CustardSlice

Guild of Dishonor

@KatherinWinter He is out but the captain has currently got hold of him.

Don’t worry about the heist then, they were all going to go and settle in the brothel to talk about tactics and catch up, but these bad guys turned up before they got the chance. As far as I’m aware they’re still going to go ahead and do that.. so we’ll have time for plotting etc.

Also doesn’t help that we have had a lot of people dip in and out and change the storyline around orz. Things will tick over and get there, characters will come out, it’s just moving slowly that’s all. I think that just happens in RPs.. I mean if you look at our PM RP it’s been going for a good several months now and a week hasn’t passed in RP time yet :’)

Guild of Dishonor

@Raptra That’s fine, stab away :D

@KatherinWinter Don’t worry about the logic too much - there are only 3 of the original group now and Kai already has a good relationship with Isago so there’s a lot of sense in them staying friendly. Ratte’s cowardly, she spent the last heist running around in the shadows so a big tough guy like Isago around won’t be a turn off for her. And if all else fails, they will stick together because we want them to :)

If Griffin’s purpose is to make them interact with one and other, have him stick around and fight with them then talk to them directly. I think the problem was that there’s such a gap between our posts that it feels like it’s been hours since they got to the tavern when really it’s only been about half an hour and Griffin hadn’t talked to anyone in the group or even gone into the same room as them before someone started attacking them. After this fight we can give them a reason to stick together- we could even have Griffin convincing them to do so if you’re worried about it - but for now they’re just trying not to get stabbed :)

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@Raptra@KatherinWinter Yeah.. I think that this current attack will help them form a closer bond and they're planning on sticking together to go to this brothel that Isago knows of, so they'll bond there and start trying to trust one and other etc.

I think Griffin still has lots of potential to help out - nobody has defeated any of the bad guys yet, so if he can bump one off, then that'd be a great help ;D But if you're not feeling it, then Roxy will be welcomed back - Ratte will enjoy the eye candy once again if she doesn't end up with arrows in her eyes after this encounter lol!

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@KatherinWinter Lol whoops I completely forgot about the Captain 😂

He’s pretty much a red shirt, he’s not the smartest and he’s not going to get a pay rise any time soon. Feel free to treat him as useless, he’s a bit of a filler character really. Use him to your own advantages :D

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The Captain frowned, seeing the stranger he had been talking to walking around as though he owned the place. He was tired of hoodlums and rogues trying to prove themselves worthy of more of a status than they already had. He caught up and stood beside Griffin, peeking inside the basement. He then looked up to see a huge person wielding an enormous spear, a huge man being followed by said man and a smaller person jumping back from arrows. He was about to suggest helping them when Griffin spoke. He frowned, “How do you know what side they are on?” He asked, before a young boy suddenly jumped at them and tried to scramble past.

He whirred into action and he grabbed the boy by the collar, then pulled him close into a tight lock, “Not so fast you little thief! What have you been up to down in that basement? What’s going on here?!” He demanded, keeping Kai locked in a tight grip. He looked to Griffin for back-up in holding the kid, he was a squirmy thing.

@KatherinWinter @King Tai @Raptra

of mer and men [Sheith Merman!AU]

Allura smiled and she carefully helped Shiro get comfortable. He had looked fierce and terrifying when she had first seen him - his eyes crazed and his body thrashing and tense like a fish caught in a net. It was amazing how different he was now - the transformation was unreal. He looked almost peaceful as he slept, though his brow was furrowed and his hands worked in his sleep, clenching and unclenching. He muttered in his sleep - nonsense mostly. He uttered clicks and soft murmurs and said names. Some were recognisable; Adam, Keith, Matt; others weren't so recognisable and she wondered whether they belonged to Zarkon.

She tucked him up into his bed tightly, so that he wouldn't fall out if he started to toss and turn. She hoped that he wouldn't. Then she turned to Matt and smiled, seeing that he had gotten into bed. She carefully and gently smoothed some of her healing sands and muds across his stomach to help them heal whilst he rested. Thankfully they hadn't done anything but cut into his skin, so it was just a matter of waiting for them to heal. She tucked him in too, carefully wrapping the sheets around him and then placed some healing rocks and anemones around his head. They would release scents and oils into the air to help him sleep and heal. His question caught her off guard a little and she settled on his bed, rather like a mother would do with their child.

She nodded, "Yes, I have been close to several. I have several good friends on the surface and I trust them with all of my heart. They help me and I help them.. I have treated their wounds before - one of them stepped on a particularly nasty sea urchin once, so I had to settle the argument between him and the urchin, then helped him heal it. He told me a lot about medicines on the surface and what they do to heal one and other. I have learned a great deal and returned the information they gave to me with information of my own about healing under the sea. We have been friendly ever since. The little boy that stepped on the sea urchin is now a grown man, so we have known each other for some years," she explained, expressing her fondness for her friend with a smile.

of mer and men [Sheith Merman!AU]

Part of Allura had expected Matt to disagree and tell her that it was an awful idea. She was shocked when he picked up Shiro immediately and began to move him. She shook her head and gently touched Matt’s shoulder. “Not right away, you should rest first. You’re incredibly injured and you shouldn’t strain yourself. Rest for a few hours and then we can go. I’ll need some time to work out where we are going too. Perhaps we should wake Shiro to help us...”

Allura had several ways of finding people who needed her help. She could use her telepathic ability almost as well as a siren to help her locate creatures and folk just by listening for them. She knew that they were deep down in the middle of the ocean and that it might not work, since her powers weren’t as strong down here, but it was a starting point.

of mer and men [Sheith Merman!AU]

Allura checked over her shoulder before she spoke again. She knew full well that it was difficult to trust anyone this deep in the ocean. Matt, however, had a kind and welcoming face that put her at ease. Shiro had eventually shown that he too had this caring side, but initially he had scared her. Matt was a calm and friendly face that she was grateful to know.

“If he really does have a friend.. it might be a good idea to take him there. I know it sounds absolutely mad, but I think it’s possible that I’d be able to heal him much faster if I was closer to the sun. I’d be able to heal you too,” she added, gesturing to Matt’s injures chest and tail. “I would just need your help to take him there - i’m not strong enough to carry him on my own.”

of mer and men [Sheith Merman!AU]

"Maybe you're right.." Shiro said, closing his eyes slowly. Something Allura had used on him seemed to be making him drowsy and it was hard to keep his eyes open anymore. "Maybe Zarkon can't get to him.. maybe he'll be safe..." he drifted slowly into a dark slumber filled with both nightmarish creatures and the calm, tranquil feeling of sitting out on the beach with Keith. Shiro hadn't thought about the fact that there was a lot of land to cover and that perhaps Zarkon could never reach Keith even if he tried. He just couldn't bring himself to risk it - he had already lost someone so dear to him, that he didn't want to lose anyone else again.

Allura looked to Shiro, with a furrowed brow as he drifted away into sleep. She looked to Matt and hesitated, before she swam closer to him. "Your friend... I'm worried that my magic isn't strong enough for him down here." She said, wringing a bag of ingredients in her hands. "I gave him some ointment that should have sent him to sleep straight away, but he was still able to talk to you for a good few minutes. I know he's rather big, which is why I gave him a lot, but it still took a long time. I'm worried that being so close to Zarkon and so far from the sun is weakening me." she explained with a worried expression. She had been listening to Matt and Shiro speak though. She had tried hard not to say anything because she was familiar with the humans and she had communicated with them a great deal. In fact she liked to think that she might consider some of them her friends. She had learnt a lot about them and had used the things she had found on land to help her before. She bit her lip.

"Do forgive me but, did I hear you correctly? That Shiro has a friend on the surface?" she asked Matt, keeping her voice low deliberately.

of mer and men [Sheith Merman!AU]

Shiro looked at Matt, almost ready to spit a defense at him before he caught himself. Merfolk had every reason to be wary of land folk. They were slowly breaking the boundaries between land and sea and they were constantly disturbing the merfolk. Their vessels and machines, their rotten waters and liquids that leaked into the sea made some parts of the ocean inhabitable and merfolk were beginning to struggle. More illnesses and injuries were happening because of the changing habitats and the things that the land folk left in the waters than the nurses could cope with and fewer and fewer children were being born. Of course Zarkon was another threat within the sea itself, but it still didn't help that the land folk were so blind to their destruction. Their nets and fishing rods had also begun to kill several merfolk and their methods continued to get bolder and deadlier.

He sighed and looked down, still thinking of Keith's face, "I trust this one, Matt. He helped to heal my injuries and he's trying to communicate. He's not like the others." Shiro sighed and winced as Allura started applying ointments and muds to help his wounds start to heal. She used magic to help the muds settle on his skin and stay there, so that the currents wouldn't wash them away. She looked doubtful, still. She did the same for Matt, flitting between the wounds along his body, her tail waving behind her like silks in the wind. Shiro watched her. She was fast and precise, but her eyes were restless. They looked between Matt's wounds and Shiro's and her face was full of concern. Perhaps she had been listening to their conversation after all.

"Don't worry though... I won't risk giving Zarkon something to make me panic. I won't go to him for the same reason you won't go home to Katie. He can't know anything that might be a weakness. Not until he's gone for good." He lay back, focusing on breathing carefully. The pain was stretching out across his body now and he wanted to sleep. He was grateful that Matt was being treated too, he just hoped that he could heal fast and get away.