by Henry Avery » Sat Sep 24, 2022 10:25 pm
Upon waking back up, the duke retrieves his coat and hat, returning to the docks, though he doesn't sail for Tzogos, not right away. He makes a detour, to a hideout he'd not visited in a very long time. In the marina there, he found what he'd been looking for. Argo had said to bring power, and that is exactly what he would bring. He ran his fingers down her scarred hull, brushing away dust and cobwebs. Vengeance, Dreadnaught, Eclipse...Invictus. She'd had many names, and just as many owners, but she always came back to him upon the winds of fortune. As the quartermaster ordered the men to supply her and prepare to cast off, he descended into his cabin, casting off the gaudy finery he'd worn, tossing back the lid of a trunk and decking himself out in the dark cloth he'd worn so long ago, under a different moniker. Black greatcoat, edged in a foul red, with silver buttons, a black tricorne...and at the bottom, a certain cutlass. Perhaps it couldn't pierce a dragon's hide, but it could do other things. Leaving his cabin, he mounted the stairs to the quarterdeck and took the wheel, grinning as the Invictus at last unfurled her sails. She would be sailing with the Hades, Cerberus, Magmatic, and their scout cutter Abaddon. Not a day later would the warfleet sail into Tzogos, the proud ships of the line an awesome sight.
digna factis recipimus