Captain Aquamarine [Cerulyn] (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
aquamaritime) wrote2015-07-03 12:35 pm
aquamaritime) wrote2015-07-03 12:35 pm
[REGISTRY]
✔ - [PRIORITY] - Would like these first if possible!
✘ - [LOCKED] - Please don't give these out yet.
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| ● Bartering lessons with mother ✘ Nymphus's gift ● | |||||
| ● ● A good night with her crew at a port city tavern | |||||
| ● Fishing lessons, nearly caching a big one only to lose it at the last second ● A Cutlassfish raid on Port Dala ● | |||||
| ● Strolling through the marketplace of her home city ● | |||||
| ✘ The raid on her home city, and confrontation with the bearded man ✘ YOU SUNK MY SHIP!1 | |||||
| ● Scolded by mother for nearly snapping the rigging ● Her first encounter with a charming conman | |||||
| ● ● ● ● Water manipulation lvl 4 (the uppermost portion of Ceru's water abilities. may calm raging waters, such as stormy seas or rapids, though it is limited in scope and time. may also create small whirlpools) ✘ Water creation (the ability to summon water out of ether, so she can use her skills anywhere) ● ● How to sail a boat and/or ship | |||||
[SKILL 1]
Ceru's starter skill, which is essentially very, very basic water manipulation. The most she can do is create small waves (about the size of a wave one would create if they were trying to splash someone with their arms), water spheres/droplets (in varying sizes, from dew drops to large beach balls), and water whips (which can be as long/large as she wants, but their pressure is fairly weak). She can also, of course, create streams of water! But the pressure of said streams is no more than what you'd find out of a garden hose.
SHE OBVIOUSLY HAS A LONG WAY TO GO. . .!
Also note that this is water manipulation and not water creation. She can only use these skills if there is water nearby.
[MEMORY 1 - Significant Neutral]
BULLET POINTS:
- The memory starts with Ceru's vessel (known as the Cutlassfish, whose Jolly Roger is a stylized image of a swordfish but with a cutlass blade as a nose) pulling up next to another large ship. This ship is a fellow pirate ship, judging by the flat it flies (a stylized image of a fox skull). The memory conveys an instinctive knowledge that Ceru has been hunting this ship for months now, tracking him mostly by keeping her ear to the ground in all of the right places. The captain of this vessel is a cruel and bloodthirsty man who is interested in nothing other than wealth and power, and Ceru? Ceru is going to take his crew down and plunder the riches he has accrued from his pirating adventures. Because he deserves it.
- Once the Cutlassfish is close enough, Ceru's crew strikes with cannons first. The other ship retaliates, but the Cutlassfish is strong and can withstand the cannon assault. Ceru's crew then leaps into action by throwing grappling hooks from their vessel to the next one, and boarding it with their weapons ready. Ceru, despite being the captain of the vessel (obvious by the way she barks orders to her crew and holds herself), boards the other ship as well. She draws her sword and engages the nearest enemy pirate in battle, though she's keeping her eyes open for the captain.
- During the scuffle, she stumbles across what might be a very familiar face to some! This young woman isn't fighting off Ceru's crew, and Ceru-- being a fairly seasoned seafarer at this point-- verbally comments that she doesn't look like a pirate. Before she can respond, an enemy strikes at them both! CUE MONTAGE of Ceru and Bluebird fighting back to back! And conversing while they do so.
- Turns out Bluebird was a stowaway on dick pirate's ship and had intended on trying to take down his entire crew herself. Ceru comments wryly about how foolhardy of her that is, but accepts the fact that this strange Pyxis woman is on her side for this battle. They exchange pleasantries and introduce themselves while Ceru clashes her sword against someone else's, because chatting while fighting is totally legit.
- EVENTUALLY, Ceru's crew and Bluebird manage to fend off the dick pirate's men! Ceru totally stabbed at least one guy in this memory, fwiw. Ceru then immediately makes her way to the Captain's quarters, where the dick pirate is hiding. Turns out the jerk is actually pretty cowardly when it comes down to it, which incites a lot of disdain in Ceru. She points her cutlass at the man, tells him who she is, and that if he values his life he'll grovel before the deity known as Nymphus and beg for forgiveness. The man immediately does so, and although Ceru maintains her firm, authoritative, and steady demeanor, she thinks to herself that he is nothing but a coward.
- Even so. . . she spares his life, which is probably for the best because Bluebird was getting sort of fidgety in the background there. Ceru's crew takes the man as a prisoner and begins to load up his wealth onto the Cutlassfish. And man, that is a lot of gold.
- Bluebird helps wrangle up the surviving members of dick pirate's crew! While calm and composed during the fight, when it comes time to move from one ship to another, she kind of. . . bolt across via grappling line. Ceru finds this amusing and comments later that Bluebird "must be afraid of getting a little damp," which clearly causes Bluebird to puff up in return.
- Ceru scrutinizes the wealth they collect from dick pirate's ship carefully, as though she is. . . looking for something? There's a flicker of disappointment when she doesn't seem to find it, but it's quashed super quickly.
- AS A NOTE: although I call her Ceru throughout this write up, she actually won't remember what her name is here! Any references to said name are blanked out for my amusement.
[MEMORY 2 - Trivial Positive]
BULLET POINTS:
- Ceru is quite young in this memory, about seven or eight years old! This memory involves her and her two younger brothers.
- Her brothers are twins and are about four years younger than her, so three or four in this memory. They both have teal-green hair, with one of them wearing it long (down to his shoulders, though pulled back in a tiny ponytail) and the other wearing it short (bobbed past his ears). Their names are Awi (long hair) and Luki (short hair).
- Ceru is apparently babysitting her brothers while her mother meets with some businessmen about a large shipment of goods and her father heads to the marketplace to buy food for dinner. They're hanging around the docks of Delphinus, which are bustling with activity. Despite being unsupervised, the children are confident and feel very safe!
- THEY'RE ALSO PLAYING HIDE AND SEEK. Ceru is "it", and she counts to twenty as her two brothers scatter. She manages to find them ducked behind some of the ships, because they always hide together, the nerds.
- And her brothers are "it" together, too. While they count, she finds a hiding place in a barrel of fishes (ew). Which means she smells very fishy by the time Awi and Luki manage to find her. Not that she minds; seafaring people are supposed to smell like fish, duh.
- The games continue until the sun begins to set! At that point, the children's father returns from the marketplace to gather them up to meet their mother back home. He scolds Ceru and the boys lightly for playing at the docks, for they must have gotten underfoot and disturbed some of the sailors while they were working. Ceru and her brothers apologize halfheartedly, and exchange glances and grins, knowing that they'll just play at the docks again tomorrow.
- HAPPY FAMILY MEMORY. Although Awi and Luki's names are stated many times in this memory, Ceru's is still blanked out.
[SKILL 2 - Swordsmanship]
PRETTY SELF EXPLANATORY. Ceru is pretty good with a cutlass, so now she'll remember how to use that weapon she has strapped to her belt. HOORAY.
[MEMORY 3 - Significant Positive]
AKA CERULYN STEALS A BOAT
- it's evident in this memory that Ceru (her name is still whited out) has been a seafaring individual for years now! she has worked on many different pirate ships as part of their crew, though she hasn't stayed anywhere for too long. even so, she's managed to acquire a band of rough and tumble pirate bros who have decided to help her with her newest goal: acquire a ship of her own so she may captain her own vessel
- All in all there are about twelve people in Ceru's "crew" right now. Her crew is pretty diverse: it includes men and women, people from Delphinus as well as non-seafaring countries such as Hydra and Monoceros. They're all people she feels a strong friendship for, though the one that sticks out the most is her relationship with a young man named Chum.
- Chum has gradient hair, teal at the top and orange at the tips, and out of everyone she seems to trust him the most! Although in this memory they are very sassy at one another, insulting each other casually and whatnot. Ceru also pinches him by the nose, cuz. . . that's what friends do.
- dynamics with her crew aside, the TARGET SHIP is a Delphinus naval ship named the "Merbeauty." The one ship that is said to be the best and fasted vessel aboard the seas (even though its name is terrible). The crew knows its a risky endeavor, as the Delphinus navy is famous for being very strong and very effective, but the challenge gets Ceru's heart pumping in an excited way.
- The crew decides to strike at night, when the ship's naval officers are resting in a tavern. Ceru watches as half of her own crew casually befriends the naval officers and gets them drunk on mead and alcohol. Once the naval officers are thoroughly smashed, Ceru takes the other half of her crew (which includes Chum) and sneaks on the Merbeauty to prepare it for departure. They have to knock out two guards, but eh, a few lumps to their heads won't hit them in the long run.
- The ship is almost ready to go when there's a loud BANG coming from the tavern. Ceru's crew (the half that was getting the naval officers drunk) bursts from the tavern's front doors and bolts towards the docks. Seems like one of Ceru's crewmates ran into someone from their past in the tavern, who wound up outing their true identity to the navy! Un. . . fortunately. . . although the naval officers give chase, they are way too smashed to be very effective.
- Ceru, Chum and company help the other half of the crew onto the ship, and immediately lower the sails to get the hell out of dodge! The naval officers attempt to commandeer a ship of their own to give chase on the sea (it's a ship that belongs to an old fisherwoman), but. . . they're so drunk. . . that they wind up getting into a verbal argument with the fisherwoman instead (she whaps them all on the head with her fishing nets and chews them out for having no respect for the elderly). This gives enough time for Ceru and her crew to successfully escape with the Merbeauty. VICTORY.
- Once they are far enough from the Delphinus port that there is nothing in front of them but sea and sky, Ceru's crew breaks out the celebratory mead and start brainstorming new names for the ship. They go through a few dumb suggestions (the SKELEBOAT or the RAPTOR'S CLAW) are a few suggestions thrown around, before Chum suggests they call it the "Cutlassfish." Ceru likes this suggestion, and so she takes it.
- Once the celebrations are over, Ceru stands up and holds her head high in that authoritative way she learned from her mother. She calls herself "Captain Cerulyn" and informs the crew that they're en route for adventure and danger, and that she intends to lead this ship with an iron (but merciful) fist. This gets a few supportive cheers from her friends, and Ceru smiles.
- The memory ends there.
[SKILL 3 - Water manipulation lvl 2]
What it says in the little description: now Ceru can create larger waves, larger water spheres, and water whips and streams of water with more powerful pressure. She can also get more creative with water use, such as creating underwater bubbles for air. She displays much more finesse with water control overall.
[MEMORY 4 - Neutral Trivial]
BASICALLY:
- takes place after Ceru steals her ship, declares herself captain, and dubs it the Cutlassfish.
- she is in a port town, a pirate-based port town so there's no danger of her and her crew being arrested
- they've set up shop at a local tavern and are interviewing some of the people to see if they'd make good crew members! it's mostly ceru and her first mate, chum, asking the questions.
- the people who apply are all BIG AND SCARY AND HAVE LOTS OF SCARS AND EYEPATCHES AND SHIT
- but ceru isn't afraid of them cuz she's a captain, duh
- she asks them about their experience with ships, pirating, and their willingness to hurt people, etc.
- anyone too bloodthirsty or greed is turned away immediately
- notably ceru likes those individuals who are tough, but with a softer heart and some sense of mercy in them
THAT'S IT THAT'S THE MEMORY. Ceru's name is once again blanked out
[SKILL 4 - Water manipulation lvl 3]
DESCRIPTION: may control HUUUUUGE HUGE WAVES, control more than one water whip at a time-- LIKE WATER TENTACLES-- and may control moving water such as rain, waterfalls, etc
I pick skills when I'm too lazy to write up memories