Seagulls

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Who: Spade Pirates, Bloody Roses
Where: THE OCEAN
When: Between 3/8 and 3/21! Official dates not set in stone yet. Will be updated.
What: The Bloody Spades Alliance VS the Navy!
Warnings: PG-13 for fighting and possibly R because Marco might get naked(turn into a bird).
Style: Prose/Action/whatever
Status: Open to Spades/Bloody Roses!

The Spades will be fighting Corpsemaster, one of the Navy Captains set for the Navy Month's event! There will be a forced retreat on both sides.

Feel free to post here with separate threads! We'll update the dates on the main post with links to threads to remain consistent.

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[streetferret]

Hearing Ace catches Mako’s attention and whips about just in time to see his impressive entrance end just as quickly with a sword in his gut.

Super. The captain of his new found ship dies while Mako has to watch. It’s not the first time he’s seen death first hand, but unlike the last time he might be able to save him. Fire gathers about and in his hands, ready to strike at the sailor-

But Mako’s stopped in his tracks when there’s no bleeding.

"How-"

Shaking his head, saving that question for later, Mako whirls around to give a spinning kick with fire trailing after his foot to send the sail flying and he follows through with slinging a ball of fire after him to send him into the water.

"You okay?" He just took out like twelve guys at once, but a sword is kind of sticking out of him so it almost feels stupid to ask.

Almost.

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"Nope," Huffing in return, Ace reached down to grip the sword by the handle, ignoring the struggling soldier in front of him. He pulled the sword free of himself and the opening in his stomach sealed with fire. With haste, Ace threw the sword at the soldier just as the young man ran away, dismissing him as the handle of the blade struck him right in the back of the neck, knocking him right out. "Just embarrassed."

The other soldiers Ace had taken out earlier were beginning to recover, looking for their guns and swords. In the middle of the chaos, Ace looked over the ship and then turned back to Mako.

"...Oi, this isn't the main gunship. Have you seen their captain?"

[streetferret]

Later, he really needed to ask Ace what just happened later when they weren’t on an enemy gunship and about to raise hell. It wasn’t every day he saw a mortal wound close itself, let alone with fire. And Ace wasn’t even a firebender! Mako shook his head to clear that dumbfounded look off his face.

"No, I haven’t." He gave precise, and perfectly executed roundhouse that shot a blast of fire to knock one of the recovering soldiers into and over the railing. "I’m going to take this ship down from the inside out if I can. But if the captain of their fleet goes down, they might retreat."

That would make everything a bit easier, but Mako’s never one to expect easy things to come his way.

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"Well," Ace hadn't expected to hear that from many people in his crew, really. He rarely had the presence of mind to assume some of his crew members were really capable of the dangerous stuff and at that, he felt a measure of relief. Maybe the battle wasn't going to be an exercise in practice for naval battles so much as it was going to be something to impress him. Though, while he had his hopes, Ace still didn't enjoy putting in those risks. "Now, that's a good thing to hear. Still, while it's always a good idea to put down your enemies when they get too dangerous--don't go burnin' this ship down too quickly. It'd help if we had as much cover available as possible in case the outer ships decide to lay down serious volleys on us."

Which was likely. The Marines Ace had met before would definitely sacrifice one of their own ships to try and ram or damage enemy ships if they knew they were going down and he thought to anticipate it.

"Just make sure it's inoperable for the moment--so, burn the sails, smash the helm and jam the rudder. Make it a rock in the water!"

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Naval warfare wasn’t Mako’s strongest suit, that was always left to the United Forces back home and he’d do the same thing here. Leave the calls to Ace since he was his captain after all. One day he’d get used to having an actual authority figure.

"Got it." Whatever would give the Sun and Moon in the best advantage was all he wanted out of this battle. That and having everyone in the crew intact.

The sails wouldn’t take much, two fire jabs that flowed from one another with ease set two of their sails ablaze. But that was all Mako was able to do just then, he was forced to duck and flip out of the way of a sword that almost had his neck.

Four non-benders on one firebender sounded easy when chi-blocking wasn’t involved, but weapons definitely tipped that scale.

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"Wait," Ace spoke up suddenly, realizing he hadn't quite asked a serious question, yet. He remember when speaking to Korra and Asami before that they had no idea what guns were, so it seemed a terrible time to remember, but he definitely looked a little put off. Catching one swing of a sword from his hip, Ace yanked on the blade and stole it from its owner before turning and battering him in the cheek with the pommel, knocking him out clean.

"Shoot, do you know what guns are?" Of course, Ace had hoped Mako would have gotten the gist of them by now. Explaining them so soon in the battle would have definitely thrown off their pace, especially since he gave Mako a command.

[streetferret]

Ace's urgency caused him to whirl around, the question made him raise an eyebrow and furrow his eyebrow at the same time.

"Guns? You mean those-" and his next word was lost in the sound of a gunshot, one that grazed his hip. Mako was forced to take a step forward to keep his balance from the sudden wound, and shot a blast of return fire. Literally.

"Yeah, those." He said while sucking in a breath.

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Ace's eyes found the shooter immediately after he glanced at Mako's wound and where his blood actually landed. The shooter still had his gun raised, the barrel smoking. He was floored and burned heavily as Mako's flames hit him straight in the chest, which made Ace's job even easier. Within a heartbeat, Ace had lunged in his direction and grabbed him by the face, smashing his head through the nearby wall panel and leaving him stuck halfway into the next cabin.

In the following few seconds as Mako regained himself, Ace had punched and kicked the remaining sailors through the floorboards, into the cabins and off of the boat without summoning even a single flame. He lost the jovial, casual tone he had worn before in favor of a much crueler sort of stare.

"I'm sorry about that," He apologized quickly, walking back to Mako as their ship had grown more silent. Ace took a knee quickly, reaching into one of his pockets for a roll of bandages and metal tabs to hold them still. "Do you think it hit the bone?"

[streetferret]

Knee bent, Mako tried to stand to defend himself and found he had little reason to. Not when Ace was able to handle himself a lot better than most, and that was saying something from Mako had seen of the Spades since the battle started. When Korra said they were the strongest crew of outsiders, she wasn’t kidding.

"Don’t tell me they all have guns." A good number of them did, it was more of a sarcastic comment to draw away from the pain that was starting to settle in. Pulling the cloth away with his fingers where the bullet grazed him revealed a dark red wound that was bleeding through his clothes.

"Can’t tell, but I think got off lucky on this one. Thanks." He went to take the bandages so he could dress it. Stop the bleeding at least until he got to an actual healer.

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"Not all of them," Ace began in a low tone, shutting his eyes tight. Though it seemed like a bad idea to shut one's eyes on a battlefield so intently, he was focusing on his 'Will' to determine if anyone else was in range other than the few trying to get up and get ready to attack Mako and Ace all at once.

Raising both arms, Ace coated his hands in a black sheen--his armament will. Ace could have used his color of the conqueror to cripple them, but he didn't know how strong they were, mentally. If they were capable of resisting, they could have used the opening to attack again.

"Just remember, they won't fire at all if you're moving enough. Once they shoot, they'll take awhile to reload," He slowly edged closer to Mako, so he could provide better shielding.

"But, I ought to ask." Since, well, Ace had a dumb idea, "Do you think you could tuck and roll right now?"

[streetferret]

The bandages will have to do for now. It's a much better alternative than taking a page out of Ace's book and searing the wound shut. Self immolation is definitely on Mako's 'crazy shit I will not do' list and he's keen to keep it that way for a respectable reason.

Miniature cannons. All he needed in his life.

At least the reload time for it gives him something to work with.

"Yeah, don't worry about me." As usual, Mako was intent on making sure he wasn't dragging anyone down and pressed into the bandage, grinding his teeth together so he could do just that. Once he was out of the way, Mako shot of another ball of fire to set one of the other sails on fire.

Whatever Ace wanted him to avoid, he was about to see it first hand while trying to take down any soldiers that came across their way.

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"Good," Ace leaned forward and turned on his heel. Mako was out of the way of the mast, so he didn't worry much about him being in the way--but, it was going to become clear in the next few moments that the ship was going to startle and part of its balance was going to get lost. The sailors far off on the next ship began to reload and at that, Ace swung his right arm in a tight lariat against the mast of the enemy ship. It ripped free of its root the same as a twig snapping off of a dry branch.

Ace caught in his arms, turning once more in a complete circle before he hurled the mast like a javelin, straight through the deck of a ship looking to even out and begin firing. With its bottom section torn out, the crew had no choice other than abandonment. The black tint faded from Ace's hands and his smile relaxed.

"'Cause, it's gonna be tough to stand still on this thing for a bit."