Marine101: Wraith of the Pirate King

Marine101 Wraith of the Pirate King Arc 2: Hartugal











March 9, 1815 Hartugal



                Episode 3: Slash and Dash! In the streets of Baixa


Anthony was already up after a good nights rest yesterday, now that he's healed up he can start on Baixa with a bit of quickness to his step. This place didn't look so well when Peter Slash came through, it's gotten worse now that the foxes have taken over their town heavily. Today Anthony was meeting Eustaquio Haresjumper in Baixa, he needs all the help he can get from the marines now. This place has really gone to the dogs now with all these troubles, but this is what to expect when a pirate come and mess up everything that's good. Once Eustaquio saw Anthony in the distance he was quite happy, it was time to get down to business in this small little place.

|Hello there it's good to see you made it all the way out here safely by, yes my name is Eustaquio Haresjumper however we didn't come here to just talk. The foxes have destroyed everything out here and were trying to stop them, sadly its like our efforts are doing anything at all. However the foxes are the only one's we need to worry about now, there are other henchmen that are helping with the destruction as well. The head honcho in this area is probably hidden somewhere I don't know of right now, I wish we could just skip this all together and find him easily. Sadly that cant happen so fast for us so were going to have to do some work, Anthony get ready for some battle for these guys wont be so easy to deal with. Were going to need a few things to find where this leader is, yet I have the up most faith in you of fighting these guys well. First off the first clue is going to have to come from the Night Dancers not far from here, oh when I said dancers I mean full well swashbucklers my friend. They are not far from my spot so you will spot them easily, just be careful you have to be careful about the swashbucklers well. However you should have a good time with them Anthony, once you find something come back to me I shall see what you bring me.| Nodding Anthony went to find the Night Dancers.

Walking down the street he had to watch his back for any danger coming, trust me swashbucklers are know for their sneak attacks on people. Don't think that these guys wont try to harm you with their tricks, Anthony is going to find out just how dangerous these swashbucklers are. As he took one step the swashbucklers came out like a flash, Anthony got startled for a second as they approached him quickly. Luckily Chao-Xiang was able to five him some space by attacking one of them, now that he has some room he can breath a little easier knowing that he can attack now. After a good fifth teen minutes they finally defeated the Night Dancers, he found a strange medallion on them as he looked at it strangely. Going back to the location he took the medallion with him softly, maybe Eustaquio Haresjumper might know who it belongs to. Handing it to him he examined it very thoroughly with extreme precision, sadly they needed another clue this isn't going to help them that much.

|Sorry my friend I don't really know who this belongs to right now, it has the initials J.K on them and that doesn't give me much help about this. Well I guess were going to have to do some more fighting before we figure out who this is, not to fear there are a lot of baddies out here so you wont get bored one bit. The Sharp Muskets aren't far from my stand point only two blocks away, why don't you go fight some to see what you can get. Besides they have been scaring us more than the foxes have frankly, they like to have target practice on our homes and that can almost lead to disaster. However you might need to watch out they wont take kindly of you coming, your going to have to be on your toes against these guys they are musketeers. I have good faith that you can beat these guys and give me something very good, just be careful there are some hidden places they can hide in where you cant see. Yet going there first will be the only way to get the item, come back to me when you have something good then we can get down to business.| Nodding he went off to find some Sharp Muskets.

Walking down the street he felt like it wasn't going be long until they find him, soon his hunch was going to be proven corrected. He jumped as a bullet came crashing to the ground, they were here and ready for a good fight ahead. Anthony was a leadsmen but he knew full well that he wasn't invincible, just because he has armor doesn't make him a tank with musketeers. Yet there was no time for him to think he needed to get some clues from them, after a good fifth teen minutes he got a piece of paper off of them. It had a strange name to it as he looked closely, maybe Eustaquio Haresjumper might know who this person's name is. Going back to his spot Anthony gave him the piece of paper quietly, with a smile on his face Eustaquio knew who was controlling things out here.

|Great job, Anthony! Finally I know who is causing us much trouble out here, J.K is the initials for Jeffery Kane that nasty fox that comes here. He hidden in a building not far from here so you shouldn't miss it, be careful I've heard that he's a great shot so keep your distance from him a bit. I cant wait till the guy is gone it gets annoying to deal with him everyday, trust me you haven't got a clue how much trouble he has been to us. However I don't see any harm in you giving it a try against him, at least there will be one more trouble I don't have to worry about. But enough about that we need to focus on Jeffery Kane my friend, go defeat him then the streets will be clean of that little runt once and for all. Remember try to take caution when approaching him my friend, I don't want anything bad to happen to a young marine. Well you better get going buddy there is no time to wait here, I'll be right here when you defeat him so give it all you got.| Nodding Anthony went to find Jeffery Kane.

Walking down the street he felt a bit nervous even after the battles, I guess sometimes you can get scared of a good musketeer. Reaching his spot he went inside to investigate the matter, before he could take one step he was nearly hit from a musket's fire. There was no time to be cared of a musketeer for Anthony, things weren't going to be easy but it had to be done quickly before days end. After a good twenty minutes they finally defeated Jeffery Kane, yet it didn't come without it's scrapes and bruises as seen on Anthony's face. Going back to Eustaquio he was going to tell him the good news, finally something was going good for the people out here. Once Eustaquio saw Anthony he knew something good was coming towards him, yet he already knew good news was coming to him when Anthony spoke about Jeffery.

|Well done, Anthony! Finally I can sleep in peace knowing that nothing wont shoot our houses, now with them gone the street can clean up the mess they did. Jeffery is gone so that another thing we wont have to worry about now, although Peter Slash is up to no good somewhere hidden from us. But we will find that in good time let's focus on the present and defeat the baddies first, something tells me that we are going to have rough battles ahead. However for the mean time we need to focus on the next street in task, you see my brother Ermenegildo  Haresjumper live on the next street you will face. Belém she has seen her better days as there are some may foxes there, it's one of the most dangerous places in Hartugal Anthony. Oh I'm not sending you there just yet it's too dangerous to venture in your condition, a person that's injured will meet his doom their quickly. Don't worry there is a rest area in this place it two doors down from my house, you will be healed up and ready to go after a good nights sleep. Well you've better get some much needed sleep my friend you've happily earned it, oh and thank you for everything you've done out here...we appreciate it.| nodding happily Anthony left to get some rest and heal up from a long days work.

Things seemed peaceful for everyone in this part of the street, yet somewhere far off someone wasn't doing so well at all. Peter Slash had gotten new person as one of his hostages, Abigail untied herself and hid so he couldn't see her. She watched the horrors as the prisoner pleaded for his life, yet Peter Slash was merciless when it came to someone trying to free a hostage from his place. As he young man stood back he grabbed some flour and threw it in their faces heavily, this stunned them for a bit as he ran to escape the wrath of Peter Slash. Peter and his men went out to find the man who did this to them, Abigail snuck out of the place to escape to safety. One couple saw the girl that Peter Slash was keeping as prisoner, they took her in quietly so Peter wouldn't know she was gone. She would be safe here until they defeat Peter Slash out here, once he got back to the spot Peter was cleaning off blood from his sword. When he looked up the girl was gone from the spot, he didn't think that she was escape but he will find her.

-Hmm maybe I underestimated Victoria's daughter well this time, oh it doesn't matter I will find her again with more of a crushing plan. I must admit she used the person trying to free her as a distraction for me, now that she's gone I suspect that she is hiding somewhere in the houses of a family. She thinks she can do a fast one on me and hide from my sight, unfortunately she is wrong and I will prove it to her greatly. However for now I shall check the shipment of things for the Pirate King, this items are good for him to collect yet I will collect something more precious....hehehe- things were getting serious here already now.

Patrick closed the book closing his eyes very slowly, he knew the fate of the man he read about and it wasn't a happy one either. He had to go to school so he will continue the chapter another time, what will happen to Anthony is yet to be seen...perhaps the fog will clear once we are given time.