Battle On Th' High Seas

[highseasmods]

Who: Anyone who wants to partake
Where: In the waters between Turvey Top and Ebony & Ivory
When: October 17th 2pm-6pm
What: Battle, mayhem, treasure and piracy
Warnings: Violence
Status: Very open!


Around 1:45pm, ships gathered in the waters between Turvey Top and Ebony & Ivory will see the gigantic Naval frigate, the Argustos, chugging through the calm waters to destinations unknown. Close by and running a little ahead on the wind is a Naval scout ship, caravel class, named Pantopes.

Sharp eyes will be able to spot the ships on the Argustos' tail, though, and the giant frigate will weigh anchor to prepare for the attack of the Corpse King and his five ship Armada, made of three caravels and two brig sloops.

The Corpse King himself has a brig sloop, Achlys and will be at the back end of the battle, providing cover fire.


Feel free to attack to your heart's content and loot wherever you wish. There's great treasures there for the bold and daring, and most unpleasant deaths for the unwary.

Comments

[heartismyown]

[It's the kind of strategy that works for Roxas. He's pretty good at being a fighter. While Zoro works on his problem, Roxas ups his game a little, getting between him and the Navy guys. He might not be as skilled as Zoro, but he's more skilled than some of these people, and he can handle a bunch of enemies at a time. It's useful at the moment. Even though he's not as fast or smooth as he'd like, it's apparent his fighting style is aggressive, especially when one of them grazes his arm and he doesn't even flinch, just turning his attention to whacking him with the keyblade instead. He'd rather take people out before they get him, it's a strategy that mostly works for him.]

[yourotherleft]

[Thanks, Roxas. Zoro is momentarily pissed at himself - and the deck - for making him look like an idiot, but he can still fight with one foot planted. Anyone who thinks he's suddenly weak and swarms on him finds that he's just as powerful as ever - and if he doesn't get them, Roxas does.

Finally, there's a break in the action just long enough for him to slice across the wood and free his foot, and he takes out his annoyance on the next Navy guy to try to take advantage of it. It's an officer, a commander of some rank who also has two swords. Zoro moves easily around Roxas to pick up where he left off, grunting behind the sword in his mouth a sort of 'thanks' as he goes.]

[heartismyown]

[He just nods at the grunt, too focused on what he's doing anyway. It's the kind of fight where people are challenging him, which makes it interesting. Most of them aren't very good in comparison to him but an officer appears and targets Roxas. The others let him as he moves in on the attack.

Suddenly Roxas finds himself on the defensive, which for him is a horrible place to be. He can't catch his footing well enough to turn the tide. Even the reappearance of Oatheeper does nothing for him. He's being overwhelmed by someone. It's pushing him to take steps backwards, to put space between him and Zoro as well. This man is particularly good. It's bound to happen, Roxas can't possibly be the best in the world, but it's only serving to make him frustrated. He begins to hit harder, but it's a little wilder too. Anger doesn't really help his skills all that much.]

[yourotherleft]

[Zoro, for his part, is really enjoying his challenge, even though it isn't much of one, but he's got a corner of his senses trained on Roxas, just in case. He's not the kind of man to interfere in another...er...person's fight, especially if it'll help them get stronger, but this is also not the kind of battle where letting the Navy kill off pirates just because they're not your crew is a good thing.

He slashes hard to push off his own opponent and then twists his body, bringing two swords over the third and then spiraling out of the stance to unleash a 108-Pound Cannon across the deck. It's an invisible attack, a rush of cutting air, but if Roxas needs to, all he has to do is shove his guy backwards into it. Other peons are already falling along the path of the Cannon, cuts and slashes appearing on their bodies as if out of nowhere.

The officer he was fighting sees this and yelps something about a Demon's Egg, about a pirate who used that same attack. Zoro turns to glare at him, and grin.]

No, I'm not her. That's no Demon's Egg, that's just me.

[and he launches himself at the surprised officer with renewed vigor]

[heartismyown]

[At that point, Roxas is really grateful for the chance or the help, if it's meant that way and he does launch himself at the man in a surprise attack to shoulder check him into its path.

Zoro definitely deserves his thanks after this. He whirls around again to take on some more men but the numbers are thinning at last. There can only be so many men on this particular ship after all. It's just as well because this is something of an endurance run and he's going to reach his limit sooner or later. He can already feel the twinge in his shoulder.]

[yourotherleft]

[true, there are a finite number of Navy men on this ship. Zoro manages to knock his opponent out and whirls to take on the next to find...there aren't any.

He backs over to where Roxas is, keeping his swords at the ready]

You guys are here for the shard too, huh? Where do you think they're keeping it?

[heartismyown]

[Roxas is grateful for the break and rolls his shoulder a few times.]

Yeah, I think that's what we came for, but I dunno. I think Gaius is going to get it. I'm not good at finding stuff, or remembering to get stuff. I just take people out.

[yourotherleft]

[it occurs to him, then, that the guy he saw swoop across the deck and shoot lighting a little while ago is nowhere to be seen.]

...shit! If he gets it before I do...!

No offense, Roxas, but I'm after it too and I ain't gonna let anyone else get it.

[but rather than hurt any fellow pirates, he's just going to race them to it. Which means abandoning Roxas where he is and racing across the deck to the forecastle. What? It's a door into a cabin, it's probably the place where they keep treasure! Even if it's completely in the wrong direction.]

[heartismyown]

[It's okay, Roxas understands and is not offended. He'll do his job and man the deck until Gaius tells him it's time to get out of there.]