To go with your crew...

[highseasmods]

Who: Everyone who is fighting in the battle to kill the witch.
Where: The Black Fortress in the East
When: Jan 24th-25th
What: The grand battle to get back what you have lost, get revenge for what was taken, and avert disaster.
Warnings: Language. Death. Victory. Defeat. True love. Miracles.
Style: Text or prose
Status: Open to all



The black fortress ripples with shimmering iridescent energy, the piles of black coral heaped on roped together barges around it, bobbing in the waves. On the largest barge stands a slender man with a copper belt, wearing a face mask, orange red hair flecked with black from ash or dust. As the dawn slowly folds over the ocean, he'll look up, as if hearing some hidden voice.

At the top of the fortress, a figure climbs into vision, a woman, dressed in gray, features obscured by a hood with impenetrable darkness behind it. She staggers a moment as if she is weary, then straightens to her full height. As she speaks, her voice comes out of the journals, echoing over the water, low but clear.

"This is no small task ye do. She that rots within'll do anythin' ta stop ye. Don't hesitate to kill what ye find. If they were human once, they hain't no more. Watch out for her golems, too, or they'll drain ye dry quicker'n a wink. But if ye can get rid of 'em, it'll weaken her." She hesitates, cants her head to the side. "And if ye lot aren't as much of a bunch'a idiots as usual, ye might come out alive through this."

That said, she raises her hands. After a moment so does the man on the barge. For a moment, nothing seems to happen and then iridescent light shimmers over the coral, seeming to match that which surrounds the fortress. It crackles and dances like a fire, and then without warning bursts into a furious life, slamming against the energy of the fortress. There is the sound like thunder and light snaps and crackles, zipping with energy. Then with a woosh the light flies upward, taking the figure with it. The man on the barge lets out a cry like a seagull and dives into the water as if intending to swim after her.

For the boats that remain, a part of the fortress will crumble away into the sea, revealing a small harbor and an open doorway. Enter all ye who dare.


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Comments

[allendsmeat]

"Yeah but I'm glad you're okay, too." He didn't really need a hug. It was worth it just seeing him and that he was okay and that he was normal Ace and not really angry Ace. That he was better and on one of his ships so it meant he would stay around. He head butted him lightly instead because that was just as good. His big brother was okay and that was all that mattered.

...Well almost.

"But if you're not gonna have any of the meat, can I? We ran out and there wasn't Sanji around to cook more and I need the strength." He rests his chin on the railing and gives Ace a hopeful look.

[hiken]

"I always hide a little bit of food under the galley floor boards. I don't think Marco would touch any of it even if he could smell it, cause it's usually jerky--so, you can have some if you don't smash up the floors," Ace touched his chin, trying to remember where the spot was that he hid it all.

"Ah--the floor boards are right under the table. Just tap them a few times to find the ones I hollowed out."

He said this all, forgetting who Luffy was for a moment. Then, Ace remembered right away.

"...Nevermind. I'll find it for you."

[allendsmeat]

"Yosh!" Floorboards under the table. He pulls himself onto the railing and bounds over, heading for the galley. Ace said some other words after that but he'll find out what they are later. He slams open the door.

"Yo! I'm here for the meat!" Though there is no one in at the moment so he finds a likely spot and stamps down hard, figuring Ace must have stored it pretty well. Hmm... well there's a lot of air under his foot...and he keeps stretching his ankle down until he hits something that feels a little like a hammock.

This does not feel right somehow.

[hiken]

There, Ace stood in the door. He said that last part, all while shuffling desperately after Luffy. As Ace began to yell at Luffy, he didn't realize the hand he used to grip the door frame he leaned against suddenly tore through the wood part of it like paper. Ace held his hands up, trying not to touch anything.

"Luffy! That's not the spot! Don't tell me you put a hole in the bottom of the ship!"

[allendsmeat]

"You said it was here!" And he'd been looking forward to it, too. He tries to pull his foot out but-- Hmm.

"I'm stuck." SO he braces his other leg and leaaans as hard as he can in one direction, the floor creaking dangerously.

[hiken]

Ace stared at Luffy, jaw agape. Then, he just sort of wandered to the edge of the galley, produced a set of floral oven mitts and then grabbed Luffy by face and started yanking on him to try and get him out of the hole.