Galen nearly jumped out of his skin when the new harpy landed on the ship. He was so focused on the cloaked mythic, human, thing that he hadn't sensed him coming.
That was it, he couldn't stay on this deck any longer and still keep his witts about him. Galen scrambled to the edge and almost tripped out into the air before taking off and flying up to the top of a spar. he clutched the mast and leaned over to watch what was happening below.
"That's impossible," Ember snapped, pinning the wide-eyed Harpy with a sharp, firey stare. A flicker of satisfaction at the Mythic's visible terror twined around the rage and adrenaline pulsing through her body- she kept the flintlock trained on his head, her eyes glaring past the barrel at him.
“Mother said so,” Coal faltered. She really hadn’t stopped training her gun on him. And for what? All he did was a little playful following. Every sibling experienced that. Except she didn’t know he was her sibling. Oh. That would explain why she thought he was creepy. “Do you think every phoenix or harpy on this island has wings like these?” His wings had been folded on his back. Presently, he spread them a little farther, but not too far. The captain seemed a little possessive of her personal space. It was kind of dark, but he hoped she noticed the picoteed pattern that they both had inherited from their mother. No other at Bird’s Point had he seen with that coloration.
"Not any mother that I know."
Ember released a hand from the flintlock and raised a clenched fist, bright flames curling over her tense fingers, bouncing light off her gold wristbands and lighting up the eerie deck of the Quicksilver. She could see the Phoenix's face better, cowering behind Vhanya, the red tips of his wings catching the light vividly.
She tossed an irritated glare over her shoulder at the cloaked stranger still watching the scene silently.
"And how should I know that you aren't allied with this sulking pirate?"
She readjusted her stance, moving her flaming hand to see the dark figure better, still holding the gun level with the Phoenix's face.
Raven squinted at the firelight, how rude it was to rob someone of their night vision, but the true offense he took was from being associated with this discombobulating Phoenix. He frowned slightly and reholstered his pistol.
"I can assure you," he turned to get a better look at Coal, "I've never seen this bird in my life, though I'm sure," slowly, He reached up and tugged the hood and face covering from his head, revealing his array of scars and deformities, "That we'll get to know each other very well." a grin danced on the corners of his mouth as he redirected his attention to Ember.
Ember’s show of power ignited Coal’s competitive spirit. She can’t think my fire is weak just because I don’t want the captain thinking I want to burn her! he thought.
Coal stepped away from Vanya and held a globe of fire between his hands. His sharp white teeth gleamed in the light of the fire, but he was grimacing, not smiling. It was hard to maintain a calm and easy smile with a gun trained on his head.
Vhanya watched as the varying Harpies bickered, the cowled Mythic revealed his scarred face -where had she seen him before?- and the other male Harpy took flight to the crow’s nest, her annoyance building like waves lapping against a ship hull.
She sidestepped away from the Harpy behind her -scratch that, this soul was a Phoenix. Vhanya noted his race when she felt flames warming her back from where he stood.
“I’m not a Mythic you want to hide behind, boy,” she flicked her tail in his direction as a not-so-subtle reminder of its venomous barbed tip.
She didn’t bother to hear an answer from him, and instead strode to the middle of the deck, lifted her flintlock, and shot a solitary bullet to the sky, the crack of the shot piercing through the predawn air. She wasn’t concerned about unwanted attention, Pirate’s Cove was no stranger to the sound of gunfire.
”Alright! Every soul currently aboard my ship I beseech you, cease your screw-jay squawking lest you find your blood black with venom or lead- your choice, it’s my treat.“
She knew she couldn’t take on all of them on her own, but a well-delivered threat often did the entirety of the work for her.
She turned slowly around to face every Mythic, even Galen, still hulking in the crow’s nest, his wings high up about him like some vulture.
“If you’re looking to join my crew you’d best stop flinging guns and words about like savages. If you’re not, then I’d say it’s best for you to leave this port as soon as possible. I have plenty of friends who’d relish seeking out your end..”
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