RP- Invasion of Colisquia

[Meliva]

Zephyra calm grabs her brothers hand and gently pulls him down as she turns to Jack

Lower your gun jack, this young man clearly isn't a very competent spy, and he seems incredibly harmless. We also have him vastly outnumbered, and he is deep in hostile territory. So we might as well lighten up a bit and not terrify him into an early heart attack.

Eloth grumbles but nods though Zephyra pats his back and adds one final thing.

And if he tries anything, Eloth can and will break his arms and legs.

[Jack Teach]

Jack lowers his weapon and rests his arm on his knee

Come on man, out with it. Tell us everything

[Mohammed]

John gulped and fixed his ruffled clothes before fixing his gaze at Zephyra

Knowledge of our family is limited to the higher ups of each force only. We deal in information, smuggling and kidnapping.
John smiled as he saw two of his brothers walk through the door and nod at him
That is all I will tell you
But of course I can offer you something else. You can either have information on the movements of the Spanish fleets or the slavers. But it will cost you.

[Jack Teach]

Jack stares at him in angry disbelief

Cost us?!! COST US?!!

Jack strikes john across the face and levels the pistol at john's face

We're not paying you jack shite mate, you had best tell us what the hell you know.

[Meliva]

Zephyra simply groans as Eloth rises up and quickly rushes the 2 others grabbing them both by the neck and pinning them down. She shakes her head and mumbles

Nothing can ever be done simple and peaceful like with these guys.

She stands up and straightens her robes

Jack I doubt they have any info that my friends don't have. She's been scrying on the enemies and the surrounding area. Since it's obvious these blokes are more or less mercs and not actual members of either side their info and help wouldn't be all that great.

Another robed woman pops her head in and shouts

Hey zeph, big fleet of the slavers heading our way-about a couple hundred, lost count after a while. Decent sized ships. Seems to be a preemptive strike. Also another fleet from the west heading our way-around 100 mostly transports with a few frigs. Look to be Dag. So probably planning to hit us too. Probably have around half a day before they arrive. Give or take a few hours depending on weather.

[Jack Teach]

Jack looks up

We need to leave, loose not a minute.

[Meliva]

A nearby Spanish official shakes his head

No, it would be better to stay and fight. With the fort, along with the forces here we can't win, but we don't need to. We just need to fight and survive. Reinforcements will come to help us. The enemy fleet will be here in about half a day-a message delivered to another force nearby can be delivered in an hour, and they should be able to come within about half a day as well. So we need only to hold them off for an hour, and reinforcements will arrive to help us.

But if we leave, what do you think they will do to this port? My guess is they would burn it down, kill the guards and enslave the citizens. If you and your friends wish to leave neither I nor any other Spanish soldier will stop you, but we intend to stay.

[Jack Teach]

Jack snaps his fingers twice

"Leave" as in get our ships in the water to we can fight off these turks, not just run away.

Jack and his companions leave to prepare their force.

[Meliva]

Zephyra just sighs before turning to Jack

Jack, did you not hear how long we have before they actually arrive? 12 hours. There's no point in rushing out to fight only to wait 12 hours for them to arrive. The best thing to do at the moment is stand by, and fortify the local buildings. There's no point in going onto the sea at the moment-unless you intend to sail towards them and fight them on the open sea-which honestly would be a very poor idea-we wouldn't be able to take advantage of the fort here, and we would be too far away for the reinforcements to arrive to help if we lose.

[Jack Teach]

Jack counters

It takes several hours that get a massive fleet of this size out, I suspect the Spanish navy won't wait long, and my ships aren't fully provisioned. I need to get this over with now. Specifically with provisioning.