The Wanderer enters the Pirate's Den[Haia intro/social thread]

Haia, was again wandering about. She decided to stretch her movement out to the sea, a captivating place filled with adventure and mystery and of course, places to wander. She would stay at home, but the fact that it sounded so intrigueing to explore she hopped on her feet, packed her bags and headed to Hargeon Harbour.

Now as she looks out to sea, birds flying above the ship she was on, she wonders what awaits her. Her first stop was the Divide Islands, she wants to know why Divide and how. She looks to the sky and watches the birds, she wanted to shoot one down to eat, but it would just be better to let them fly free. She could hear gossip about a hidden beach on the island that could only be seen from afar, but disappear upon trying to get close. Maybe it was guarding treasure she thought as she played with the fletches of her arrows.

After a day's worth of travel, they reach the Divide Islands, the obvious because it was divided in half. She gets off the ship and starts wandering about, the sand on her boots as she treads the beach. It looks rather normal. The ship had left out to open ocean once again and Haia stood there, on the sand admiring the glistenning ocean. She threw her cloak beneath her buttocks and sat, just soaking in the sun. She feels rather calm.

Until she saw another boat, with a black flag upon its mast. She got on her feet, drawn to it like a moth is to light. She reaches a dark pool of water, obviously deeper than it the rest of the water around it. The ship approached it and seem to sink into it. Haia quickly throws her cloak into her bag and dives after it, grabbing hold of the black flag and made her way to its mast. She held on tight, water rushing past her, keeping her eyes closed the whole way.

It was a quick journey, she opens her eyes, wet from the ride and holds on the mast, the black flag flapping in the wind somehow, hiding her from view. She could not believe her eyes. It looked like a whole city is underground. She watched the people below unload their cargo. She waits, till they are all gone before climbing on to the top of the mast and sliding down a line, avoiding detection. She manages to grip the sides of the ship and using her parkour to get to the harbour. She looks around, drying her brown hair.

Hopefully she doesn't encounter anyone hostile

Haia from her location, could hear the hum. She paled and whipped out her bow. Did they see here already? Haia thought to herself as she quickly dropped down and grabbed the pier before entered the water. She had enough of water for today. She drew her cloak and started slowly crawling underneath the harbor. She sees two feet, she looked through the spacings between the planks. It was a woman with blond hair. She did not know what to do, she stayed there, hoping at least she would be safe hanging out under the harbor piers. Then she drops into the water with a splash.

Cirven came off the ship with the rest of the crew after a successful job. It wasn't much to flaunt about but they had found themselves a bit more richer which was always the goal with each job taken. They didn't need to get a massive amount of jewels every job but that didn't mean they didn't look for those type of jobs.

After helping with getting supplies and the loot off the ship, Cirven found his Captain and listened to her talking to the ship and its AI. "You want to put good ol' George down? Can't say that I didn't see that coming but you know we could fix him up more instead of just scrapping him." Cirven spoke out but suddenly a scent came across his nose that he had not smelt before. The scent of someone new. It was a faint smell but Cirven's nose wasn't going to trick him. His nose twitched as he sniffed the air over and over until he finally looked down between the planks below them to barely see the figure of a person.

"Ana, what is our policy on stowaways?"

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Haia bursts out of the water, gasping for air. She looks up and hears Anastasia and Cirven talk about stowaways. Haia panicked and nearly lost control of herself as she heard them talk about death and how they are pirates.

Just what the heck was Haia suppose to do? She quickly swam away from them in an attempt to hide till the next boat to sail away is avaliable. She needed to get out of here. After much swimming she finds herself at the end of the harbor and brings herself to shore, her hood over her wet head. She takes a moment to breathe, never had she been this stressed out. She doesn't want to die yet!

"Well, we should decide if we want a new slave or a head to roll." He spoke out as the sound of frantic swimming could be heard. "Time to hunt." He mumbled out as he followed the sounds of the splashing and the scent. He followed at a safe distance where he was close but not close enough to be seen.

Once outside of the harbor, Cirven would put his fingers into his mouth and blow between them to cause what most thought would be just a simple blowing noise but it would be much more when suddenly the flying dragon serpent, Zinnath flew to him. "Yo, Zinny. We got some hunting to do. You cut them off." The serpent nodded with a slight moan and quickly flew off ahead where it landed in front of Haia. Cirven used his magic to move through the shadows of the surrounding trees, other things and Zinnath's shadow where he jumped into Haia's own shadow which would morph into the shape of his body now that he was in it. "A stowaway, right?" He spoke out to her threw the shadow and then formed out of it to face her. "Did you hear what we do to stowaways? I'm not too big on killing like that at all. No profit in it but just don't provoke me and we will be fine." His tone was a serious one but he grinned as if he had made a joke. "So, why did you stowaway on the ship? Your answer decides what happens next."

Haia jumped at the sight of Zinnath. Her eyes widen at both the grace and danger that she felt from the serpant. It was definitely not wild. As she clambered away from the site of the horned reptile. She saw something frightening. Her own shadow seemed to shift around her and a man came out of it.

She stared into the eyes, blue and red. Her eyes quickly glossed over the man. Pointed ears, creepy and demonic. Her magic, it seemed to warn her. The man before her is a demon. A demon in a cave full of boats. Just where the heck was she? His words sunk into her head like a knife as she shifted back, but her legs refused to move. She whimpers when she heard the part of killing. She was not sure whether to be frightened or calm, that grin he is giving, it sent shivers up her spine. She wonders how even after this does she even have spine.

Haia looks to the ground, hoping she does not mess up her answer to his question in her panicking state, she needed light, any light.

"I was curious where that ship was going, I just arrived on the land because I wanted to explore the sea a bit more and thought it would be a good stop on the Divide Island to study the 'Divide' part of it when I saw the ship over there and jumped on to it to see where it lead!" Haia shouted out loud, and blinked. How the heck did she even get that much out. She clutched her bow and puts a hand on her very wet bag, luckily she water proofed it with some enchantments or she would have some serious problems with everything she had in it. Her bread would be soggy and her notebooks and pens would be horribly ruined. She managed to get her legs moving but her upper half did not and she just rolled backwards, her stuff dropping out of her bag and her cloak dropping over her head.

Haia hears the sand shift under some weight and she quickly throws her cloak back on to her back and sees everything had spilled out. She quickly gathers them hastily but stops when she heard laughter. Why the heck would be laughing? If she gonna die no matter what she said?

Haia looks up, she stared in awe, the woman before her was rather beautiful, the armor was well suited for her. She totally forgetten that she was actually being held hostage right now in a way but then heard her request. To either join the people who were currently holding her hostage or to be kneehauled on a ship. She stuttered on her answer, she thought it would be better to choose the choice that said avoid the death and least painful, hopefully.

"I-I-I'll join your crew!" Haia said as she clutched her longbow.

Cirven got his answer from the girl but it did not come fast enough as Ana had made her own appearance and through out her own statement to the girl. To sum it up she meant that she would have to join them or die most likely. Cirven wasn't against the girl joining them but had thought of doing it a different way instead of just blatantly throwing it out for her to choose.

"Kind of ruined my fun..." He mumbled out mostly to himself but it could be slightly heard if the other two listened well enough. "So we have a new recruit now? Good. Was needing some more people to help clean the ship and other stuff. I am Cirven Mizune just so you know. Also.." Cirven looked at the girl similarly to how he did earlier to add intimidation to what he was about to say. "If you cross us, it won't be hard for us to deal with you." His voice was stern and serious again as he laid out the threat.

"Zinny!" His voice suddenly changed to more of a comforting one as he called out to his pet and companion. The giant serpent slithered over to him and wrapped around him to show her affection but to anyone else it would look like she was constricting him and about to feast away. "Sorry, I was gone longer than we thought. Did you eat while I was gone?" The giant serpent let out a groan as she looked down at him and squeezed him. "Taking that as a no." He grinned at her and gave her a nod. The snake then threw him up into the air and flew under him where she caught him on her back. "Gotta go, Ana. Take care of bringing in the new recruit. I will help her out later too." The serpent then flew off towards the forest area of the island.

Haia was intimidated yet somehow felt that she is rather safe. Seeing the two chat makes her feel like she did not stumble into some random hideout, it felt more like she stumbled across a well knit gang hidden in the Divide Islands. Haia was going to sigh in relief hearing that at least hearing that she has been accepted but Cirven's words, they stuck to her head like glue. Haia nods sheepishly. But her eyes widen at the sight of the snake once more, forgetting that it was there just a few minutes ago. She watched it, unlike Ana, she could see that it was not going to harm Cirven, much time spent in her homeland Seven taught her well how to differentiate hostile and friendly.

She snapped back to reality as she put away her bow at Anastasia's somewhat command. She gets up and gathers her thing, maintaining eye contact with Ana. She was surprised, this women, despite her iron appearance, showed signs of wryness and softness. Haia got up slowly, and when light flashed Haia could not help but pull strands of light from it and around her hand. She stares at the bundle of glowing lines before looking up and following Ana.

"Ana? Is that right? Um... I'll just call you Captain. Um... just what is this place?" Haia asked. It had intrigued her for the whole time she was here, heck there was a full forest area inside an underwater cave. Haia played with the light between her fingers as she walked.

Haia first's reaction to hearing 'pirates' was a small yelp. She feels like she just regretted her decision to join them. But she had no other choice so she had to count that blessing at least. Haia found the name 'Black Sails' to be rather cliche for a band of pirates. But at least it was better than Black Flag. She follows Ana past the SS Myrmidon. She has got to admire the ship. After all it went under water and here it is all in its marvelous glory. Though it did look old to her.

As they walked past the ship, Haia could see the Siren's Song, the bust surprising her a bit. She could hear muffled singing, rather jolly and carefree. She could not help but have her mood lighten a bit. But when Ana opened the doors, Haia felt like she got blasted by sound. After getting her ears adjusted to the loud cheers, Haia immediately stepped back. Did Ana really just make her suddenly meet everyone, well at least she thinks is everyone, just barely a few minutes of joining. Haia stuttered, as if to say why but lost her voice. She could feel the anticipation. So Haia makes a slow step forward and is greeted by many stares.

"U-u-umm...." Haia swears her collar is getting hot. "Glad to meet you all.... Name is Haia, Haia Illie Starstruck."

Haia blinked at how friendly they were, maybe because she was now one of them, and wanted to give her a warm welcome. She staggers as Ana pushes her into the bar and looks towards Alisha. And oh my she has chest. Haia quickly looked away before she starts to envy them.

"Ghost ship," Haia said as she followed the Captain. "I would gladly come!" Haia smiled, her magic had the Holy Light property, ghosts would fear her light. She sits down next to the Captain, before looking at Alisha. "Have apple cidar?" But not waiting for an answer she swivels back to face Anastasia.

Surprised by the sudden bang on the bar counter, she hears how none of the men here are gonna be perverts, which she is rather relieve, she has horrible punching aim and might not be able to control her upper body strength into not accidentally dislocating jaws upon slapping. She then gets even more surprised by the scream and sees the barmaid getting groped. She stares wide eyed, surprised that the whole bar is actually laughing and cheering, except poor Alisha before watching Ana's mug fly through the air and gave a knockout blow to Taliya's head. Haia wished her had her apple cidar now. Then it struck her.

"I-I remember something about how ships don't often come by the water, then how am I gonna come back to the Lair if lets say I go feed my huge collection of creepy crawlies, amphibians and reptiles," Haia said, she may not often be home but she made sure that they are happy and well fed. Her fingers seems to pull strings of light around like fingers like knitting needles as she plays with them. You can actually see the light gather into what looks like the end of a scarf, just the end, no scarf.

Haia watched her drink slide across the bar. The bartender must be quite talented to have the drink stop exactly in front of her. Haia takes the cidar and gives it a chug. Nice as always. She was relieved that there was a way to get back without worrying about transport, all she had to do was wait and she would be off. Haia takes a sip this time, her "scarf" becoming longer and hindering her ability to hold the cup rather well. She looks at her drink before looking up, a key was dangling infront of her in Ana's hand. Haia takes it and inspects it. She looks around.

"Just how many rooms are avaliable here, there must be a limit to the size of the Divide Island," Haia said as she continued knitting, awaiting an answer as the scarf grew longer and longer, inch by inch