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Tur'skelu « Thread Started on Jul 13, 2008, 5:50am »
The sweet smell of cotton candy, the upbeat melodies from the various rides, screams of delight, laughter and wonder. Bright lights fight against the oppressive night, coming from the games, tents, buildings; things are so bright on the streets that it almost feels like daytime.
A sign reads at the entrance:
'TUR'SKELU GAMES, RIDES, FUN AND THE LARGEST LYCAN ZOO IN THE UNIVERSE!'
Within the tents, several cages of various sizes line the walls. People, animals, and all forms in between of any animal are found there. At the front of the main tent, entrance has been closed, but a man guarding the tent is shouting.
"STEP RIGHT UP! Come and buy your tickets for tonights show! THAT'S RIGHT! Come and see the most daring, exciting, and dangerous stunts performed with our star lycan trainer, RIXASE!!!!"
"I have a powerpoint presentation which better illustrates what I just spoke about. See here we have a circle, two squares, and a bunch of arrows. If we connect the circle to the first square, you'll notice that we can bypass the triangles. And that will save the company MILLIONS."
Flashes of brilliant light, blinding light, filter through the edges of the closed tent flap. The central tent set up in this grand circus is vast, but the cold dark eyes only see the lights inside it from the tent that's attached to it, half it's size. Behind her, a number of cages similar to the ones in the other tents were collected, but these contained only the carefully selected, the most exotic. Lycans who turned into exotic cats, a number of spotted felines from the jungles, not just jaguars and leopards but a few ocelots and a token margay who doubles as an incredible acrobat while in her human form; a pair of lions, two males, one unusually dark in color; a group of wolves, the largest and most powerful, as well as the fastest and most skilled; and a single bear, their strongman. An impressive collection, all of whom stared at her with dull eyes, only a shadow of their former spirits left.
She only chose the best for her show.
Her dress was suited to her purpose; loose skirt, a top similar to a bodice-- like a corset over her blouse, but the two were sewn together, and all of it was black. Black boots rose to her mid-thigh, her legs well hidden by the long skirt, and were firmly laced shut, the heels giving her a good inch of extra height; it would not do to be seen so much shorter than normal people, and her own stature left something to be desired. Her hair, for once, was carefully styled; tied in a high ponytail with a black ribbon, it fell in delicate curls down her back, intertwined with the long trailing ends of the tie, with her bangs in the front framing her perfect, heart-shaped face.
Black eyes blinked in the mirror, contained with black kohl, face lightly powdered, lips barely touched with the faintest hint of rose colour. Full lips that curled into a bitter smile.
It's time, she thought, her grip tightening on the handle of the coiled whip she held, For the show to begin.
Near the outskirts of the world, blood-red sails began to slowly came into view. Closer and closer they approched, as the image of ship began to appear.
As the ship continued to rise into the view of anyone looking into the sky, it became apparent that this was no friendly ship, for seen high up in the crow's nest, wave the Jolly Roger. And it was no much longer until the ship was recognized as the infamous "Devil's Dagger", who's captain was the notorious "Scars" Mondragon.
"Ha, ha, ha," cackled the pirate as 'Tur'Skelu came into view, "what a beautiful sight...for now." The crew roared with laughter as Captain Scars walked to up to the deck nearest the bow.
With a smile on his face, Captain Scars yelled, "Ruby! Bring me my looking-glass!" It was then that the small girl named Ruby, came up from below the deck, carrying Captain Scars' telescope. She ran up to Scars and handed it to him. "Here it is, Captain," whispered Ruby just barely enough for Scars to hear her.
Aggressively grabbing the telescope out of Ruby's hands, the Captain attached it to his stub hand before looking through it to get a closer look at the world they were approaching.
"Get ready, boys," ordered the Captain, showing off an evil grin, "we're about to have some fun." Before his men could cheer, however, a lone crew member shouted out, "Captain! Another ship in the distance, off the starboard bow!"
Hearing this, Scars ran off to the right side of his ship and looked through his telescope to see that there was indeed another ship about to make port in 'Tur'Skelu. He looked up to the ship's crows nest to see another Jolly Roger. But having heard many of tales, he realized that this was no ordinary ship.
It was the ship of Elizabeth Trusky, the famed neko-jin pirate. "Ha ha!" belowed Scars as he detached the telescope and tossed it back to Ruby, "I see another pirate is coming to port, maybe even to ravage this world, as was our plan."
The captain turned to his men and yelled, "Well, let's give them a warm welcome!" The crew cheered before Scars began to give them orders. "You dogs go down below deck and prepare the cannons!" he barked, "and the rest of yeh, get out of sight here on the deck." Following their captain's orders, the crew began to quickly do what they were told.
Captain Scars was about to go and get his raiper attachment, when he turned around to see Ruby standing behind him. His smile faded and he growled, "One of ye take this tiny wrench down to the brig!" He then turned to Ruby and smiled. "I wouldn't want her getting hurt." He then roared with laughter as one of the crew grabbed Ruby and took her to brig down below.
Ruby struggled as the pirate dragged her down to the brig. He then easily tossed her into the empty cage. He laughed as closed the door and locked it. He then ran back up to the deck as Ruby began to cry.
She wiped her tears as she rose to her feet. She dusted herself off before turning around and walking towards the window. The tears had stopped, but Ruby still felt depressed. Everyday was the same. Both the crew and the captain would mistreat and abuse her, have her do chores they were to lazy to do themselves, and then at the end of the day, she would locked in the brig.
Ruby then took hold of her necklace and began to play with it in her hand. This was the last peice of her former life. A more peaceful time, when her parents were alive and she wasn't forced to work her bones to dust.
Ruby looked out to see the other ship come ever closer. She prayed for them not to be completely be killed by Captain Scars.
Back on deck, Captain Scars had just put on his raiper attachment ,when he said out loud, "This is gonna be fun!" He then quickly hid out of sight.
Elizabeth groaned and snatched a spyglass from a crewman, heading over to the railing to get a closer look. It appeared to be a natural pirate ship, unlike her own futuristic one. While she got her closer look, she gave a lazy smile and then tossed the spyglass over her shoulder for someone to catch and put away.
"Your orders, captain?"
She did a bit of pondering and noticed the other ship was getting in the proper position to launch their cannonballs at them.
"Aye! Ready our cannons, arm yourselves, secure our loot, raise our flag high!"
She walked up and down the deck barking orders, all of her pirates hard at work. Some prepared loaded gunnery while others withdrew their blades. Elizabeth pulled out her rapier and raised it high into the air, making some hearty laughter to encourage her crew.
"Elijah!" Elizabeth called out, her ears perking at their tallest while the cannons loaded, their hatches open so they could see their targets. She then looked above to see their flag going up higher. A nice shade of black, with the skull of a feline and crossed bones.
"Pirates of Infamy! Are you ready!?"
"Aye!"
"Good. 'Cause if ya weren't, I'd kill ya." She said plainly.
Elijah, hearing the shout of a ship ahead, let go of the rope he was holding and climbed up further. He was on the main mast now, the tallest one, so he climbed right to the very top and into the viewing platform.
"Where?" he asked the man there, who pointed. Following his arm, he saw the ship in the distance and his eyes widened.
Hearing his mother call, one of his ears twitched towards her and he moved to the end, climbing down somewhat before taking the rope he had and swinging down to the ground. Unfortunately for Elijah the rope wasn't quite long enough and his "Whoopee!" turned to a "Whoa!" when he swung too high. He then let himself slip down the rope somewhat before his grip loosened. Thankfully it wasn't far and he slid to a halt on his backside before Elizabeth.
He looked up with a huge grin on his face. "That was fun!" he said excitedly, not in the least bit worried about his bruised backside since he had gotten his tail up out of the way so it wasn't hurt. Standing up and rubbing a hand over his rump, straightening his hat, pushing it up out of his face where it had slipped with his less-than-graceful landing. "So what now? We gonna attack them?" He said excitedly, believing all the romanticised stories about life as a pirate.
"Captain!" yelled out a crew member from the crow's nest, "they're preparing their cannons!" The smile disappeared from Scars' mouth as he sneered, "Damn, I was looking forward to catching them off guard." He then stood up from his hiding spot and yelled, "Change of plans, boys! Turn the ship into position to fire the cannons!"
Following the words of their captain, the crew left their hiding places and ran to get into their positions to turn the ship. Slowly, the ship started to turn starboard, until the other ship was in the sights of the cannons. The smile returned to Captain Scars' face as he yelled, "Fire!"
"Well, crap. Elijah, you'll thank me for this later." Paul tackled Elijah down to the deck while the cannon fire went whistling overhead. Paul let Elijah up from the ground. "Excellent, they're between volleys now. Eli, go down below to the armory and get a weapon, something you know how to use, then come right back here, okay?"
Elizabeth growled and ducked for cover, holding her hands over her ears so they'd flatten on her head. Her eyes searched for Elijah when she stood back up, noting that Paul was asking him to go search for a weapon.
"Laddie, Eli's still got too much to learn."
She bit her bottom lip and pulled a sheathed dagger from her pocket, setting it into one of the boy's hands.
"Use this if your natural feline instincts fail you."
That been said, she drew out her rapier and gave the command to fire their own cannons. The enemy's ammunition couldn't dig holes into their ship quite yet, though could make nasty dents if they fired enough times to the same place. She didn't want to risk that chance.
Two shots from the enemy ship had hit the top of the ship's bow and stern.
"Captain!," yelled one of the pirates as he ran up to Captain Scars, "Our cannons are having little effect on their ship!" Scars huffed as he thought of a plan. "It must be one of those new-fashioned ships," Scars commented as he began to pace around the bridge, "Kids today have no respect for the classics."
Down below deck, Ruby had covered her ears as the first shots of cannon fire went off. "Well, this it then," she thought as she stood up off the floor," I hope they don't kill a lot of people, although they always do."
She began to pace around, when her eyes landed on the porthole window. Although she knew it was dangerous, Ruby decided to look through it and see how bad the battle was.
Back on deck, Captain Scars finally thought of another plan. "Well boys," he proclaimed with a loud voice, "why don't we just ram and board them?" His men quickly gave a cheer as Scars motioned to the helmsman to turn the Devil's Dagger and head towards the enemy ship.
"Get ready with your swords and pistols!" order the Captain with fire in his eyes, "There will blood-wine tonight!"
An 'Oof' escaped Elijah's lips when he was suddenly tackled to the deck unexpectantly. Hearing the loud bang he claped his hands over his ears, flattening them to his head. Finally he was let up and he stood, eyes wide, not quite fearful but definately alert. Of course even if he did feal any kind of terror he would never admit it.
"A weapon? But I don't know how to use any weapons!" he protested, a hint of that 'anxiousness' creeping into his voice.
Hence he was greatful when his mother handed him a dagger he could use. He had his own dagger of course, but this one seemed to be a lot sturdier than the thin but beautiful one of his own. His own was better suited to cutting fruit than defending hmself. Still, his heart was beating fast with nerves; Elizabeth said to use it if his feline instincts failed him. That was something that had a very strong chance at happening since it was something he had been teased for in school.
Still he held the dagger at what he thought was a ready position and stayed close to his mother, hoping that would keep him as safe as he could. Now it was better to trust in his mother and let her make the decisions.
"I saw her duck behind those rocks!" one of the hunters shouts as he and his team split up to perform a pincer attack on their prey.
"Charge rifles and get ready to move. Check your fire. Don't want any blue-on-blue*." the hunt leader said over the radio.
"Roger that... Mov-" The rifleman was cut off as a large werewolf slammed into him and ripped his throat out with one clean swipe of her right arm.
"OPEN FIRE!" one of the riflemen shouted, shouldering his weapon. The werewolf grabbed him and used him as a shield, his compatriots riddling him with bullets.
"H-harvest lead, total SNAFU**!" one of the hunters shouted as he turned to run. He looked back and saw his comrade, head in the jaws of the beast. "HARVEST LEAD, WHERE ARE THOSE REINFORCEMENTS?!"
"En route. Just stay calm, Tony. Tony?" Tony, like his other three compatriots, was dead, his blood staining the fur of the savage werewolf. As she stood over her kill she tossed her head back and let out a howl, daring the remaining hunters to come and get her.
"Chaps, we have our work cut out for us." Harvest Leader said to his remaining six men. "The situation has severely deterioted beyond our control. Bring up the Spark Shot."
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Two handlers walked into the side tent, pushing a cart of meat. They were feeding some of the lycanthropes that Rixase had no use for. Those ones were either too broken or had yet to be broken in.
“So the Union boss says he wants flex hours for us.” Marcus said to his partner as they put meat into cages they passed.
“And did we get them?” Derek asked. Marcus sighed as he put a slab of meat into a cage.
“The brass is still working on that. I’m just glad they got us that pension and the dental plan.” Derek sighed as they stopped at one cage in particular. The occupant was lying against the back wearing grey coveralls.
“This is that new one Bergman brought in.” Marcus said, looking at his clipboard. “Took them six men to bring her in.” Derek poked the woman with his night stick.
“Only six?” he asked, hand still in the cage.
“They sent ten men.” Marcus replied.
“Fuckin’ a… Well, let’s feed her th-“ The woman had snapped up and latched her jaws around Derek’s wrist.
“JESUS FUCK!!!” Marcus shouted as his partner fought against the lycan.
“GET HER OFF!!! FUCKING GET HER OFF!!!” Marcus brought his taser to bear and applied it to the lycan, succeeding in making her jaw lock tighter and shocking Derek. He grabbed his radio.
“Bergman, get in here, we’ve got a problem with that new arrival.” Marcus and Derek fought the lycan for another minute before Bergman arrived with the Spark Shot in hand.
“Stand clear!” he shouted, bringing the less-lethal weapon to bear. There was a hum then a loud bang, the lycan slamming against the opposite end of the cage. Derek fell to the ground clutching his nearly amputated hand. Marcus helped him to his feet and dragged him out. Bergman looked at the lycan, knocked out from the high voltage application.
“Quite the rebellious one. Rixase will have fun breaking you.” He said before turning off the weapon and dragging the meat cart out. The lycanthrope grinned.
A couple more seconds and I would’ve had his arm… she thought, her body numb from the electrical blast. All she needed was time.
*Blue-on-blue: MILSPEAK for friendly fire. **SNAFU: Situation Normal All Fucked Up. A fancy way of condemning Murphy's Law.
The Devil's Dagger sailed closer and closer, before finally ramming into the other ship. Inside her cage, Ruby was knocked around by the force of the impact, and fell to the ground. She quickly got up and looked through the window to see the other was not like Captain Scars'. It was a more futuristic ship with a stronger exterior than the Devil's Dagger.
Ruby then came to realize that this other ship might be able to defeat Captain Scars, his crew, and the Devil's Dagger. She then put one of her arms through the window, began to wave it in the air, and yell for help, in the hope that someone would see her.
On deck, Captain Scars raised his raiper into the air and roared, "Show them why we're the most infamous pirates across the worlds!" He then grabbed a rope hanging off the main mast, swung over to the other ship, and landed on top of the bow.
The arm waving to them caught Elizabeth's attention. Her assumption was that there were prisoners who wanted out. The prisoners of another did her no harm, but she'd do harm to them if they even tried. The thud of the opponent captain on her ship caused her ears to perk up, her lazy eyes trailing to where he was.
While making her way to him, some of her crewmen went soaring across to the other ship. When she came across Paul, she leaned over to speak to him,
"Check out the brig for anyone who wants freedom and bring them over. Elijah will be perfectly fine with me."
With Elijah kept close by in a protective distance, she directed her rapier towards this "Scars" fellow.
"Ye know," replied Scars with an evil grin on his face, "most people I board say that, before their bodies end up chopped into peices on the floor." He noticed a child was standing behind the neko-jin captain. The child looked like a cross between a human and a neko-jin. Perhaps this child was the son of the famous pirate that stood before him.
Scars turned back to who he was pretty sure was the famous Elizabeth Trusky, and grinned his rotten teeth. "But as always, introductions are in order," he said in a cocky voice. He took hold of his hat, removed it, and then bowed like a gentleman before the neko-jin, stating, "The name's Captain Scars Mondragon, captain of the infamous Devil's Dagger!."
Scars then rose up from bowing and added, "And if I am correct, you must be the famous Elizabeth Trusky!" He placed his hat back onto his head before replying, "However, whether or not you are said pirate, you will die by my hands!" And with that, Scars thrusted his raiper towards the pirate captain.
Elijah stayed close to Elizabeth, eyes wide, watching all around him. For the moment the fighting and the killing going on between the other pirates didn't sink in and he didn't let it. Not yet anyway.
He returned the look the other scared captain gave, his head tilted to the side curiously. "You're famous? I've never heard of you," he said innocently after he had introduced himself. And it was true, he hadn't heard of him. It may be because his parents, foster parents that is, had sheltered him from all things to do with pirates probably to keep him from finding ou about his true mother.
When he suddenly attacked though, Elijah let out a cry and leapt forward, swinging the dagger clumsily. There was no way this guy was going to hurt his mum so soon after he had found her!
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