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Post by amory on May 28, 2007 22:26:01 GMT 10
The tattered tavern was all too familiar to Amory, though she would never admit it. However, on this day, she would not hesitate to go inside and be welcomed by her fellow pirates, being offered a mug of rum. Amory smiled at the thought of the cold liquid running down her throat, and would not stall any longer. She walked inside the tavern and immediately went towards the counter, where a slightly drunk man could be found behind it. He smiled at Amory and bowed his head slightly, a sign of respect towards her. "The regular," she said to him, looking around. Towards the other side of the room, Amory could hear a fight going on, guns being shot and screams and laughter. She would not stop the fight, knowing well that this happened all too often, and with or without her help, the fights would always continue. It's the life of a Pirate - survival of the fittest. Most people don't understand what they go through, but Amory always thought that to be one of their greatest strenghts.
The rum arrived just a few moments later. She took it and began to chug it down, realizing just how much she had been craving this lately. With everything that's happening recently, she hasn't had much of a chance to just sit around, drink rum, and enjoy the life of simplicity. She's had hard times of watching pirates die or be killed by warriors of the south and the north. She hasn't made any alliances recently, causing even more stress to be put upon her. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath, as she asked the bartender to refill her mug. Amory saw a body being thrown across the room and landing against the table, causing the table to break. Yet another fight was about to break out. Amory pulled out her hat and placed it upon her head, lowering the front in an attempt to cover her identity as she sat in the chair in front of the counter and ignored everything going on behind her. She refused to get caught in this fight. Not this time.
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Post by Ice on May 29, 2007 7:49:00 GMT 10
Poker jumped back up after being thrown at the table and watched the huge man who had thrown him.
This isn't going to be an easy fight... He thought desperately. However, he had a reputation to uphold. Poker drew his two cutlasses and stood ready for the huge man to begin the fight.
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Post by khalora on May 29, 2007 16:43:11 GMT 10
Chase knocked down the man who he had been fighting for the past seven minutes... the man had been fast, but he was faster, and he knocked him out cold with a blow to the side of the head.
He looked down at the body and his adrenaline was still pumping he turned around and was about to run when he hit the back of the largest man he had ever seen... holding the largest sword he had ever seen. A pirate with two cutlasses was on the other side of him. The large man turned to look at Chase with an evil glint in his eye. Chase drew his sword... this wasn't going to end well...
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Post by Ice on May 29, 2007 17:58:36 GMT 10
Poker wasn't a fool, and he wasn't going to fight cleanly. While the large man was distracted by this other person, Poker easily jumped forward and spun his cutlass around in his hand, slicing open the man's throat.
Poker stepped back as the red blood of the pirate began to soak into the wooden floors. He wiped his cutlass on the dead man's shirt.
Poker pulled out some coins and sat at the counter, next to the Pirate Queen herself. He dropped the coins on the bar, apologising for the mess to the surly innkeep before turning to Amory.
"So," Poker said, "We meet again, I would bow but I am already sitting down." Poker smiled.
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Post by amory on May 29, 2007 18:48:52 GMT 10
Amory had heard the sounds of fighting coming from close by, maybe even right behind her, but she had chosen to ignore it. She was not, after all, about to witness one of her own pirates dying before her very eyes. Although she has seen it many times before, it just didn't seem to hold as much interest that day. She had been thinking about quite a bit recently, and death was not one of the positive points.
She noticed, a few moments later however, that someone had sat down next to her. She looked over and tipped her hat upwards, to get a better look at who it was. She couldn't help but return the smile when she saw it was Poker. She's met him a few times before, being the Pirate Queen she has to know who all of the pirates were, but Poker was a little bit different... he was well known by most, if not all, pirates. "Well, if it isn't young Poker. In a tavern. What are you doing here?" She turned around and looked at the ground, only to see a dead body. Looking up slightly, she saw someone else familiar as well, Chase. Because he was one of the only people who kept almost his entire identity a secret, she's always been able to recognize him... somehow. She smiled at him and looked at Poker once again. "And you're killing people." She raised an eyebrow, slightly amused.
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Post by Ice on May 29, 2007 19:14:46 GMT 10
"He was saying bad words in front of a lady." Poker said lightly. "My Queen looks a little troubled." Poker said, lightly. "When I'm troubled I steal emeralds. Being the queen that might be hard for you." Poker laughed. "So, what be your problems?"
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Post by amory on May 29, 2007 19:27:29 GMT 10
Amory looked at Poker and was eager to tell him, knowing that he'd more than willing to help. He had pirate blood in him, and even though he had Ice blood in him as well, he was all pirate. Amory knew that. She smiled at him and leaned her elbow against the counter, her head resting on her hand. She laughed. "Yes, I'm not sure I would get away with that so easily..." Where to begin? The Pirates population is everchanging - rouges are often categorized as Pirates, but sometimes they do not side with them, and sometimes they do. Pirates seem to be everywhere, but they are always using violence in every day life, even killing each other...
Survival of the fittest, Amory always thought, but maybe there weren't very many fit people. She looked at Poker. She had to stay calm with him. If she was paranoid, maybe that would make him worry too. "Well, I guess the main problem would be..." everything. She didn't know how to put it in words. "I guess the war in general. Everyone hates Pirates, Pirates hate everyone else. I should be used to it by this point, but it's getting more difficult. The war is becoming even more... controversial nowadays." Does that make sense? She didn't know.
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Post by Ice on May 29, 2007 19:32:40 GMT 10
Poker smiled. He thought he knew where she was coming from. "A Crown is heavy." Poker said. "And it leaves bruises on the wearer's head." He looked at her. "The war will end. All wars must end, or else the world would break apart. Everyone hate everyone." Poker laughed humourlessly. "It's not just a pirate thing."
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Post by amory on May 29, 2007 19:37:47 GMT 10
She couldn't help but grin, feeling much better already. She leaned away from the counter and nodded her head. "Yeah, you're right." She leaned forward, as if to tell a secret, and whispered, "But between you and me, I think Pirates are better than all of them anyway." She leaned back. "Some of the underestimate us. And then, well... they get what they deserve later." She knows from experience. She smirked at the small memory.
She looked at Poker again and asked the bartender for another mug of rum. "Hopefully I won't get drunk. I hate getting drunk in front of other people." She rolled her eyes. "It's not a pretty sight." She looked at him and laughed. "Then again, I can't be much compared to some of the guys here."
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Post by Ice on May 29, 2007 19:42:47 GMT 10
Poker laughed and ordered some rum for himself, though the inkeep glared at him. Still hasn't forgiven me. Poker thought. "My Queen, I could near guarantee that Pirates are the better of the armies." Poker smiled and swayed a little. "It seems I'm a little tipsy already." Poker laughed. "I don't believe I have ever seen you drunk."
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Post by khalora on May 29, 2007 21:27:16 GMT 10
"I have," said Chase, walking up to Amory and Poker, the dead pirates small purse of gold coins in his hand. "...and that was a good night if I recall mi'lady."
Chase didn't bother sitting down, he doubted if he would be staying much longer anyway, "And anyway, to soothe your worries, our army is the better by far... because I am part of it, even if I am a little rogue, and you'll never a sharpshooter such as me."
Chase looked at Amory more seriously now, "Although, I can say this. Wars are not there to make friends, wars have enemies, and the pirates have always been enemies with anybody. This war will not last forever, but I believe it will last for some time. Perhaps, if I may be so bold, an ally would be what our armies need in this time of world-wide peril?"
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Post by amory on May 30, 2007 5:33:46 GMT 10
Amory laughed at Poker, and was about to say something but a new visitor standing close by. She looked at Chase and raised an eyebrow in slight amusement, recalling that night. She grinned and nodded her head. "From the bit that I do remember, or the stories I have heard that is, it was a great night!" She leaned her elbows against the counter, looking at Chase.
She knew of his, what she had occasionally called 'amazing', marksmanship skills. Though, she wasn't one who enjoyed boosting another's ego, so she usually kept those comments to herself. She leaned forward slightly and listen to him 'boast', though she knew that he couldn't help it. After all, she did agree with him. "And that's why you're always welcomed. Having you as an enemy would not be very much fun, on my part that is."
She thought for a moment. An ally? Of course she has considered it several times, but she could never think of someone willing enough to compromise with her, or the pirates for that matter. She would welcome alliances with open arms, but her stubborn, or self-pride, will get in the way and cloud her thoughts. "An alliance... would probably be best." She looked at both him and Poker. "Who to make an alliance with, however, would have to be the perfect choice. Someone who's the most threatening to us, but also willing to work by our side."
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Post by khalora on May 30, 2007 16:12:58 GMT 10
"The Ice warriors are brutal. And they have new leadership." Chase looked at their intrigued faces. "I am a snitch and an assassin," he shrugged. "Very little escapes my eye. And I have been to Svena to assassinate some powerful generals before. They have a new high lord, and he is cruel, very cruel to his enemies. He would kill us rather than look at us..."
Chase though for a moment, "As for the other two armies, I do not know as much about them. Khalora leads the Southerners. And they are closest to us. You've met him before I believe Amory. And he is tactical, he might consider your proposal, but you'd have to catch him out of the city. As for the Navy, I don't even know who rules them anymore. It has been some time since I have killed in their territory, and their leadership is so fluctuating I lose track of it..."
Chase looked around him, as he always did, to make sure no-one was watching him, or about to attack him, but there was no-one... as was usual.
"Ultimately the choice is yours mi'lady, The Southern and Northern armies are so matched for power it boggles the mind. They both have numbers, skill, and incredible arsenal. The Navy is better on the sea though. Not even Khalora's fleet can match it..."
He flicked a bug off of Poker's mug just before he was about to drink it. "That wouldn't have tasted well..."
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Post by Ice on May 30, 2007 17:37:25 GMT 10
Poker ripped the mug out of Chase's hands before he got anywhere near touching it with his mouth and took a swig. His words were beginning to slur, but he could still think clearly enough.
"I hear there is another army brewing..." Poker said, quietly, leaning closer to his two 'bar-mates'. "They say they are angels, fallen angels, reduced from their heavenly seat to now live like the humans they have always despised. They hate all living creatures on Earth because they believe they are better. I hear they are giving the High Lord of the Ice People quite some trouble...Or so the story goes."
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Post by khalora on May 30, 2007 20:22:48 GMT 10
Chase frowned at having the mug taken from his hands, and made another grasp for it, which failed. So he waited... and grased again, and failed, so he sighed and actually paid attention to what Poker what saying. He frowned again, "Yes actually, I have heard something like that... The Ice folk are very fearful of them as I could gather when I was up there," he closed his eyes, trying to remember, after the scanning the room again.
"I always just believed it to be superstitious tales. The way they talk of them is like a fairytale. They say that the court has only ever caught one... And fifty of the royal guard died trying to take him down... but tales are always exaggerated by the drunken," Chase eyed Poker as he said that, watching him sway a little on his stool. "How many have you had anyway?"
As soon as he fell off, the stool was his...
Chase continued, "I don't know how an alliance with them would go though... them being fallen at all... but they are definately creatures beyond mortal power, with the strength of a half-angel to boot."
He made another grasp fro Poker's ale...
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