~bellatrix~ (reboot)

Karma leaned back when she blocked his way when she reacted to his choice of white, kosher clothing for her.
Yikes, wonder how hard this could be if I were actually going to force her into clothes like that.
Resuming his walk after she stepped out of his way, he listened to her backstory.
"There is another thing I would like to know. Who locked you away?"

 

OOT: I suppose I'll try getting back into this. DM, you just give me the best setups. Welcome to the Show


As the three men bickered, a quiet singing began nearby. Slowly it got louder and louder until it seemed to permeate the very ship itself. The song was entrancing, beautiful... and the sound every sailor feared. For this most alluring feminine sound was the harbinger of doom for any experienced sailor. Yet the crew of the Dragon could rest calm, for they were at anchor and in no danger of being sunk... or were they?

For in the shallow waters surrounding their vessel, a trio of sirens tread water. Their powerful tails held them aloft so that their heads and shoulders were above the surface so they could sing. With beauty that no normal human woman could claim, the three were quite the eye-full and had brought many men into their harem before the inevitable end. It would hardly be a challenge to take their thoughts of the distant succubus and turn them to who they should rightly have affections for. After all, with three sirens, none of the men would have to fight over just one. At least, for now.

Name: Melody
Race: Siren
Age: 300
Appearance: As with all Sirens, Melody has the upper body of a human woman and the lower half is a fish tail. In the water she remains a Siren, but once on land she becomes indistinguishable from an ordinary woman. She has sea foam green hair, green eyes and scales.
Personality: Melody is a wonderful singer who enjoys hearing the sound of her voice. She is cool headed and oddly shy, despite the flirtatious instincts of her kind. Her age has imparted wisdom that the other Sirens have learned to respect, eager to pay attention when the reticent siren decides to share.

Name: Forte
Race: Siren
Age: 115
Appearance: Forte is a siren that has bright pink hair with a purple stripe, pink scales and dark red eyes.
Personality: She is a rambunctious and loud siren prone to yelling and fighting when annoyed. She enjoys singing with her twin sister and flirting for the fun of it, even if there aren't any sailors around. She likes sweet foods and may be swayed to eat cake or other such delicacies instead of men.

Name: Crescendo
Race: Siren
Age: 100
Appearance: Crescendo is smaller than her sister Forte and has lavender hair with a pink stripe, purple eyes and scales.
Personality: She is more timid than her sister but not as shy as Melody. If you make her mad she'll gladly give you a couple of lumps. She likes to sing with her sister and is a devoted student of Melody, as her singing voice is weak compared to other sirens. She likes to read whenever she can find a book that isn't destroyed by ocean water.

 

"I don't know...should we go in?"
"Leon. Think about what you just said."
I look back to Leif, who's giving me that "are you serious" face again.
"Their door is broken down and I'm pretty sure we heard gunfire. I think that gives us enough of a reason to check it out again."
"What if they're just having really weird, kinky pirate sex?"
"With guns?!"
"I don't know, I wouldn't put it past those two!"
Leif stops and thinks for a moment.
"Okay, to be fair, I wouldn't put it past them, either. Still, someone could be in danger! Could you just man up and get in there already?!"
I let out a slight whimper.
"Do we have to?"
"YES!"
"Okay, you're right, you're right."
Leif and I have been whispering and arguing with each other around the corner from Lorena and Donavan's room for quite a while now, but it looks like we've come to an agreement. One that I'm not all that happy about. But Leif's right, we need to check it out, so I swallow hard and prepare for the worst. The worst, of course, being more talk of gay pirate orgies and weird, kinky sex and all sorts of debauchery...focus, Leon! Focus! I signal Leif to follow my lead, counting up to three on my fingers.

One...

Two...

THREE!

We charge into the room at the same time, swords at the ready! I shout into the room to get everyone's attention and hopefully stop any villainy that might be happening!
"STAND AND DELIVER! There'll not be any--"
Then I realize that there's only three people in the room: Donavan, Lorena and...zombie pirate guy.
"Ah, I see ye have a guest. Sorry for interruptin', mister..."
Uh oh. For the life of me, I can't remember his name!

Leif raises his eyebrow, looking deep in thought for a moment before chiming in.
"Wait, wait, don't tell me."
"Hmm...'twas Oreo Hellfire, perhaps?"
"Nah, I don't think that's it. Maybe it was--"
The two of them stop talking suddenly when a strange sound begins to permeate the room, growing in volume until it became crystal clear what the sound was. It was the sound of a beautiful song being sung by three creatures whose voices would turn the gods green with envy. He didn't say it out loud, but Leif couldn't help thinking that it was the most wonderful thing he'd ever heard. It also made him feel uneasy. He could tell that something-- or rather, someone-- was calling out to him. He steeled himself, resisting the song's call as he turned to Leon with a serious expression.
"I'm gonna go check it out. I just hope I'm wrong about what I'm thinking."
Leif took off running to get up to the deck of the ship.
"Could that be...sirens? All the way out here?! I'm starting to think this place really is cursed."

All I can do is blink when Leif rushes out of the room, I didn't even have time to nod. Whatever's going on, I hope it's not as serious as the look he had on his face. Maybe it is...for reasons I can't explain, I have this sudden urge to leave the Dragon and walk along the beach. I wonder if the Donavan, Lorena and zombie pirate are getting that feeling, too...

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When Karma breaks the spyglass, the three slack-jawed pirates stare at the broken instrument now laying on the floor, then look at each other.
"I think they want to be left alone."
"Yeah, I got that feeling, too."
"So...let's not do anything that might make them angry again."
The three pirates nod and were just about to go below deck when they hear the sirens' song call out to them. Two of them immediately fall deeply into a trance, slowly shambling along towards the source of the song, completely silent, with glazed-over eyes. The third pirate felt the call as well and almost succumbed to it, but when he saw what was happening to the other two, he just barely managed to resist.
"I...I've gotta..."
He turned towards the stairwell.
"I've gotta tell the captain!!"
He ran below deck as fast as his legs could take him, searching frantically for Captain Leon.

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Mordred slowly stirred from his sleep. Though he normally would have been greatly annoyed at being woken up again, his awakening was so pleasant that it felt almost natural. When he realized what was happening, a sense of urgency took over and he quickly sat up and opened his eyes, looking to Trinity to make sure she was still there. She was, much to his relief, but he knew she would wake up any moment now.
"I wonder...will her heightened senses make her more susceptible to their song?"
He watched her closely to see how she would react.
"Trinity? Are you feeling alright?"

 

Karma nodded his head after listening to Semira..
"I'm satisfied now."
As they neared the ship, Karma's face began to darken when he heard the singing. When they finally reached the dock, he spoke.
"Hell... such annoying creatures. So, these creatures live in this world too?"
Karma pulled out his blood filter device and put it in Semira's hands.
"Go on board the ship and ask for some clothes. If anyone asks who sent you, use that thing to prove that I gave it to you. If you act like a frail human instead of a bloodsucking demon, they will not suspect a thing."
Karma slowly tilted his head left and right right, letting his neck pop and crack.
"I'm going to shut these sirens up."
Leaving Semira, he walked to the shore, and seeing the three noisemakers, he dug his foot into the ground and kicked several pounds of sand at them.
"SHUT THE HELL UP! WE GOT PEOPLE TRYING TO SLEEP! PARTY'S OVER, GO HOME!"
Yelling with his violin was something he tried avoiding, but right now, he did not feel like listening to rivals in music.

 

Oran stopped laughing and pushed himself up against the wall into a sitting position.
"Really? Oran Hades who pillaged a small fortune ifrom a corrupt merchant's manor in broad daylight? Oran Hades, the man that sank a marauder fleet with only a dinghy, a small cannon and a whole lot of ingenuity? Oran Hades, the lovely rogue of the seas? Really?"
He tilted his head back and groaned. "Gods, you people. I actually came to congratulate the young lass."
Oran looked across the most naked woman in the room. "Not many people get the upper hand, lass, so credit where it's due. Well done!"

 

Lorena stroked his chest while making a joke on his part, He gave a small growl to continue the joke while running his hand down her back. Oran then began speaking.
As Oran explained why he was here Leon and Leif both entered the room. They joked at oran's name before a song could be heard throughout the ship, Donavan's face instantly soured. He knew the sound and began to pull Lorena close to him, as he did Leif walked out of the room. Donavan turned to Leon and spoke quickly
"Lad, not sure if ye are aware but the be a strange song playing. What ever ye do, do not go out following the song.... Grab all the sober and awake men ye can make sure they be tied down. No one is to leave the ship if ye wish to see them again, as for ye first mate have one of the maids fetch him quickly and keep him busy till it passes. I'll have the lass with me so we should be fine..."
Donavan turned to Lorena and spoke softly
"The song of sirens, a death trap to even the most hardened sailors.... What ever i do, keep me busy and locked in our room"
Turning back to Oran and Leif he addressed them both
"I think I be done for the night, should we have any more business I think it be best we wait till morning"
He took Lorena by the arm and walked back into there room. Once in he shoved a dresser in front of the door keeping the others out and himself in.He walked back over to the bed and gently stroked Lorena's face before kissing her. He then moved to her neck and began kissing again.
"Now where were we before the last interruption? Or has the mood left?"
Damn song.... I have to stay focused.... If If i focus on her, being with her I'll be able to ignore it... I just hope the lass is willing...

 

I nod, taking Donavan's warning to heart even though I still don't fully understand what's happening.
"I'll be seein' to it."
I turn around and walk out of the room, making my way down the hallway towards the main. Along the way, I see something...strange. One of my crewmates is slowly walking towards me. He looks completely out of it...he's got this blank look in his eyes, like he's looking right past me instead of right at me. I move in closer, waving my hand in front of his face.
"Hey, are you alright? What's wrong?"

The third pirate who was on the deck earlier looks up and his captain and tilts his head.
"I...I was gonna tell you something, captain, but I can't remember what. That's weird, isn't it?"
He then slowly turns back around to where he came from.
"It's so beautiful, isn't it? Such beautiful music. Don't you want to find out where it's coming from? I wanna know."
He takes a few steps forward.
"Just gonna check it out real quick...I'll be back in a jiffy."

The song...it's getting to him, isn't it? Thinking fast, I turn him around and grab his shoulder.
"Get ahold of yourself! Snap out of it!"

The pirate weakly struggles to get free.
"It's so beautiful. Please let me go, captain. I just wanna listen to it."

Just when I think things couldn't get worse, I see a few more of my crewmates walking down the hall. Oh, no...it's got them, too! While I'm distracted looking at them, the guy I grabbed shakes me off and starts walking away. I have to do something. I have to stop them. But...what about Leif? He's walking right into the middle of it all! I know he can take care of himself, but what if the song is stronger than he thought? I need to get to him...but what about the crew?

"Captain?"

As I'm thinking about what to do, another one of my crewmates calls out to me from down the hall. She doesn't seem like she's been affected by the song at all, so I call out to her.
"What's going on out here? How much of the crew has been affected by this?"
"Most of the men are acting...like that, captain, but me and the other women seem to be immune to it. The song just sounds...terrible to us, even though the men keep on saying how beautiful it sounds, even the ones that are fighting it off."
"Women are immune to it...?"
That's right...Donavan said something about getting a maid to find Leif, it must have something to do with that.
"Alright, we can use that."
I nod my head, then point to her and give her my orders.
"Have everyone in the crew who hasn't been controlled by the song start rounding up everyone who has. Keep them inside the ship. Tie them down with ropes if you have to, just don't let them leave!"
She nods back to me.
"Right away, captain!"
She runs off and I turn towards the stairwell.
"Leif...what have you gotten yourself into?"
I hate to go against Donavan's advice, but this is something I've gotta do myself. Besides, I've got the strongest will of anyone I know! No mind-controlling song is gonna bring down Captain Leon!

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Leif made his way to the deck of the ship and quickly looked around to assess the situation. He saw two crew members off in the distance, walking down the beach...and half a dozen more following some distance behind them. Leif grimaces at the sight.
"That can't be good...if so many of them have already fallen under the sirens' spell, more are sure to follow. Better move quickly."
He took off running towards the beach, running past the other members of the crew to get to where the song was coming from. He made his way there before long and saw Karma...doing something.
"Is he kicking sand at them? Okay...that's one way to do it, I guess."
He walked around Karma to avoid the sand-- and Karma, truth be told-- and when he was within earshot, he called out to the sirens, keeping his hand on the sheath of his rapier in case things took a turn for the worse.
"Hey there, ladies. Don't get me wrong, I love your singing voices, but we didn't come here for a performance...and we certainly didn't come here to get killed off by sirens. I'm gonna have to ask you to cut your little concert short."
Despite his confident demeanor, he was certainly feeling the effects of the sirens' song. His calm speech hid the sense of urgency he felt to put a stop to their singing.

 

The three sirens basked in the attention that the crew of the Dragon were giving them. As more bearded faces peered over the rails the girls wove the magic of their song deeper into the mens' hearts. This was what they loved, the adulation of others entranced by their voices. This went on for some time.

A shrill voice pierced their song, causing all three of them to wince in pain. As one they turned towards the shore and saw Karma there, violin against his cheek and bow on the strings.

"The party is far from over, my dear," Crescendo said to Leif with a coy smile. Beside her the water began to boil slightly as Forte glared across the small waves. Melody ignored the interruption and resumed singing.

"Hey, hey, Hey!" Forte shouted. "Just who do you think you are, ruining a nice performance with your shoddy playing! You need to tune that thing or have it broken over your head!" She began to swim towards where Karma was playing, intent on a brawl.

Melody grabbed Forte's arm and pulled her back. The younger siren broke her elder siren's grip with a growl and continued to approach Karma. As she crawled up out of the surf her mesmerizing tail reformed into tow human legs with the sound of braking bones and tearing flesh. Standing nude before him, she glared up at Karma hands balled into fists and shrieked like a banshee, the wave of sound crashed down on him.

 

Karma looked up at Semira when she spoke, before shutting his eyes and looking away.
I am guiltless. That was unintentional. I am innocent.
With her clothes tattered, it was all too easy to view parts of her body that should be left unseen. Still looking way, he responded to her as the Siren left the water, transforming into as it did so. He froze momentarily when he realized she was completely nude.
Nudists. Nudists everywhere.
"Sure, you can. Incapaci-"
Shrieking, the siren cut off Karme. The sound wave knocked him to ground, dazing the void violinist and knocking the violin from his hands. Slowly standing to his feet and gathering his violin and bow, he hung his head and tried to regain his senses. Once he regained enough of his senses, he resumed his response to Semira.
"This is your order: Incapacitate all of those who are affected! Return to me when you are done, and you shall be permitted to feed on these creatures! Now go! Fulfill your orders!"
Karma looked back up, his eyes glowing violet in the darkness, an aura of silent rage emanating from him. He focused his attention entirely on the siren before him, not caring for her lack of clothes. By knocking the Vocale Violin from his hands, she kindled an old, dark rage from within him.
"You are an expert in violins? Tell me: Is this tuned right?"
He played an odd note, one associated with his void strings. Instantly, reality began to tear as a dozen "threads" formed, surrounding Forte completely. They shrieked and whistled quietly.
"These are like razor wire. A single touch, and you bleed."
Karma spoke the truth. The "threads" were like wire, but were actually very thin portals, sending slices of anything it came in contact with into the Void, virtually "slicing" the target.
"So tell me, how shall I tune this: Higher or lower? Choose wisely."

 

The sound from the strings caused Forte's mind to start buzzing. It was the same sort of effect that alcohol had on a human's mind. The sound twisted in her mind beginning to subdue her in a way that she found that she quite enjoyed.

"Just who the hell do you think I am!" Forte shouted boisterously, as though this was all just a performance. "As if pathetic strings could stop me. When tempest winds churn the seas it is not nature, but my voice! That is the power of my soul!"

Forte began to sing, her song wasn't one of calm trance, but of impending violence. A dark melody of hatred that caused the waves to grow in size and the wind to begin howling. As she stood there, the sudden wind tossing her vibrant hair about she continued to glare up at Karma as the storm built up inside her and manifested around her. The worst part was to come and she couldn't wait to let it out.

Meanwhile back out in the surf Melody and Crescendo exchanged a look. The men who had come to listen them were trapped in a bubble of hardened aether and could no longer hear them.

"Perhaps this will be more difficult than I had imagined," mused Melody to Crescendo. "I had not anticipated the hatred for our kind."

Crescendo gave her teacher a sympathetic look. She had followed the older siren away from the rest or their kind with her sister to bring music to the surface world, music that didn't have to end in death. However the intrinsic magic within their bodies would seem to be mucking up the plan. She felt a hole of sadness begin to eat away inside of her.

"Crescendo, please go get your sister. There is no reason for this to become any more violent."
"Yes, teacher."

The young siren made her way slowly to the shore and emerged onto the beach. As she approached the fiery siren, she noticed the buzzing strings that surrounded her sister. The weather took a turn for the worse as Forte started to sing a siren song of vengeance.

"Sister, you must stop this! It is not wise. Our teacher commands it!" Crescendo yelled over the howling wind.

 

Karma felt amazed by the Semira's speed.
I had better keep up the deception and a strong front. She could destroy me if she were to discover the truth, so i should keep her in the dark unless I can be certain there are no other consequences.
Forte's rushing hair struck the threads, lopping off the excess length.

"You? Nothing special."
Reducing this siren to bleeding cold-cuts would be a waste for Semira. Canceling the shredding attack.
Karma charged Forte and as he reached her, he dissipated the threads and swiftly stored away his instrument. Reaching out, he gripped her face and lifted her into the air without breaking his momentum. Only when he reached the limit of his reach, did he then slam her down, coming to a grinding halt in the sands. Karma gripped her mouth, shutting it tight and silencing her significantly. His clawed hands would have dug into her face, but his gloves prevented him from doing so. He opened his mouth, baring the violet, jagged crystal shards that replaced his old teeth, ready to rip out Forte's throat.

No agony. Not now. But why?
With a sudden mood swing, his blood lust died down and he shut his mouth. Looking up at Semira, he twisted Forte's head around to expose her neck to the flying demon. He nodded, signaling for Semira to come down and feast.

 

As Lorena pushed him down and sat on his chest Donavan's head spin. Just as she began nipping at his ear he spoke.
"There be and idea, but only if ye think necessary or fun...." Donavan paused as he was unsure how to express the next part of her question as it was something he hadn't told her "I could be immune completely if i used me curse, but the longer i use it..... the greater the chance i won't turn back with no telling how long the song would go on, i could be stuck as a mer forever."
It was then Lorena threw her self onto him and began kissing him, she must of not wanted to hear it anymore. With the siren's song still goin on he felt slightly entranced but it was to Lorena, being with her during the song shifted his focus from the beach to staying with her. Leaning up from the kiss he softly spoke while reaching and hand across Lorena's back.
"With our company go think we can go back to how we were.... *click*" Donavan had unsnapped Lorena's bra while rolling them both across the bed. He reached down and slipped off his briefs while kissing her neck.
"let's have one more bit of fun...." He then gave her a light kiss on her lips before she could respond. The two pirates spent the night together.

Some time later......

It had been a late night of drunken adventures, but Donavan awoke early all the same. he took a quick look around the room and gave a small sigh
"God's that was a hell of a dream, too much showin off..." Just as he was about to stretch he felt something against his arm and could feel light breathes against his chest. it was Lorena sound asleep in their bed. She had taken his arm and placed it center of her chest while wrapping her arms around it. Donavan blinked a few times and the realized he had his other arm around her as well.
"Guess it wasn't a dream then" He spoke softly to himself as to not wake Lorena. Taking a closer look around the room he finally noticed both their clothes scattered around the room, while strip poker had robbed them both of much of their clothing they both had something on before going to bed. As Lorena slept Donavan looked at her beautiful face and smiled, while he feel in love with her wild nature and attitude seeing her at peace like this made him cherish this moment. I'll let her sleep a bit more then we'll get up....

 

Leif rolled his eyes, letting out an exasperated sigh as he watched the scene unfold in front of him.
"Of course they wanna fight. They always wanna fight. Why can't anyone just come by our ship to say hello? Eh, I guess it doesn't really matter...Karma would probably attack them anyway. I swear, that guy's more trouble than he's worth."
He walked right in the middle of everything that was happening and, knowing that nobody would pay any attention otherwise, drew his rapier and thrust it into the ground. When he did, a snowstorm began to form around him, drastically lowering the temperature of the air around them-- not enough to cause any harm, but it was certainly an attention grabber.
"Alright, that's enough, all of you! Seriously, it's been a really long day already and I really didn't want to deal with this."
He pointed to Karma.
"Karma! Could you stop trying to kill everyone who gets anywhere close to our ship?! You're gonna give us a bad rep, you know!"
He pointed to Semira.
"And you! Quit doing freaky demon vampire stuff. Yeah, I saw the way you were looking at the crew. Stop that!"
He pointed to the sirens.
"And you! No! Bad sirens! You don't get to eat this crew, so don't even think about singing again!"
He stood resolute with his arms folded, waiting calmly for the inevitable "objections" that the bickering group might have.

Mordred shook his head.
"No, not at all."

"Awful noise...?"
Mordred looked perplexed for a moment, but gave a knowing nod soon afterwards.
"Ah yes, of course, I should have known you would be immune to its effects."
While the song sounded beautiful to Mordred, his natural mental fortitude along with the power of his sword rendered the song more of an annoyance than a credible threat. He laid back down on the bed, closing his eyes as he nonchalantly explained the situation.
"The sound you are hearing is the song of the sirens. They have led many unwitting sailors to their doom, however, they will be of no concern to us. With any luck, they will leave before long."

 

Forte squeaked in surprise and karma lifted her up by her face and slammed her into the ground. She struggled against him but her body wasn't made for wrestling. As he twisted her head she noticed the woman floating above her and then the pain as teeth entered her neck. It was... the weirdest feeling that she had ever experienced. Oh, she had lost blood before, but not like this, not knowing that someone else was feeding on her. Using her for their nutrients, their needs. She was nothing to this woman, nothing but something to satisfy herself. An odd feeling took a hold of her mind and she relaxed in Karma's grip, accepting thsi turn of events more than she ever would have thought. Of course, it could have something to do with the blood loss...

The sea calmed down when Forte was silenced. The drifting snow brought a chill to Crescendo as she walked up to Leif.

"Um... actually we aren't here to eat anyone," she said quietly. "We're looking for friends."

Melody had drifted to the beach and was strumming out a tuneless pattern on a lyre that she was suddenly holding for some reason.

"Truuuee," she echoed in tune with a single strummed note.

 

When the vampire demon lady completely ignored his words, Leif threw his arms in the air, giving her a look of disbelief.
"Really?! You couldn't even bother waiting until my back was turned? You had to immediately do exactly what I said not to do?!"
He walked up and smacked Karma in the back of the head.
"And did she call you master? What did you do, Karma? What. Did. You. Do?!"
Just then, he heard a voice calling out all the way from the Dragon. He recognized it immediately and smacked his face with his palm.
"Here we go."

Thanks to one of my more magically-inclined crewmates, I'm standing tall aboard the Dragon with a voice powerful enough to reach my crew on the beach! From the very front of the ship looking out towards my crew and, apparently, the creatures who were singing that song, I take a deep breath and prepare to give the most inspiring speech I've ever given!
"A DAY MAY COME WHEN THE COURAGE OF MEN FAILS! WHEN WE FORSAKE OUR FRIENDS AND BREAK ALL BONDS OF FELLOWSHIP!"

Leif shook his head disapprovingly, but he still found himself laughing a little.
"Never change, Leon."
Just then, one of the sirens walked up to him and to his surprise, she didn't look nearly as vicious as he'd imagined.

Leif tilted his head, looking suspicious and a little confused.
"Really? I thought that's what you sirens did. I mean, it's kinda what you're known for."
He turned to the crew, who were still trapped in a magic shield of some kind.
"Well, if that's the case, you're pretty bad at making a first impression. Our captain and everyone on that ship who hasn't been taken in by your performance thinks you're trying to kill us all."
He turned back to the sirens.
"You're telling me you just came out here for a friendly chat? You know that doesn't sound very convincing, right?"

"...THEY CAN TAKE OUR LIVES, BUT THEY CAN NEVER TAKE OUR FREEDOM!"

Leif let out a heavy sigh.
"Look...I know they might not seem like much, but these guys are pretty strong. Some of them even have powerful magic, like...our captain up there. You're not gonna stand a chance if they come after you looking for blood. But they're good people at heart. They'll listen if you tell them you don't want to fight, but you'll have to be quick about it, because we're all used to having everything out here try to kill us and you're not really helping with that right now."