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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tokiwong" data-source="post: 1513175" data-attributes="member: 961">Chapter 5 - Part 1Dais and Ayala descended beneath the crystal clear waters, over the watery grave of the Stingray.  Finding the crash site was quite easy, with Captain Fletcher guiding them to a deserted island about two days travel outside Ebernath.  A volcano dominated the island, though the good late captain assured the crew it was inactive and dormant.  Dais wore only his loose fitting gray breeches, and carried his dagger with him, feeling that his movements would be too restricted to use his customary longsword.  His chestnut brown hair floated in the water in his eyes, an he began to see the wisdom behind Ayala’s crimson bandana that held hr dark curly hair back from her tanned an tattooed face.  As Dais was finding out, Ayala had little modesty and he was not even sure that the garments Ayala wore could even be considered clothing, but they sufficed in making her look even more desirable then normal.  A distraction he wished he could avoid.The Stingray itself looked remarkably intact despite the water damage that had begun to set, the ship had definitely been quite the ship.  The ship’s black and red flag waved in the water, and several schools of fish lazily darted about the ship moving with the slight current.  The sea floor was colorful and filled with several stretches of coral and seaweed that swayed in the currents like an otherworldly forest, streams of light filtering from above creating quite the backdrop.  Dais had to force himself to stay focused on the task at hand, not hard as he gazed at Ayala’s slim form gliding down towards the wreck of the Stingray.Thankfully the still calm water, made it easier for the duo to see as they made their way to the captain’s cabin.  Following the directions of the late Captain Fletcher, the duo was supposed to find his cabin first and then search it for potions of water breathing to aid in hunting down the fish-men that brought the ship down.  Ayala glided quickly through the water but found that the lowlander was quite adept at swimming and she found herself admiring Dais’ movements in the water as he swam towards the door of the captain’s cabin, a dagger tucked into his breeches.Ayala drifted in the water, as Dais worked to pull the door open.  She turned about in the water and noticed that the schools of the fish had drifted away and there was an eerie calm in the water that unnerved her.  She squinted her eyes as a silhouette formed amidst the seaweed, darting quickly in and out of the shadows.  She turned to tap on Dais bare shoulder, just as he wrenched the door off its hinges, twisting iron and splintering wood.  Dais glanced to Ayala and shrugged, as she pointed to the seaweed.  He squinted his eyes, straining to see and just shrugged.  Ayala scowled and looked back and saw nothing as well, she looked around quickly, and even more worried as she tried to make sense of what she thought she saw.Dais turned away and swam into the cabin looking for the nautical map that covered the hidden chamber where the potions could be found.  Ayala shrugged and floated into the room, she glanced over her shoulder casually over her shoulder only to see a large darting shape with a single dorsal fin charging at her.  She swam aside quickly and cried loudly swallowing water in fear, as she tried to warn Dais.  Dais turned only to feel the impact of the tiger shark into his chest knocking the air from his lungs as he struggled to reach for his dagger.  The shark slammed Dais through the wooden wall, but the lowlander recovered quickly from the blow and finally drew his dagger and spun away from the shark as it circled for another pass.  Several cuts on Dais’ back stung as the salt in the water danced over his now bleeding wounds, only adding to the ferocity of the shark as it darted for another pass!Its mouth opened wide exposing several rows of jagged teeth, capable of rending flesh from bone, and maiming most normal men in a single bloody chomp.  Dais evaded the attack swimming back struggling for any air, and finding none as he tried to find which was up as the water fluttered and obscured his vision.  The shark sensing Dais’ confusion pressed the attack, and prepared to strike once more, when Ayala descended on the shark stabbing her rapier into its back, barely having enough strength to pierce its hide.Dais spun and brought his dagger into the shark’s underbelly drawing another spray of blood into the water.  The shark thrashed and swam quickly upward dragging Dais with it.  The shark changed directions quickly, throwing the lowlander into a bed of swaying kelp, as he desperately searched for the surface.  Ayala kicked her feet and reached the surface breaking the surface with a deep breath as she looked around for the Radical Dream.Dais caught sight of light and swam towards it quickly.  His mind burning with pain as he struggled to maintain his consciousness feeling pain course through his body in sharp waves of pain.  He crested the waves, and drew a deep haggard breath.  He glanced around and saw Ayala swimming towards the Radical Dream.  Once he aught another breath he started to swim towards it, only to see the tiger shark circle back beneath him and rush towards him.  He knew there was no way he could beat the shark back to the Radical Dream and dove under the water, as the shark charged once more.He braced himself for the impact and tried to wrap his arms around the head of the shark, but the shark’ toothy maw was much larger then he expected and Dais watched in horror as the tiger shark clamped down on his left, rending flesh and chipping bone!  Dais used all his willpower not to scream and instead tried to focus on finding his dagger still imbedded in the shark’s flesh.  He reached out though the rushing water, blood, and obscuring bubbles and clamped his hand around the dagger’s hilt.  He ripped it free, as the tiger shark drug him deeper into the water.  He could feel his consciousness fading as he focused on one burning thought.Dais gritted his teeth and jabbed the dagger into the shark’s flesh through the bottom of its head, and up into the predator’s brain.  He twisted the dagger with force and ripped more flesh, as the jaws relaxed and he slipped free into welcoming darkness and mind releasing peace…</blockquote>

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