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Post by Javal Zarrias on Sept 7, 2023 0:13:04 GMT -5
“Yes it truly is quite the name isn’t it”, Javal says excitedly tapping his foot under the table in anticipation.
He says, “This isn’t the first drinking contest against another adventurer that I’ve been in before. I once was in a drinking contest with a giant lion dog fellow named Yasei and although I lost quite terribly after I fought him and got sorely defeated by him he gave me a lot of pointers and advice on how to properly hold my own in a drinking contest. My drink of choice is usually sake because of my master but I also like rum because of my pirate days”, he chuckles.
Javal then responds to Danae’s hesitancy, “I’m very certain my friend, although I’m almost sure to lose, I still want to do this at least just for fun and to see how my tolerance has improved from Sir Yasei’s advice”.
Javal shakes his head in disapproval as Danae mentions Uriel, “I would never get Uriel or another person involved in any sort of competition I have like I do in battle even if she could help”.
Javal bows his head once more at the reminder of impaling Danae, “I’m so sorry for that once again and I swear on my code of honor that I shan't cheat in this competition. I want to do this at least have fun, and see how much we can do”.
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Post by Danae Vermillion on Sept 19, 2023 20:28:40 GMT -5
Danae listens curiously as Javal explains his previous contest with Yasei. The name feels.. vaguely familiar, although she can't quite put her finger on it. She nods appreciatively at his drink choice. "Sake is good, Rum also good. More of a Vodka lass myself, but I respect it."
Danae raises her hands in feign surrender, a wry smile on her face as she chuckles lightly. "Alright, alright. I will stop you if I think you're going too hard, but if you want to do this, we can do it." She raises her hand to hail the barkeep and points to the sign. "Mind if we give that a go?" She asks, where she receives a grunt in response. Handing over payment, the barkeep places two shot glasses in front of the both of them as well as a bottle of Vodka, seeing as it's more fitting for shots than sake or rum.
Danae lets Javal talk as she pours the shots with practiced ease. She laughs as Javal once again apologizes for impaling her. "I'm just poking fun, man. No hard feelings." She places the bottle down before taking the glass and offering cheers to Javal. A quick tink, and the contents are immediately downed, the liquor seemingly not phasing Danae in the slightest.
"Now, question: What sort of crap you get up to in your pirating days? I usually spent my time killing pirates so it'll be interesting to see what goes on in those ships."
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Post by Javal Zarrias on Sept 20, 2023 3:17:58 GMT -5
Javal nods and thinks of Danae’s choice of booze; his captain and some of the other crewmates loved vodka.
He then says, “I’ve had some vodka before it’s pretty good I’d have to say” he then places his hands on the table and chants, “Alcohol Apocalypse, alcohol apocalypse” excited for the alcohol challenge that he and Danae are about to face.
Javal waits and picks up his shot glass smelling like alcohol all right before cheering up more as Danae forgives him once more for the spear incident. He then places his shot glass against Danae’s and clinks his before pulling his hand back and lifting his head. He then throws the vodka straight into his mouth quickly downing the alcohol and placing the empty shot glass on the table.
He takes a breath allowing himself to think about the taste, it was very malty and had a briny taste to it.
He looks over at Danae and gets excited to answer her question, “Oh well how do I even begin? I grew up on board a pirate ship from the ages of twelve to twenty so you can guess I got my fair share of stories. For the most part, our crew acted differently than most so-called pirates. We considered everyone on the crew a family and thought of the captain as our very own father since he and the rest of the crew practically raised us. We did the normal pirate stuff adventure, looked for treasure, stopped by towns, and restocked our booze. However, one thing we didn’t do was mess with the innocent. My captain had a code of honor of sorts; he followed no pillaging, no stealing, and no killing of innocent people were the big ones. We had our fair share of sea battles against other pirates for the most part for the most part we were pretty strong only having trouble with our rivals, the White Griffin Pirates now that was certainly a crew if I’ve ever seen one. They were led by a giant man and had many numbers in their ranks. Heck, we even fought against them on an island where both of us happened to be at the same time. Although we both respected each other as true pirates we still always fought them. During that specific encounter, our two crews fought each other for four days with a couple of ceasefires for rest. Of course, after we threw a huge party between us and we were even selling some wares to each other, man I miss those days”, Javal says wiping a tear of joy from his eye.
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Post by Danae Vermillion on Sept 21, 2023 0:11:35 GMT -5
Listening to Javal's story on his past was strangely heartwarming, but also alters her view on the Fellblood. He's a pirate only in name, it seems. Piracy is centered on plunder, wrack and ruin, but it seems he wasn't raised in such an environment. Danae nods thoughtfully as Javal reminisces on times he seems to hold dear to him.
"Seems like quite the adventure you had." Danae comments, pouring more shots. "My experiences with piracy tell me that you were more akin to.. Mercenaries, perhaps? In it for yourselves in the end, but honor isn't in a pirates vocabulary. I've killed many-a pirate over the years, and it's difficult to associate them with people, as they lack the moral compass."
"I am glad you have fond memories of your captain and crew, though." She lightly elbows Javal before downing her glass, sighing lightly. It's odd to feel at ease when she's in other peoples company, and it's unfortunately a feeling that she doesn't feel comfortable with. Despite this being a drinking competition, and her having a frankly impressive tolerance, she resigns herself to pacing her drinking, to ensure that she'll be able to do the basics like holding her tongue when needed.
Two hours pass by with easygoing conversation back and forth, with Danae primarily asking about Javal. Questions such as how he met Uriel, what his life was like before and after joining his previous crew, that sort of thing. She didn't let subjects linger on her for too long, her strong dislike of talking about herself showing with short replies and subtle nudges to change the subject.
By this point, Danae is feeling.. Something. It's definitely a tipsiness, her head slightly lighter than usual. She'd long lost count of shots, but she's enjoying the time nonetheless.
"-And then the damn psychopath, still on the drake, mind you, just absolutely fries a handful of cultists and a wagon full of gunpowder and something explosive with lightning, throwing burning bits of wood across the street and onto me. It was a brilliant show, don't get me wrong, but gods she's a lunatic." She laughs, very much amused with the memory. This had only happened perhaps a week prior upon meeting Zarius and his companion Shael, the aforementioned Drake Rider in the Ashlands.
"It was kind of surreal being that close to a drake. Last time I was that close, it was trying to zap me. Granted, I did walk into it's nesting area, but still."
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Post by Javal Zarrias on Sept 21, 2023 2:27:54 GMT -5
“It sure was my friend”, Javal says as he raises another shot up to his mouth and chugs it down before placing his glass back down, “I wouldn’t say that my crew was mercenaries my friend. We were damned pirates, I know the ones you’ve met are probably half-cooked sea dogs is what we call them. Just a bunch of mountain bandits who are only in life for a pretty penny. Why are there no pirates at all, just rats on boats? Let me tell you know when you meet a real pirate they’ll be formidable and have a terrifying aura. Sure it was an area of romance of the sea, thirst for treasure, sea battles, and adventure for us pirates but those were the days my friend”.
Javal then chuckles as Dane elbows him in jest he then looks into his glass as he mentions hoping he had fond memories remembering that all of them were gone and missing he then says, “Yeah I’m glad too”.
After a long time of speaking and drinking the two had actually made their way decently into the competition with only a single drink left, “The Equalizer”.
Javal snorted loudly as Danae continued her story about meeting another fellblood and a crazy Drake rider.
He laughs as he says, “Explosive lightning I’ve never heard of before who the heck would even think of something like that, I have to meet that person someday. And Danae don’t try to skip past that last part you walked into a drake nest, what?”,
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Post by Danae Vermillion on Sept 28, 2023 0:46:08 GMT -5
Danae still doesn't quite agree that Javal's old crew weren't mercs, but she's not about to make a fuss about it. Instead, she nods in understanding. "As I've said, I've killed my fair share - they're nothin' to trifle with, that's for damn sure."
With the finale of the contest approaching rapidly, Danae couldn't help but feel mildly disappointed. Once upon a time, this would've put her out of commission for a good few days, but now, she just feels awfully dehydrated and buzzed. Doesn't mean she's not having a good time, however.
"Well, the lightning acted as an ignition for the gunpowder, which then exploded. Again, it was brilliant. If you want to run into them, they're in Darkveil. Zarius' friend, although I can't guarantee they'll be together. Seemed like they just got done with a job when I turned up." Danae shrugs before huffing an amused breath. Nothing can get past this one, it seems.
"The Drake Den, huh? It was shortly after my.. Arrival to the realm - few weeks, perhaps? Anyway, I was doing a job for some quick coin that said 'Go into this abandoned cave, get me a gemstone from there'. Seemed easy enough, went in, lo and behold, it wasn't abandoned and was housing a drake and it's very recently hatched clutch."
Danae sighs before rolling her shoulders. "Mama-Drake then tried to fry me, but I'm not going back with nothing, I need the money. So, being the absolute lunatic that I was - still thinking I was Miss Archangel - I kept going in. Some clever footwork and cover later, I manage to escape only slightly crispy and a raw ruby in my hand."
She chuckles, remembering the event. "Suffice to say, I got paid triple.. After some, uh.. 'Negotiations'."
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Post by Javal Zarrias on Sept 28, 2023 2:06:29 GMT -5
Javal could only giggle at this point at Danae and his conversation, he was indeed hammered out of his mind.
“Pirates are strong indeed, they’re like the cowboys of the sea except with swords and fight sea monsters instead of the land monsters like sand. Lightning acting as ignition? How the heck are they even alive? Oh I’ve met Zarius, he's such a lovely fellow why we even went hunting in caves once although I forgot how that even went, to be honest”, he chuckled.
“Why would you even reply to such a post? To be fair I would because that just seems like the perfect amount of mystery and possible danger that I enjoy. YOU ESCAPED FROM A DRAKE”, the fellblood exclaimed, “I’m glad you got paid your fair solars friend Danae you earned it”.
Soon after drinking the equalizer, Javals slumped forward to the table laying his head knocked out into a drunken stupor. Only a couple of minutes after his crew showed up a large buff scarecrow fellow, an annoyed-looking moon elf woman, and a black horse waiting for his master outside. Javal is slugged over the scarecrow fellow’s shoulder as Nadia the moon elf apologizes profusely for any trouble her liege has caused.
Javal using the last bit of consciousness looks back at Dane and waves, “Bye Bye friend Danae I hope to meet you again someday”.
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