high_seas | 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.

[If things become too crowded, feel free to make another thread outside of these. Just put where you are in the header.]

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[He wants to try "filling the pack to bursting with treasure," though maybe this is a sign that he needs to rein in his usual kleptomania and get down to business.

He shakes the severed tentacle off his anchor and looks to the other three. Well, if they put these down without them multiplying again, there's no reason why he can't pocket a few more jewels on the way out...]

Flee? The great Sea Devil of the West never backs down from a fight! It'll be child's play!

[He just needs to find some room to swing his anchor without taking Adol's head off and they'll be good to go.]

*If there's a giant ass kraken that bursts through the wall, that'd be more or less what happens to Adol in his luck with boss fights. Maybe fighting tentacles wouldn't be so bad.*

Did you fight things like this as a child? *He's not even being sarcastic as much as he's wondering about Captain Motochika's sanity level. But he doesn't really have time to comment as one of the things starts following him and Adol leads him away from the pirate with the giant anchor.*

[He didn't fight anything as a child, but that's not something anyone on the crew needs to ever hear about.]

I've tangled with a giant shark or two, but never an octopus or whatever this beast is.

[He cuts back one of tentacles with the bladed arms of his anchor, careful to keep them away from the handle this time. The last thing he needs is one of them dragging it off to the depths. He's not likely to find a proper replacement.]

How about you? You seem to be handling it quite well.

*He does have enough room to run, to leap around and to stab the tentacle and slice it down the middle.*

You could say I've had a lot of practice fighting really large and nasty things trying to kill me.

Ha! Is that so? Maybe we should go looking for some more excitement when we get free of this place! Remind me to tell you about the spiders!

[All things considered, he was probably the only one who enjoyed himself at all on Manahana'lia Island. Well, except for Sakamoto, who enjoyed himself because he'd had no idea what the hell was going on.]

Might be good to work off some steam after all the devilment we've had to put up these past few months.

[He may never have had to fight a beast like this, but Motochika is taking it all in stride nonetheless. He can't help but enjoy a good fight. It's just his nature. He severs another tentacle, but there seem to be several more slithering up from a rift in the floor.]

Not sure if this is the best time or place, though.

I wish I still had my good gear from Felghana. *That would have proved very useful. But he's been fighting quite a few things by now, including the undead outside. He might not have the shiniest weapons but he could still focus his will into something dangerous.*

But I can still do this! *And then Adol is off, slashing apart tentacles with ungodly speed until there's nothing left to fight. The swordsman shakes his head, a little dazed.*

[The remaining stubs of tentacles retract with a shriek and the treasure room is quiet once again. Motochika laughs and claps Adol on the shoulder.]

Nice work! I'm impressed! If we're ever faced with one of those things again, I know who to call on. Now...

[He takes off the pack and opens it again, eyes shining brightly with greed.]

Need to see how much of this I can lift.

*Well. Good to know his Boost still worked.*

We should probably hurry in case something else decides to pop through the wall. *For his efforts, though, he grabs a few coins, if only so he can buy better weapons for the future.*

(OOC: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFyUQUIvQOQ if you want to see what Adol usually fights. Skip to around 7:00 to watch him Boost and unload some whoopass.)

Right, right. Witch to defeat and all.

[It's probably a good thing that they put Ragna in charge of the jailbreak.]

Come to think of it, she should have some nice treasure stashed away wherever she is. Can't keep everything down here where the company can't see it, right?

[That's motivation enough for him to pick up his things and stride out the door. He has no idea where the throne room is, especially since he left Pi-chan back on the boat (the parrot is a pro at sniffing out treasure), but it can't be too hard to find.]

I don't suppose you're any good at finding witches, Adol?

No, but with how strong she is, find wherever you sense the most amount of power and you find her. *That and any potential screaming and a massive pile up of fighting. Wherever she was in this place.*

Sense power? I'll take your word for it. Looks like you're on witch-finding duty, then. Lead the way!

[Motochika has enough trouble with his normal five senses. Expecting a sixth from him is asking a bit too much. Left to his own devices, he'll just wander the fortress and pick up everything that's not nailed down and never actually find the witch.]

*Well, luckily Adol's had plenty of adventures dealing with the supernatural and the divine. He'll just stumble along and hopefully run into wherever the fighting seems the strongest.*

((OOC: Does this go into another section or are we good here?))

[ooc: We're good! Time to get the event wrapped up!]

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