CQ21 Quest2 Mutiny

Quest Two : Mutiny! 

Midnight. 

Witch is awake training the dragon “no no no don’t set fire to that!” It’s Archers watch but Ursula sends her to bed because she’s tired. 

Morning. 

They decide to stop at a fruit tree island for water and lunch. In the distance they see a ship approach and sink. 

No sign of where it sank. No survivors. 

A few hours later. 

The same ship approaches! They watch it sink again. 

A few hours later it comes up out of the water next to the ship. 

Onboard are a skeleton crew! 

The undead use ropes to leap over and attack. 

Archer one hits a skeleton and throws its skull in the sea. The body crawls after the skull over the edge of the ship. 

Skeleton knocks Witch Ursula clean out. 

Baby Sea Dragon is whacked and flutters into the air above the skeletons ship. 

Brantus is winded by a skeleton. 

Archer runs over to save Ursula by dragging her away from the edge of the ship as 

Skeletons begin climbing up the side of the ship out of the water! 

A skeleton grabs the edge of the ship with one hand and Ursula with the other to tug the witch out of Archers hands! Archer kicks the skeletons head at the same time. Stalemate! 

Another skeleton grabs at Brantus! He kicks its head off into the sea. 

Li smashes a skeleton with her greatsword, breaking some of its bones as its head flies into the water. 

More skeletons leap from their ghost ship onto the characters ship. 

Baby Sea Dragon regains it’s senses and flames one of the skeletons. Skeleton is totally unharmed. Luckily the ship does not catch fire. 

Li and Archer grab Ursula and pull hard. Skeletons arm is ripped from its shoulder. It falls into the water and cracks its head on the side of the ship. And sinks. Ursula is still unconscious. 

Brantus is knocked unconscious by the nearest skeleton who tries to push him into the water. Fortunately Brantus is fat and stocky so this is not so easy for the skeleton. Another skeleton joins its attempt. 

Baby sea dragon swoops at the cursed ship to knock a skeleton into the water however the enchantment of the cursed ship knocks the dragon backward before it can get close. 

Li attacks skeleton which is deflected, skeleton kicks Li in the shin. Ouch. 

Archer smashes a skeleton to splinters with his bow hefted up through its rib cage. The remains of the skeleton topple into the water. 

Archer kicks a skeleton and shatters its ribs, decapitates it with a swing of his hardwood bow and kicks it into the sea. 

Li chops the last skeleton on their ship with her greatsword. It’s bits are also thrown overboard. 

There is one skeleton remaining, on the ghost ship.  It’s the captain. He jumps backward into the water at the far end of his ship and a moment later emerges in a splash of water from the far side of the characters ship, lands on the deck and attacks captain Brantus! Captain Brantus is knocked out! 

Archer smashes the skeleton captains arms off with her hardwood bow and then knocks its head off. 

The ghosts ship sinks. 

Li runs over and cleaves the skeleton captains skull into two. Just to make sure. It splits like a coconut in two equal parts.

Ursula wakes up. 

On the middle finger of the skeletons arm is a glowing ring, dimly glowing like an aura. 

Ursula examines the ring. She has never seen anything like it before. 

As she puts it into her pocket, the ocean around them chimes, then the water goes dark blue. 

A Kraken has been attracted by all the mayhem! It approaches one side of the ship. 

Brantus is still unconscious. 

The kraken has wrapped two of its tentacles on the ship. 

The dragon discovers it has a cut on its left wing and cannot fly. 

Li slashes at the Kraken with her mighty greatsword. The kraken shoved her back hard and knocks her unconscious with blood all over face. 

Archer shoots the kraken with her hardwood bow. The arrow sinks into the writhing tentacled mass. The great beast flinches. 

Dragon blasts a fiery breath at close range into the krakens face. It flinches. 

Brantus makes a groaning sound as he groggily begins to wake up. 

The witch Ursula runs over to Li to use her nature magic to heal the warrior woman’s wound. Li remains unconscious although her bleeding stops. 

Kraken grabs at Archer who looses another arrow which sticks through the monsters tentacle. 

At the same time the kraken reaches for Brantus who is still only just getting up. The Captain rolls out of the tentacles way just in time. Brantus climbs to his feet.

The dragon has another fiery blast at the krakens face. Unfortunately he misses entirely due to pain in its wing. 

Archer fires another arrow. The kraken deflects the arrow out of the sky. It lands in the water. 

Brantus runs over and chops the kraken with his sword but the kraken grabs his wrist and rips the sword from his hand. The kraken throws the sword at Brantus, luckily the weapons hilt hits the sea captain and not the blade. 

Li wakes up and gets to her feet. 

Ursula casts a healing spell on the dragons injured wing. It’s wound slowly heals, the flesh covers up the cut until it is no longer there. 

The kraken slaps Li who steps back with a hugely stinging face. 

Li launches herself ferociously at the kraken, with her greatsword out like a lance, she simply runs into it to skewer the sea monster. She also lets out a terrible scream of rage. Her sword plunges deep into the creature. She steps back pulling the blade out with her even against the krakens bodies natural suction. 

Archer fires another arrow. The arrow pierces the krakens eye. The kraken let’s out the most shriekiest shriek of all shrieks. 

The kraken pulls out all the arrows and slowly falls back into the water. 

Brantus grabs one of its tentacles. “Come on don’t let it escape!” The kraken slaps him away and sinks below the waves. 

The water returns to its normal colour. The kraken is still alive but it has been defeated for now. 

Everybody cheers. 

A Few Days Later

The ship arrives at an outpost. A courier runs up toward the crew and gives them a letter. The courier says “Someone is paying me good money for you to have this. Don’t know who. Creepy fella, black robes.” Courier leaves. 

They look at the note.

‘To captain Brantus of the Mermaids Tear. 

It has come to my attention you have recently found the ring. It is also come to my attention that you may have killed a very mysterious beast. The ring holds more knowledge and power than you can even imagine. All I say is this: use it well.

T.N.’

“Well, that’s creepy.” Says Li. 

Ursula examines the ring. She decides to slip it onto her finger. 

“Tada!” She says. 

All of a sudden she hears a voice in her head. “You have bested me in fair battle.” In a mysterious language Ursula somehow understands. “You now wield the ability to summon me in your desperate time of need. Use it wisely. Use it well.”

Ursula quickly figures out the ring can summon the kraken! But only while she is close to water obviously. 

Ursula smiles. 

“Did you notice anything happen?” Asks Brantus. 

“Might have. Not sure.” Answers the witch. “Got a bit of a tingle actually. Going to find a drink.” Ursula goes to find an alcoholic beverage from the outpost. 

End of Quest Two