Dino suddenly remembers the knife hidden in his boot. He reaches down and takes it out, beginning to try to saw through the wood of the crate.
"Come on... Come on..."

"Where are we?" Dino demanded, looking around at the surrounding glacier. "Why are you taking us here? Who are you anyways?"

Calamity Finch on Oct 10, 2013 wrote:

Calamity looked down at the unconscious "Donna", who was slowly fading away, exposing the true appearance of the aztecosaur underneath. She felt sick to her stomach with worry for her sister. Until the aztecosaur spoke to them, part of her had been hoping, though not really believing, that Donna was just under a spell, which a visit to Vadima would fix. Instead, her sister was captive, location unknown, and in danger.
An armadillo ran through the crowd of pirates gathered around the unconscious aztecaosaur. It ran up to Charlotte, putting it's paws on her leg. Charlotte bent over it for a moment; Calamity thought she might have taken something from the little pet. Straightening up, Charlotte pointed at the wharf rat ship which had sailed nearly out of sight.

The pirates followed Charlotte to her friend Scarlet's ship. Hopping agilely aboard, Calamity reached back to help a striking looking girl in a one sleeved dress aboard, thinking, "I need to find out who her seamstress is." The girl did seem to be rather comfortable in her interesting, yet light dress, while even in her ridiculous coat Calamity was starting to shiver again. Calamity had the impression that the girl was not as familiar with ships as the rest of them. She suggested the girl stand in the stern behind the captain, while the rest of them pitched in to set the sails.
I really hope this cold doesn't kill the palm trees, she thought as she worked. Calamity liked plants and often missed the gardens of Mooshu where she grew up. It was only her desire to find her lost sibling that led her to leave Mooshu and become a pirate. She succeeded in that goal, but now Donna was missing again.
Scarlet sailed on a heading toward Blood Shoals, towards which the wharf rat ship had seemed to head before it sailed out of their sight. The ship was not at the Blood Shoals docks though. A rather grand Aquilan galleon was passing them; Calamity recognized the sails of her friend. "Ahoy! Silver Dino!" A face appeared at the rail of the other ship. " We have an emergency, Hawkins. Did you see a wharf rat ship? Brown sail, yellow cheese with green, um, flames rising above it?" "The Stinky Cheese? Yes, I passed it a little while ago. It was sailing the passage into Flotsam," he answered. "Thanks!" She yelled back.

As Scarlet sailed them into Flotsam passage, Calamity headed back to chat with the polite girl. Giving Scarlet a friendly nod, she leaned on the stern rail. "It's nice to meet you, Je'mapelle Soyala. I'm Calamity Finch. You can call me Calamity, Miss Finch is so formal. How should I call you? Miss Soyala? Je'mapelle? Or is it Soyala?" Calamity resolved to keep an eye out for her on the ship. With all the lines and moving parts there are many unexpected dangers for the novice sailor. "And I must ask, is your dress warmer than it looks, because I'm freezing." The answer was surprising.
As the passage widened, Calamity felt relief as the Stinky Cheese appeared, tied up at the Waponi Wu docks. She continued her conversation with the girl, trying to distract herself from the pre-landing/assault butterflies in her stomach.

Calamity Finch on Oct 17, 2013 wrote:

As Scarlet sailed them into Flotsam passage, Calamity headed back to chat with the polite girl. Giving Scarlet a friendly nod, she leaned on the stern rail. "It's nice to meet you, Je'mapelle Soyala. I'm Calamity Finch. You can call me Calamity, Miss Finch is so formal. How should I call you? Miss Soyala? Je'mapelle? Or is it Soyala?" Calamity resolved to keep an eye out for her on the ship. With all the lines and moving parts there are many unexpected dangers for the novice sailor. "And I must ask, is your dress warmer than it looks, because I'm freezing." The answer was surprising.
As the passage widened, Calamity felt relief as the Stinky Cheese appeared, tied up at the Waponi Wu docks. She continued her conversation with the girl, trying to distract herself from the pre-landing/assault butterflies in her stomach.

[OOC: Ooh, another sea battle scene? I do love describing those.]

With the Jolly Rover safely sailing through the wind lane towards the Waponi Wu docks, Scarlet decided to slow her ship's progress and meet with the other pirates aboard her ship. The Stinky Cheese was already in sight, but was securely moored at the dock with no indication of its leaving anytime soon.

Scarlet took a position up on the weather deck where she could see all of the pirates below her, "So does anybody have a plan here? I'd like to hear them all." she began, "Personally I'd prefer a proper sky battle, but that would endanger any friends we may have aboard that rat schooner. I could let you set off in long boats while I engage the Stinky Cheese from here and prevent it from leaving again?"
"Either way I have already ordered my crew to prepare for battle."

Scarlet's crew were clearly preparing for a sky battle. The cannons were being loaded and moved into place, buckets of water were already sitting next to most of the large guns. Monkey King and Ratbeard were spreading sand across the decks., and the other crew members not already occupied were stuffing their hammocks into the spaces between the ships' railings.

"Oh, and I do have warmer clothing stored away below decks if anybody needs it. I may love this wonderfully cold weather, but I can see some of you shivering from here." Scarlet added while almost looking directly at Calamity. "Et aussi, I could use some musketeers in the fighting tops."

CdeWinter on Oct 18, 2013 wrote:

[OOC: Ooh, another sea battle scene? I do love describing those.]

With the Jolly Rover safely sailing through the wind lane towards the Waponi Wu docks, Scarlet decided to slow her ship's progress and meet with the other pirates aboard her ship. The Stinky Cheese was already in sight, but was securely moored at the dock with no indication of its leaving anytime soon.

Scarlet took a position up on the weather deck where she could see all of the pirates below her, "So does anybody have a plan here? I'd like to hear them all." she began, "Personally I'd prefer a proper sky battle, but that would endanger any friends we may have aboard that rat schooner. I could let you set off in long boats while I engage the Stinky Cheese from here and prevent it from leaving again?"
"Either way I have already ordered my crew to prepare for battle."

Scarlet's crew were clearly preparing for a sky battle. The cannons were being loaded and moved into place, buckets of water were already sitting next to most of the large guns. Monkey King and Ratbeard were spreading sand across the decks., and the other crew members not already occupied were stuffing their hammocks into the spaces between the ships' railings.

"Oh, and I do have warmer clothing stored away below decks if anybody needs it. I may love this wonderfully cold weather, but I can see some of you shivering from here." Scarlet added while almost looking directly at Calamity. "Et aussi, I could use some musketeers in the fighting tops."

Calamity climbed back to the main deck, after a quick trip below to take Scarlet up on her offer. "Your Plan sounds good to me. I volunteer to scout and raid the volcano from the longboats." She shrugged into an iridescent blue padded and quilted Mooshu coat, plunking a khan style fur lined helmet on her head. "That's much better, thanks Scarlet. Any other quiet types want to come with me? I was recently in one of the spiral's noisiest jailbreaks and I'd rather not repeat that anytime soon."

Calamity Finch on Oct 23, 2013 wrote:

Calamity climbed back to the main deck, after a quick trip below to take Scarlet up on her offer. "Your Plan sounds good to me. I volunteer to scout and raid the volcano from the longboats." She shrugged into an iridescent blue padded and quilted Mooshu coat, plunking a khan style fur lined helmet on her head. "That's much better, thanks Scarlet. Any other quiet types want to come with me? I was recently in one of the spiral's noisiest jailbreaks and I'd rather not repeat that anytime soon."

"Ah, then you 'ave my volunteer." Soyala exclaimed sweetly. She titled her head to the right and smiled. "Vell, eet iz never easy on jailbreaks and zee like." The ice queen glanced around.

"Ooowwww," moaned the Aztecosaur. He had a very strong pain in his head. It was nearly as bad as the one he experienced from the blow that had ended his living days. He found himself back in his natural form, lying on a wooden floor.
"Battle stations!" he heard someone yell. That jolted him back into full consciousness. He was in the brig of a ship, one moving with a great deal of speed. "Launch the longboats while the fog spell is still in effect!" What was going on? The aztecosaur found a window and looked out. He could not see very far because of the fog, but he recognized one of the girls in the longboat as Donna's sister, Calamity. That was the last piece of the puzzle. He had been captured by the pirate girls. The others will have to take it from here. I hope they manage to keep the prisoners at the volcano secure. Our plan cannot fail.

Dino looked at the symbols for a second, a shocked look coming to his face.
"These symbols are evil. We should best be out of this place as soon as possible."
He picks up a weapon from the unconscious wharf rats, handing another one to Donna.
"We could use their ship, they aren't dead by the way."

"Hello! You arrived just in time. These rats are working with evil things here."
He motions to the symbols on the floor.
"So, introductions. Dino Atworth, at your service. And you are?"

"So, introductions. Dino Atworth, at your service. And you are?"
"Dino, meet my sister, Calamity," said Donna. Dino and her sister shook hands. "How'd you find us?"
"We followed the Stinky Cheese. The ship seemed to be heading this way, and it seems the volcano is important to all this. it looks like we found the missing pirates, too," answered Calamity.
"How did these wharf rats do all this?" Dino asked Calamity.
"Uncle Tim would nevr do something like this! he's a good man-er, rat," said Donna defensively.
"I don't think it was him," said Calamity. "After you were captured, an aztecosaur disguised as you tried to distract us from finding you. I think its more likely that he was the one who cast this spell."

Dino nods and walks over to one of them, his hands beginning to glow. The pirate wakes up slowly, looking around with a confused look on their face. Dino continued working with the other ones, and after about 45 minutes all of the pirates are awake, and 13 minutes later know about what happened.

OOC:Good opportunity to put in another character, no?