The Night of the Storm - Part 2 - RPLOG
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Date
8/8/478
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Zuri's attempt at a hasty escape is stopped as the platypus guard grabbed the salamander's leg before he flew away, "Son, I asked a question, what is your name, and why are you delivering parcels so late after curfew? I would like to inspect that parcel for any illegals." he says in a gruff tone.
Meanwhile on the ship the captain glares at Aruc, "You did WHAT?!" she screams as the being darts away to go and fix up the being he stabbed, but it turns out that rushing down a wet gangplank in the middle of a storm is a bad idea as Aruc soon discovers when he falls off the gangplank into the sea.
The captain shakes her head and looks back at Reginald and Sven, "I said drop your weapon. All of you will be reported to the watch for this."
The two other guards standing near the captain keep their weapons trained on the group.
Zuri looks at the guard, hanging in mid-air briefly, and flailing awkwardly as he comes back down to onto the ground where he arrives with a thud. "Ow!" The pegasus exclaims with a brief instinctual snurt following it. He looks up at the being holding his leg. "Hey, what was that for?" He glances to the other guardsbeing, a fox, and back to the platypus. "I'm just here to deliver a parcel, sir, and I've been trying to deliver it for hours! I'm from Sweetwater, I didn't even know there was a curfew over here!"
Reginald doesn't flinch, keeping his musket trained on the captain's head. send f I do that, one of two things will happen.square He pauses for a moment. selling ither you'll shoot us, or you will turn us over to be put behind bars. BOTH may solve your problem for now, but whoever sent us will no doubt send more, and you may not be so lucky next time.square
The speech is punctuated by the sound of a splash, as Aruc falls into the water. sen owever, there is aInfanymore The lynx is cut short by another thunderclap, before continuing, his voice but a whimper and barely audible compared to the gale blowing overhead. sen OWEVER, there is another option. We could lead you to our employer and you could end this here and now, though that will mean drawing a line and starting afresh.square Reginald keeps his weapon trained, his only bargaining chip.
Cedric keeps his arms raised, hands spread to show that he's not reaching for any weapons, now with his musket-nicked foot planted on the ship's deck. The shin is grazed pretty good, still dribbling blood onto the rainsoaked deck. But it seems stable enough, he'll live.
"Look, fellas... we got some bad intel. We was informed this ship was stolen, and we was thinkin' yer crew were the pirates. The fox what charged us with the task was a real shady fella himself, but surely if he sent us to steal yer boat for him under false pretenses, we've got a common enemy, aye?" the ferret kitsune tries to reason with the guards. Probably not successfully, but hey, anything is worth a shot. "Just do as the nice being says, there, Reggie. Drop the weapon. We don't mean 'em any more harm..."
The watchbeing squints at Zuri, "I am not sure what kind of joke are you playing, son. But again you might correct, Firmament does not have any curfew on the docks, that is why you have all of those ebon dens." he says with a scowl, "So if you are a certified cross-country courier you must have your papers, please show them."
The captain raises a brow at Reginald, "Or you drop your weapons, you get arrested by the watch and they check out if your story is true. I don't care about anything else. You are just making this worse for yourself, kid."
Zuri huffs as he stands back up, wings fluttering indignantly. "Yea, yea, Sweetwater barbarians and whatnot. I've been hearing that one all day.." He opens his satchel and reaches inside, shuffling inside as he looks for the documents that don't exist. "There we go!" He says. He extracts a few pieces of paper, filled with nothing but scrawlings and scribbles, and hands them to the guardsbeing. "That's my temporary permit, sir." He says. The moment the guardsbeing reaches for it he will seek to tumble away, sprint, and take flight again.
Reginald sees that the otter doesn't seem to respond well to threats, so throws his weapon to the ground, resigned. "Fine, if that's your choice ... but good luck catching the one who hired us. When we don't show up, he will no doubt disappear until the day he sends more people after this ship. You're on a timer - involve the guards and that fox gets away ... but it's your choice." Disappointment fills his last statement, before the lynx drops to his knees and places his hands on his head, eyes fixed on the deck just below and in front of him. He's quite the pathetic sight, drenched to the bone and submissive, with water streaming off of him.
Cedric is still standing there with his arms up in surrender. "There's no need to involve the guard on this. We weren't intending to kill or main no one." For all he knows, since he didn't really have a good view of either of the stabbings. "I'm sure we can find a peaceful resolution that satisfies all parties, yes? We are soulless with some decent connections..." he says, trying to weasel (or ferret) his way out of a jail cell. "Could make it worth yer while to help us get revenge on our shady informant..."
The captain sneers at the group as Reginald puts down his weapons and Cedric throws his own proposition, "So first you attempt to intimidate me, and now you beg? Drill this in your brains, as far as I know you all are just lying. Go tell the watch your story. I don't want to get involved with you or your informant. Alfonoso, go and get a watchmen." With that the guard with a saber walks down the gangplank. Not a couple of moments later one of the guards thrown into the ocean comes up the gangplank, "Captain, they stabbed Edgar. Collin is currently checking his wounds." he says in a breathless tone. The captain nods her head, "That work,s now go and get me some rope, we need to tie them down until the watch arrives."
The platypus looks down on Zuri, taking the papers from him and begins to read them just as the mander prepares to escape. The fox being attempts to jump and capture Zuri, but the pegamander is too fast and he tumbles out of her reach. The two guards quickly attempt to follow the salamander as he begins to take off, "Stop right there!"
Zuri runs for it, as quickly as he can, towards the nearby pier. He leaps off, unafraid, wings unfurling to pick up some air, and then flapping to gain altitude.
Well, there's apparently not much that the kitsune can say to reason with the thickheaded captain, so he might as well go all out here. "Well, if you don't know the dif'rence 'tween beggin' and bribin', that's all on ye, lil' lass." He shrugs helplessly, still keeping his hands up. "Wouldn't expect one o' yer kind t'receive a proper education, I s'pose."
The kitsune whistles humming to himself as he awaits the bondage of the not-so-fun variety. His humming is rather off key and hopefully distracting to the guards as he attempts to trace patterns with his raised fingers, focusing on the kitsune prank math on the the good captain. This is probably going to be hilarious, or get someone killed!
