worst pirates ever

[commentboxtroll]

Date & Time: 7/12 - 7/14
Location: The Chinese Seas, 19th Century
Characters: Caesar, Gamora, Jericho, & Oz
Summary: The Initative needs a new device to be tested and Caesar needs some treasure stolen; both dilemmas can be solved by robbing a bunch of Chinese pirates!
Warnings: gamora kills a lot of things, the end.

The Chinese Seas, 19th Century. The objective is to obtain control of a merchant ship carrying iron ore, gun powder, and various spices that was historically lost to a particularly infamous pirate crew. It's recorded as their only ever win, and the ship itself never returned to port.

The goal is actually to be sent to the merchant ship a day or so before the pirate boarding, survive the pirate battle and get into the pirate hold, and to secure the Treasure of the Nine Kingdoms so that it never returns to Chinese hands. It is indeed gold-plated, and part of a smaller, more modest hoard of gold on board, along with various other goods, spices, and precious stones. There is also a gold plated chamberpot. (Go figure.)

Comments

[gamora]

It was a long time ago.

( and clearly that explains why she can act like it ain't no thaaaang. )

[velveteened]

( he'd be even more of a liar if he didn't think he'd do exactly the same in her position, really. )

I see.

( lapses into silence a moment, looking back out over the water as a light wind tugs at the both of them. )

[gamora]

( there's a half shrug, but gamora doesn't extrapolate. )

So how did Caesar con you into coming?

[velveteened]

That was easy! ( bursts out brightly, giving her a sideways grin. ) Anything to help a friend, right?

( not precisely that easy, of course, but not horribly untrue either )

[gamora]

I was bored.

( WHAT ARE THESE 'FRIENDS' YOU SPEAK OF. )

[velveteened]

( he laughs at that. )

That's a good reason!

[gamora]

Maybe.

( it's not really good enough for gamora, but that's a conversation she doesn't want to have with anyone ever again. )