[h2][center]Kumozaki Keisuke[/center][/h2]

Keisuke watched in silence as the two Archers fired their weapons at the sea serpent, hitting it dead-center in the middle of its skull before almost causing it to crash into the ship. The now-deceased body of the beast floated in the water, the blood now streaming from the gaping hole in its skull into the ocean below. With that settled, Medea let out a sigh and motioned for Keisuke to take his hands off the wheel before pointing her staff at the corpse of the serpent. She was no adept at necromancy and had no desire to start experimenting, of course, but it would be dangerous to leave something in the water to attract more enemies to them.

The materials of the serpent, however, might prove to be useful. So, without a moment's delay, Medea caused the body to rise into the air before systematically dismantling it. No part that hadn't already been lost to the waves was separated, each being placed onto a different location of the ship so as to balance it. Most of the stuff seemed to barely fit on board, which left Keisuke wondering what sort of power Medea had control of during her life. Was this just a result of being a Servant fed mana from the land she was born in?

"Since you felled the beast, I'll only take a few of these teeth to replenish my own supply. You three are free to decide what you want to do with the rest; if you give me most of the fins and a few bones, though, I may be able to repurpose them to make our journey faster," the Caster said, motioning to a pile of thin, semi-translucent fins lying off near the back of the ship. "It may take a while, though, so you three will have to handle any threats on your own if you do decide to do so."

Without waiting for his Servants to give their own input, Keisuke immediately nodded yes and motioned for the Caster to go ahead. With a bow in return, Medea took a few of the materials and retreated below deck, at which point Keisuke stood back at the ship's helm and took the wheel again to turn it back to its prior direction.

"Hm... Well, Medea stuffed the blood in those weird pots over there, the bones are all piled up near the masts, the meat's at the back, scales near the sides... You know, if I was a normal magus, I'd probably be salivating at the chance to use these materials," the Enforcer remarked, pulling out the phone from his pocket with one hand on the wheel and dialing for Meran.

"Progress report. We've just taken out a sea serpent and have just... Dismembered the corpse to improve our vessel. Don't ask how or why this happened. How are things on your end? Do you want me to save anything in particular for later usage?" he asked, the phone now propped up against his shoulder and towards his ear again.

The Servants were free to repurpose whatever they wanted to from what was left, of course; they could probably make use of it all better than he could.

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[h2][center]Ozymandias[/center][/h2]
Ozymandias sighed as he turned away from the storm, ready to start on his own preparations, before noticing Nero's speech as she took control of the wheel. The diminutive blonde Servant had the bright idea of charging [i]further[/i] into the storm, at which point the Rider's eye twitched. After all, he was a [i]Rider[/i], and thus would have been the more logical decision to captain the ship. Given the pirates' reaction, of course, this was more akin to a hostile takeover by a single person more than anything else.

"You act as if leaving the sails open in a storm will do anything except destroy the-" he began to say before noticing that the other Saber had decided that charging into the storm ready to fight was a smarter idea. At this absurdity, Ozymandias stopped for a moment, closing his eyes and massaging his forehead. After a few moments, the sound of some chuckling could be heard under his breath until it blew up into full-on laughter.

"Hahahaha! Very well! If this is the path that we have chosen, then I shall allow it! Go forth, without fear or hesitation! We shall pierce through this storm with all of our strength!"

At this, the pirate captain could only sigh as the old man calmly walked down to the lower deck. With the ship and storm now finally meeting, the feeling of whipping winds and sharp rain combined with the turbulence of the water only emboldened the Rider.

"Whatever it is that awaits us, we shall not back down!"

The appearance of various giant whirlpools within the storm, however, shook the confidence of the pirates just a smidge. The charisma of the two at the helm of the ship could only do so much, after all.

As Arturia ran forth through the storm, she too would encounter quite a few whirlpools around her. If she was careful, of course, the slight glimpses of something [i]far[/i] larger lurking beneath the surface would pass by her line of sight. It was only a shadow deep beneath the sea, and it only barely appeared beneath the dark, lightless waters, but otherwise, no trace of its existence was to be had.

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