high_seas | Here there be monsters...

[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]

[Dave tries to dodge the boiling water, but it's not as easy as dodging a physical object like a tail. He gets a little on his arm and it burns, turning his skin red.]

Ow, fuck.

[He retaliated by jumping into the air and slashing at the beast's head, aiming for one of it's eyes.]

[thash tried to get out of the way too, getting the tip of his tail a little burned. When the monster ran out of water to spray, it snarled and it's head lunged forward to try to bite Thash, giving Dave the perfect opportunity to attack it without having to jump overboard]

[it was too slow to avoid Dave's attack completely, though it tried. It ended up getting a slash across it's left eye, causing it to recoil away from the ship and roar in pain. Thash thought that had worked out nicely so he decided to try it again]

Nice one Captain Strider...I'll try to draw its attention over here to the right so you can attack it again!

[when the pain subsided the monster focused on Dave, at least until it heard Thash shouting at it and felt him hit it on the side of the face by throwing one of the dead fish he'd brought back. It turned its attention to him and tried to strike again, faster this time like a snake]

Uh, okay...

[Dave keeps his eyes on the monster until Thash distracts it. Then he tries to get as far to it's side as he can. He isn't sure how well it'll work to try the same thing twice and he would've preferred to do something different, but maybe the distraction will be enough?

He lunges at the creature again, aiming for it's neck this time. Hitting the eye was a good idea last time, but it isn't going to die from losing it's ability to see.]

[at first it seemed like it might not work again, as the monster growled and glared at Thash but didn't attack. When he started yelling at it and threw a small crate at it though, it got pissed off and tried to bite him.]

[when Dave attacked the monster's neck, it was wide open...however, it's body was covered in thick armor like scales. If Dave had some kind of supernatural strength or piercing ability he might be able to do serious damage, but if all he was working with was human strength behind a normal but sharp katana, the damage would be less severe and only cut into the scales to make it bleed a little]

[It seems like the monster is pretty easily distracted. Dave files that information away for later. Unfortunately, his attack doesn't do much damage. He doesn't have supernatural strength. His speed is off the charts, but speed doesn't cut through scale and bone. Neither does his sword. It leaves a shallow wound, nothing more.]

Damn.

[And now Dave feels stupid. He should've known better. For a moment he thinks about using his cutlass instead, but it wouldn't do any better. It's thicker, but not at sharp. He steps back and prepares to dodge any attacks the beast throws at him.]

Okay, so... do you have any idea how to kill this thing?

[wheb the monster felt Dave's bladencuttingnjntonit, it jerked back, pulling its head away from the ship. It hissed and one of its tails came out if the water, sweeping towards them in retaliation. It wasn't real fast though so it wasn't too hard to dodge. Thash grunted in frustration as he jumped over it]

Those scales are pretty dang thick, huh...well the ship's canons might do some damage though I don't know how to use those ....what about bombs? Do we have any bombs on the ship? [ if not, he started thinking of how maybe they could get a bag of gunpowder and get it to go off in the monsters mouth somehow]

The canons might be a good idea.

[Dave has no idea if they have bombs. Probably not. He hasn't seen any. He doesn't have any idea how to use the cannons either, though it shouldn't be too difficult to figure it out. You just put the gunpowder in, put the cannon ball in, and light the fuse, right?]

I can go down and get them ready, but where would I aim? Do you think this thing'll hold still long enough for me to shoot it?

[It seems like it'd be a good idea to aim for the creature's body, but he's only seen tails and a head so far.]

I don't think it'll hold still voluntarily. But maybe once you get them set up, I can try to draw it into a good position for you to shoot it in the head or mouth. I don't think it'll lift it's body out of the water...

[after missing them with the tail, the monster hissed... It sounded like it was getting frustrated. It lowered its head to the water and scooped up a mouthful of it, swallowing. Then a few second later it raised its head and sprayed boiling water at them again]

Whatever we do, we should try to do it quick! [thash yelled quickly before diving out of the way and watching Dave to make sure he moved as well]

I'll get started.

[Dave disappears below deck. It doesn't take him long to locate the canons and get one ready. It takes him a few minutes to load it and then he sets off a warning shot. It fails. The small explosion doesn't even move the ball out of the canon. Obviously he didn't use enough gunpowder. Dave has to start all over again.

So he cleans it out and then shoves ten times as much gunpowder into the canon before lighting the fuse. This time the ball clears the canon, but it doesn't get very far. It shoots out about fifteen feet and then makes a nice plunk as it hits the water.]

Oops.

[thash had his hands full distracting the creature and trying not to let it hit him. He'd had a few close calls already and was starting to wonder how long this would take. The monster paused for a moment when it heard the first blast, glancing down at the canons. Then it went back to biting at Thash, apparently not too worried. On the second canon shot it didn't even pay any attention to it, but Thash saw the cannonball come out a plop into the water. At that point he slashed the smaller scales on the creature's nose, cutting it enough to get it to back off with a hiss. Thash leaned over the railing and looked down at the canon ports]

What are you doing down there?? I'm a piece of bait up here and this thing is only getting angrier...!

[as if to reinforce what Thash was saying, it gave a short roar and struck at him like a snake. He managed the scramble out of the way but the monster bit into the railing, cracking and denting it with its huge teeth]

Edited 2014-06-21 12:51 (UTC)

Sorry! [Dave yells in the general direction of the deck.] I'll get it right next time!

[So he cleans the damn cannon out and starts over again. Dave puts in a shitton of powder. So much that it's got to work. Either that or explode in his face. He looks out the porthole, aims for the monster's head, and lights the fuse hoping that Thash will be able to keep it still long enough.

When the canon goes off there's a huge explosion and the ball shoots out so fast he doesn't even see it. Dave has no idea how far it will go if it doesn't hit the beast, but if it does it should pack a wallop.]

[Thash was fully preoccupied while Dave was preparing the cannon once again. He drew the beast's attention from one side of the deck to the other and back again, trying to keep it interested without making it attack too much. It seemed to become increasingly agitated though, and eventually started attacking with no provocation. After a few minutes of dodging that, Thash finally had the bad luck to get caught- well a small part of him anyway. The monster clamped down on the tip of his tail, attempting to drag him off the deck]

[he growled and kicked but almost got pulled overboard, only stopping himself when he managed to grab the railing and hold on tight. It resulted in his tail getting slashed up a little by the monster's teeth, but his tail slipped free of its mouth and he stayed more or less on the ship. As he clung to the railing, he heard something in the brief quiet... The sizzling of a lit fuze]

[he yelled at the monster and waved his bleeding tail, now trying to get it to attack. It snarled, opening it's jaws and biting towards him just as Dave's canon went off. The shock was so great Thash closed his eyes and clung to the railing tighter to avoid being shaken off. When he opened them again, he saw a bloody freakish neck stump with the head attached only by a clump of sinews about a meter wide and some scales. He'd practically beheaded the beast. A deep groan vibrated the water from one of the beast's healthy heads as it felt the pain, and its wounded neck with the head flopping grotesquely at its side descended below the water. It began to swim away in defeat. Thash stared down at the porthole Dave had fired from with wide eyes]

Holy CRAP!! You got it, alright....

Wow, shit.

[That sure was messy. Dave just stares at the bloody stump for a few seconds. Then he rushes to clean the canon out and reload it again, only to notice halfway through the preparations that the monster swam away.

So he drops everything and heads back up to the deck. There's gun powder everywhere and the area around the canon is a mess. He's just leaving it there for someone else to clean up. Dave is done with canons. He walks out of the cabin and up to Thash.]

That was a close one.

No kidding... [he was staring out at the water as if to make sure it was really going away] we're lucky it didn't do any major damage to the ship. This could have gone much worse...

[he then gradually looked over at Dave with a small smirk] I wasn't sure if you were gonna get that canon goin' or what...but wow, you sure figured it out eventually, hahah...

[he didn't pay much attention to his bleeding tail. Maybe it wasn't hurt very bad]

The damage to the ship ain't what I'm worried about.

[Dave looks at Thash's tail pointedly. The ship can be repaired easily, even if the damage were worse. Ships get wrecked all the time. Luckily Thash's current injury is nowhere near as bad as the one he had the first time Dave met him, but he's seen how Thash reacts to being injured. It's not good to ignore the injury, no matter how minor.]

So you gonna get help with that or are you gonna keep bleeding all over the deck? Pretty sure someone isn't gonna appreciate cleaning that up.

Oh... [he glanced over his shoulder, bringing his tail closer to look at it. Then he pulled it in front of him and sort of poked at it] ow....it stings. I guess I should wrap it up, huh... [he glanced down at the deck, seeing Dave was right and the area under him was speckled with blood. Of course, the side of the ship nearest to where he'd blown the monsters head off was drenched in blood, but that was besides the point]

[at least he seemed relatively calm this time in contrast to how he'd behaved after being impaled with a harpoon] guess I'll go take care of that, then... [he went to go pick up his sword where he'd dropped it earlier first]

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