(1875-10-29) Boarding Action
Boarding Action
Summary: An attempt to claim the pirate caraval following the events in (1875-10-29) Pirates!
Date: 29th Oct 2019
Related: (1875-10-29) Pirates!
NPCs: None
Players:
Vemmorn  Dahlia  Elisha  

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=================< Vemmorn Posed on Oct 29 09:22PM 2019 GMT >=================
Chaos erupts on the banks as the crew of the Ruddy Bear react to the incident. The Caravel doesn't set sail so much as push away to prevent the pirating caravel from escaping and Vemmorn, Dahlia and Elisha get a little bit of time to rest as boarding parties are organised. Eventually the Ruddy Bears marines are all gathered, you're revived with hot brandy and some bandaging, and everything is ready to go! Hurrah!

Its Vemmorn who's first over the railing of the half-captured Caravel of course. He is the only one willing to literally dive over the railing and come up with a roll afterall. Nobody else is quite that crazy. "Surrender!" he calls as he gets to his feet. Yet the enemy dont. Nope. They attack you three particularly hard because you seem like officers and you made the mistake of going first.
=================< Elisha Posed on Oct 29 09:34PM 2019 GMT >==================
Elisha is quite grateful for the between battle snack even as she shakes with the remaining adrenaline from the first fight. So in a way she's glad they won't be at peace just yet, even if she's not sure how much she should really be pushing her luck like this. She's second to go over the railing, she opts to just leap the damn thing like a frog with an excited holler. When she sees the marines preparing to fight she unsheathes her sword with a grin and charges into the fray once more.
=================< Dahlia Posed on Oct 29 09:44PM 2019 GMT >==================
There was a small amount of respite, enough time for Dahlia to collect some arrows. However, when it is decided to board the Caravel, she opts for something a bit different: crossbows. The bow is left on the other ship as she too jumps into the fray. A crossbow in hand and a second hanging on her hip. Well, let the hcaos begin. She raise the crossbow, takes aim and fires a shot at the closest person. Is she humming to herself? The tune sounds almost upbeat.
=================< Vemmorn Posed on Oct 29 10:13PM 2019 GMT >=================
It doesn't look as if the crew gathered on the deck were expecting a vemmorn to jump in like that. He gets to his feet, spins and one foe goes sprawling to the deck choking. A parry here, a parry there, and Vemmorn dances across the crowded deck as the enemy crew attempt to fend off both the captain, his friends, and the small group of marines who're swinging across the deck. A moment later and Vemmorn has killed another, cutting him down almost from behind, and then a third. He looks so comfortable. Like this is what he was born for.
=================< Dahlia Posed on Oct 29 10:13PM 2019 GMT >==================
A little over zealous? Perhaps. As the archer boards the ship she lets off a shot, but the man manages to dodge it and runs towards her, knocking her back onto her backside. She is a bit disoriented, but she manages to roll back to her feet and from a kneeling position fires again, this time it strikes the man's blade, ricocheting off towards the sea. However, it was just enough to disrupt his attack and buy her time to ready another shot.
=================< Elisha Posed on Oct 29 10:14PM 2019 GMT >==================
Elisha should really learn not to just charge into the battlefield, it never ends well. Of course, a few bumps and bruises are nothing, especially after the battle she's just been through,but geeze it doesn't feel nove getting nearly missed or lightly scraped by some marines!
=================< Vemmorn Posed on Oct 29 10:17PM 2019 GMT >=================
Vemmorn turns his attention to clearing the path for the two women with him. Dealing with the lone sailor that Elisha and Dahlia left upright. "Hurry!" he calls to them. "Before they manage to regroup. We need to take the captain." he points to the hatch leading down. "Its likely to be defended!" not that it stops him from just dropping through it. He doesn't seem to understand caution.
=================< Dahlia Posed on Oct 29 10:18PM 2019 GMT >==================
This time, the young woman archer had had enough. Apparently falling on her backside bruised her ego a bit and not just her ass. From the knelt position she fires at rhe one right in front of her, striking him in the chest. She springs to her feet and pushes him aside, helping him to the gorund as he is still figuring out what happened. There is a small time to reload, this time taking both crossbows and raising them both before her. Targeting two more, she fires. One is struck in the neck and the other in the face. Looking aorund she spies that their little army of three has managed to clear the deck. She rushes to quickly follow Vemmorn and Elisha. "I need to use these more often."
=================< Elisha Posed on Oct 29 10:19PM 2019 GMT >==================
Elisha laughs good naturedly at Vemmorns lack of caution, a twin soul that one. Once she's pulled her chest out of the two men she had, once again, skewered on her sword like meat, she jumped into action and slid down the ladder with the group.
=================< Vemmorn Posed on Oct 29 10:29PM 2019 GMT >=================
Vemmorn lands at the bottom of the ladder with a graceful crouch and starts to move to his feet almost in the same moment. Alas, one of the sailors seems to have been expecting him to move just that way. The man's boarding axe comes down hard and embeds deep into the hardened leather of his shoulder guards and baldrics. Vemmorn yelps. Yes. Yelps. And shoves a sword towards the man in just such a way that he has to rock back and away. The axe comes loose as he moves, proving that Vemmorn's still got an arm attached to his body, but theres definitely blood in the gap. Ouch. That hurt.
=================< Dahlia Posed on Oct 29 10:29PM 2019 GMT >==================
WHen Dhalia comes down the ladder, she finds the sailor and the officer in front of her. The sailor charges her, and she is able to get a shot off, srtriking him in the chest. The sailor drops his weapon and slumps to the ground. However, when the officer engages her, she is unable to get a shot off on him, weaving and dodging the best she can to avoid his swinging blade. "You…can't…hit..me.."
=================< Elisha Posed on Oct 29 10:31PM 2019 GMT >==================
And of course, just as Vemmorn predicted there were men at the bottom looking for a fight. Thankfully her trusty sword is right at her hip, and unlike all the times before this, there's only two men instead of three and she's able to handle it much more gracefully, managing to wound one of her enemies and avoid being wounded herself.
=================< Vemmorn Posed on Oct 29 10:40PM 2019 GMT >=================
The sailor fighting Vemmorn is amazing. Seriously amazing. Vemmorn is having a hard time keeping up with him. As they fight the space between them is turned into a lethal bombardment of steel cutlass blades and boarding axe yet somehow neither of them cut each other again. Not until Elisha comes on across and hurts him. At that point Vemmorn slashes through his guard as well and its anyones guess which of the pair actually struck the killing blow. Breathing hard Vemmorn eyes his torn armor and tries to pull the hole back together. "We better get this blasted ship."
=================< Dahlia Posed on Oct 29 10:41PM 2019 GMT >==================
The Officer is to close for her to use her crossbow. And it is quite difficult to reload with him swinging a blade at her. She has avoided the swings thus far. The archer reaches ducks low from a swing and while down there grabs her hunting knife from her boot. With an upward lunge she pounces on the Officer, plunging the knife into his chest and falling down on him as he falls backwards. Stradling him, she pulls out the knife and plunges it back down a few more times, blood splattering out a bit. In fact, when she turns around there is blood speckled on her face. She slowly rises from the man, pulling the blade out and realizing that everyone else that was a threat was also dead. "I think he stopped breathing.." She gestures to the officer.
=================< Elisha Posed on Oct 29 10:44PM 2019 GMT >==================
Elisha is actually not struggling woth her group for once, she ducks and weaves and slices until she's surrounded by corpses. Then she sees Vemmorn struggling and with a narrowing of her eyes rushes his sailor and that seems to be just the distraction he needs because one of them clearly fonishes him off. She closes the distance and gently fingers the shoulder.

"I'll make sure of it, for your poor armor if nothing else," she replies with a grin.
=================< Vemmorn Posed on Oct 29 10:47PM 2019 GMT >=================
"Axes are such a pain." Vemmorn agrees lowly. "Oh well. I'm sure i'll get the next one."
=================< Dahlia Posed on Oct 29 10:49PM 2019 GMT >==================
Dahlia wipes the blade and put it back in her boot, moving to reload her crossbow and steps into another room. It appears ot be a surgeons room of sorts, with a large table in the middle of it. There is nothing on the table, but there are three more men inside. One of them looks to be a leader of sorts of the other two. "Hello. We have come to take your ship." At least she is honest. She let's fire with a smile.
=================< Elisha Posed on Oct 29 10:56PM 2019 GMT >==================
Elisha is the second in the room and yet she's the one the officer targets! Thankfully, she's quick on her feet and even for a more advanced enemy it's hard to hit her. But then she gets cocky and lets down her guard and the man slaps her with the flat of his blade! ouch! why do they keep /doing/ that!?
=================< Dahlia Posed on Oct 29 11:00PM 2019 GMT >==================
The first shot strikes one of the men in the chest before he even has a chance to get out of his chair. She raises the other crossbow and fires a shot towards the officer Elisha is fighting. It strikes him in the side of the neck and he drops. "Are you Okay Ellie?"." She spins back around to check on Vimmorn, and seeing the situation in hand exhales softly, blood still on her face. "Who's next?"
=================< Vemmorn Posed on Oct 29 11:01PM 2019 GMT >=================
Vemmorn slips in behind the two women and cuts one of the sailors down with an extended flurry of strikes. When he looks up and across the other foes are dead, killed by Dahlia again it seems no less. He nods at her and then points at the door. "Elisha?"
=================< Elisha Posed on Oct 29 11:05PM 2019 GMT >==================
Elisha blinks a bit at the nickname Dahlia seems to have given her but doesn't protest, its a harmless and cute name…even if all that is the exact opposite of the girl herself. Sighing when she's instructed to go forst, she does so anyways without complaint into a carpenters workshop and, suprise, more sailors.
=================< Vemmorn Posed on Oct 29 11:12PM 2019 GMT >=================
Vemmorn manages to cut down the soldier facing him in a few strikes and moves over to try and help Elisha with the officer type. He doesn't manage to strike the man, as he moves to defend himself, but he does manage to distract him.
=================< Dahlia Posed on Oct 29 11:13PM 2019 GMT >==================
The crossbow is raised to a sailor standing by a wall. Dahlia takes aim and narrows her eyes. The bolt flies across the room, striking him in the neck and lodging itself in the wall behind him, essentially pinning him upright as the blood spurts out the side. "Wall art." She then turns to see who else she can help.
=================< Elisha Posed on Oct 29 11:14PM 2019 GMT >==================
Going from one battle to the next so rapidly might be taking its toll. Elisha's entrance into the frey is getting knocked on her butt and disoriented, but she recovers quickly and fueled by pain induced rage is quick to skewer the sailor, deflecting the blade blow that the officer aimed at her. "Hey there partner," she calls over to Vemmorn good naturedly.
=================< Dahlia Posed on Oct 29 11:17PM 2019 GMT >==================
Dahlia sees her companions struggling with the Officer, turning to fire one more. The bolt strikes him between the ribs and he crumples to the floor."
=================< Elisha Posed on Oct 29 11:19PM 2019 GMT >==================
Elisha is knocked back /again/ and while she's catching her breath Dahlia strikes the man in the ribcage with an arrow so fast that Elisha's own aches in sympathy.
=================< Vemmorn Posed on Oct 29 11:19PM 2019 GMT >=================
Vemmorn doesnt really manage to do much more than distract the sailor this time but it seems nothing more is needed as those lethal little crossbow bolts from Dahlia claim another victim. He gives Dahlia a rather curious little look, his eyes lingering on the crossbow, and then gives that rakish little smile. "Remind me not to short you at poker." He steps out from between them and presses into the next room. This one is a small space including a ladder leading down. Further doors lead further towards the front of the ship. The space is not empty. Of course not. Theres sailors everywhere! This space has a whopping six sailors with their weapons drawn and wicked grins on their faces. One of them is better armed than the rest and he chooses to attack Vemmorn.
=================< Dahlia Posed on Oct 29 11:27PM 2019 GMT >==================
Dhalia lets go a bolt, missing one of the men, and then lunges at another with her knife. She misses that as well. Both the men manage to knick her slightly, causing her to pull back and wince. She is unable to get off another crossbow shot, but turns and pounces on one of the sailor's back, plunging the knife into his neck and riding him to the floor.
=================< Vemmorn Posed on Oct 29 11:28PM 2019 GMT >=================
With two opponents facing him Vemmorn goes into the fight with a confident bravado thats clearly just how he is. He actually starts humming at one point although the tune get abruptly cut off when the officer nearly takes his hand off and receives a slash to his cheek in return. A few moments later Vemmorn turns a crosswise slashing move onto the sailor, cutting him down, and turns his attention exclusively onto the officer. Even though he doesn't hurt him just yet that annoyingly cheerful tune starts right back up.
=================< Elisha Posed on Oct 29 11:34PM 2019 GMT >==================
Elisha like always manages to get a little hurt during the beginning of the fray but even as she starts looking more and more worn down she hasn't gotten truly hurt yet. Finally making her comeback and dispatching her foes she takes a quick glance around before rushing in to help Vemmorn.
=================< Vemmorn Posed on Oct 29 11:46PM 2019 GMT >=================
Vemmorn is fighting hard but sometimes you just make a mistake. Especially when wasting breath on humming. Vemmorn turns into a strike only to discover its a feint at the last moment. He bends like a willow away from the blow but theres no doubting that the near miss was harrowingly close to taking out his nose. Saved from a more serious blow by the way that Elisha moves to his rescue. His hero of the moment!

In the aftermath the group decide to finish exploring this deck.
=================< Dahlia Posed on Oct 29 11:53PM 2019 GMT >==================
Dhalia takes a deep breath and hunches over, grabbing her knees. She seems a bit worn. "How much do you think is left?" She walks over to check on Elisha and Vemmorn. "We can do this. We are so close to you actually having a /real/ ship Vemmorn." She winks to Elisha.
=================< Elisha Posed on Oct 29 11:54PM 2019 GMT >==================
Elisha is here to save the day! Worn down but determined to push till she was collapsing and having to be dragged back. For now she manages to kill the enemy harrasing vemmorn and just catches her breath for a moment before bursting into giggles at Dahlia's comment.
=================< Vemmorn Posed on Oct 29 11:56PM 2019 GMT >=================
"Theres usually about six spaces a deck on a caravel like this." Vemmorn is leaning on the bulkhead looking really tired. "So it all depends where exactly he's hiding out. Could be less than half way there. Could be the next room we look in."
=================< Dahlia Posed on Oct 29 11:57PM 2019 GMT >==================
The group presses on into the crew's quarters. They have seen their fair share of fighting, but they move with a confidence that the three of them are going to see this through. They come across three more men, they are all sitting around a barrel used as a table playing cards. When the three enter, the men are taken slightly by suprise, but nevertheless spring up and reach for their weapons. Dahlia raises her crossbow yet again. "Where is he? WHere is your Captain? WHich one of you is not going to be able to tell me in 3 seconds? She moves the crossbow between the three men. "I don't miss. SOmeone is going to get a new breathing hole. Where…is..he?" If they do not answer, she fires.

She is slumped by the wall, grabbing her slightly exposed stomach, right in the spot where the armoered top stops. There is another cut on her arm and one across her exposed thigh, but the one on her stomach is the one bleeding. She looks up a little glassy eyed and blood stained face coughs once. "Did you get him?" She removes her hand am oment, seeing the blood and shakes her head. "That hurts." She coughs again and slowly tries to stand up. "I am sorry Vimmorn. You ship may have to wait."
=================< Elisha Posed on Oct 30 12:24AM 2019 GMT >==================
Elisha rushes over to Dahlia's side as soon as the combat is done, she'sslightly releived to see Dahlia hasn't received any serious wounds but that does little to truly comfort her. "Sorry Vemmorn, I have to get Dahlia out of here, but you have my word we can tty and steal you a ship some other time alright?" she says as she skips the supporting her and just straight up lofts Dahlia into her arms to carry out.
=================< Vemmorn Posed on Oct 30 12:25AM 2019 GMT >=================
Vemmorn is almost immediately tackled by the hardier of the sailors in here. A man in a marines costume. He wields paired swords much like Vemmorn and the pair enter into a vicious duel that gradually goes Vemmorn's way. He looks about ready to drop does Vemmorn, as that fight is finished, but he finds enough in him to move on the last sailor standing. Putting himself bodily inbetween the man and the retreating Dahlia. For a bit the fight goes neither way. Vemmorn manages to get in a tap but nothing more. Then everything changes in one of those moments created by nothing more than the error of the sailor putting his foot down a little to far to the left. BAM. Vemmorn draws both cutlasses in close to his body and steps forward whilst slamming them down in a cross-wide motion. Both blades draw blood, digging deeply into muscle before being halted by bone. The man screams. Then he goes down dead. "We're falling back." He agrees. "This isnt worth the loot." He spits a bit of bloody saliva off onto the deck. "I'll just sink her instead."

And indeed. An hour later the bruised and bandaged trio gets the pleasure of watching a pirate caravel riddled with cannon balls shot from the Ruddy Bear sink as the Bear pulls away from the dock and restarts her trip east to Hellsmouth. What a warm glowy feeling.

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