The Black Plague

Andy looked out through the hole in the ship and groaned in pain.
The block of wood has gone into his leg, nothing he can't fix with some sewing and a bit of rum.
He took a peice of wood and bit on it. He began to pull the thing out and he screamed in pain. They must not know he's here.


He still felt the pain and Andy began to pour rum over the wound. He threw the block of wood through the hole in the ship and then took out his sewing kit.
He began to sew it close and then he looked at it.
" At least I won't have to get my leg bent over..." Andy chuckled and then he heard a gasp. He looked up to see one of the powder monkeys.
" A stowaway....and a magic man." The powder monkey whispered, He then ran onto the deck, yelling for some help.

" Ah, blimey." Andy sighed.

OOC: Unlike everyone else, I'ma write in first person, because it's my preference. You've been warned.


-Captain Raphael-

I was just about to check in with our navigator when one of the power monkeys began screaming and running.

"What is it, boy?!" I snapped, grabbing his shoulder to calm him down. Very rarely did any of my men become so very...hysterical. Even the younger ones kept their heads nearly all the time.

"Stowaway," he panted, pointing toward the entrance to below deck. Sighing heavily, I looked at the rest of my crew. They were watching me, obviously hoping for something interesting to happen. As if a battle wasn't interesting! "And a magic man," the boy added, finally catching his breath.

I smiled to myself. I had been hoping to find a fairly decent medic. This could be my lucky day.

"I'll send Thorn down to have a look," I informed the others, making to leave. "Get back to work!"

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I stood next to Thorn, watching him navigate for a moment.

"Yessir?" he said after a moment, turning to look at me.

"Thorn, could I get you to go below and check out this stowaway we have?"

"Of course, Capt'n," Thorn agreed. He was always so quick to follow orders, and I knew I could rely on him.

"Thank you. Bring him to me when you're ready, so I can speak with him," I added as Thorn turned and headed for below.

I, too, write in first person.

Arthur Hearthorn-

I gave up my position by the wheel to one of the sailors, instructing him to keep with the wind. He nodded reluctantly and I hurried below deck.

I found the stowaway easily enough, hiding behind a few barrels in the lower sections of the ship. A sewing kit and empty bottle sat at his side, a slight grimace on his face.

A wave of deja vu passed over me, reminding me of when I had been found a stowaway, nearly ten years ago. I shoved the thought aside quickly, pressing my lips together. I didn't like to remember my past, or at least not that far back.

I looked down at the man. He seemed to be no more than a few years older than me, with blue eyes and messy hair that seemed to stick out in every direction at once. His leg was bloody and stitched together, thus explaining the grimace.

I cleared my throat loudly. "What do you think you're doing?"

*I'm not sure where I'm supposed to be, so... I'll just be standing around on the deck. Sorry it's so short!*

[Leyshon Blodwyn]

The sea was quiet, people were hurrying to get rid of of the dead bodies from the last fight. Leyshon leaned over the side of the ship, turning his hat down. One of the shipmate came up to him.

"Why aren't you helping to clean up?"

Without turning up to see who it was, he replied, "'Cause so far I don't have to."

Andy looked at the sailor with a pained look on his face.
" I kind of lost my way to the Cantina...But really, I snuck in when at England...Hope to make a living."
Andy slowly got up and followed the man up to the deck.

Lilith~

Lilith watched the lowers, as she called them, clear the deck of the dead bodies. A new, deep wound claimed her right side, still bleeding. However, she payed no attention to it. These powder monkeys are extremely slow! Her mind snarled. Lilith stepped down the steps and began to help drag the dead bodies overboard, her side stinging horribly as she tossed one of the into the dark sea.

*Didn't know where to start...so here**

[Leyshon Blodwyn]

A couple of the powder monkeys threw a corpse overboard near Leyshon. There was a girl there too, it was odd to have a girl pirate. Her side was bleeding into her shirt.

"Trying to tie die you shirt are ye?"

The purple haired girl glared over to him. She covered her wound with her hands and turned her back to him, mumbling, "At least I'm helping."

Lilith~

Lilith turned away from the boy and began dragging another corpse to the side of the ship. She felt the his eyes bore into her back as she pushed the last body overboard. "Is that the last one?" She questioned, looking around the the deck. A few of the powder monkeys nodded as others fought over the gold coins that layed scattered across the deck.

"If any of ye lads are caught tryin' to hornswoggle th' cap'n ye be gallows meat." Lilith warned as she gathered all the things they'd stolen from the other ship. The powder monkeys dropped the gold that they held and walked back to their stations.

Andy was led to the captian's quarters.
The man was certainly not a person to mess with...he was 2 feet taller then Andy!
The Captain looked at Andy with distaste...with disgust even," I want you to leave Thorn...this could get nasty."
Thorn left the room without a word. Andy stood there, fearful of what can 'get nasty'.
The Captain looked behind Andy and saw no one there. He then smiled.
" From what I hear from the powder monkey, you are a magic man?"
Andy sighed in relief," No, a very good Healing man...Let's just say I fix people so they can fight for another day...or see their kids."
The Captain nodded and then looked at Andy's leg." Good god, what happened there?"
Andy looked down to see that his leg was still bleeding." Oh, Get me a bandanna so I can wrap around this wound. I don't want to lose all my blood to the sea."
The captian handed him a hankerchief and wrapped it around his leg.
" Did you get that in battle?"
Andy nodded his head as he tied it firmly.
" You can fix that thing in five minutes?"
" Yeah, just as long as the people I'm saving aren't moving...or trying to escape by trying to shoot me."
The Captain laughed and held out his hand." So...will you be the Butcher of the crew?"
Andy didn't exactly like that word...but what the Hell? He took the hand and smiled.
The captian then frowned." GET OUT! PERFORM YOUR DUTYS!"
Andy practiclly ran out of the quarters. The captian looked at his pistol and chuckled.

*does his name sound French?*

[Leyshon Blodwyn]

He tilted his hat back up so he could see where he was going. The girl's side was still bleeding, even though her back was turned to him Leyshon could see her wincing in pain. He walked passed the powder monkeys that were fighting for gold and to the purple haired girl.

Leyshon jumped infront with a crooked smile on his face. "So how'd ye make your hair that color?"

5

**Erk. I hate you**

Lilith~

"Uh, does it matter?" Lilith asked, cocking an eyebrow. The boy nodded and his smile widend. Lilith rolled her eyes and sighed. "It's been like this for seven years. I dyed it when I still lived in Eng-" she was interupted by the shouts of powder monkeys that where still fighting ovr gold. "Oi! What I tell you?! Get back ta work," she shouted angrily, turning her attention back to the boy. "When I still lived in England." She finished.

Captain Raphael

I watched the newest member of my crew scamper out of my quarters quickly, and chuckled to myself.

Silently, I wondered how Tristan was doing. He had fallen ill, and been cooped up in his cabin for nearly 6 days now. Tristan wasn't my cabinboy, exactly, but he stayed in the quarters that would have been for my cabinboy, if i had one.

His quarters were narrowly connected to mine. I heard a movement in his room and went to the door, knocking loudly.
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Isabella/Tristan

There was a loud rapping at the door. I shouted for a moment of patience, and began rushing to make myself look like a man. This wasn't a long process, but I still wanted to make sure nothing was out of place.

I opened the door to my cabin, and was not surprised to find Captain Raphael standign there.

"Yes sir?" I asked, looking him straight in the eye. He seemed to respect such confidence, and grinned at me.

"How ya feelin', boy?"

"Much better sir. What did I miss?"

"Quite a battle today, but we're cleanin' up now. If you're feeling up to it, you might as well go help," Capt'n Raphael suggested, moving out of my way as I grabbed my cutlass. He hasn't ordered me to help, but knew i would.

As I walked out onto the deck, I ran straight into Thorn.

[Leyshon Blodwyn]

He nodded his head. "I see,"

The powder monkeys were still fighting over the gold coins. Leyshon headed towards then and swooped up the coins. "Get that wound looked at!" he called back, heading towards the captain's den.

Before getting there he slipped a few coins into a pocket. Leshon heard the girl mumbling, "What was that for?"

Lilith~

Lilith hissed through her teeth. If we had a medic I'd get it looked at. She thought angrily. She yanked a chest off the ground and winced in pain as the cut bled more. Lilith towed it to the left of the ship, near the captains area. She sighed and straitened back up, making the cut bleed again.