behold my treasure
Blik & Melita!
Jack Barclay
Captain of the Ark

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#1
JACK
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The Ark has dropped her anchor some distance out from the Kuali'i Isles, mainly to avoid accidentally running aground on the shifting sands. Jack has rowed them to the (currently) largest of the islands, expecting a shipment from a contact deep below. Today he's only brought Melita with him, though it's not entirely certain whether it's because she'll be useful or because he wants her out of trouble on the ship.

Either way, with a warm breeze ruffling his hair and the rowboat safely nestled against the sand, Jack steps out to begin wading through the shallows. The gods only know what he might be looking for, but when it finds it, he whistles for the honeybee girl to come and join him. "Aight, let's see what we've got," he mutters, reaching down and into the water to dig at the sand, until his fingers catch on the edge of an ornate chest. "Hope you're in the mood for some heavy liftin'."
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Melita Najya
the Honeybee


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#2
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The level of excitement and enthusiasm from the youth radiated in the restless energy and nature – bounding and leaping along the sands, content to stir about in either mischief or mere wonder. It was better than brooding about the potential cataclysms on the horizon, whether one of her uncles was going to somehow return to life, or if the other of the pair was going to somehow cause another flurry of drama. She’d settle for treasure chests and boxes.

Wading along with Fangorn until Jack whistled for her, she zipped over with rapid splashes and no amount of stealth. “Of course,” she remarked with a snort, because lithe strength for her was a given. Her fingers reached down for the same object, closing over the proportions. “Ready when you are.”
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MELITA
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#3
Blik was having a good day. The weather was nice. The sky was clear. No sharks were chasing him. No weird sea monsters prowled around his cave. There was food in his belly and many shiny, colorful rocks packed in his hip pouch. He even managed to find one of those big, black pearls some air breathers would be willing to trade, if he ever managed to gather his courage and visit Torchline.

It was near some isles, when the mermaid saw a beautiful, gold and jewel-encrusted box. It was in a relatively shallow space with no sea life attached to it. Was it mentioned that it was a pretty box?

Without twice thinking, Blik started digging around the box to get it out, but no luck. Either too weak, or because the full day of wandering had already tired him out, but the boy was incapable of digging out the precious chest. He huffed angrily, slapping the object with his tentacles and wincing at the pain. The box would not budge, as well as, not allow it to be slapped around.

Deciding that he needed to rest and then try again, Blik buried himself in the sand next to the box, wrapped his tentacles around it, and went for a nap, a pout still present on his lips. An unspecified time later, though, the mermaid got rustled awake from a sudden movement. The chest was being pulled out of the water like it weighted nothing, and, in such shocking the octopus, him with it. Almost instantly the young man had been pulled out of the water. His automatic response was to let go of the box, falling back into the water with a great splash, after which he popped his head out of the water to glare at those who were trying to steal his treasure.
"What's the deal!? I found it first!" The boy glared at the two air breathers who had the gall of taking his finding.
Jack Barclay
Captain of the Ark

Age: 34 | Height: 5'10 | Race: Abandoned | Nationality: Natural | Citizenship: Torchline
Level: 7 - Strg: 16 - Dext: 21 - Endr: 18 - Luck: 7 - Int:
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#4
JACK
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Jack isn't the type to say it out loud, but he can certainly think it - that he's sort of glad to have Melita along because she's disgustingly strong disguised in a small package. It means that he's most certainly ready when she is, and she's doing most of (read: all of) the heavy lifting as they stir the box from the sand.

Jack feels the flare of a presence in the water and he's already releasing his end of the box so he can decide whether or not to stamp on the retreating tentacles - just as a head pops up above the water.

"The fuck you did," he informs the boy, nodding to Melita as if to tell her to keep hauling it out of the water. "You found somethin' that didn't belong to you. Sucks to be you, kid. Now fuck off."
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Jack being an Abandoned is common knowledge these days, however his Telepathy remains a well-kept secret.
Melita Najya
the Honeybee


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#5
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Oh hell no.

For a moment, she was surprised by the sudden influx of another seemingly attached to the item. Eyes rounded, mouth stupidly agape, her jaw clicked back quickly into place the moment the demands were prompted.

Greedy, avaricious fingers tucked on the end of the box: Melita was one of those annoying, unrelenting, determined, obnoxious, and tenacious individuals. There was no gods forsaking reason for her to release the chest, because she wasn’t about to take orders from a mermaid – half-tempted to hiss and growl at the youth. “Piss off,” was a grumble, and she kept her hold on the structure, utilizing her strength to continue pulling it backwards.

With any luck, her strength would ensure it’d be on the sands in no time, and then there’d be nothing this little shit could do about it.

Though the temptation to use any of her weapons circumvented very quickly in her mind.
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MELITA
Nomad

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#6
Blik had heard that air breathers were rude, but this was above anything he experienced for sure. Partially, because he did not interact with people that much to begin with, though, it was besides the point. The point was, they were rude, rude people.

If later anyone would ask, no, he did not squeak in fear. That sounded ridiculas. Why would he? But he might have gotten a bit spooked because of the unexpected aggressivity towards him that made the octopus sink fully into the water, just to pop up further away from the boat. He squinted grumpily in the direction of ground walkers, huffing a bit more, but doing nothing in the end, cause...To be honest, there was little the boy could do to a solid wood vessel, full of bad people. Very little indeed.

As Blik swam away, feeling pity that he would never learn what was inside the pretty box.
Jack Barclay
Captain of the Ark

Age: 34 | Height: 5'10 | Race: Abandoned | Nationality: Natural | Citizenship: Torchline
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#7
JACK
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Well that was easy. It's with a shark-like grin that Jack watches the betentacled boy release his cargo, and he leaves Melita to haul it properly onto the shore while he does what he does best and gloats. "Least he's got a fraction of sense," he rumbles when he's sure the boy isn't going to try anything brave or stupid, wading back out of the shallows to check over the chest.

Melita's thank you will come in the form of first dibs on whatever cargo is inside - but that will have to wait until they are back on board the Ark. And so, without wasting further time, they get the chest onto the rowboat and set off into the water. Best to get going before the islands decide to move themselves around.

~FIN
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Jack being an Abandoned is common knowledge these days, however his Telepathy remains a well-kept secret.


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