2nd Treasure - [Action/Voice]

[ps3pirate]

[Over a week ago, the Malnosso kidnapped one Patty Fleur from the enclosure for experimentation. On the morning of the sixth, one Patty Fleur is returned. However, it may be hard to tell who she is at first glance. She now looks like this, outfit included. The Malnosso dropped her off just north of the village, by the river, where she regains consciousness relatively soon. There's just a few more problems, on top of the obvious. The first being that her memories are in disarray. The Malnosso had a little fun with them and now everything's a great big mess. The second problem is that they drugged her pretty badly.]

[Action]

[When she awakens, she feels groggy and disoriented. She has no clue where she is, or even who she is. A soft groan escapes her and she rolls over onto her stomach so she can push herself into a crouching position. A wave of nausea overcomes her and- Oh, there's water nearby. Drinking some water would help. That river is clean enough, right? She moves closer on her hands and feet to peer down into it, then catches sight of her own reflection.

That's right... She's Aifread. Aifread, the Guild Leader of... Siren's Fang. See, she knew she could work her way through the groggyness. And she looks terrible. They must've been out on another drinking binge the previous night. Her crew could throw the craziest parties whenever she permitted them. She cups some water into her hands to take an idle sip, then glances around. The place doesn't seem familiar to her. One thing catches her attention, though: A neat journal that's lying on the ground nearby.

A journal... The strangest notion dawns on her, and she flips it open only to have her suspicions confirmed. It's a communication's device. That's right, couldn't she use this to broadcast messages to her companions? She's sure that's how it worked. There was something else about this journal- something important. Something to do with who gave it to her? Or the other people who have one? The more she tries to think about it, the greater her headache becomes.

She can worry about the details later, when her hangover's died down. Right now, she needs to find out where the rest of her crew passed out.]


[Voice]

[Cue a deep woman's voice. She seems to be speaking with a bit of a slur.]

All right, you lowlifes. You've had your fun, but remember Guild rule number seven. There will be appropriate punishment, so go clean up your acts and prepare yourselves.


[[OOC: Replies will come from sirensfang and there will probably be ToV PS3 spoilers in the comments!]]

Comments

[voice]

[revolutionarygirl]

Guild rule number seven? What's that? [...] You really shouldn't go around threatening people like that, either.

[voice]

[sirensfang]

Guild rule number seven is- [She breaks off abruptly when the realization gets through to her that this is a girl's voice. She's pretty sure she's the only woman in Siren's Fang.]

... Oh, you're not... Who are you?

[voice]

[revolutionarygirl]

Oh, ah. I'm Utena Tenjou! It's nice to meet you, even if it's like this. Do you need any help? You don't exactly sound like you're in the best of states.

[voice]

[sirensfang]

[Utena whatnow? ... Oh, that's right. It wasn't only her companions who had these journals. Whoops.]

No, no! Nothing to worry about. Things just got a little crazy last night, ya know. All I need is some good old-fashioned hangover remedy. What was it again... Grass, pepper, coffee and raw eggs...?

[voice]

[revolutionarygirl]

A hangover...? [Jeez, adults really seem to like alcohol. She just doesn't get it.]

[childofthefullmoon]

[Estelle just happens to be flipping through her journal around this time, trying to catch up on things she might have missed. She hears a strange voice and decides to reply.]

Huh? Who are you talking to?

[sirensfang]

[Another girl? She's really made a fool of herself by calling out for her guild members like that. Well, on the bright side, she didn't mention her guild by name, so there's not much discrediting.]

My men, my men! The scurviest dogs one could lay eyes on, but I've grown attached to every single one of 'm.

[childofthefullmoon]

[You know... there's something kinda familiar about the way this lady talks.]

Oh, so you lead a Guild? What does it do?

[sirensfang]

Guild? Who said anything about a- [Oh wait. She did. Guild rules, right.]

I mean... Aye. 'Tis a fine Guild. We take on all sorts of odd jobs.

[voice]

[explaining]

[Oh dear, sounds like someone's drunk blogging. Never a good idea.]

Punishment for what?

[voice]

[sirensfang]

[In her defense, it's more like 'high blogging' than drunk blogging. She just doesn't realize that just yet.]

For breaking the Guild rule, of course! Can't have rules if there's no punishment when they get broken.

[voice]

[explaining]

[No, he meant- nevermind.]

Ah, and what would that rule be?

[voice]

[sirensfang]

When you see the Captain get started on her fourth bottle of grog, you stop her.

[This is a perfectly logical rule.]

[Voice]

[trueknight]

[That ... doesn't sound like anyone he knows. But a guild? ... Well, he really doubts his world is the only one with guilds, but something about this was just pinging him as potentially being relevant to him somehow.

So--]

What guild are we talking about here?

[Voice]

[sirensfang]

[By now, Aifread isn't paying much attention to her journal anymore. It's still open in her hand, but she's making her way to the village and trying her best not to tumble over while doing so. Her balance is a little messed up for some reason.]

It's Siren's Fang, ya know. The one and only pirate guild.

[Voice]

[trueknight]

[... Huh. Now that rings a bell or two. Either this is a new feather or a certain little pirate girl came back from her kidnapping.]

So even a pirate guild has rules to break. Then again, the Union would probably get a little annoyed with you if it didn't, huh ...

[Voice]

[sirensfang]

[She gives a loud, somewhat hoarse laugh.]

The Union? Boy, this isn't about the Union! This is about guild principles. A guild doesn't have rules because there's a rule that you need 'm. If that were how it worked, guilds would be no better than the Empire, ya know.

[Voice]

[crisisrain]

[It'll probably click later on who's he's talking to.]

Ya sure you should be usin' the journal in yer state? Ya sound a little... drunk.

[Voice]

[sirensfang]

No, no, no... 'm not drunk. Hung over. There's a difference there, ya know.

[Because clearly that's what the memory loss, disorientation, nausea and dizzyness is. A hang over.]

[Voice]

[crisisrain]

Yeah, I know it well enough from experience, thanks. [Moving on, since what she said was more interesting to him.]

What's this guild stuff yer blabbin' about?

[Voice]

[sirensfang]

Guild stuff? Guild rule. Drinking nights aren't supposed to get out of hand, but when you wake up in the middle of nowhere with a splitting headache, you know the shark's jumped the coral reefs again.

[Action]

[fallenambitions]

[Alexei was returning to the village from the Orchard when he came across the confused maiden. There was something oddly familiar with her appearance, the hair and the outfit from behind at least, but...that can't be right. He can probably figure it out momentarily, for now he's just going to check on her since she looks pretty bad.]

Are you all right?

[Action]

[sirensfang]

[At the moment, 'Aifread' is peering down into the river at her reflection again, hoping to make herself look more presentable. Her hair is a bit of a mess and she just can't seem to get her hat to stay on straight. When she hears a voice, she turns to face the stranger.

Or is he a stranger? Doesn't she know him? There's the most unsettling feeling that she just can't seem to place...]

I ah... [She clears her throat loudly.] I'm fine.

[Action]

[fallenambitions]

[...]

I need ask you something, who are you? [He's sure she can tell he had a look of some recognition of her, hence the question. Although he remembered her being just a little older in appearance...and she hadn't responded negatively upon seeing him. Was it Patty or Aifread? Or was he just mistaking himself?]

[Action]

[sirensfang]

[If it were anyone else, she might've responded earnestly, but... This man is in uniform. He's a high-ranked Knight- even above a Captain. ... The Commandant. She's blanking on his name, but she's so sure that she's met him before. She's so sure that this guy means trouble for her.

She won't assume a hostile attitude just yet, instead keeping up an air of indifference.]

... Who wants to know?