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Date Posted: 11:05:27 03/25/01 Sun
Author: Bladepaw
Subject: off to the docks (any who want to come and vist, please do)

**waking the next morning after the wedding celebrations bladepaw yaws and dons her regular sailors breeches and loose sailors shirt. leaing her sabr on her bunk she tucked a few daggers up her sleves and set out towards the docks.

yawning once more she crossed the wooden plank that connected the Bloodkeel to Sampetra's shore and walked past the sentries that were lounging at their posts that eyed her lazily and resumed their morning slob around the decks. The blodkeel was in shambles, the deck was dirty and worn down by countless paws, the railing of the fine ship seemed to have crude carvings snaking around the top of the bannister. Where once was a fine finish now was a chipped and crumbling coating, the sails, once noble and red were now patched and damp, barely hedld on by ropes overgrown with moss. Hundreds of battles had scared Bladepaw's prized ship and she wiped away a tear as she looked around and felt anger rising within her. This was her vesel, and she was going to make it the pide of sampetra once again. This ship resembled her too much, an honored vetran that didn't do anything but sit and grow mold. It was time something was done, bladepaw was done talking.
Stalking over to the sentries, she stood infront of them, claok swirling lightly in the wind, with a face as dark as thunderclouds.** up on yer feet yew worms. If I was years younger I would 'ave a mind tah report yew tah yer athorities **grins** but now I am yer athority, stand up 'an look shapr yew lilly livered scum or ye'll feel my wrath. **as the sentries stood the looked at eachother and one with a peice missing in his ear, stood and spoke** now 'old on a minute there, who says ye'hv got any power 'oer us, I'm a lutenant, 'an 'es a cammander, o unless yew wanna get reported I suggest yew just walk right down tht plank 'an hope we never cross paths again **raising her eyebrows as wide as they would go, Bladepaw looked astonished** yew don' possibly think that there's a higher rank than a commander 'round these parts do you? do you know who I am?
**the rat snorted** we know who yew are yeh old fart, yer me 'ol grandma, now if'n ye don' want trouble, ye'll get off this 'ere ship.
**drawing herself up to her full height she looked down at the two sentries and bellowed out** you are standing infront of Rear Admiral Bladepaw of the Bloodkeel and that is a far way from lutenant or commander, now stand or I'll gut yew from where you sit 'an nobeast 'll care otherwise!
**yelping and jumping to their feet, the rat who had done most of the talking drywashed his hands** we're sorry miss, we didn't mean nothin, why didn't yew say so before... why we jus' thought you looked so young taht we though yer were... a new beast... fidgeting he bit his lip **relaxing, bladepaw eyed the two quivering beast with disgust, they had a reason to tremble and lie, they had called her grandma.** As your punishment, I have things that need doing, that wont distract you from your senty duty. My ship 'ere is looking run down. we are going to repair it. the first thing you will do is go get some new red sailcloth, I will wait here, do you know how much to get? **when the two nodded, Bladepaw sent them on their way with a shout and trned back to look at the sea as the sun rose and the fishing boats came in.**

OOC: anyone who wants to come and visit, by all means do, because I'll be here for quite awhile, giving my ship back it's old glory.

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[> Hey! -- Terranix, 13:39:29 03/25/01 Sun

I'M a commander, & it's a perfectly good rank in my opinion, for someone who only went on the roster on the 19th. *Grumbes & returns to the BRAND-SPANKING-NEW Firestorm, which he not only COMMANDS but NAMED too, so there!!!*
OOC-Only joking. Terr's just in a bit of a 'mood' right now.


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[> [> umm... well, I'm just assuming what you said was in character... so I'll go from there -- Bladepaw, 17:50:10 03/27/01 Tue

**places her paws on her hips** it's a fine rank, but that's no excuse to being flip-motouthed to yer commanding officers... **opens her mouth to reprimand the youth but finds herself talking to a retreating back, not yet having regained all her old glory, Bladepaw just shook her head and tossed a pebble at the reatreating figure** no respect... harumph! **scanning the docks she wondered where on earth those layabouts she had told to go get sails had gone off to.**


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[> [> [> *Bonk.* -- Terranix, not a youth, about 32 human standards., 09:37:58 03/29/01 Thu

*Whirls around, incenced(sp?), but his expression softens. He begins to walk back along the jetty towards Bladepaw's rickety looking ship.*
I'm sorry, I've just had a long day. Here, I'll help you out if you want...


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[> [> [> [> ((32 when IC, that is.)) -- Duh, 09:39:57 03/29/01 Thu


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[> [> [> [> **smiles broadly** 'elp me out eh? -- Bladepaw, 17:30:57 03/29/01 Thu

**nods her head and waves terranix aboard, grinning** come aboard! I could use a bit 'o help if'n yer don' mind **placing her paws on her hips she looked terranix up and down** right, you look like yeh've got a strong back **giving him a wicked grin she handed him a mop and a bucket.** after we're done 'ere, dinners on me... but first, start earnin yer keep! **laughing she grabed another mop and started scrubbing down the deck**


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[> [> [> [> [> *Twists arm to hold mop handle into hook.* INSIDE. -- Terranix, 06:41:07 03/31/01 Sat

*Sings a merry tune as he scrubs at the decks on the foresactle.*
''Old Badgut was a swabee,
He washed the decks so clean,
& after he had finished up
You'd swear the floor did gleam.
The captain,
Cap'n Breaknose,
He'd wade in from the shore,
Dripping with mud
& other crud,
All o'er the nice clean floor.
Then Badgut he did come out,
At first he did fair swoon,
But then with a wail,
He'd grab a kitchen pail,
& belt Breaknose 'alf way to the moon!''

*Continues singing away to himself, & as he moves onto the gunwhales, slips in some algae.*
Urgh... This thing really DOES need a good cleanin' up.


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[> [> [> [> [> [> **laughs and then joins in on the song** -- Bladepaw, 11:00:08 04/02/01 Mon

There once came a scurvy seabeast,
scruben t'e decks so smooth,
'e did 'is best 'an the boat did shine,
from starboard to t'e boon,
now this seabeast,
wit' t'e strength 'o near double 'is size!
Well 'e might 'ave been strong,
but boy was 'e dumb!
'e scubbed 'an scubbed until that boat shinned!
**stops for a minute and grins**
'an as the boy looked about 'im,
tah see 'ow 'e had scrubbed,
'e promply was 'a shot right then 'an there,
by an archer on t'e docks,
fer that stupid oaf of a beast,
'ad scrubbed so 'ard,
'an fer so long,
there were 'oles,
as big as a beast,
'an water was rushin' fast uppon t'e decks.

Oh Hellsteeth!
The captain cried,
and sank to his knees as 'is ship sunk nearby.
'an ublaz came out with body guards near,
'an t'e poor captain, sunk to 'is knees again,
'an blamed the poor lad,
dead, 'an under t'e sea.

"it was 'im! that scurvy seabeast who dunnit!"
The captain would shout
'an off went 'is head because there really was no doubt,
That dead beast was a dunce, but so was the cap'n,
fer 'avin that beast mop on a pefectly good cabin!!

**dances a little jig and grins until she herself caught her foot on a patch of moss an falls with a squelch, laughing**


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[> [> [> [> [> [> [> **Gohon walked down the dock. As she neared the Bloodkeel she caught the tail ends of singng** -- Gohon Shadowpaw, 20:08:05 05/07/01 Mon

**Chuckleing to herself, she wondered who would be singing aboard her ship.** The Captain never did sing, then again the captain isn't alive anymore. **She climbed aboard to find her old friend and commander Bladepaw in pile of wet moss. Grinning broadly she started a new song**

We'll drink the wine till the cup is dry,
and kiss the lads so they'll not cry,
and toss the dice until we fly,
to dance with the Jak o' the Shadows.

We'll dance all night while the moon runs free,
and dandle the lads upon our knee,
and then you'll ride along with me,
to dance with the Jak o' the Shadows.

We'll sing all night and we'll drink all day,
and on the lads we'll spend our pay,
and when it's gone, then we'll away,
to dance with the Jak o' the Shadows.

There's some delight in ale and wine,
and in some lads after which we pine,
but my delight, yes, always mine,
is to dance with the Jak o' the Shadows.

We'l toss the dice however they fall,
and kill goodbeasts they be short or tall,
then follow young Bladepaw whenever she calls,
to dance with the Jak o' the Shadows.

**The chuckled and pulled Bladepaw onto her feet.** Isn't it nice ta hear the theme song the guys gave you back in the old days?


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[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> ((I've read the Wheel of Time books mate, & I must say, that song sounds very familiar... *Winks.*)) -- Terranix, 08:28:54 05/11/01 Fri


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[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> **Winks back** -- Gohon Shadowpaw, 23:53:51 05/13/01 Sun

Well, I'm not a great composer like you and Bladepaw 'ere. But I'm good at tweekin' things ta fit my own purposes=) Besides it's like the best song!


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[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> ((It's a spur of the moment thing- -- Terranix, 01:35:53 05/15/01 Tue

-I'm not usually much good myself. Forget the 32 bit btw, I think I'll make him younger.))


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[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> **laughs** tis a fine song gohon **tosses her a mop** (msg inside) -- Bladepaw, 18:08:11 05/15/01 Tue

yeh've just been signed up missy, start scrubbin! **tossing a bucket of moss over board she flicked a larger peice at a patroling monitor and gave terranix an astonished look** Terranx, now wh'd ye do that? **barely concealing a laugh, bladepaw peered down at the angry monitor and called out** are you okay sir? the gall of these young beasts, throwing moss at senior officers... tut tut...


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[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> *Draws himself up mock-pompously.* I will have you know that this young beast is a Cap'n... -- Terranix, 06:54:10 05/16/01 Wed

*Sputters & starts laughing as the monitor glares at him.*


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[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> **laughs** oh dear, a cap'n... -- Bladepaw, 18:10:43 05/16/01 Wed

**stares in mock disbelief** that's e'n worse! tossin moss at a fellow officer an' all..


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[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> **chuckles as she catches the mop and starts to use it** -- Gohon Shadowpaw, 20:01:42 05/19/01 Sat

I wuz just wonderin'...at what rank are you considered an officer? I think it's Lt. Commander, but I don't know. **She starts whistleing and marching while she mops. When she relised that Terranix and Bladepaw are atreing at her she blushes** Sorry...

OOC: I just got done marching in a parade. It was 2 miles long, but I have another parade in june that's 5 miles!


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[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> pardon me for saying so, but...what in hell is the Jak of the Shadows? -- some dude trying to be annoying, 10:27:20 05/25/01 Fri

>**Chuckleing to herself, she wondered who would be
>singing aboard her ship.** The Captain never did sing,
>then again the captain isn't alive anymore. **She
>climbed aboard to find her old friend and commander
>Bladepaw in pile of wet moss. Grinning broadly she
>started a new song**
>
>We'll drink the wine till the cup is dry,
>and kiss the lads so they'll not cry,
>and toss the dice until we fly,
>to dance with the Jak o' the Shadows.
>
>We'll dance all night while the moon runs free,
>and dandle the lads upon our knee,
>and then you'll ride along with me,
>to dance with the Jak o' the Shadows.
>
>We'll sing all night and we'll drink all day,
>and on the lads we'll spend our pay,
>and when it's gone, then we'll away,
>to dance with the Jak o' the Shadows.
>
>There's some delight in ale and wine,
>and in some lads after which we pine,
>but my delight, yes, always mine,
>is to dance with the Jak o' the Shadows.
>
>We'l toss the dice however they fall,
>and kill goodbeasts they be short or tall,
>then follow young Bladepaw whenever she calls,
>to dance with the Jak o' the Shadows.
>
>**The chuckled and pulled Bladepaw onto her feet.**
>Isn't it nice ta hear the theme song the guys gave you
>back in the old days?


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[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> **balances spectacles on her nose and sits on the railing as she tugs at her spectacles** -- Bladepaw, 19:43:35 05/25/01 Fri

**and opens a book, looking rather scholarly** ahem...'istory does show, that a certain, Jack 'o the shadows may be refered to... **furrows her borrow** oh blast it... the old tongue is so 'ard to dechifer *clearing her throat she tilted her head** Gohon, 'ow in t'e blazes do ye say that 'un... I keep thinkin' tis Balzalmon... but that's not it... **harumphs and raises her eyebrow as gohon leans over to inspect the language**
gohon: that's the word for death you big booby, you don't remember those lessons at all do you.

**wilting a bit she straightened immediatley back up and harumphed again** so there you 'ave it strange beast, death! dance with death. that is what all those pretty words bil down too... bah, the Old Tongue, bunch 'o frilly good fer nothin... **gohon grins and taunts ** serenla.... **snapping her teeth shut with a click she turned too gohon and bared her teeth** oh go eat a book and don't plague me **grabs her mop and scrubbs at her ship muttering about disobeidient daughters and that in no way did she resemble one...**

>>**Chuckleing to herself, she wondered who would be
>>singing aboard her ship.** The Captain never did sing,
>>then again the captain isn't alive anymore. **She
>>climbed aboard to find her old friend and commander
>>Bladepaw in pile of wet moss. Grinning broadly she
>>started a new song**
>>
>>We'll drink the wine till the cup is dry,
>>and kiss the lads so they'll not cry,
>>and toss the dice until we fly,
>>to dance with the Jak o' the Shadows.
>>
>>We'll dance all night while the moon runs free,
>>and dandle the lads upon our knee,
>>and then you'll ride along with me,
>>to dance with the Jak o' the Shadows.
>>
>>We'll sing all night and we'll drink all day,
>>and on the lads we'll spend our pay,
>>and when it's gone, then we'll away,
>>to dance with the Jak o' the Shadows.
>>
>>There's some delight in ale and wine,
>>and in some lads after which we pine,
>>but my delight, yes, always mine,
>>is to dance with the Jak o' the Shadows.
>>
>>We'l toss the dice however they fall,
>>and kill goodbeasts they be short or tall,
>>then follow young Bladepaw whenever she calls,
>>to dance with the Jak o' the Shadows.
>>
>>**The chuckled and pulled Bladepaw onto her feet.**
>>Isn't it nice ta hear the theme song the guys gave you
>>back in the old days?


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[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> *Grunts as his foot goes through a dry rotted section of deck... -- Terranix, 17:02:31 05/27/01 Sun

*Hops about, pulling splinters fro his ankle & strangling viloent curses about rotted old tubs befor3e they can leave his mouth.*
What are YOU laughing at?


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[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> **puts her spectacles away as tears of laughter roll down her cheeks** me 'ol boat seems in worse shape than I realise! -- Badepaw, 15:40:42 05/28/01 Mon

**grabs the mop handle and starts taping throught the whole deck, sounding the wood for weak spots and marking them with her dagger** it'll need some patchin' up fer sure... where are those two beasts I sent for sailcloth... **taking what served as sand paper she started on the railing, chipped varnish and years of scratches in the wood dissapearing under her willfull strokes**


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[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> *Kicks the mast spitefully, wincing slightly as it drives the splinters further in.* Rotten old tub... *Starts to take down the rtlines, which have long since becom threadbare & withered.* -- Terranix, 14:50:14 05/29/01 Tue


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[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> **waves terranix away from hauling them down and surries up the mast instead, leaning over to begin cutting the ropes** -- Bladepaw, 17:25:48 05/29/01 Tue

the ropes aren't even use saveing terranix, 'an it's easier this way! Whatch out below! **one sail flutters to the ground and she scurries over to the next, glancing around the docks from her high position**


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[> **squaks as a sail falls on her. Grumbling under her breath about how Bladepaw was ment to be named Serenla, Gohon picked her self up** -- Gohon Shadowpaw, 20:19:04 05/30/01 Wed

**Climbingout from under the sail she dusted herself off and glared at Seren...I mean Bladepaw.** You meant ta do that. **Picking up some sanded paper she started to sand the railing. In mid-stroke the railing gave way plunging Gohon into the dark blue water. Swiming to shore she grumbled under her breath** Kiserai ti wansho? There will be no Kiserai ti wansho kodome!

OOC: Old toung translation; Glory to the Builder? There will be no Glory to the builders here!


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[> [> *Chuckles a bit.* ''Serenla''. Nice... -- Terranix, 07:52:45 06/03/01 Sun


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[> OOC: Terranix, just ta let ye know Bladepaw's computer crashed, like useuseable crashing. She doesn't know when she'll be back... -- Gohon, 18:35:26 06/17/01 Sun


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