((Red Dusk)) - Getting to know each other...

[Skipper Of Sea Otters]

The Skipper nods handing him a mug then looks to Sunce. "Something wrong matey? Whats your story?...I'm willing to tell mine...but...only after yore's..." He said. Though he meant it...It was very hard for him to tell his story...

[Sunce Lakala and Ay Kamara]

((OOC: I'm going to change my past info a little. well, a lot. but I will alter my joining form as well))

**Sunce nods, an almost smile on her lips** Just thinking it through a little skipp. **she takes a sip of her drink, and takes a quick breath before beginning** Well, I started my life in a vermin camp. we wern't the type to pick fights, we were very peaceful, we were all in some way crossbred with other vermin, sometimes even goodbeasts.
I had a brother, you know. he was half wildcat, and my sister was too. odd looking bunch we were, I actually am not a pure breed either, but anyway. My mother died, from a disease the witchdoctor called "cankerkosia", it took a very long time, but she did die.
when she was dead, my brother set off to become what he caled "a real vermin", the fool. not long after, many of us died, including my father, because they went out on a food gathering hunt, and , well, they died anyway. then, about a year later, all our camp were slaughtered by a salamandastron patrol, they wouldn't listen. they "spared" me, thats what they called it. and I went travelling, alone, when I was only ten. I found a companion, he was a sea otter in fact, but, surprise surprise, he was struck by lightening.I think he was dead, I didn't find out for sure. I was...disturbed, at this point.
I went crazy, I slaughtered people, I felt death was my only friend. I had my own ship, I was a pirate, I was what I now call evil.My brother joined the ship. then, again, most of them died, and I told the rest to go find their mothers and be happier, they listened, they were young,my bro died too. I had a smaller ship, it was just me and some aquired friends.
then we ran into Ay and his captains ship. Ay was head cook, and we got together. we went away from the ship together, in that small ship. then we found you, as you know. one of my friends is still alive, I believe, Miemi. but, thats my life, from the start to now. **Sunce takes a big gulp out of her mug, and says** here is probably the happiest I;ve been since I met slakar, the sea otter. maybe even when I was six.

[Skipper Of Sea Otters]

((Just as a note The skipper's real name is Irvine))


The Skipper nodded. He looked around..."Lets go to the mess hall...I'll tell ye there. He said standing up and moving below deck where a large number of otters were eating. He sat down in a chair. Several beast gathered around to hear the story...


"Well now...where to start...." He begun.




"Well when i was just young un..Id say three months...i was taken onboard a Pirate slaver ship. That's where i got most of the nasty scars on m'self...well I rowed and rowed for many seasons when I got a little older...id say...eh....around 4 years old...well Time went on until my close ones where killed or just died...well time kept goin' and we were either traded or slaughtered.........."

"You can 'ave this 'un! He's a strong one!" the fox captain said to the other. "He's been givin' us trouble anyway! Look just take em! Take what you need!" he cried asking for mercy. The other Captian looked down at the fox. The Wildcat captain stared down at him grinning awfully. "Fine....We will spare your lives...." he said turning around. The Fox Captian sighed in relief before him and his crew were filled with arrows from the other ship. "....when you bring more to barter with... Load the slaves on the ship and burn this one!" he said with a shout. The wildcat turn around seeing the others being loaded and spotted an otter....a tough one...."You! Come here!" he shouted to him "Don't you shout at me!" The otter shouted back. A guard hit him on the back of the head. The otter stood up and rubbed the back of his neck walking over to the wildcat, chains clanking. "You look like a tough one...you want to have freedom?...Do you wish to leave this life of rowing constantly...being whipped...having growing scars...." The otter looked up. "What do I have to do?" he asked almost eager to leave this life of pain.

"Well...I made a wrong choice....I did somethin' that caused me to...well....Join them....Time passed and I got to be about 20 years or so....and i was put in charge of one of these slave trading ships... over the time I was there I never actually saw the one I worked for...I became...ruthless...unforgiving...I even started thinking like them ...I was still young too..."

"I Don't care! Hit them Harder! I want them rowing until their limbs fall off! I can see the ship on the horizon and its not getting any closer!" Shouted Irvine to the other Slaver. "Were taking this ship...I want them all..." he said become greedy in collecting slaves...He had nothing better to do anyway. He got irritated and grabbed his own sword...at the time it was only a curved shortsword. Not like the massive long/broadsword he would gain later. " He walked blow deck and slid the Sword Into the back of the slave drummer. The drummer suddenly stopped drumming and blood began pouring onto the deck. The Slavers said nothing in fear of being killed themselves. "You!" he said pointing to his second hand. "Take this whip and his beater and get to work!" he said rushing up the stairs upon hearing a loud thud.

"Well...one day we were set upon by a group of otters...It was the Skipper of sea otters holt ..The one who was at the time Skipper of sea otters that is...Well...Lets just say..I got put strait..."

"The Large otter thrust Irvine to the ground. He began to struggle to air. "Never in my Life Have ever come across somthing such as this....an otter controlling in a vermin slave ship! I wont have this......" The large otter lifting Irvine off the ground. Irvine Thrust his paws foreward at the Skipper. The skipper jumped back pulling a Small bag red Bag from his belt. He threw it at Irvine. Suddenly Irvine's Fur was ablaze with unimaginable Stinging. The dust got into his throat and he struggled for air. The dust that also got into his eyes cause him to be temporarily blinded. Irvine drew his sword, not being able to see, and swung it violently in all directions. A screech was heard and suddenly Irvine's head was hit with a sharp blade right above his left eye he fell to the deck motionless. He awoke several days later but he couldn't see..The Scar had flared up causing him to go temporarily blind. "Well now..Since you cant see I'm going to set you straight...." said the skipper.

"Well...the skipper talked to me..and I guess I wasn't fully controlled by the Vermin and i was able to gain myself back...I was In Holt Habberath...The Skipper of Sea otter's holt. He trained me in many ways..building my combat skills, Teaching me how to climb thing to better aid me in combat...and also how to fight while temporarily Blind!...Which was useful cause I have monuments..."he said pointing to his scar across his eye. "...Well anyway we grew to like each other even more and he made me First mate! When he died I took his place as Skipper of sea otters and..I changed A few things...The clan would where black... it is mostly because when either at sea or at land it tends to camouflage, we would each have a haversack to carry things wherever we would go...and we would...well time went on And I finally found out one day while raiding a slave ship who I once worked for....Dannarth Tolrak...I ...tried to Fight him...but...eh....lets just say....well its better not to say... we picked up few others in time including my best matey Blade...Undertaker, who's son died by Dannarth's paw...and One-eye..." He leaned back against the chair.

"Well...The sea for the most part...is dangerous...iv sailed just about everywhere and not any close to anyplace...there's much out there...Iv navigated the sea, sailed around and through storms...but this is the crew...This is my life..."


The crowd gathered around him was stone-silent, the whole Dining hall, in fact, was eerily quiet. Each creature had their thoughts and opinions about the Skipper, some changed, others not so much. Then he received congratulations, and challenges to contests in a torrent of voices. "Quiet!" a beast shouted. "I'm sure you all have to say something to him, but you'll have to do it one at a time."

A wide-eyed youngster walked up o him. "Wat happened to ya fambly, mista' Skippa'?"



The skipper's face changed. "Well...If its alright....id like ta tell someone...It would get things off my chest...They died on the Slaveship...but...in a way the slaver killed them...but then again they did...They forced me to kill them...."

"Now....Your going to kill them yourself...they are useless now....and what better way then to teach you respect than to let you have the honor...." Dannarth the wildcat said. Several guards held the young otter's eyes open and the wildcat drew a dagger and forced it into the hand of the young one. The otter screamed as the wildcat forced both his hand and the dagger into the stomachs of the otters family members. Once the otters were motionless the wildcat took the dagger and let the otters fall to the deck... The young otter fell the the deck screaming in agony as he recalled what he been forced to do...

The skipper began to sniff holding back tears.

[Sunce Lakala and Ay Kamara]

**Sunce sat stock still, not saying anything at all. her eyes watched the skippers face as he told the sad tale of his past. With his vivid description, she feels as if she is actually witnessing those events. as the crew begin with their torrent of questions,she remains silent. as he ends the story of being forced to kill his family. she mouths completely silently, and almost without moving her lips, just to herself.** Wolfgang, keep watch over skippers family for me. ** she bends all her fingers, apart from the index and the middle, which she straightens out, pressed together, and places them over her heart. her eyes scan the room, looking at the crews reaction to the story, then they wander back to the skipper. She sees his tear glazed eyes, and then realises her own have the beginnings of tears in them, she really could see those events from his past, through his eyes...**

**Ay listened intently, watching the crew as he listened to every little detail closely. he noticed a very young otter looking upset, and thought about how horrible it must have been for the skipper, going through that. Ay could not imagine what it must have been like, having had a fairly peaceful life altogether. he twitched his long thin tail, hearing skipper describe how his parents died.**

[Skipper Of Sea Otters]

The Skipper wiped his eyes. "As you can tell matey....It was hard getting where I am today...But this crew has been the best crew I could ever ask for..." He said propping backward in his chair. "He's the one beast I hope I never have to face...The one beast I would encourage running away from...Dannarth Tolrak...I'd killem if I could...but going up against him is like surviving a hurricane on the sea...thats aside from his army...You look at his Army...its like looking at the sea...countless in numbers... spread through the land and see..and they take orders from him and him alone..."

[Sunce Lakala and Ay Kamara]

Danarth Tolrak... **Sunce echoes absently. her eyes are clouded and dilated, the pupils flexing slightly. She snaps herself back from whatever was happening inside her mind** I remember something about him... Something from a long time ago.... but who knows. I'm sorry about your family, skipper. Your crew are great, they're like a family. A big family. **she smiles slightly, happy to be here with the crew she always wanted**

[Skipper Of Sea Otters]

"Thank ya matey...Thank ya..." he said standing up and patting her on the back. He walked out and up the stairs to the deck, the stars shining on the tears in his eyes. He stood against the railing staring out at the sea. It had been years since his encounter with Dannarth. That encounter changed him for life. He wasn't scared of Dannarth...but...he feared for his crew. He knew that Dannarth destroyed anything in his path. The Skipper had one time stood in Dannarth's way. A bold move on his part...but it was suicide. He nearly lost his entire crew and his own life. There was no way he was going to endanger his crew like that again.

He continued staring out at the stars.

[Sunce Lakala and Ay Kamara]

**Sunce stands up, nearly falls over as she went dizzy, then shuffles up the stairs. she wanders along the deack slowly, and stands about a meter or more away from skipper, leaning on the railing. She stands there silently, also watching the stars, tuning into skippers wavelength over a long period of time.** Skipper... **she says hesitantly** Not everything I said....was solid fact. **she pauses and thinks** my memory was lost, a long time ago, and I don't really remember much from before a few years ago... but,I pieced together a life from tiny bits of what I remembered. I didn't want to tell the rest of the crew that, it doesn't make me sound very stable...Sorry... **she sounds like she feels so very genuinely sorry about it, she doesn't like to lie, it's not really her nature, especially to people she cares for.**

**Ay does not follow Sunce. He knows what she is going to say, and he knows that Sunce wants to be left alone whilst she says it. He looks at the crew, smiling to himself. It must have huirt Sunce having to lie, but it hurt him more, having to lie to her every day, but she didn't know about that...**

[Skipper Of Sea Otters]

He looked over at Sunce. " Matey...Its okay...We all make mistakes. Just so long as i'm told what you know...or can remember....its okay. Not everybeast is perfect...we can only do so much." he smiled. He took out a smoking pipe, lit it up, and took a few puffs. He offered it to her.

[Sunce Lakala and Ay Kamara]

**She smiles back and takes the offered pipe, she puffs on it a couple of times thoughtfully**Thanks skipper, your a great guy. Theres something else I remember tho... **she says after exhaling a small cloud of smoke. she passes it back after a moment casually, then says** Something happened, I think, for some reason, I took over somewhere. I dunno, I just remember sitting in a massive chair, with a silver wreath of leaves on my head, restraining from crying. I was in a huge hall all alone. then, I know this part comes later, I'm standing in blood covered snow, burying the wreath. I don't know what that means skipper, but I'm telling you, it means something. I know you're the skipper, but even so, I feel like I could tell ya'll anything, I trust you already skipp. You and the Undertaker. He doesn't frighten me like most people really. But, tell me something... Does the name Zendra mean anything to you? Zendra Talba, or maybe Rakana Tolini?