ic Modern Day Piracy

[Poncho]

The Happenstance cut a strange figure in the waters around Freedom.

 

In the open bay, around more current boats, around people enjoying their day, the old style ship cut a figure, a very specific sort of one as it navigated the waves! It was quite the sight, and upon that ship was the crew of the Happenstance, including the Captain and First Mate, and the Captain's roommate, Owen Akerlund, brought out on a fine sunny weekend to play around on the ship.

 

There was absolutely nothing going wrong with the day, a blessing of the pirate captain Riel, perhaps.

 

But it came like a sudden shock as the group neared the underside of the Centery Bridge.

 

Black, billowing clouds almost erupted; seeming to form from absolutely nothing high above the bridge before immediately splitting open into a torrential downpour, sending the other boats scattering for safety away from the rain, and the lightning that split the sky as well. What had once been a perfect day had suddenly become a terrible one for being outside. While the Captain may have been protected by his notorious good luck, the rest of the ship was not near as lucky.

And the clouds were still churning, almost bubbling with fury high above them. Almost like there was something IN the Clouds, about to break out.

[Lone_Star]

Prime Mover

 

Owen was just elated to be on the Happenstance. It reminded him of his favorite adventure books growing up: Robinson Crusoe, Treasure Island, and Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, and that brought him an incredible amount of joy. Now he no longer had to dream about adventure, he was on one with a real pirate! 

 

"Well, shoot, Riel. This has to be just about the coolest thing ever, thanks again for -" He paused as he saw the black storm clouds forming just past them. Owen could only look as he saw the boats moving away from the sudden storm, and he narrowed his eyes. "Looks like there's villainy afoot, what do you think?" Owen said as he checked over his power vest, making sure everything was in order before the two of them confronted whatever the heck was going on. Good thing he made it waterproof! 

 

[EternalPhoenix]

Serendipity and Stormchild

 

"Hold up the flagons and raise up the sails! Masthead a battened, so we take 'em off our tails! We don't fly off the wagon, we don't leave any ale! And so we go a tracking with a luck that never fails!"

 

The Luckstorm Pirates except the First Mate (who was shouting orders to keep the ship from running into anyone) and the Captain (who stood next to his roommate near the bowsprit) sang in joy as they had set sail on yet another weekend. For Captain Riel Estime, it was a fine, brisk day to be at sea.

 

"These seas seem to kick and buck, they won't hoard the prize! Our tales end as written ones, in case we lose our lives!. Our fate seems to run amok, we forge storm and skies! So we hope this devil's luck won't cloud our very eyes!"

 

The plan was, since this was fairly early, to be at sea all day and return after sunset. Normally, the Happenstance would gone from Friday afternoon to Sunday night. But this time Owen was to be on board, and that was a long haul for a rookie sailor. Unfortunately, such plans were to be delayed at best. Riel shouted over his shoulder "Find a place to drop anchor!" Kadene and the crew scrambled into action, song forgotten. He returned his attention to Owen. "Are you sure? We could always say we never saw it until we were too far away." This, however, was accompanied by one of his bold, cheeky grins. Always a pirate. 

[Lone_Star]

Prime Mover

 

"Nah, that's not how heroes do," Owen said as he made the final adjustments on his power vest. "We've gotta get closer and investigate, or else we can't really call ourselves superheroes, can we?" Owen liked his roommate, a lot, and he had made an effort the past week or so to get to know both Serendipity and Stormchild better. Though they had different ways of thinking, he was sure he could help them get used to life on Earth. But a strange storm at sea was surely something they had encountered before, right?

 

"I'm gonna get closer 'n get a better look. Stormchild, anything you can do to, I dunno, counter the weather? Either way, see you guys shortly." Owen held his hands out and flew into the air, blurry kinetic energy trailing behind him as he shot towards the storm like a bullet. Some part of him he kept buried deep inside was actually excited to find something strange. Finally, a chance to prove himself as a real hero!