ROLEPLAY HQ - song-of-death

redrum 10-Dec-21 09:00 AM

redrum 10-Dec-21 09:33 AM

A soft, continuous hum of waves echoed over the desolate beach. The sun began to sink below the horizon and illuminated the sky in reds and oranges as the darkness began to devour the day. The tide had begun to rise, the water level creeping up more than 3 yards onto the beach and lapping at a single line of footprints and washing them away with each wave. A woman walked along the cooling sand, her toes sinking into it's welcoming embrace as her eyes focused on the ground before her, as if gauging each step she would take. Her cheeks were covered in running mascara, the remnants of her cries just minutes before a sense of relief filled her chest and she found herself walking aimlessly along the edge of the sea. Her heart ached vividly, the feeling of loss gripping it's chambers ruthlessly as memories of the one she lost rummaged through her head. She almost decided to leave, before her attention was caught by the alluring voice of a man, a soft coo of a song fluttering through the air and hovering over her ears. The sound was too intoxicating to ignore, forcing her path to curve towards the water. In the distance, a bobbing head floated over the waves. The voice came from the figure, it called to her. Oh broken hearted one, Your soul has grown weary. Have you turned to the rippling tides? To engulf your lonely tears? May the waves embrace you... Lull you softly to sleep. Ease away all the hurt and pain. The voice drew her into the waters, the cold feeling of the wet waves lapping at her white summer dress wouldn't even phase her as she neared the alluring creature. As his song drew to an end, she found herself treading water in front of him, the sight of his glowing golden irises held no fright for the girl as his words promised her relief from her pain.

The sight of his pale features leaning in and taking her cheeks into his hands, white hair plastered against his forehead with water, was the last thing she saw before his lips pressed against her own... and the world went black.

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redrum 10-Dec-21 09:43 AM

A storm brewed on the horizon, winds whipping the sails of the ship around mercilessly as the sailors ran about the deck to steady their path. Waves crashed against the sides of the ship, rocking it one way and the other almost to the point of entirely tipping over. "Avast ye!" Yelled the captain, his long raven hair blasting sideways in the wind as his calloused hands wrapped around a rope and tugged it towards him, "batten down the hatches!" He ordered to the crew as he bent down and tied the rope to the boat to keep it steady. His eyes lifted to see the sails billowing with the winds, and he knew they had to take them down to survive the storm. He looked around to find someone to tell them to, only for him to see his entire crew leaning over the portside of the ship as if eyeing something in the deep waters, "get yer' arses back to work or we'll drown!" He ran up to his crew, eyes snapping from one man to the other, but it seemed his words landed on deaf ears. "Get ahold of yer'selves!" He demanded, stumbling to the side of the boat to look over and see what had snatched the hearts of his men. And that's when he saw them. Five, perhaps six women effortlessly floating among the waves which crashed against the sides of his boat, flashes of green scales just beneath the waves reflecting the small rays of light that managed to penetrate the storm. "Damned monsters!" He called out, the song they sang had no power to his ears as he was not heartbroken, yet the rest of his men had left women and families behind. They were impervious to their calls, luring them overboard to their deaths. (edited)

. The captain leapt forward just in time to fist his fingers into the shirt of his mate, who had begun to climb over the side of the ship towards the alluring woman who stretched her arms out to him invitingly. With all his might, he threw him to the deck to keep him safe, but he was just too late for the next man. "NO!" He cried, as his crew member's body fell to the waves and disappeared into the black depths. One of the women ducked under the waves, never to be seen again. "They're not women, lads! Step back!" The captain cried, grabbing two more of his men by the belts and dragging them back to the deck. One after the other, they began to jump, and it was nearly impossible for the muscular captain to save them all. He had to do something, something to ward off the creatures and break the trance they cast.

redrum 10-Dec-21 09:57 AM

The Plot You, the captain, will fire a spear gun into the waters to chase away the sirens, unsuspectingly catching a siren with its hook. The crew is released from the siren's spell and they drag her on board with them. The siren, me, will be taken as prisoner for the pirates who are on an expedition to find Poseidon's amulet. It's said that a siren can lead them to it, but what they don't know is that when someone becomes a siren they have been kissed by one. A siren does not kill their victims, instead they take their lives. The siren's curse takes the memories of it's subject away to relieve them of their heartache, but they are cursed to roam the seas as a fish until they can find someone to transfer the curse to. My character was given the curse, but for some reason it did not fully transfer and she can both walk on land and swim in water. She has tried to transfer it, but was unsuccessful. It's said among the sirens that the curse can be lifted by Poseidon's amulet, so she agrees to help the pirates find their treasure in plans to steal it when they do and use it to free herself from it.

Lucas Morningstar 13-Dec-21 08:27 AM

"Captain! my Captain!' The voices of the crew were heard above the crashing of the waves. A 6'4 man stood at the Bow, with a spear gun in hand as he slowly lowered it. "Aye Lads?" The captain called out as he heard his crew calling. "Direct Hit Captain we have the Siren!" A smirk drove across his lips as he slowly walked off the bow of the ship and headed to his quarter's. "Bring the beast aboard men..Stow it away in the Belly of the ship in a tank with water, but leave room to where I can speak with the beast when I feel need be." Was all the Captain had said as he closed the door behind him to his quarter's. With a sigh escaping his lip he sat himself on his bed and grabbed his journal as he moved to his desk, his body moving in sync with the boat as it floats and glides across the top of the water. "March..3rd.. Captured.." Was all he wrote down, before he stood and dressed in different cloths, as he removed his shirt, nothing but scars and wounds were seen on his body, but they were quickly covered by a Black jacket as he opened the doors to his quarters and began to walk down the stairs to the bellows of this ship. The crew could be heard snickering and laughing at the creature that they had just brought into the container. "Any of you slack heads tended to her wounds? or just going to let the creature die?" The crew quickly dispersed, as he walked over to a med kit and started to pull out things to patch up her wounds. "Now this can go an easy way or a hard way..you can come up to the surface and let me patch up your wound, or I can leave you almost to the point of death until you tell me what I want to know..Which would you prefer there?" The captain sat down on a stool, as he propped up his legs on a barrel as he watched the creature showing no fear for any reason. He let his jacket slide open some as some of his scars were shown but not a lot of them. "Now then before we get this party started I believe I will go first. The name is Marius." (edited)

redrum 13-Dec-21 11:32 AM

The siren had attempted to swim away when she saw the men turning a large harpoon gun towards the water, her glimmering hazel eyes widening at the danger of its pointed hook. She had just ducked under the cold water before the gun shot clear through her orange tail, leaving her squealing in pain. The rope began to tighten, dragging her from the water and up along the side of the boat. The wood scratched and tore at her skin as she tried to grab ahold of one of the planks but she failed entirely. The men heaved her over the side of the boat and tossed her body onto the deck of the ship. She sat up as far as she could, looking around at the crowd of men who looked down at her with hunger. Fear pulsed through her body as she lifted an arm to cover her face, only to feel a heavy net get tossed over her form. Her tail flicked around on the deck, blood pouring out of her wound. She turned her gaze towards the voice that seemed to command the men, those wide eyes glimmering in fear as she curled her fingers into the net. A few of the men stepped forward and curled their arms under her form, both of them grabbing one of her wrists to restrain her as they drug her heavy body below the deck. They roughly threw her onto the ground and yanked the hook out of her tail, causing her to cry out in pain and blood to spill out over onto the warped wood. She had no time to even object before they heaved her over the side of a tank and her body fell into the salt water. She was suddenly aware that it wasn’t just a chance encounter that brought her onto the ship, they had been looking for the sirens and she was in danger. .

She let her body sink to the bottom of the tank, curling her tail up in front of her and scanning over the wound. It was bad. If she didn’t get some sort of help soon she would bleed out, and the water was already beginning to tint pink. She turned and pounded against the side of the tank, the sound of her fists hitting the side echoing over the room and causing the men who had carried her inside to simple chuckle and mock her. Her piercing orange gaze snapped towards the captain as he came into the room, placing her hands gently against the wall of her prison. She watched the interaction between the men, and she was certain that this was the man who was in charge. He seemed… at least decent, for now. He was offering to help her so she would be stupid to refuse. She came slowly to the surface, placing her hands on the edge of the tank and lifting herself from the water just enough for her head and shoulders to peak out. The woman glared into the gaze of the captain, frowning ever so slightly in response to his question. She lifted her tail from the water and let it hang over the side of the tank, the bloody water splattering onto the ground. “My name is Freja.” She said simply, her hair cascaded gracefully around her shoulders, plastered to her skin from the water and somehow managing to cover her breasts. After all, she had no clothes on. It wouldn’t make sense for a siren to.

@Lucas Morningstar

Lucas Morningstar 13-Dec-21 11:46 AM

"Well Freja, let me have a look at that tail then.." Was all he said as he waiting as he moved another barrel over to him and he laid the med kit down on it, He separated a few thing's before looking up and reached into the tank and helped her move her tail so he could see what he was doing. "It looks worse then it really is, now be still this might hurt a moment." He said as he started to pull the hook out and in a one two movement the hook was out and he was topping the bleeding. "Now then, I think that we can come to some sort of agreement on all of this dont you think?" He said as he started to clean her wound and apply water proof bandages to her. I need to know what you eat, and things you desire to keep you happy and content until we find this Amulet, Now dont be thinking im going to let these bone head drunk's come and gawk at you I have more decency then that, name your terms and we can strike a deal." He finished bandaging her wound, he did pour some numbing spray on her tail to help with the pain, he then gently helped her put her tail back into the water, he went to sit back down on the chair, but started to walk away, but before he did he stopped and leaned against the wall. "Well...?"

Freja Vale BOT 13-Dec-21 01:36 PM

The siren looked deeply into the captain’s eyes, as if she was trying to figure out what sort of man he was. Water slowly rolled off of her skin as he began to bandage up her wounds. Her dainty fingers curled tightly around the edge of the tank, turning her face away and squeezing her eyes shut tightly as he pulled the hook out of her tail. Every inch of the long rod that came from her odd limb sent a wave of pain through her entire body. She let a soft hiss come over her lips, until she felt the rod come completely out of her body. Her eyes returned back to the man, and she allowed him to patch up the wound that his people inflicted on her. So, he wasn’t really saving her, he was just doing the decent thing and saving her from death. When he pushed her tail back into the water, she did not lower back under the surface, she just let it slowly tread water under her as she watched him walk through the room. She almost didn’t accept his deal, knowing that pirates were probably the last sort of people she should trust… but she knew that if she tried to escape now she wouldn’t be able to do so. Eventually she lifted her body out of the water a bit more and called out to stop him, “wait!” Her voice rang through the room confidently, desperately as he threatened to leave her in the tank alone. “Fine.” She relented, her brow knitting together as she glared at him, “I’ll help you. I’m not some monster I can eat the food you eat.” She didn’t want to tell him yet she could walk on land, if need be, she would be able to escape on foot without his men knowing of her… special condition. Other sirens were stuck with a tail, but Freja was not.

redrum 13-Dec-21 01:36 PM

@Lucas Morningstar

Marius BOT 14-Dec-21 05:06 AM

Marius stopped for a moment, then smiled softly as he turned back to face Freja, he moved back closer to the tank that she was in as one of his fingers traced the glass of the tank for a moment before he spoke. "Well then this changes thing's, What would you like to eat? Would you want to be moved to a different location? Cause I dont have control of the crew when I am asleep" Marius did care some for her safety, and he did want her to feel safe and comfortable. "I do want to point out, though..Cross me in any time during this alliance, and I will not think twice about finishing the job. You have no worries of me crossing you, because that not how I do things." Marius spoke as he started to walk to the door of the bellow of the ship. He stopped and turned and shook his head this time as he spoke. "What would you care to eat?" Marius honestly had no idea why he was being so nice to her but he couldn't not be. Marius sighed this time as he walked out of the door and started to head back up to his quarter's, as he entered his room he sighed again and sat in his chair at his desk tapping his chin. He was at a loss for a moment, he didnt quite understand what was going on. He picked up his journal and started to write on it, as a crew member walked in after knocking setting food down on his desk. "Make sure you feed our guest in the bellows, just as you would feed me." His tone was serious and stern as he made eye contact with the crew member who nodded and walked out to do as he was told, Marius sighed softly and poured himself some wine as he rubbed his temples a pounding headache approaching his head.

Freja Vale BOT 15-Dec-21 10:05 AM

The siren watched the man as he walked out of the room, slowly sinking into the water and furrowing her eyebrows in frustration. She had wanted to find the amulet on her own, but now she had to work with these… pirates. At least now she didn’t have to do anything on her own, these rough men could do all the hard work for her. She turned her golden eyes down to her tail, which slowly moved around in the water. She knew that she wouldn’t be able to change back into her human self until the wound was healed, so for now she was stuck in her watery prison. Freja slowly sunk into the water and let her body lay against the bottom of the tank, watching the door to the room as she waited patiently for someone to bring her food. Her soft fiery hair floated around her body effortlessly in the water, occasionally running across her shoulders and tickling her skin. She had placed her hands together and snuck them under her head like a makeshift pillow, so her chest was covered by her arms. She sat up slightly when a man came through the door, carrying a small bowl and walking up to the tank with a serious frown. “Dinner time, creature.” He set the bowl on the side of the glass tank, turning and making his way out without making sure that she received the food before he walked out and slammed the door to the room. She was moving back to the surface of the water to take the bowl when the slamming door made the bowl fall to the ground and splatter its contents onto the wooden planks. Her eyes flicked up towards the door, anger flashing across her features as she felt her stomach tumble, “asshole!”

redrum 15-Dec-21 10:05 AM

@Lucas Morningstar

Marius BOT 15-Dec-21 10:14 AM

Marius heard the commotion and this made him stand up, He started walking out of his cabin door's as he saw the man leave the underbelly. "Did you feed the woman as I said?" Marius said with slight anger to his voice. "Aye Cap'n." Was all that was said as the Pirate was trying to quickly move away from Marius. "Did you make sure that she had the food in her hand's? Before walking out of the room like a complete and fucking Idiot?" Marius voice was growing into a yell that was full of anger. "Cap'n shes just a beast..Why you treatn er like shes a guest or summin?" The pirate said which this caused Marius to take out his pistol and shoot the pirate right between his eyes. All of the other Pirates just stood there in awe. "Anyone else have any questions about how I do thing's on my fucking ship? No! then get back to work before you all eat with the sharks tonight." Marius said as he opened the door to the underbelly and walked over to the Siren's tank. "Freja..I can't ask your forgiveness for my idiot of a crew..but I can make sure you are fed properly, he moved to the side and placed some of his own food on the tray, and he placed it up on the top of the tank, and waited until she got ahold of it. "Hopefully you will soon see...not all pirates are the same...some of us do have a heart..You may think how we captured you was cruel, but can you say you would have come willingly?" A small laugh left him as he made sure the tray was balanced before he backed away and stared into her golden eyes, his back was against the pole as he stayed in the room with her.

Lucas Morningstar 15-Dec-21 10:14 AM

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Freja Vale BOT 15-Dec-21 10:31 AM

”You and I have very different reasons for wanting the amulet,” was all the siren said as she reached out and took the food. She picked up the spoon and started to take a few bites. It was… alright, and the fishy taste of it made her feel a little wrong. She was after all a fish herself, but she would be stupid to refuse the food he offered her. Her eyes watched him carefully, unsure of wether or not she should trust him. Sure, he had made sure she wasn’t wounded and he gave her food… but any decent person would feed a creature they were responsible for. For all she knew he was capable of tossing her to the beasts of the land for entertainment or experiments. Or perhaps he was lying about allowing his men to come in here and do what they wanted with her. They would quickly regret if they did something like that to her, she would be sure of it. It wasn’t long before she finished the food, placing the spoon back into the bowl before she sunk back down into the water. Her golden eyes shimmered as she looked at him, her fingers curled over the edge of the tank, “your crew’s hearts glow.. they’re heartbroken. Yours does not. Did you not have a family? A woman? A man? Do the seas not comfort you from some sort of pain?”

redrum 15-Dec-21 10:31 AM

@Lucas Morningstar

Marius BOT 15-Dec-21 10:38 AM

A chuckle left Marius as he just smiled and then turned his head to the side for a moment. "Careful Freja..there are some answers you do not want, after all you rare a creature..who tried to take one of my crewman. Why would I trust you enough to share what pains me if anything?" Marius shook his head and he tossed a bottle into the tank with a lid that was sealed. "Make sure you get something to drink also and dont worry everything you get from me has been untouched by my crew.." Marius said as he walked out of the room, heading back up to his quarters, he sighed softly as he took off his boots once more. Marius laid on his bed closing his eyes a she let the sound of the water crashing against the side of the ship calm him down some. After all he was always accused of being a monster which in fact he was the opposite. Yet..no one really took the time to find that out, which he was fine with. He was never really close to any of his crew, he only laid down the law when he had to, to make sure his Crew understood that he would kill any of them if they crossed him.

Lucas Morningstar 15-Dec-21 10:39 AM

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Freja Vale BOT 15-Dec-21 10:57 AM

The woman watched as he chuckled at her, frowning at his response. She was genuinely curious why a man had decided to become a pirate if he didn’t have something to run away from, but clearly he wasn’t up for idle talk. Her curious eyes followed him out of the room, and she finally relaxed. A sigh left her lips as she let the side of the tank go, slowly slipping back down into the water and letting her body slip to the bottom of the tank. She once again placed her arms under her head for a pillow, and the soft sway of the boat lulled her gently to sleep. Freja had been sleeping peacefully before she was woken up unexpectedly in the middle of the night. She felt a… hand? Some sort of touch on her tail, and she looked up to see what was happening. One of the men had come into the room, putting his hand into the tank and feeling her tail. She jumped and pulled her tail away from him, moving to the top of the tank and looking the man directly in the eyes. The water plastered her hair to her head and side of her face, but her eyes glimmered in the dim light. “Does the unknown intrigue you, sailor?” She asked, placing a hand over his throat and squeezing slightly, causing the pirate to moan slightly, “does touching me while I sleep, imprisoned in this tank excite you?” Her words darkened as she looked at him, her grip tightening until the man was beginning to struggle to breathe. “You men always think with your cocks, and never your head.” She did not relent until the man’s body dropped to the floor and he was unconscious at the foot of her tank. Of course, she thought, that one of these stupid men would try something with her. How arrogant of him to think she wouldn’t defend herself.

redrum 15-Dec-21 10:57 AM

@Lucas Morningstar

Marius BOT 15-Dec-21 11:30 AM

The next morning, Marius was woken up by his crew scremaing and yelling and banging on the underbelly door, Marius himself walked out in nothing but his pants his long hair cascaded all over his body, his tattoos and scars were the only thing showing. "Stand aside you squibs." Marius pushed everyone out of his way as he made his way into the underbelly seeing the crewman on the ground knocked out but breathing. A chuckle left his lips as he walked to the tank. "Seems curiosity got the best of someone, I thank you for not killing one of my crew that..would be my job, Wake him up lads and tie him to the main sail pole, anyone who dissregards my orders will join him, I gave you all a job to do now do it!." Marius went to move away from the tank but stopped..."It's not much but im going to have you moved into my quarters I have a rather large tub that you can relax in, will be more then enough to give you plenty of room, I will come for you in a while." Marius walked out to the main sail, where the sailor was starting to wake up, Marius moved his hand and a loud smack was heard as the back of his hand connected with the Squibs face. "Yer lucky shit didnt kill you you lustful man..You ignored my orders on my ship, and for that the answer is death." Marius gave no warning, as he cut the mans throat some enough to make it bleed but not bleed out heavily, he took him off the sail and tossed him into the water with one hand as the sahrk

As the Shark's that circled his ship devoured the fallen Squib.

Freja Vale BOT 15-Dec-21 11:58 AM

The siren had leaned her head against the edge of the tank, looking down to the man on the floor as he slept peacefully below her tank. She waited quietly, knowing that eventually someone would come in and see what she had done. She wasn’t afraid of them, the captain really didn’t seem like he wanted her to be hurt. He needed her. She sat up straighter as he burst through the door, a small smile crossed her lips in pride. She shrugged her shoulders when he thanked her for not killing his crew member, but he was lucky she didn’t. “Oh, so you want me to come to your quarters, captain? Scandalous..” she teased, leaning back against the side of the tank once he left and huffing out in boredom. How was she going to help him find the amulet if all he did was kept her in this tank all alone? No matter, she’d figure it out eventually. So, while she waited, she picked up the bottle he tossed in the tank and unscrewed the top, taking a few large gulps of the liquid. It was refreshing, and she was sort of thankful for his generosity… but like she had said before, it was perhaps the bare minimum that any decent person would do for another living being.

redrum 16-Dec-21 05:36 AM

@Lucas Morningstar

Marius BOT 16-Dec-21 12:59 PM

Marius sighed as he told his crew to clean up the mess. He pulled one aside and asked him to make sure the tub in his room was prepared with fresh water, as the crewmate headed off, he walked into his quarters and sighed again, it had been for to long since he had the company of any kind. So he started to pick up the place some, about an hour went by and he made sure that the tub was with water and his place was clean. He headed over to the Under Belly and made his way in He picked up Freja and carefully escorted her across the underbelly and into his chamber's he slowly set her down into the tub. "It may not be the best but it will keep anyone from messing with you." Marius sighed softly as he left the door open to the bath chamber, and walked into his living area and sat down in his chair at his desk once more and stated to write. What he wrote though was always a mystery, he had secrets of his own but Dead men tell no tale's.

Freja Vale BOT 17-Dec-21 04:55 AM

The sounds of the sea sloshing up against the sides of the ship were both calming and taunting to the siren. She knew she should be out there, looking for the amulet on her own, but she also knew that being in here with a bunch of ruffians would be better. They could protect her while she helped them find Poseidon’s Amulet. Freja had been leaning against the side of the tank with a bored expression on her face when the captain came back into her room, swimming to the top and letting him pick her up. She was surprised, her tail was pure meat and twice her length. He was a strong man, she could help but admire that as she placed her hands on his shoulders and held onto him as he transferred her between waters. If she hadn’t of been wounded, her tail would’ve transformed into legs… but lucky for her, she was wounded and still had the upper hand. When he set her down into the water, she watched him sulk back over to his desk with a careful eye. “Thank ya, handsome.” She called out, leaning her head against the side of the tub and flicking the fin of her tail, which stuck out the other side of the tub as she was too long to fully fit in it. No matter, it wasn’t super uncomfortable.

redrum 17-Dec-21 04:55 AM

@Lucas Morningstar