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Post by Hawk on Mar 21, 2009 22:23:31 GMT 1
Arriving at the large lighthouse Hawk looked around to see where Griff was.
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Post by Griff Trevin on Mar 22, 2009 0:54:29 GMT 1
Not far behind Griff arrived at the lighthouse to see Hawk and a few bandits standing outside of the lighthouse. It was huge, from a distance it looked large but up close it was an incredible sight to behold. Confused as to what he had to do to summon this ship Griff apporached Hawk hoping he had some answers. "So how do we go about this? Griff asked
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Post by Hawk on Mar 22, 2009 16:54:39 GMT 1
Hawk looked at Griff and then back up at the towering lighthouse. 'To be honest, I have not really thought this one through properly due to the battle back at camp. But I have four ideas, We could either: Ask around town, Search for the lighthouse keeper to interrogate him, Head for the top and see if we can turn the light on or just search the whole of the lighthouse for clues.' Hawk looked back at Griff feeling rather disappointed with himself for not researching this beforehand. 'I will the leave the choice to you and also accompany you if you have a better idea' said Hawk now feeling annoyed with himself.
The elite bandits stared at Hawk with disappointment in their eyes but were more than ready to get started with a good plan.
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Post by Griff Trevin on Mar 22, 2009 20:43:54 GMT 1
"Maybe we should just start in the lighthouse and search for clues while one of us interrogates the lighthouse keeper, he may have some information on what to do" Griff suggested Hawk nodded and they made their way into the lighthouse. The inside was larger than expected, they were in a large room that contained many sets of drawers and shelves and a large set of stairs that led upward. "Hmmm, I don't see the keeper here, perhaps he is upstairs. We may as well start looking for some kind of documents about this ship" Griff said
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Post by Hawk on Mar 22, 2009 22:41:34 GMT 1
'Good idea' said Hawk looking around the old circular room. Moving towards a couple of cabinets in the center of the room he pulled out all of the shelves and swept his hands through to see if he could find anything of interest. After around half an hour of searching neither of them found anything. 'Whose there!?' sounded an old wheezy voice coming from upstairs, 'I heard you down there, get away from my things. I have a sword!' he shouted threateningly at Hawk and Griff.
'That must be the lighthouse keeper' whispered Hawk to Griff. Griff nodded and made his move up the stairs to confront the man with Hawk right behind him ready to help out.
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Post by Griff Trevin on Mar 23, 2009 9:22:20 GMT 1
Standing on the stairs with Hawk behind him Griff turned to Hawk and whispered "I don't think he heard us speaking, just moving about. Just go with me on this" Griff lent down to Tucker and pointed up the stairs and gestured to go. With an encouraging bark and wagging his tail Tucker made his way up.
"Ohh...It's just a dog, hello there little fella are ya lost and hungry?" the man said Griff peered up the stairs to see the man getting some food from his cupboard and snuck up quietly. "Alright old man, we're not going to hurt you so long as you answer our questions, understand" Griff said The man dropped the plate of food on the ground and Tucker snatched it up quickly before he made his way back to Griff's side. Hawk walked up the stairs, every foot step accentuated through the cold wooden steps. It sounded like loud booming thunder claps. Griff stepped aside making way for Hawk to move in and interrogate the old man
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Post by Hawk on Mar 23, 2009 15:57:54 GMT 1
Hawk nodded at Griff in appreciation and rounded on the lighthouse keeper. 'Ha, bandits... Why are you all the way up here in Hook Coast?' asked the keeper trying to look like he could handle the situation.
'We have come to take the legendary ship that appears here in Hook Coast due to this lighthouse' said Hawk completely honestly answering the keepers question.
'Hahaha, that is the funniest thing I've heard in a long while' laughed the keeper. Griff held his knife against the keepers throat and brushed it along softly. The keeper whimpered failing to keep his cool and said in a squeaky voice, 'OK, I will tell you... The ship is summoned when the light is turned on. But it has not been turned on in century's because it brings a curse with it. I... it brings misfortune to all who live in Hook Coast'.
'Well that is no problem for us' said Hawk smiling at Griff. 'That's not all though. The ship is sailed by the undead in Kraken infested waters!' said the keeper now with his eyes watering from fear.
'Well, that part could be a problem' said Hawk looking concerned. 'Shall we go for it Griff?' asked Hawk patiently.
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Post by Griff Trevin on Mar 23, 2009 19:52:53 GMT 1
Griff thought about it for a moment and then turned to Hawk "Of course we should, how do we turn this thing on old man?" Griff said enthusiastically While the old man whimpered and struggled to get back up Griff looked at Hawk to ask him a question "Undead don't really worry me but what if we encounter a Kraken? Do you think maybe we should ask Ravyn or Magpie to join us with this?"
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Post by Hawk on Mar 24, 2009 13:28:38 GMT 1
Hawk looked at Griff and stopped to think for a while. 'Well I will post a quest up but I am not sure if they will journey with us because they are currently revamping Darkwood' said Hawk more to himself than to Griff. Turning towards one of the elite bandits who had just entered the room he gave a note to him and ordered him to post it into the map table at the bandit camp. Hawk turned back to the keeper and said in a forceful tone, 'Well answer the question, how do we turn it on?'
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Post by Griff Trevin on Mar 25, 2009 9:18:01 GMT 1
The old man stuttered over his words, he was clearly nervous. "Do you really think your the first to try this? Your crazy to go after the treasure" he said Griff was surprised at his words. "By treasure do you mean the boat?" He asked The man laughed "the boat is the key to the treasure, you mean that you were only after the boat? Your mad!" "Enough! Expalin yourself before I run you through right now!" Griff demanded in frustration "The boat will take you to the treasure, more riches than you can imagine, but you won't ever get that far. People before you have tried and failed, and every time our village suffers from the greed of others. If the hollow men don't get you, the Kraken will. But either way, what your about to do will ruin our village just like every other time." He explained
Griff thought about it but if anyone could do this it was Hawk and himself. "Too bad for you then, we don't plan on dying, hit the switch" Griff said "Ok but one other thing too, this lighthouse hasn't been on for a while, and it isn't supposed to be. The guards will definitely be here right away so you will have to contend with that also" he explained Griff turned to Hawk "If we play this right we could get away with the boat while the Guards fight the Hollow Men. What do you say?" Griff asked
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Post by Megan Mexere on Mar 25, 2009 12:28:27 GMT 1
Ravyn had came as soon as she had saw the quest card. She came, bow drawn.
"What's going on?" she asked.
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Post by Magpie on Mar 25, 2009 17:43:17 GMT 1
Magpie suddenly materialised infront of the three. "Leave this man alone. He has done nothing. Do you purposelly attempt to instill fear into his heart?" He asked Griff rhetorically. Magpie saluted Hawk. "What did you need us for?" He asked.
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Post by Griff Trevin on Mar 25, 2009 21:04:59 GMT 1
"Listen Magpie, if you've just turned up to criticize me then you may as well leave because it's not helping." Griff moved towards Hawk and continued "and yes, WE both attempted to instill fear in this man, I don't know if you've realised this but we're bandits, that's how we roll. Now, we got you here because we are stealing this legendary ship. But we just found out from this man that it will take us to a treasure. More riches than we could ever imagine. Guess how we found that out Magpie? We threatened him haha! Ahem, we must however, contend with hollow men and Krakens. This is why we need you guys" Griff explained
Griff didn't like the way Magpie had arrived, immediately criticizing. That's what bandits do, if he didn't like it then why did he bother joining? He waited for Hawk to press the button that would activate the lighthouse, for the leader should have the privilage of this.
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Post by Magpie on Mar 25, 2009 21:35:07 GMT 1
Magpie pulled the lighthouse keeper to his feet. "Listen..." He said to the Keeper. "... If you'd be so kind as to help us with this, as I know you can handle ships very well, we would be willing to give you a portion of the treasures we find." The Keeper thought for a moment, and nodded. "Okay..." He said. Magpie turned to Griff and gave him a "f**k you" kind of look. "That's what you get out of things by not threatening people." He said. The lighthouse keeper spoke. "My name is Bob Masters." He said. Magpie shook the mans hand, and indicated to said people as he spoke. "This is Griff Trevin, and his dog Tucker. This is Hawk, and I'm Magpie."
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Post by Hawk on Mar 25, 2009 22:23:46 GMT 1
Hawk looked at Magpie slightly surprised from the kindness he was giving. 'Well now that the four of us are here, we can start with the plan. Griff I like your idea, once I turn the light on the guards will expect us to go straight to it, so I propose that we wait and let the guards kill the undead and then we can dispatch the guards easily. The Kraken however will be a different matter, but we will think of an appropriate plan when the time comes'. Hawk looked at the others, Griff, Magpie and Ravyn nodded in agreement but he could see that they were eager to fight, and he would not deny them that fight if they asked.
Hawks giant hand grasped the cold rusted leaver and pulled it down with force. It took a while but the lighthouse suddenly illuminated brightly as the bulb shone out to the docks. Green fog floated inwards towards the shore and embraced the town of Hook Coast. Hawk saw the lighthouse keeper whimper as he began to have second thoughts. Walking out to the front door everyone saw the black sails covered in sea weed beginning to emerge from the depths of the ocean. As expected the town guards rushed down to the shore line with their swords swinging in the air frantically waiting for the undead and whoever summoned the ship to appear.
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Post by Megan Mexere on Mar 26, 2009 0:33:20 GMT 1
Ravyn had listened with interest to the conversation the two Bandit Assassins' were having. Griff had changed again, his intensity and evil growing larger and larger everyday. Magpie seemed more nicer, but he still gave her that "watch out" feeling. Then she heard the guards and hollow men. She gripped her Ebony bow and strung it. She prepared herself for battle.
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Post by Griff Trevin on Mar 26, 2009 5:01:15 GMT 1
"Hawk, I'm sick of Magpie's bulls**t attitude towards me. And it's clear that I'm not needed here on this quest. I'm not afraid of any competition but when somebody like him turns up and thinks that they can take control it really annoys me. Besides, I'm sure the "all powerful" mage Magpie can handle a tiny little Kraken on his own. If anybody wants me I'll be back at camp in my house" Griff said And with that Griff and Tucker disappeared in a blue swirl
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Post by Megan Mexere on Mar 26, 2009 12:22:18 GMT 1
"No, wait!" Ravyn cried out. "Damn it, he's gone. What are we going to do know?"
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Post by Magpie on Mar 26, 2009 17:47:44 GMT 1
"Childish..." Magpie uttered.
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Post by Hawk on Mar 26, 2009 22:40:03 GMT 1
Hawk sighed as he saw Griff disappear. 'I suppose all we can do is carry on with the quest, the ship has been summoned already' said Hawk looking at the huge pirate ship that was towering out from underwater. 'Griff can come back if he choses too' said Hawk to Ravyn. Hawk saw Magpie roll his eyes so he turned around to concentrate on the ship. It was massive, black ripped sails were blowing in the strong winds, the sides were covered in dark plated armour and the deck was drenched with hundreds of undead racing across it trying to slay the guards.
'You can attack either party if you wish' said Hawk to his companions. 'I will stay here and keep watch on this lighthouse keeper' he said as he turned and grabbed the keepers sweaty shirt with his hand.
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