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Message: <blockquote data-quote="megamania" data-source="post: 1293433" data-attributes="member: 9255">STRIKEFORCE: MORITURISEGMENT 022 “Lady of the Night”“This is so weird.  I mean I’m looking for Johnny Depp.”“Captain Depp I know not of.  I am the first mate however.  My name is John.  John Blayson.  We saw the flare and came immediately.  Few survived the Jaws of Sorrow.  It was only you five and three others from the ship “Siren of the Sea”.The man is tall and gaunt that speaks to them.  His hair is swept back but in need of trimming as it sticks out around his ears.  His dress suggests a man of power and decent wealth.  He has followed the five heroes and their cat to the largely empty storage area in the holding bay.  Here, they were offered hot water and dry clothes.“What happened exactly?” asks very politely Jean as she tries to straighten out her white hair.  “We saw the flare also.” “You were not with the ship?” asks the confused 1st mate.“We were... stranded without a ship earlier” covers the Captain.“Well…yes.  A warship I would guess by your choice of clothes.  Armor is truly a poor choice of protection on the seas.  It is a good way to drown.”“We are not…  without other means.  But please good sir- what has happened?” urges the Captain as he removes his reinforced leather and metal head covering.  “Was it another ship?”“Truly you are strangers here.  The Jaws of Sorrow is a sea monster that haunts these waters.  It is as large as the biggest ship to set sail here and can withstand direct strikes of the mightiest cannons.  It is a monster in every description.”Jaws of Sorrow- thinks Jim Addards aka Megamania to himself.  I hope it isn’t a shark.  I’ll pee myself laughing before I breakdown and cry.  He tries to look sincere and attentive as he tries to dry himself with towels that are to him very course.“The creature strikes ships from below to weaken them and to terrorize them.  Then it will circle the ship before striking it again near the surface.  Soon, the ship is no more.  It consumes crew and often its cargo. Then it disappears until it needs to feed again.”“What manor of creature do we speak of?” asks Jean.  “I am no novice to the sea and the beauties and dangers it contains.  We may be able to help.”“I know of the creature he speaks of.  Where I came from it was assumed to be an undead creature with magical abilities.  It was immune to standard weapons carried on most sea craft.  It is extremely dangerous.” Adds Christina with her eyes down, thinking of her world, her Ravenloft.  She is uncertain what the difference will be between the Ravenlofts she has visited in the past to this one.  She does know that each Ravenloft is a dark and dangerous place full of misery and the power of curses.  One she hopes will not be encountered on this trip.A powerful necromancer in Ravenloft cursed Christina.  The curse was meant to kill her mother and for her to witness it and be forever haunted by it.  It has.  However, her unique lifestyle of reality jumping has further twisted her own curse.  Every times she visits a Ravenloft reality, she must contend with the death of her mother.  The mother of THAT Ravenloft.  She has seen her mother die about 6 times now.  Furthermore, sometimes her mother’s essence somehow follows her outside of Ravenloft.  The Captain becomes irritated when he sees Jim smirking.  He can not understand why this young man can be so important to the goddess of realities.  The five of them are encouraged to relax.  Daylight will come soon enough.  The next chamber over holds the survivors of the other ship.  The crew will be sleeping in their own rooms or working.  The Captain of the ship may stop by in the morning.Two hours go by.  The ship rocks gently in the waves.  The heavily covered lanterns sway in the darkness.  The five heroes try to rest but to them it is only about noon.  Another unexpected side effect of traveling through time, space and realities.Jim’s sensitive ears pick up and someone at the door and slowly moves towards it.  The other four are either napping or in such deep meditation that they do not see him.  The Black cat’s green eyes follow him as he moves and stops by the door.   It’s tail switches in annoyance.Not hearing anything else, Jim shrugs his shoulders and quietly opens the door.  Seeing nothing there, he crosses the room.  He sees the feet of two sleeping persons behind a curtain.  With his attention drawn to an open door he exits the room.  Following whereever his curiosity, he goes up the stairs to outside on the main deck.  He slips on his formed facemask to use its night vision abilities.  Green images of several dozing men come into sight.  There is another form near the bow.  He quietly moves to this figure guessing it was the person from the room.  He hopes to find out more about the incident that has brought everyone together. He walks directly to the rail next to her.  “Hello”She doesn’t turn to him but continues to search the sea.  “And who are you young man?  You are not a crewman.”Not fazed by the fact that she wasn’t startled by his stealthy arrival, he answers her.  “I am James Addards.  You may call me Jim if you prefer.  You are correct in guessing I am not with the crew.  I also was found adrift in the sea and rescued by the good captain of this ship.”  He tries to draw her attention to him but fails.  “Adrift?  I was not aware of any other sea going vessels in the area.  How did you come to be adrift in the Sea of Sorrow?”“Where I am from, some consider it rude to not look at another when asking them a question.”  He tries his best to be charming.She pulls back the hood to the cloak she was given by the crew and faces him.  His heart nearly jumps out of his chest.  She is incredibly beautiful.  Black curly hair, blue eyes and dark pouty lips.  She reminds him of a girl he once knew in high school.  For only the second time in his life, he finds himself unable to speak to a woman.“I am sorry to be rude to you James.  I meant nothing by it.  I merely am watching the sea and trying to see what it holds.”“Would you have seen me in the sea?” asks Jim flirting with the mystery woman.  “It is quite dark and strangely still.”She turns back to him and smiles.  She appreciates his attention to her but will not admit to it.  “It was I that first saw the Jaws of Sorrow before.  I fear it follows me still.  It is a…  monster unlike any I have seen before in my travels.”The two of them continue to talk in the cover of the night.  Neither sees below the water’s surface.  Under the ship swims a creature 80 feet long with large serrated teeth.  Battle scars and other strange markings mar its body.  The lifeless cold black eyes seem to focus on nothing and everything at once.  With no explanation, it stops swimming and falls behind the great ship above.  Then it follows the ship……..</blockquote>

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