by The Kingpin » Tue Jan 22, 2008 9:27 am
Lightning lit the sky as thunder cracked in the distance, James sitting in his cabin as the ships sailed forward, preparing for the final confrontation between the Pirates and The East India Trading Company's Fleet. one way or another, it ended today. James tied a red scarf-like cloth around his neck, as he looked at the drawn sword on the desk. his Initials carved into the base of the blade, near the Guard. "Where...we will....we'll roam" he said quietly as he finished putting on the item of clothing and picked up the blade, sheathing it, and putting it at his side, along with another Sword on his left, leaving him with two full lenth swords, and his pistol strapped to a gunstrap on his chest, which he had bought from a smuggler in Shipwreck Cove. Elizabeth's voice could be overheard in the background as she made her speech from aboard the Pearl. having been elected Pirate "King" at the Bretheren Court. The Pearl sailed in the center, His own ship, now renamed for the final time as the Reaper, sailing on it's right, with the Dauntless to his right, with Yuke at the wheel and various other ships to his left, and the Dauntless on it's left, with a line of ships behidn them, one of them being the Ship of the Infamous Captain Teague, James' grandfather, Jack's father. "And never...shall...we die" he finally said as he walked out onto the deck as the crew worked in overtime, arming all the cannons with Cannonballs and setting full sail, Raphael yelling orders, now wearing a shirt, along with a coat over it, to keep him dry and to lessen the risk of being wounded badly in battle, with his whip to his left and his massive Long Sword to his right, two long Pistols on double gun straps on his chest, each armed with 3 shots, being tripple barreled in both cases, designed to fire one shot each time the trigger was pulled. "I think it's time we taught these Uniform wearing pansies what happens when you try and fight Pirates, don't you think, men?!" yelled James at the top of his voice. a round of cheers came from the crew as they prepared themselves. "Men! this will be the greatest battle you'll ever Live to fight! The greatest battle ANY OF US will live to fight! we are fighting for our FREEDOM! the Freedom to live the way we like, WITHOUT those oppressive Empires forcing us to bow to their WILL! TODAY, WE PROVE ONCE AND FOR ALL, THAT NO ONE, MAN OR OTHERWISE, CAN EVER FORCE US TO OBEY THEM! TODAY, WE FIGHT FOR OUR FREEDOM! AND TODAY, WE WILL SUCCEED! TAKE WHAT YOU CAN, GIVE NOTHING BACK! AND BY GOD, IF WE ARE TO DIE IN THIS BATTLE, LET'S GIVE THEM HELL BEFORE WE DO!!!" yelled James, his crew along with numerous other ships' crews that heard him cheering wildly in agreement, as the order came from the Pearl to Hoist The Colours. James raised his own flag, the Red Jolly Roger, which was initially a red version of Calico Jack's Flag, with the skull and crossed swords in black, with a picture of a black Sparrow flying above the Skull. the guns were run out, all the 32 pounders being armed with balls, the 18 pounders armed with grape shot and the 16 pounders armed with chain shot, to enable the ship to sink, slaughter crews and immobilize ships at the same time...
"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