Trying to get this over mostly! Posts due July 16th! Must post here to raid! Raid will start July 18th or later!

Hanako had just been settled and Friar took to grooming Sparrow while she stewed for a while. This would only end with the empire up their asses even further than the sticks they themselves had up their butts. Sparrow couldn’t wallow in her own misery forever. In fact, she needed to blow off some steam. She had known a beautifully ghost woman who said she could raid for some lava rocks and she was keen to take them up on that. Tilting her head back, Sparrow called to the pack. This was not an optional meeting, but she promised to keep it brief. As the others arrived, Sparrow would greet them in turn as they arrived. When everyone was seated, she’d waste no time in starting her meeting. ”Welcome back together, everyone. I’ve got a few things to announce.” She took a big breath. She always hated meetings, and wanted to keep her own as short as possible. ”First, Modesty and Pride have had a litter! For anyone out of the loop, Gilgamesh has been dubbed our pride, and we encourage everyone to call him that.” It was her best alpha voice, really. She didn’t even snicker or make any side jokes, though a smile remained on her maw. “Next is that I stole Hanako from the barn that used to be Fireside’s. This will only ever reflect poorly on us, so be prepared for that when the time comes. I welcome you all to give her a good hearty welcome, but she is not to leave the room unless I’m asked, and none of you-“ Sparrow paused to get serious, eying everyone equally… well, maybe she eyes Pyra slightly longer than everyone else. ”Not a single one of you will bring harm to her. She is as good as a guest, but yanno, a captive. Yes she was my ex-girlfriend, and yes kidnapping your ex probably isn’t the best way to make amends, but what can you do? I’ll try to have a better room set up for captives in the future, but for now she’s staying in my room with Friar as her keeper.” Well that was the worst out of the way. Now for the fun part… ”Last is that we’re gonna raid Recluse’s pack and try to get some of those cool lava rocks, or even a bucket of lava if any of y’all are dumb enough to try it. We’ll go before the season changes. Healers and pups can stay here with Hanako.” Good, gg, meeting over. Sparrow took a long breath. ”Okay, any protests, questions, cries for help?”

A meeting was to be held, and Eden would be one of the first to arrive. She sat at the back, unaccustomed to large gatherings. It'd take some time to get used to. Pirate King Sparrow proclaimed she had kidnapped Hanako, keeping her here against her will but not to harm her. While the green-tinted woman didn't know how that would bode - most likely negatively, let's be honest - she wasn't very invested in the Plunder.

Sparrow went on to say they'd be raiding a pack, Recluse lead, and Eden didn't know who that was. Healers could stay back Sparrow also said, and Eden breathed a sigh of relief. She didn't have anything to add that was... important, but she felt herself rise to her full tiny height - for what it was worth. "I-If anyone wants to learn some basic first aid before the raid... or wants to be trained... I can teach them."

Ignis and her hadn't been properly introduced to some. While her captor was physical-aligned, Eden was on the softer side. She was by no means a teacher, but she could at least identify plants and set wounds. "And if anyone needs a check or an old wound to be treated; I can look." Her piece said she sat back down among the growing crowd.

"Speech"
ooc; eden has opted out of the raid as a healer to look after pups

AS HER OWNER...
ignis praetor is allowed in any thread, even ones marked private
baelfire, diablo, rivin and aresenn are also allowed due to being her children

I'm Trying to Find A Signal Fire

Pyralis rolled over in her den and groaned. She had a splitting headache, probably from over indulging in wine in addition to the medicine for her shoulder. The shoulder was healing well enough. Her older body took time to improve but havign healers in the pack now greatly improved the recovery time. She made note to pay Gossamer back but it was clear she needed to work on her own skills. Despite being older and more experienced her body was not what it once was. She'd have to learn to fight smarter and not be so swift to use her body as a battering ram.

Speaking of Sparrow called out for a meeting and Pyr had a pretty good idea what might be on the agenda. She rolled slowly to her feet then headed to the meeting site at the caverns. She nodded her head in greeting before sitting down. Sparrow ran through the news of pups and of Hana's objection. She returned Sparrow's stare with a grin. She was eager to see the koi woman and had no intention of hurting her, merely seeing if she could sneak another kiss.

The final bit of news was a raid. Pyralis let out a cheer. It was likely to be her last raid and there was something about raiding the volcano pack that thrilled her. Maybe she could find some pretty gems there that would be worth stealing.

Her attention turned to Eden as the healer spoke. "If you could check my shoulder and give me something more for the lingering pain that would be great. I fully intend to join this raid as its very likely going to be my last. Come hell or high water I want to be there."

The call that resounded through the air sounded like one of Sparrow's. It was a howl that would not go ignored. Curious, the merle'd brute rose from his spot among the puppies, gave Modesty a light kiss upon her forehead, then headed in the direction of the meeting. As of late, he had grown to worry more about his fiance than anything. It was a lot to look after puppies by yourself when your other half was too sad to leave the den. He understood and wouldn't push her on it, but hoped maybe she'd find the energy to at least attend the meeting.

Making his way with quick steps, it didn't take long for him to spy the three already there. Nodding with a smile toward Sparrow and Pyralis, he glanced at Eden last. Looking timid as ever, he dipped his chin in her direction but had lost the smile. Might as well keep up the image. Taking a seat by Pyralis and Sparrow, he waited for the meeting to commence. The sore but healing ankle was lifted slightly, with no pressure on it. Truthfully, it had started to feel better since the small healer girl had helped. Hopefully, he would be back to full health by the time they raided.

Speaking of, both ears turned to Sparrow as she began to speak. He would only smile at the shared news of his rank and pups - the real celebrating could happen at a better time. When it got to the business about their new prisoner, Gil met Sparrow's look with a nonchalant 'ya okay whatever you say, boss' type of expression. Unlike other Pirates, he had no business even getting close to touching the koi girl. Just wanted to pester her enough to get a rise out of her.

With that all being said and done, Gil's attention was caught once more as Sparrow moved to discuss the raid. Habari, huh? Not a very outgoing pack from what he knew about them - which was very little. He could use some of the sharp volcano rocks as spear tips though... It was an interesting thought and the excitement and anticipation began to build. "Can't wait," Gil said, a smile curling at the edge of his lips as he sat back to listen to what the other had to say.

"speech"

CODE BY SHELBY

gilgamesh is aggressive, don't trust him

He was settling into the pack pretty well. While it wasn't Fireside or Tyrian or Valentine or whoever, Sparrow was just as good. At least in the sense that things were still interesting. Maybe it was just a thing in their family. Whatever the case, he heard Sparrow's call and made his way to the meeting and found a handful of others already gathered. Ares sauntered in among them, offering nods to each before turning his attention to Sparrow. She started off by mentioning some pups, a member rank who he had yet to meet, and some juicy tidbit about someone named Hanako that she had stolen. He didn't know who Hanako was, but from the sounds of it, the pack was likely going to be in for a ride at some point. He was always one for drama (then again, his whole family loved drama!).

At the mention of raiding a pack he knew existed but never saw anything noteworthy from them, he practically wanted to prance in place. He was eager and ready for a raid! "Count me in, cuz!"

"Speech"

Things in this pack were...interesting. Though he was still settling in and getting used to how things worked around here, but so far, he had no complaints. He was also getting used to Eden's presence...then again, he had forced her to come here. He was still trying to figure her out...but perhaps in time, he eventually would. He was setting up his den when he heard Sparrow call for a meeting, so he stopped what he was doing and headed over. When he arrived, he noted that a few others were already there, Eden especially. He moved into the group and sat near here, though he did so without invading her personal space. He barely spared her a glance when Sparrow started speaking. Pups. Someone's rank. Stealing her ex-girlfriend. Huh...Hanako sounded familiar, but he hadn't seen her yet so he couldn't place a name to a face right now. And then...a raid. Ah, Recluse? That was the she-wolf he had...well...some late night fun with not so long ago. A small smirk lifted the corners of his dark lips. He was itching to fight, and a raid was the perfect opportunity to do just that! "Speech"

Art by Naiterion

Hyacinth was hardly really there most days, he drifted between sloshingly drunk and miserably hungover. Today was the latter. He rose blearily from his depression nest, which was to say a bundle of stinking furs and the empty bottles he hadn't had the mental ability to clean up yet. Sparrow's call felt like a hammer to his skull but the man knew that all things considered he had to at least show-up, otherwise he'd probably lose his access to drink and while there were probably more things he should be worried about Hyacinth wasn't sure he even knew how he'd handle being sober. Still showing up before his first drink of the day was probably better than showing up so drunk he could hardly stand, even if he looked about as miserable as he felt. He dragged himself to the group, gaze sliding over the gathering and taking note of his, then, missing brother. There were some new faces he'd yet to properly meet, or if he had he'd been too drunk to remember them. The man groaned and settled himself at the back of the group, silently praying that the sun would feel less like it was trying to pluck his eyes out soon. Sparrow spoke and Hyacinth did his best to listen, a new kidnap victim and their next raid. Hyacinth hadn't made the last one, too blasted out of his mind to even realize the time that had passed... He should probably do his best to be there this time, he should probably seriously consider weaning himself off of his dependence on drink... But then he'd have to face his grief... Neither idea seemed all the favorable to him. "Talk" "Listen" Think

Flurry decided she wanted to see where her dad was going! The king had let loose a call and the man had given their mother a kiss on the head and then moved off to answer. Flurry was curious and would always take any chance to get herself into trouble, even if she wasn't actually going to get in trouble, if she figured she might then Flurry wanted to do it!

The girl waited until she figured her mother wasn't watching, and gave any siblings who were a wink and a shushing gesture before she trotted off after her father, the little pirate openly gaped up at the wolves she hadn't yet seen, nose wrinkling as she passed one blue and purple man who smelled particularly acidic before she spotted her father and dashed over to him, grinning smugly up at the man before she settled herself at his paws. Maybe she should have done her best to hide and sneak around but some part of her wanted to prove to her parents that she was very capable! So she sat, and pretended to listen to the King, mostly it was words she didn't really understand. Though she guessed that explained the woman in the ship she'd met earlier... The adults would be going somewhere and she perked slightly, tipping her head back to look at her dad and whispered in that somehow loud while still being a whisper way that only a child could master: "What's lava?"

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code by Cloudy

Updated 01/13/23: I am currently on indefinite scarcity, please be patient and don't remind me of missing tags right now.

Hanako didn't see why she ought to attend the meeting, she didn't consider herself one of the pirates. Part of the gang. She guessed if nothing else she could use the chance to snoop on the packs numbers, keep her ears open and see if she could learn anything the Armada might want to know but... Well, in all honesty she was starting to get sort of mad at them. Why hadn't they come for her yet? What was taking so long? In part, she knew it was because she'd left on her own accord, had intended to spread the word of the Armada moving, but still! Where were her companions and why hadn't they noticed she was missing too? Useless, the both of them.

Huffing a sigh she dragged her paws, it wasn't all too often she was let out and about but it wasn't as if she was free to go as she pleased. As always she was being hounded by Sparrows companions, their judgy eyes watching each step she took. Wasn't as if she'd be able to get past those gathered at the meeting anyway, what was the big deal.

Coming in at the tail end of Sparrows speech, something about raiding Habari, Hanako scoffed at the King's words.

If looks could kill, Sparrow would be drowning. "Real funny."

Having kids wasn’t all it was made out to be. Modesty had expected it to be a breeze, that her bad moods would evaporate once she could breathe again, but from the first time those tiny mouths had nuzzled against her chest she knew this was some bullshit. She wasn’t overcome with a wave of love, instead her stomach churned and irritation burned at the back of her mind. If it hadn’t been for Gilgamesh’s obvious adoration of the little brats she probably would have abandoned them in the wilds long ago. The fact that he left her alone with them only bought the idea to the forefront of her mind again…

But she was missing out on a meeting, and that probably meant she was missing out on a legitimate chance to turf them off onto someone else, even if it was only for a few hours. Maybe she’d even pick up a terrible wound and would have a legitimate reason to make them someone elses problem… like their dads!

She stood quickly without care where the children that had been nuzzled against her fell. She might have even ‘accidentally’ stepped on the one with the sharp claws that dared to glow. Urgh. Of course her kids would get everything she ever wanted. At least the ones that were left seemed to have been adequately blessed by the gods and she’d done her part. She would never have to do it again!

Making her way in quietly, she sat alongside her fiancé and tried to look a little less miserable than she felt. Maybe once the meeting was done she’d harass Hyacinth to share some of his stash with her. Maybe drinking would chase some of her misery away.

Mention of a volcano tweaked something at the back of her mind, but it was gone as quickly as it came. Her smile was a genuine one as she nodded her agreement to take part, not particularly caring who the kids were foisted onto. She was ready to stretch her legs.

Artisan was definitely, absolutely not going to miss this raid. The first he'd participated in had ended poor as fuck (well, it depended how you looked at it. The jailing and capture sucked, but the drinking, flirting and horseshoes wasn't all that bad) and the raid after, he'd missed out on. Recovering from being captured by the Hallows had required a lot of time and a lot of booze. The pirates were coming up on yet another exciting adventure now, and Artisan was ready to obey the King's call.

Sauntering up to the group, he found himself a spot in amongst the others who had volunteered. "Eager pirates!" He commented, slamming his ass into the dirt and giving his comrades a grin. "Hopefully just as eager to take dear Artisan's place should one of these wolves come up looking ready for a prisoner? Yeah? Share the load, and all?"

Everyone was jovial it seemed and that was good. Eden offered to do some basic training and Sparrow was glad to see them cooperating with their respective skills. The only one who had any opposition was Hana. Sparrow should have guessed. Sparrow rolled her eyes, ”No, I’m not kidding, Hana. She honestly wasn’t even sure where to begin. ”They have pretty lava rocks and Recluse said I’d have to raid for them and after-“ she stopped herself before something slipped, ”After, I’ll bring you one to show you. Also, Gil, Pyralis? If y’all don’t keel over in the raid, can you guys make sure to get everyone together to assess wounds? Then we’ll reconvene and hopefully we can grab some cool rocks.”

Alright, cool. That was that.

”Till then, go train with Eden and we can get gettin when the gettin is good.”

That was, indeed, that.

Eden was not surprised to hear Gilgamesh was their Pride, but she was surprised that Ignis sought her out. He sat down next to her, giving her space regardless of the closeness. She didn't look at him directly, giving the man a sidelong look before Sparrow and the others began to speak. One of them, an old woman, spoke directly to her. "Yes" she tried to sound confident "I'll take a look after the meeting, if there's time."

Sparrow was short and to the point. Others voiced their opinions and delight at the raid. She turned to Ignis now, an unreadable expression in her eyes. "Don't die" Eden whispered, or rather demanded. He was perhaps the only one she was 'close' to in the Plunder so far. It would be lonely if he perished on her. But before he could reply to her words, shock or confusion, she had gotten up. The woman walked off, letting the raiding party commence.

She also promised Pyralis too, so Eden went to collect her supplies. /exit

"Speech"

AS HER OWNER...
ignis praetor is allowed in any thread, even ones marked private
baelfire, diablo, rivin and aresenn are also allowed due to being her children