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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[theartofboom]

[Chandra, from where she'd opted to perch and lob hellfire at their enemies, kept close tabs on Ace. It wasn't difficult, given that she could very easily have tapped into him as a mana-bond, and he burned brightly in her mind's eye. Which is why when she noticed that his energy was beginning to dim slightly she went berserk. Raising her hands over her head she launched a truly prodigious fireball. IT ripped across the sky and slammed into the nearest enemy vessel, tearing into it hungrily. When it found the powder magazine, an explosion thundered across the battlefield, and Chandra stoked that flame with more of her power.

A sickly orange mist roiled out of the burning hulk, drifting over the remains of the enemy fleet...and filling the air with an intense feeling of terror. Not fear or dread, just absolute horror. Hoping that little display is enough to cover her end of their retreat, Chandra leaps off the prow and back to Ace's side.]

Ace? Hey! Captain. Can you hear me?

[She reaches down to him, hands on his chest.]

Fuck! What the hell did you eat?!

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[The screams of the ones who had been doused in Magellan's poison still lingered in Ace's mind. He remembered every single instance someone tried to escape and was hastily put to death by the Warden. Ace never feared the man, but he never did fear other people. He feared the consequences of his allies being in the way of his battles. When the bomb burst, Ace pictured his crew, swollen and gasping for air from the poison. Their blood would clot and their skin would crack. It would be torture until death.

It was the only motivator he had to swallow the bomb. He could take the pain. That wasn't to say that he wasn't feeling the pain and fighting it. Ace's hands touched the deck, leaving blackened imprints. The sails surged, shifted by the rush of wind from his body. He couldn't hear anything except for the crack and spark of fire in his ears. Rushing blood turned to fiery oil, simply so it could keep pumping.

When he opened his eyes next, he was looking at Chandra and she looked fairly dismayed, herself.]

Hey, relax... I'm just worn out, it's alright. [He said, his chin and neck covered in his own blood.]

[theartofboom]

[Chandra glared down at him, expression a mix of relief that he'd heard her, and of anger. The Navy doing this to a friend pissed her the fuck off, and him being so flippant about such a band injury pissed her the fuck off...and really the whole thing pissed her the fuck off.

One hand reaches for his chin, the already superheated gauntlet taking it roughly. Not that she was sure he'd feel the heat, given how brightly they were both burning.]

You're not. What did they do to you, Cap? Tell me so I can undo it.

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[That was good--that Chandra was ignorant enough about the cloud. It did, in fact, mean that Ace was in time to save a bunch of people on his crew and that was what counted. Ace found himself smiling like an idiot about it, even if the blood on his chin and neck made him look all the more close to death. Ace laughed a bit, though barely. Some of it was really a gargle--a fiery one that made his burning blood all the more apparent.]

Poison, miss Chandra. The big guy... fired a gas shell up and tried to rain it down on everybody.

[He was happy, the idiot.]

And, seems like I stopped it...

[theartofboom]

[She clicks her tongue irritatedly. Of all the hairbrained things to do...]

First, don't call me miss. Second, I'm going to need you to hold still. I can get at the poison, get it out of you, but it's going to hurt like a motherfucker. If I don't, you might die.

[And that means she's got work to do. She grabs her gloves off with a frustrated grunt of effort and lays them on his chest. Closing her eyes, she begins to concentrate, trying to locate the poison in his blood.]

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[Ace blinked, feeling Chandra reach into him. Ace had to do two things--actively let her focus to tap into him and remain 'fire' at the same time. Despite what he previously thought, it was immensely difficult to do both at the same time, as one required part of his mind to be in control. Since he didn't know what it was Chandra was doing, the focus it took for him to do that actually helped keep his mind off the pain.]

You gotta... Hurry... I might wanna turn back and kill more of 'em.

[theartofboom]

Shut up. You're not going anywhere when I'm done with you.

[And then she reached out for her power, and...into him with it. Heat rolled off them, and her magic seeped through his skin, worming it's way through him and latching onto where she thought the poison was. And then she began to tug, pulling the flaming toxin up through his body, hauling on it with her magic. It didn't want to go, and the act itself was rather difficult, so it was slow going, but after an agonizingly slow moment or two a tiny bit of it began to poke out of his body, a brownish flame held in a bubble of pure mana.]

Just...got it started.

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[Ace would have protested, but he was a bit distracted. He had to think, Blood, Fire, Body all at the same time to remain himself. If he didn't, he would have turned into plasma and Chandra's delicate task of detox would have turned into nothing more than controlling a giant fire.]

You've got cold hands...

[Though he teased, it wasn't entirely a joke. Ace's fire was his blood and unlike poison mixed with blood, one component of poisoned flame wouldn't leave the general strand of his fire so easily. It clung to his blood and pulled it out with him in the form of fire. Pain echoed through him each time it happened, but he didn't make a noise. The fiery hell. The frozen hell. None of them were enough to wear him down. Ace stared up into the air, waiting.]

[theartofboom]

Do I?

[She snorted and pumped more power through her hands, tugging on the strand of poisonous flame. She was beginning to actually sweat, though more from nerves than anything. It was tedious work, but more and more of the flame slid from his body.]

Almost...just...hold on.

[She kept up her work, slow but sure, while the fighting raged all around them.]

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[There was a brief problem. Total lucidity came over Ace as he felt himself suddenly tip. His vitals plummeted and he wore an expression as if the life had left him just as the last of the poison was pulled from his flames. He lost his 'shape' and turned into a boiling ball of fire just before returning to his body in the next instant. It was something he always feared at some point--burning too hot and liking that sensation too much.

When it finally happened, it made him feel at ease--as if he had stretched himself out after a long nap. Ace's heart beat steady and despite how atrocious he looked, he reached up to take Chandra's hand before sitting up.]


...Hungry.

[theartofboom]

[When he lost shape, Chandra desperately clawed at him with her power for the briefest of seconds, trying to fore him to stay together. She'd seen that before, in elementals that drew too deeply on their inner flame, but the instant passed. When he returned to normal and sat up, she grinned at him and flicked the blob of poison overboard. Wiping sweat from her brow, she mumbled back.]

Yeah. Me too.

[And then she leaned forward and kissed his messed up face right on the cheek, letting her lips transfer a whisper of mana through to him with the full intent of making him blush while speeding the healing process along. Fucker, scaring her like that.]

We'll get you food as soon as we get clear.

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[If Ace blushed, he would have fainted given his lack of blood. Instead, he stared at Chandra with every bit of confusion his weary face could have worn. He only had a handful of words he wanted to say, but in the end, there was little he could have actually have done to retort to that. Did it have to be a kiss? Ace managed to crawl a foot or so back before he managed to get a word out.]

...I-I'll get the helm.

[theartofboom]

[It definitely didn't but...let's be real, it was going to be anyway. She rose and held out a hand for him.]

Yeah, you do that. I'll cover our butts.

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[Ace took Chandra's hand with that confused look still burned on his face. He wasn't sure what happened and why he was there suddenly, but his steady stance indicated her share of energy did the trick. He repeated after himself, assuming she didn't hear him, because he couldn't hear himself. The blood rushing past his ears did that.]

I'll get the helm.

[theartofboom]

[She hauled him up and gave him a quick grin before turning back to the battle.]

Get a move on then. I heard you the first time.

[And for emphasis, she smacked him on the behind and started towards the prow, fireballs already forming on her fists.]