[Arr! Our crew last arrived in the quiet (dead quiet) town of Forthswith. Shan went ahead to investigate. After some argument, the gangplank finally came down. It's been a few minutes since Shan debarked to check the town out.] [That was a rather incoherent collective of sentences there. But no matter. Session start!] * Enzo wakes up, yawns, stretches, and wonders why he feels like he fell off the bunk. Then he realizes that the boat's stopped! Investigation is now! * Enzo ambles out and joins the others. * Virgil is, uh, looking around. And stuff. "Now what's going *on* here?" Hey, everyone. Why'n't anyone tell me the boat was-- * Nasira grins and waves up at whoever cares to look down. "'Cause you fell off the bunk, kid!" * Enzo facefaults at the off-par mooring job. "Man. We gotta get some kind of crew." This doesn't look like the place for it. Yeah, one that knows what they're doing. * Enzo looks down and waves at Nasira. * Enzo snorts at Virgil. 'Cause of course Virgil knows about sailing ships. ;P * Enzo looks out at the town and frowns. "Looks gloomy." I was thinkin' empty, but gloomy works. Yeah, but *why*. That's a good question. Isn't that what that one lady went ahead to investigate? * Enzo ducks back into his cabin to grab his stuff, then crosses over to join Nasira on the docks. The boss? Yeah. * Enzo blinks. "Shan went off by herself?" * Nasira nods. Boss? * Nasira rolls her eye. "Shan. She's my boss." She didn't let you go with her? * Virgil rolls his eyes. Does it look like she let me go with? I was not aware. But with this atmosphere... * Nasira folds her arms. "I figure I'll wait five more minutes, then I'll track her down. She just went to see if anyone's around." ...point! * Enzo stretches a long stretch. His back pops like a popping machine, or the equivalent thereof. So, have a good nap? Yup! * Virgil sighs. * Filis walks down the plank. "It's so dark. Where are all the lights in the city?" ....off? Gone. * Nasira checks the sun. "Okay, I figure that's enough time." She waves and walks off into the city in the direction Shan went. I guess I'll stay with the boat. Someone has to. Could be that 'nobody here' thing. * Enzo looks back and forth and back. In a city? That's even more suspicious... [Meanwhile, Nasira heads down the docks. The shipyard's completely silent. The road leads up to the city gates. And yet still there's no lights anywhere.] * Nasira looks around. She flips out her knife, turning it in her hand, then concentrates, a molten orange glow taking to it. She heads towards the city gates. [Nasira enters the town. She sees a few figures ahead and hears some inhuman noises down in the distance. The quiet streets make them echo.] * Nasira grins upon seeing the figures and walks towards them. "Hey!" Inhuman noises? Who cares? [The figures grunt at Nasira and start walking her way. Or shambling is more like it. The figures are composed of piratish attire that has long since dirtied and tattered away. Their faces gnarled and rotting, some with pistols, some unarmed, some with swords, some with moldy eye patches. But none of them seem too happy with Nasira's approach.] [Initiative!] [Nasira, Zombie pirates. They're broken up more than that but yes, zombie pirates.] [Nasira. You're up.] * Nasira grins, tossing her knife to her opposite hand. "Heeeeey, you guys wouldn't happen to know where my boss ran off to, wouldja?" [The zombies draw their swords. The ones with them anyhow. They don't seem to be too concerned with answering. The ones without swords take a slug at Nasira. They manage to hit the air in front of her and one manages to knock one of the other zombies in the face trying to get at Nasira, knocking him down instead.] * Nasira draws her saif and slices at the closest zombie in one smooth motion. "Guess not." [Nasira slashes the zombie neatly with her saif, cutting a gash in its shirt that makes its guts ooze out a little. It's still standing, but barely.] [Follow-up. Then Nasira's turn again after recovery. ^^] * Nasira slices crossways at that same zombie with her saif. "Makes me wonder if you guys can still talk," she says conversationally, moving with the swipe to gut at another with the knife in her opposite hand. [Nasira's knife passes through the air near the zombie. But that's possibly because the zombie is keeling over and faltering to the ground from the slash of the saif. It twitches for a bit then lies still, its legs bent at an unsightly angle.] [Meanwhile, there's some rushing in the distance. Enzo and Naiya come to the rescue! Maybe.] [Naiya and Enzo take in the scene quickly enough. They can react this turn.] [New Order: Nasira, Zombies 1, Enzo, Zombies 2, Zombies 3, Naiya] * Naiya blinks, and quickly makes a decision. She raises her shield and heads towards the ... things. [Nasira's turn again!] * Nasira steps over the fallen zombie, not breaking stride as she slices at the next closest one, her saif leaving a molten streak in the air. She turns around the thing and jabs her knife into its back. [Nasira turns around with the saif and the molten streak leaves her saif just at the wrong moment. Instead, the saif tangles in the zombies clothing. The zombie doesn't seem to care. The knife in the back it does care about and growls. But at the moment, Nasira's a little tangled up unless she lets go.] [The zombie swings back at Nasira. And it's on target. Defense for her.] * Nasira lets go of the saif but not the knife, attempting to duck under the zombie's punch. [Nasira ducks under the zombie's punch. Just in time. One of the zombies behind her slashes with its sword at Nasira. The resulting collision of the two causes the zombies arm to be chopped off. He growls at that. The other just whiffs normally.] [Enzo's turn!] * Enzo @_@s at the scene for a fraction of a second, then rushes at the nearest group of zombies with Mr. Cyclone and Mr. Dagger, just generally trying to slash at them while they're relatively off guard. [Enzo gashes open two of the nearest zombies. Oh, yes. Now I think they noticed Enzo and Naiya.] [The zombies attack Enzo and Naiya. Most of them miss horribly but one shoots at Naiya. Defense roll for her.] * Naiya brings the shield up instinctively and jumps to the side... [Naiya doesn't manage to bring the shield up in time. The bullet rips through her armor and ends up lodged in her arm. The armor she's wearing absorbs some of the damage, but definitely not all of it.] [Naiya's turn.] * Naiya eyes widen, flaring wide for a split-second, panickedly, before calming again. She sounds extremely spooked as she recites, "Begone from this world, demons! You do not belong here!" * Naiya steps forward, and awkwardly tries to bludgeon the pistoller in the face with the shield. [Naiya's bludgeoning goes haywire. Maneuvering that heavy shield isn't as easy as it seems.] [Nasira's turn.] * Nasira keeps that knife firmly in her hand, stepping to one side and grabbing her saif with the other, trying to pull/slice it out of the zombie's clothes. [Nasira yanks out the blade, slashing it through the zombies torso. The zombie stiffens (well more so) for a second and the falls to the ground before its two pieces separate.] * Nasira smirks, keeping hold on her weapon, whirling to take in the rest of them. [The zombies aren't ordinary humans, so they aren't freaked by the insane Nasira. But just as they seem ready to strike, there's a whirr through the air. A bola wraps around the zombies ankles and it falls flat right in front of Nasira. ] [There's a female voice that calls down from down the road. "Now there's no need to show off, Inago." There's a female silhouette who tips her hat at you before drawing her rapier. "Need some assistance, travelers?" The figure isn't exactly clear in the dark, but somehow, there's a familiar feeling to her...] * Enzo narrows his eyes. "Waitasec..." [Enzo takes up his turn narrowing his eyes. Just kidding, Enzo's turn.] * Enzo shakes it off for a bit in order to slash his long dagger at the remaining standing zombie of the trio he was fighting, swinging the cyclone knife around to hit the other two. [Enzo manages to slash at the zombie with his dagger, taking out a chunk of moldy flesh. The cyclone knife whirls around to take out the other two. They collapse in a heap on top of each other.] [One of the zombies grabs for Naiya's shield and tries to take it out of her grasps. The others decide that Enzo is more of a threat and charge him, one slashing as it approaches and the other shooting from afar.] [Enzo manages to parry the slash with his dagger swiftly but doing that leaves him open. The bullet tears through his stomach leaving a REALLY nasty wound behind that blows him back staggering a little. Naiya meanwhile wrenches her shield free from the grip of the intruding zombie. It's her turn.] * Naiya frowns at the shot, and goes to cover Enzo. "I'll protect you! Will you run or stay?" * Enzo growls at Naiya. "I don't need *your* protection! Leave me alone!" [While you two argue, it's Nasira's turn! 7 zombies left that you can see.] ... you're hurt, Enzo. While there are yet foes and you are still here, I shall endeavor to keep that the only wound you have. * Nasira rolls her eye at listening to them argue, and she dashes for the next closest zombie, slicing down on an angle with the saif, then crossways with her knife. LEAVE. ME. ALONE. [The cross slash takes out another zombie. It falls over, stiffening. Meanwhile, the one in the bola squirms to bite at Nasira's ankles, but misses as she finishes her sword arc.] * Lilith dashes forward towards the nearest zombie and impales it on her rapier. She follows up by taking it to the side, carving out his torso region before regaining her hovering high-blade stance. "Who's next?" [Enzo's turn] * Enzo snorts in Naiya's general direction and glares at the zombie who shot him. Stupid zombie. He rushes it! (I snort in your general direction!) ( Please Eat~ ) [Enzo rushes at the zombie and slashes it across the stomach. It roars in zombiesque fashion and tries to bludgeon Enzo with the pistol.] [The other zombies attack ineffectively, sadly.] [Enzo gets thwaked in the head with the butt of a pistol. x.x] [Nasira's turn. 5 zombies left.] * Nasira takes in the scene. "Hey! Off the kid!" She dashes for the zombie that just hit Enzo, flipping her saif in her hand and holding it out to slice into the thing's side and back. It heats and glows as she does so, leaving a line of light. [Nasira's blade cuts through the zombie through the bone. There's a sizzling sound and a sickly smell as the rotting flesh is burned away and the bone melts. The zombie's torso collapses under its own weight.] (This, my friends, is why you become a tech user) * Lilith whirls around at the nearest zombie and impales that one in much the same fashion. She's grinning so she seems to be enjoying this. Inago doesn't seem to be helping any more. Lazy bastard. [Enzo's turn. 3 left. One near him.] * Enzo turns and just bashes the one near him inna face. With his CYCLONE KNIFE. [Enzo's bashing is insufficient. He whiffs just past the zombie's yarnlike hair, giving him a nice new do.] [The zombies attack. No more shots, just bashing. The swings don't do much but they put one closer to Naiya and two closer to Enzo and Nasira.] [Naiya's turn.] * Naiya eyes the one closing on her, and pulls the pistol out from behind her shield, quickly loading it. [Nasira's turn.] * Nasira turns so she's guarding Enzo's back and flank, slashing at the nearest zombie with the sword, then stepping in to finish it off with her knife. [The zombie falters. That leaves two. Err, make that one. Lilith slashes at the other one near you and then...just ends up staring at Nasira. As if noticing her for the first time.] [Enzo's up.] * Nasira grins at Lilith in return. * Enzo turns, sees the last one, rolls his eyes, takes a deep breath, and goes for it. All in one sentence! [Zombie is down.] [Combat over.] * Enzo looks decidedly sulky. "Stupid undead." * Lilith blinks and looks at Nasira surprised, her blade wavering slightly before dropping. "You!" Me! * Nasira flicks gore off her saif. "What about me?" * Naiya finishes loading her pistol, before brining it up in the general direction of Nasira and Lilith. ... Lady de Lancey? * Enzo cleans his cyclone and dagger of icky zombie gore, and focuses one blade of the cyclone on himself, concentrating. * Naiya lowers the pistol, looking suspiciously around for anymore zombies. [And with this reunion, we draw this session to a close. Session End! Yarr harr harr.]