[Log || 004] Empieza and Aeolipile

[mostattitude]

Who: Hazardous Materials
Where: Isla Empieza first, then sailing to Aeolipile Isle!
When: 4/1 - 4/28
What: Picking up new crew members and recovering from the Navy battle! Plus shenanigans.
Warnings: DRAGON!!! But no, nothing really. Probably.
Style: Any!
Status: Open if you're on Isla Empieza and want to hang out!


This is our April log of awesomeness! Date your threads accordingly and probably include a location. This is the plan for now:

4/1-4/10: Hanging around IE, grabbing Cynthia, STUFF.
4/11-4/15: Sailing to Aeolipile!
4/16-4/28: Aeolipile craziness.

HAVE AT!

Comments

[anelegantmyth]

...I wanna show you something.

[She doesn't even wait for him to follow her after she says that. Cynthia just heads over to the door of the women's cabin (aka her personal bedroom) and opens it gently. Inside were her pokemon, in different corners of the room, all out of their pokeballs and sleeping on makeshift beds.]

They are the reason why I survived in that cave for so long. So I need to be assured that no matter what happens, they'll stay safe.

[youhearthebells]

[he follows and leans on the door jamb to have a look. Whoa.]

And they fight for you?

[anelegantmyth]

[She didn't want to answer that. Saying yes would make it sound like she trained them to do things for her. Which wasn't true. They're her team, they don;t just fight for her. So instead she points at garchomp, her long time partner.]

That one can summon meteors, earthquakes and fireballs. She can also fly but for some odd reason she can't fly from one island to another.

[youhearthebells]

I'd say that's pretty useful. Just, uh, no fireballs on the ship. [ooo pretty, though] Huh. Well, at least you're on a ship now, so that should help.

[he leans against the wall just outside the door, then] I'd say that's something. They're not helpless, so that means you aren't, either.

[anelegantmyth]

Yes, I do thank you guys for saving this poor old sea witch before she got burned at the stake or worse.

[She chuckles, then points to Milotic.]

That one can summon waves and blizzards. Also a very good deep sea diver since she's the one I take with me whenever I hunt down underwater caves.

[youhearthebells]

Psh, you don't look like a sea witch to me. [oh no the grin is back]

Huh. Waves might be useful. That's incredible, I've never seen animals that can do sorcery.

[anelegantmyth]

Tell that to the locals.

[Then she points to Spiritomb, or rather, the rock holding Spiritomb.]

That rock carries a hundred and eight souls that were sealed away for causing too much mischief. At some point she was out to avenge the souls that made up her entire being. But now she just pulls pranks and freaks out strangers. She can also put people into a deep sleep and mentally torment them through their dreams. I'd show you a demo, but I'm pretty sure the guys wouldn't appreciate their dreams being invaded on my first day here.

[youhearthebells]

A hundred and eight souls, huh? Sounds like a legend.

[a lot like one, actually...]

Yeah, uh. Now that you mention it, I really don't want anybody tormenting me in my dreams, thanks. Appreciate that.

[anelegantmyth]

I can't make any promises. But I can assure you there won't be any dream invading unless I tell her to do it.

[She points to Gastrodon, then to Togekiss.]

Poisonous sludge bombs, thunder claps that could induce paralysis aaand...

[pointing to Lucario.]

...that one's my baby boy. He's very VERY good with hand to hand, or rather, hand to paw combat. Quick on his feet, and has the ability to read auras and use waves of psychic energy against someone.

[youhearthebells]

Whoa...

[he's never heard of anything like this before. This is way better than just training tigers to attack people like the Nanman do.]

Remind me not to get on any of their bad sides.

[anelegantmyth]

Just remember to stay on my good side then.

[That was part joke and part threat. Cynthia wasn't the type to actually threaten people. But Gaius had told her that this man was an actual pirate. So she found it a bit hard to trust him]

[youhearthebells]

Heh! Nooo problem.

[he steps back so that his noisy chatter doesn't wake the pokemon, folding his arms over his chest] See, now that you showed me that, I'm pretty sure you'll be just fine. No worries here.

[anelegantmyth]

So, Gaius told me you're a real pirate. Is that true?

[youhearthebells]

[shrugs] Pretty much. At least I was, for half my life. Last few years I've been a general in the Wu army, but I got my start on the waters.

[anelegantmyth]

A general? Seriously??

Well gee, now I feel bad for even assuming you weren't someone to be trusted. Arceus, how stupid of me.

[youhearthebells]

[He's not offended. All he does is shake his head]

If you were an enemy, then no, you shouldn't trust me. But I don't turn my back on my allies, no matter who they are. I might be the only guy from Wu or all of the Han here, but allies are allies and I look out for 'em. On my honor.

[anelegantmyth]

Well that changes everything. I mean, who am I to questions a guy's honor right?

[She takes a seat on one of the nearby crates and sighs. A little glad that it was still fairly dark, else he'd probably see that she was mentally kicking herself for having trust issues with a complete stranger]

I was also told about a guy who gave himself up to the navy so the rest of the crew could escape, and I highly doubt that was Gaius.

[youhearthebells]

[he sighs a little. Still not sure it was a good idea]

Yeah, that was me. Shoulda trusted they could handle themselves all right, but we were gettin' beaten bad. If we wanted the ship intact and nobody killed, something drastic had to be done. [more shrugging] 'S no big deal. But that meant they had to come back for me, and I'm still kinda kickin' myself for puttin' the kids in that position.

[anelegantmyth]

Well it just goes to show how tight knit this crew is. "We protect each other", "no one gets left behind" and all that stuff. I'm surprised you guys even wanted to take in a new member. Let alone a girl.

[youhearthebells]

That's the funny thing, though. We only kinda just met, we've barely known each other a month. I mean, except for the turtle-kids, they're clearly brothers.

Guess there's just no room to be picky, when we're all in this mess together anyway.

[anelegantmyth]

Well I'm glad I met you guys then. I've yet to meet the others, but I'm pretty sure I'm going to like it here.

[youhearthebells]

Heh! I bet you will.

Try to sleep, though. Bein' up all night is no fun, even when you're the one on watch.

[anelegantmyth]

Sweetheart, I've been asleep since lunch time. So I'm pretty sure I'll be up till sunrise or something. But if you want, you can head to bed. I don't mind keeping watch.

[youhearthebells]

[sweetheart, is it? ohoho]

You sure? Most people hate taking night watch, you really wanna?

[anelegantmyth]

Well it's something to do, isn't it? Besides, it'll be so much better than that other thing you suggested.