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[arrowfodder]

Vixen felt the world around her roll and wave underneath her. The waves must have been rough, she could swear she was moving. She looked up and saw a man holding onto her arms. She coughed, feeling the copper taste in her mouth as her blood coated her lips. "The...scimitar..." Talking hurt, moving hurt, even blinking hurt. "Mind....pulling it....from...my stomach?"

[Gryffydd65]

Serpent ran up the stairs trying to get back in range of Lurch, just when he thought he had him, he struck with the kukri, a quick one two jab, but the evil Lurch was still to quick.

[ December 1, 2009, 9:06 pm ] - Gryffydd65 rolled 1d20 ± 3 and obtained 10 ( 7, ). Reason : kukri flurry of blows.
[ December 1, 2009, 9:06 pm ] - Gryffydd65 rolled 1d20 ± 3 and obtained 9 ( 6, ). Reason : kukri flurry of blows.

[anguish]

Shifty and One-Eye continue to shuffle along the corridor towards Croaker's room. "No can do. No telling what damage it has done. That's for Croaker to do anyways."
Finally they make it to a door and start shouting for Croaker. A moment later Croaker appears. "What do yaa.... Oh sh*t! Quick bring her in!!!" Bringing Vixen inside they place her carefully onto a bench. Croaker stands over Vixen, looking down at her and the scimitar. "Shifty, as soon as I draw out the blade, cover the wound with that bandage there!" Croaker points and a large bandage on the side of the bench. "This is gona hurt love..."

Croaker grips the handle with both hands and quickly draws it free of Vixens chest. Blood splutters out of the wound, but only for a split second as Shifty covers the wound and tries to stop the bleeding.
One-Eye was mumbling under his breathe, a slight healing spell coursed through Vixens body. It made the body regenerate faster.
Shifty started to clean the wound while Croaker prepared a poultice. He applied it quickly to the open wound that Shifty had just cleaned. It was dark green and brown and smelt quite bad. It consisted of various lichen, grass and leaves Croaker had gathered. It filled the wound and what looked like steam rose from the area. Croaker applied a bandage and wrapped it around her torso.
Croaker smiled. "Good work you two, she'll live. Now, mind telling me what happened?"

Serpents kukri flies wide and as he pulls his kukri back Rock is there next to him, swinging his ham sized fist directly at Lurch. It catches Lurch on the shoulder that sends him flying down the corridor. Lurch looks up to find himself at the foot of the stairs. Crawling to his feet he starts to dash up the stairs towards the open deck.

OOC

[ December 1, 2009, 10:16 pm ] - anguish rolled 1d8 ± 4 and obtained 12 ( 8, ). Reason : Rock Damage Check.
[ December 1, 2009, 10:16 pm ] - anguish rolled 1d20 ± 9 and obtained 25 ( 16, ). Reason : Rock Attack Check.

Sorry, not a doctor so I don't know what the correct procedure would be >_<

[arrowfodder]

Vixen didn't try to move. Whatever the man did to heal her, she knew it was going to take time before she was ready to be up and about again. "A prisoner named Lurch escaped, and when the crew tried to corner him, he stabbed me." She was going to play down her involvement for the time being, still unsure of what the others would do with such a dangerous female onboard. Until she felt she could trust them, she was going to be on her guard. She was in a weakened state, and very much at their mercy. This was not something she was accustomed to, nor comfortable with.

[anguish]

Croaker looked up from cleaning his instruments. He had stitched up the wound, leaving the poultice inside to help heal the inside. "Lurch escaped?"
"Rock and the two new guys are after him." Shifty replied. "We lost too many guys last time, I didn't want to loss another." Shifty looked down at Vixen. An image of Rabbit flashed through his head. He shook it away.
Croaker turned to One-Eye. "The Captain's not going to be happy. Not at all. At least Rock will be thankful you saved this one... She should be fine, I'll keep an eye on her. You two, head out and give Rock a hand."
Shifty and One-Eye turned and made for the way Lurch was heading the last time they saw him and the others.
"Vixen is it? You're going to have to stay there for a little while. Once the wound heals a little I'll move you to my bed. You can return to your quarters once it is closed over." Croaker looked down at the wound and prodded it a little. "At least you'll get out of general duties."

OOC

Oloth/Crow, you turn.

[arrowfodder]

Vixen nodded, closing her eyes and letting the healer do his work. So he thought she was one of the crew? That worked out to her advantage for the time being. She was nervous about being moved to his bed, but he probably meant to have her there to be treated. He didn't strike her as the kind of man who would take advantage of someone with a stomach wound.

[Oloth the Mad]

Crow starts running after lurch, not wanting to cast a spell until he has him in view and has a chance to stop and concentrate more.

[anguish]

Crow tried to catch up to Lurch but he is too fast. Lurch makes it to the deck were a few people stop and turn towards him.
"What the...", "How did he...", "Grab him!"
Lurch ducked and dodged and made it to the side of the boat. Gripping the rail he jumped and launched himself over the top and splashed into the water. He disappeared underneath the swirls of the ocean.
Crow, Rock and Serpent make it to the deck to find Lurch missing.
A young man rushes to Rock. "He dived in sir!"
Rock leans over the edge of the rail. His head swivels around, searching for any sign of Lurch.
"No one survives the Sea of Torments..." The young man said, standing beside Rock.
Rock growls, his teeth bared. He was furious, he wanted to strangle Lurch with his hands. Rock spat into the ocean, turned and made his way back down towards the Captains office.

A few days passed, uneventfully. Chimney was in sight. They had lost Lurch, but they were too close to Chimney to head anywhere else.
The Captain had been furious that Lurch had escaped. He knew it was no ones direct fault. Lucky for those involved in his escape.
The new recruits would be made to complete the Oath once they reached Chimney. The verbal part had been done the day after Lurch's escape. Land was needed to finish it.
Most of the Black Company had warmed up to the new guys and each had made their new friends. The last part of the Oath was all that was needed to make them official.
Vixen's wound had healed up, leaving a great jagged scar under her left breast. She was able to walk around with out any more pain. Rock kept an eye on her, making sure she kept healthy and didn't tear open her wound.
Serpent spent his days helping above deck and working his battle skills. Shifty helped, improving his own as well.
Crow spent most of his time in his books and with One-Eye. He was learning real fast. It was as if One-Eye had opened some sort of door in Crow's mind that had been preventing him from growing.

"Land hoooooo!" Called out Worm from on top of the crows nest.

OOC

Congratulations! One Chapter down!
Crow, Vixen, Serpent, level up please and send me the new sheets.
Crow, please roll 2d100. One-Eye has given you two new books. Then choose two books out of all the ones you have. You only had enough time to finish two of them.
Serpent, add +1 STR and now, when you attack with your Kukri you get extra +1 to attack and damage from your training with Shifty.
Vixen, you get +1 CON and 5 HP. Croaker looked after you good, he even made you better then new!
Feel free to keep posting in here until the next thread and intro is made.

Honestly hope you enjoyed the first part. Please leave some criticism in the OoC thread for me to help me improve the game.

[anguish]

Thanks for the sheets Oloth and Gryff. Oloth, please choose two books from the book list that you ended up reading.

[arrowfodder]

[OOC: I sent you my character sheet. I forgot to add the +1 CON though.]

Vixen moved about on deck, resisting the urge to scratch at her new scar. The healing skin itched, but she supposed she could live with it. She felt better now that her accomodations weren't in a cell anymore. She avoided the others, not sure what to think about them just yet. She spent most of her time around Rock. He seemed to be a good man, a little slow but good.