Sea roleplay. "the begining"

[mistral4543]

Rong Er

She stared at Plaxica, considering each of his words. The light in her dark brown eyes flickered several moments and her lips parted... then the clouds regathered, and her jawline set in again.

"I do owe you a favour for saving my life." ~ It was obvious that there was some regret in her voice, although for what, it was up to the others to speculate ~ "And I promise that I will save your life one day, in return." ~ Nodding in satisfaction, she turned to look faraway ~ "But do not speak of terms and conditions with me, when you cannot meet my own."

There was a slight pause, before she looked at Karthias and then back to Plaxica. ~ "Mormegil and that fellow have to apologise, and now Karthias too." ~ She looked down at her hands in resolve ~ "If any of you, other than Lyulfe, continue to harass me, you will both have a hand in pushing the two men closer to death."

[RoSs_bg2_rox]

"Ok I will leave for a time and let you get on with what you must, but do not take long, for I fear the two men do not have much time!"

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[dplax]

OOC: I thought that the conversation with Skye wouldn't have given any results ( ) so I just left it out, but now I see I should'nt have.

IC: Plaxica considered the words of Rong Er and Lyulfe before making his decision. "What I want you to accept Rong is that Mormegil and the wizard cannot apologize to you before you help them since they are unconscious and may not regain consciousness. I shall now go and try to convince the captain to let Skye proceed, although I do not know why she needs the captain to be OK with this. AFAIK it was Mormegil who hired him so he wouldn't object to saving his life." With that Plaxica walked out of the room and closed the door behind him. Turning to Karthias he said: "Do you want to come and see the captain with me?

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[Skydracgrrl]

ooc- "AFAIK"? [img]graemlins/laughsaywhat.gif[/img]

ic-Lyulfe inclined his head curtly in thanks as Karthias and Plaxica vacated the room. For several moments the room was uncomfortably silent, until the elf released a small sigh and looked up from the floor boards to peer directly into Rong Er's face with searching eyes.

"I realize that your honour was offended, and your life threatened. And I do believe that Karthias owes you an appology for his brashness, and Mormegil at the very least an explanation. But we are after all, how do they say, 'merely human'." He gave her an ironic smile. "Karthias was reacting out of worry over his 'client,' and the wizard because it's his job. Mormegil..." he paused and shrugged. "Most likely ignorant because of his massive amounts of money. He probably isn't used to being told off by someone, especially a person like you."

Lyulfe's eyes held a glimmer of humour before he continued. "I realise I do not have a say in this because I am not directly involved, but... I would not like to see anyone die because of this. Must've rubbed off on me from Skye," he added with a wry chuckle.

He sighed again. "Here's a deal. I know you're not strong enough to walk, so if I carry you to Mormegil's quarters and you get an appology from Karthias and, if Mormegil is conscious, at least a compromise between the two of you, would you agree to help Skye by telling us the antidote? If you want, you could tell only Skye, in order to assure your safety afterwards, if that is what you are worried about," the elf added.

Lyulfe walked in front of the door. "You do not have to answer right away... I will give you a few minutes to think it over. Please do not think I am taking sides," he said softly as he looked at her, an unreadable emotion glimmering in his eyes for a moment before he looked downwards again, waiting.

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[RoSs_bg2_rox]

ooc>> AFAIK=lazy

(sorry Dplax just had to say that )

[mistral4543]

Rong Er

She perused his pointy ears as he looked downwards, a shimmering coming to her own eyes as she ran his words against her mind. Her lips trembled and indeed, so did her fingers, as she inhaled deeply before she said her piece.

“You and Skye are good people.” ~ She spoke wistfully, looking away that he might not catch her vulnerability now ~ “I will grant the antidote to those undeserving fools.” ~ Getting up, she circled the room slowly and continued haltingly ~ “Of course, I will leave this horrible ship right away. You know that I cannot stay, much as I enjoy your company. Skye’s and yours, of course.” ~ A flush crossed her cheeks ~ “I will go, and we shall part ways, unless…” ~ Her pulse quickened and she turned her back on him ~ “… unless you are willing to join me.” ~ The breathing was erratic, but she willed herself to go on ~ “I should be able to walk aided to the harbour, which is where I will tell you the secret of the antidote. The best way you can help me is to lead me there, unharmed.” ~ With an effort, she ended with finality ~ “After that, your path is your own choice.”

[Larry_OHF]

Mormegil

Mormegil lay dying. The poison was enough to immobilize him and cause him to become too weak for functioning...but there was another unseen problem. His vomiting and sweating was causing him to become dehydrated quickly. His body knew of its thirst. He awoke in his feverish state, rolled off the table and dragged himself up every painful step that hindered his progress. he had to find water.

[Skydracgrrl]

ooc- Alrighty! I've decided that Skye backstabbed the captain and has stolen...er, commandeered the ship!! ... no, not really. But we're going to pretend that the Captain finally decided that Skye is capable of helping the two dying people... [img]smile.gif[/img]

ic- Mormegil feels gentle hands pulling him back to his bed, and in his weakened state is unable to fend off his hinderer.

"Here, drink this," Skye held a glass of water to his mouth worriedly, while making note of his symptoms. Once she was satisfied that he had drunk enough, she went and checked on Corinthian. Noticing the elf and dragonet, that had joined Lyulfe onboard earlier, standing outside on deck, she called to him.

"Excuse me, um... uh..." she searched her memory for his name, but came up with nothing. "Um, sir elf?" she called, waving her hand to get his attention. "I could use your help... could you possibly get Lyulfe for me, and make sure no one comes in here and bothers me, except for my companion? I would greatly appreciate it," she looked at him with pleading eyes.

*~~~~~~~~*

Lyulfe seemed to quaver for a moment, in response to Rong Er's statement, before he looked up at her again.

"Thank you," he said sincerely. "I shall speak to the Captain and make him go back to the harbor. As for accompanying you..." he faltered. "That is... not my decision to make. I must discuss with Skye first." He seemed disappointed with his answer, and his eyes clouded briefly. "It is not my decision to make..." he said again, softly, but the tone in which he said it and the vague look in his eyes told Rong Er that he was thinking of something else.

He glanced over at her and snapped out of his reverie. "You should not be standing," he chided, and walked over to Rong and grabbed her by the elbow to help support her.


ooc- *chants*
Yay for subplots,
They're so fun,
Subplots are for everyone!!!

[dplax]

OOC: Well when I wrote "AFAIK" it was already past 1 in the morning here so I was tired.

IC: After hearing the captain agree for the treatment Plaxica drew the captain aside away from everyone, so that only the captain could hear. "I told you captain, sir, that I will explain myself as soon as the opportunity arises, so here goes." With that Plaxica told the captain the story of his life, how he got the strange ability of shapeshifting and even told him about him being a hunted man ashore. "Now you can give me up to the authorities if you want to or let me stay on this ship. But please bear in mind when making your decision that I did not do anything bad, so you would be giving up an innocent man. And I had also saved Rong Er, who can save the man who hired you for this journey." Plaxica shifted his weight slightly from one foot to the other while the captain considered the situation.

OOC: Has anyone seen Calsiumus online in the last few days?

[mistral4543]

Rong Er

Gritting her teeth, she began to walk as briskly as she could toward the cabin door, Lyulfe holding her arm for support ~ "Hurry, I want to get out of here." ~ There was no more wishy-washiness in her tone; she wanted out and fast. The two made their way up the planks, and onto the docks. Once there, she turned to Lyulfe and whispered into his ear.

"It was not a lethal poison that I injected into those two, you know. They can happily live on... mmm, not quite happily." ~ A wry grin momentarily passed her lips ~ "The poison starts off causing a great deal of nausea for the first three hours, imbibing the person with a sense of feeling he is better off dead than alive." ~ Her eyes darkened as she watched Lyulfe's expression ~ "But after that, the person lives on. He feels jolts of pain only if he experiences the emotion of satisfaction." ~ She paused briefly, then continued ~ "If he is happy or worse still, delighted..." ~ She seemed to savour her words ~ "... the dose of discomfort will be increased, in proportion."

Blinking slightly, she spoke again, this time softly ~ "As you can see, I am not the goody-two-shoes that you and Skye certainly are. I see now that it is best that we part ways, for anywhere that I go with you both, I shall always seem to be the devil." ~ Her right eye twinkled ~ "But enough talk, I see you are still worried for the victims." ~ She inserted her fingers into an inner pocket and extracted a beautifully carved snuff bottle.

"There are exactly two pills in there, one for each of them." ~ Putting up her hand to halt Lyulfe from talking ~ "It will ease their discomfort for the next year. The complete antidote lies with my father, and they will have to come to the Peach Blossom Island to get it."

Exhaling, she cast him a final look ~ "We will meet again, if Fate permits." ~ Before he could respond, she tore away from his hold and began running away, choking in her breath but never stopping...

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