MootaScara: An old woman waddles slowly down the path. Her gnarled hands grasping a staff to keep her upright. An old grey cloak adorned her hunched back, the hood hiding most of her scragly white hair. Her left eye is blind and milked over.
She hums happily to herself as she walks, off tune and with a voice cracked with age. But happy none the less.
KetlinNarris: A man in a dark blue suit and with a milk-white staff almost as tall as his own six feet steps out right in front of her and proclaims in a large voice, "Halt!"
MootaScara: She keeps on walking, seemingly not having had heard him. Still humming as she taps her way along slowly.
KetlinNarris: He holds his long stick horizonaly in her way. "Halt! Did you know your soul is in mortal danger?!"
MootaScara: "Eh now..." She stops, wavering slightly as her one good eye travles up the staff to his face, the right one distant and hazy beneath it's milky glaze. "that's not a very nice way to speak to a lady.."
She waddles up to him till she's nearly against him, looking up at him from her stooped possition. She cracks him a toothless grin, a bit of spittle escaping her lips. "And that's only if I GOT a soul." She cackles loudly.
KetlinNarris: He glowers at her benevolently, and in his best booming voice booms, "You are in dire need of salvation, and your time on this Earth is short. You must follow me to my office."
MootaScara: "office? ehehehe! hear that snoopy? 'es got an office! Go preach to someone who needs salvation lad... " She turns back the way she'd come, her staff keeping steady rythm as she waddles slowly onward. "Bah..," she mumbles to herself. "Young upstart... no respect... no manners.. bah..!"
KetlinNarris: He follows her, mumbling as if he's casting a demon out of the streets.
MootaScara: "what's that ye say.." She stops looking back to him, some how managing both eyes to focus on him. Which is decidedly eary when one is milked out.
KetlinNarris: He clears his throat and begins again louder, heading towards her again. "Oh Lord bless this sinner with your flaming presence so that she may come to you..." he lapsed into mumbling again.
MootaScara: She rolled her eyes and waddled back towards him, tapping him hard on the head with her staff.
KetlinNarris: "Ow!" He complained. He shoved his staff towards her resolutely. "You will not befoul the streets so soon after I've cleansed them! Leave this place with your violence!"
KetlinNarris: brb
MootaScara: "violence, bah.. young upstart!" She glared up at him, pulling her cloak closer about her. "I'd have left soon enough had you just let me be... bah.. bloody (mumble) upstart..." She waddles back the way she'd been going origionally. "No respect... no manners. none! no treat for him snoopy. nope... none!"
MootaScara: kk
KetlinNarris: He blocks her way with his staff.
MootaScara: She ducks under it and keeps going. (lol.. it's easier to sweet talk her then force her ^-~)
KetlinNarris: He runs back in front of her. "Halt! Don't make me use this on you!"
MootaScara: She stops, looking up to him, hands on her hips. "I'ma goen THAT way.." She points down the streat.
KetlinNarris: He stands taller and glares at her. "I hope GOD strikes you down!"
MootaScara: " 'e 'as boy. " She stands as straight as she can. Which isn't very. "And now I wander this bloody planet being asualted by young whipersnappers with no respect for the elderly! now if you can't learn some manners, I won't listen to ye. Now good day and may God 'ave mercy on your soiled soul." She spits at him, then continues on her way.
MootaScara: (oooooooooo...she no liky him...0,0)
KetlinNarris: (He's trying to get hte police involved hehehe)
KetlinNarris: He physically pushes her with his staff
MootaScara: She falls forward, crumpling to the ground with a pained cry. "Me wrist ...ooow.. me wrist..." She starts to cry, holding her wrist and rocking painfully.
KetlinNarris: He grits his teeth with a sigh and cruches down near her. "Damned old lady, just scream bloody murder already!"
MootaScara: "oooow...!" She intensifies her cries just to spite him.
KetlinNarris: "It's ot broken is it?" he asks uneasily, then looks around to see if they're alone. why cant someone walk by an scream bloody murder for her? I need a bloody distraction!
MootaScara: She hugs it close to her still rocking, though blood can be seen staining her papery skin.
KetlinNarris: This will have to do. Ill get the police. "I'll get you help."
MootaScara: She mumbles incohearently, more or less ignoring him as she cries in pain.
KetlinNarris: He runs off to get her a doctor, acosting hte nearest person on the street
MootaScara: She stays there mumbling and crying and saying the odd thing to 'snoopy'.
KetlinNarris: They get her a doctor and the police. The police ask her what happened with the man who hurt her standing right there.
MootaScara: She sniffles and cries and is all pathetic towards them. "I was going about my own business when that boy accosted me, "she tells them all weakly and tearfully as she lets the doctor look to her wrist.
KetlinNarris: The officers approach the man, but he weilds his staff with a demented laugh. They pounce on him and a fight breaks out.
MootaScara: "Oh for goodness sakes... young upstart...." She growls at him as the doctor helps her to her feet. Taking her staff in her good hand she wobbles over to the fight and some how manages to knock the 'boy' solidly on the head. Hard enough to send him uncontious.
KetlinNarris: THe extra cops just arriving look around in confusion, and it takes a while to clear the area. The boy is, however, entirely harmless knocked out on the ground. THe cops start muttering about what the judge ought to give the guy.
MootaScara: The old woman grumbles to herself, pulling her robes tight about her. "I'm I going to have to stay around young man," she asked of the nearest cop.
KetlinNarris: "What for?" the man asked politely. "Isnt he the one who hurt you, and the one who just caused this rukuss? You should leave him to us."
MootaScara: She grined crookedly at him. "Don't know what your policies with witnesses are..."
KetlinNarris: He gave her a puzzled look. "We're taking you both to the station, unless you need to see a doctor."
MootaScara: (she just asked if she had to stay around.. lol so the answer would have been yes.)
MootaScara: "Doctor's seen me..." she waved the bandaged wrist at him.
KetlinNarris: "Oh good, then I'll take your statement and you're place of residence. Or you can come to the stationand give those there." THe poor man seemed confused.
MootaScara: She looked up at the poor man, her milky eye looking to be focused somewhere else. "You feel alright sonny?"
KetlinNarris: "Yeah. Lets take you both to the station. Come with me?"
MootaScara: She nods and hobbles slowly where ever he leads.
KetlinNarris: He takes her to the station, where her statement and place of residence are asked of her.
MootaScara: She tells them the same thing she had just before the fight broke out, and adds for place of residence. "I wander."
KetlinNarris: "Well how will we contact you if the judge wants to see you?"
MootaScara: "If you're going to need me, I'll hang around a bit sonny.. if not, I'll just go on my way."
KetlinNarris: HTe cop shrugged. "Do you want to press charges?"
MootaScara: "I think he'll be in enough trouble for assualting you nice young men.."
KetlinNarris: "Thankyou for your cooperation."
KetlinNarris: (Uh, he's in jail. Lol Now what?)
MootaScara: (lol uhm.. she'll head off again. she no liky him)
KetlinNarris: (well then! I kinda like this character...)
KetlinNarris: (maybe he should meet someone else, or get stuck with her for a long period of time)
MootaScara: (hmm. that's possible. I could bring on Rhovanion)
KetlinNarris: (Well he's going to be bailed out of jail and walking hte streets in different clothes
MootaScara: (lol aight)
MootaScara: (make it a port town then)
KetlinNarris: (poof its a port town*
MootaScara: (muwahaha. you start or me)
KetlinNarris: (ME)
MootaScara: (kks)
KetlinNarris: A six foot tall man was sitting against a building in what could almost be called an alley way. This time he was wearing a stained white sirt and brown paints. He looked like a drunk.
MootaScara: (want to see a picture of her? it's easier then trying to describe everything)
KetlinNarris: (ye)
MootaScara: (Link: http://fantasyquestpics.homestead.com/files/characters/0214_look.jpg)http://fantasyquestpics.homestead.com/files/characters/0214_look.jpg
KetlinNarris: (you find that somewhere?)
MootaScara: A young woman, 25, swaggered jovialy through the alley way, heading towards the rest of the city. She looked oddly out of place, just comming from port/
MootaScara: (aye, I think it was at epilogue.net)
KetlinNarris: John accidentally stretched his feet out just as she was passing
KetlinNarris: (hmn I think I just named him John)
MootaScara: (lol)
MootaScara: She stumbled slightly over his foot, though didn't go down. She stopped, turning to look to him. Her sea blue eyes glaring intently at him. Her white hair making her youthful face seem out of place.
KetlinNarris: He opened one eye lazily to look at her. "Didnt see me did you?" he asked in a drawl.
MootaScara: "Course I saw you mate. I wasn't payen you no nevermind though." She looked down at him out of the corner of her eye.
KetlinNarris: He grinned widely at her. "Sorry I made you pay me mind." He readjusted his grip on a bottle.
MootaScara: Her eyes narrowed at the bottle as her head tilted to the side. She smirked faintly, grabbing hold of her katana and flicking it at his bottle before putting it back in it's sheath. The bottle, of course, breaking and spilling what ever it's contents may be. "I'd say you've had enough mate."
KetlinNarris: "I'd say it's none of your business wench," he countered without chaning his pleasant-ish smile.
KetlinNarris: While moving his hand away from the glass to his lap.
MootaScara: "When you call for my attention, it gets to be my business." A few burly sailors walk up behind her.
"You need help there rover," one of them asks her. Giving John a nasty glare.
KetlinNarris: John pulled a hat from his lap to his head and over his eyes, trying to end the conversation.
MootaScara: "No Mr. Starks. It's just fine. Lets get to the tavern and meet our contact." She gave John a rather nasty glare as his hat was down, and the 3 moved off leaving John alone.
KetlinNarris: (ooooo ooo can he be her contact?)
MootaScara: (lol if you want it so)
KetlinNarris: (k. What sort of contact you need?)
MootaScara: (any one who needs a ship for any reason)
KetlinNarris: (ooooo ok)
KetlinNarris: When they got there their contact wasn't there yet. Then, in walked John with a dark blue coat on to hide his other clothes. Suddenly the blue hat looked like it belonged on his head, and he didnt appear as scruffy as before. "Hello mates. Waiting for someone?" he asked in a clear voice, if still a voice with a slight drawling accent.
MootaScara: She looked to him from her seat, her feet up on the table. She groaned under her breath, glancing at Mr Starks. "You be the one looking for some navigational assistance mate?"
KetlinNarris: "If you're giving it," he replied pleasantly, then stood opposite hte woman. "What do you ask for it?"
MootaScara: "Depends what all you got in mind. You bringing trouble on our heals?"
KetlinNarris: "I dont bothering toting around trouble."
MootaScara: "So it's just a safe little trip accross the ocean then huh?"
KetlinNarris: "Nonsense. I hear a regular winter storm can wipe out an entire fleet! I'm just hoping to be lucky enough to get across. You in or not?"
MootaScara: "Oh I'm in. Standard fare for that far is 1000"
KetlinNarris: "We'll need a big ship."
MootaScara: "I've got a ship." holds back rolling her eyes. "Spanish Galleon.."
KetlinNarris: "Great. It's settled. When can you leave?"
MootaScara: "We need to get supplies. That will take two day and then we hit high tide."
KetlinNarris: John ordered a drink. "Oh?"
MootaScara: "What's there to 'oh' about mate. we leave in two days, high tide."
KetlinNarris: "Ok, we should be ready by then to. We've got some cargo ourselves. Hope that's ok."
MootaScara: "we.. Who's we? How much cargo, how heavy"
KetlinNarris: "Not very. You can see it yourselves... If w cant take it al that's fine." He sipped his drink, wishing he knew how heavy their cargo was.
MootaScara: She sighs rubbing her forhead. this was going to be just lovely...."How many peices, how big."
KetlinNarris: "I'll show it to you." he repeated. I hate being the messenger.
MootaScara: "Alright, and how many do 'we' equal. it's 1000 each unless there's 10 of you, then you get group rates..."
KetlinNarris: John smiled into his drink. "A lot. Over 20 I think."
MootaScara: "over 20.." she sighs leaning back a bit farther. "you're going to have to get a second ship to help out then. We can't take more then 15 extra people on board to have rations last to the first port."
KetlinNarris: "All right. So we'll take fifteen. I can take you to the cargoe now. Honestly... I'm not sure what it is myself. But I know where it is."
MootaScara: She nodded and slid her feet from the table, standing up to follow.
KetlinNarris: He led them to a building out of the way in the slums. An abandoned warehouse. And inside. THe cargoe he'd mentioned were a few crates of documents. Nothing too heavy, nor more than 6 crates.
MootaScara: Rover and the Sailors check them over, testing their weight then nodd to eachother. "Want us to load them up now Mate?"
KetlinNarris: "Sure, sure. And we'll be bring the passengers tonight and tomorrow nigt."
MootaScara: She nodded then motioned to the men who, there were enough of them by now, picked up the boxes and started hustling them out and down to the docks. "Ships called The Salty Dawg. It's big, has lots of sails, shouldn't be too hard for you to miss." She gave him a half salute and started following the boys.
KetlinNarris: He watched them leave in silence.
KetlinNarris: (I have to leave soon. But Im happy I know who John is now weee)
MootaScara: (lol kks)
MootaScara: (lets leave it there then)
KetlinNarris: (weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee)
KetlinNarris: Want to know any of his side of whats going on?
MootaScara: yes!
KetlinNarris: lol
KetlinNarris: THe passengers are mostly teenagers and children. He works for an organization that freed them from a near by provence....
KetlinNarris: They were slaves.... and he's just one of the organization's regular undercover people
MootaScara: ahh. ok
KetlinNarris: He as providing some sort of distraction before...now he's laying low.
KetlinNarris: Not sure what the distraction aws for though lol
MootaScara: lol prolly getting the people to a safer place
KetlinNarris: Yeah
KetlinNarris: sounds right
MootaScara: lol.. you lost out on a 'treat' though.
KetlinNarris: I bet your character would have more questions for them, seeing the passengers lol
MootaScara: lol
KetlinNarris: Ut oh
KetlinNarris: hows that?
MootaScara: well. the old hag is more then she appears to be. she's got a pearl, named snoopy, and can grant wishes with it. Depending on the origin of the wish that is
KetlinNarris: O.O
MootaScara: lol
KetlinNarris: o.o
MootaScara: an she's got a few other tricks up her sleaves... but yeah.
KetlinNarris: Poor John
MootaScara: lol.. she called a queen an upstart young wench once.
KetlinNarris: o.o
KetlinNarris: of course
MootaScara: lol
KetlinNarris: I like John. He's a regular jack of all trade actors
KetlinNarris: I think he had to make up that religion thing on the spot.
MootaScara: lol.. I could think of a different ending on the jack part.
MootaScara: lol probably
KetlinNarris: what sort of ending??
MootaScara: ass
KetlinNarris: :P
MootaScara: lol
KetlinNarris: He's not that bad of a person
KetlinNarris: *laughs*
MootaScara: lol no? he's yet to prove it
KetlinNarris: I know :)
KetlinNarris: I intend to though
MootaScara: lol ok
MootaScara: so far, Rover doesn't like him either
KetlinNarris: He's just a little nervous and tired.
KetlinNarris: He thinks too much
MootaScara: =nods=
MootaScara: lol
KetlinNarris: Ever met a person lke that? They think so much sometimes they act like they didnt think at all
KetlinNarris: Want to give jack another chance?
MootaScara: =shrugs= why not. if he's too much of a jack@ lol she'll just chop off his head or dangle him from the yardarm.
KetlinNarris: EEEEEEEEE
MootaScara: muwahahsa
KetlinNarris: Yay ill start
MootaScara: kk
KetlinNarris: Jack arrived with all 14 passengers the next night. Mostly children, all of them looking a bit frightened and confused.
MootaScara: Rovers eyes narrowed slightly at all the children, this would make travling more difficult... theyd have to stay in the hold.
"Sir," she greeted jack when he arrived. "The children will have to stay below deck. But I must ask, will transporting them bring trouble."
KetlinNarris: "No maam. They're well behaved."
KetlinNarris: (lol)
MootaScara: Her eyes narrowed a little further. "I mean from those they belonged too."
KetlinNarris: "They don't belong to anyone." One or two of the passengers were old enough to be a mother, but that didnt acount for all the little ones. Jack started herding them below deck.
MootaScara: She growled, "then where are they from?"
KetlinNarris: "Where we're going." He smiled at her. "Dont belive me? Tough shit."
MootaScara: Her eyes flared and one of the sailors put a hand on her shoulder. "I would apreciate if you stay below decks with them 'sir'."
KetlinNarris: "I plan on it," he snapped, then followed the last little one blow deck.
MootaScara: She glared at him then got her crew going, setting sail.
KetlinNarris: Jack muttered about not liking that woman then gathered the children around for a story to keep them quiet and calm.
MootaScara: Rover grumbled to herself about the blimy landlubber, adding a few choice, not so good for childrens ears as she went about her business. most of the crew leaving her a fairly wide wake where ever she went.
KetlinNarris: (lol). Jonathan kept everyone below decks, wondering idily when they would ask for their money as he told the story to the children.
MootaScara: One of the sailors came down a few minuts, they hadn't quite left port yet. The ship just heading for open waters to ask for their pay.
KetlinNarris: John stopped playing the fool story teller and handed the guy all the money, counting it out for him as he did so.
MootaScara: He brought it back up to the captain, who counted it again, then put it where it belonged. She would not go downstairs, the crew having begged her, afraid she might do something not so nice to him the way she'd been carrying on. Come meal time, the cook and a few others would bring their rations down to them.
KetlinNarris: John did come out once and found a place by the rails that seemed out of the way.
MootaScara: Rover glanced over at him now and then, but wasn't going to make a point of talking to him. so far he hadn't appealed conversationally to her.
KetlinNarris: He stayed there a vey long time, glancing at her now and again. He felt he'd payed his due as far as taking care of the children went. At least for now. Its not like there werent any adults down there.
MootaScara: His standing there eventually started to get to her. So she came over. "Is there something you needed mate..?"
KetlinNarris: "No thanks. I just don't want to wake the kids. Satisfied with your pay?"
MootaScara: She nods. "Any one get sea sick?"
KetlinNarris: He shrugs. "Don't think so. You've been doing this long?"
MootaScara: One eyebrow raised, to her, it was an obserd question. "Most of me life."
KetlinNarris: "Family tradition?"
MootaScara: "You could say that"
KetlinNarris: "....I've always loved the sea." He looks out at it as if he hasnt ben doing htat very thing for hours.
MootaScara: "Then why do you heard brats around."
KetlinNarris: "Because they need to get home and no one else wanted to do it." The last part is a bit ofa bitter grumble.
MootaScara: She smirks faintly. "Ah.. so ye're just cleaning out the mess." she chuckles and moves off up towards the helm to take her turn at navigating.
KetlinNarris: John gave her an odd look like, "what the hell are you talking about?" Then went back below hoping she had a slightly better opinion of him ow.
KetlinNarris: *now
KetlinNarris: (Im thinking John likes being called Jack
MootaScara: (it's probably his trade name)
KetlinNarris: (lol)
KetlinNarris: (eeee we need to force them back together)
MootaScara: (lol... uhmmmmm =thinks and pops a circut=)
KetlinNarris: (oh dear)
MootaScara: (owie.....? =rubs head=)
KetlinNarris: (just sometime along the trip)
MootaScara: (i'm just trying to think what would bring them back together... a storm he'd be forced blow deck)
KetlinNarris: (it dont matter. maybe she just wants to know more about wahts going on)
KetlinNarris: (wether or not to give him up to the police once they get there lol)
MootaScara: (lol.. she's a part time pirate. she doesn't honestly care all that much. so long as it doesn't bring too much trouble to her ship)
KetlinNarris: (gee! I dunno! he just wants to stay alive. I suppose he cant deal with being bored so well though)
MootaScara: (lol, well there's training on deck once they have time)
MootaScara: (aight...idea.)
KetlinNarris: (Good)
MootaScara: A few days into the voyage, a set pattern is set as to what the crew does. At first bell, breakfast. Then chores. Second bell, Lunch, and the after noon off save for those at helm. Third bell supper, then chorse, then to bed. During the afternoon, it's quite often that the sailors get together and spar. capped foils so they don't harm one another.
This afternoon, like many others, the men were sparring again. And Rover, as per usual, sat watching them yelling pointers.
KetlinNarris: John came up with his hat pulled over his eyes and his coat on. He sat down nearby to watch.
MootaScara: "No no no!" rover scolded one of the younger sailors who was up against the, by far, largest and most dangerous of the sailors. "Raise your foil a bit more, keep your guard up."
The sailor looked to her frustratedly. "Well I don't see YOU fighting Briggs!"
She gave him a leveling glare. "There may just be a reason for that Leamon.." she smirked looking to Briggs. "Briggs 'ere be scared ta fight me."
KetlinNarris: Jack laughed.
MootaScara: All eyes turned to jack.
"what.. you don't believe me," rover asked him, her head tilted to the side.
KetlinNarris: "Who said I was laughing at you?" He had to cover his next laugh with a cugh.
KetlinNarris: *cough
MootaScara: "Wull it's not wize for your health to be laughing at Briggs, and surely you'd know that mate...."
KetlinNarris: "I know that," he replied levely, trying not to smile. "I'm just having fun."
MootaScara: "...care to give it a swing...?"
KetlinNarris: "I don't mind proving how bad I am," he said, letting go of his smile completely. "Just promise not to kill me."
MootaScara: "the swords are tipped mate, we won't kill you." The sailors smirked evil at eachother.
"You get ta choose who ye fight mate," she told him, standing with her hands on her hips.
KetlinNarris: "Whoever wont hold a friendly fight against me. Barring that, whoever won't kill me." He shrugged.
KetlinNarris: "Why, you want to fight me?"
MootaScara: "now now... fighting me would be an unfair advantage," she laughed. "to me of course. None of me mates will take it eason on ye. You've seen most of their skills."
KetlinNarris: He stood up. "You sounded like you personally wanted to fight me. I know you dont like me very much,: h teased.
MootaScara: "Well if you think you can handle me.." she glanced at the sailors. "They'll keep me from killing you."
KetlinNarris: "What a relief. I do get a sword right? Er, a foil."
MootaScara: She chuckles and tosses him one grabbing up another. "Unless you prefer hand to hand"
KetlinNarris: "I dont exactly." He stared at the foil.
MootaScara: Removing her outter jacket, she was left in boots, trousers, and tunic, her white hair blowing jovialy about her face. She stepped into their 'ring' and waited for him.
KetlinNarris: Jack took off his coat after he'd seen she had, wearing underneat it a simple white (clean) shirt and black pants. THey looked lke around the house clothes. He smiled like he had a death wish, held the sword like he'd been taught how, and stepped into the ring.
MootaScara: She spun her rapier round and spun, bringing her foil in towards him at a deadly speed.
KetlinNarris: He rolled to the side, something he was good at, then took another standard stance, something he wasn't quite as good at.
MootaScara: While he was repositioning himself, her foot came up hard, aimed for the side of his head. hoping to make contact before he fully caught his ballance again.
KetlinNarris: She hit his shoulder. He tucked his sword against his side and crouched low, springing at her from that position. Bloody useless thing, he thought, though he was aiming it at her lke a weapon.
MootaScara: She bent backwards, like a gymnest would so he sprung more over her. Her foot that had been on deck coming up to help him the whole way over before she stood facing him again.
KetlinNarris: He realized nly enough to jump, but she hit him sqaure in the chest and he flung across deck. He threw his sword to the side on purpose, looking a bit angry.
MootaScara: She raised a brow,"give up? or hand to hand?"
KetlinNarris: "I'm not done getting beat up," he laughed. After all, he wasnt mad at her. Anything to relieve hte boredom.
MootaScara: She tossed her foil to one of the sailors then took a stance and motioned him forwards.
KetlinNarris: She's still gonna hurt me but at least Im better at this. He crept forward, fighting the urge to plant a solid kick in her chest. It would work on a street creep, but not her. But he really wanted to kick something.
MootaScara: She smirked, tossing her pick away, having kept it all this time amazingly. "Come on.. throw your best shot mate.."
KetlinNarris: He smiled. and came a bit closer. Now he was on hs toes and his movements were surer and freer. He used a kick that didnt take any lead in but had a strong base-- a side kick with his arms tucked in like they should be. THis was more fun!
MootaScara: She ducked below his kick, slapping his foot for effect and hopped a pace over.
KetlinNarris: He reacted quickly, coming to rest on the foot he'd kicked with and comng closer to her by it. He punched from a low base. The ease he with which he moved came from experience and a bit of training. Mostly experience and street fighting. Luckily he knew he wasnt the best.
MootaScara: She blocked his punch as she took another pace to the side. She was playing with him, what could be said. The boat rocked gently, though the wind was picking up making it a bit chopyer. Rover was compleatly at home.
KetlinNarris: He bounced over to her. He knew she was playing with him. "You need a hat."
MootaScara: She laughed" A hat would get in my way mate," she swung low, her leg swinging at his knees.
KetlinNarris: He jumped up, which of course gave him nothing to stand on so he used to to kick both feet at her at once. Why not?
MootaScara: she winced seeing his feet coming and laybackwards, using her momentome to thrust her one leg upwards to send him flying agian.
KetlinNarris: He sprawled ungracefully and got up ungracefully, shaking his head to signal that he'd rather quit now.
MootaScara: "Aww... and we were just getting warmed up.."
KetlinNarris: "You'd like look the princess if you had the right hat," he told her stubbornly.
MootaScara: She raised an eye brow at that. "I ain't no princess."
KetlinNarris: "You'd never pass for her with that attitude. You'd have to be gagged somehow," he mused as if actually considering it.
MootaScara: "I ain't no princess, and I ain't gonna be no princess." She sailors jeered at her calling her 'pretty' things which just got her more rield.
KetlinNarris: "Dont worry. She was killed three years ago so it doesnt matter."
KetlinNarris: He leaned against hte railing
MootaScara: she grumbles and moves a bit off to look out at the ocean, the men getting back to sparring.
KetlinNarris: He moves to stand beside her. "I didn't mean to give them jeering material. I thought they were more afeared of you than that."
MootaScara: "They'll let it drop, we're like a faimily, taking and giveing the same."
KetlinNarris: "I guess you killed anyone that didnt buy into your family idea."
MootaScara: "We've got mutual respect here. Most served under my uncle before I took over. They keep the mates inline."
KetlinNarris: "That explains it."
MootaScara: "you know more about me.. do I get to know something about you?"
KetlinNarris: "You havent asked anything," he responded without soundng particularly defensive. Just as if it hadnt really occured to him that she wanted to know.
MootaScara: "well anything I've ever asked you come with great resistance to what i want to know. so I figure if I just let you talk, you might tell me something interesting or useful in how to deal with you, other then slitting your throat of course."
KetlinNarris: "Not really," he guessed.
MootaScara: She sighed and rested her elbows on the railing.
KetlinNarris: "Uh..." he seemed to search for something to say about himself, staring also at the sea. "My name is Jack." There, that's something at least. What the bloody hell does she want?
KetlinNarris: "And you're probably wondering about how you first saw me," he interrupted.
MootaScara: She nodded. KetlinNarris: gtg
KetlinNarris: (do you remmeber where we left off or should I pull it up for you?)
MootaScara: I was just gonna skip a little ahead
KetlinNarris: okitay
MootaScara: A few weeks into the journy, the crew became decidedly quiet. It had started the day before when some one made comment of their co-ordinants. Business went about as usual, but they lacked the enthusiasm from before. Rover didn't shout tips at practice, and sat around staring down at the water most of the time.
KetlinNarris: The children grew very restless, and so Jack was little to be seen for most days. He couldn't take it though for every long, and came out around dinner time. As little as he'd been out and about, he had managed to make it to watches practices a few minutes each day, and he had noticed the quiet.
He didn't know what it was from, and that made him extremely uncomfortable. He pulled his hat low over his eyes and leaned against the railing, shoulders tight, eyes forward, but ears on the crew.
MootaScara: A pair of crew members were working on some lining near by where Jake was, and as most friends do, they talked to eachother about what was going on.
"Hey Mike... we're almost past, right?"
"aye Pete... almost..."
"Shame it happend, really...that thing with Mykail.."
"Shhh Pete.. Don't upset the Cap'n.. she's got enough tryen not to remember.."
KetlinNarris: Jack hung is head lower over the rail and closed his eyes. He looked almost at peace as he eaves dropped, as if it actually made him feel better to be doing it.
KetlinNarris: *hs
KetlinNarris: *his
MootaScara: "I don't know why she blames herself Mike.. It's not her fault he jumped ship like that.."
"Don't know why Pete.. no body knows. ..just don't go upsetten her with your talk about it. Tomorow noon we'll be past.."
KetlinNarris: Jack sat down and leaned against the railing that way. He hoped he wouldnt have to see the captain before he'd thought this out and controlled his reactions. He didn't want her to know he knew.
MootaScara: The two crew members fell silent as Rover passed by, seemingly unaware of anyone onboard ship.
KetlinNarris: (trip trip!)
KetlinNarris: (er, I mean...)
KetlinNarris: John just couldn't help himself. "Hey there Rover!" he greeted her in a jovial tone from where he was sitting.
MootaScara: Mike and Pete looked to him like he was insane, Rover just kept walking, stopping by the rail and looking over at the water again.
KetlinNarris: "How have things been going?" he asked again in the same tone.
MootaScara: The eyes flickered momentarily towards him, then back down at the water.
MootaScara: afk
KetlinNarris: He stood up slowly and made sure he was standing near her. "I noticed you were brooding. You should really do somehting about that." (ok)
MootaScara: "Like what," her eyes flickered towards him agian. "Throw you overboard?"
KetlinNarris: "I was thinking a game of cards myself!"
MootaScara: "Not right now."
KetlinNarris: "When then? Tonight?"
MootaScara: "Tomorow night.."
KetlinNarris: "Guess you're too busy with captian things tonight," he pressed slightly. "That's ok though. I'm only a lowly passenger: not part of your crew."
MootaScara: "That's right mate... not part of me crew.."
KetlinNarris: "The people I work with like to associate with the rest of the world," he observed. "Me? I just don't like being bored I guess. Oh, yeah, and I care about the oppressed and all that lot."
MootaScara: "If you are worried about the opressed, go look after the children.."
KetlinNarris: "I did," he snapped. "I rescued them and I think thats--" here he hesitated, realizing that he hadn't told her about this before, but he continued anyway, "That should be enough! I am NOT a babysiter. I'll go bored out of my mind." Consciously, he loosened his grip on the railing.
MootaScara: She whirled to face him when he snapped at her. "you think rescuing someone stops once you have them out of the situation?! You think life should be easy that something is finished when you're tired of it? Well it's not! Nothing is easy. Not life! Not death! Not su... not anything!" By this time tears were streaming down her face. "I don't care how bloody bord you are right now! You could help out with chorse if you're so damn bored!"
KetlinNarris: "I'm trying to help you you damn bloody fool."
MootaScara: She back handed him, her eyes flashing. "I don't need your help Jackass!" With that she ran for the missen mast and scampered up the ropes to the crows nest. The sailor who had been on watch hurridly comeing down after she made it up.
KetlinNarris: "Bloody hell! You all are the bloody craziest people I've ever met!" John stormed off below deck.
MootaScara: (hehehe.. I think he liiiiiiiiiiiiiikes her)
KetlinNarris: (me too, at least a little)
MootaScara: (lol)
KetlinNarris: (otherwise he wouldnt have said anything about himself)
MootaScara: Come the next day around noon, she was back to her usual self, jeering on the men and going about her duities as if nothing had happend.
MootaScara: (aye)
KetlinNarris: John definately stayed below deck. He had temporarily convinced himself that she was unreasonable bitch not worth talking to, and that he was too tired to even try, the last of which was actually entirely true.
KetlinNarris: (I cant make him go up deck if you need ^_^)
MootaScara: (lol that would be good, cuse she doesn't go into the hold often)
KetlinNarris: A kid askd to go, though, so he did. The child was somwhere around 7, but John held him as if he were much younger. It helped that he was six feet tall and all he wanted to do was lean against the rail. Stupid kid.
MootaScara: Seeing the child on deck, rover approached them. "Children are to stay below decks Mate, 's safer for 'em there."
KetlinNarris: John glared at him, but his hat was pulled so low that he was sure no one could see the glare any more than they had seen how tired he was since the trip began. "I'm holding on to him."
MootaScara: "It's still safer below. We don't give refunds if they die falling overboard.." One of the sailors waved at the kid and winked.
KetlinNarris: "I don't care about a bloody refund," he spat, irrationally angry that anyone would think he cared more about a refund than the child's life.
KetlinNarris: THe child hid against John as if he really were only 3 or so.
MootaScara: She waved her hands in surrender. "No offence mate, just letting you know.." She crouched down the childs level, her white hair blowing messily about her face. Her sea blue eyes soft for once.
KetlinNarris: (um, he's holding the child so I dont think crouching is necessary)
KetlinNarris: THe child peered out once, his eyes wild and frightened,but only once. "He doesn't like most people," Jack explained begrudgingly.
MootaScara: (oh.. lol kk)
KetlinNarris: (^_~)
MootaScara: "Good for him. That's a good view to have t'ward people." She looked up to John. "Same veiw I got.."
KetlinNarris: John glared death. "I doubt you got your view quite the same way," he seethed. He didn't expect her to appreciate the child's condition, so he didnt bother explaining.
MootaScara: "Either way I got it mate. Sounds like you got the same view." She turned to head away then stopped, looking back slowly. "I'm... I'ma sorry for how I spoke to you last night mate... wasn't quite myself,.."
KetlinNarris: "I don't have any such view," he pronounced in a suddenly jovial tone. "Do I mate?" The mate was to poke light fun at her, but the question as to the boy. "Ketlin? Say hi to the captian." Ketlin burried himself deeper.
KetlinNarris: (lol, his change of tone the only acknowledge ment)
MootaScara: (lol)
MootaScara: "Ketlin doesn't have to say hi to the scary captain John.. Every body knows how mean she is..."
KetlinNarris: "He won't even say hi to me. He wont say anything. But we love him anyway. Don't we, captian?"
KetlinNarris: John ruffled Ketlin's hair and laughed.
MootaScara: "Ketlin... Do you like pretty views?"
KetlinNarris: Ketlin just stared at her, the only thing denoting intelligence the look behind his eyes. But for some reason he was trying to fathom why she had asked him that: he was questioning her motives and wondering if she would try to get closer to him.
"I'm sure he does," John answered. He tightened his grip, sensing that the boy didn't feel very safe. Somewhere in the back of Jack's mind it almost occured to him to ask why Ketlin liked him and almost no one else.
MootaScara: "If you want, John here can bring you along and I'll show you something real pretty." There was chattering from the water up near the bow of the ship, and rover smiled. "They won't be there long"
KetlinNarris: John nodded his assent and followed her. "Dolphins?" he guessed.
MootaScara: "Aye.." She lead them up to the bow where there was a whole pod of dolphins racing the ship. "They're good luck for a sailor lad."
KetlinNarris: Ketlin reached out but John pulled him back. He also set him down and held onto his hand. "That explains the day," Jack shot behind a thin veil on innocence.
KetlinNarris: (doh I gtg! yikes) sorry so quick)
Session Close (MootaScara): Tue Feb 25 21:01:42 2003
KetlinNarris: *takes a deep breath* ar.
MootaScara: you got a problem with me ship mate...?
KetlinNarris: You were a bit of a bitch before, captian
KetlinNarris: But no its not you *laughs*
MootaScara: well thanks for the compliment mate...=she retorted dryly=
KetlinNarris: Dont you owe me a game of cards?
MootaScara: =she sighed, her shoulders rolling back= ...I suppose I do
KetlinNarris: "I'd like that now then." a firm statement.
MootaScara: "As you wish..." she bowed for him to lead the way
KetlinNarris: He gave her an appraising look just before leading them to a small room below deck where solataire aws spread around the room.
MootaScara: She took a seat, changing the side she held her pick in.
KetlinNarris: He gathered up the cards and sat down opposite her. "So, what would you like to play?" he asked pleasantly.
MootaScara: "What games do you know?"
KetlinNarris: "I don't remember. Just pick something. Heh. Go fish."
MootaScara: "Sure...." bloody childish game....
KetlinNarris: "Poker! I don't care. I only asked you to a game to get you in a room alone."
MootaScara: "And why is that Mate, I'm not known to be very hospitible..."
KetlinNarris: "Neither am I."
MootaScara: "What do you want with me.."
KetlinNarris: "Hmm....I believe I remember a game called BS. WE could play that. Is this even all the cards?"
MootaScara: "BS? that's the whole deck mate."
KetlinNarris: "Yeah. B*ll Sh*t. Ever heard of it? THe little kids call it Doubt."
KetlinNarris: He shuffled through the cards, quikly, counting them.
MootaScara: "Bull Shit..." She laughed. "I deal with that every day mate... it's life not a game. hows it work."
KetlinNarris: He shrugged and set the cards down. "I dont remember." A nervous wreck, he ran a hand through his hair and looked up at the ceiling.
MootaScara: "What troubles you."
KetlinNarris: "Eh?" starting to lean his chair back, he went forward again softly.
MootaScara: "Something bothers you"
KetlinNarris: "I don't remember what it is anymore. I just cant sleep and that boy keeps following me everywhere. He doesnt sleep either."
MootaScara: "Maybe if you'll sleep, he'll sleep."
KetlinNarris: "Bloody hell! He's sleeping now."
MootaScara: "Then you try."
KetlinNarris: "It's no use. Im bored to distraction." He added quicly, "that boy doesnt even LOOK tired. I dont understand him at all.."
MootaScara: "Maybe he isn't human."
KetlinNarris: "COurse he's...oh."
MootaScara: She chuckled leaning back in her chair.
KetlinNarris: Jack shot her a blood shot glare, but it was intended to be humorous.
MootaScara: She smirked. "You need work on that"
KetlinNarris: He blinked. "Work on what?"
MootaScara: "That look"
KetlinNarris: "How do you bloody well know what its supposed to mean?" he put his hands behind his head and smirked.
MootaScara: She laughed. "Just trust me on it mate."
KetlinNarris: "Ive fooled millions of people into thinking lots of things about me. Perhaps Im just too tired." XP
MootaScara: "Then sleep."
KetlinNarris: "Damn you! I just said I couldnt! Being tired has nothing to do with it!"
MootaScara: She smirked impishly, "I can help."
KetlinNarris: "If you hit me on the head Ill get you back somehow."
MootaScara: "Aye, but think how rested you'd be"
KetlinNarris: "This was why I wanted to play cards. It seemed more civil. But that was when I could remember any of them."
MootaScara: "You're too tired to play cards..."
KetlinNarris: "Did I say that? Yes I did." He nodded.
MootaScara: "Aye. so shall I help you rest?"
KetlinNarris: "Not by hitting me, no. Id rather go insane."
MootaScara: "Too late mate," she joked faintly.
KetlinNarris: "Oh, no. THis Ill recover from. I mean permanently insane."
MootaScara: "You'd recover from a small bump on the head too mate."
KetlinNarris: Jack narrowed his eyes at her. "I don't think so,
KetlinNarris: " he said, meaning the idea in the first place.
MootaScara: She chuckled and propped her feet up on the table.
KetlinNarris: He coppied her, without the chuckle. "I figured...Its all from boredom. And you're not a boring person to talk to."
MootaScara: "You could always find something to do Mate.. spar some one, jump over bord and drag along the bottom attatched to a rope looken for starfish.. find a lobster... try and make it a pet or something."
*** Auto-response sent to MootaScara: Mans sana in corpore sano
KetlinNarris: "THen you would know I'd snapped," he replied dryly. 'When does this trip end again?"
MootaScara: "Three weeks from tonight."
KetlinNarris: "Allllright..." he rolled the word in his mouth. "That doesnt sound good..."
MootaScara: "Can't speed it up mate, sorry."
KetlinNarris: "I know." he grumbled to himself and started throwing hte cards aorund randomly.
MootaScara: "You'll have to either learn to be content or find something to occupy your mind mate."
KetlinNarris: One sailed over her head. "Yes but I like talking to you."
MootaScara: She reached up snatching it from the air and it came right back at him.
KetlinNarris: "Duck duck!" Jack fell out of his chair.
MootaScara: She chuckled, an actualy smile forming on her lips.
MootaScara: actual*
KetlinNarris: Cards came off hte floor and under te table at her.
MootaScara: SHe smirked rolling from the chair and turning it as a shield, she caugh many that came her way and sent them back with quite the acruacy.
KetlinNarris: "Ow." he complained and didnt throw any back. "She's trying to put me out with cards! How insulting!"
MootaScara: "Well I could always us the chair," she stood up righting the chair.
KetlinNarris: Jack sprang up and backed against the wall. "wheres my dragon friend when I need him anyway?"
MootaScara: "Never said I would...:
KetlinNarris: "Good cuz I think Tony
KetlinNarris: is on te other shore waiting for me."
MootaScara: "You'd be undamaged."
KetlinNarris: "I meant he's not here is all."
MootaScara: "Oh in that case," she teased picking up the chair.
KetlinNarris: "I'd like it if you'd hand that to me nicely," he suggested.
MootaScara: She chuckled evily.
KetlinNarris: "I'll never forgive you." he warned. "Ill wake up in a horrid mood."