[IC] Pirates Vs Mermaids

[bravewolfd]

"No no, an extra helping would be nice. I'll be less manly for you," Drake said easing on the tough guy act. After Luz had disinfected Drake's leg with sea water the two of them went back to the camp. He was going to go into the doctor's tent but the captain and a girl were occupying it. "Who's she?" Drake asked with immediate suspicion. This girl had orange hair, he was sure he'd remember someone with hair like that and after the experience he had he knew she must have been working with the pink haired girl. "Captain this girl is bad news, I was attacked by another girl with colorful hair like hers. she's dangerous." Blythe laughed at Drake. "This girl? She fainted at the sight of me! The doctor said she was fine. You here to get your leg looked at?" Drake scoffed. "It can heal on its own, my bodies tough!" Blythe snickered and tackled the 5 foot navigator and then started to tickle him. "H-hey haha, stop that hahaha!" Drake tried not to laugh. "A tough guy could handle this." Blythe teased. The doctor started to fix Drakes leg up and rested next to Amphi.

[Cyanide Sweetie]

Leo strained against his hold, how the hell had he gotten one up on her!? "A Spy?" She gritted out trying to keep the upper hand with the blade. Who the hell was the the dictator?! "Stop trying to confuse me!" She hissed through clenched teeth. "You-Will-Not-Take-My-Home. You-Will-Not-Enslave-My-People." She snarled rearing her head back she headbutted him as hard as she could. Ignoring the lights flashing behind her eyelids from the pain she went to lunge for the other blade but underestimated his grip. As she threw her body weight all she managed to do was have her arms nearly ripped from their socket, toppling sideways her head slammed into a rock making her gasp sharply.

[Chenzor]

The two were locked in their struggle for a moment. "A spy?" she asked, confused. "Stop trying to confuse me!" she exclaimed next. What puzzled Balon was that she seemed genuinely confused by what he was saying. She was not a spy then... But what she said next finally revealed it to him. "You-Will-Not-Take-My-Home. You-Will-Not-Enslave-My-People." By the gods... It's a mermaid! Balon thought in astonishment. He had heard they were real but never actually seen or met one. He had also heard what humans did to them under the dictator's rule. Curses... She thinks I'm the bad guy... he thought, but his thoughts were cut short when she drew her head back and headbutted him hard in the face. Sure it hurt, but when he was finished clenching his eyes shut it seemed to him that it hurt more on the girl. Poor thing probably had no idea how to do a proper headbutt. Surprised once more was he however when she decided to lunge for the other sword that had rolled away in the struggle. He was able to keep her held which caused her lunge to turn into a faceplant into the rocks. "Oh fuck that must've hurt!.." he exclaimed aloud as he quickly took advantage of the situation to wrestle the sword free and with a quick motion held it against her neck. With his other hand, he still held her wrist tightly, putting it up on her back in an armlock to try to subdue her."You're at my mercy now, woman, and I want some answers. I'm gonna ask you a few questions, and you're going to answer them. You understand?"
If she responded with a nod or some kind of 'yes', he would proceed to ask her the questions. "I'll start with this: what are you, and who are you?" he says sternly but not harshly to begin with. "Next, do you have any idea of who we are?" Lastly, he leaned in closer to her (but not creepily close) to ask the final question: "Are you friend... Or foe?"

[CLIW]

Luz followed Drake back to camp with her hands in her pockets. As Drake was being tickled she just looked moodily toward the hut in which an orange-haired woman slept; she had her suspicions after the attack but reasoned that she couldn't be a huge threat, not if she'd fainted upon seeing Blythe. When the doctor started to get to work on the boy's leg, Luz turned around. Sure, the injury looked bad, at least from what she'd seen of it. And yes, there had been a woman that Luz was sure hadn't been aboard the ship but...well, she couldn't just not make dinner, and fish had been her plan.

"I'm going to the lake," she announced. "If I don't catch enough fish, we're having grubs tonight." She'd seen a bunch of the maggoty-looking things in a rotting piece of wood when they had set up camp, and all she could think had been, Mm, that's some good protein right there. Without giving anyone time to reply, she started to hike off.

[FaeFae]

Amphi started to regain herself. The last thing she could remember was the human looking at her. She didn't dare open her eyes or move. Am I dead? I'm pretty sure i'm not worse at least. silently she counted her fingers...and toes, she was still in human form. Amphi didn't feel any injuries...but she could still be dead. She was even somewhere fairly comfortable, though it smelled a bit odd. And that's when she heard them. "Captain this girl is bad news, I was attacked by another girl with colorful hair like hers. she's dangerous." Humans! ...wait another girl?! Who was she and was she alright?! Was she here to? She heard someone laugh "This girl? She fainted at the sight of me! The doctor said she was fine. You here to get your leg looked at?" It was him! The one who fell from the sky. So he must have brought her here to see the doctor...But wait that makes no sense, why would you take a prisoner to a doctor? The other mermaid must have gotten him good. Amphi decided she needed answers. When the woman left she slowly opened her eyes and got up. "Is she ok? Where is she?" As long as the other one was fine there was hope.

[Cyanide Sweetie]

Leo blinked rapidly staring up into the humans face. She felt the cold metal biting at her throat "You're at my Mercy now,woman." Her stomach did a flip flop. Oh shit. Oh, God damn it how did she get herself into these situations?! Dylan was going to rip her a new one....she swallowed feeling the pressure on her throat... Well if he ever got the chance. The human kept talking, something about questions, surprised she nodded slightly. "I'll start with this: what are you, and who are you?" Leo glared she would tell him nothing that he could use against them."Next, do you have any idea of who we are?" uuhh, the enemies of my people? Duh. "Are you friend... Or foe?" "Well Fuck lets ask that blade at my throat." She was able to hold her tongue through most the questions but she couldn't help the last biting remark. She glared up at the man, "I well tell you nothing scum bag." Lifting her head towards his already inclined head, the cold steel stinging her skin, she growled at him, "I'm not afraid of you."She braced herself for a blow. Oh Amphi I'm sorry!

[bravewolfd]

"Ah good your awake, mind if I ask your name?" Blythe asked but before he could get an answer drake answered her question. "The evil girl your concerned about stabbed me in the leg and tried to drag me off into who knows where. Luckily Luz scared her off... I was going to drop kick her though and use my awesome fighting skills to apprehend her." Drake was of course lying. "Hey was Luz being serious about feeding us grubs? I'd soon rather eat Balon's undies." Drake stuck his tongue out in disgust. "What do you mean? Grubs taste fine. When you eat them live the squirming in your mouth feels funny but if Lizards can do it I can." said Blythe. "So who are you Miss?" the captain asked with a kind smile.

[FaeFae]

Amphi let out a sigh of relief So she's alright, and she isn't here. She got away and she's alright."My name is Amphi." She said in practically a whisper. "So, what's going to happen to me? Will I be enslaved, Or will you keep me alive and torture me? Because...i'm pretty sure if you wanted me dead, i would already be dead." A tear rolled down her face. "Why can't you just leave my people alone, we didn't do anything to you...except for you i suppose." looking at the wounded one. She could see why he'd be mad.

[bravewolfd]

Blythe's smile changed into a sincere and trustworthy face. "We are not going to harm anyone. We came to this island for peace and nothing more." Drake chuckled a bit before saying, "As if you'd make a good slave. I for one would be the best slave." Blythe sighed at Drake's comment. "Your safe here so don't worry." Blythe started to examine the girl. That colorful hair and talk of leaving her people alone might indicate she's one of the legendary merfolk I've heard of in stories. I shouldn't jump to conclusions. If that's the case I could see why she'd be frightened. Rumors of mermaids being used as slaves had gone around. The one who spread the news was thought to be lying until his public execution.

The pink haired mermaid had finished her report to the queen Helena. "Well there number is small so even if you injured one that is still great progress. Though he is the weakest among them. I may have to send Dylan the Megadalon up there soon if more of you get caught." He is a last resort. He will try to kill the humans unlike my other kin. I still must know whether or not these pirates deserve to die. Either way they will not be allowed on this island.

[FaeFae]

Amphi decided to relax, people put prisoners in cages and locked rooms not doctor huts. She looked at the one who fell from the tree" So human, what do they call you, and why did you wait for me to wake up? you could have just left me here." Neither of them looked very scary up close. Amphi smiled shyly back, He seemed friendly, nice even. " I'm sorry, it must have been quite the inconvenience to carry me here. So thank you...and i'm sorry i was so rude, I've never met a human before." She felt embarrassed, lots of mermaids have met humans and knew how to interact with them, she felt awkward, and to think she was going to try and hit them on the head with a stick!

[Chenzor]

Balon frowned as the girl remained quiet whilst he demanded his questions. All except the last one, that is, where she retorted with an angry remark. He realized she had a point. "I would remove the blade if I trusted you to not pounce me and try to take my sword again. Alas, you already eliminated that trust." he looked at the stack of clothes and the second sword on the rocks in front of them. They were all messy now, un-neatly stacked. He grimaced, but shook it off. "Blades do not speak." he said grimly and at first thought she deserved a little knock on the head but seeing as she clenched her muscles, bracing for impact, his hold of her softened. "I would put away my blade, miss, if I had any clothes on to hold the scabbard." he said, relaxing somewhat but still holding the blade close to her throat. "Relax. I'm not going to hit you. I don't hit women, but don't try to escape or I will hurt you."
Hopefully, that threat would work for now. He really had no intention of hurting her, he just wanted answers. He would never allow the dictator's ilk to stalk them to this island, but it seemed this girl wasn't.
"You have heart, girl." he said at last, commenting her "I'm not afraid of you" line. "I know what you are. You're a mermaid, aren't you?" he sighed, shoving the girl away from the swords and released her. He still held his blade pointed at her, and his second sword was now safely behind him, with the girl (hopefully) in the pool in front of him. "I know what you think. You think that we're here to hurt you." his eyes showed compassion, for he sympathized with her. If she was a mermaid, that is. I mean, come on, how likely is it really? "Do you truly believe that, though? If I wanted to hurt you, wouldn't I have done so already? Wouldn't I have taken advantage of this entire situation if I was so vile?"
He paused for a moment, but then suddenly grinned.
"And I'm not a scumbag. I'm just a scoundrel."

[Cyanide Sweetie]

Leo rolled her eyes, eliminated his trust? What bullocks. If any trust ever existed between their people it was shattered by the humans stealing their youth to use them sex slaves or muscle until thew were only husks. Leo felt a chill run down her spine as a phantom memory of hard punishing arms wrapping around her. She shook it off, this was no time to get all melancholy. If she was going to get out of here alive she needed to keep her wits about her. And at at this moment there was a naked man pinning her to the ground with a blade to her neck who was kind of demanding her attention. "Blades do not speak." he muttered at her, she bared her teeth in a grin, "You may not be able to get your blades to speak, human. But my blades sing." To bad they weren't here to give him a complimentary lullaby, she mentally kicked herself in the ass again. As she was thinking this his grip on her loosened, though cold metal still bit at her throat, she eyed him suspiciously, what was he up to?"I would put away my blade, miss, if I had any clothes on to hold the scabbard."She had just enough time to sputter indignantly before he continued "Relax. I'm not going to hit you. I don't hit women, but don't try to escape or I will hurt you." He released her with a shove, standing up, he continued to talk but Leos temper was getting the best of her in this painfully disgracing situation. "Oh! That makes sense! What a load of crock! Oh don't worry! I don't hit women, Because i call them miss which makes me a big strong gallant knight," She mocked, shimmying her shoulders. She held up a finger, "But don't move or i'll punish you! What does that even mean?" She sneered gesturing at his naked self, "Are you going to spank me with your non existent belt,"She scoffed. "And what is even with you! Do you get off on strutting around naked!" She saw the sword pointed at her and she knew she should shut her damned mouth but for the love of Posiden she couldn't. She had been thoroughly disgraced and for some reason she wanted to make this man as embarrassed as she felt. "Don't get me wrong, living in the ocean i have seen plenty of shrimp," She gestured at his man bits raising an eyebrow,"But this is just unnecessary! And what do you mean? As far as i'm concerned you could be taking advantage of the situation?! How do i know that your not going to drag me of to your camp where ill be raped then eaten? Humans are the monsters lurking under our children's bed!', She spat at him, she was full on raving now. what the hell was wrong with her! She hasn't gotten this worked up since she went into the guards academy. Thinking on it now..though it might be a good idea to go to camp. Ampi has been on patrol for quite awhile and these humans were nothing to be messed with lightly, her dear friend had probably been captured already. Besides if she managed to escape now, she would have no useful information to report to the Queen and her dignity couldn't take anymore blows. She opened her mouth to continue her rant but he suddenly grinned, knocking the air from her lungs like a blow "And I'm not a scumbag. I'm just a scoundrel." Heat rushed back to her face as she stared completely flabbergasted at this odd being.

[CLIW]

The fish trap, woven from plant stems that Luz had pulled from the ground on the way, waited patiently for victims as it was set in the cool lake water. Luz was surprised at how clear and pristine it was when she waded in, and she took a moment to simply enjoy the feeling of sand on her toes. Then her head cleared and she headed back to the shore, where she started to weave a net. She planned to raft out where the water was good and deep, and simply scoop up whatever fish were there: they were likely too stupid to know that humans were a threat to be hidden from.
The net and the raft both took a good sum of time, and by the time Luz had finished, she felt too tired to fish. That couldn't stop her though, as she did have a crew to feed. She pushed the raft into the water and got on, putting the net in the water.

[Chenzor]

"Fine, I admit saying 'miss' is pretty lame. And you're obviously very upset." he looked at her, his grin completely gone. "I've heard what my kind has done to your people. So you have every right to be upset."
He lowered his blade, finding it suddenly rude to hold it pointed at her throat while having a conversation... No matter how many insults she threw at him. Luckily the water was deep enough to cover his privates. "Also 'shrimp' am I? Sure, insult my privates. I bet it doesn't make you feel very big and strong now does it?"
But then again... Merfolk didn't really need to wear pants underwater did they? "This may come as a shock to you but humans bathe naked." he nodded, trying to look like a smartass. He was just playing, of course. He usually made jokes when he was in dire situations, it's just the way he is. When noticing her face turned completely red, he wasn't sure if it was because of pure rage or embarassment of the entire situation. "Look... If you wont pounce me again, I'll put away my sword and sit down, alright? We can have a conversation. I'll put some pants on." he said, that last bit a bit comically.

Without really waiting for a response on that, he took a step back and climbed up on the ledge where his clothes were lying. Keeping his eyes on her, he put some pants on quickly. Sure, it was enough time for her to pounce him again seeing as she was a natural at sprinting in water, but for some reason he didn't think she would. He didn't doubt her guts and he knew she was furiously angry, but for some reason he just thought to himself that She's upset at something, and she's venting it out on me. As long as he wasn't the source of the rage, she wouldn't hurt her. At least, that's his theory.
"You're free to leave if you want. Or you can stay and I'll put away my sword and we'll have a talk. Afterwards, you can do whatever you want." He sat down on the ledge, pants on and the sword in his lap.

He had completely filtered out all the insults by now. He was intruiged by her. "Tell me about your singing blades." he said kindly, deeply interested in what sounds to him like a legendary swordsman's tale.

[Cyanide Sweetie]

Damn, this was not going the way she hoped. Where in fact insulting his man pieces made her feel much better, she found herself very funny, it had not induced the rage she had been seeking. How would she make him upset enough that he would take her prisoner back to his camp...? She refrained from.pointing out that merefolks had the same bits and pieces as humans when they were in their humannoid state., and did in fact have to wear pants. She reached down into the water and adjusted her own short skirt. She stewed on how to get into his camp as he lowered his blade and climbed out of the spring. If she wasn't able to see his man bits before she could now. She quickly looked up as the sky trying to ignore her already burning face. Well he seemed pretty vulnerable now, she could attack again....but if that happened he might just fore go taking her prisoner and just kill her, which would not make her very helpful towards the cause... if she demanded that she wouldn't speak to any one besides their leader he may get suspicious of her, and this human was scary enough, she didn't think she could easily overcome the monster of a man that must led this one. Not to mention that this human seemed reluctant to out right harm her...which made.no sense to her..maybe he was just planning on using her in other ways later. She shivered. She would deal with that when it came.She didn't believe him for a second when he mentioned just letting her go. He was clearly just playing nice to try and get her to talk to him. She wasn't willing to call his bluff though. She needed to get into that camp! "Tell me about your singing blades." He said kindly, frowning at him she decided to see if she could talk her way into a solution, she waded to the edge of the spring, making to lift herself out of it. Her current humanoid form was not best suited to the water. As she put her weight onto her arms to heft herself out her palm hit a patch of slimy algae with a gasp she slid forward slamming her face once more against the accursed rocks. With a hiss she covered the gash in her forehead with her hands, "Holy Poseidon bullocks! For the mother of Neptune! Ah balls my head!!" She grunted out trying to blink the blood out of her eye. Her haw clenched, her bottom lip poking out stubbornly, just her luck! Now she would have to figure out the downfall of these humans WITH a horrid head ache and a six inch gash!

[Tip]

Gwendolyn Blatin

Gwen was swimming in circles with the stress. Her home had been crushed by the human ship. All her possessions - wait! Fuyu (her pet jellyfish) might be trapped! Agh! She just had to go and rescue her! She swam through the weeds surrounding her with elegance. She wiped some algae off her face and she soon reached the lake. She was going to have to swim through it to get to the pirates' boat. Gwen braced herself for a descent, for that was the safest way through the cold, icy waters. She thought she needn't look on the surface of the water for any movement, because the swans and ducks always caught her out and got her in a flap.

Soon she was speeding downwards, through the undergrowth and lower. She was going quite fast, but then she was caught. She was flung back and couldn't move. Gwen screamed in her underwater language - something had got her, something big. She gave the mermaids' cry, hoping someone would hear her and come to the rescue. The net was groping at her neck and her world began spinning, until everything went black... (passed out for lack of oxygen. note her tail is still there.)

[Chenzor]

"Pffftttt-- WAHAHAHAHA, OH, I'm so sorry I didn't mean to laugh, but that was just too funny!" Balon exclaimed, laughing hard at the mermaid's second faceplant into the rocks. He stopped laughing gradually, but stopped entirely when he saw the gash on her forehead. "Oh shoot, you're bleeding!" he stuck his hand into his pocket, taking out a handkercheif (that he never used, since he found the idea of blowing your snot in cloth and putting it in your pocket was disgusting) and approached the girl. If she would let him close, he would gently dip the handkercheif in the water and put it against the gash on her forehead. If she didn't allow him close, he'd simply toss her the handkercheif.

"Hehehe... Poseidon's bollocks." he snickered.

[Cyanide Sweetie]

Surprised by his laughter Leo's mouth curved slightly,amused against her better judgement, she half heartedly chucked a rock at his shins. "Damn human."she muttered trying to merge her features back into a scowl.
Leo cringed as the human neared her, sensing that he would take note of her flinch she decided to clearify so he wouldn't think she was afraid of him, "you're going to use your human snot rag to clean my wound?" She eyed it warily it looked clean enough to she allowed him to approach her.He leaned over and dipped the the handkerchief into the water, then placed it on her wound. She barely kept from flinching as her wound let out a fresh throb. Biting her lip she looked everywhere but at the scoundrel.
Suddenly flustered by the closeness of the stranger Leo stood swiftly to her feet, taking a step back the world swayed around her, swinging on a axis she stumbled trying to make everything stop spinning, "whoa~" she muttered suddenl nauseous.

[bravewolfd]

"They call me Blythe and the tiny one Drake." Drake turned red. "Who you callin' short?" Drake scoffed and Blythe chuckled. "So when you say you've never met a human before does that mean you yourself are not a human?" Drakes eyes widen. "Not human? What else would she be. I've heard legends of mermaids and fairys and other mythical creatures but they're just legends... right?" Blythe shook his head. "Nope they're real. We were just so secluded in our land that we never learned of these creatures existence. So am I right in assuming that your a mermaid?"

[CLIW]

There was something heavy caught in Luz's net. In fact, it made her raft bob downwards slightly, so in hopes of preserving her life she began to paddle toward the shore. Worried as she was by the immediate threat of drowning, though, when she looked down and saw a massive tangle of tentacles, all she could do was wonder if she had any recipes involving jellyfish. Grunting, she hauled the net up and then nearly dropped it with a loud swear. When they were close to shore, Luz secured the net and pulled on her boots. Dinner would have to wait.
She put the net and the half-human it contained over her shoulder and started to hike, gasping, toward camp to share her discovery.