SEPTEMBER EVENT: SKULLY'S ANGELS

[sailmods]

[around 10:30PM, after Friday has returned from bringing all the other guests back to the ship, she parks the tender just off the shore, idling. she sticks her head out of the door.]

Good luck! Just come get me if you need anything! [beat] But, only if it’s something I can do without stepping outside! [beat] Have fun!

[she then pops back inside. they’re on their own, for now.

the salamander villagers have returned to their homes for the night, it seems… all but one, a smaller one, bedecked in leather armor and carrying a spear. they watch the group as they leave the beach, eyes fixed… and then, slowly but distinctly, they toss their head in the direction of inland, and turn away from them to begin a sort of watch.

perhaps that was salamander for good luck. you’ll need it.]

Comments

[stormpirate]

Yeah, once you bastards give up my damn gun.

[makesomedeals]

Why? You seemed to be content to wander away without it in the first place, clearly it can't be that important.

[stormpirate]

Oh yes, yeah, the weapon I hid in what was visibly a recently used campsite was obviously abandoned. I was gone for ten minutes, you fucking dildo.

[saltwaterlungs]

Max, I will give you a piece of actual legit gold I have back on the ship if you give her gun back.

[ Said with the same tone as trying to bribe a toddler. ]

[makesomedeals]

[You know, he's actually tempted by that. But also, ]

You hid a gun under a blanket while you went hunting and you want us to believe that's a completely normal thing to do.

[A narrow eyed glare over at Darcy.]

How many ounces?

[stormpirate]

What kind of coward hunts with a gun?

[saltwaterlungs]

Why the fuck are you asking in ounces?

[ France invented the damn Metric system. ]

And I don't know, I haven't exactly fucking weighed it. Just- the gold piece and I'll beat up someone who annoys you.

[ Look they just got Jenny to stop trying to kill them, they don't need to get killed over something this dumb. Desperate times. ]

[makesomedeals]

Because gold is measured in troy ounces worldwide, do you know anything about precious metals? Carats are purity.

[A huff.]

Very well, I reserve the right to pick someone when we're done with this insanity as my choice is bound to change by then.

[He pulls the gun out from his belt and offers it back to Jenny, grip first. If he gets shot right now Darcy owes him about three beatdowns of his choosing.]

[stormpirate]

[snatches it away, slips it into her coat.]

Alright. Let's move. Try to keep yourselves from fucking something else up for the next ten minutes.

[and, well, she's leaving. y'all can follow if you wish.]

[light_mischief]

[oh my god this is so embarrassing

just following without looking at Max or the space where Ava probably is. (Darcy gets a head nod that implies a gold star is in order if they survive!!)]

[fonomena]

[Jade ends up content enough to step down to observing from somewhere in the backdrop as they...very nearly collectively die again over ownership of a gun. Fortunately, Darcy's able to hastily haggle out a deal with Max to hand it over, and...right, okay, now they're setting out!

Not particularly visibly put out by the arguing, Jade's easing into step beside Skulduggery again as Jenny forges ahead, still holding his small fonic flame aloft; combined with Skulduggery's, they've just enough light to illuminate a path for for whole party through the dark of the jungle as they finally pass from the camp clearing and back into the trees.]

Now now, why the long face? [As if Skulduggery's face can make any expressions in general.....still, there's something about the embarrassed angle of his posture.] I think we're doing quite well so far!

[The cheer's probably more sardonic than not, but...]

An aside @darcy

[ninetoes]

[We have nothing to contribute here, but we can see again, we're up. It's good. Carry on.

Actually sorry no we’re still dazzled/fried lightening is really fucking bright okay.

Don’t perceive him for a moment ok.]

Darcy.. psst.

[saltwaterlungs]

[ Darcy sidles up beside him, bumping his shoulder with hers. ]

What's up?

[ninetoes]

[There she is. He knew she was close from hearing her speak to Jenny but how close he can’t be sure.

Takes him a second to work himself around to his admittance, though. Might be more painful than an actual injury.

Whoosah. Okay. Be brave. He isn’t feeling very brave. We’re murmuring.]

I can’t fucking see anything.

[saltwaterlungs]

[ There's the nudge of an elbow against his side. For him to take, not a purposeful elbowing. ]

From the lightning, ehn? I've got you. Next time you'll actually hide behind the tree. But I've got you.

[ninetoes]

[No biting hook, no savage refusal, no oh so now you need me. Not that Darcy has to say, he can hear it from himself on her behalf. No, only the smallest little poke comes and it doesn’t quite seem fair. But he is grateful. She doesn’t ask, she doesn’t torture him for her help, she just does it. Izzy’s hand gently takes the back of Darcy’s arm. He’ll owe her later. Staying back isn’t an option.]

Just need a bit of time.

[light_mischief]

[Skulduggery is torn between appreciating Jade being able to make out his mood despite him being a skeleton, and being frustrated by the fact. (What good is being a skeleton if everyone who knows you eventually realizes you still have physical tells, anyway?) He can't even chalk it up to Jade's proclivity for the dead, because Ava, Max and Darcy can all probably tell the same thing!]

We're all alive, so yes, we're doing quite well. [Literally the bare minimum, but considering what little information they had to go off of, it's somehow more than he'd expected.] I just wish we'd gotten more of the infighting out of the way beforehand...

[fonomena]

[Hey, between the context and the body language it wasn't a difficult guess to make...! For likely everyone else as well indeed, unfortunately. Maybe it would have been kinder not to point it out, really, but as far as Jade's concerned their Decent (Not-Dying) Progress is still worth noting, even if it's with some wry amusement.]

No deaths yet, yes--not even any debilitating injuries, either. [Izzy seems to have gotten on his feet alright back there, at least, even if Darcy appears to be hanging back alongside him for the interim. Jade's figuring that if he were sporting any particularly severe wounds, somebody would have said something by now. So!] To say nothing of running into a surprisingly familiar face...and now we even have a direct path established to a specified location that seems quite likely to contain what we're seeking. Personally, I figured we'd end up doing quite a bit more aimless wandering than we have...rather above-average fortune so far, all around.

[Hopefully they haven't used up all this surprisingly good luck upfront already, anyway...

Still, that latter bit's drawing a sidelong glance from Jade as well.]

Do you figure some sort of team-building exercise beforehand might have helped, in all this? [Bit of a note of amusement, there. After all, observing the dynamic so far, Jade's already pretty sure it probably wouldn't have...]

[light_mischief]

I thought we were going to have to murder the nice lizard people. [Dryly, although that had been a big worry when he first saw them. Actually, it had been the main worry until they'd run into Jenny...] Still time for that, I'm sure...

...Maybe a no-holds-barred death match would have worked. Like tiring out toddlers. [Or feral teenagers, which is a state of mind everyone here seems to be under!] If we're lucky, we won't have to go through this sort of thing again, and we won't need to workshop the group dynamics any more than we've already done.