Tricksters Pride

Patience @, Patience wasn't too surprised that the Captain didn't need any help, most crews already knew what they where about before setting sail. That said Patience had said that she'd help out and offer to assist she did, as far as she was concerned that was allll she was obliged to do. So she nodded understandingly and was about to speak up when the Captain cuffed her... It was a friendly gesture she supposed and it was the Captain so he was safeish so it wasn't a big deal... That said instinctive reactions where hard worn into the merk so she loosened her wings defensively and easily sidestepped away from the Captain, only muttering "Yes Captain." as he leaped over the side of the ship onto the docks to greet those who where approaching. Merely glancing back to Scribe when he spoke up but uninterested in his words, as far as she was concerned she wasn't sharing her 'room' so she wasn't much bothered with it all and returned her gaze back to observing the newly arrived ponies instead. First thing learned was that the previously noted, and way to strong looking, unicorn was apparently named Pavisa... She seemed friendly enough and got on pretty well with the Captain it seemed but when she walked on board it became obvious that she was wearing the remains of some sort of armor... So she probably knew how to fight to some degree as well as having magic, coupled with everything else that naturally made Patience inwardly nervous. She didn't like that particular combination one bit... So when the Pavisa spoke up and waved Patience politely waved back and continued to watch the rest in silence. It seemed that there was some bad business between the Captain and the dull brown pegasus though, cause he was immediately in the air and questioning his own safety... Meh, smart of him she supposed. The other pegasus had landed and boarded by now too but he was addressing Scribe so Patience wasn't really paying much attention to him. Wasn't to fast, by her standards, and was excitable so he wasn't concerning. Yep, there was definitely a bad history between those two but... Not that bad though as the Captain was still willing to work with him despite a few warnings tossed in, valid warnings she supposed but when looking around... Even with the profession being dominated by pegasi this ship certainly didn't have many. And thankfully it seemed that the pegasus was willing to work with the Captain as well and he flew on deck and examined everyone within sight before moving over to the opposing railing and sitting on it to carefully watch everyone more carefully just as she was doing... Nice to see another pony with any measure of caution at least but all the more reason to be careful. Though by now she was done observing the new ponies and had gotten bored... Time to find out where that brandy was and get a bottle and get comfortable before everyone got all chatty. So patience casually avoided everyone else and made her way down to what she assumed to be the storage area, walking past and pretty much ignoring the pair of stallions in her search of brandy... But she didn't know what barrel contained her goal so after a moments search she muttered in annoyance and sits in front of the barrels to glare at them before looking over her shoulder to ask Scribe about it. "Hey Scribe, which one of these is brandy and do you guys have a spare flask that i could borrow for... a while?"

Patience @, Patience rolled her eyes at the Captains bravado. Scribe can get seasick she was just fine having a bottle without being sick... That said if she had to pretend to be seasick to get one that wasn't going to be happening any time soon, she couldn't do much of anything if she was pretending to be seasick and it wasn't in the merk to be idle and useless... Even for brandy. That said Patience followed the seemingly eager Captain across his ship to hear him out before checking out the cabins herself, though she shook her head and chuckled at Scribes imput and the Captains unhappy response. As unamusing the thought was of one of the cabins falling apart it was still kind of amusing to hear about with the Captains reaction. Though when Patience made her way below-decks to check out the cabins she quickly decided that she didn't want to be sleeping down there. It wasn't the craftsmanship that Redwave was quick to dismiss as bad because it wasn't really that bad of work, she'd certainly seen worse, it was merely that below-decks was far to cramped for her and there wasn't enough space for her to move around should she be forced to fight... To say nothing of a few bad memories it was just off putting for the aerial instincts that she'd developed over the years and thus unsettled her a bit to be there. So after taking a moment to get a good idea of the layout she quickly, and nervously, made her way back onto the main deck and after taking a moment to relax she glanced up to the crows nest before tuning back into her surroundings in time to see the Captain humorously leap onto the prow and state that backup was coming, someone named Fisher and some others. Backup was always welcome as far as the merk was concerned so she made her way past the others to look over the prow of the ship, as tastefully far away from Scribe and the Captain as she could be while trying to get a good view of those approaching. The other group seemed to consist of an unconscious and really dusty pony... Couldn't make heads nor tails of him with him being on the ground like that despite her vision being as good as it was... Whatever, if he was important then she'd be getting a good view of him soon. A rough looking Cyan earth pony mare. Seemed decent enough and she wasn't incapable if that sword was anything to go by. Then there was a... rather 'eccentric' looking deeper orange unicorn, with his gender being made obvious by his facial shape if not by his more lithe form..... A stallion and a caster, not going near him. Next was a lavender unicorn mare that was obviously a noble... Nobles where sooo much fun... Not really. Next was a white Pegasus stallion. She'd have to note how fast that one was juuust in case. After that was a blondish unicorn... A really strong looking one. Yeah Patience was a bit unnerved by that particular mare on sight, any unicorn that big was just....... Well regardless she shifted a little in discomfort and quickly shifted her sight to somepony else. Near the lavender unicorn was a brown pegasus... Same as the last one he'd need to be evaluated later, he looked to plain to be nonthreatening to the merk... It was always the ones that you least expected. And after them was a pair of unicorns, small cyan filly and a blue stallion... Both looked to be the scholarly type and they where casters so they'd have to be avoided on principal. After examining the approaching group Patience glanced to the larger unicorn mare nervously for a last time before turning her attention to the Captain and spoke up in an easy manner. "I don't get seasick Captain but i'll take you up on that bottle anyway and i'm thinking that you think to little of your families craftsmanship, it ain't the best in the world but i've seen farrrrr worse than yours out there and some of them got paid for it... Regardless i'm a bit uncomfortable below-decks..." She then opened her wings slightly as if to explain why before continuing. "so might i ask to use the crows nest as opposed to a cabin? I assure you that i know how to secure my stuff and myself on rougher waters so there won't be any risk and i'd be willing to keep an eye out in return as well as any other jobs you wish to stack on to that." And after her question she smirked and her tone turned semi sarcastic. "I assure you that i won't be getting seasick by the way, i have sailed before in my time. Its the best way to get around when you've got an over-water route... That said i ain't that great a sailor so as far as it goes i'll be needing a few pointers to get an idea of what ya want me to do but don't take me for an incompetent captain..... Anyway what do you need done to get the ship ready to sail captain, i did offer to assist if you'll let me and i imagine that it'd be nice to have the ship ready by the time your friends get here so?..."

Patience @, Patience remained silent and trailed behind Scribe and the rest when they made their way down to the docks, simply content to follow after her question had been answered seeing as she had little interest in chatting needlessly... Though she was uneasy for the entire trip as she was anticipating an attack from something, she figured that the Jumpers and their kin where driven away from most of the roads but she wasn't about to let her guard down till she was on the ship and she had checked the dam thing over from top to bottom. Last time she had assumed that it was clear one of them had nearly torn Dice to pieces, the dam things could practically smell it when you dropped your guard... And she wouldn't put it past them to actually be able to do that, they learned too dam fast for her liking. When they got to the docks and Patience got a chance to see how few ships there where in any condition to be called a ship she relaxed slightly, Not to many places to jump from with nothing but wrecks and derelict vessels around... Of course this only lasted until every time they walked by a abandoned ship on their way to the Dreamer, there was plenty of places to jump from on those few vessels that could still vaguely be considered ships. Though she did take her time to pause and look at one particular empty spot in disdain as they made their way down to the Dreamer. *'Offfffff course, i bet he fled the moment things started to get hard. Dam coward didn't even tell the rest of us that he'd left...'* Though when they arrived at the ship Patience sat behind the rest to examine it for a moment... While it wasn't the biggest or most top of the line ship it was still a pretty nice little Caravel. It may have been patched up enough to look like there was little that hadn't been replaced at some point in its past but to be honest... That only spoke well for the little ship to her. It had lasted a long time and wasn't sunk yet and its captain clearly cared enough to keep it in good shape thus it was reliable and even better the Captain was. You could have the newest ship in the sea but if it where untested then it might have design flaws yet to be found, same goes for the captain, but this vessel had obviously taken its kicks and kept on going. That said even with her opinion of the ship and its captain being rather high when he started his speech and rounded on them Patience merely listened attentivly, visibly unimpressed at the bravado even if she was listening, to the captains words and shook her head after he went on deck. He must have assumed she was an Equestrian but she was completely willing to listen to him in the exact manner described. Problem was that Equestria only carried as much weight as it carried bits to her and the sisters meant nothing without their coin... She wasn't getting paid. Sooo she'd listen to him as long as she liked and as far as she was concerned she was following his words to the letter, no breaking of her word required. So after the others made their way on deck Patience glanced around a moment before sighing and following them on deck... Just in time to see the Pegasus mare grab the Captains drink and fly a meter or so in the air to presumably ensure that he couldn't take it back... Note to self, don't let the mare see her drink nor let her take it if spotted. Either way she didn't want to get involved in that, though a note was taken that there might be brandy on board and she needed to ask about it, so she looked around to find Scribe. She wanted to find out where she could keep her stuff and the Captain was busy. So after spotting the unicorn in question she walked over till there was a meter between her and the stallion before speaking up with amusement. "Soooooo is it time for step two or can you direct me to wherever i'm allowed sleep?... As well as possibly showing me a bit of the ship cause i'm afraid to say that i haven't been on a caravel this small before so i have no idea where anything is on board."

Patience @, As Noble made his dramatic statement Patience continued to watch the stallion for any signs of aggression, a twitch, a glow to his horn, anything that would give her time to react if he had tried to attack. But all she saw was a disappointed demigod with a flair for dramatics and a dislike for the word betrayer. So when he suddenly opened up a pair of wings Patience merely tensed to react and as she watched him fly away with no obvious intent to come back she relaxed slightly and turned her attention back to the mare, the designated threat was gone now all that was left was to see what was up with the other one. So when the Captain lowered his blade and tried to converse with the mare Patience shook her head and sheathed her blade, reaching back under her stomach and unlocking it before tilting her sheath back up into its usual position with the blade properly secured in it... Though she didn't close her wings or relax her defensive stance much, that mare had previously been quit quick to draw her crossbow and Patience wasn't about to let her guard down and let somepony get shot... Not that she cared about the others! She just didn't want to get shot is all!..... The mare initially spoke up defensively as was expected but her sudden shock and sadness was slightly suspicious, she'd just confessed that the other pony was her brother... The alicorn demigod! So Patience wasn't sure how to deal with the other mare cause on one hoof she could have actually been sad and that sucked in all but in the merks opinion it was more of a family problem and it didn't change anything other than she and her brother needed to work it out themselves, but the expedition was overseas not here in Equestria where her brother was so not only was it none of their business but... It had no place on the expedition, just drama...... That said the more likely option was that she was faking and that the demigod could teleport so it was just a trap to catch them off guard, Patience was having none of that so she took little notice of the other mares tears and instead watched her surroundings more carefully. Then the Captain stalled out, apparently not sure how to deal with the emotional mare... Not that Patience could blame him, if she where in his position she wouldn't have been any better at dealing with it. That said she wasn't real pleased to have the rookie deal with her as opposed to the Captain, when she noticed the guard over where the rook used to be she understood but it was still a bit irritating. So when Scribe asked to start things over again without swords Patience rolled her eyes, folded her wings with a faint click, and brought her now folded wings to her side before sitting down and watching the pair. She had figured that she'd use this opportunity to see if Scribe was as green as he looked and had thus stayed quiet. *'There's a difference between tactless and blunt and to the point you know...'* So Gwyn stopped crying and spoke to Scribe, explaining little of what had happened and generally sounding pitiful... Whatever it was either fake, though by this point it probably wasn't seeing as the theoretical trap should have been sprung the moment the Captain turned around and let his guard down, or not her problem so lets see how Scribe deals with it... To which he just paused, looked around, grinned nervously, looked to the Captain for some reason, looked back to Gwyn, and stated that because he doesn't know where his sister was that they should stick together..... What?... Umm ok so hes obviously reallllly naive at least and probably pretty green indeed. Then he said that the Captain would come around and that he'd be making uggh... 'gooey-eyes' at the pegasus mare over there. So he had a marefriend, good for him now what does that have to do with him coming around in any way?... Maybe his marefriend was soft? Eh made sense, going with that. So by the time Gwyn was thanking for his naiv 'kindness' Patience was shaking her head and sighing. *'This is going to be a looooong trip... Poor rook, i don't know how green the poor stallion'll be by the end of this.'* And after a few moments she instead opted to ask something more on topic to her, choosing a more neutral tone as she didn't really know what to think of 'Rook' as she had decided to call the younger stallion. "Alllright now that that's done with... What exactly are we doing here, all the flier said was that you and the Captain need some assistance and you had an idea of how to end this mess. Soooo i'm here and i'd like to help, tell me what you two have planned and i'll try to help you guys out... No charge considering the state of things around here but i do need to have an idea of whats going on in order to offer you guys any help....."

Patience @, @@Windbreaker, Patience wasn't very thrilled to hear that this Noble had the power to drop a mountain on ponies, a fight was all well and good but Patience was rather fond of living. Not to mention the fact that he betrayed his own to do so, she'd had enough of that in... Well she'd had enough of betrayal already and didn't plan to add another to the list. So she was understandingly disgruntled when she sighed and muttered just within the captains hearing range. "Well crap, sounds like a real charmer..." Opening her wings fully and preparing for everything to hit the fan as she said it too. Though the mares careless manner didn't do any good, to Patience she was either clueless... Or more likely that she was a capable combatant too. When coupled with the fact that from the sounds of it not only did she admit that Noble was a traitor, which was bad enough in Patience's mind, but the insane pony was a better option!... Yeah it did little other than to remove any traces of hesitation in the merk. Hell she even agreed completely with Redwave, from the sounds of it he wasn't too fond of magic either and that in itself was enough to raise her opinion of him. Something she voiced out loud in a more companionable tone tone than before, even if she was still slightly nervous this seemed like a stallion that she could get along with. "Hahaha my thoughts exactly Captain, not to fond of magic myself..."

Patience @@Torrent505, @@Scribblegroove, Patience simply sat and listened to the ponies around her talk for the time being, she didn't really have much to say as of yet because honestly. The plan was good and she didn't even need to pitch in so there really wasn't anything for her to say. So her only words as the meeting went on where a quiet thanks and small smile at Barrel as he came in with their drinks. (And her bottle!) Now it didn't even matter as far as the meeting went, this was a pretty decent day either way. Though Patience did lean away from Bone's as he threatened the Mage that he'd just stated was powerful, she was all for intervening but was this really a good plan? He was threatening what he just said was an Archmage in what should have been a safe zone???..... It was all good anyway, Raven had it in hoof. So while Patience nodded her respect for the Raven's swift action she simply spoke up with a quiet tone, uncaring if she was heard as she didn't have too much to say anyway. "Kinda with the emerald eyed diplomat on this one, i'm not much for caring who's in charge as long as they do a half decent job of it. Plan as you will, i'll see what i can do whatever you ponies decide."

Patience @, @@Windbreaker, As the captain, and apparently the one in charge by his emphasis on the word captain, addressed her in a fairly friendly manner Patience relaxed a little. He seemed like a decent pony, tried to make a joke or two and Patience could appreciate that at least. Though as she was thinking on a response another stallion approached. She only gave him a glance at first as he just appeared to be a simple unicorn with a sword and armor, nothing to big of a deal just another po-... Then Redwave turned on him with an angry sound and drew his sword in an aggressive action. Patience took one confused look at the captain but drew her sword regardless, reaching under her stomach with her right forehoof and tipping her short-sword to slide into the latch in her bracer and flicking her wing up to lock it in place with a jerk before sliding it out in a smooth motion. After doing so she half turned in a defensive stance to face the newcomer and was about to ask what was going on when he mentioned being a DEMIGOD of magic! Pretty safe to say that her behavior turned a bit less friendly with that combined with the mare almost drawing her weapon Patience was quite in line with the captain on this matter... Even if she shuffled a step closer to the 'safer' stallion (< Redwave) at the new ponies declaration of godhood and got a little nervous, slightly reflected in her voice even if her stance didn't waver. "Heh... Considering that it hit me in the face and got caught in my wings while i was flying hmm yeah it kinda got my attention, also nearly clipped a building but eh i was fine. E-either way its nice to meet ya captain, here's hoping this 'exception' can live up to your ever so lofty standards eh captain? hahaha..." By the end of her pitiful attempt at a joke she just trailed of into halfhearted laughter, trying to lighten the mood she was picking up on here but probably failing in the attempt... Not like she was funny in the first place, that died a while back. Anyway after letting her joke die off she returned to a more casual tone of voice, or attempted to at any rate. "Soooo um what exactly is this about captain? You've got the helm so to speak heh heh..." *'.....Oh god i've got to break that dam habit, it doesn't even work anymore! Just makes things wierd...'*

Patience (OCC(First part is just a bit of fun i wrote, you don't have to read if you don't want to as its pretty meaningless... It was just fun! ^ ^)) Patience was still looking over the flier that she'd found outside of the Tavern that her band had been using as a home for the last little while, while the rest of them weren't worried about the fact that there seemed to be no end to their contract Patience was. They kept killing off the Jumpers and their kin and yet... There where always more and it'd gone on long enough to worry the merk, it was one thing to take on a long contract but this seemed a bit more dire than hiring out as a wing for some guard force. (Not that she cared about the guard or their civies, she just wanted her pay to be spent in peacetime!... Maybe.) So when she'd found (< Read got hit in the face with.) a flier offering a chance to end this madness she didn't think on it long before getting ready to check it out, maybe it meant she had to leave Shield in charge but... The older stallion did owe her and he hadn't steered her wrong yet. So after she'd strapped on her armor/weaponry and stuffed her saddlebags with some spare field supplies she left the tavern to check out this meeting... Well she left after stopping in front of the tavern and yelling at Shield some more to get through to the stubborn ass. "If their all dead by the time i get back to you lot then your friking dead Shield, even if i know that it was probably Dagger's friking fault you let em do it!" Though to her irritation the older dim navy blue stallion with the grey mane just laughed and waved her off with a passing comment as he went back inside. "Hahahaha, you worry to much. Buuuut if you don't leave soon i might let Dagger into your stash of Devils Cuttttt.~" ... After a few moments of wanting to go back in and kick Shields flank just for suggesting it Patience sighed and took off to check out the offer. He might actually do it if she didn't take him seriously. (OCC(This is the part thats relevant, sorry for the flack. Oh and i put the link to her character file in her name! ^ ^)) @, After finding the meeting location, and making a lazy circle to determine that it was actually the right spot, Patience spotted the two ponies and a meter or two in front of the pair before lazily folding her wings and looking over the pair. She liked the look of the red maned stallio!- Well after calmly backing up a few extra feet she liked the look of the red maned stallion, he seemed like he could handle himself well enough... Though the other one looked like new blood, commendable that he was willing to help out but was he dependable? Heh, we'll see. Anyway after eyeing the two she pulled the flier out of her saddlebags and dropped it in front of her before asking. "Allllright i agree this looks like a mess and i think i aught to lend a hoof if you'll let me, just tell me who's in charge and how i can help you guys out in any way i can. I need a place to spend my bits in this country and its getting pretty hard to imagine this place holding up much longer..."

Patience @@AnonBrony, @@Demirari, @@Torrent505, Patience had been sitting quietly and listening to the fedora'd stallion talk over his idea when Dorado interrupted. She honestly thought that he'd been formulating a good plan, cause a bit of controlled chaos and then snap it back into order once you'd obtained power. Of course by this point it was just a rough outline but it had merit. Then Dorado interrupted... Didn't seem like he grasped the plan either so Patience spoke up in support of the fedora'd ones idea. "No i don't think you grasp the whole point of the chaos in question. We'd have control of it, we could shape the change to our wishes and let the public believe that it was their idea... Going to need more in it to make it work but its a decent plan, dethrone Celestia with her own public and embarrass Oath to the point where he loses troops and moral as well as public opinion..... If we could get either side to hire merks to try and maintain control then i'd be able to feed them some old friends that owe me a favor, then whenever we move we'd already own most of their troops. Even more if we can convince some of the guard to back us...... Either way i agree with this idea, we just need to work on the details a bit more so it won't fail on us." She then switched her gaze over to the fedora'd stallion and stated. "Do go on, you make sense."

@@Aerodynas, Merric was unperturbed when Naomi nearly ran into him, he was confident enough in his balance that he simply wasn't worried of falling over... Though he was puzzled by her reaction to his words. *'But... A Tarous is a pack ani-... Oh, um that was an offensive request then. (sigh) Dammit, mere moments after meeting another morph and i offend them too.....'* So after sighing and cringing slightly at his mistake (Thankfully unnoticed by Naomi because she refused to look at him after his mistake...) Merric muttered an apology and left in the direction that Lhee had said the blacksmith was... Thankfully it was in the same direction as his backpack (Stored for a convenient escape if the need had arisen to run.) so he probably wouldn't further offend his companions by taking too long.

Patience @@Torrent505, At the Raven's words Patience looked to the drink and sighed before picking it up and raising it in cheers to them and downing it quickly. Though afterwards she placed her glass on the table and made a face at it, clearly not fond of the taste, and patiently waited for the others to finish with their words... Particularly Everlast, who received her careful attention. *'Heh, clever play on words there Everlast, one might thank that you where referencing the condition of your actual heard. I'm more inclined to see it as a subtle way to express your interest and Bones here merely backs up my conclusion... I think that i'll be seeing a substantial increase in my pay grade with all the business offers likely to occur nowadays. Good, i like bits well enough.'* And as the mayor left Patience quietly spoke up with. "Careful on your way home Sir, i'd much prefer to see your good heart continue to watch over our city and if you had a heart attack then i wouldn't have the pleasure of receiving that privilege." Though after the mayor left she returned her attention to the Raven and calmly stated in a manner that was purely business. "I ain't worth the poison anyway, there's cheaper ways to get rid of a merk. Nor did i know that it was rude, where i'm from its tradition to wait for your betters to drink before you do and i'm the least important one here. You offered a contract and i'll see it through as i always do, otherwise i wouldn't be here now would i?... That said your welcome to share your drink or mine but i'd really prefer my own, champagne always left a bad taste in the back of my throat for some reason and i apologize for any unintentional insult delivered through my misconceptions..."