First storyline post:

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Pat grimaced as his latest injury was sewed up. Whether the surgeon had a sure hand or not, getting stitched up hurt. The attack had come as a complete surprise, and he had run out on deck with only a rapier and a pistol. The French privateers were already swarming over the deck, and he had had his hands full within moments. He had managed to kill one and injure another, but a slash from a Cutlass and a blow from the stock of a rifle had laid him on the deck. His head still felt like there was an entire regiment's worth of drummers in there pounding away. He swore angrily yet again. The Marine who he had stitching him up, his wound not being serious enough for the surgeon, grinned half-heartedly, no doubt over Pat's anger.
Why do they all have to think it's funny? Pat thought, frustrated. It was embarrassing getting knocked out. He sighed, then set his jaw. The Privateers were going to learn that nobody raided the HMS Steadfast and got away with it.

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Lynna had boarded the HMS Steadfast along with the privateers, and she had stowed herself away in one of the empty cabins. Unfortunately, it was being used as an infirmary for minor cases, so she had had to hide under the bed. The man sitting on the bed kept swearing angrily, and it was starting to get on her nerves......

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For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him shall not die, but have everlasting Life. ~John 3:16~





~The Mercenary A-U Gentlewoman~

On the privateer ship, which was swiftly sailing away, Isobel was fighting like a wildcat against several surprised and annoyed privateers.
"What in the seven seas do you think you're doing?" she shrieked at them, blonde curls wildly blown about. Her cheekbone had a gash across it and her arms, wrists bound, were twisted painfully up behind her back, but she was not subdued. "Let me go this instant!"
Impatiently, a tall stern-faced privateer strode over and spun Isobel around to face him. "That's enough."
Isobel spat in his face. "And who are you to - "
Unexpectedly, his hand came down and struck her across her cheek, leaving her breathless and shocked, and momentarily speechless. "There's more where that came from," he warned, an eyebrow raised. "See that you consider that in your calculations." With a mocking tip of his hat, he strode off, leaving a raging but silent Isobel.

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(How do you get to be a silver-starred 'Tolkien Scholar'?.....)

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For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him shall not die, but have everlasting Life. ~John 3:16~





~The Mercenary A-U Gentlewoman~

((Well, I won the A-U Treasure Hunt, which was part of the Tolkien Revival this summer.))

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Jacob went below deck to find out the butcher's bill, and find out about any damage to the ship. He entered the room where Allister was seeing to the wounded.

(There was a Tolkien Revival?.... I mean, I heard about it, but I had no idea where it was on the site.....)

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For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him shall not die, but have everlasting Life. ~John 3:16~





~The Mercenary A-U Gentlewoman~

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resistance is futile...
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From her hiding place, Lynna can smell the blood and sweat of the men in the room, and it's starting to rankle. She shifts ever so slightly, but it still causes a horrible rasping noise to emanate from the creaky floor....

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For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him shall not die, but have everlasting Life. ~John 3:16~





~The Mercenary A-U Gentlewoman~

Jacob winced when he saw the look on Allister's face as a wounded man was taken away. A sudden scraping, creaking noise came from underneath from a bed. He moved over, crouched down and looked. A woman was huddled under the wooden planks.

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resistance is futile...
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Jacob motioned with his head to the girl. "Come on out of there." he said, not unkindly.

Lynna lets out a snarl of rage, and rolls out from under the bed, looking thoroughly annoyed that she has been found out. "So, what's the sentence, death by plank, or to be hung when we reach land?...." Her voice is short and to the point, and calmer than should be in such a situation......

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For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him shall not die, but have everlasting Life. ~John 3:16~





~The Mercenary A-U Gentlewoman~

"First tell me what you were doing down there." Jacob said, also calmly. "If you're a spy, then I can't let you run freely around the ship. If you're just an innocent stowaway, we'll see."

Lynna looks at the man like he's insane. "If I were a spy, then I'd be dressed as a crew member and infiltrating your ranks, NOT hiding under your bunks..... With that being said, I'm not a spy..... I just wanted to get off that stupid privateer's ship..... I was a capture from another ship....." Her eyes flash angrily at some thought, but her outward calmness is not affected.....

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For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him shall not die, but have everlasting Life. ~John 3:16~





~The Mercenary A-U Gentlewoman~