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"WE'LL DEAL WITH THE SHIP ABOVE THE SURFACE!" You yell out to the captain as he disappears into the helm and the rest of the crew immediately heads under the dock of the ship. Leaving you and your party alone up here. The ship you're on starts to ever so slightly drift away from the decoy ship. Wait, why is the water looking we-
Pillars of water erupt out of the previously calm, quiet sea, spraying water all across the dock of the ship. You and your allies manage to avoid getting too soaked thanks to them being pretty far away from the section of dock you're on. If you focused your hearing, you swear you could hear something happening underneath the surface of the water.
"Well, they seem to be handling that just fine." Adam shrugs. "We're not really doing anything of value here, right? They're the ones actually fighting the threat. We're just stuck waiting up here."
"They have a plan B, right? The pirates or whoever. That ship is still charging at us...uh." Lex's voice cracks for a moment. "Okay fuck that's charging at us fast."
You turn your gaze over to the decoy ship. <span class="mu-r">IT REALLY IS CHARGING TOWARDS YOUR SHIP AS FAST AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE.</span>.
[DEEP INTUITION] "FUCKING MOVE!" Ashley screeches at the top of her lungs. Before any of your other allies knows what's going on, she shoves you behind Benedict before pushing Adam and Lex to the side with all of her adrenaline fueled might.
Good timing since <span class="mu-r">something is launched right in your direction.</span> Benedict just barely manages to raise his blade arm to guard his face and torso as a <span class="mu-r">fucking massive harpoon is launched full force into him.</span> A horrid sound of metal and meat being torn and trusted on impact fills your ears.
>-2 (REDUCED FROM 3) FLESH TO BENEDICT. TOTAL: 6/8!
Luckily, the two other harpoons launched at your group were avoided <span class="mu-g">thanks to Ashley's quick thinking.</span> As for Benedict? He looks down at the harpoon embedded deep into his torso and, without thinking about it, he brings his arm down onto the chain connecting the harpoon to the enemy ship.
<span class="mu-s">CRACK!</span>
The metal chain shatters into a million pieces with barely any effort on Benedict's part. He looks towards you and the other allies with a faint smile. "Poor. Quality. Metal. My Metal is. Perfected." He takes a deep breath in...
[WEAKENED BENE UNSTABLE] "<span class="mu-r">TANTI INGREDIENTI FRESCHI DEVONO ESSERE SU QUELLA NAVE!</span>" Before bellowing out his best attempt at a battle cry. "<span class="mu-r">LASCIEREMO SOLO DIETRO LE LORO OSSA!</span>"
[UNSTABLE] YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT HE'S SAYING BUT YOU VIBE WITH HIM HARD. "LET'S RIP AND TEAR!" YOUR VOICE YELLS OUT. IT'S NOT NEARLY AS OMINOUS SOUNDING.
The enemy ship is now adjacent to your own ship after the harpoon attack. It seems like any injury they would've inflicted to your party was an accidental bonus. Four large, rusty harpoons have embedded themselves deep into the side of the ship, preventing any escape.
And so they're able to board your ship.
