Post by thormundsson on Jul 10, 2012 5:27:23 GMT -5
Cannonfire had always held a faint appeal to Thor, he had been an artilleryman before he joined up with Shield and he had grown fond of the led belching tubes that he had handled. The problem was that the feeling of comfort with cannons was easily shattered when one remembered that they were made to kill you and especially when it was an enemy vessel firing on them. The sea was roaring as ball after ball hit the clear blue waters and the Orca was thrashing about in the waves created by the explosions. The marines were returning fire but the battleship that they were up against was even bigger than the Orca. "Keep up the fire, nobody slack now or we all die!" Thor thundered as he walked down the ladder from the steering wheel and to the port side, as close as he could get to the enemy vessel.
Now he had a bit of a problem, before he might have simply jumped or taken a rowboat or something similar to try and get at the ship faster but he would be inviting certain death to row against the ship. It wasn't the cannons he was afraid of, more the fact that if the boat would sink he would sink with it and there would be no way of saving himself. He decided he would have to try and leap it, the ship was now only 75-100 meters away but it would still be a chance of failure. He thought about it for a few moments before he realized what he would have to do. He'd have to make sure not only him got over there.
"Get Isaac and tell him that the command of the ship is his for now, keep up the attack and make sure that nothing and nobody gets away from that vessel until I give the clear signal. Tell him to keep the attacks concentrated on the masts and the rudder to leave that ship dead in the water!" Thor said with his usually commanding tone to a marine aide that was standing close to him. The man jumped up at the order and ran off to find Isaac, it was good that the man obeyed though he seemed a bit frightened as he did. Thor had to admit that him eating a devil's fruit probably hadn't helped his reputation as a ruthless and ferocious man. Not that he much minded such things, reputations were a nice thing to have, especially if it made his enemies fear him as well.
He signaled for Hanabi and Marcus to come and join him where he stood, beckoning them with his hands. Hanabi seemed to have taken up position to deflect the cannonballs, a nice idea, given the powers she had. But Thor had a plan in mind and those two were going to help him accomplish it. "Alright, we have a problem but a solution has occured to me. Now we can't sail towards that other ship but we need to get on board, we won't possibly last against them on a prolongued ranged fight so we are going to have to board them" He said as he pointed out the mass of cannonballs hitting the ocean in front of them, demonstrating that any small boat would be crushed to pieces. "With that in mind, I am going to toss the two of you with my newly gained powers!" He said, his voice a bit more optimistic than he had intended.
"One leg into my hand and get ready to fly!" He said as he bent down, crossing both hands together as if he was about to give them a regular push up a tree or something.
(OOC: So yeah, Thor is going to send the two of you flying into the enemy vessel like missiles. It's basically because Hanabi and Marcus can survive the impact with either fruit powers or simply by being tough. If you don't like it you can have your character chicken out . You can just rp that Thor is tossing you in your next post if you want to do it. Just keep it simple like: Thor lifted her up with all his might, exploding his hands beneath her to add some power to the throw. Something like that)
Now he had a bit of a problem, before he might have simply jumped or taken a rowboat or something similar to try and get at the ship faster but he would be inviting certain death to row against the ship. It wasn't the cannons he was afraid of, more the fact that if the boat would sink he would sink with it and there would be no way of saving himself. He decided he would have to try and leap it, the ship was now only 75-100 meters away but it would still be a chance of failure. He thought about it for a few moments before he realized what he would have to do. He'd have to make sure not only him got over there.
"Get Isaac and tell him that the command of the ship is his for now, keep up the attack and make sure that nothing and nobody gets away from that vessel until I give the clear signal. Tell him to keep the attacks concentrated on the masts and the rudder to leave that ship dead in the water!" Thor said with his usually commanding tone to a marine aide that was standing close to him. The man jumped up at the order and ran off to find Isaac, it was good that the man obeyed though he seemed a bit frightened as he did. Thor had to admit that him eating a devil's fruit probably hadn't helped his reputation as a ruthless and ferocious man. Not that he much minded such things, reputations were a nice thing to have, especially if it made his enemies fear him as well.
He signaled for Hanabi and Marcus to come and join him where he stood, beckoning them with his hands. Hanabi seemed to have taken up position to deflect the cannonballs, a nice idea, given the powers she had. But Thor had a plan in mind and those two were going to help him accomplish it. "Alright, we have a problem but a solution has occured to me. Now we can't sail towards that other ship but we need to get on board, we won't possibly last against them on a prolongued ranged fight so we are going to have to board them" He said as he pointed out the mass of cannonballs hitting the ocean in front of them, demonstrating that any small boat would be crushed to pieces. "With that in mind, I am going to toss the two of you with my newly gained powers!" He said, his voice a bit more optimistic than he had intended.
"One leg into my hand and get ready to fly!" He said as he bent down, crossing both hands together as if he was about to give them a regular push up a tree or something.
(OOC: So yeah, Thor is going to send the two of you flying into the enemy vessel like missiles. It's basically because Hanabi and Marcus can survive the impact with either fruit powers or simply by being tough. If you don't like it you can have your character chicken out . You can just rp that Thor is tossing you in your next post if you want to do it. Just keep it simple like: Thor lifted her up with all his might, exploding his hands beneath her to add some power to the throw. Something like that)