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Ancient Piracy

Alright, I was wondering if I had missed something.

Poor guy is going to end up blushing. She's having too much fun with this

Ancient Piracy

Are sirens of the seas prostitutes? I haven't heard that phrase before.

Or does she mean like mythical sirens?

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The young man seemed a little disappointed as his offer to share a drink was turned down, though was a little surprised as Rys seemed to know very little about how pirates tended to operate. "Yeah, we're tougher than most villagers, so you find a small hamlet or villa - we'd outnumber and be stronger than their guards, so we raid the village together ... y'know. Steal their supplies to keep expenses low, take their tougher men as slaves to work on our galley or be sold elsewhere, take some cute girls for the trip and sell them on the market ..." The man's face flushed a bit, making it clear that he had in fact very little experience especially with the final part of his statement. "It's also not a bad way to gather news and access a new market. We'll just stay for a couple days and leave before a more organized force finds it's way to us. We'll probably start heading south afterwards."

The kid blinked a couple times. "It'll probably be pretty easy, really. Most peasants aren't too keen on dying."

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The teenager looked at his strange new companion as they set off, trying to remember for a moment what had been said to him. "We head to the isle of Crete - he mentioned something about a shipment of fine pottery from Carthage." Ahirom paused for moment. "An if there's pottery, there's also things inside the pottery. No point in just transporting a pot. Some prefer to have their wares a little tested."

The boy shrugged after a moment. "It's not exactly the most lucrative of ventures, but with a few new crew members ... and non members aboard he'd prefer to take something a bit of an easier target. And besides, the boat itself will be worth something along with whatever crew we can sell. Although I think he has different plans, something about taking over a small town for a bit ..."

He shrugged. "... but anyways, Epizilos is the mastermind behind all of this. The brothers and the weird guy are muscle. And me and you? We are the quick ones." Despite thinking Rys was tougher than he was, it wasn't hard to tell that they were the two youngest members of the actual crew. The teen gave his companion a slight punch on the shoulder to show their camaraderie before looking around. "Also, if ya want, I can ask the captain if we can drink some of the booze. Y'know. Before he drinks all the good stuff as usual."

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Is she asking the ship in general or just Ahram? Just asking for clarification.

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Ahirom slid down the mast slightly in surprise as he noticed someone coming up to help him. The older ... Rys, right? The one who had killed Carpus? Honestly Ahirom had never been a big fan of Carpus so it wasn't too much of a loss, though he was still shocked to see the seemingly bloodthirsty sailor offer him a hand. "T-thanks!" Ahirom let out in the cheerful - slightly higher pitch voice of a young man still growing somewhat into adulthood.

Looking at the work he was doing, Ahirom realized he was the more senior between them when it came to this sort of work. "Pull on that rope when I do - one, two, three ..." Overall Ahirom was polite though efficient as he gave Rys directions on how to help him when it seemed they were confused.

From the short mast Rys would be able to hear some of the details of the conversation between Amen and Epizelos. "So if the Lycian coast is that badly inhabited, we could end up as a target as well ...." The conversation quieted for a few lines. "... if your contact says they'll be sending those good to Crete, though, I'm inclined to believe them. That's a lot more profitable than robbing grain from Egypt, for sure." The two seemed to have come to a decision, and now were speaking quietly over the details.

Eventually the work Ahirom did was finished, and he dropped to the deck and quickly hurried over to Amen, who dismissed him briefly we a smile. "We sail East! Sidon, get them to work the oars for long distance travel. If we are lucky, we'll hit a target away from the coastline!" Some of the slaves shackled to the oars let out sighs of relief as they wouldn't be ordered to exhaust themselves, though any further commentary quickly silenced itself. After all, slaves who served well had freedom dangling in front of them after about a half-year of service.

Ahirom hurried back over to Rys, putting his hand awkwardly on the back of his head. "Hey, um, thanks. Guess I owe you one."

Botanist And Bards

The beasts end was brought about as the sword cut through the stone creature, ending its shortly reawakened life as its head tumbled to the ground with a satisfying thud. Valiant didn't cut completely cleanly through - there would be a few jagged edges where Isabella would have had to struggle a bit to force the blade through - but the end result was the same as the fight was over for now, the trap destroyed.

The remaining attempt to push open the door would go uninterrupted - The air leaving the ever increasing gap felt as if it had been stagnant for an extremely long time, so stuffy it was easy to conclude that this room had been sealed in an ancient time and whatever smells had distinguished themselves from each other had long since melded into a single putrid perfume that was sprayed out into the air.

As the door finished opening, the still living members of the party would find themselves looking in on what appeared to be some sort of entry hall - to the right were various stables that were long into decay, with one of the fences parting two seperate stalls completely collapsed. A horses skeleton laid on the ground over that destroyed division, completely unmoving. The room itself was decently cool and dark - despite the light outside very little managed to filter into the cave.

Would the princess bring a light source in or try and make her way through the darkness?

Ancient Piracy

Ambitious women always seducing their way to the top ... wonder how she intends on getting into his court though. Sneaky deaky like, I assume?

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I mean, just cuz its a 1x1 doesn't mean our characters have to be romantic! How smutty do you think I am? :D

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No I'm not serious, though that'd be a great story. "Totally disinterested Harem-Leading Pirate Searches for cute boy butt to love on."

I could put the other crew members into the character section though if that'd make remembering them easier for the two of us.