by The Kingpin » Fri Sep 22, 2006 8:07 pm
James said "well, those are some very good ideas, Yuke. but, we need it to be in front of the crew, to show them what happens to Mutineers under our command. if you haven't got any very good ideas that would make the crew fear crossing us even more, i think we should stick to the original plan.". Yuke nodded, and James said "or, better still, we could do the original plan to the mutineers, but with 20 lashes if they decide to fight, and 5 lashes if they surrender, and flog Nine Tails, the leader, 50 times, then, after making sure he's really bleeding, keelhaul him to feed to the sharks.". everyone squirmed when they heard that exceptionally cruel punishment for the leader. James said "let's go.", then lead the group over to the Rotten Monkey, and entered a room Gibbs told them was where Nine Tails was rallying troups. sure enough, Nine tails and 20 others were inside a blocked off section of the deck. James said calmly "mutineers are not welcome aboard one of our ships. you can surrender, or be killed. the ones who surrender should step back, and the ones who wish to lose their lives, should step forward.". the group split in half, with 10 men and Nine Tails stepping forward, and another 10 stepping back. James drew his sword, and his small group of fighters behind him, including Yuke, Adeline and the 2 broadsword wielding Rafael. James noticed an extra 40 men standing behind him, swords drawn, ready to fight. looking at them, he could tell it was his own loyal crew. James heard movement from the mutineers, and whipped his face back to see the enemy group had shrunken to 3 fighters and 18 half hearted mutineers. James smiled then said "it seems your men arent as brave as you thought they were. i don't blame them. 45 men against 21 is a very difficult fight for you. 45 against 4 is even worse. why not just surrender and reduce the pain?". Nine tails looked around him, then said "i don't care how many you are. i'll fight every last one of you, and kill you all!". at that, the last 3 of his men, Aufort, Will and Bucho, all stepped down, seeing their leader was absolutely crazy. James couldn't help laughing as he said "Rafael, lock them all up. the men who surrendered will get a weaker punishment. Nine tails, however, will be given 50 lashes with his namesake instrument of punishment, then keelhauled while bleeding to feed the sharks.". Nine tails lunged and James moved his sword, blocking the hit just in time. he then pointed a pistol in Nine Tails' face, and said "Rafael, make it 60 lashes.". Rafael moved up, hit Nine Tails over the head, and told 2 men to through him into one of the special cells on the BlackPearl, so that he was too far from the other men to do any damage. the other men were given 5 lashes each, instead of 20. James made a point of letting all the prisoners know this, so that they wouldn't think he was just plain evil. after everyone was properly punished, James walked up to the last prisoner, Nine Tails himself, and said "you brought this onto yourself, Nine Tails. you proved to me that you aren't worth mercy. if your lucky, the sharks will get you before Davy Jones does.". Rafael then led Nine Tails to the familiar crane that he had been tied to last time, and flogged 60 times, each strike feeling like a line of burning daggers put into his back and sides. Rafael made sure to strike extra hard, actually hurting Nine Tails' thick, punished back. after he was bleeding severely, Rafael tied one end of a very long rope to the bowsprit and the other end to Nine Tails' leg, then lifted him and threw him overboard. James stood by Rafael as he did so, then turned around, walked to the stern of the ship, and yelled, loudly enough for the men on the Dauntless, Rotten Monkey, Barbarian, Red Dawn and Defiance[the british ship] to hear him. "that, getlemen is the punishment given to all mutineers. if i find even one of you doing something like Nine Tails did, that will be your punishment, with an extra, depending on what is most dear, sensitive, and precious to you. your weakspot, what ever it is. if anyone trys to cross me again, god help him!". after that, he looked over the stern as the ship sailed over the now drowning Nine Tails, and watched as a small trail of blood went from about 2 meters away from the rudder. then it stopped. when a shark attacked, the bleeding would increase. James went white, knowing what could be right underneath him. he called Rafael and said "pull in the rope! let me see the traitor!". when Rafael pulled it in, nothing was there. "he's not here, Captain!". James cursed under his breath...
"Ah yes, organised chaos. the sign of a clever but ever-busy mind. To the perpetrator, a carefully woven web of belongings and intrigue, but to the bystander? Madness!"
–William Beckett, Lore of Leyuna RPG