[hr][hr][center][img]https://s9.postimg.org/tznya388f/strange.png[/img][hr][img]https://i.pinimg.com/originals/50/5a/50/505a50029a8ff414616518076da7e5d1.gif[/img][hr][@Nallore][@BlueSky44][@FantasyChic][@mnkee][hr][h3][color=#0099cc][b]The Caribbean: April 4th, 1719 - 4:22 PM Local Time[/b][/color][/h3][/center][hr][hr][color=0099cc][b]Port Royal:[/b][/color]

	In Port Royal, there was a general state of emergency. The Honorable Alice Blackwood had gone missing a few days prior, along with Miss Jean Waverly. While the rooms had been inspected, there was no sign of a forced entry. This conclusion itself would have been seen as harmless, meaning that Alice Blackwood had simply run away, had a witch not escaped execution that very same day. The Witch of Tortuga was sentenced for death, yet she escaped the noose and had not been sighted since. 

	Lord Blackwood feared the worst: that the witch had kidnapped his daughter and intended to sacrifice her in a grotesque ritual. Ordinarily, the Governor would have sent the British navy after Miss Blackwood and Miss Waverly, in order to ensure their safe return. But strangely enough, a large portion of the navy fleet stationed at Port Royal had been deployed for the Bermuda Triangle already. With limited resources at their disposal, the best Lord Blackwood could accomplish would be a supplemented crew: half British navy and half willing volunteers. 

	Many of these volunteers were so-called pirate hunters. Former pirates, they were spared the noose and trial as long as they caught other pirates. With a destination like Tortuga, there would be plenty of reward in store for them, as they receive a fee for each pirate they catch. They're entitled to keep the loot, after all. 

	Standing on the deck of [i]the Octobris[/i], [url=https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a7/73/ce/a773cefdcf191375a8d6d59aa2a1fe63.gif
]Robinson Savant[/url] took a good look at the assembled crew. They were a ragtag bunch, but there were easily twenty on board. The captain of the ship, William Barnes, was staring at the sea, his hair masked by a wig of white curls. The other officers had clumped together for the most part, with those from the navy receiving preferential assignments on [i]the Octobris.[/i] Captain Barnes waited a few more minutes, before turning around to address his ragtag crew. 

	"Our mission has two primary objectives. The first is to retrieve a flask that is of interest to the Crown. It is to be intact - do not allow a single drop to spill. Second, we are to retrieve the Honorable Alice Blackwood. And third, we are to kill the Witch of Tortuga."

[color=0099cc][b]The Port of Tortuga:[/b][/color]

	[color=#b5ccf2]"Yes. We can survive without it, yet we will surely thrive if you are capable of obtaining it,"[/color] ALisanne mused. There was a glimmer in her eye, as if she had knowledge that she had not disclosed to Edgard. Of course, she had murdered her sister. There was likely an explanation needed there as well. [color=#b5ccf2]"The family was contacted by an interested party. Should Havanna fall, we shall receive political power in France - the granting of a feudal property. Yet as it is, we are incapable of such a feat without the flask. Retrieve it and then cripple the Spanish forces in Havanna. Simple, really."[/color]

	She then turned, and for a moment, she smiled at Edgard. Once he blinks, she'll be gone, with no indication as to when or if she will return. 

[color=0099cc][b]The Devil's Triangle:[/b][/color]

	For Anastasia, this is the last trip she'll be able to make to the island and back. Too much time has been spent talking. She'll only be able to carry two bodies with her at most, and even then, the journey is going to be increasingly difficult. Not only is the host itself beginning to wear out with respect to the flask's powers, but the host is also gradually fighting back more and more against Anastasia's possession. 

	Septima narrowed her eyes slightly at Sirena. She had been studying this magic for years - sometimes, it felt like decades. She understood the rituals, as far as there was information released on them. She alone knew that they were trapped by the flask and that it gained its power from the souls. She only needed to strengthen both the body and the soul. "I will. I have faith in self," Septima said bluntly, her thick accent still present. 

	As Millicent and Elissa look at the flask, however, they'll begin to notice something strange - something that no one else can see. Very faintly, there are etchings in strange symbols unlike anything they had ever seen before. Yet should they attempt to read them, they will understand their meaning - [i]Drink, if you are worthy -Æ.[/i]