[I]"We've got to do something about him! He's going to kill our citizens if this keeps up."

"I know darling, I know! But we are powerless right now. All of our soldiers are in the prisons. If the citizens stay indoors and just do as they say for now, they'll be fine. Don't worry my queen, we will think of something." 

"But they have surrounded the entire harbor. The only way anyone can get into the island is if they start a war, or attempt to go through the back of the island and you and I both know that's dangerous!"

"We will think of something, I promise-"[/I]

"Queen Natalia, King Richard. Captain Fenn would like a word with you two." Both royals silenced and stood from sitting on the edge of their bed. "Haru! Wonderful, you're okay!" The queen hugged their personal servant now under the Captain's orders. Haru hugged her and smiled. He was thankful to see that his royal family was all right, just as they were happy to know their trusty right hand was fine. Haru bowed to the king, but before he could say something, the king hugged him as well.

Haru smiled once more and lead them to the 'throne room'. "Princess Vivi is still okay. I made sure of it." His voice was low, knowing he shouldn't have been talking to him about the subject- or anything really. 

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"Well, well. It's nice to see you, your highness. Your majesty." Queen Natalia frowned at the filthy pirate dirtying up her nice place. Pirates were dispersed around and each of them had a handful of jewels and gold.

"Are those my- how dare you-!?" The queen took a step forward to one who was playing with her ruby earrings and necklace set, but was stopped by her husband. She glared, but composed herself. "You will surely pay for your crimes." 

A maniacal laugh echoed in the room and Captain Fenn sat up. "Who's going to stop me? All connections to this place have been cut off. The government can't help. No one in that silly town will help either, no matter how much they love the king and queen! . . . Heh, and your poor little daughter is in my care. You wouldn't do anything too rash would you?" At that, two pirates pulled up a small cage with a girl and her pet huddled close together. The queen managed to hold her composure, although her motherly instinct was to gouge out the eyes of the pirates that dared to touch her child. She was sure she would gouge out a few of their eyes, making sure her nails were sharp and maybe had pretty sparkled rings on her fingers while she did so. . . Well, she had to do stuff with class. "Are you ready to sign your kingdom away? Or do I kill you and your daughter off King Richard?" 

Without a quick response, the captain growled and shooed them away. He knew that they'd be surrounded by navy officials if he killed them. They were escorted back to their room. "Mommy! Daddy!" She sniffled a few times, but hugged Koi as he cuddled to her. 

"Captain, a pirate ship is approaching. What are your orders?"

The captain chuckled and waved his hand. "We have three ships with a full crew on each. Bring them down, and then bring the crew to me. We'll give them the opportunity to join us or die. Make sure you take their things. But be nice, if they join they'll need a ship. Don't hurt theirs too bad." 

The pirate nodded and went to inform the others. Fenn then pointed to Haru, who stood a little bit taller. "You. Go down there and give the new pirates a rundown on what's to come. It'll save me the monologue time." Haru nodded and quickly went off.

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There were no errands she could think of to give them, after their short term goals, everyone would focus on fishing for a flag- and possibly underwater treasure. How they were planning on attempting to go underwater to actually find it was still in question. Maybe they could go around town and find someone to help. 

"Well that doesn't look so well..." Runali had once again borrowed Luro's height as they approached the town of Waterdeep. A grey fog rested in the air and the place looked deserted. "Three pirate ships and a couple of trade boats. I don't recognize the pirate flag either." She passed the telescope to anyone who needed it and jumped down from Luro's shoulder. The ships were fanned out, making detouring much more complex. "Our plan is still the same. Don't cause any trouble- until I give the okay. If they try and kill us on sight, then we attack. Clear?"

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The sail was pulled up, and it soon docked to port. Two ships were on either side of the Coral Pearl, and the third docked on their right. Runali had everyone calm and silent. Just as she suspected, a group of the pirates, piled onto their ship. They all looked conniving and bad, but one stepped forward and put his hands up in 'surrender'. He gave a smug grin before stepping forward. "Which one of you be the captain?" Runali stepped forward and the male raised an eyebrow. "Eh? You? ...Anyways, the [I] new king [/I] is buildin' a pirate army. And you all look like capable pirates," His eyes scanned the group. "Well most of ya. Your options are to join- or regret ever coming here." 

The group was surrounded, but the captain stayed calm. "I want to see this 'new captain' for myself. There's a rumor that pirates are dirty you know. They'll try to trick you and leave you with nothing."

"Ha! Of course lass! You're a smart one. We'll have the servant monkey lead you there- of course a few of us will tag along to make sure you don't do anything foolish." In the midst of the tough crowd, Haru pushed through and looked at the captain, bowing slightly. He was pristine compared to the others so Runa immediately guessed he was apart of the royal group- the actual royal group. 

"Follow me please." His eyes looked over the small crew and Runali nodded for her crew to follow. One of them he was almost sure he could recognize, but brushed it off and did his job. She then paused and look at the gruff pirate that spoke first. She smirked and pulled him down to her eye level. She ignored the swords and guns that pointed toward them. "How do I know you won't touch my ship?" 

The pirate yanked away and rubbed his jaw. He grimaced and crossed his arms. "We weren't given orders to..." The captain gave a small nod and gestured for the crew to follow. "Alrighty, but if something is out of place I'll happily have my shipwright kill you. He works hard to keep our ship nice. I don't think he'd appreciate grubby hands all over it." 

The pirate rolled his eyes and gestured for the pirates to head back to their own ship. "You have our word. We don't disrespect our king's orders." 

With that, the small group followed Haru and the few pirates that escorted them to the royal home. "His name is Captain Fenn- or King Fenn... He is also the captain of the Kraken Skull Pirates. . . He wants to create a large pirate army and is trying to get as many allies as possible. For reasons he hasn't said. But just know, the last ship that denied... Well, they were killed." He explained the brief so Captain Fenn wouldn't have to, just as he was told.