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High Seas Mods ([personal profile] highseasmods) wrote in [community profile] high_seas2014-01-24 12:35 am

To go with your crew...



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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allendsmeat: credit: merrygoburn (blank)

[personal profile] allendsmeat 2014-01-25 11:06 am (UTC)(link)
It wasn't enough. It wasn't enough meat. That's okay, Sanji will fix it but I need to keep my energy up.

[but she said no so he's just going to leave it there and he cracks his knuckles] I'm just gonna find Sanji really fast.
delicate_maiden: (whoa hey)

[personal profile] delicate_maiden 2014-01-25 08:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[Somehow, she doesn't think Sanji's just going to go straight back to the boat and cook them dinner when they find him. Sure, the whole moral code of pirates seems to be wildly different from what she's used to, but even if there are no consequences officially for what he did, she can't imagine that he wouldn't impose some on himself. That's just how people work.]

Um, I really don't think everyone's just going to drop everything and go back to the ship for dinner...We kind of still have a lot to do here. Remember the girl who drew the pictures in the journal? Don't we have to take care of that stuff, too?
allendsmeat: (restraint?)

[personal profile] allendsmeat 2014-01-28 06:27 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah I mean after. I gotta talk to him first. [and there's other important things to do] But don't worry we'll take care of it all.

[his stomach growls fiercely and he looks longingly at the fridge.]

It must be so full of great stuff...
delicate_maiden: (wanna fight?)

[personal profile] delicate_maiden 2014-01-28 06:16 pm (UTC)(link)
[Kai moves to block off the fridge. How can he even assume there's anything good in there? They're in some creepy magic fortress. It's a little different from raiding an enemy storehouse, especially considering there's all sorts of food already prepared and laid out for them. It's got to be a trap.]

It's probably cursed! She wouldn't just leave food here for us to eat, would she? There's gotta be some sort of catch.