melodiesoflife | A Haunted Ship?! Gang-way! Mugiwara Pirates Ghost Closer to the Ghostly Galleon!

Who?: Monkey D. Luffy

gomu_ningen and the other passengers aboard the Chasing Joy.
Where?: Out at sea.
When?: Evening of the 22nd.
What?: The crew aboard finally encounters the ghastly vessel much rumored
Warnings: Language, spooky things, possible harm and/or fatality to characters.

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The brig sloop on which the crew had been sailing was finally out in the midst of Crytallis' vast, emerald-tinted waters. Surprisingly, their rations had maintained a steady decline, with enough food for several more weeks despite the ship's Captain insisting on a fourth portion with each meal. Nights had become uneventful, so much so that doubt had begun to fill what little belief that the ship they sought was truly noting more than rumor.

It was on the fourth evening, the sound of the cutting water splitting past the hull of the ship as they sailed. Despite the uneventful nights, the ship's Captain still sat atop the cartoon-ish figurehead of a Behemoth, watching out as a lone lantern lit their way forward as it swayed a few feet above Luffy's head.

He'd mistaken the light in the distance as a piece of the horizon, a glimmer of a distant star and nothing more. It isn't until his small wealth of intelligence discerns that the light was in fact growing closer, an approaching outline of an unsettling color that was more akin to a ripened lime than any sort of star in the sky. The young pirate jumps to his feet, holding to the mast line which connects to the bow of the ship. His eyes widen in the darkness, watching as in the distance he can make out the form of a ship cast in the light of the moon above. Turning his head over his shoulder, he barks up to the Crows Nest and to the rest of the ship.

"SHIP! THERE'S A SHIP! WE FOUND IT! HAH HA HA! WE FOUND THE GHOST SHIP!"

Threaded | Flat

After the call goes out, Luffy scurries down the length of the bow of the ship to arrive on the main deck, cupping his hands over his mouth to get the attention of everyone on board.

"Slow the ship down! We're approaching the Ghost Ship! All hands on deck! Right away! You heard me! We're going to get ready to go on an adventure!"

What little light there is from the moon above is briefly dwarfed by the bright spark in his eyes as gleam with excitement at what might be the greatest journey he's had yet here in Crystallis.

Edited 2015-10-18 19:38 (UTC)

Much of the ship looked like an unfinished jigsaw puzzle. Bits and pieces of the floor were littered with holes, sizable gaps of planks uprooted or rotted away. The precarious walk down the deep angle of the stairs took some time, a single file line led by Luffy. Ahead of the small group, he looked every which way, eyes doing their best to look through the darkness until the light of his Poltergust is lifted to shine the way.

A shallow sniff of the air makes Luffy's skin crawl, his body going cold from the stench of death and decay that hangs all around them. Following his initial look of the place, the narrow corridor leaves very little to the imagination. A row of doors on either side expand to the port and aft of the ship, their contents unknown.. for now.

Luffy turns around completely, looking to the next person in line with a disappointed grimace on his face.

"There's nothing here! What kind of boring ship is this? Tsk-!"

Edited 2015-12-03 18:32 (UTC)

Back on the ship, Pakku the moogle has been left to keeping an eye on things until the crew returns. Any and all who find themselves too jittery in the knees are given the advice to remain with Pakku as they do not expect their investigation to take long.

Sitting and shaking like a kernel of corn on a hot pan, Pakku cannot keep silent the sound of his chattering teeth. The air itself reeks of despair and death, the overwhelming feel of dread taking over what little courage he holds to.

"S-S-So is anyone okay with me lifting up the anchor and heading back? T-T-They've obviously found themselves a g-good enough ship to sail back on, r-r-right?!"

I. Boarding Preparations - OPEN TO ALL

II. Boarding the Ghost Ship - MODs Post First!!

III. Above Deck - (Not Open Yet)

IV. Below Deck - NOW OPEN

V. Back on the Chasing Joy