high_seas | To go with your crew...

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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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For as long as we need to, or for as long as the crew let's us in case they decide to chase us down. Don't worry about supplies too much, we will get them as we go.

[There's no reason to let other ship's supplies go to waste after all.]

Just take enough for a couple of days, I don't think it will take us much longer than that to start finding things.

Okay. So how about you give me 20 minutes and I'll wash up and get ready, then you can meet me here and we'll sneak out?

*She giggles a little at this, but she was beginning to look more and more anxious. She didn't want to head off without being prepared, but she wanted to get out of there without seeing anyone else. Sighing slowly she looks about her room again, and throws a dress into a bag*

Got it.

[He smiles and stands up, moving to leave. He stops at the entrance though and turns to look at her.]

If you get too tired or anything... Just call me. I'll be here in an instant.

[With that he leaves to get ready himself and prepare a boat while making sure no one else notices them leaving.]

*He is lucky, really, to have this moment away from her. At this rate, the only time he's going to have apart from her is when she is washing. But she needs a good clean after being in that cell. Besides, even if this isn't really a holiday trip, she does still want to look good. So she gets herself fresh and clean and washed, and is soon standing by her door waiting for him, a rucksack hanging over her shoulder, nunchaku poking out the top. She'll wait here for him to come back, and she'll greet him with a tackle hug when he arrives*

[It's a good thing that Ikki actually has a talent to ignore her when he needs to, then. He only takes a moment for himself to wash a bit, wanting to take off his body any trace of that place, before he takes care of the boat and procures some supplies for their trip. When he returns to pick her, a tackle hug was the last thing he expected, but he takes it without problem.]

What, did I take too long?

[He could have swore he was right on time.]

Nope! You're right on time! It's just really good to see you, that's all!

*She doesn't show any signs of letting go, though. In fact, for a moment it seems like she wants to get even closer, nuzzling up against him before finally settling on wrapping her arms around his waist*

Are we ready to go blow some stuff up now?

Really...

[He... Doesn't get it. He guesses it's just still the shock of the whole thing. Or just that she hasn't stopped to really thing about it. About what he did to her. But he's not going to complain at the moment, not when they have places to go and things to blow.]

I'm ready if you are. Let's go.

Aye, aye captain!

*But she doesn't let go of him as they head to their boat, her arms still tied around him. She walks as though she is attached to him, like it's impossible to let go*

Ikki, this is gonna be so fun and so romantic.

*She whispers quietly into his ear, though, afraid that someone around might hear, and she's definitely not ready to see anyone else of the crew yet*

[He wonders if she will let go eventually. She better do, it will be harder to blow up stuff with her attached to him like that. But for now he says nothing.]

Romantic... Right. I'm really not into that thing, didn't know blowing up stuff counted as that.

[He will get her into the boat before he climbs on it himself, slowly pulling the ropes to lower it to the sea.]

*At least she does let go for the practicality of getting into the boat and getting it moving, but the moment he sits down he'll find her instantly sitting on his knee*

Okay, fine, you still hate romance. Whatever. But at least I can pretend and just try to enjoy it, hmm?

*She puts her rucksack down on the floor of the boat and looks around them slowly*

Any idea what way we're gonna go?

I don't hate romance, I don't care about it. But if you think that blowing up stuff is romantic I will make sure to make something blow in the shape of a heart if you want to.

[He takes out a compass to check their position before pointing to a side, then he puts the compass away and starts to row.]

We came in that direction so we will head there for a while then change course to make sure we don't end crashing against the Sun or the Moon. I'm sure we will find a ship before we need to do that, though.

*Selphie huffs a little at that - for a girl so concerned about romance, she sure picked her own love life in an interesting way... She wriggles off his knee, but still keeps a hold of him as she sits next to him with her arm linked with his*

Hmmph. I just wanna see proof now that you can actually do that.

*She peers at the compass before looking around them again, and she nods, lapsing into silence as she stares out at the sea and the sky*

[He says nothing in response at first, busy rowing into the darkness and away from the Sun. They won't be back in a good while. Hopefully no one will miss them. After a long moment he speaks again.]

Well, whether I can do it or not, nothing's going to change that you're stuck with me. Better resign yourself to it soon.

*Selphie nods to show that she's heard him, but doesn't turn her head to look at him. Instead she sits slightly apart from him, closer to the other side of the boat. Her head is so full of so many questions, and different things she wants to say. She tries to sort these out on her head, staying silent until she figures out what she wants to say next*

You know... I never thought I'd see the sea again. Or the sky. I thought I'd be in that cell until I'd rotted away...

Hn, I can understand that feeling.

[And why she would think that way, specially if she remembers everything. He isn't sure how much she remembers, but he bets on the "most of it" side at least, she has to given the state he found her in.]

Now that you are seeing them again, what do you think?

*His question causes a lump to form in her throat, and she looks away while fidgeting with her hair, swallowing hard before she can speak. She lifts a shoulder in a half-shrug, happy to act like this was all no big deal*

They're... big. And... pretty. And...empty.

Empty... In which sense?

[He figures what she means but he wants to hear her say it herself.]

Just...

*There's a moment where she's searching for what she means, drumming her hands on her thighs until she stops. Then there's the smallest sigh and she continues to look up at the sky*

...empty.

[He sighs and shakes his head at that.]

I need my arms to row, and rowing with just one arm would just make us go in circles, you know. I can't exactly give you a hug right now.

No. I know. That's okay...

*She still keeps her face turned away, but his idea of rowing in circles has at least made her sound a little less gloomy*

Do you know how long I was gone...?

*Selphie glances at him for a fraction of a second, not expecting him to know this, since he didn't seem to have much of a concept of days*

Thirteen days, twenty hours and twenty minutes.

[He refuses to say anymore on his own, thanks. He doesn't look at her, though he doesn't either look away from her and his tone is firm and serious, he knows well how long it was.]

*Such exact information surprises her, and it shows in the small gasp she makes, sitting up suddenly to attention. Her eyes stray over, but he's not looking at her, so she looks back out at the sea*

Oh...

*Her next question is carefully constructed, a pause between each word as she asks what she's been terrified of asking, but wanting to know*

Did it hurt, that I was gone for so long?

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[No. Yes. Does he really have to answer?

Ikki falls silent for a good while at that. Had it hurt? Yes, more than he wants to admit. But he couldn't hurt, he couldn't let it hurt him, because he had done it himself. He was the one who killed her. He had no right to hurt. Or to expect that she would be back.]

I didn't hope you would return. I was sure you wouldn't.

It didn't hurt that you were gone for so long. It hurt that you were gone.

[Even if he had no right for it. One day, thirteen or twenty years, the pain was the same every day. The anger and hate boiling inside of him where the same each day.]

But - Why...?

*Selphie turns to him suddenly, her eyes wet with tears, breathing quickly, though she had barely raised her voice, spitting out her words*

You did it. You killed me. You thought I wouldn't come back, and that didn't stop you. You could just throw me away, into nothingness...

*She rubs at her eyes and pulls her hair out the way*

But then, you come back to me and you - and you kiss me and tell me you love me but...

[He keeps rowing, his expression an impassible mask. It's not the frown he usually wears, it's literally nothing. As if his own face was unable to pull out an emotion according to it.]

I couldn't safe you. The only way I knew to try to safe you failed, so I made the choice I've always done in those circumstances. Rather than let someone else have your body and use it to do things you didn't want to do, I killed you with my own hands and killed myself in the process.

[He doesn't really expect her to understand. He doesn't think anyone could.]

I thought that since the witch was Davy Jones' enemy he wouldn't bring you back, neither could she. So you would be able to rest in peace until everything was over, or until I gathered that stupid jewel and wished for you to be returned to live and sent home where you would be safe. Maybe strike a deal with Davy Jones, I'm not sure, but I would have found a way.

[Even if it meant being stuck in that world, or not seeing her ever again.]

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need to swap some of the happier icons back

XDDD

/meanwhile uses same icon forever

not of her best shots to be honest

nopes ;;

looks like an okama actually /critical artist now

artist or gay?! XD

artist, thank you very much, also that's a cuter icon

tee hee okies! and yus, it is!

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