Here there be monsters...

[crankyshark]

 Who: The Bloody Roses

Where: on the open sea enroute to Gun Frontier

When: 5/19ish

What: fighting a sea monster!!!

Warnings: blood and violence! Hopefully...XD

Style: Any!

Status: closed to bloody roses and anyone invited by a member of the crew

Thash wanted to to bring back some good fish, but nothing like this...


oh yeah, and feel free to start your own threads if you want to fight the monster but not necessarily interact with Thash! It'll fight anyone that comes out to challenge it! ;3

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[crankyshark]

[a few hours after Thash had asked for fish requests, he got back from his dive. He jumped up out of the water and pulled himself onto the deck like usual, then turned to haul up a net full of goodies. He'd caught a few lobsters, lots of clams, some cod, a young tuna and a few other delicacies. He was in a pretty good mood and was about to go let whoever was around know he'd caught some food, when he felt like something was wrong]

[his instincts told him something dangerous was near. It made the hair on the back of his neck stand up and he quickly jumped back into the water. He looked around in the water for a few moments before he felt some pretty tremendous electrical pulses coming from the muscles of something large a few hundred yards behind the ship. He looked that way and saw it- an enormous sea monster. It appeared to be some kind of aquatic hydra, with three heads and three tails. Oh crap]

[thash quickly jumped back up onto the deck, running to get his sword. Oh yeah...and maybe he should warn the crew?]

There's a monster coming towards the rear of the ship! [he yelled at the top of his lungs. Just then, the creature neared the surface of the water, sticking one of its heads up to get a look at the ship. One of its heads alone was about ten feet long]

[myfayevalentine]

*When Faye heard Thash's yelling, she didn't imagine he was doing it for no reason. Besides, he sounded as though there was some kind of danger - was that something about a monster he'd said? Grabbing her guns, Faye rushed out from her room and onto the deck, weapons ready to aim in whichever direction.

But as she got further out onto the deck, Faye got a glimpse of just what Thash was yelling about. She froze to the spot, guns in her hands but resting at her sides*

What the fuck is this? This was not what I meant when I asked you to bring me something nice...

[crankyshark]

[thash had just returned with his weapon in his hands]

I didn't bring it! At least not on purpose...[he glanced at the net of seafood he'd brought back. Maybe it had been drawn by that? He'd caught a lot of seafood in his home world, but not normally that many or if such variety in one dive.]

I wonder if I could dive back in and lead it away...

[its one head ducked back under the water as it got close, disappearing. The ship rocked a little, buffeted by the waves the creature had brought with it. Moments later, one of its tails emerged from the water at the front of the ship, behind Thash and Faye! It started coming down towards them, possibly aiming to sweep them off the deck]

[redcinemareel]

[The bloody hell?!

Grell rushed out on deck, her DEATHSCYTHE in her hand and looks up at the creature's tail coming at them. Not wasting time, Grell rushes in and cuts off the tail in one strike. The part that gets cut off, luckily, misses their crew and deck by centimeters. She turns to Thash and Faye, not looking pleased by this]

WHAT IS THIS?!

[Like they need to deal with more things right now!]

[myfayevalentine]

*Faye just frowned at Thash's words, deciding not to waste anymore time and to shoot a few bullets straight for the creature's head. That made sense. But it had a pretty big head and she wasn't sure what difference her bullets would make.

She moved swiftly out of the way for Grell, silently noting how deadly she is, since she hadn't seen her captain in action before. But she scowled at the accusation in Grell's voice or, at least, the accusation that she thought was there*

This has got nothing to do with me! It followed him!

*Faye turned to wave a gun in Thash's direction before shooting bullets with an aim for the creature's eye*

[hollywood_bro]

A monster?

[Dave walks toward the back of the ship to get a look at it and sure enough there's some large aquatic beast with more limbs than it knows what to do with swimming up beside the ship and flopping one of it's tails over the deck.

It doesn't looks happy either. The tail thrashes around violently as though it'd like to tear the whole deck apart. Dave gets out his sword.]

Holy shit, dude. What did you do, steal it's dinner?

[crankyshark]

...I don't know why it's here. Maybe it wanted to attack a ship for food and we happened to be sailing by, or maybe it caught a whiff of the seafood I brought back...either way, doesn't look like it's planning to leave any time soon!

[Thash got between the tail and Dave, slashing at it. He was strong enough to cut through the scales of the tail, but it was such a large tail that the sword was only long enough to cut about halfway through it. The tail recoiled in pain, then began to thrash around unpredictably]

Holy crap! [Thash yelled, ducking as it swung over him quickly and continued whipping around]

[hollywood_bro]

[Dave doesn't have any problem dodging. For a while he hangs back and allows Thash to defend him, keeping an eye on the erratic movements the tail is making. When it gets close enough he strikes it on the opposite side. His blade sinks into the flesh, but before he can cut it all the way through the tail recoils again.]

Damn, almost had it.

[He steps back while the tail flails around some more. From the size of it, this seems like a pretty big and powerful monster. Dave is still sure they can take it down though.]

[crankyshark]

[the tip of the tail was barely holding on by bone and a bit of flesh now, prompting the monster to pull it back from them. A moment later, one of the heads arose from the water, approaching the ship and fixing its angry red eyes on Dave and Thash]

Uh...looks like we pissed it off. [his comment was punctuated by a roar, and after the roar ended in a growl, the hydra opened it mouth wide and spewed hot boiling water at the two of them]

Late to party as always

[sinister_blade]

[Katarina was below the deck, putting away the last barrel with gunpowder in the storage. She had been arranging the crates and other cargo to make more space and to be easy to find. Basically- she hates mess, so she took upon herself to clean up a little, learn the ship and check on canons. She was on her way to pick up discarded jacket, that left her in only leather vest, when something... something passed the small window of the ship.

Green eyes going wide, she dropped her jacked and grabbed the daggers, running towards the upper deck, skipping the stairs as she goes. The ship rocked hard as she finally came outside, making her stumble to the side and hit with her back the mast. One of the monster's leg raised in the air-]

GET DOWN!

Re: Late to party as always

[crankyshark]

[once she was out there and had a good look at the creature's leg, she'd probably realize that daggers wouldn't do much damage to the beast unless she could make them more lethal with magic or something. The leg splashed back down into the water, rocking the ship again]

[a moment or two later, a huge spiky head rose from the water, letting out a low girl was it turned to look at the ship and it's tasty occupants. Mostly on Kat since she was closest. It snarled, getting ready to bite at her]

[sinister_blade]

[Katarina grabs the nearest rope so that the rocking doesn't toss her around the ship. She grits her teeth as one of the blades slides away from her. She doesn't really have anything else in her arsenal- her sister was magic user, a temptress, while Katarina was raised through soldiers training, as assassin.

Still, she doesn't plan to end up being a snack for some monster in middle of nowhere.

As the monster lunges at her, she uses her ability to dash forward. But not away from the monster, but blinking on its head. She shoves one of her blades in its head, holding tight onto it so she doesn't falls off while trying to assess the situation or any weak point she can exploit.]

[crankyshark]

[the blade wouldn't go very deep due to the thick, armor like scales, but it would go deep enough for her to hang on. The creature growled when it realized it had missed her, but roared in anger when it realized she was perched atop its head]

[it tossed its head this way and that, trying to shake her off. She'd see she was near its eyes now... They looked like they could be stabbed, though it might be hard to do so without falling off]

[hoodwinking]

[Luckily, thankfully, Bonnie had a lot of pent up aggression due to the recent happenings around the ship. Hearing the commotion coming from the deck, she immediately popped right out, basket in tow and at the very sight of the creature, she grins.]

Oh look. Dinner!

[She immediately lunged at the beast, jabbing a hunting knife right into one of it's limbs, stabbing it as hard as she could through it's rough exterior. She wanted it's attention bad, but right now, she'd just be wasting ammo just attacking the tail.]

[crankyshark]

[the monsters arms and legs were under the water, but she'd find one of its tails easily enough. Unfortunately though, it's scales were quite hard and large. It would be hard to stab a knife directly into them without a LOT of strength behind the blade, but, she'd find that if she jabbed her knife at an angle, she could slide it under the scales to pierce the soft flesh beneath]

[shed also find that was pretty painful for the monster, because the tail she stabbed started thrashing around wildly. It would be pretty hard for her to not get knocked off- hold on tight!]

[hoodwinking]

[ Which she does, as much as she can until she can hop off back onto the ship. No, she didn't have much experience in fighting any type of monster this size, but there were always notes and shared experiences. The scales were as tough as she expected, but she hurt it regardless.

Shit. ]

Anyone want to help?! This thing won't fry itself!

[ The tail flails, nearly catching the little girl as she rolls out of the way, hopping around and kicking mines straight at the tail. Maybe a few controlled explosions would catch it's ire. ]

[crankyshark]

[the explosions do have an effect on the beast, denting and cracking the scales next to where they go off. Blood oozes from beneath the damaged scales and there's an underwater hiss of pain. Moments later a head emerges from the water behind Bonnie, keeping back from the ship about 20 feet as it opens it's mouth and sprays a jet of boiling water at her. Yikes!]

[english_dignity]

[Arthur shot up on deck with the first smack of a huge tail against the hull, interrupted sewing immediately forgotten the moment he saw the monster. It'd been some time since he'd seen one of those!

Diving back into the cabin for his sword, he leapt after one of those flailing tails with teeth bared.]

Like hell you're attacking my ship!

[crankyshark]

[a tail crashed down on the deck right next to him, shaking but not damaging the ship. It didn't hold still, writhing like a snake and attempting to quickly coil around Arthur! He could try his sword on it if he wanted, but it seemed kind of thin for the kind of force required to break the scales....but then, he's a country, so maybe he can make it work?]

[Either way, he'd definitely be able to stab the sword sideways under a scale to stab the flesh beneath without breaking them of he felt so inclined- he'd better move quickly though!]

[english_dignity]

[Move quickly he did, jumping to the side to keep from being swept over before stabbing the blade of his sword under the large scales. With a growl he sliced it as much as he could, yanking his sword back and going for another blow.]

[crankyshark]

[the tail jerked suddenly in pain when it was pierced, and when it was sliced there was an underwater wail of pain. One of the dragon's heads nearby emerged, but it kept back from the ship. Perhaps it just wanted to see what it was dealing with]

[it pulled its tail back from Arthur's second strike, hissing. A second tail came up out of the water, and both tails came at Arthur from either side, trying to crush hmm in between them]

Gun Frontier: May 26th

[redcinemareel]

[The wild west and their cooky laws that change almost every other day! For the 26th, the law is:

No Wearing Red After Breakfast.

Well, this crew is screwed already, and Grell is already causing a bar fight. Several people are being thrown out of windows, so watch for flying bodies!]



(ooc: make up your own laws for any day we're here!)

Gun Frontier: May 28th

[myfayevalentine]

*Faye was well underway of her poker game at one of the local bars when the law for that day was announced:

Tequila ONLY After 8pm. No Other Beverages Allowed.

At least she was able to wear her red dress that day, the fitted mini red dress that left very little to the imagination. But that was part of her strategy for playing cards, and therefore perfectly acceptable.

Come join Faye playing cards, or else maybe take her for a drink when she has a break. But watch out for that Tequila Only law*

Re: Gun Frontier: May 28th

[crankyshark]

[on whatever day it was that Faye went out, Thash tagged along as promised. However, it would take some convincing to get him to play cards or even reveal what he was here. He didn't like the looks of these people...they didn't seem like calm types that wouldn't be bothered by a shark freak. They looked more like the rowdy, intolerant, lynch-you-for-being-different type. Not that he was afraid of a fight....but starting one with Faye around would spoil her poker fun]

[so, he sat in the corner like a boring statue, watching her from under the hood of a cloak he'd had sitting around on the ship. He sort of wanted to try his hand at poker and socialize with Faye, but he'd figured he'd hang back until she'd had plenty of fun first before taking off the cloak and possibly starting something]

[of course, this was all assuming the men were polite to Faye. If any of them tried to get their hands of what they saw under that mini red dress, then there would be problems]

[myfayevalentine]

*Eventually, Faye finished up with the game she was playing. Unsurprisingly, that meant that she had quite the stack of paper money to fold into the red purse she had brought with her. There were some mumurs of disappointment from the men, and one of them outright called her a bitch, but Faye just shook her head at that and ignored him. Besides, the guy next to him had stomped on his foot and threatened him if he ever called Faye a bitch again. She ignored their little fight and stood up from the table, giving a little bow in thanks before swiftly turning to see where Thash had got to.

Finding him in the corner, Faye crossed the room over to his table, eyes and whispers following her on the way. Mostly, she ignored it - knew it was happening but walked straight by it - but some were given fleeting eye contact, good or bad depending. Finally though, she sat down on the chair along from Thash's, and put her purse down on the table with a small thud*

Well, that was productive.