Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-28667390-20160607034822/@comment-9075949-20160615161219

After a couple of minutes of sailing, a figure could be seen in the distance, a figure of a ship.

"Cap'n! Ship! Longboat! Doesn't seem to be equipped with cannons, sir!" one of the crewmen shouted

"What flag does it fly?" Shay asked

"A black flag! Bloody pirates! Seem to be alone, sir!"

"Pirates? Here? And what are they doing so ill-equipped?" Cirilla asked Shay

"I don't know. What I know is that we are about to do teach them a lesson. Get the cannons ready lads! Let's do some pirate hunting!" Shay said, with his crew shouting in approval

Shay proceeded to approach the longboat-styled ship. He turned the Maelstrom to one of it's sides, roughly two hundred metres from the pirate ship.

"Cannons ready Captain!"

"Fire!" Shay shouted, as the ship fired a large volley of cannonballs at the enemy ship. Planks flew out of the ship, and the mast has been cut clean off the ship, falling down on into the freezing sea.

"That's it! They're grounded!" Cirilla happily exclaimed. The Maelstrom turned, and moved colser to the ship

"Let's board her! Grappling hooks away!" Shay ordered. The crewmen threw grappling hooks at the longboat, and in no time got close enough to board it. As they entered, there was no one.

"They must be hiding, search the ship for people!" Shay said, taking out one of his twin Ebony Swords, Kai.

"Odd. I could swear they were sailing just a minute ago. Now, there's nobody here." Cirilla said, holding her sword in a tight, two handed grip.

"I have a bad feeling about this. Keep close, Ciri." Shay noted

At that moment, the watchman on the Maelstrom shouted

"Captain! Another ship! Seems to be a Frigate! Flies a black flag as well!"

"RETURN TO SHIP!" Shay screamed, before hopping over to the Maelstrom, with Ciri and a couple others following.

"It's comin' straight at us! It's trying to ram us Cap'n!"

"We won't allow her! On board! Now! Everybody, get the port cannons heated! We are going to heat-shot them before they ram us!" After Shay finished, a look of disbelief appeared on his face. The frigate was incredibly fast, and it was very close to the Maelstrom.

"Cannons ready!"

"FI-" Before Shay could finish, The Maelstrom's portside was rammed by the frigate, causing a large indentation on the thin, ebony plating, causing Shay to tumble to the ground, and he could see multiple figures jumping aboard.

"To Arms!" He shouted, taking out both his swords. Ciri followed his order, and so did his men. A battle aboard the ship ensued. After a couple of minutes, the remaining figures jumped back aboard, with Shay's crewmen following them, and killing them off.

"Alright, loot everything they had in the cargo hold. We might as well sell it." Shay said, cleaning one of his swords with a cloth. Ciri led the men to the cargo hold. They found a lot of Skooma, a chest filled with septims and jewelry and a map detailing the ship's ambush plan.

"Alright, let's continue on. On board!" Shay ordered, and the ship sialed on.