The fighting was over, in large part thanks to Flora's timely channeling, and now they were just mopping up the results of the battle. Ropes were thrown, with varying degrees of success as panicked pirates tried to scramble for the literal life lines. Jack 's rope was a little farther from the largest knot of survivors (and the fancy hat), and only two pirates reached it to clamber aboard. They'd thrown away their weapons and had already been barefoot beforehand, and were sodden, sorry sights as they scrambled aboard and promptly surrendered.
Koa was both less picky and less threatening. Two pirates also grabbed onto his rope, but Hadama guided two of the former captives to it as well, and the young dragoon had his muscles full holding the hawser steady while the group made its way to the safety of the deck, collapsing over the rail in a bedraggled puddle, though the two who had been chained up below deck tottered a few feet away before they sank down again, babbling their gratitude to their rescuers.
And as for Flora ? Given who she'd just called down upon their ship and the fact that she was holding a knife as sharp as her sweet smile only one pirate was desperate enough to grab on to her rope - and even then, only when she saw the dorsal fins approaching. The pirate captain, seeing the incoming sharks too late, suddenly changed her mind on remaining in the water with her ship and struck out for the dangling rope.
Her luck had truly and finally turned against her, however. As her fingers brushed the rough fibers she was suddenly jerked back and down. Her hat continued to float on the surface of the choppy waters, but only a thin stream of red revealed her fate, and even that was swiftly washed away in the tide.
Hadama had taken the last grey-bearded captive in hand and drew the waters up beneath them in a column until he could deposit the fellow on the deck of the Blessing. A few hoarse screams and cries for help echoed from the waters below but were quickly silenced, and the King's expression was tight-jawed and grim as he held to his initial decision to let the pirates face the consequences of their actions.
Four pirates and three of their captives had been rescued from the sea, but one last detail remained before they could turn their prow for home again. "We should interrogate them quickly," he rumbled to his companions. "Before we lose the light."
Well done! The pirate ship is well and truly sunk and the crew dead or captured. Three of their captives have been rescued and freed as well, including one man who might look strangely familiar to certain Torchers.
For this round, please ask a question of either a captured pirate or one of their freed captives!
No posting order.
Koa was both less picky and less threatening. Two pirates also grabbed onto his rope, but Hadama guided two of the former captives to it as well, and the young dragoon had his muscles full holding the hawser steady while the group made its way to the safety of the deck, collapsing over the rail in a bedraggled puddle, though the two who had been chained up below deck tottered a few feet away before they sank down again, babbling their gratitude to their rescuers.
And as for Flora ? Given who she'd just called down upon their ship and the fact that she was holding a knife as sharp as her sweet smile only one pirate was desperate enough to grab on to her rope - and even then, only when she saw the dorsal fins approaching. The pirate captain, seeing the incoming sharks too late, suddenly changed her mind on remaining in the water with her ship and struck out for the dangling rope.
Her luck had truly and finally turned against her, however. As her fingers brushed the rough fibers she was suddenly jerked back and down. Her hat continued to float on the surface of the choppy waters, but only a thin stream of red revealed her fate, and even that was swiftly washed away in the tide.
Hadama had taken the last grey-bearded captive in hand and drew the waters up beneath them in a column until he could deposit the fellow on the deck of the Blessing. A few hoarse screams and cries for help echoed from the waters below but were quickly silenced, and the King's expression was tight-jawed and grim as he held to his initial decision to let the pirates face the consequences of their actions.
Four pirates and three of their captives had been rescued from the sea, but one last detail remained before they could turn their prow for home again. "We should interrogate them quickly," he rumbled to his companions. "Before we lose the light."
Well done! The pirate ship is well and truly sunk and the crew dead or captured. Three of their captives have been rescued and freed as well, including one man who might look strangely familiar to certain Torchers.
For this round, please ask a question of either a captured pirate or one of their freed captives!
No posting order.
