high_seas | Avast, Mateys!

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Avast, Mateys!

Who: The Crooked Bone Boys, Esper "the Conflagration" Jones, and you!
Where: All over the high seas!
When: Tuesday, March 24th
What: Fighting, fire, winning, losing, and a whole lot of smack talk.
Warnings: Just your usual potential battle-type violence.
Style: Any!
Status: Open!

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[Robin comes out of the girls' dorm, stretching languidly.]

We ought to pull away from the island before engaging. It's full of magic that would be disrupted by violence. How many are there?

[yawns and looks up] ...morning, Robin.

Uh. A few. [he hasn't looked] Wonder if they knew more than one of us would be here.

I'll get the anchor. Let's shove off and give ourselves some breathing room, here.

[Robin's right, and Zoro's already waking up enough to think. Spacing out from the Spades and other ships will be to their advantage]

[Keimi quietly pokes her head out of the doorway. She hasn't even had time to freshen up yet. What is with you guys and getting attacked so early in the morning?]

Mn. That many? We should make sure their fire doesn't hit the island on accident.

[Offers his ladies a durpy smile~!!!]

G'morning, Robin-chwan, Keimi-chwaaan! Apologies, breakfast will be a little delayed today -- but I'll have tea and coffee ready in a moment!!

[Just as soon as he helps get the ship moving. But as soon as that's done, he'll disappear back into the galley to get some steaming mugs prepared.]

Good morning, everyone!

[Robin will see to the rigging if Zoro's getting the anchor. There's enough of her to go around.]

[A distant crack means more cannon fire headed their way.]

[A quick wave of her baton and two cannonballs are caught inside a giant sea bubble.]

Mn. That sounds wonderful, Sanji-chin.

I'm going to go change out of my nightgown...

[From inside the galley:]

NOT NECESSARY, KEIMI-CHAN CAN FIGHT IN HER NIGHTGOWN!!

[Now back to everyone else actually being useful...]

[Robin crosses her arms, and a tall net of arms forms around the outside of the ship, catching the cannonballs and dropping them deftly onto the deck. She grunts a little from the impact.]

The sails are set and ready when you are, Zoro!

Yosh.

[he's had the rope in his hands, ready for the signal, still yawning and rubbing his good eye. Oh, is it time now? He doesn't even glance when he hears the distant cannon-fire, feeling out enough to know that it will miss wide off the bow this time, so he pulls the anchor up and lashes it to the railing]

All set when you guys are!

[meanwhile, he'll go and lazily draw one sword just in case]

[Lorelai lifts her head from one of her journals and reaches for her weapons. Running up to the deck she uses her scythe to prop up a series of full quivers in front of her.]

What the hell is going on?

[She shoots a blunt tipped arrow at an oncoming cannonball causing it to deflect just enough to fall short of the ship]

[Keimi floats back down into the women's dorm, changing into a long-sleeved hooded green shirt. She wanders back onto the deck, brushing her hair.]

Oh, are we ready?

[Shows up again a few minutes later, serving tray in hand with several cups of coffee and tea on it. Some black, some with milk and sugar, one for everybody! He knows what you all like.

Though he does detour briefly to kick away another cannonball coming toward them (maybe the pirates will realize eventually that they don't even blink an eye at the shitty things), before hopping back to the deck just in front of Robin and swooping forward into half a bow, serving tray held out in front of him. And not a single drop spilled!]

My dear~

[He straightens again to look around at the ships, and holds a cup out for Keimi, as well, as she comes closer. Then he turns to offer Lorelai one next.]

Pirate attack. Probably still got a few minutes before they catch up.

Edited 2015-03-22 22:35 (UTC)

[joins the group, taking his cup of black coffee off the tray and sipping at it while he idly throws a 36-Pound Cannon at another incoming shot, slicing it to iron bits from a distance]

Good, I got time to warm up. Hope they're worth at least a workout.

[yep, Lorelei, look at who you're with. So nonchalant]

[she looks at him utterly shocked]

How can you act so nonchalant while we are under attack?

Mn, thank you, Sanji-chin.

[She sets her hairbrush in her lap to take her cup of tea. Ah, just the way she likes it.]

I wanted to get some exercise today, but I didn't really mean this.

[Robin accepts a steaming mug of coffee with a smile and a wink.]

Thank you, Sanji-kun.

[She turns to lean against the rail, squinting into the distance.]

It's quite a fleet. Seems they knew there'd be a lot of us here. We might have a bit of wind southward, if we draw them after us our allies can charge them from behind, don't you think?

[APPRECIATION FROM HIS GIRLS~!!!

Sanji gives a little twirl, his heart fluttering right out of his chest and seemingly duplicating in the air around him.]

Of course, my beautiful flowers~! Anything for you!!

[Ahhhhh, Robin-chan is so smart! Sanji twirls again in admiration, but then calms down and takes his own teacup, sipping at it while he tucks the now empty tray under his arm.]

That works for me. Might as well head over soon, no point waiting for 'em to board the ship if we can avoid it.

[HUGE EYE-ROLL over here. And swatting down another cannonball like it's no more than a fly.]

[Robin acknowledges Lorelai with a nod of her head.

Or well. One of her does. There are a few Robins out on the deck, manning the sails, trying to catch a bit of wind.]

It's a raid. We're pulling away from the island so we don't disrupt its magic, and so we'll have room to maneuver. Have you learned knot tying yet?

What do you need done?

[A line flies at Lorelai, it ought to be easy enough to catch.]

Tie this off, and make sure it doesn't come loose.

[Lorelai reaches out and grabs hold of the rope flying her way and immediately begins tying it off as tightly as she can]

HNGGHH

[Well, it's a start.]

Do you know how to fire the cannons?

If they work in this world that they do in mine then yes. Give me a target

I suspect you'll have your pick.

[But she's amassing a small arsenal of cannonballs that have been fired at their ship, so ammo won't be a problem. Robin gestures toward the deck cannons- smaller, but visible to the rest of the crew.]

Most cannons function under the same principles. Even if it's different, I'm sure you'll figure it out quickly.

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