Board Thread:Midian Play-by-Post/@comment-24302820-20141007123300/@comment-24302820-20150129225913

On the seventh of Eldus 970 the battle between the Kadje Morsi and the Deja continued in earnest.

Ralatar's arrow injury forced him belowdecks, but Samaa's stomach was finally empty and still enough for her to join her brother Kritot in the fight. Having never actually fought in a battle before, Daryen continued 'guarding' Captain Sampath's quarters from the inside. The three giants, Adrick, Jong, and Kritot, continued sweeping the deck clear of pirate-slavers. Seito stayed in the water, finishing off those who fell into it. This activity summoned several sabertooth tiger sharks.

The battle rapidly turned worse for both sides. Kritot was critically injured. Even after losing consciousness two of the Elves kept attacking him. Pointy-eared fuckers. Samaa pulled back to protect her brother. Seito again boarded the pirate ship, this time by crawling through a gunport. He saw Captain Ambermore unchaining something inside the hold. At this time, Adrick was severely wounded. Seito spied a quick-release for the cargo doors overhead; opening them would surprise the enemy captain. It also dropped Jong and a couple of pirates into the belly of the ship. The Kang Kids were nearly dropped as well.

Escaping from the crazed Bushi-Killian and all of the sharks, the Elves who had been thrown overboard started climbing aboard the Deja. Daryen repelled most of the borders, allowing Adrick to pull Kritot and himself back to the relative safety of the friendly ship.

What pirate captain was unleashing in the hold was the zombified remains of those killed in the pirates' raids. These swarmed the deck above, as Seito again faced his sworn foe. After all these years, he was able to avenge the deaths of his family and the destruction of his home village. After disarming her and pinning her to the deck with his longknives, he proceeded to kill her with his bare hands. Also teeth.

The zombies took the upper deck just as Samaa (the last remaining protagonist) captured the final few pirates. She discovered that the pirates all had rings of black wire and coral that kept them safe from the Zombies. Liberating some of these, she, Jong, and Seito made their way back to the Deja. Jong stole one of the cannon, and freely admits some gun-envy with his ex-girlfriend.

The zombies were later captured, once everyone had been patched up. The surviving Elves were given one of the ship's boats (but no provisions or maps) as per the terms of their surrender. Using saltwater and Captain Ambermore's sword, Seito's forces were able to put together a half-assed prize crew to bring both ships back to Citadel.

As per the prior agreement, Captain Sampath gets ownership of the  Kadje Morsi. He is moving his command there, and offering captaincy of the Deja to Daryen. He'll just need a competent first mate (or sub-captain, really) until he is more experienced. Two of the cannon will be migrated to the Deja once deck mounts are built. Jong, realising he has young daughters, opted not to keep ship-killing firearms in his house.

Letters of marque were offered to those who didn't already have one. The cargo was inspected and the Mundian authority's cut subtracted, along with all applicable taxes and fees. Captain Ambermore had kept many of the logbooks and maps taken from captured ships. These were also confiscated by the authorities. The logbooks would prove valuable in solving crimes and missing ship cases. The maps were later returned to Captain Sampath. Each prize share comes to 226₲8. Seito is claiming the personal effects from Captain Ambermore, as is his right, having slain her in personal combat. These include her dorian jar (to be given to Sir Seth, his mentor), an anti-solar scarf (that Seth will in turn give to his lord, Magnus Darkspire), and her knives and pistols. He also kept what was left of her head as a trophy. Daryen claimed Ambermore's mystically fortified jacket as his own. The ship's mystic compass (with a gold-seeking needle) will be left mounted in its binnacle aboard the Kadje Morsi. Mystic earrings (that reduce the amount of sleep the wearer needs) were divided between Samaa and Jong. Jong also claimed various techy nicknacks, hoping to make nice with his ex-girlfriend since he missed the birth of their daughter while he was at sea. The Kang Kids took the black wire and coral rings. The captain's sword was claimed by Adrick, of course. As he is charged by his religion with locking such dangerous weapons away, he threatened to violently oppose anyone who tried to stop him from doing so.

Both the crew of the Deja and Seito's forces returned successful, wealthy, and in the good graces of the authorities. Both ships will need to hire on more crew, as well as get repaired. Seito needs a new goal in life, having sated his vengeance.