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Post by alielfshade on Aug 5, 2008 20:58:13 GMT -5
Ali: *coming down from the deck* Raye, are you alright down here? That was excellent! *wipes the goopy blood from her arm* Ew...
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Post by Raye Arachne on Aug 5, 2008 21:56:56 GMT -5
Raye: *waits for a moment for her heart to slow down, and when it does, she looks down at herself* That's kind of disgusting. *she tries to wipe some spit from her outfit, but does not succeed.* "I'm okay *wobbles a bit.* Um... I think. *refocuses* AnaMaria! She's on the Flying Dutchman! *looks at Ali* We can't pursue them Ali.
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Post by alielfshade on Aug 6, 2008 13:21:47 GMT -5
Ali: *stares at Raye, searching her mind for a reason why her first mate would stop them from rescuing Anamaria, their friend and her fellow captain. She continues to absently brush at her goopy sleeve absentmindedly while Raye's statement circled around before making its landing.* Why ever not? We must help her, she's in trouble!
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Post by Raye Arachne on Aug 6, 2008 15:39:05 GMT -5
Raye: *seeing Ali doesn't understand what she was trying to get at* I know she's in trouble, but we can't give chase. Not with the Whisperer in it's current state. We must make repairs if we are to stand a chance of catching the Dutchman, and by the time that happens, the Dutchman will have gone. We can't do it, Ali. It's just not possible. *looks gravely at her friend, hoping she will understand* And even if we managed to catch the Dutchman, we wouldn't stand a chance against Jones in a fight. He out numbers us, at least five-to-one, plus cannons.
*Raye tries to brush more goo off her clothes, with no success. Raye had liked AnaMaria very much, and she desperately wanted to give chase and follow the Flying Dutchman. If it would have helped at all, she would have fought Jones until her dying breath. But if Raye and the rest of the crew died in the battle, AnaMaria was still captured, and Rose was still being hunted. There had to be a better way.*
*Raye slammed her fist against a canon.* If only we knew where AnaMaria would lead Jones! That would be much more helpful! *Raye groaned in frustration. If she could find AnaMaria when Jones's men would be searching the land for Rose, Raye believed they could save her. But they didn't know where she was going*
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Post by alielfshade on Aug 6, 2008 18:40:31 GMT -5
Ali: *sighed and sat down on the bottom step sadly. She new her new friend was right. About everything. She buried her head in her hands, resting her elbows on her knees, sighing again.* I only wish we had more information! If we knew the history between Anamaria and Jones, then we might have a better idea of what's going on...But we know nothing except that Rose is...
*she looks up at Raye in slight confusion* Did Ana say Rose was Jones' daughter? How on Earth does that work? And who was her mother?
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Post by Raye Arachne on Aug 6, 2008 22:23:55 GMT -5
Raye: *sighs* I don't know. I know nothing about AnaMaria! Who does? I think she would never talk about herself or her history. *plops down on the floor where she was standing and draws her knees to her chest.* I don't know. I just wish... for more information... I heard that AnaMaria was from Spira. Do you think we should go there for more information? Maybe... maybe AnaMaria will lead them there. Perhaps it's where she will lead them... After all it is the obvious choice. *looks up at Ali* It's up to you, Captain.
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Post by alielfshade on Aug 6, 2008 22:48:17 GMT -5
Ali: *nods her head, thinking hard. By now the blood has started drying, and she picks pieces off her arm at a time.* I'd already thought of that...but I think Anamaria will lead them around Spira as subtly as she can rather than obviously avoiding it. At least that's what'd I'd do. but if thats where Jimmylegs took Rose, them its a good place to start. We can talk to Jimmylegs himself and calliope, and see if maybe they have any ideas of where Anamaria would lead Jones. *she stands and stretches with a groan*
First though, the Whisperer is a sad state of repair, and we won't be getting anywhere fast until she's been fixed up again.
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Lana
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Lana Silversea
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Post by Lana on Aug 6, 2008 22:53:55 GMT -5
*Lana, who'd been runing about the ship looking for damage, rushes down the stairs, stopping before she runs right over Ali* Captain, theres a leak in lower hold! A last minute present from the Kraken it seems. Where do you keep your spare boards and tar?
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Post by Raye Arachne on Aug 6, 2008 23:32:20 GMT -5
Lana's arrival helped Raye put everything back into focus. There were always two lists of priorities. The list you wished were reality, and reality. Right now, Raye had to get back to reality. She took a deep breath. "So it's dead then? Not that it matters right now. We're still at port, so making repairs won't be that difficult." Raye was looking around absentmindedly, but she saw the boards and tar in a corner. "The tar and boards are over there." Raye pointed. She knew she should be more enthusiastic, more determined. But Raye had analized their chances of finding anything useful. It wasn't good. Raye looked at Ali out of the corner of her eye, wondering how much of what had occured to her had also occured to her captain. "How much water down there already?" Raye asked, turning her attention back to Lana.
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Lana
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Lana Silversea
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Post by Lana on Aug 7, 2008 3:02:14 GMT -5
Lana: *looks between the two, wondering what conversation she'd walked in on. She figured she might have timed her enterence better, but the reminder of the leak brought her back to the present* Not too much, I just want to plug up that hole before it gets bigger thanks to the water pressure. *she goes and grabs two medium sized boards and a large bucket of tar with a brush, and leaves. She prefered the gushing water in the hold to the tense silence on the gun deck*
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Post by alielfshade on Aug 7, 2008 3:10:28 GMT -5
The moment Lana was gone, Ali turned and slammed her fist into the wall. It buckled a bit and her had was now covered in scrapes, but she didn't care. "I feel so...helpless! I hate that." She leaned against the wall and slid down to the floor, resting the back of her head against the wood. "We don't know where Anamaria is, we don't know if the kraken is dead or distracted, we don't know why Jones wants Rose so badly other then the fact that they are supposedly related. I feel like we don't know anything!"
She sighed and looked down at her hands, covered in kraken blood and now some of her own. She was a Captain. She needed to be strong and lead others, not let them direct her. She looked up at Raye. "Ok, the one thing we do know is that Anamaria had her men take her sisters to Spira. So that'll have to be our first step. Getting to Spira and finding out whats going on."
She smiled a bit and patted the wall beside her. "After fixing up the Whisperer anyway. My beauty did a good job holding up today." she said fondly.
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Post by Raye Arachne on Aug 7, 2008 7:17:17 GMT -5
Raye nodded. "Do you want me to go to Tortuga and find people to help us, or should we do it ourselves?" Raye knew she just had to keep thinking practically. It kept her mind away from her emotions. Despair, helplessness, anger, and fear all fought for dominace in Raye's heart, so Raye locked them all away until she was more sure of her own control over herself. She hoped to go into town. Raye needed to steal something.
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Post by alielfshade on Aug 7, 2008 16:44:52 GMT -5
Ali knew Raye needed a break from all the drama as much as she did. She nodded her head. "Feel free to go into town whenever you like." she said, wondering what she could do for a break herself. She decided to get to work on repairing the Whisperer. The work might at least take her mind off of things. "I'll stay here and watch the others. I'll make sure we get a good start on the work that needs to be done."
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Post by jimmylegs on Aug 8, 2008 13:25:14 GMT -5
*from behind her* Palifico: Maybe I can help.
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Post by alielfshade on Aug 8, 2008 20:02:27 GMT -5
Ali stood up quickly, spinning to see the person who'd just walked in and beginning to draw her sword. Her eyes went wide as she saw it was Palifico. "Palifico? Did-didn't you leave with the others to Spira?"
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