you're in the jungle, baby / you gonna die

[lucetimods]

Who: All draftees
What: Fighting the Third Party... and perhaps the wildlife.
When: June 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th. (Characters will be pulled out at 11:59 of the 6th.)
Where: An as-yet unmapped by the Malnosso tropical rainforest.
Summary: Here are your details. Try to stay alive, won't you?
Rating: Anywhere from PG to R.

No cut for you. Most of you will know how this works by now; if you don't, follow the lead of the others, or perhaps look to the last draft's fighting post for ideas. Don't forget to use your handy dandy character tags. Go forth and conquer thine enemies!

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[all7seas]

Shifters I can kill. Not like their Elite brethren, what I have a much harder time with. Are you alright, darling?

[wise_maiden]

Aside from this no magic business, I think I'm all right. [A pause; she looks down a moment.] ... Thank you for thinking so quickly.

[all7seas]

[Well, SOMETHING was the matter. Perhaps he could coax it out of her after they left this DARK CURSED TRAP OF A RUIN. Jack touched the strap of her bag, a silent offer to carry it for her.]

Let's not thank anyone 'til we're out.

[wise_maiden]

... Understood. [She hands the pack over to him.]

This direction is where your compass is leading us, correct? ... We should keep quiet and listen for any changes.

[all7seas]

[He slips her pack onto his shoulder and takes her hand.] We can't be that far into this place, by my reckoning. Come on.

[wise_maiden]

[She nods, keeping pace with him.] We'll be needing to find stairs, I imagine. The ground here is rather low compared to the rest of the terrain we've been fighting on...

[all7seas]

Aye; we're in a pit and no mistake. [It's not a long stumble further in the dark before Jack sees light just ahead, down the corridor.]

Might I suggest we approach that light with caution, mistress?

[wise_maiden]

[She nods, moving close to the wall.] Weapons out. Even if this is to the exit, there could be more traps.

[all7seas]

[He releases her and draws his sword. Silent from here on in, he will edge toward the light. It quickly becomes apparent that this exit is a fairly wide-open mouth to the tunnel, with sky and trees just beyond.

It also becomes apparent that it is looking out over a one-hundred-foot cliff. It is an exit to nowhere, but it is where the compass is pointing.]

Well. We're buggered, it would seem, no matter where we turn.

[wise_maiden]

... for them, an exit like this makes sense. Not so much for us. Maybe there's a way to climb down... I have a rope we can use for part of the way, maybe...

[Raine doesn't want to get any closer to the edge than she has to in these circumstances, but there's no reason to give up until every possibility is examined.

... Except it is a little windy. Windier than it should be, in a place like this.]

[all7seas]

How good are you about heights, darling?

[Because there is a ledge they might toe across all the way to the top.]

[wise_maiden]

Heights... I can deal with that. You don't have to worry. [She does narrow her eyes at the... rather narrow ledge though. Hmm.]

[all7seas]

[The pirate steps out first, keeping his chest pressed against the rock, arms spread for balance.] Not so bad, love. Come on.

[He has to edge along. Little steps.]

[wise_maiden]

[The rock isn't the problem. Moving about like this might make them even more visible however.

But once concern at a time--keeping footing, not looking back, and so forth. Slow.]

[all7seas]

[Jack has nearly gained the end of the ledge, now; it's a matter of pulling himself up about a four-foot outcropping of rock and climbing over the top to reach solid ground once more.]

Whoever built this ruin was a bloody sadist.

[wise_maiden]

I can't help but wonder at the thought that went into the design... [She glances back toward the passage that they came out of, before focusing again on the ledge. She's not used to being forced to travel around while dampened like this.]

[all7seas]

A bloody thinking sadist. [He catches hold of the outcropping with one hand and then pulls himself up. Not so bad.]

Would you like a hand, love?

[wise_maiden]

[She inches closer until she can also put her fingers to that outcropping, trying to pull herself up as best as she can.] ... Please.

[all7seas]

[A rather grimy outstretched hand seizes her wrist and Jack very easily pulls the sage up with him.] I should tell you, love, that I---

[Jack froze. There was the unmistakable sound of a sword being drawn behind him.]

[wise_maiden]

[The sound of the sword has her immediately at attention, as she quickly turns her head in the direction of where it came from. A scouting party. Two soldiers.

And ... no magic. She reaches for her staff.]

[all7seas]

[There was a split second to register the soldiers' presence before Jack decided he did not want to be on the edge of a cliff with Third Party fighters blocking their escape. To their advantage, perhaps, was the fact that the soldiers looked almost as surprised as they did. Jack darted in to attack, not so much to kill the enemy but to clear a path to safety for them both.]

[wise_maiden]

[It's only that quick moment that they have before the soldiers regain themselves, and no sooner does Jack run in ahead that Raine moves to follow him to avoid being cut off, using her staff to block off the blows.

Two against two... but it's an uneven match, without Raine's abilities at their fullest. The soldiers' weapons are crude spears that look like they've been rusted over, and once the moment of surprise has passed, one of them rushes in toward Jack.]

[all7seas]

[A spear against a sword is never quite fair. Jack whirls around a thrust that would have skewered him and opts to trip his opponent, slitting his throat when he's down and looking every bit as though he hates doing that.

Jack Sparrow is a lot of things, but not a killer. To get home, though---they must do what they must.]

Where's your shifting devil? [he demands of the remaining enemy fighter.]

[wise_maiden]

[The fighter of course, says nothing. Instead he rushes towards Jack, intending to make quick work of him.

... Not taking into account the staff that knocks him off his mark. The blow only a glancing one, but it should be enough hopefully for Jack to get out of the way on time.]

[all7seas]

[The soldier stumbles just enough as a result of that blow for Jack to stay exactly where he is, spitting the man on his sword. The pirate stands very still, letting the other lean against him as he dies.]

I can't abide this, Raine, love.