Sailing Away: Creaturesporidium (Revise)

[Grendel Man]

((Well, we've waited long enough for this one - so now it's time to begin. Unlike the previous, this starts out in the port. Don't worry, we won't be here long. So no plot twists! *coughkccough*))

"All aboard!"

It was a fine day to begin a voyage. The sun was shining high in the blue sky, the seagulls were calling, and the air was thick with chatter.

Today was going to be a grand one, for certain - for today, renovations to the city of Lamai were to begin. Obviously, while that was going on, no norn (or ettin) was going to be able to live here. So, the massive ship known as the Hydra - a cross between a sailing ship, a warship, and to some degree the shee ark - was to take its passengers to a city across the interstellar sea, where they could live until Lamai's rebuilding was finished.

Amongst the crowds of bengals, bruins, civets, chichis, and basically every norn breed there possibly was, a female Bengal with Magma arms, legs, and tail made her way through the crowd. She wore only a blue dress, with a thread tying its midsection around her waist.

As an astronomer, Aiofa was invited to be part of the crew, as they needed someone who was excellent in reading the stars. As she passed through the hordes, politely asking anyone who was getting in the way to move, it was impossible to see that she was something besides an astronomer. But in truth, there was more to this norn.

In addition to her intrest in the sky, she was also a pirate. Her rapier and blunderbuss were expertly concealed under her dress, lest she need to use them for any reason. Years on the sea had taught her anything could happen on this trip.

By now, Aiofa had made it to the main entryway into the Hydra, in front of which sat a Grenorn, who was mostly Bengal except for his grendel arms, legs, and tail stood guard.

"Excuse me, sir. I was assigned to crew on this ship, and I'd like to get through." she asked him.

The grenorn, who appeared to be somewhat dozing, stirred, and looked down at the female Magma Bengal.

"Alright, lemme see here...." he mumbled, pulling out a slightly crumpled list. "Ah, yes. You're Aiofa, if I'm not mistaken?"

"That is correct, sir." Aiofa responded.

"Well then, go on through, Miss." With that, the grenorn stepped aside. As Aiofa walked passed, she smiled and gave him a quick thank-you.

After she had entered the ship, the grenorn stepped back into his previous position.

"Woah there. It isn't time to go yet!" he said as he waved a couple of youngsters as they tried to sneak around him.

[Draconorn]

A battle-scarred Bengal norn pirate, Chengo, gazed at the strange hybrid ship thoughtfully from his position on the roof a dock building, the ocean breeze ruffling his spiky hair. He knew he should hurry up and get on board before he was forgotten, but he needed time to think ahead.
He knew this voyage was going to go wrong. It was way too huge in scale for it all to go smoothly. Chengo's hard earned instincts were almost ringing alarm bells in his ears. Exactly what was going to happen, he didn't know. He wasn't a prophet, after all. He was a pirate.
He jumped down from the roof to the pier and walked casually up towards the nearest section of the ship, hands in the pockets of his baggy jeans. His katana sheath bounced at his hip as he sauntered up to the Grenorn on door duty.
"I'm on the crew, move it." Chengo said, gesturing with his right hand to make his point. Several scars could clearly be seen on his furry white knuckles.
The Grenorn pulled out his list, but Chengo saved him some time by jabbing a finger at his name and saying "Chengo, survival expert and mercenary. I have these scars for a reason, you know."
When the Grenorn looked at him blankly, he decided to give him the old one-eye-glare.
Chengo closed his left eyelid, completing the line of yet another scar that ran down one side of his face, and stared piercingly at the door guard with his free eye. The scar on his left eyelid always creeped people out; they probably knew that he was incredibly lucky to still have binocular vision.
"All right, don't give me that look. You can go through."
"Finally." Chengo muttered and pushed his way through the door, ignoring the fact that the Grenorn had rolled his eyes at him. "Landlubbers." He said under his breath.

[Savverz]

"Lovely, lovely, lovely day! Isn't it, Skye?" said the bubbly red-haired bruin norn to the sempidolo norn beside her. The sempidolo norn, Skye, was covered in blueish white fur with hardly visible black spots on her arms. She paused, crossed her arms, and glared at the bruin norn who was spazzing up and down.
"Eddaeck, stop it, please." She sighed before running a delicate hand through her thick, neck-length hair.
"I like your outfit." said Eddaeck. She herself was wearing rather messy looking peasant clothes, Skye never bought her anything expensive or fancy, she'd get them muddy within a matter of minutes. Skye grumbled quietly as Eddaeck tugged on her long white coat. After a minute of tugging her shirt, she decided to poke her silver pants.
"Eddaeck."
"Sorry..." she held her wrists behind her back, slouching for the rest of their walk to the Hydra. As they approached the entryway they were stopped by the grenorn. "Name?" His stare intimidated Skye greatly.
"Skye Helmwind, and this is Eddaeck." The two waited patiently as the grenorn scanned the list. He nodded before standing aside. "Welcome aboard."
Skye and Eddaeck nodded in thanks as they entered the ship.

[KC11]

((D:< What makes you think I'll do a plot twist, hmmmm?))

Yaris walked up to the ship, staring at the amazing thing that was the Hydra. She sighed and shouldered the weight that was on her back. A backpack full of mechanical things, as well as some food and an extra pair of glasses.

Yaris was a dark green draconian norn with red glasses and some slight stripes on her person. She had long, dark hair that she kept in a number of very long braids. She was the ship's technician ((I believe this was what Yaris was in the original CP)).

To her left stood her cousin. ((I forgot her name, she was also in the original, though then she was dying of the disease)) who had just come along for the ride.

Yaris turned to her cousin.

"Look Marvis." she said. "You really don't have to come along."

Marvis looked at her.

"I want to see the sights!" she said. "Nothing's going to stop me!"

Yaris sighed and rolled her eyes.

"Look, you don't realize how dangerous this is. There will be rough seas, disease, and a general lot of trouble. And you're... you're the only family I have left." at that, Yaris looked at the ground. Her usually angry, spitfire nature gone from her for a moment. It came back to her as Yaris stared at her cousin again. "I just don't want you to be stupid, you know? Like pretty much every young sailor or stowaway?"

"I want to come with you." said Marvis. "And that's final."

"Okay." said Yaris. "I guess I can't argue with you.

They walked up to the grenorn.

"Yaris Rentha." said Yaris. "Ship's technician. And this is Marvis Rentha."

The grenorn checked his clipboard. Then he nodded.

"Welcome aboard." he said.

Yaris and Marvis walked up the plank.

((I hope it's alright if I put Marvis in here, because after all she's kinda what introduced Yaris as a character in the original. So... yeah.))

[Grendel Man]

((Well, there was the hand thing in the orginal, and then there was the grendalin attack in the first incarnation of the next sequel.... So, yeah.))

By this time, Aiofa had made it to the top of the Hydra, where there was a deck open to the air. As huge as this ship was, this deck was large. A railing ran around the outskirts to keep creatures from falling off, and the view from up here was fantastic. It was here that her skills in astronomy would be best applied.

As she made her way across the deck, a telescope under her arm, she caught the attention of the numerous males already present. Although she ignored them, some of them aimed a couple of whistles in her direction, and others called out seductive phrases.

Eventually, one of the bolder ones - a bruin - eventually left his post and slowly walked after Aiofa.

When he was a few feet away from her, whatever he planned on doing was thrown out the window when Aiofa suddenly looked over her shoulder, glaring at him out the corner of her eye.

"I...um....I'll guess I'll be getting back to my job now...." he said, sheepishly retreating. Then he turned around and ran.

Aiofa smirked, before returning to the task at hand. Her journey went uninterrupted until she reached the part of the deck closest to the front of the ship. Here, she put her telescope down, and began to set up shop.

Suddenly, a call through a megaphone sounded throughout the air:

"You may now begin to board the ship."

From her position, Aiofa watched as the crowd below began to board the Hydra.

Good thing I got here before that started, she thought before returning to her current task.
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Elsewhere, a group of norns were loading up the Cargo Bay with everything the passengers and crew of the Hydra would need before they took off for distant shores.

Right now, being held in a net by a crane, there was a group of barrels holding what would be presumed was apples or fresh water. This was swung over to a large opening where another group of bruin crosses waited patiently.

When the net was set down, the norns removed it, and began to roll the barrels into the cargo bay for storage.

If they had been paying attention, they would have heard a grendelish "Oof, oof, oof!" coming from inside one of the barrels. This same barrel also happened to roll a bit faster than the others, as it was heavier.

The main cargo bay was a huge place, with rows of boxes and crates stacked up high. To the side of one of these box mountains was a door through which the norns rolled the barrels.

This room was slightly smaller than the main room, with barrels aligned in lines around its perimeter. In a gap in the innermost line, the norns rolled their barrels, positioned them upright, and shoved them into the gap neatly.

Now free from their load, the norns went back to the main entry for more. When they were gone, the barrel that had been heavier then the others suddenly opened up.

Struggling to free himself from his confinement was a blue-green grendel who was mostly banshee, except for his head and arms, which were jungle grendel. In one hand he held a long spear with an arrowhead-shaped tip, in the other he held a circular, steel shield. And around his neck was a necklace containing a vial filled with a sickly green substance.

Popping out rather violently, the grendel accidentally disturbed another few barrels as he flew a few feet.

"That's the last time I get into a ship that way!" he said to himself, before looking around.

This was the grendel known as Ravana, who was here on a devious mission - to bring his master's most recent creation - a deadly virus he called Creaturesporidium.

Releasing the virus right now would not get it very far, Ravana knew. He must wait until nightfall to escape this area and release the virus right in the midst of a group of sleeping passengers.

For now, he had to first eat, then find a way out of the cargo bay. For the first dilemma, he merely sauntered over to one of the barrels he had disturbed, uprighted it, and using his spear a as a crowbar, opened it up.

"Apples!" he said, stating the contents of the barrel, before suddenly seizing one and taking a bite out of it. They might not have been the best food, but they would do for now.

[Ember Lee]

Tugging at his hand, Zoom dragged Josh towards the ship.
"Hurry up! We're going to be late! Can't you hear them calling?" she chirped, her bag swinging in her hand like crazy.
"Zoom, just settle down. We'll make it don't worry." he said calmly between quick breaths to the little norn child. She ignored him and ran to see the Grenorn with the clip board
"Zoom and Josh reporting as passengers!" she said giving a mock salute.
"Welcome." the Grenorn muttered before turning to the next person.
"Now Zoom, please don't disappear on me. If you want to go somewhere tell," Josh started to say before looking up and seeing she was gone. Sighing he face palmed and muttered, "me first."

[Sfot]

Linda signed as she held tightly onto Sirus's hand. Neither were happy in the crowd, and the older of the two was holding her daughter tightly to her. Her spare hand was clinging onto the necklace hanging on it's silver chain. It was full of earth, the reason of this known only to it's current wearer.

"Linda and Sirus, passengers." She was brief as ever when talking to the grenorn. She had no idea where to go next, or what to do, so she started by trying to get to where she was meant to be sleeping, failing that away from everybody else.

[Ember Lee]

Zoom's heart was beating wildly as she ran through the corriodors, knocking other passengers aside. She ignored their startled and agry cries, with only one thing in mind. Spotting the door she was looking for, she grinned in delight and pulled it open. A wave of salty ocean air hit her face at once and she sighed. Stepping out onto the deck, she listened to the seagulls calling. Leaning against the railings she closed her eyes and pictured her home. As she was daydreaming, a sharp, piercing whistle cut through the air.
Hunching her shoulders she scuttled off quickly, before Josh burst up onto the deck.
"Zoom, I kow you're here!" he called. Looking back at Josh, Zoom crept around the mast, heading as far as way as possible from him. But in doing so, she bumped into Aiofa.
Squealing she jumped and turned to face her.
"I'm sorry!" she squeaked

[Savverz]

((D8 Eh? Eh? Eh? This isn't dead, is it? We must... try... HARDER...!))

[Draconorn]

"CHENGO!"
Chengo groaned inwardly. He knew that piercing cry far too well, it nagged at him just about every single day he spent on land. No wonder he left for the sea to become a pirate, his bossy cousin could drive anyone insane.
Tylrande stormed towards him, yellow eyes flashing dangerously as she lashed her tail. She was pure hardman apart from the faint stripes on her body, the only sign that she was related to Chengo. She stomped right up to her scarred cousin and jabbed him in the chest with a long, thin finger. "You're gonna behave on this trip Chengo, no funny pirate business. If someone gets knocked out or something goes missing, I'll know you did it!"
"Whatever." Chengo yawned and tried to walk around Tylrande, but she stepped sideways to intercept him.
"I'm watching you, mum and dad never forgave you for becoming a pirate and I bet your parents didn't either." Tylrande growled, then slouched away.
"They died, remember?" Chengo called after her, then he rolled his eyes and went over to the railings of the deck. He stared down into the water, trying to ignore the masses of people boarding the ship.

[KC11]

Yaris was already in the ship's hold by this time. She and Marvis were placing their items by their cots.

"I call top cot." said Yaris.

"WHAT?" yelled Marvis. "No, I want top cot!"

"I called it first!" said Yaris. She grabbed the edge of the cot and, in a quick bound, leaped onto it, settling comfortably into the cot. Marvis stood on the ground, pouting.

"But..."

"Hey, you always got the top bunk back at home. It's only fair." said Yaris.

"Sigh... okay." said Marvis.

Yaris grabbed her blanket out of her case and drapped it over the cot. Marvis did the same with her's.

"Okay." said Marvis. "I believe that's it. We can keep the rest of the items in the suitcases."

"Have we left port yet?" asked Yaris.

"I don't think so. The ship isn't moving."

"Alright then. I'm going to go up top for a while. This place is stuffy."

As Marvis rested in her cot, Yaris climbed the stairs to the deck. Once up there, she crossed over to the edge of the ship.

She looked out at the ocean. Soon they would be leaving, going into that ocean.

She couldn't believe this. All her life she had been studying mechanics just so she could go somewhere. Somewhere that wasn't here. Anywhere. She hated this place. It had too many... memories.

She rested her head on her hands, which were clinging to the edge of the ship. And she tried to think, to remember, as she often did when she was alone.

No, she still couldn't remember much of her mother. Or father. She just saw strange shapes and.... laughter.

Marvis once said she tried to remember her own parents as well. She had been orphaned before she had even hatched. Marvis said Yaris was lucky. At least she had shadows to go by. Marvis had nothing. Nothing at all.

((Oh geez, I just realized that I have a hideous gaping plot hole where Marvis's parents are concerned. D: *goes off to think))

[Ember Lee]

"Zoom? Zoom where are you?" Josh called angrily, before sighing again. Why had he agreed to babysit this weird child? Why did her parents just have to suddenly disappear?
Looking about he spotted a striped bengal norn standing not far off and approached him hopefully.
"Excuse me you haven't seen a little brown bruin norn around here have you?" he asked

[Draconorn]

Chengo gave a start and looked around, gaze finally resting on Josh. "No, I haven't. What happened?" Chengo replied, hoping that his scars didn't put this stranger off. When he actually did want to be friendly to people, they were often too scared to notice that he wasn't brandishing a katana at them.

[Ember Lee]

"She..uhhh...disappeared on me." Josh said, trying to find a different word for run away. Looking at Chengo's scars he raised an eyebrow. "Bet that was some fight you got in. Thanks for your help anyway."
Taking one last look about him, Josh headed back below deck, not noticing Zoom's head poke out from behind the mast.
"Is he gone?" she asked Chengo, a sticky coating of jam covering her mouth and nose. (she had stolen it earlier from the kitchens)

[Draconorn]

"Uh huh. You're lucky I'm feeling too lazy to put you in a headlock and call him back." Chengo replied shortly. He didn't like kids, and it showed on his face. He wrinkled his nose before turning back to the railings and gazing down into the sea again. "When's this damn ship gonna set off?" He murmured to himself, eager to get back to the open ocean.

[Ember Lee]

Giggling Zoom raced over to Chengo and looked over the side of the ship with him. Despite the pissed off look on his face, she enjoyed annoying people. She knew when enough was enough but sometimes...
"I don't know, but I hope it's soon. This place is booooorrring already." she sang at his elbow

[Spray]

Slanger clung to his moldy hunk of cheese. He eyed the passing passengers with curiosity, his hunger still ravenous even after finding his cheesy banquet near the kitchen bins. The crumbs fell all over his well worn long coat which was a dull grey and went all the way to the floor, allowing him to merge into the shadows as a stowaway. It was miracle he had sneaked on - that grenorn looked nasty. He continued to gaze on.
He saw families, lovers, youths, professors, scholars, sailors, guards, and he had sworn he saw a pirate hiding some kind of child from what appeared to be his brother or babysitter. Slanger was a pure-breed Fallow back in his home land. He would of been considered royalty, but here he had to scrounge, beg, pickpocket and hide. It wasn't much of a life but it was his.
Picking himself up, he brushed away the debris of his meal from his coat and rags known as his leggings, and he began to walk in his broken leather boots and headed towards the deck to look across the ocean and perhaps some food...

[Draconorn]

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Chengo looked down at Zoom. At least they agreed on something. "Yeah, you're right. Things don't get really interesting until you're out on the sea in a storm, with the waves pouring over the deck and the wind slapping you in the face."
"I don't think the poor kid agrees with you, Chengo." Tylrande said, eyes flashing. She had reappeared to nag at Chengo some more.

[Sfot]

Linda sighed as she finally found her room, still holding onto Sirus tightly. The whole place felt...Cramped. Very cramped. Or maybe it was her just being to used to living where she had. The civit let her daughter's hand go before brushing a strand of hair out her face.

Sirus, however, couldn't help but smile. She adored the sea, and water, and rain... She figited with her hairtie again. She was sure to be let out when the crowds died down, though, so it was okay.

[KC11]

Yaris looked over with annoyance at where Chengo, Zoom, and Josh were. "Could you guys keep it down? I'm trying to think." she asked irritably.

Meanwhile, Marvis was resting in her cot. She stared up at the wooden ceiling, listening to the footsteps above.

Yes, it was going to be interesting, with her cousin as the Technician. Marvis herself had always wanted to learn that sort of path, but she just didn't quite have the knack for it.

She turned over in her cot, making it swing and creak slightly.