(19:57:09) Zelanze Balestra - From Port Lathora the S.S Faithful made it's usual route towards the island of Guildereim by water. The evening grew late at see as the waves reflected the moon high in the sky inbetween their gentle washes against the hull of the ship. Balestra heraldry displayed proudly off of the flag and sails as the ship took the steady and almost relaxed pace. All suddenly interrupted by Zelanze's call from the fore of the ship "Derelict Ship Ahead" before he turned on his heel and began to make his way back to the wheel. The call repeated quite a few times so everyone aboard could hear the knight's heavy voice regardless of where they were and their activity. Was there any doubt, any need for an order to be given? Safe to assume knight would steer the ship right towards the damaged and near sinking vessel in the distance.
(20:02:15) Liam Laca: [po?]
(20:03:06) Windthor Pryas:
(20:03:21) Liam Laca:
(20:03:40) Kodachrome: [Ok?]
(20:03:50) Windthor Pryas: [Fine by me. x3]
(20:03:54) You say, "[Yeah just post as you guys will first round and then that'll be the post order]"
(20:11:56) Windthor Pryas flicked an ear, looking up at the ceiling from where he was belowdecks, having only just come out of his room after laying down for a bit. Picking up the pace, the hybrid stepped out onto the deck and looked out at the ocean, soon catching sight of the ship Zel had spotted. From his position, it looked like it had been there a while, but who knew. Wind ran up to the bow of the ship, climbing out a bit onto the bowsprit and grasping a rope for stability. Clearly, he wasn't too afraid of falling off, the wind blowing past his hair and wings making him almost look majestic. After a moment, he pulled his goggles up onto his face. There we go, less dry eye.
(20:15:49) Kodachrome sighed as she got up from her post in the engine room. Her gloves tugged and strapped down tight, and her own goggles put on while she'd come up onto deck. Wings gave a slight flap into the wind while she held to the railing to start floating. "We can land it near or do you think it will cause the damn thing to fall over into the sea? I don't fancy going swimming right now Zel!" She called out over the wind while she waited to see what she'd need to go do. Maybe they could tug the thing ashore more? Who knew. All she wanted was to stay dry today.
(20:17:45) Liam Laca was topside, while he was never a huge fan of water and less so large bodies of it, he was better in the air. Somehow it felt less confining and that he had more time to prepare if water was a thing that might happen. Honestly Liam was feeling pretty good. He had a decent pair of sea legs for a goat and after Ariel and him had commandeered the ship, he'd found himself kind of enjoying the motion of the airship. He had been sitting along the railing, he'd spotted something off in the distance but it was Zelanze's sharp eyes that actually called out what it might be. Perking up a bit he moved to stand next to the older knight, adjusting the staff on his back and the crossbow at his hips.. "Is this, not normal?" He asked, those long floppy ears flipping forward and those usually round pupils slightly slitted, tail slowing it's pace behind him..
(20:22:33) Zelanze Balestra paused for a moment, a few seconds of silence even after everyone had spoken towards him. Both to consider what they had to say, and to take a good look at the ship in the distance through his scope. It was only after he had the time to consider he would answer everyone in turn; "She looks stable, we'll approach her slow and in the water then lay boards across. She's drifted pretty far" Windy hadn't said it out loud, but Zel agreed with him that this ship looked like it had been at see for some time. "No, no this isn't normal" he answered bluntly, yet with his usual calmed tone. "Windthor, Liam, I want you armed. Koda," saying her name as he stepped away from the ship's controls "Take us in close, i'm going to ready us to cross"
(20:29:09) Windthor Pryas reached up, holding his hat on his head, before turning to Zel as he hopped off the bowsprit. Armed? For an old ship? The hybrid glanced over to the eponymous vessel, then nodded. "Alright." He stepped away, heading back to his room again. Moving quickly, he changed into his chainmail armor and iron bracers, strapping his broadsword do his back. The silver blade shimmered slightly, almost giving of its own light, as he drew it a bit to make sure he could draw it easily, before heading back up onto the deck. He might have thought Zel was being overly cautious, but then again, you never knew what you'd find at sea. This ship could be full of zombies, for all they knew. "Damn, left my crucifix at the estate," joked the hybrid to himself, rolling his shoulder as he waited to board.
(20:33:04) Kodachrome nodded as she'd float over to the controls. She knew the ship like the back of her hand and she would take it in just like that. Slowly, smoothly so not to disturb the water too much. "If we tie to her make sure they're quick release. We don't need to go under with her if it goes." She called out while shaking her head at Windy's joke. "You've got all the holy from Zel." She laughed before she'd take to bringing it in. [short mom needs help]
(20:34:51) Liam Laca didn't need to be told twice. He was gone in a second only to return with his small cross-bow's container of bolts strapped to his hip. For someone who didn't wear a lot of clothes he had an odd set-up of straps and of course his house scarf now. He might have looked a little under-dressed but somehow it just kinda felt, him. The staff in his hands, Liam let his thumb run over the word that had been carved into it not too long ago.. For some reason it gave him his own little boost of hope. He hoped things would turn out ok, and that, perhaps, no one would be hurt.. "Don't know why yall'd be needin a cross. Unless ya got like, vampires down there or somethin.. Or demons but lemme tell you, that shit don't bother me none and I aint seen it bother the hoards of demons at The Golden Tether none either."
(20:35:51) Windthor Pryas: [Windy and Liam haven't met until now, I'm just realizing. x3]
(20:36:03) Liam Laca: [NOPE : D]
(20:38:42) Zelanze Balestra would lean against the railing at the ship's for a bit, ears perking up when Koda spoke. He definitely agreed with her, though he didn't much voice anything for the moment. When the pulled in close enough to see the ship plainly he'd disregard the scope for the most part. The ship was in taters, chunks of the deck were blow apart and it looked like another ship had impacted it at ram. Worse yet, one could already vaguely make out corpses. There was a long pause before Zelanze would straighten up, nose twitching for a moment before he'd turn out to Liam with a more stern look than usual. "If you aren't ready for the worst of it Liam, you should go under deck. Nobody will blame you" the scent of death was strong. It looked like a pirate attack already, but the closer The Faithful drew near the more it seemed like a massacre.
(20:47:21) Windthor Pryas smirked at Koda, crossing his arms over his chest. "Yeah, Zel's a walking crucifix, might as well strap him to me like a backpack. No vampires would touch us." Of course, the jovial tone would immediately be sobered as he saw the nearly destroyed ship, his smile sliding off his face. "Oh, shit," he muttered. He'd been traveling and working with Zel for years, and he'd never get used to seeing dead bodies. Not that he'd seen a lot, but that was probably a good thing. Pirates didn't do this, he reasoned. If they had, there wouldn't have been nearly as many dead bodies. Maybe some, but they'd have taken more prisoners, surely? Windy turned to Liam, looking a little grim, which was unusual for the normally really expressive and happy hybrid. "If you do come with us, just... Brace yourself. Something tells me it'll be worse when we get on board."
(20:57:45) Kodachrome sighed as she moved the ship up close to the distroyed vessel. Slowed to a halt beside the thing with the stench of scorched flesh, and rot, hanging in the air. Gunpowder no doubt too. "This is terrible. Be wary though plenty of predators like to use these things as homes." Her biggest worry? Sirens. Second biggest? Zombies. Still, she wouldn't mind dealing with that but knowing this kid, Liam, was green was a worry. "Just stick with Zel, Liam. He'll keep ya safe."
(20:58:02) Kodachrome: [She's so giving the kid booze after]
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(20:59:52) Liam Laca, not being one to back down at first met Zelanze's gaze and nodded, as though perhaps he knew the risks and was willing to take them regardless of how it might affect him. Slowly though, the closer and closer they drew to the ship, the more and more Liam looked less like the amature adventurer he was growing into, and more like the naive child who showed up underdressed to Zelanze's search party in the bitter winter.. His tail was limp behind him and the look of panic on his face, while more controlled than when he'd seen Lucasta's body shift, was still obvious. His jaw tensed and it took a very long time before he finally looked towards his feet, not wanting to turn his back towards this, but unable to truly take in that kind of horror. "Who.. Would have done something like this..?" the horrors of man only extending to lying and cheating for the young lad, senseless killing being only found in fantasy books.
(20:59:52) Liam Laca heard both Wind and Koda's words and kept them close, but, it still didn't quell his worries..
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(21:04:45) Zelanze Balestra - "It's too late to say" was Zelanze's only answer to Wind's injury. It could still be pirates, or any kind of raid really. As The Faithful finally pulled up close the scent of death was heavy in the air, enough to almost taste toxic on the tongue. Whatever happened here happened likely months ago, just long enough for the bodies to begin their slow decompression but without soil or insects to do it proper. Again a sharp turn on his heel as he made his way to the starboard side of the ship and began to lay boards. Once they were secured and in place he'd motion with his arm for the other's to join him. Careful steps as he made his way over from one ship to the other, the uneasy rock from a healthy ship to a damaged one rolling at the mercy of the waves. >>
(21:07:42) Zelanze Balestra - Immediately the carnage was evident. No small amount of bodies, many of which killed by blades or canonfire but worse yet was many more all but torn asunder. No way to tell if it was better or worse they came so far after the fact, the body's so far along now that it wasn't fresh gore. One man on the deck had been run through by a part of the wooden floor he once stood on, another hung from the sails. A woman laid bare, naked on the ground clearly tortured by knives left for dead. Elsewhere another man laid passed, a hole carefully cut in his chest where his hear had been removed. Pure, unadulterated, violence. "Deus." muttered to himself, before turning to any who followed him on to the ship. "I need to know what was stolen, and I need a copy of the ship's manifests. Also need eyes under deck" <<
(21:19:08) Windthor Pryas certainly didn't look like he was having fun. His nose was probably the most sensitive of the four there, and he was getting his fair share of terrible smells. It was a wonder his eyes weren't watering. "Ugh," he muttered, rubbing his nose, but he shook his head. "I can go belowdecks," offered Windy. "If you wanna come down and watch my back, I'd appreciate it," was added to Liam, with a small smile. Koda and Zel would probably be able to go to the captain's quarters and find whatever they needed to look for, since they were much better versed in ships and how they worked than he was. "Of course, if you'd rather stay up here, I'd understand."
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(21:25:55) Kodachrome sighed as she got a more serious look on her while nodding as Windy volunteered. She'd not mind that in the slightest as she went for the back of the ship. "I'll go check the captains quarters." She wouldn't want to see what's more as she'd sigh. "Can someone cover the bodies? Just rip the sail up." She called while shaking her head. "After this is over we're all getting some stiff drinks. And kid. You know who does this? People you meet every day in the Tether. Pirates, Slavers, but since you know. Lots dead I doubt more than a handful was taken as captive. You know. It's not just riches and food that are called the spoils of war." She said gruffly, moving away from the group for the cabin.
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(21:31:59) Liam Laca was in a state of a numb shock. His feet carried him forward because of duty but his mind was left in a sort of haze that was still trying to piece together what could have done this. It wasn't a matter of who anymore. No man with any sense of self would do this. When Wind asked him to cover his back down below he simply let out a small nod and 'yes' before trailing out behind him.. Koda's words hit him hard, swiveling a little too fast to meet her eyes. The people at the Tether. Normal sane people had the capability to do this. It sat deep in his stomach, thinking of the faces he'd seen there doing these same atrocities. He nodded more out of the mechanical notion to say he'd heard her, and less to agree with her. Right now he couldn't agree, he couldn't even really process. But the idea anyone had the ability, would sit with him not only in his dreams but perhaps in his waking state as well..
(21:36:28) Zelanze Balestra would nod when Koda spoke; everyone else was splitting off to search so that would be his work. Of them all, the knight was probably the one unfortunate enough to have seen the most death so it was best for him to do it. Cutting down the sails with his longsword he'd begin the long task of covering the bodies. Littered over the deck on further inspection was death sea life; fish and coral alike. All simply brushed aside so he could focus on carefully covering the bodies. In the cabin Koda wouldn't find much, not a thing was missing and it was largely untouched. If she looked for it, she'd find the manifesto Zelanze had said to look for. Below deck was unfortunately a worse story >>
(21:38:35) Zelanze Balestra - The ship below deck was clearly damaged by the canon fire, which somehow came through flatly from the deck in some places as opposed to from the ship's side. Underneath was what was left of the "survivors" of the initial attack. People who starved to death or ended their own lives after the ship was raided. Further inspection revealed cages, though they weren't low condition. It looked like transportation of harem slaves; nice bed's and what used to be good food none the less next to chains. The Tether's specialty of 'well treated' slaves. Again though, other than the human cargo nothing appeared to be missing <<
(21:56:20) Windthor Pryas reached out, gently placing a very large, but very soft and warm hand on Liam's shoulder, hoping that he was at least being a little comforting. He didn't say anything for a few moments, merely gave the goat's shoulder a gentle squeeze. While he didn't disagree with Koda, perhaps this wasn't the best time? Eh. "Come on," he said softly, leading Liam belowdecks. "Stay close behind me." Once they were down there, the hybrid grimaced, forcing himself not to look at the bodies, though he did peek into a few of the quarters, deciding not to let Liam look in. It wasn't any better. He instinctivey grasped the hilt of his sword "Shit," he grunted again, reaching the cargo area. "...Damn, I just..." He sighed, eaching up to rub his eyes. It wasn't that he was getting emotional, it was just that his eyes were starting to water from the smell. "Ugh. I'm never gonna get used to this." Windy turned to Liam. >>
(21:56:34) Windthor Pryas: "I promise this kind of stuff doesn't happen often. Tell you what, if you want, I'll take you on a vacation. 'Cuz we'll both probably need it."
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(22:01:36) Kodachrome sighed as she'd go about grabbing what she wanted to keep and what was needed into a large curtan she ripped down and threw stuff into. Meandering over she'd come out and call out. "Zel! Since everything on this boat is dead mind if we take a finders fee? Also what are we going to do with this after? The ships a slave ship, something in the books said it was a trained slave thing, and for cinimals. They'd put in at The Tether and was going back to port. Guess they didn't make it very far. But yeah can we like.. Take some things? The cannons that are still good can be salvaged and I'd like to see what they have in the realm of goods and weapons." She asked, her tone? Her whole demenor now was.. Well. Same shit, diffrent day. She was growing cold to the death and already her nose had grown accustomed to the smell of the ship.
(22:06:34) Liam Laca felt a little better at Windy's touch. It seemed as though the kid was better guided with a small prod that he was with kind words. Still though the idea of a vacation felt a little odd to his ears. How did someone walk away from this? Was it through heavy drinks as Koda suggested or a little R&R as Windy might have mentioned. the smell of death was thick, the smell of salt and the damp rotting wood did nothing to help Liam's stomach or nerves and about a few feet in, he poofed away from Windy, towards a random spot above the ship and then, just, threw up.. He held his stomach and when he thought it was empty, was wrong and threw up again. Coughing and wheezing he finally rubbed his mouth clean and looked around to make sure no one saw that, even though Zel and Koda would have.. He was trembling, a deep frown on his face. This was never mentioned in his books, in his stories.
(22:06:35) Liam Laca had not had an adventurer had told him about this kind of slaughter that lay in wait for those who were unlucky enough to find it.
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(22:09:45) Zelanze Balestra would turn and make his way to Koda after he finished covering the bodies, reaching out to take the manifesto from her after she handed it to him. He paused for only a few moments to think, consider what she said, before shaking his head. "No. We'll find the next of kin and deliver the ship, they'll probably burn or scuttle it after what happened here" in the most objective terms it was a waste, but to the knight? It was only ride the family decided. Carefully opening the book, he'd flip through a few pages; "Good, crewman names are here. I'll get to writing letters this evening" one by one, to every relative of every crew member. It'd probably take days. There was a brief pause before he'd turn back and shout "Wind, Liam, you'll want to come up here!" >>
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(22:12:02) Zelanze Balestra - "Slavers and pirates" he echoed to himself what Koda had said earlier. If she was keen she could hear him whisper the word "Worse" under his breath. Once everyone was back on deck, he'd lift the manifesto so they could all see. "What kind of conscious do you think allows a man to do this" a loaded question, only moments given to answer. "A clean one" he said, before tossing the manifesto towards Wind. "It was a slave ship, raided and slaughtered. Bodies on display, nothing stolen, ship wasn't scuttled. This wasn't bandits, pirates, slavers. This was the word of people thinking they were doing the right thing. The scariest thing of all is what man is capable of when he thinks he's in the right. Slave liberators did this" <<
(22:23:38) Windthor Pryas turned to look at the cages, then turned back to Liam, who was suddenly gone. Leavng nothing but smoke. The hybrid sighed, moving to take the stairs back up tot the deck. Nothing more to see down here, anyway. He caught Liam at the railing, and he didn't blame the goat at all. Upon getting called to assemble, he caught the manifest, brow furrowing as he looked down at the names. "...There are empty cages down there, looks like they'd held slaves before this ship got attacked." The hybrid's face relaxed, going completely blank as he looked up from the paper. "The people who did this aren't clean," said the hybrid, gripping the paper in his strong hand. "I don't care how clear they think their conscience is, they might as well be permanently stained by the blood and the dirt they left this ship with." The hybrid looked down at the paper again. "I'm gonna help you find the families." Not asking permission, just stating a fact.
(22:25:34) Kodachrome nodded as she'd toss the stuff back into the cabin, though she did keep one single nice looking pen. Call it Kleptomania. Still, she'd stand beside Zel while frowned as she was thinking the words he said. Sure she heard Liam puke his guts up and all that but she just knew it'd take a while. Once he spoke of the kind who did this she sighed and nodded. "Well, they certainly Liberated the hell out of this ship. Caused them to suffer for the suffering they caused. Liam, he's right though so if you don't know this lesson yet learn it well. There is a phrase used and it holds true. The road to hell is Paved with good intentions. And Windy, this is likely not the first. Or the Last, time this might happen from the same people. We ought to find out who did this." She sighed. Looking around as she frowned. "So then, Captain, what shall we do? Push it or pull it. -
(22:25:37) Kodachrome I need to go below below and make sure this thing isn't slowly leaking or something. So it still can be moved. No need to have this ship turn into an anchor." She didn't like the idea of this ship. She didn't like the idea of dragging it anywhere. But they had a task now that Zel had orders and she'd break away with a shake of her head. Halo sparking and arcing the only sign from a carefully held stoned face that her anger and ire was rising.
(22:30:09) Liam Laca turned to listen to Zelanze and just, let his ears fall down to his head. This felt like some kind of nightmare. He was caught in some kind of strange place where he couldn't decide what to say. He was pissed because he still, to his core, felt that slaving was wrong. He wanted nothing to do with it and felt that unless you bought a slave for the intention of having them freed, it was wrong.. But the people doing this, this was their job.. This was their task at hand.. They didn't trap and sell them they were just transporting them. He felt dirty for being so angry at the people who'd done this, but he felt dirty thinking that the slaves, they might actually be better off.. He simply stood further away than them all and watched and listened. When Koda spoke to him, that perhaps this was just the day to day and this was all there was, even
(22:30:09) Liam Laca glared a little and then looked away back to the sea.. He.. He honestly had never felt so alone, or so conflicted before.. He was paying all of his attention on swallowing back the tears that were starting to well at his eyes. He had already shown what a child he was, he didn't want to hammer it home so soon.
(22:34:09) Zelanze Balestra gave no pause after he finished, quick strided carrying him right to the young adventurer and placing a hand on his shoulder. A tight clasp to pull his attention too and nudge to encourage his eyes forward and up. In all the seriousness of it, the knight would give a warm smile "Close your eyes" instructed. If Liam resisted, he'd have them closed for him. "Breath in, deep and slow" a brief pause before he'd instruct "Breath back out" and, if Liam went with it all, he'd repeat this several times. "Focus only on your breath, think only about the sound of your breath. In" pause "Out". A relaxation exercise the knight had learned his first time throwing up, they were all only mortal after all. >>
(22:38:14) Zelanze Balestra would turn to Koda after "We'll pull her, just enough speed to get her going and I think she'll steer" he would say, only letting go of Liam's shoulder now before turning back to him, and then towards Windthor. "I understand if you all have apprehensions. Going after the men who did this seems like defending what this ship stands for in a round about way. But I assure you it is not." he'd step away several steps, over to what was now rows of covered bodies. "We aren't a house of consessions, of shades of gray, of letting things go. The manifest says this ship was heading to Etla Island" meaning it had been drifting off course for months at least "We're going to go there, and we'll see that the people who did this face trial. Nomatter what their reasoning was, what they did here was wrong" only looking back over his shoulder at Liam now "It's in the darkest hour that a knight has to shine it's brightest. I trust you wont let this defeat you?" <<
(22:57:35) Windthor Pryas had gone silent once Zel went to Liam, turning to Koda. "Well said." The hybrid turned again, looking out at the covered bodies. "...Damn it." After Zel spoke to Liam, Windy let out a deep sigh, forcing himself to actually show emotion now, since his blank expression was probably disturbing. Instead of words, he reached out, placing one arm around Liam's shoulder, if the goat allowed, to pull him in to a very warm hug. He didn't have the skill to bring rousing speeches, Zel had that. He wasn't able to state harsh truths, like Koda. But he was able to show Liam that he was there. Liam wasn't alone. "For the record..." The hybrid stooped a little to Liam's eye-level. "There's nothing wrong with tears," he said softly, pulling on a supportive smile.
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(23:12:49) Kodachrome came back after a time below and moved along to the group including Zel being the best man hecould be and Windy in help. "If it's any consolation you handled this a lot better than most people for a Greenhorn." She offered. Nodding. "I think you'll do well in life kid, I think you will. In the meantime Zel, ship is ready when you are. I bet we could rig something to their wheel to steer this beast back to port where the dead can be processed."
(23:13:59) Liam Laca flinched for the first time at being touched, ears back and eyes slitted to little slivers, he looked more like the feral animal he could be and less like the level headed man he had the ability to become. Still though he trusted Zelanze, and he knew that the fox wouldn't hurt him.. When his eyes were covered and he was told to breath deep, he did as much, his hands coming up to wring at the edges of the scarf that had been made for him. An idle movement to calm him down further. When the scene and light started to fade back in he was glad to see the knight standing before him. The conversation about where this all stood, about how noble might have been the intention but deplorable was the outcome, he felt a little better. There still was a lead like coating in Liam's stomach, heavy and thick and sloshed a little too hard when he moved.. But perhaps like all other things in life, time would heal over as well.
(23:14:00) Liam Laca was actually holding it together really well until Windy pulled him into that hug. It wasn't that he'd been numbing himself, but he'd been physically trying to just hold himself together. When those massive arms wrapped around him, holding him and warming his face and shoulders.. He actually shook and let a small muffled noise escape him. He'd never really properly met Windthor, but the fact that he was treating him like family, it moved him a better way than Koda's much more relevant words had. When Windthor would pull away, Liam's arms would be over his eyes to clear away whatever tears he had, and a small smile would be waiting for them all. "I-I'm alright yall.. S-Sorry just, aint never.. Aint never seen nothin like this before.. Got me all kindsa fucked up.." he smiled back up at Koda and nodded "Thanks Mam. I uh.. I appreciate that."
(23:18:31) Zelanze Balestra would smile when Koda re-emerged, hearing that the ship was sea worthy enough to move was the first good news of the evening. He'd let Windthor and Liam have a moment together, hopefully bringing some calm to the tense situation. Once was all said and done the knight would step in to the middle of his small group, his 'crew', and break the silence rather suddenly. "Alright! We got work to do! Get the sails up on this, get her tied up. We're gonna give her a pulling start and sail her in! Once we're at Etla we'll deal with the dead and the rights. After that" he'd turn on his heel to face them, feet clicking loudly on the deck. "We're going to go out there, find the people who did this, and make them face the justice they never gave these folk. No senseless killing, no rightuous fury. We take them down, tie their wrists, and force them to jury. Any questions?"
(23:31:11) Windthor Pryas straightened up, ruffling Liam's hair gently and turned to Zel as he began to speak. His face went from jovial to blank in a moment, and he rolled his shoulder, reaching up to crack his knuckles. "Not really a question, Zel, but... I'm probably gonna end up punching these... People, a litte harder than I usualy do. I'm not gonna actively try to kill anyone. Just figured you should know." His restraint only went so far when he was pissed off. He turned, beginning to walk back to te faithful. Right, now was a good time to get away from the dead bodies.
(23:36:50) Kodachrome nodded as she'd take flight with a few huge flaps of her large wings. Up into the sails she'd go to fix what she could and to get it as sail worthy as she was able. "This shit ain't gonna move so the boat will go where we put her and maybe catch wind if we're lucky with how ripped all this is but let's hope they left enough to keep her going!" She'd call while flapping around the area getting ropes and whatnot done up till she could run a lenght past the ails to the wheel. "We can rig it to run off our wheel it's just gonna need someone on it to keep it from screwing up if it does. Windy you got wings. If you can handle it can you stay on board and steer this if it fails? And If it sinks cut it loose? I gotta steer our ship."
(23:38:26) Liam Laca let out a "No Sir!" and started to get to work as soon as possible, blinking straight off of the ship and doing as he was directed, be that helping with the sails (as he might be the fastest at it given his ability to just, be there to untie them) or helping pull the board up from the edge of the ship. He wanted to be working, he wanted to be moving.. He wanted to be less of a useless sack of potatoes than he'd been on the ship. More to the point he felt better that they would be capturing these people and putting them to trial. It felt better than simply attacking them.. He knew Clover's old gang never worked that way. If you crossed them you were left for dead.. There was at least some honor here between all the chaos and death. Just point the way and he'd be on it at 110%
(20:02:15) Liam Laca: [po?]
(20:03:06) Windthor Pryas:
(20:03:21) Liam Laca:
(20:03:40) Kodachrome: [Ok?]
(20:03:50) Windthor Pryas: [Fine by me. x3]
(20:03:54) You say, "[Yeah just post as you guys will first round and then that'll be the post order]"
(20:11:56) Windthor Pryas flicked an ear, looking up at the ceiling from where he was belowdecks, having only just come out of his room after laying down for a bit. Picking up the pace, the hybrid stepped out onto the deck and looked out at the ocean, soon catching sight of the ship Zel had spotted. From his position, it looked like it had been there a while, but who knew. Wind ran up to the bow of the ship, climbing out a bit onto the bowsprit and grasping a rope for stability. Clearly, he wasn't too afraid of falling off, the wind blowing past his hair and wings making him almost look majestic. After a moment, he pulled his goggles up onto his face. There we go, less dry eye.
(20:15:49) Kodachrome sighed as she got up from her post in the engine room. Her gloves tugged and strapped down tight, and her own goggles put on while she'd come up onto deck. Wings gave a slight flap into the wind while she held to the railing to start floating. "We can land it near or do you think it will cause the damn thing to fall over into the sea? I don't fancy going swimming right now Zel!" She called out over the wind while she waited to see what she'd need to go do. Maybe they could tug the thing ashore more? Who knew. All she wanted was to stay dry today.
(20:17:45) Liam Laca was topside, while he was never a huge fan of water and less so large bodies of it, he was better in the air. Somehow it felt less confining and that he had more time to prepare if water was a thing that might happen. Honestly Liam was feeling pretty good. He had a decent pair of sea legs for a goat and after Ariel and him had commandeered the ship, he'd found himself kind of enjoying the motion of the airship. He had been sitting along the railing, he'd spotted something off in the distance but it was Zelanze's sharp eyes that actually called out what it might be. Perking up a bit he moved to stand next to the older knight, adjusting the staff on his back and the crossbow at his hips.. "Is this, not normal?" He asked, those long floppy ears flipping forward and those usually round pupils slightly slitted, tail slowing it's pace behind him..
(20:22:33) Zelanze Balestra paused for a moment, a few seconds of silence even after everyone had spoken towards him. Both to consider what they had to say, and to take a good look at the ship in the distance through his scope. It was only after he had the time to consider he would answer everyone in turn; "She looks stable, we'll approach her slow and in the water then lay boards across. She's drifted pretty far" Windy hadn't said it out loud, but Zel agreed with him that this ship looked like it had been at see for some time. "No, no this isn't normal" he answered bluntly, yet with his usual calmed tone. "Windthor, Liam, I want you armed. Koda," saying her name as he stepped away from the ship's controls "Take us in close, i'm going to ready us to cross"
(20:29:09) Windthor Pryas reached up, holding his hat on his head, before turning to Zel as he hopped off the bowsprit. Armed? For an old ship? The hybrid glanced over to the eponymous vessel, then nodded. "Alright." He stepped away, heading back to his room again. Moving quickly, he changed into his chainmail armor and iron bracers, strapping his broadsword do his back. The silver blade shimmered slightly, almost giving of its own light, as he drew it a bit to make sure he could draw it easily, before heading back up onto the deck. He might have thought Zel was being overly cautious, but then again, you never knew what you'd find at sea. This ship could be full of zombies, for all they knew. "Damn, left my crucifix at the estate," joked the hybrid to himself, rolling his shoulder as he waited to board.
(20:33:04) Kodachrome nodded as she'd float over to the controls. She knew the ship like the back of her hand and she would take it in just like that. Slowly, smoothly so not to disturb the water too much. "If we tie to her make sure they're quick release. We don't need to go under with her if it goes." She called out while shaking her head at Windy's joke. "You've got all the holy from Zel." She laughed before she'd take to bringing it in. [short mom needs help]
(20:34:51) Liam Laca didn't need to be told twice. He was gone in a second only to return with his small cross-bow's container of bolts strapped to his hip. For someone who didn't wear a lot of clothes he had an odd set-up of straps and of course his house scarf now. He might have looked a little under-dressed but somehow it just kinda felt, him. The staff in his hands, Liam let his thumb run over the word that had been carved into it not too long ago.. For some reason it gave him his own little boost of hope. He hoped things would turn out ok, and that, perhaps, no one would be hurt.. "Don't know why yall'd be needin a cross. Unless ya got like, vampires down there or somethin.. Or demons but lemme tell you, that shit don't bother me none and I aint seen it bother the hoards of demons at The Golden Tether none either."
(20:35:51) Windthor Pryas: [Windy and Liam haven't met until now, I'm just realizing. x3]
(20:36:03) Liam Laca: [NOPE : D]
(20:38:42) Zelanze Balestra would lean against the railing at the ship's for a bit, ears perking up when Koda spoke. He definitely agreed with her, though he didn't much voice anything for the moment. When the pulled in close enough to see the ship plainly he'd disregard the scope for the most part. The ship was in taters, chunks of the deck were blow apart and it looked like another ship had impacted it at ram. Worse yet, one could already vaguely make out corpses. There was a long pause before Zelanze would straighten up, nose twitching for a moment before he'd turn out to Liam with a more stern look than usual. "If you aren't ready for the worst of it Liam, you should go under deck. Nobody will blame you" the scent of death was strong. It looked like a pirate attack already, but the closer The Faithful drew near the more it seemed like a massacre.
(20:47:21) Windthor Pryas smirked at Koda, crossing his arms over his chest. "Yeah, Zel's a walking crucifix, might as well strap him to me like a backpack. No vampires would touch us." Of course, the jovial tone would immediately be sobered as he saw the nearly destroyed ship, his smile sliding off his face. "Oh, shit," he muttered. He'd been traveling and working with Zel for years, and he'd never get used to seeing dead bodies. Not that he'd seen a lot, but that was probably a good thing. Pirates didn't do this, he reasoned. If they had, there wouldn't have been nearly as many dead bodies. Maybe some, but they'd have taken more prisoners, surely? Windy turned to Liam, looking a little grim, which was unusual for the normally really expressive and happy hybrid. "If you do come with us, just... Brace yourself. Something tells me it'll be worse when we get on board."
(20:57:45) Kodachrome sighed as she moved the ship up close to the distroyed vessel. Slowed to a halt beside the thing with the stench of scorched flesh, and rot, hanging in the air. Gunpowder no doubt too. "This is terrible. Be wary though plenty of predators like to use these things as homes." Her biggest worry? Sirens. Second biggest? Zombies. Still, she wouldn't mind dealing with that but knowing this kid, Liam, was green was a worry. "Just stick with Zel, Liam. He'll keep ya safe."
(20:58:02) Kodachrome: [She's so giving the kid booze after]
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(20:59:52) Liam Laca, not being one to back down at first met Zelanze's gaze and nodded, as though perhaps he knew the risks and was willing to take them regardless of how it might affect him. Slowly though, the closer and closer they drew to the ship, the more and more Liam looked less like the amature adventurer he was growing into, and more like the naive child who showed up underdressed to Zelanze's search party in the bitter winter.. His tail was limp behind him and the look of panic on his face, while more controlled than when he'd seen Lucasta's body shift, was still obvious. His jaw tensed and it took a very long time before he finally looked towards his feet, not wanting to turn his back towards this, but unable to truly take in that kind of horror. "Who.. Would have done something like this..?" the horrors of man only extending to lying and cheating for the young lad, senseless killing being only found in fantasy books.
(20:59:52) Liam Laca heard both Wind and Koda's words and kept them close, but, it still didn't quell his worries..
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(21:04:45) Zelanze Balestra - "It's too late to say" was Zelanze's only answer to Wind's injury. It could still be pirates, or any kind of raid really. As The Faithful finally pulled up close the scent of death was heavy in the air, enough to almost taste toxic on the tongue. Whatever happened here happened likely months ago, just long enough for the bodies to begin their slow decompression but without soil or insects to do it proper. Again a sharp turn on his heel as he made his way to the starboard side of the ship and began to lay boards. Once they were secured and in place he'd motion with his arm for the other's to join him. Careful steps as he made his way over from one ship to the other, the uneasy rock from a healthy ship to a damaged one rolling at the mercy of the waves. >>
(21:07:42) Zelanze Balestra - Immediately the carnage was evident. No small amount of bodies, many of which killed by blades or canonfire but worse yet was many more all but torn asunder. No way to tell if it was better or worse they came so far after the fact, the body's so far along now that it wasn't fresh gore. One man on the deck had been run through by a part of the wooden floor he once stood on, another hung from the sails. A woman laid bare, naked on the ground clearly tortured by knives left for dead. Elsewhere another man laid passed, a hole carefully cut in his chest where his hear had been removed. Pure, unadulterated, violence. "Deus." muttered to himself, before turning to any who followed him on to the ship. "I need to know what was stolen, and I need a copy of the ship's manifests. Also need eyes under deck" <<
(21:19:08) Windthor Pryas certainly didn't look like he was having fun. His nose was probably the most sensitive of the four there, and he was getting his fair share of terrible smells. It was a wonder his eyes weren't watering. "Ugh," he muttered, rubbing his nose, but he shook his head. "I can go belowdecks," offered Windy. "If you wanna come down and watch my back, I'd appreciate it," was added to Liam, with a small smile. Koda and Zel would probably be able to go to the captain's quarters and find whatever they needed to look for, since they were much better versed in ships and how they worked than he was. "Of course, if you'd rather stay up here, I'd understand."
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(21:25:55) Kodachrome sighed as she got a more serious look on her while nodding as Windy volunteered. She'd not mind that in the slightest as she went for the back of the ship. "I'll go check the captains quarters." She wouldn't want to see what's more as she'd sigh. "Can someone cover the bodies? Just rip the sail up." She called while shaking her head. "After this is over we're all getting some stiff drinks. And kid. You know who does this? People you meet every day in the Tether. Pirates, Slavers, but since you know. Lots dead I doubt more than a handful was taken as captive. You know. It's not just riches and food that are called the spoils of war." She said gruffly, moving away from the group for the cabin.
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(21:31:59) Liam Laca was in a state of a numb shock. His feet carried him forward because of duty but his mind was left in a sort of haze that was still trying to piece together what could have done this. It wasn't a matter of who anymore. No man with any sense of self would do this. When Wind asked him to cover his back down below he simply let out a small nod and 'yes' before trailing out behind him.. Koda's words hit him hard, swiveling a little too fast to meet her eyes. The people at the Tether. Normal sane people had the capability to do this. It sat deep in his stomach, thinking of the faces he'd seen there doing these same atrocities. He nodded more out of the mechanical notion to say he'd heard her, and less to agree with her. Right now he couldn't agree, he couldn't even really process. But the idea anyone had the ability, would sit with him not only in his dreams but perhaps in his waking state as well..
(21:36:28) Zelanze Balestra would nod when Koda spoke; everyone else was splitting off to search so that would be his work. Of them all, the knight was probably the one unfortunate enough to have seen the most death so it was best for him to do it. Cutting down the sails with his longsword he'd begin the long task of covering the bodies. Littered over the deck on further inspection was death sea life; fish and coral alike. All simply brushed aside so he could focus on carefully covering the bodies. In the cabin Koda wouldn't find much, not a thing was missing and it was largely untouched. If she looked for it, she'd find the manifesto Zelanze had said to look for. Below deck was unfortunately a worse story >>
(21:38:35) Zelanze Balestra - The ship below deck was clearly damaged by the canon fire, which somehow came through flatly from the deck in some places as opposed to from the ship's side. Underneath was what was left of the "survivors" of the initial attack. People who starved to death or ended their own lives after the ship was raided. Further inspection revealed cages, though they weren't low condition. It looked like transportation of harem slaves; nice bed's and what used to be good food none the less next to chains. The Tether's specialty of 'well treated' slaves. Again though, other than the human cargo nothing appeared to be missing <<
(21:56:20) Windthor Pryas reached out, gently placing a very large, but very soft and warm hand on Liam's shoulder, hoping that he was at least being a little comforting. He didn't say anything for a few moments, merely gave the goat's shoulder a gentle squeeze. While he didn't disagree with Koda, perhaps this wasn't the best time? Eh. "Come on," he said softly, leading Liam belowdecks. "Stay close behind me." Once they were down there, the hybrid grimaced, forcing himself not to look at the bodies, though he did peek into a few of the quarters, deciding not to let Liam look in. It wasn't any better. He instinctivey grasped the hilt of his sword "Shit," he grunted again, reaching the cargo area. "...Damn, I just..." He sighed, eaching up to rub his eyes. It wasn't that he was getting emotional, it was just that his eyes were starting to water from the smell. "Ugh. I'm never gonna get used to this." Windy turned to Liam. >>
(21:56:34) Windthor Pryas: "I promise this kind of stuff doesn't happen often. Tell you what, if you want, I'll take you on a vacation. 'Cuz we'll both probably need it."
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(22:01:36) Kodachrome sighed as she'd go about grabbing what she wanted to keep and what was needed into a large curtan she ripped down and threw stuff into. Meandering over she'd come out and call out. "Zel! Since everything on this boat is dead mind if we take a finders fee? Also what are we going to do with this after? The ships a slave ship, something in the books said it was a trained slave thing, and for cinimals. They'd put in at The Tether and was going back to port. Guess they didn't make it very far. But yeah can we like.. Take some things? The cannons that are still good can be salvaged and I'd like to see what they have in the realm of goods and weapons." She asked, her tone? Her whole demenor now was.. Well. Same shit, diffrent day. She was growing cold to the death and already her nose had grown accustomed to the smell of the ship.
(22:06:34) Liam Laca felt a little better at Windy's touch. It seemed as though the kid was better guided with a small prod that he was with kind words. Still though the idea of a vacation felt a little odd to his ears. How did someone walk away from this? Was it through heavy drinks as Koda suggested or a little R&R as Windy might have mentioned. the smell of death was thick, the smell of salt and the damp rotting wood did nothing to help Liam's stomach or nerves and about a few feet in, he poofed away from Windy, towards a random spot above the ship and then, just, threw up.. He held his stomach and when he thought it was empty, was wrong and threw up again. Coughing and wheezing he finally rubbed his mouth clean and looked around to make sure no one saw that, even though Zel and Koda would have.. He was trembling, a deep frown on his face. This was never mentioned in his books, in his stories.
(22:06:35) Liam Laca had not had an adventurer had told him about this kind of slaughter that lay in wait for those who were unlucky enough to find it.
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(22:09:45) Zelanze Balestra would turn and make his way to Koda after he finished covering the bodies, reaching out to take the manifesto from her after she handed it to him. He paused for only a few moments to think, consider what she said, before shaking his head. "No. We'll find the next of kin and deliver the ship, they'll probably burn or scuttle it after what happened here" in the most objective terms it was a waste, but to the knight? It was only ride the family decided. Carefully opening the book, he'd flip through a few pages; "Good, crewman names are here. I'll get to writing letters this evening" one by one, to every relative of every crew member. It'd probably take days. There was a brief pause before he'd turn back and shout "Wind, Liam, you'll want to come up here!" >>
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(22:12:02) Zelanze Balestra - "Slavers and pirates" he echoed to himself what Koda had said earlier. If she was keen she could hear him whisper the word "Worse" under his breath. Once everyone was back on deck, he'd lift the manifesto so they could all see. "What kind of conscious do you think allows a man to do this" a loaded question, only moments given to answer. "A clean one" he said, before tossing the manifesto towards Wind. "It was a slave ship, raided and slaughtered. Bodies on display, nothing stolen, ship wasn't scuttled. This wasn't bandits, pirates, slavers. This was the word of people thinking they were doing the right thing. The scariest thing of all is what man is capable of when he thinks he's in the right. Slave liberators did this" <<
(22:23:38) Windthor Pryas turned to look at the cages, then turned back to Liam, who was suddenly gone. Leavng nothing but smoke. The hybrid sighed, moving to take the stairs back up tot the deck. Nothing more to see down here, anyway. He caught Liam at the railing, and he didn't blame the goat at all. Upon getting called to assemble, he caught the manifest, brow furrowing as he looked down at the names. "...There are empty cages down there, looks like they'd held slaves before this ship got attacked." The hybrid's face relaxed, going completely blank as he looked up from the paper. "The people who did this aren't clean," said the hybrid, gripping the paper in his strong hand. "I don't care how clear they think their conscience is, they might as well be permanently stained by the blood and the dirt they left this ship with." The hybrid looked down at the paper again. "I'm gonna help you find the families." Not asking permission, just stating a fact.
(22:25:34) Kodachrome nodded as she'd toss the stuff back into the cabin, though she did keep one single nice looking pen. Call it Kleptomania. Still, she'd stand beside Zel while frowned as she was thinking the words he said. Sure she heard Liam puke his guts up and all that but she just knew it'd take a while. Once he spoke of the kind who did this she sighed and nodded. "Well, they certainly Liberated the hell out of this ship. Caused them to suffer for the suffering they caused. Liam, he's right though so if you don't know this lesson yet learn it well. There is a phrase used and it holds true. The road to hell is Paved with good intentions. And Windy, this is likely not the first. Or the Last, time this might happen from the same people. We ought to find out who did this." She sighed. Looking around as she frowned. "So then, Captain, what shall we do? Push it or pull it. -
(22:25:37) Kodachrome I need to go below below and make sure this thing isn't slowly leaking or something. So it still can be moved. No need to have this ship turn into an anchor." She didn't like the idea of this ship. She didn't like the idea of dragging it anywhere. But they had a task now that Zel had orders and she'd break away with a shake of her head. Halo sparking and arcing the only sign from a carefully held stoned face that her anger and ire was rising.
(22:30:09) Liam Laca turned to listen to Zelanze and just, let his ears fall down to his head. This felt like some kind of nightmare. He was caught in some kind of strange place where he couldn't decide what to say. He was pissed because he still, to his core, felt that slaving was wrong. He wanted nothing to do with it and felt that unless you bought a slave for the intention of having them freed, it was wrong.. But the people doing this, this was their job.. This was their task at hand.. They didn't trap and sell them they were just transporting them. He felt dirty for being so angry at the people who'd done this, but he felt dirty thinking that the slaves, they might actually be better off.. He simply stood further away than them all and watched and listened. When Koda spoke to him, that perhaps this was just the day to day and this was all there was, even
(22:30:09) Liam Laca glared a little and then looked away back to the sea.. He.. He honestly had never felt so alone, or so conflicted before.. He was paying all of his attention on swallowing back the tears that were starting to well at his eyes. He had already shown what a child he was, he didn't want to hammer it home so soon.
(22:34:09) Zelanze Balestra gave no pause after he finished, quick strided carrying him right to the young adventurer and placing a hand on his shoulder. A tight clasp to pull his attention too and nudge to encourage his eyes forward and up. In all the seriousness of it, the knight would give a warm smile "Close your eyes" instructed. If Liam resisted, he'd have them closed for him. "Breath in, deep and slow" a brief pause before he'd instruct "Breath back out" and, if Liam went with it all, he'd repeat this several times. "Focus only on your breath, think only about the sound of your breath. In" pause "Out". A relaxation exercise the knight had learned his first time throwing up, they were all only mortal after all. >>
(22:38:14) Zelanze Balestra would turn to Koda after "We'll pull her, just enough speed to get her going and I think she'll steer" he would say, only letting go of Liam's shoulder now before turning back to him, and then towards Windthor. "I understand if you all have apprehensions. Going after the men who did this seems like defending what this ship stands for in a round about way. But I assure you it is not." he'd step away several steps, over to what was now rows of covered bodies. "We aren't a house of consessions, of shades of gray, of letting things go. The manifest says this ship was heading to Etla Island" meaning it had been drifting off course for months at least "We're going to go there, and we'll see that the people who did this face trial. Nomatter what their reasoning was, what they did here was wrong" only looking back over his shoulder at Liam now "It's in the darkest hour that a knight has to shine it's brightest. I trust you wont let this defeat you?" <<
(22:57:35) Windthor Pryas had gone silent once Zel went to Liam, turning to Koda. "Well said." The hybrid turned again, looking out at the covered bodies. "...Damn it." After Zel spoke to Liam, Windy let out a deep sigh, forcing himself to actually show emotion now, since his blank expression was probably disturbing. Instead of words, he reached out, placing one arm around Liam's shoulder, if the goat allowed, to pull him in to a very warm hug. He didn't have the skill to bring rousing speeches, Zel had that. He wasn't able to state harsh truths, like Koda. But he was able to show Liam that he was there. Liam wasn't alone. "For the record..." The hybrid stooped a little to Liam's eye-level. "There's nothing wrong with tears," he said softly, pulling on a supportive smile.
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(23:12:49) Kodachrome came back after a time below and moved along to the group including Zel being the best man hecould be and Windy in help. "If it's any consolation you handled this a lot better than most people for a Greenhorn." She offered. Nodding. "I think you'll do well in life kid, I think you will. In the meantime Zel, ship is ready when you are. I bet we could rig something to their wheel to steer this beast back to port where the dead can be processed."
(23:13:59) Liam Laca flinched for the first time at being touched, ears back and eyes slitted to little slivers, he looked more like the feral animal he could be and less like the level headed man he had the ability to become. Still though he trusted Zelanze, and he knew that the fox wouldn't hurt him.. When his eyes were covered and he was told to breath deep, he did as much, his hands coming up to wring at the edges of the scarf that had been made for him. An idle movement to calm him down further. When the scene and light started to fade back in he was glad to see the knight standing before him. The conversation about where this all stood, about how noble might have been the intention but deplorable was the outcome, he felt a little better. There still was a lead like coating in Liam's stomach, heavy and thick and sloshed a little too hard when he moved.. But perhaps like all other things in life, time would heal over as well.
(23:14:00) Liam Laca was actually holding it together really well until Windy pulled him into that hug. It wasn't that he'd been numbing himself, but he'd been physically trying to just hold himself together. When those massive arms wrapped around him, holding him and warming his face and shoulders.. He actually shook and let a small muffled noise escape him. He'd never really properly met Windthor, but the fact that he was treating him like family, it moved him a better way than Koda's much more relevant words had. When Windthor would pull away, Liam's arms would be over his eyes to clear away whatever tears he had, and a small smile would be waiting for them all. "I-I'm alright yall.. S-Sorry just, aint never.. Aint never seen nothin like this before.. Got me all kindsa fucked up.." he smiled back up at Koda and nodded "Thanks Mam. I uh.. I appreciate that."
(23:18:31) Zelanze Balestra would smile when Koda re-emerged, hearing that the ship was sea worthy enough to move was the first good news of the evening. He'd let Windthor and Liam have a moment together, hopefully bringing some calm to the tense situation. Once was all said and done the knight would step in to the middle of his small group, his 'crew', and break the silence rather suddenly. "Alright! We got work to do! Get the sails up on this, get her tied up. We're gonna give her a pulling start and sail her in! Once we're at Etla we'll deal with the dead and the rights. After that" he'd turn on his heel to face them, feet clicking loudly on the deck. "We're going to go out there, find the people who did this, and make them face the justice they never gave these folk. No senseless killing, no rightuous fury. We take them down, tie their wrists, and force them to jury. Any questions?"
(23:31:11) Windthor Pryas straightened up, ruffling Liam's hair gently and turned to Zel as he began to speak. His face went from jovial to blank in a moment, and he rolled his shoulder, reaching up to crack his knuckles. "Not really a question, Zel, but... I'm probably gonna end up punching these... People, a litte harder than I usualy do. I'm not gonna actively try to kill anyone. Just figured you should know." His restraint only went so far when he was pissed off. He turned, beginning to walk back to te faithful. Right, now was a good time to get away from the dead bodies.
(23:36:50) Kodachrome nodded as she'd take flight with a few huge flaps of her large wings. Up into the sails she'd go to fix what she could and to get it as sail worthy as she was able. "This shit ain't gonna move so the boat will go where we put her and maybe catch wind if we're lucky with how ripped all this is but let's hope they left enough to keep her going!" She'd call while flapping around the area getting ropes and whatnot done up till she could run a lenght past the ails to the wheel. "We can rig it to run off our wheel it's just gonna need someone on it to keep it from screwing up if it does. Windy you got wings. If you can handle it can you stay on board and steer this if it fails? And If it sinks cut it loose? I gotta steer our ship."
(23:38:26) Liam Laca let out a "No Sir!" and started to get to work as soon as possible, blinking straight off of the ship and doing as he was directed, be that helping with the sails (as he might be the fastest at it given his ability to just, be there to untie them) or helping pull the board up from the edge of the ship. He wanted to be working, he wanted to be moving.. He wanted to be less of a useless sack of potatoes than he'd been on the ship. More to the point he felt better that they would be capturing these people and putting them to trial. It felt better than simply attacking them.. He knew Clover's old gang never worked that way. If you crossed them you were left for dead.. There was at least some honor here between all the chaos and death. Just point the way and he'd be on it at 110%
