Second Waters - RPLOG
From Rusted Promises
Participants
Date
21/4/477
Log
Selena shakes her head for a few moments, ultimately moving over to the pulleys - though the sound of Kalt being knocked off of the ship draws her attention a little faster than the net, features clouding over. "Garma, get back on the net for me. We can deal with this 'captain' once she's safe, and it's no easy task to pull up someone in armor - or better!" The wolfess spins on her heels for a moment, a sudden blast of fire erupting from under the lizard, setting him ablaze. "You're going to keep burning until you jump off this ship and give Kalt a hand, understood!?"
Mazurek looks over when the crab shouts out the warning and notes the lack of a certain fox on the ship. Ignoring all of the activity that is taking place the dragon abandons his task of working with the net and pulleys and dives into the water. Being a dragon he doesn't need to worry about some things...like the need to breathe. Onward he goes to rescue the fox, his kinsman! Well, kinsman as far as a member of Solacious that is.
Kalt blinks gently at the Captain's words before she feels the cutting along her arm as she's thrown overboard, and if the Vixen had just a few moments to put together the words before smacking into the water... Well, it didn't aid her thought process for certain. Crashing through the waves the Vixen is left to flail in her heavier armor as she begins to sink, her weighted boots definantly not aiding her as she struggles to try and break her head past the water. She -did- remember his word of advice though, and if she manages to break her eyes past the waves would try to make for the afformentiod rope ladder. Though, her chance of reaching it was indeed low as her left arm didn't have the range of motion her right carried.
Cassidy quickly reaches for her snake-y shortbow. Others were leaping into the water, and the lizard was on fire... So that left only one thing. She quickly notched an arrow and rushed to the edge of the boat, her sharp eyes on the water. She'd be damned if she was going to let anything gear near Kalt with her on overwatch.
A fortunate wave pushes Kalt towards the rope ladder and lets her cling on. Just in time, too. The droplets of blood trigger what feels like a chemical reaction...clearly the guardian of the key piece awakening from the sacrifice of blood being offered. The boat starts rocking violently as the waters get choppier and choppier, rocking and making the planks of the boat creak loudly. The sail is billowing violently, threatening to tear the mast right off the ship as the storm centers around the ship. And then, the heavy rain pummels down, heavy droplets hitting as hard as soft blows and making vision even a few meters away blurry. A chilling roar comes, and the net is completely helpless to stop what comes next - a being made of pure water rising from the sea and crashing at the side of the boat. All the water has put the captain out, but the poor thing is already dead.
Selena looks up at the huge elemental as it rises up from the water and shielding herself as it crashes down, being knocked off-balance by the force but luckily not off of the ship. "Where's Kalt!?" She calls over the sudden downpour, making an attempt to regroup with the others on board before anything else.
Mazurek doesn't need to do much at all to help get the fox where he needs to be in order to begin climbing aboard. The sea actually helps with that, but he makes certain that Kalt is at least clinging to the rope to begin the ascent up onto the ship, "Climb! Climb as fast as you can! The last thing our House needs is another casualty!" The dragon is holding onto a segment of rope, intending to follow the fox up to help as needed. Only his head is above the water line right now, though the surge of waves frequently makes the opposite true.
Kalt yelps slightly as she's half-slammed into the side of the ship from the waves and Mazurek's assistance, taking hold of the rope ladder tightly though as she lets out a few soaked coughs to clear her lungs. The heavy rain that soon follows leaves the Vixen growling lowly as she begins to put one hand over another, gripping the rungs of the ladder as she begins to climb for the top. Her musket lost down to the briney deep, she luckily still has her melee weapons, and the hostile intent to use it on the captain for not bothering to give them all a warning that this'd be part of the contract! Her head nodding to Mazurek as she makes for the ledge of the ship, pulling herself up onto the deck as she draws her sword from her hip. Bright creator's fire alights from the metal, letting out sharp hissess as the rain hits the flame yet fails to extinguish it... Though the Vixin momentarily contemplates her luck if she had stayed in the water as she rises to her feet and moves from the ledge, her eyes setting on the large elemental with a look of grim anticipation. At least she was told this armor would provide better protection against spells and the like from the mages! "M'here! M'alive!"
Cassidy shoots a look to Kalt and nods, relieved. "Good. If you died, I wouldn't forgive you, you know." Her eyes are quickly back on target, however, as she draws her arrow back. Setting her sights on that glint she saw, she steadies her breath and lets her arrow fly, working her windmath in unison to hopefully keep the storm from knocking the arrow off course.
The crab nods to Selena as he's asked to get back on the net, however the attention is quickly lost and refocused on his cannon as a monstrosity appears, torrenting the ship, throwing his jacket over his tool and moving it to a better position, he does his best to make it work, aiming at the beast, hoping things work out.
The cannon blast makes the giant elemental rear for a moment, even though it passes harmlessly through him leaving a hole. Cassidy's arrow flies through with the guidance, striking the gem providing the glow and pushing it almost out of the beast. Soon, the draconic creature is flailing in its death throes, causing massive waves that threaten to sweep Mazurek away if he doesn't get out of the ocean right away...and then the body just disintegrates, but not before the head does a deathdive right at the fennec!
Selena breathes a sigh of relief as Kalt's voice rings through the deluge, wolfess moving to ensure the rather dead captain remains on board the ship with his odd trinket in some capacity - then, noticing the collapse of the serpentine elemental and its final dive, the wolfess prepares herself for a little more magic - freezing the water around the jewel as it crashes into the deck of the ship, ideally after the brunt of it has buffeted the fennec rather than before.
Mazurek is not suicidal, but that wouldn't really matter in this case. Even if he didn't follow the fox up he could easily survive the time spent under the water. The waves may threaten to knock him away from the rope while he climbs, but his strength is more than sufficient to see him up to the deck again. It is during his climbing onto the deck that all the activity with the elemental is noted, but there is absolutely no time for him to even attempt to dash toward the Fennec to save her from being deluged with water and shinies. If she goes into the water... well... he'll dive in again to help out.
Cassidy stares at the diving head in a moment of terror. "Oh.... Shit." She quickly hits the deck, securing her bow under her- They're clearly more valuable than she is, it seems- and covers her head, bracing for imminent impact. "Don't kill me don't kill me."
