Lady Pirates- PG

[A Lobster Formally Known as Zi]

Alright Girls! We get to have a pirate ship! Wooooooooo!! I love pirates!

[A Lobster Formally Known as Zi]

Rules for the She-Pirate role play:

1. No Godmoding!
2. R-e-s-p-e-c-t!
3. Literacy is nice.
4. Intro needs to be DETAILED! I like it when you explain what they look like, thier body type, general personality, etc. That way I don't have to go all the way to profiles to get a general feel for yourcharacter!
5. Cursing… It's..... okay..... but it has to make sense..... and fit your character...... Plus it's filtered! HA HA..... I don't want every other word to be a curse though because that gets annoying!!
6. Use ooc when you are out of character.
7. Use grammar and punctuation. Use quotation marks when your character is talking.... We all go to school here.... I'm assumeing
8. No chat speak!
9. Weapondry- Swords, cutlasses, spears, bludgeons... Whatever...... No .45s..... We're trying to be somewhat historic. Old fashions shot guns okay. You can't cary around a cannon....
10. I like it when you have more than one character! It makes rps more interesting! But please don't if you have trouble controlling that many! No more than three characters with out my permission.
11. There may be some fighting in this RP. I don't want much. We're more of a Snake in, and win stuff type of crew lasses
12. You may NOT control other people's characters. If I find the rp is moving too slow I can control thier characters, but you cannot
13. I have the right to throw you out of the rp if I want to if you break any of these rules. Have a nice day.

I am pretty leanient (sp) with my rules. I'll give you several warnings before I actually chuck you.
However, if another member complains you are out automatically.... this also goes hand in hand with not complainging about other people because you will geet them thrown out. Of course I have the judgement to look back on what they did, and descide, but we'llnot go into that.

Please make a profile first. First mate will have to be won by someone.


I just thought I'd post this up to help elaborate on our RPGs, for example where we are located on the ship. I found it very useful and I hope all of you will to! ;D

3 main parts of the ship:
Bow- front of ship
Amidship- middle part of ship
Stern- rear of ship

Decks:
Forecastle- raised deck near the bow
Main deck- located in the amidship
Poop- short raised deck at the stern

Other areas:
Bridge- elevated platform above main deck used for navigating
Companionway- steps that lead from one deck to another
Crow's Nest- small platform high on a mast from which a crew member keeps lookout
Hatch- opening in the main deck through which cargo is lowered
Holds- areas below deck in which cargo is stored

Other terms:
Helm- ship's steering wheel
Moor- to keep ship in place w/ ropes tied to pier, buoy or another ship
Windward side- side of the ship from which wind is blowing
Lee side- side of ship away from the wind


In addition to plentiful cursing, exaggerations, blasphemies, fish tales, and even bad grammar, pirates had a colorful lingo that in parts resembled reading loudly from a nautical dictionary while gargling with rum.... We present for your entertainment some of the more amusing examples:

* All Hands Hoay! - "All Hands on Deck!", everyone on the ship called to the deck, usually for action
* Avast - "Avast Ye!" from the Dutch term for 'hold fast' and means "Stop and pay attention.", like, "Get a load of this."
* Black Spot - a death threat among pirates made of a black spot or mark on a scrap of paper with more specific detail sometimes written on the other side, referred to in the story, Treasure Island.
* Dance the Hempen Jig - To hang, (rope was often made of hemp fibers)
* Dungbie - rear end
* Go on Account -a tongue-in-cheek description pirates used that compared the act of becoming a pirate to going into business
* Hempen Halter- The hangman's noose.
* Hornswaggle - To cheat or defraud, often of money or belongings, Yosemite Sam knows a lot about it
* Shiver me timbers! - akin to "Blow me down!", an expression of shock or disbelief, believed to come from the sound the ship made when 'shocked' by running aground or hit by a cannon blast.

Pirate Talk for Ship Parts and Articles, Supplies-

* Abaft - from the old English for 'on or to the aft', toward the back end or stern of the boat
* Athwartships - at a right angle to the midline or centerline of the boat, which is an imaginary line drawn from bow to stern that equally divides the ship
* Binnacle - from the Latin word for 'dwelling place', a box or case which houses the compass upon the deck.
* Cackle Fruit - chicken eggs
* Charlie Noble - upon finding that the stack for the ship's galley was copper, merchant captain Charles Noble then required it to be kept polished, the stack took his name thereafter. Old Salts would kid around with the new recruits and tell them to find or summon Charlie Noble. ship details in pirate jargon
* Coaming - A vertical rim surrounding hatch openings and such to keep any water on deck from entering below it, excellent for tripping on
* Duffle - everything a sailor owns, also the nickname for the bag which holds it
* Fo'c's'le - an abbreviation for forcastle, the forwardmost part of the ship
* Futtock Shrouds - pieces joining the rigging of lower and top masts
* Head - A marine toilet, which could be no more than a hole cut in the decking at the head or bow of the ship that would allow waste to go into the sea, the waves hopefully washing away what may have not hit the water (also called a jardin), NOT the same as the poop deck!
* Holystone - bars of sandstone would be used to scrub the decks, the softer areas of the stone would wear away and leave holes, also, the sailors were said to look like they were praying as they knelt to scrub
* Jacob's Ladder - the rope ladder used to climb aboard the ship
* Mizzen - the middle of the ship, the mizzenmast was either the center of three or the main large mast in the center of the deck
* Monkey - A small cannon
* Monkey Jacket - a short waist jacket worn by midshipmen
* Orlop - the deck for stowing cables
* Poop Deck - the deck that is the furthest and the highest back, usually above the Captain's quarters, NOT to be confused with the head!
* Rullock - the cutaway or notch on the side rail of the boat from which oars would pivot
* Salmagundi - A popular dish of chopped meat ( beef, fish, chicken, pig, turtle, etc.), eggs, anchovies, onions, grapes, cabbage or herring, seasoned with salt, pepper, garlic, oil, vinegar

Pirate Words for Crew and Others-a buccaneer who uses pirate talk

* Cockswain - originally the Captain's attendant who would row him to and from the ship, later came to mean the helmsman
* "Drivelswigger" - one who reads about nautical terms too much
* Flibustier- term the French gave pirates of the Golden Age
* Freebooter - from the Dutch for 'free' and 'plunder', reference to a pirate
* Jack Tar - early sailor's tarpaulin clothing was infused with tar, which some say also deflected sword blows in addition to shedding water, similar to Joe Blow or John Q. Public
* Landlubber - 'lubber' was an old English word for a big, slow, clumsy person, and this term was aimed at those persons on ship who were not very skilled or at ease with ship life, as if to say, "You were no better on the land."
* Picaroon - from the Spanish word for rascal, it was applied to a form of verse about pirates that was satirical or humorous
* Powder Monkey - a gunner's assistant

Crew Activity-

* Swing the Lead - A lead weight swung from a line into water when near shore was a way to measure depth, the job's simple requirements caused the phrase to evolve into a term for slacking off
* Take a Caulk - The deck's gaps were sealed with oakum and tar, and napping on them would leave black lines on the clothes. Someone going to nap on deck could say they were going to "take a caulk"

Pirate Slang for Drink-

Black Jack - large drinking cups made of leather that were made stiffer with an application of tar
* Bumboo - A drink of the West Indies made with watered rum and flavored with sugar and nutmeg
* Grog - the nickname of a British admiral was applied to a mix of water and rum, the rum was a cheap antiseptic and flavor mask for the spoiled water that sailors often encountered while at sea
* Hogshead- a large barrel or cask holding 63 to 140 gallons, usually referring to alcohol

Pirate Talk for Death-

* Davy Jones's Locker - the imaginary place at the ocean bottom that holds dead sailors and pirates...a reference to death. Davy Jones was said to be an evil spirit lurking at sea, waiting to escort dead sailors or pirates to his place or locker at the bottom of the waters. He went on to have a successful music career with the Monkees many years later.
* To be in Davy's Grip: To be close to death, or frightened.
* To have the Davies or the Joneseys: To be frightened
* To see you to Davy Jones: To threaten to kill some one

[A Lobster Formally Known as Zi]

Erin O'Riley, a lean irish woman of around the age of 22, walked briskly between people on the boardwalk outside the harbour. She didn't much trust land lubbers, but she had to see if any girls had answered her ad for a new cabin Girl. Her long red hair followed in a tight braid behind her. A golden hoop earing hung from each ear, and a ruby on a silver chain from her neck. She was beutiful, or atleast most would find her so were she not a cyclopse. The Irish woman had a black patch covering one eye. O'Riley, as she prefered to be called, was careful not to attract the attention of any person of authority. She didn't want the navy chaseing her over a simple Cabin Girl ad. She waited in the designated spit, and glanced towards the sun. "'igh noon," she said in a heavy accent, "She should be 'ere any moment now."
((Who ever my cabin girl is...... you can reply to this...... So doom!))


Down in the mess hall of the "good" ship Vallor, the cook prepared the crews dinner for the night. Bloody Bessie Kid, a young lass of maybe 19 with a strong arm and stronger love of the sea, sang loudly as she sliced and diced the ingriedients for the stew. Her singing wasn't the greatest, but she knew some of the strangest songs! "An' 'e threw me 'is sock!" she wailed, "'Is smelly ol' sock! An I poured it in me stew!" She continued her singing, pushing the recently chopped vegitables into the pot boiling over the fire. Next she pulled out a large flask of rum, and poured the whole thing in the stew. She covered the stew, and hurridly sat down to rest her leg. She only had one, unfortunately for her, the other had been replaced with a wooden peg. She brushed her fingers through her dark hair, and forgetting the words to the rest of that strange song, began humming most of it.

[A Lobster Formally Known as Zi]

((GAH! Do people just not like my role plays? *sniff*))

[stardragon]

((I like some of them... I just don't know all of them But here goes for me! Tags any ole persona.))

'Lady' Siren stood on the bow of the Vallor watching the people pass by on the wharf below. Her braid lifted a little in the off sea wind, the end of it twitching across the back of her thighs. She sighed lightly, she was bored. With nothing to do on board while the captain went off in search of a new cabin girl Siren, as she called herself, decided to look into getting a quick job before they put out to sea once more.

A quick trip to her bunk and a fast change and a few moments later Siren, carefully wrapped in a cloak, disembarked from the Vallor and headed for the nearest mid-scale tavern. Just before reaching the tavern she sought Siren ducked into an alleyway and swept back the cloak's camouflaging folds and hood revealing a distinctively styled blue dress. Siren reemerged from the alley, and entered the tavern as 'The Lady in Blue'. Hers was a quiet reputation, only known by a select few in each port. If there was work for her here tonight it would find her. And likely it would find her quickly.

[A Lobster Formally Known as Zi]

Bess stuck a finger in the stew, and shook her head. "Not th' righ' consistancy," she said irritably. She tore through the cabinates looking for some exotic engridient. "Where be it?" she asked miserably, "Where be me rum?!"

[A Lobster Formally Known as Zi]

((HEY! It'd be really swell if'n someone would be so kind as to post here))

[stardragon]

((True True Zi Unfortuantely I think it's just us two... give me a day or three to get back on my feet and I'll make a stab at a cabin girl persona. ;D ))

[Leia and Luke]

{{what time period is this?}}

[A Lobster Formally Known as Zi]

((Eh..... I'm thinking.... White wigs brittain time.... whenever that was...... ))

[Leia and Luke]

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[A Lobster Formally Known as Zi]

((1600s or 1700s I guess.... somewhere around there))

[Leia and Luke]

{{Oh ok}}

[A Lobster Formally Known as Zi]

((Yup))

[Leia and Luke]

Eliza Barnett sat in the soft cool sand under the docks.Her dress clung to her thin frame showing every curve on her.It was tattered from running through the trees and thickets.Her legs were bloody.She was afraid.Afraid that her brother had sent people to find her.Afraid he would kill her or have her killed.Afraid that she couldn't get away in time.

The first thing she did was killed a man for nearly hurting her favorite slave.Second she had stolen all the money from the safe.Third she had helped free several of her slaves from her plantation.It was near Port Royal.

Elizabeth was an edgy person.She pulled her knees to her chest.Her brown hair went down to her waist when not put up.The sea breeze made it fly into her face.Her green eyes scanned her surrondings.She clutched a pistol in her hand.