of lovely ladies himself in a Tavern one night. Promised fortune and great deeds of lust with Captain Majis crew, he gave command of his ship over to his First Mate and joined her crew.

 

[intriguess]

Captain Maji

My eyes skimmed over Jake Brand, he'd been seduced to our side, so to speak, but with preparing for the trip and all I still hadn't entertained him. I made a mental note, now that we were out on open sea to have him for dinner, I'd have to invite my first mate, but that just made it that more enticing.

I was below decks, my eyes adjusting to the lighting when I sensed movement. I followed the sound, there hadn't been rats on my ship in years. I moved closer until the motion stopped. I noticed a lumpy form in the shadows and with a swift draw of my saber I placed the point near the heart of the shape and watched a the stowaway face me.

 

[Blackbich]

Janelle

I watch as my captain heads below deck. I ease over to the entryway, head cocked, to listen for any noises to indicate she may need help.

 

[The_high_king]

Kyos Krimson
Age:26
Height:5'9
Weight:210 pounds
Brown eyes, short black hair, a rapier with a blue handle and martial art skills as my weapon, and a eyepatch on my left eye.

As a boy he was adopted by a retired pirate who died when Kyos was thirteen. His education came from reading hundreds of books. He trained himself everyday in his foster father's garden, and rarely took a break. By the time he was eighteen he snuck onboard a merchant ship, and sailed to france where he learnt the ways of the sword, but he couldn't learn french, since his teacher refused to teach him the language. He learnt the rapier fast. When he was twenty-two he went to China, and started to learn his martial art skills there with a generous teacher. He also excelled at this. When his teacher died when he was twenty-six, he moved back home.

He now serves onboard Captain Maji's ship, hoping for adventure, and excitement. He also did this for his foster father, since this was his last dying wish.

At this moment, he was on deck, and eating an apple. Awaiting his orders. The one thing no one knew about him, was that he was still a virgin.

 

[Merelan]

Bethany:

Damn rats. I hate rats. Hate them. The filthy things. Trying to avoid their creepy bodies I knocked over a box. Next thing I know I am at the point of the saber. Okay, here goes the bluff. Sniffling on my sleeve and going into my little boy lost routine.
"Have you come to save me kind Lady?" But with a rough pull she had me out into the room, the light from above making me blinded. With my hair tucked inside my cap and my clothes baggy I looked, or hoped i did, the part of a stowaway boy. Maybe she would just put me to work.

"I haven't had nuffin to eat in days. Have you a crust of bread for a poor boy?"

 

[Dash]

Vlad

ooc: This looks interesting. Hope you don't mind me joining in. Character is a 19 year old crew member on Captain Maji's ship who simply answers to the name Vlad. Has short dark hair and stands about 5'10.

IC: Doing his daily routine aboard the ship, Vlad wipped away the sweat that had formed upon his head from the work. Things had been rather boring today for the most part. He had only been apart of this crew for about a year now and had seen much in that time. There had been times where a normal day of sailing over the seas were becoming a rare thing to see. It had been a rather interesting expierence aboard this ship to say the least.

Seeing Janelle over by an entryway, Vlad made his way towards the area slightly to see what was going on. Judging by the look of interest on her face, it must have something to do with Captain Maji in one way or another.

He was at times put in charge of "guarding" any entrence whenever the captain needed to deal with somebody in private. Unfortunatly, it gave him have a habit of trying to stick his nose into everything that went on around the ship.

 

[intriguess]

Captain Maji

I tugged the cap off and watched as dirty hair spilled down, "You can lay off the poor street rat accent, it won't wash here. Speaking of which when was the last time you bathed?" I see fear in her eyes as if she thinks I'm going to toss her into the sea. "Everyone here works for their supper, I've never had a valet." I pause thinking over things, "I think I'll hand you over to Vlad." His name sent chills down everyone's spine and I watched her eyes widen as I hauled her above deck. I bellowed for Vlad and told him to get the girl cleaned up and fed.

The sky was darkening as a new recruit introduced himself I smiled briefly a dazzling display of white teeth before making a gesture to Janelle to join me for dinner. I moved towards Dash with a cats grace and whispered just for his ears that he should join me in my cabin once his shift was over.

 

[The_high_king]

hey

ooc: one question, are we docked, or are we at sea at this very moment?

 

[Merelan]

Bethany:
She tore off my cap and my hair came tumbling down. I had not had time to cut it. Damn. Damn and double damn.
A valet? What was that? Who was Vlad? She half threw me at the deck and I lost balance and landed hard. Looking up I saw him looking coldly down at me. But he was young. Maybe I could flirt my way out of this. But a barely perceptible shake of his head. He knew what i was thinking. Swallowing hard I tried to smile. Feeling a bit sick from the nerves, and motion of the ship.

 

[Dash]

Vlad

Looking down at the woman as she tried to offer a slight smile, Vlad pulled the woman up by her arm and onto her feet. Glancing back at the Captain and the others with a half grin, he simply tells her to follow me as the man began to lead the way.

His voice was deep yet calm and not as threatening as his looks would make one believe. Holding an arm so that she wouldn't think of running away, he leads her off to be cleaned up for the captain.

Closing the door to the room behind us, the man look for some slightly better clothes that might fit her. "You'll need to wash up real fast before changing and being given your meal" he instructed while pointing towards the tub on the other side of the room.

Vlad quickly prepared the bath for her while keeping an eye on her. She really was a pretty thing, he thought. The captain was sure to have fun with this one in do time.

Once he was done, he simply told her "Get in there and wash up, girlie. We don't have all day to wait for you." It had been awhile since his last meal, so Vlad was a little short on patience.

 

[intriguess]

Captain Maji

OOC we are asea which is why I wrote in your comment differently so as to not break the flow of everything else.

IC

I had removed my boots and pants, letting the white shirt flow over my hips as I waited for Janelle. Dinner had arrived earlier a simple but healthy fare of soup and bread. I had just pulled out a bottle of wine when I heard the tap on my door, letting me know that she was entering. The sea was fairly calm at the moment and I watched her move, she had a feline grace, her dark skin in contrast to my normally pale skin.

 

[The_high_king]

Kyos

ooc: dinner huh, then it must the evening.

ic: I turned my attention to the sunset, and just stared at it for a while. As I sat there, gazing at the sun, I didn't notice a fat, and yet muscular bearded man walk up to me. I didn't want any trouble, so I just stayed silent. For no reason at all, the fat man took out a cutlass, and pointed towards my throat, "give me your sword boy, its mine now". His first few words had already begun to piss me off, "are these the captain's orders?" I ask. "No, there me own orders, and I'm bigger than you. "Sorry, I'm afraid your going to have to find another sword", I took another bite of my apple. He lifted the cutlass in the air, ready to cut my head off, "give me your sword, or I swear upon davy jone's locker, thats the last apple ye ever will eat", the fat man smiled with his big yellow teeth. "You know, mutinys are strictly prohibited on board this ship", the fat man didn't care, he swung down his sword with all his might, just to be blocked by two uninjured fingers. The fat man stood stunned, I push forward with my palm, sending him, and his sword sprawling toward some barrels. I smile a bit as the fat man backs away from me, shivering, like I was some sort of demon, or something. I watch as the fat man runs toward his cabin, and locks his door.

ooc: hope this isn't to much... is it?

 

[Blackbich]

Janelle

Tapping on the door, I let myself in. I saw my captain, Maji, standing near the table with a bottle of wine. I smile at her current attire. I am never able to think properly when she was dressed as she is now and she knows it.

"Forgive me captain. I don't know how she managed to sneak onto the ship but I will find out who failed in their duty to you." I was still amazed with her ability to smell out a rat, including human sized ones that were stowing away on the ship.
She waves me off, as I knew she would. I would still find out who was responsible for this outrage and they would get a whip to the backside if I have anything to say about it.

Remembering the look on the stowaway's face causes me to chuckle.

"Did you see the look on her face when you yelled for Vlad?"

Maji joined me in laughter.

I walk over to join her at the small table.

"Would you like for me to open that for you, madamoiselle?", allowing the tenderness I feel for her to show in my voice.

 

[Merelan]

I recognized authority when I saw it, and I saw it in his eyes. Though he couldn't be much older then me. I slowly undressed, trying to hide from his gaze. Washing quickly and blushing. Damn him. Why didn't he look away. I was a scrawny thing, nothing to look at. That was why I was still a virgin, or I would have sold that long ago. But poverty and my need for slipping through tight places had kept me small. I washed quickly and slipped intot he gown he handed me, using the belt from my old outfit to pull it in.
"Can't I wear my own clothes?" His silence forbidding. Tough. "What are you? Some kind of lackey to her Highness there?" Figuring in for a pence in for a pound.

 

[intriguess]

Captain Maji

I smiled and waved away her worries, there was nothing on my mind but a night of sinful pleasures. "Of course, yes I love how Vlad's name affects people, besides she deserves to be scared. Anything less and she'd never respect me." I hand her the wine bottle and lounge in my sturdy chair, slinging one well muscled leg over the air, presenting a picture of seduction and casual need. I half smiled noting how she looked at me. I had saved her from a fate worse than death, and for that she was whatever I wanted her to be, I wasn't the type to abuse such a relationship and allowed her the freedom to become the person I saw now. I ran my fingers through my crop of dark curls and softly murmured, "I've asked Dash to join us later, it's about time we made him a permanent crew member." I smiled few men on the ship were, most were fairly steady men who signed on for a year or two. Only a half dozen were those who'd die for the ship, and those were the ones I welcomed into my boat and my bed.

 

[Dash]

Vlad

Narrowing his eyes towards the young woman, he felt a moment of anger which quickly passed. Despite his youth, he was not one that could lose his temper so easily. Doing so would cause him to loose the respect of his older peers who thought he too young to be take seriously.

With a slight grin, he responded "Guess you could say that in a way. We have a nice arrangement with Captain Maji. We stay loyal to her and she can help give us what we need."

Watching as she finished and was ready to be given food, he added "Just do as your told and we'll all get along fine, ya hear? She's a woman to be respected. Anything less simply would not do." The look in her eyes told that she had an understanding of what Vlad spoke about.

After they were done, he lead the way for them to get their meals. It was dinner time by now, and he himself needed to have something to eat and drink after a days work on the ship.

 

[Merelan]

Bethany:
I tossed my head and only half listened. Hmm... soft hearted captain. Easy pickings. But let's not get greedy dear. Slipping a gold case into my pocket, from habit. Leaving it on the table before following him.
As we walked I ran my fingers through my curls, hoping I looked half presentable.
"Is your name really Vlad? I knew a Vlad once. Soft man. Weak." Testing to see how far I could push him.

 

[The_high_king]

Kyos

I was now night, and I was watching stars, breathing in the ocean air, listening to the cool splashing of the waves, and getting bored. I was bored, bored, bored, bored, and bored. As I was strolling, along the vast ship, I came across an earring, "I wonder who this belongs to I?", I wondered. I decided to pocket it until I could find out who the owner was. I sat down for a while, and got back to being bored.

ooc: who wants the earring?

 

[Blackbich]

Janelle

"I've asked Dash to join us later, it's about time we made him a permanent crew member."

Chuckling, I had to smile. I had been wondering how long it would take. Now that he has proven his loyalty to Maji it had been just a matter of time before he was crowned as an honored crew member.

"I must agree, madam. He's proven very loyal and should be rewarded as such."

Opening the wine bottle, I pour two glasses. I hand one to her then have a seat at the small table. Knowing my captain as I did, I knew she was telling me so I could participate in the 'celebration'.

"Thank you for allowing me to take part in the 'festivities'".

Maji chuckled. She had always liked my code word for her initiation.

Taking a couple of sips of wine, I asked, "Do you think Dash has ANY idea what he's in for?"

I begin laughing when I see the twinkle in my friend's eye.

 

[Dash]

Vlad

Letting a low growl escape his lips, he turned towards the woman and answered "If that were so, then let me assure you that matching names is all we have in common."

That last comment had gotten under his skin a little. One thing Vlad hated being referred to was weak. Even in a joking manner, he hated to hear anyone refer to him as such. He had injured many and killed one for making such accusations about his character.

Grabbing her by the arm to lead her along, he asked the pretty young woman "Speaking of names, we've yet to hear yours. What do you go by?"

His voice gave off more of a demanding tone rather then an asking one. He squeezed on her arm to the point of drawing slight pain, obviously still not over the 'soft and weak man' line.