highseasmods: (stranger)
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.


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

serving_love: (not pouting)

[personal profile] serving_love 2014-01-27 07:37 am (UTC)(link)
Conscious.

[He says it without really thinking about it because hell if he's letting Zoro think he can just knock him out, but it's not until immediately after that it even registers that he actually replied. He scowls and drops his hand, crossing his arms instead and shooting a glare at Zoro.]

Who's weepy? Dammit, you're such a pain in the ass. Not everything can be solved by training, you know!

[But this isn't working. Zoro's never going to let him out of his sight at this rate. Sanji huffs and cringes, pinching the bridge of his nose.]

...Right. Okay, shut up, I hear it. All this shitty whining, I'd want to punch my face in, too, if I were you.
Edited 2014-01-27 07:45 (UTC)
yourotherleft: (moustache)

[personal profile] yourotherleft 2014-01-27 05:58 pm (UTC)(link)
I haven't ruled it out yet. But right now we don't have time.

[he turns to look through the doorway, down the corridor into the darkness. He can't see them but he can feel them, the zombies shuffling around trying to stop them from making any progress]

I found you, now I have to find Celestia. You said the throne room?
serving_love: (sure whatever)

[personal profile] serving_love 2014-01-27 06:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah.

[He looks up and down the hallway, which is remarkably free of zombies at the moment. Well, they do need to get Celestia-san back and hell if Zoro will ever make it there on his own... Sanji can take him that far, at least, because he fucks off to do his thing.]

Come on, this place is a shitty maze. I'll lead.
yourotherleft: (stoneface)

[personal profile] yourotherleft 2014-01-27 06:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Fine.

[good, that's more like it. Maybe if he can keep Sanji focused on doing something useful, he won't roll around feeling sorry for himself. As long as he keeps the cook in sight, theoretically he shouldn't get lost. Theoretically.]

I don't want to hear any more about not coming back to us. Or I will punch you.
serving_love: (yeah I'm cool)

[personal profile] serving_love 2014-01-27 06:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Sure, marimo.

[He takes off down the hallway, heading for a stairwell he knows is nearby and just expecting Zoro to follow him. In the week plus that he's been here, he's had a lot of time to get familiar with the place. The fact that the Witch never actually locked him up in the prison probably helped with that.]

Not another word about it.
yourotherleft: (musou)

[personal profile] yourotherleft 2014-01-27 06:46 pm (UTC)(link)
[he follows for now, though all it's going to take is getting separated in a melee or a sudden turn of a corner and there won't be a marimo behind Sanji anymore. Which shouldn't surprise either of them. But for now, he keeps pace just fine]
serving_love: (and now I'm gonna kick your ass)

[personal profile] serving_love 2014-01-27 07:01 pm (UTC)(link)
[Melee it is! And a bonus sudden turn of a corner, since that's what leads them straight into a horde of zombies.

Sanji curses and skids to a sudden stop, before shifting into a fighting stance.]


Guess we're gonna have to clear a path.
Edited 2014-01-27 19:01 (UTC)
yourotherleft: (eager grin)

[personal profile] yourotherleft 2014-01-27 07:02 pm (UTC)(link)
[he's gonna need two swords for this one, striding up to stand right next to Sanji. Okay, maybe five feet apart, but still. Even. Equal]

Leave it to me.
serving_love: (FLAMING KICK)

[personal profile] serving_love 2014-01-27 07:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[The knee-jerk reaction there is oh hell no. Leave it to Zoro, shit, please. Sanji can handle fighting off a few stupid dead people.]

Yeah right, ya shitty piece of moss.

[So he lunges forward into the throng at the same time Zoro does, legs flying. It's too familiar and almost makes it too easy forget that he's about to disappear on him again.]
yourotherleft: (santoryu)

[personal profile] yourotherleft 2014-01-27 07:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[that's more like it. Zoro can't help that stupid enthusiastic grin on his face as he tears into the pack of zombies, swords swinging. This is what it should be like, hopefully Sanji can remember that]
serving_love: (KICK)

[personal profile] serving_love 2014-01-27 08:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[Catches that grin, and the sad thing is it causes a matching one to stretch across his own face.

Dammit.

He falls back a bit, turning so that he and Zoro are back-to-back for a moment. It puts him in a better position to deal with the zombies coming up from behind, plus he knows there's a side hallway that splits off in a separate direction just up ahead. He'll make a run for it once he's sure Zoro is well and truly occupied...]
yourotherleft: (kind smile)

[personal profile] yourotherleft 2014-01-27 08:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[watching each other's backs is one of those things they just do, they don't talk about it and they don't plan for it. Zoro is content with the battle plan, despite his crack earlier about backstabbing, and focuses on sending 108-Pound Cannons and other flying slashes down the narrow corridor to clear their path. He may be able to sense Sanji behind him, but he'll never see their split-up coming]
serving_love: (shirt & tie)

[personal profile] serving_love 2014-01-27 09:01 pm (UTC)(link)
[Drifts a little farther away, still taking out zombies as he goes. He glances back over his shoulder briefly, but Zoro isn't looking his way so he takes the chance to duck into the side hallway. A couple of the zombies follow him, but he kicks their heads in easily enough and then takes off sprinting the opposite direction from where he's left his crewmate.]
yourotherleft: (hrmf)

[personal profile] yourotherleft 2014-01-27 09:04 pm (UTC)(link)
[by the time he looks up, Sanji is gone, leaving Zoro scowling]

...did he get lost? That idiot!

[he charges off, completely in the opposite direction. Chances are he'll stumble on the throne room by accident while looking for the armory again]