<Storyteller> The ship sways as it sails through the Tempest. The crew is quitely
watching Daniel's play
* Ahuru smiles as he watches the Shakespeare and remembers
* Ahuru turning to Ironjohn he nods
* Brianna sits cross-legged on the floor, watching the play
* William watches the performance
<Ahuru> "My I take the helm, captian?"
<IronJohn> "Aye, t'would be an honor."
* Angelo yawns, but watches anyway.
* Ahuru walks up to the helm and takes the wheel from Cook.
<Storyteller> You can feel the ship change course
<Ahuru> "I apologise, captian, but there is something I must attend to."
* Remy looks curiously towards the wheel. "Did we just change course?"
* IronJohn just watches
* Brianna turns and watches Ahuru
* Hans watches the festivities with indifference. The others may enjoy it, but it is
only a slight diversion before they have to deal with evil again.
<Ahuru> "Yes, the course has been changed."
<Angelo> "So then, where are we going?"
<Ahuru> "To meet an old friend...."
<Storyteller> The ship glides across the Tempest under Ahuru's touch of the wheel, you
can tell that he has done this before
<Storyteller> Several of the Amenti bring up the crate and the ship stops
<Storyteller> "Captian! A small boat ahead!"
* Brianna stands, and walks to the railing to see what ship they have sighted
* IronJohn looks at the ship through his spy glass
<Storyteller> Shouts Roger from the crows nest
* William approaches the bow of the ship
<Storyteller> You can see a small boat approaching you, a shadowy figure guides it
* Ahuru opens his mouth and music begins to fill the air. The boat continues to head
towards you
* IronJohn turns to Ahuru, but chooses to say nothing
<Storyteller> Once it is close enough, you can see it is a reaper. It stops it's boat
and waits to board
* Brianna closes her eyes and listens to the music, remembering another time..
<Storyteller> Friday walks over and takes a look
* Angelo stands and walks over to observe.
<Storyteller> "It's an Amenti reaper. I think it's the same one!"
* Ahuru lets Cook take the wheel as he walks down to the deck.
* Brianna opens her eyes and studies the reaper
<Storyteller> Friday gets down on his knees
<Storyteller> The crew turn and seeing the reaper, and Friday on his knees, they too
get on their knees
<Storyteller> "Quick everyone." says Friday out of the side of his mouth
* William walks to the rail where the boat has pulled up
<Storyteller> the Amenti get on their knees and bow their heads
* Angelo looks suspicious, but gets on his knees anyway.
<Storyteller> The reaper boards the ship and walks over to Ahuru
* Hans gets on his knees, not sure why but knowing better to question.
* Brianna looks to see what Ahuru is doing, not knowing the protocol involved with
meeting a reaper
* Ahuru motions for you to kneel
* IronJohn kneels
* Brianna quickly kneels
<Storyteller> The reaper puts his hand upon Ahuru's shoulder and removes it's hood to
reveal the face of a Jackal
* William watches all the others fall to their knees, then looks at Ahuru, then the
reaper and back to the others, then slowly drops to one knee.
<Storyteller> It opens it's mouth and once again music fills the air. Ahuru and the
reaper both do this for a time.
* Ahuru motions to the crate
* Angelo watches with interest, unsure of what to make of the scene.
<Storyteller> The jackal nods and Ahuru opens it. A bright glowing blue illuminates
the darkness
* Brianna stares at the crate
<Storyteller> The jackal reaches in and brings out a great glowing blue orb
<Storyteller> Lifting the orb, it carefully let's go as the blue orb hovers and then
flies out into the night
<Storyteller> The jackal then brings out several blue orbs and lets them go as well
<Storyteller> Finaly once the last one is gone, it hoods itself again, and returns to
his boat. Giving one last look at Ahuru, it gently nods, and steers the boat into
the Tempest.
<Storyteller> The Amenti rise and head back to their quarters
<Ahuru> "All is done. We may continue, Captian."
<IronJohn> "Aye."
<Storyteller> Cook returns the ship to it's course
* Brianna has a thoughtful look on her face
* Hans gets up and wonders what just happened.
* Angelo gets up and asks, "Just what just happened?"
* William stands and looks to Ahuru. "What just happened?"
* William glances at Angelo as they speak simultaneously, then back to Ahuru
* Angelo chuckles.
<Angelo> "Looks like we're all wondering the same thing."
* Brianna stands again
<Ahuru> "I released the Ba's of those I had in my care. It was their time to be
reborn."
<Brianna> "What is a Ba?"
<Ahuru> "It is," he points to his heart, "Our higher soul."
* Brianna nods in comprehension
* IronJohn listens to the conversation
<Ahuru> "The Ba is our higher soul, the Ka is our flesh. Once the Ka is ready, the Ba
may rejoin with it."
<William> "Interesting...."
* Hans listens intently, still not understanding the significance of all of this.
* Angelo looks mildly bored.
<Brianna> "How long have they been in that crate?"
<Ahuru> "A very long time."
<Storyteller> "Captain! Swarian longbird ahead!"
<Storyteller> shouts Rogers
* IronJohn walks to the rail and checks the situation out
<Storyteller> You can see off in the distance a Swarian ship come into view, and
indeed it is shaped very much like a bird
<Brianna> "How did you come to be the caretaker of these Ba?"
<Ahuru> "It is my duty as Ahuru to do so."
<Storyteller> The ship grows closer and soon you can see that she too has fallen to
the same fate as The Mackenzie
<William> "Ahuru is a title?"
<Ahuru> "Yes, it means Ambassador."
<IronJohn> "Damn, another one."
<Remy> "What the hell is going on?"
<Brianna> "What is your true name? If you don't mind the question.."
* Angelo walks to the rail to see the other ship.
<Ahuru> "A conversation for another time..."
<IronJohn> "Another one has been scuttled."
* IronJohn says as he points to the ship
* Ahuru walks over to the railing
* Brianna nods
<Angelo> "Think we'll find any convenient survivors on this one?"
<IronJohn> "Don't know."
<Storyteller> The ship grows closer
* Brianna watches the approach
* William watches the ship close in, watching carefully for signs of movement or
danger
* IronJohn calls to the helmsman "Pull her in slow, just like the last one."
<Storyteller> Cook nods and follows the orders
<Storyteller> The Ulysses is now within twenty feet of the longbird
<IronJohn> "This one is probably nothing, like the last one, the ship has been in the
water for a long time."
* William frowns at the dismissal
* IronJohn unfolds his sailcloth wings and leaps to the rail of the ship, one smooth
jump and he lands on the deck of the other ship
<Remy> "Let's not make our conclusions too quickly. We'd best be careful."
* Angelo calls out, "Yell if you see anything..."
* Remy lanuches himself into the air on spectral wings, and lands beside John
* Remy draws his pistol in the air.
* IronJohn draws his guns
* Hans draws his pistol
* William once again forms his angelic wings glides gracefully across the tempest to
the vessel.
<Angelo> "Guess we'll just sit on our thumbs, then."
* IronJohn motions to the others on deck to spread out and search the ship
* IronJohn begins to head down into the lower decks
* Brianna frowns and leans against the railing
* IronJohn quickly dissapears in the lower decks of the ship
* William follows IronJohn, keeping watch behind them, blade in his hands
* IronJohn , once below decks, motions for William to search one side, while IJ
searches the other
IronJohn walks into the room, suddenly the door closes, he turns quickly.
"Shit!" he says as he comes face to face with the Lady of Shadows and Scar. He fires
twice at the Lady and then grabs her throwing her into the wall. She screeches and claws his chest leaving a deep gash. Scar fires at Ironjohn and misses hitting the Lady of Shadows. Irohnjohn smiles, "Your'e dead bitch!" he gathers his strength and continues to slash her with his gladius. She begins to meld into the wall. IronJohn turns to Scar, but it is too late. Scar fires twice and Ironjohn falls to the ground, beginning to fade.
IronJohn watches as Scar stands above him, "Time to die, Johnny, " he says aiming his gun. IronJohn lifts his gun once and fires hitting Scar squarely in the chest and blowing him off his feet. IronJohn laughs as he fades. "She'll kill you....you're dead to her..."
* Daniel descends into the officer's quarters, going from room to room
* Brianna is leaning agains the railing, and you can see the fatalism marks on her
skin begin to twist and writhe
* Brianna 's eyes roll up in her head and she sags against the rail
* William begins searching his side of the ship
* Angelo supports Brianna.
<Angelo> "Whoah..."
* Brianna starts to shiver
* Brianna blinks several trimes
<Brianna> Slowly her eyes come into focus and she looks up at Angelo. "Sorry, these
visions just sneak up on me.."
* William runs to the other room
<Angelo> "What's going on?"
* Brianna gets to her feet, using Angelo for support
<Brianna> "I just saw Scar kill someone. Does anyone know someone named John, or
Johnny?"
* Hans watches from the railing, in case something should try to attack the others
from behind.
* William raises his blade and charges "NNOOOO!!!!"
<Storyteller> There is a crash, and you see a spectre fly up upon the deck
<Storyteller> "No man! No man shall kill me!"
<Angelo> "I know lots of Johnny's..."
<Storyteller> Scar laughs as he dives into the Tempest
* William follows him, unfurling his wings
<Angelo> "What the..."
* Hans tried to get a shot off at the Spectre.
<Angelo> "Not... THAT John?"
* Brianna whirls, cursing that her vision distracted her
* Brianna looks for any sign of Scar, unconsciously raising her mask and placing it
on her face
* Angelo looks down at the gladius, briefly considers throwing it, too late anyway.
<William> "Come BACK HERE COWARD!"
* Brianna grasps the railing and leans over, desperate to catch a glimpse of the
spectre
<William> "NO MORE!"
<Brianna> "Where did he go? Does anybody see him?"
* William keeps going
* Angelo looks over the railing, squinting into the Tempest.
<Storyteller> Friday looks around, "Captian!"
* Brianna curses loudly, suprising the people who know her, and paces back and forth
on the deck, never moving her eyes from the Tempest
<Brianna> "Come back here, Scar! I know you're out there!"
<Storyteller> "What happened?" Friday asks
* Brianna replies in an anguished voice, "It's Scar, he was just here.."
* Hans searches for any signs of Scar.
<William> After what seems like forever, William swoops up out of the Tempest
<Angelo> "Good question."
<William> "NO!! YOU BASTARD!"
* Brianna looks about ready to jump off the boat into the Tempest after Scar
<Angelo> "William! What the hell happened over there?"
* William flies towards the Ulysses
* Brianna curses again, staring at the tempest
* Ahuru puts his hand upon Brianna's shoulder
* Brianna jumps in suprise
* William drops the last few feet onto the deck, stumbling, but his face a mask of
dispair
* Brianna turns to Ahuru "He was just here," she says, pleadingly. "Can you find
him??"
<Brianna> "Please..."
<Angelo> "What's going on?"
<Ahuru> "No. Now is not the time."
<Angelo> {Brianna- hahahahahaha}
<Brianna> "No, NO!"
<William> "HE was on that ship. I was searching one side, John the other..."
* William snaps his gaze to Ahuru
<William> "Now IS the time."
<Angelo> {I'm sure you'll get him NEXT time, dear. Oh wait, isn't that what you said
before? Well, he only killed ONE of your friends, that's not so bad.}
<Brianna> "Please, I have to find him.."
* Brianna looks over the railing again
* Daniel looks at the others. "His death and our meeting are fated...we cannot avoid
him and he cannot avoid us."
* Hans looks to the others still on the other boat.
<Brianna> {damn you! where were you when he came? hiding in your little corner
waiting to come forward with snide comments after he was safely gone}
<Angelo> {Well, you seemed so confident that you could handle him without me... maybe
now you've learned your lesson?}
<Brianna> {I don't need your help, I can take care of him myself}
<Angelo> {Of course you can. You're doing such a good job. How many will he kill next
time while you daydream?}
<Storyteller> "Where is the captian?" asks one of the crew
<William> "Scar killed him."
* Hans yells at William "What happened over there?"
* William walks up to Ahuru, standing infront of him and looking him in the eyes. "If
you can find him do it - or get off, right here. He killed our captain and I don't
think the crew will like knowing you refused to locate Scar for us."
* Brianna graps the hilt of her sword in a white-knuckled grip
<Storyteller> There is a muttering through the crew and they begin to grab weapons
wherever they can find them and begin jumping over to the Insdoru
* Brianna stares at William, wide-eyed and still fighting with herself over the loss
of Scar
* Angelo shakes his head, looking down.
<Hans> "Ironjohns de- dead?"
<Storyteller> They rush down into the lowerdecks and a few moments later friday
emerges. "I think you all better get a look at this."
* Daniel frowns and looks at Friday. "What is it?"
<Storyteller> "We don't know."
<Angelo> "Well, can someone take the -rest- of us over now?"
* Hans heads down, wondering what has happened now.
* Ahuru shakes his head.
<Brianna> "What happened?!"
<Ahuru> "I cannot find him, anymore than you, William."
* Daniel heads to the lower decks and looks around
* Ahuru sprouts wings, and taking hold of Brianna and Angelo flies them over
* William storms over to the railing and leaps across to the Swar ship
* Brianna follows William once they're on the other ship
* Angelo draws his gladius, and tromps down belowdecks.
* William walks up to Friday. "What did you find?"
<Storyteller> He points to a body that is begining to fade
<Storyteller> It does not look anywhere near human
* Daniel frowns at the body. "Any way we can find out who it is before it's gone?"
* Brianna stares hard at the body
<Brianna> "It was the Lady of Shadows..."
<Remy> "Je casserai la gueuele � Scar!"
<William> "Where is John then?"
<Brianna> "I don't know..."
* Ahuru looks at the gun laying upon the floor. he picks it up and closes his eyes
<Ahuru> His fatalism marks writhe across his body
* Brianna watches Ahuru
<Ahuru> "He shall not return."
<Ahuru> "Nor shall she."
<Ahuru> "A life for a life."
* Daniel looks at Ahuru. "They are both gone, then."
<Remy> "No."
<Brianna> "Poor John.."
<Ahuru> "Yes."
<Brianna> "Did he injur Scar?"
<Ahuru> "I do not know."
* Ahuru walks over and touches the wall, again his fatalism marks writhe and he opens
his eyes
<Remy> "No. That bitch don't count as a life. When I send Scar screaming into
Oblivion, then we'll call it even."
<Ahuru> "Yes, he did hurt him."
<Daniel> "Who is to take John's place, then?"
<Ahuru> "Come we must return to New York."
* William looks up to the sky and whispers, ever so soflty "Take him to your realm
Lord, he died well, for the cause of Light and Good."
* Brianna whirls on Remy. "Scar is _mine_"
<Brianna> "Do you understand?"
* Ahuru looks to each of you
<Brianna> "Do you?"
* Remy glares at Brianna for a second, but then nods. "Your vendetta came first."
* Brianna steps closer to Remy
* Brianna nods, satisfied. "Good, just as long as we understand each other."
* Brianna steps back and takes her hand off her sword
<Ahuru> "You are now captian, Remy. You have been shown the example."
* Remy raises an eyebrow at Brianna
* Brianna folds her arms, standing behind Ahuru
* Remy spits. "I can't be captain. Official orders, remember?"
<Storyteller> The crew head back to the Ulysses
<Ahuru> "You are the first mate. The rules of the sea outweigh the mandates of
politics."
<Remy> "Heh. Well then. I can't argue with that."
* Remy nods to Ahuru
* Remy walks off, muttering. "Someone's gonna pay for this, if I have to ram my
gladius up the arse of Markova himself."
<Storyteller> to be continued
