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Sky Pirates and their Misadventures

Sorry for late post >_<

@Lvl Down

Hmm... so will the people who sign up now that the RP has technically started find their characters already aboard the ship, or will they have to join the crew from the outside?

I was kind of having trouble writing certain details out because I'm not sure if the rest of the crew members are waiting to be established, or if they're all just NPCs of sorts. I left things ambiguous for now though.

@VitaVitaAR

I'd personally really appreciate that!

Sky Pirates and their Misadventures

~Excerpt from Jonathan’s Notebook - Week 319, Day 2~

...by the skin of our teeth. What a dreadful nightmare. It’s not as if I proposed to her right then and there. I only meant to sweep her off her feet with my irresistible charm and let the moment pass. By the heavens, I swear that husbands are really just petty children with grubby fingers in disguise. Surely, I must be the only reasonable and sensitive man in all of Endalia.

In more recent events, I have found my stay aboard the Stormsong to be quite pleasant. I suppose a week must have passed since we embarked along with the crew, and every day since has been marked by a sort of youthful exuberance that I’ve not felt since my days at the Hartford estate.

Alas, I cannot say that I’ve won the favor of our dear captain. Though she has come of age and is strikingly beautiful, she has dismissed all of my advances without a single hint of consideration. I do wonder why she treats me so. I am honorable and kind - a peerless gentleman among a sea of neanderthalic male drones. Yet all I receive in kind is disdain.

Oh what tragedy! How I long to be the subject of her gentle voice’s angelic strains. In fact - I can hear her singing now, as seems to be her morning habit at the wheel. How can the tune she spins ring so sweetly, when the unrequited affections of my heart cry out in bitter anguish?

In contrast, the cannoneer and I have gotten along quite well, and I’ve found myself quite taken with the girl. Ms. Milly Nobel is her name, though she seems to be called Minnie by the other crew members, much to her chagrin. Quite the excitable lass, and fond of incendiaries, much like myself. I wouldn’t dare touch her now, but I believe that in several years time she will grow to become an exquisite rose that causes all other--

THUNK.

Red stars blurred his vision as Jonathan clutched his head in recoil at the blow, sending both his quill and journal tumbling to the deck below. He moaned in agony, but immediately began to panic. He needed to warn the others. They were under attack. Eyes still shut at the impact blindness, Jonathan reached clumsily at his back, his fingers searching frantically for his blunderbuss. But it was no where to be found. He froze. Opening his eyes slowly, Jonathan’s vision returned just in time for him to find the barrel of his own gun pointed right at his face.

“bang.” Song stated flatly. “now you’re dead, and everyone else is too.” She dropped the gun derisively onto the bottom of the crows nest. It landed with a dull thunk.

“Now Song, I--,” Jonathan stammered, attempting to regain his composure. He stood up, and straightened himself out before continuing. “I was merely performing a mental exercise, training my peripheral vision to perform my look out duty as my direct vision was preoccupied with… other things.”

“that turned out quite well, i think.” Song mused dryly.

Jonathan cringed. “Indeed… Well I suppose you’re here to relieve me and take over my look out shift. Yes? Good. Very Good. I’ll leave you to it. Wouldn’t want to distract you, heavens no. I--”

“just go.” Song rolled her eyes, and gracefully seated herself in the crow’s nest, picking up the spyglass that Jonathan had clearly not been using.

Jonathan sighed in mild dejection, and began the slow climb down to the main deck. As his feet hit the wood, he scanned the surface for his journal and quill. How rude could Song possibly be? Sure, he may have endangered the entire crew by neglecting his lookout duties to write in his log, but was that any reason at all to treat him poorly? He didn’t think so.

Now where was that damned notebook?

The Bawdy Dog

Oh no... Edward is unconscious AND paralyzed. But I thought when you faint in pokemon, your status effects wear off, and you can't pick up anymore... Not that Edward really has the constitution to wake himself up anytime soon.

Sky Pirates and their Misadventures

Yayyyy so excited! I'll have an intro post within the next few hours up.

Also, how many people are we open to having? If we count @Rin's character, that's 4 ladies alone with Jonathan on the ship, which sounds like a recipe for disaster in the best/worst way possible.

Sky Pirates and their Misadventures

Jonathan Hartford

Name: Jonathan Hartford

Gender: Male

Age: 24

Affiliation and Aspiration: Seeks to restore his family fortune, find his brother, and be a dashing gentleman.

Appearance:

Seen here in tinkering mode. Usually will be found wearing his trademark top hat.

Background: The son of a successful merchant, Jonathan was raised in a sheltered environment with his younger brother Caine. Talented and skilled at all sorts of arts and sciences, Jonathan grew up as the pride and joy of the Hartford family and his father's favorite son. On the other hand, Caine struggled to match his brother's brilliance and dealt with the open disappointment of his harsh father. This created quite a bit of friction in the household, though Jonathan and Caine were inseparably close, and shared a deep friendship as brothers. On his 18th birthday, Jonathan approached his father's study to announce that he would be leaving to further his education at a university. When he heard no reply to his knocking, he entered to find his father brutally murdered, and the entire Hartford fortune signed off and stolen under Caine's name, who had disappeared without a trace. Blindsided and reeling, Jonathan managed to pick himself up and bury his father, swearing on his grave that Caine would be found and the Hartford fortune restored. Nameless and penniless, Jonathan set out to become a sky pirate.

Personality: Even with a sob story like that though, Jonathan is a somewhat bumbling, naive, happy go-lucky womanizer who appears to be enjoying life to the fullest. Nearly every penny he earns (steals) goes towards extravagant gifts for women he doesn't even know, and Jonathan has gotten into quite a bit of legal trouble for forging property documents of chocolate factories, mansions, and estates to give to the subjects of his affection. Look a little bit deeper though, and it is not difficult to see that a simmering darkness lurks within.

Other Notes: Jonathan is an inventor of sorts, and enjoys tinkering around with spare parts and circuits, especially if it empresses the ladyfolk.

Song Yin Yue

Name: Song Yin Yue

Gender: Female

Age: Appears to be in her early twenties

Affiliation and Aspiration: Seeks to learn of her past.

Appearance:

Seen here with her beloved wu jian (straight sword).

History: Song Yin Yue does not remember her childhood. Nor does she remember her birthday. For that matter, she has no idea if she even had a mother or father. The first thing she remembers is how she woke up, lying on the cold floor deep beneath the city, in a strange place, with the name, Song Yin Yue scrawled in blood above her head. To her, this was where her life began. Blessed (or cursed) with a freakish intelligence, superior athleticism, and for some inexplicable reason, an extreme talent for folding paper cranes, Song set out into the city streets. It was here that she met Jonathan, or rather, Jonathan met (or rather still, hit on) her. Song told him that she was looking for answers. Jonathan, in a fit of playfulness, suggested that he indeed had the answers she was looking for. Too naive to understand that he was merely flirting, Song decided to follow him wherever he went, believing in her heart that Jonathan truly would lead her to find out who she was. Within no time however, it became apparent that Jonathan was just a hack. Still, with nothing else to do, and no real leads, Song decided to join Jonathan and become a sky pirate. Perhaps the answers she sought would be found on their travels.

Personality: Very cool headed and serious, almost chillingly non-emotional at times, though she has developed a rather caustic sense of humor in reaction to Jonathan's mannerisms. She is a very dutiful and industrious worker, and is thankful to be a member of the Stormsong's crew. She is a genius when it comes to anything technical, but basic social norms still tend to escape her.

Sky Pirates and their Misadventures

@Lvl Down

Sweet! Looking forward to starting this up!

The Bawdy Dog

I am going to die. I am going to die. I am going to die. I am going to die. I am going to die.

His vision blurred and life flashed before his eyes, and he could see his mother, his father, even his servants. How sad they would be be when they found that their beloved Edward had passed in a tragic, but honorable death. His mother would sob and wail beside his coffin. Oh cruelty! Don't cry mother! Don't... cry... Why must the good die young? His hearing had faded into near oblivion, and he could just barely make out the sound of Pallas' voice. Oh beautiful Pallas. If only there was time left in life to wed you, and bring you into the family. We could have been happy. But I will die here. How did he get here? Bleeding out from his arm, with no one to save him. He would bleed until he was just a dry shell of skin and bones. Now he could hear other voices too. The voices of angry men off in the distance. But he couldn't hear what they were saying. They would bury him beneath the oak tree, where they buried all of the Hart-Ellington family for generations. For years on this day, he could see his father standing beside his grave, hands behind his back, growing old with sorrow. The Hart-Ellington line would die with him. Edward felt cold, and numbness began to spread throughout his body. He could feel the life draining from within. This was it. It is over. It is over. It is over. I am dead.

Edward fainted and collapsed to the ground clutching his arm, which had long ago stopped bleeding.

The Bawdy Dog

Yeah forreals, I feel like I have to write a wall of text every time I come back to check on this. It's pretty intense.

Also shout out to @Illogical Jim who writes very well and made me chuckle when Ealdwine carelessly tossed Arthelia over his shoulder after fawning over it for 3 pages. That was a nice touch.

Sky Pirates and their Misadventures

Oh nooooo don't leave me behindddd.

Quick Q - Can I do two characters, since they're partners? I kind of had two in mind that I played with a loooooong time ago that I'd be interested in revisiting. I can modify it to fit the premise as needed.

Jonathan Hartford

Name: Jonathan Hartford

Gender: Male

Age: 24

Affiliation and Aspiration: Seeks to restore his family fortune, find his brother, and pick up beautiful women on the way.

Appearance: Wears a top hat and suit everywhere he goes, carrying a modified blunderbuss. Caucasian, with dirty blonde hair and blue eyes. Tall and slender frame.

Background: The son of a successful merchant, Jonathan was raised in a sheltered environment with his younger brother Caine. Talented and skilled at all sorts of arts and sciences, Jonathan grew up as the pride and joy of the Hartford family and his father's favorite son. On the other hand, Caine struggled to match his brother's brilliance and dealt with the open disappointment of his harsh father. This created quite a bit of friction in the household, though Jonathan and Caine were inseparably close, and shared a deep friendship as brothers. On his 18th birthday, Jonathan approached his father's study to announce that he would be leaving to further his education at a university. When he heard no reply to his knocking, he entered to find his father brutally murdered, and the entire Hartford fortune signed off and stolen under Caine's name, who had disappeared without a trace. Blindsided and reeling, Jonathan managed to pick himself up and bury his father, swearing on his grave that Caine would be found and the Hartford fortune restored. Nameless and penniless, Jonathan set out to become a sky pirate.

Personality: Even with a sob story like that though, Jonathan is a bumbling, naive, happy go-lucky womanizer who appears to be enjoying life to the fullest. Nearly every penny he earns (steals) goes towards extravagant gifts for women he doesn't even know, and Jonathan has gotten into quite a bit of legal trouble for forging property documents of chocolate factories, mansions, and estates to give to the subjects of his affection. Look a little bit deeper though, and it is not difficult to see that a simmering darkness lurks within.

Other Notes: Jonathan is an inventor of sorts, and enjoys tinkering around with spare parts and circuits, especially if it empresses the ladyfolk.

Song Yin Yue

Name: Song Yin Yue

Gender: Female

Age: Appears to be in her early twenties

Affiliation and Aspiration: Seeks to learn of her past.

Appearance: Raven Hair tied up in a ponytail, dressed in traditional Chinese clothing. Asian, short, slender, with deep brown eyes. Hides numerous blades on her person, including a wu jian (Straight sword) that she is especially skilled in handling.

History: Song Yin Yue does not remember her childhood. Nor does she remember her birthday. For that matter, she has no idea if she even had a mother or father. The first thing she remembers is how she woke up, lying on the cold floor deep beneath the city, in a strange place, with the name, Song Yin Yue scrawled in blood above her head. To her, this was where her life began. Blessed (or cursed) with a freakish intelligence, superior athleticism, and for some inexplicable reason, an extreme talent for folding paper cranes, Song set out into the city streets. It was here that she met Jonathan, or rather, Jonathan met (or rather still, hit on) her. Song told him that she was looking for answers. Jonathan, in a fit of playfulness, suggested that he indeed had the answers she was looking for. Too naive to understand that he was merely flirting, Song decided to follow him wherever he went, believing in her heart that Jonathan truly would lead her to find out who she was. Within no time however, it became apparent that Jonathan was just a hack. Still, with nothing else to do, and no real leads, Song decided to join Jonathan and become a sky pirate. Perhaps the answers she sought would be found on their travels.

Personality: Very cool headed and serious, almost chillingly non-emotional at times, though she has developed a rather caustic sense of humor in reaction to Jonathan's mannerisms. She is a genius when it comes to anything technical, but basic social norms still tend to escape her.

Sky Pirates and their Misadventures

Aw man I really want in! Like reeeeeeally want in. Sky Pirates are love, and Balthier from FFXII is my fave character of all time. This is exactly the kind of RP I was waiting for!!!