1 year later
"Alright scalawags, on the poop deck"
The large, and might I add very strange, looking men lined up in one long row in front of their captain. They saluted and waited for the long awaited command.
Trying to hold his laughter in,Adrian grabbed a hold of his cap, the blue feathers floating into his face, and nodded sharply.
"Today we set sail for dark wood forest, the island anyone has yet to leave without a price..."
He paused and almost let his strong brigade down by laughing and scanned the line of 10 men.
"We will be the first like always and prevail....now let's get to work!"
The men cheered and scrambled off with smiles you probably wouldn't have seen a year ago and went to their assigned jobs on the deck. Adrian turned toward the balcony of the ship and leaned his hip against it with both of his hands finding their way into the pockets of his navy blue pirate coat.
They were about to reach Darkwood Forest... And let's just say not a lot of people come back from there. He sighed as he heard someone call his name.
"Captain we spotted land" Axaviar said as he leaned on the balcony beside Adrian.
Axaviar is one of my crew men. He has black hair he always slicks back and no one has ever seen it any other way and his sword is always by his side. He's swift with knots and could probably lift the anchor with his bare hands. He's the strongest of the crew, and the tallest, however he barely says anything and is as hard as a rock when it comes to persuading him to do anything he doesn't want to do.He's loyal, and that's all that matters.
Adrain nodded his head in agreement.
"Thanks, tell Ern to keep an eye out"
Ern is the crow nester. He's always up in the crows nest either planing another prank or actually doing his job and watching for things the ship might hit. He's playful, and never uses his head.
Axaviar hurriedly pushed himself from the balcony and rushed across the deck to the mast pole. Grabbing a rope he yanked it down, sending Ern flying down with it.
"Ow you doin Axe?" Ern said as he swung side to side upside down with a rope around his ankle.
"Do your job and watch, Cap said its gonna get crazy"
Ern only, quite stupidly, nodded his head making his wild,long brown hair fly all over the place. He then yanked his foot and was shot up into the air, back up to the crows nest. Axaviar turned sharply and hurriedly ran to the back side of the ship toward the steering wheel.
"We're getting close cap" yelled Jac as he ran along the railing of the ship, jumping over Adrian gracefully.
"I've got eyes" Adrian said as he smirked looking up at Jac from under his hat.
What sets Jac apart from everyone else is his two multi colored eyes. One is red while the other is green mixed in with purple. When I was first beginning my pirate career we basically saved him from the circus. He was a tight rope walker and it's been said that since he was so high up in the air, the pressure inside his head increased creating the two different eye colors. That's just a rumor though. Either way he's still a sarcastic teenager. And boy does he act like one.
Jac only rolled his eyes like always and grabbed a rope swinging to the other side of the ship to reach his side of the mast. Adrian pushed himself from his daze in the water to go look for his cabin boy, who wasn't at the line up. He manuevered past Tank and Tony.
Tank and Tony are identical twin brothers, they have OCD and they're clean freaks. Without them, this ship would be a mess. They stand at about 5'7 and are always found cleaning or talking. Their very social and are never quite. They also love to speak in sync, just to freak me out.
"Hey boss" Tony and Tank said at the same time, making Adrian shiver.
"Hi have you seen Cabin boy"
Tank nodded and pointed toward the sleeping Quarters.
"I think he's reading downstairs" Tony said as he pushed a barrel of gunpowder against the wall. Adrian nodded and turned on the heal of his boot toward the sleeping quarters. He grabbed the door handle and swung the door open, making it hit the wall behind it.He then took quick steps down the stairs and scanned the scattered hammocks and chests. Sure enough his cabin boy was swinging in his top bunk hammock, reading a book.
"Aye, CB, where have you been? We're getting close"
Startled CB, or cabin boy, slammed his book shut and whipped his head around, his red hair flying.
"Eh s-sorry C-Captain"
CB is my cabin boy. He uh, he's very shy. It's because of his past though. We found him at Londerix. You don't know where that is? Well let me tell you, it's a place a 14 year old shouldn't be. It's like the capital of the black market. Tank and Tony were the ones to bring him home. They went to a bar and came back, completely sober, with a red headed, freckle faced kid. He's pretty clumsy but let's just say he joined the crew and became part of the family.
"It's fine, just wanted to make sure you were okay"
CB nodded his head gingerly as Adrian gave him a small smile and a fond look.
"Welp, keep on reading, we'll be hitting land soon" Adrian said as he started to walk toward the back hull of the ship. If his hunch was correct, his favorite drunky would be...yep... throwing up.
Adrian sighed and ran his hand through his hair, laughing slightly.
"Vas you can't be drinking now, we're almost there"
Vas only leaned over the barrel once more and threw up. Adrian sighed, again, and turned around, the smell too much to handle.
"Just toss the barrel off the side when your done and come upstairs. We're going to hit land soon"
Vas is the ships drunky or better yet, the old man that tells all the
over-exaggerated fishing stories. His real name is Vasterlime but you can see why we don't call him that. He's I think 70 years old or something? Anyway he may be drunk 9 out of 10 times a day, but he's helped catch more than one dinner for the night. And he's family, so no hard feelings, though we are trying to get him to quit.
Adrian leaped back up the stairs, two at a time, coming back into the summer sun. With a fresh breath of air, Adrian walked past Tony and Tank to the side of the ship, and ascended another flight of stairs to the ships steering wheel, and Axaviar, who nodded sharply to his Captain as he walked by. Tory hung upside down, her feet hooked in the railing of the ship, as she reached to touch the cannon below her.
"Errrrr"
She said as Adrian leaned his crossed arms on the railing beside her feet, watching with amusement.
Tory, also known as Tide Rider is, at the moment, the worlds best gambler. She can deal herself out of any situation, which is how she ended up here actually.She takes on any bet you throw at her and will do any dare, no matter how stupid. I have to make sure that Ern and her don't team up or we'd be chest high in pranks. She's the type to get down and dirty, and that's how we like it. She was actually kicked out of her other crew she was in because they "couldn't handle the thunder". Is what she says and I quote.
"Having fun down there" Adrian said nudging one of her calfs with his elbow.
"Must.do. dare"
Was all he heard before he walked off, leaving her to her misery.
He walked back down the stairs and maneuvered through the deck to the front. Here he found Cherry and Val gossiping about the latest news, from what they hear at port.
"She was all up in ya business eh?" Val said flipping her blond hair over her shoulder.
"Of course. It was absolutely atrocious"
Cherry replied putting her hand on her hip.
"Ladies" Adrian said approaching the pair.
"What up?" Val said folding her arms while Cherry replied with "Captain".
Cherry and Val are two best friends from several past times. Cherry with her hair in a bun and her dudish appearance and Val that cleans up a little more and does her hair and looks girly. You would expected them to act like they looked right? Well wrong. Cherry is very educated and smart, she's a genius, but she doesn't look the part. Val is dumber than a rock but looks like a super model. Weird right? And to think their best friends and have been for a long time.
"We're gonna hit land soon, I need Cherry in the planning room and I need you to get your weapons, tell everyone to suit up while your at it"
And if you haven't figured it out yet.
Im Adrian. I have white hair and if you've ever met black beard before well... Let's just say he's not with us anymore.
Because I'm the new evil of the sea.
And this is my crew.
