Hunting the Jörmungandr

[Vallas Morridian]

He watched as the Minotaur walked to the bow of the ship and stared off to sea. Looking over he heard the sound of chains just before a large reaper landed on the ship. Shaking boat violently. He was about to speak up, asking him not to do that again but Stilia did before him. He inspected the large reaper and looked at his weaponry. He may be able to help in this quest although it was looking like most of them were going to be better suited to guard the ship then fight the beast head on. If they were to get the ship far enough away he could call down Meteors although it seemed that would be to dangerous, maybe as a last resort.

He heard the boats engines starting up and could feel them move. Looking at the docks as they slipped past them an headed out into the open ocean. This wasn't going to be easy. Although when was any thing ever truly easy with hunting. Standing up when they were far enough away from the land he cracked his neck before his skin started to turn a darker color, large horns curled out of his skull and large bat like wings erupted from his back. He grew to his 9 foot height, his feet turned into hooves. He felt the boat shift a little more towards his side with the weight but it was good to be in his true form again. He was disappointed in his self that he forgot his own weapons. How foolish of him. Oh well, he will have to work with what he got. The large thick metal pole would work well with its now pointed tip.

He looked over at the reaper and then Stillia before speaking. "So battle plan?"

Ba'alzamon looked at the new coming Reaper, his horns swaying as he looked upon the male being. He inhaled deeply, his huge nostrils flaring. He then snorted out the same breath, a dislike for the reaper already. He turned away from him against and stood looking out to the ocean in silence even as the daemon took his true form. Ba'alzamon didn't believe in hiding his true self and never had in his life. Evidence to that by the fact he had just walked through a town and all the way up to the ship in his true form of an Ungrith'tar.

The male could swim well enough if the need came to that, yet he had no intentions of allowing that to happen. It was why he had come specifically. The strongest amongst them all, he was planning on keeping serpent of the ship. With his strength, weapons and abilities be knew he could manage it.

Turning as the daemon spoke he snorted again, his breath billowing out. "I'll keep the serpent from sinking the ship. With my strength and weapons I should be able to keep it's coils off the ship. I also have a trick up my sleeve of we can manage to drive him towards the shore."

[Revenant]

Revenant was quite surprised. The first person that came up to him wasn't even fazed by his sudden appearance. She simply nodded her head after taking note of the flyer, and told him not to rock the boat. Not sure whether to be impressed by her unexpectedly calm reaction or irritated at the fact that she just told him off, he simply nodded silently. He thought to himself it probably helped that his aura of fear wasn't in use as he wasn't trying to scare anyone on purpose. He hadn't realized how light the boat was and that him landing on it would shake it so much. Either that or he was just heavier than he thought.

He heard the water begin to churn behind the boat as its engine started up, and felt the boat shift as they moved away from the docks. He looked at the boat and wondered how they would be able to evade the massive serpent as it would easily out swim and outmaneuver this boat. "I hope everyone is prepared for this..." he thought to himself. "I don't want to have to fight this thing and keep people from dying at the same time." Revenant had come fully prepared for this voyage, taking with him what he had that would be of use. He had his weapons, which always came in handy, and bone gauntlets, whose claws could grip the scales of the serpent and allow him to hang onto it. He had left his spider companion Skar behind with someone he trusted, as this journey was too dangerous to take him along.

As he pulled the hood of his cloak down over his face more so that it was completely hidden in darkness, he noticed one of the humans turn into a Daemon, one that was around his height and had wings. "A useful addition to this team," he thought, "much better than some human weakling." He wondered if the other human, the one who seemed to be in charge, was something else as well. He was about to ask her about it, but the Daemon spoke up first. He asked what their battle plan was, and Revenant turned and looked at the others to see what they would say. He had a plan, and it was for everyone to stay out of his way.

The Minotaur spoke first, proclaiming his strength and weapons would keep the serpent off the ship, and mentioning a trick of sorts that would supposedly turn the fight in their favour. Unconvinced, Revenant chuckled as he turned to face the Minotaur. "And what makes you think you can keep the Jörmungandr off this ship with strength alone?" he said sarcastically, crossing his arms over his chest. "This serpent is massive, it can crush ships of all kinds. I don't doubt your strength, but it won't be enough." He walked towards the centre of the group, his chains dragging along the wooden boards of the deck, before he turned to face everyone. "If the serpent gets a hold of this ship it's lost." He turned towards the Daemon. "We need to keep it away from the ship, which means we need someone to distract it. You have wings, so you're best suited for that role."

Revenant turned to face the rest of the group before speaking again. "I have a bit of a history with this serpent... It attacks with its fangs and by spraying a jet of toxic gas. We'll need to keep its mouth tied shut with this." He reached towards the lantern hanging on one of the chains coming out of his cloak and pulled down on it. There was an unlocking noise, as well as the clinking of chain, as suddenly a large metal object with a keyhole fell out of the front of the Reaper's cloak. It hit the deck of the boat, making a loud thud and causing the front of the ship to violently tip downward before slowly rising back up again. There were several lengths of chain connected to it, each with a large hook at the end, and as Revenant picked it up they quickly withdrew into the holes of the object that they came out of. "This device will be strong enough to hold the serpent's mouth shut, but I'll need you to hook it onto it," he said to the Minotaur as he handed him the device. "It's extremely heavy, but clearly you'll be able to manage it."

He turned away to look down at the water, peering into its depths. "I'd do it myself, but there's something else I must do..." he said partially to himself, lost in thought. He remembered something he was going to ask earlier and turned to face the supposed human, scanning her with his cold gaze. "No human would dare go on this voyage like you are now. What are you?"