[b][h2][color=889194]Captain Argus Fellborn[/color][/h2][/b]

The pirate had made it.  All it'd take was a good jump and he'd soon be back on the shore, away from his former crew and that monster.  Argus didn't consider himself an escape artist, but he had certainly made many narrow escapes over the years, ever since that fateful day when he became a vampire.  How fitting, that his resurrection would begin in the same manner as his birth as a vampire- with his former crewmates trying to kill him.

Unfortunately, Cynthia hadn't been so lucky.

She was on an adjoining wreck, with a large chunk of wood embedded in her shoulder.  Behind her, the pirate bore witness to the roiling of the seas as the monster began to rise out of the sea.  Cynthia shouted at him to forget about her and get free, that his survival was the key, and readied her spear to hold it off.

Judging by the way it was rising out of the water, it was no mere whale or shark.

It should be an easy choice- to run and leave her behind.  That's what scoundrels and thieves do, after all.  Not only that, but Argus had already done it once before, giving up much of his crew and sacrificing his thralls to slip away from the Hundred Paladins and complete the mission he had been tasked with.  Sure, it was hard at the time, but if he did it once, the second time would surely be much easier.  Besides, it's not like it'd be a betrayal- she told him to run and leave her to face the monster.

On the other hand, if something happened to this spear-maiden, how would he get paid?

The vampire grabbed hold of the wreck's bowspirit with his left hand and chopped it off at the base with his cutlass.  With all of his strength, he swung the spar around and brought its far end to where Cynthia was.

[color=889194]"Grab on, lass!  No need to make a martyr out of yourself tonight!"[/color]

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