New Arrivals [text] (Actually updating regularly this time, I swear to god)

[Sparks]

>Everyone: Abandon ship! Don't forget to scream all the way.


>Hags: What's with all that screaming? Get up and investigate

You wait a second to hear everyone's reaction to the loot people. You don't have to wait long.

"Oh, bloody hell, Hags!"

"Everybody out! Cut the ropes, abandon ship!"

You are immediately greeted by a flood of pirates running for their lives, and the best you can do is dive out of the way as they make their way above deck, yelling at everyone in their path to get out of the goddamn way. You hear the Captain asking what the hell is going on, and pull yourself up as you hear a groaning sound.

>Hags: What's with all that screaming? Get up and investigate

"Oh god, my everything... Hey, who are you? You aren't one of the guards... What's going on?"

You look in the direction of the slightly open door, enough for the person on the other side to see you, and hear someone climbing out of one of the crates, someone female by the sound of their voice. They're not sounding too great either, and their voice is faltering. They obviously weren't unconscious voluntarily. Concussion? Drug? Either way, hopefully the earlier reaction of the crew was unfounded.

What will you do?

[Jetroid]

>Set the ship on fire whilst trying to escape.

[Sparks]

>Set the ship on fire whilst trying to escape.

You have nothing on you to set the ship on fire! Your entire escape plan is ruined. Curses.

What will you do?

[Jetroid]

>Walk tha plank.

[Sparks]

>Walk tha plank.

No. That's stupid. Besides, this isn't a pirate ship you're on. You'd have to find your own plank and set it up first. You have no idea why you're putting this much thought into such a dumb idea.

What will you do?

[Askia]

do you even know what a hag is?

[Sparks]

do you even know what a hag is?

...

No, you have no idea what a hag is. An evil witch? All you know is that the pirates collectively shit themselves at the sight of them, so some caution may be needed. Or maybe when you walk through that door, rainbows and sunshine will fly out at you. Who knows.

What will you do?

[Jetroid]

>Talk to it.

Nak.

[Xindaris]

>"A bunch of pirates just accidentally rescued you. What are you going to do now?"

[Sparks]

>"A bunch of pirates just accidentally rescued you. What are you going to do now?"

"Probably thank them, since now we're not going to be thrown into a volcano or something like that. What was with all the yelling and screaming, anyway?"

"No idea. Will a theoretical encounter between the two of us end in pain?"

"Probably not. Do you mind coming in here and helping me get all these crates open? I'm not feeling too great right now."

Well, she sounds friendly enough. Probably.

What will you do?

[red pharoah]

> Help her, but don't turn your back at her

[mysticCharlatan]

>Terra: Expect Hag to be cliche-defying beautiful maiden.

>Hag: Be entirely cliche.

[Seanorib]

> Do something that you will immediately regret.

[Sparks]

> Help her, but don't turn your back on her

"Alright, I'm coming in.

>Terra: Expect Hag to be cliche-defying beautiful maiden.

It's probably something like that, given the reaction from the pirates. Some bullshit like this is entirely to be expected thanks to the universe going out of its way to be unexpected-

>Hag: Be entirely cliche.

AAAAAAHHHHHH IT'S HORRIFYING AAAAAAAHHHHH well it's not really that bad. In fact, she's pretty much normal, as far as your current knowledge of normal goes. Which isn't particularly far, so you're making a leap on this one.

Either way, she is, as far as you can see, a perfectly normal girl who looks like she's actually younger than you are, maybe fifteen or sixteen. She is what you would call Asian, if you had any idea what Asia was, and about a head shorter than you, putting her squarely into the short category. She's got black hair running down to her shoulders in a straight cut, and in terms of physical stature, you don't think she'd be much of a threat in a physical fight, seeing as she's kind of thin and soft-looking, in face as well as body, and is wearing a plain brown high-necked dress running down to her knees with a large round belt buckle around her waist with this weird curved triangle symbol on it, and matching brown pants underneath it.

In any case, from your analysis of her, she doesn't exactly look like something worth flipping your shit over, although the Hag title indicates some kind of magical ability, meaning you might need to watch out for

"Can you stop staring and start helping, please? You've just been standing there for like a minute. Is everything ok over there?"

You are brought back to attention with that, and head over to one of the other crates. You try to pull it open, by are unable to, as it appears to be nailed shut as well as bolted. It's marked with what appears to be a note of caution, hence the higher security on the crate. You might need a crowbar or something for this.

What will you do?

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[Askia]

why the hell would we open something that says caution

[Sparks]

why the hell would we open something that says caution

That is an incredibly good point. Unfortunately, if you don't open it, she's probably going to open. You'll just have to follow its advice of using caution. Nowhere on the crates does it say that you shouldn't actually open it. The note of caution is somewhat vague anyway. You still can't get the thing open with your bare hands anyway.

What will you do?

[Seanorib]

> Ask for assistance from Hag for opening crate.

[Sparks]

> Ask for assistance from Hag for opening crate.

You ask for her help, but the extra muscle doesn't help too much.

"You're a Hag, according to the screaming pirates. Got any magic for the occasion?"

"I've been in that suppression unit for two days, and these units are identical to my one. Not going to work. Besides, it's Hag-in-training. For the love of god, don't don't say something like that when the others wake up, they'll go on for ages about it."

You decide to ask for context later. Either way, you need to find a crowbar or something.

What will you do?

[Askia]

find a crowbar or something also take a look at what the pirates are up to

[Xindaris]

>Can't you get the edge of your knife into a crack and use a bit of leverage?

[red pharoah]

>Grab one of the dead guard's swords and use it as a makeshift crowbar.

[Jetroid]

>Use the Crowbar.

>Be the Freeman.

[Seanorib]

^ This.

[Sparks]

>Can't you get the edge of your knife into a crack and use a bit of leverage?

You draw your cutlass and check to make sure you get the thing in. You've got enough space to put it in, and hopefully not skewer anyone inside, but you don't want to wreck your cutlass doing this.

>Grab one of the dead guard's swords and use it as a makeshift crowbar.

You duck out for a second and take one of their swords. It's a thicker broadsword, but hopefully it should do.

>Use the Crowbar.

You wedge it in, and start pushing.

>Be the Freeman.

YOU ARE NOT A HOSTAGE YOU ARE A FREEMAN WOMAN WHATEVER THIS DOESN'T EVEN WORK CRAP IT'S SNAPPING

The broadsword snaps as you pile on more pressure to open it. Crap. You really hope you didn't accidentally stab anyone inside when the blade broke.

find a crowbar or something also take a look at what the pirates are up to

You head upstairs in search of crowbars, and find that half the crew has retreated back to the other ship, and the other half is rallying with the Captain, who appears to be talking the situation over with some of the other crew members. Either way, you still need that crowbar.

What will you do?

[red pharoah]

>Tell them that there has been a great misunderstandng and that the people loot are not actually hags, they are actually normal people who were kidnapped and the kidnappers only had those crates to spare.