Chapter Two
In Which Zangulus fails to find L-Sama, Amelia falls in love with a mysterious new-comer to Seryuun, Zel's crew get decidedly drunk, and Lina
attacks Xelloss for calling her something in French.
"That stupid ship should be in harbor right now! A scout saw it last night headed straight for us but when he came back after getting me, the ship was gone and it wasn't in harbor. He was only gone one minute! Where could it have gone??" Zangulus ranted at "The White Dove", his favorite bar when he wasn't on duty. Suddenly there was a commotion at the door as a group of several people entered the bar. "Eh? What's going on over there?" he asked the barman, Seamus.
"Ah! Zel and his crew are back. Two of our barmaids seem to have.ah.an a-fin-i-ty with them."
"So they're what, Sailors?"
"Ah, you could say that.."
"SEAMUS!!!!" A red-headed young woman said, with an American accent, running up to the barman. "Zel says he's gonna get us all drinks, so step on it, my man! It's good to see you again!"
"If only for my drinks, eh, Lina?" He asked the woman, before getting to work on the drinks.
Several more young people of various ethnic origins walked up to the bar, chattering and laughing the whole way. One of them, Zangulus noted to himself, carried a sword and was looking around cautiously. He jumped when Zangulus tapped his shoulder.
"Excuse me, young.er." He stuttered noting the color of the 'young' man's hair. It was white.
"No, sir, you were entirely correct in calling me young. My name is. Zel. May I inquire as to yours?" The man said politely, and with an Irish accent.
"Zangulus. I'm the captain of the guard here. Am I to understand that you and your crew have come into port recently?"
"Yes, you are, sir."
"We have reports of a pirate crew in the waters surrounding us. I was wondering if you happen to have seen a pirate ship."
'Zel' seemed to think for a moment, before replying. ******
Zel looked at the man suspiciously. He obviously knew something about them, but other than that seemed very incompetent. Just then Lina tapped him on the shoulder.
"Hey, Zel! Seamus says the drinks are ready and Xelloss is about ready to go into the kitchen himself to cook for them! .Ah, who's this?" She added, noting Zangulus.
"Lina, I would like to introduce you to Mr. Zangulus. He is the head of the guard. Sir, this is my first mate, Lina." Lina noticed the way Zel omitted her last name. Zel often did that, with every one..
"A pleasure, I'm sure. I was just asking Captain Zel if you all had seen -"
"M'sieur Ze-el!! Dey won't let me into de Cuisine!! Dey say t'at dey've got all de aide dey need!!" A smiling Xelloss said running up to the Captain.
"Xelloss, this is Zangulus, captain of the guard. Sir, this is Xelloss, the cook on board our ship."
"I see, Now, Mr. Zel, you never did properly answer my question -"
"Hey, Zel! I can't find Sylphiel! D'you know where she is??" The blond Gourry said walking up to Zel.
"No, I'm sorry Gourry; I haven't seen her yet today. Ah, this is Gourry, sir. Gourry, this is Zangulus, Captain of the guard."
"Hiya, Zanlugus!" Gourry said before wandering off to look for Sylphiel. ******
"Is it just me, Xelloss, or is Zel trying to warn us not to say anything stupid without actually saying it?" Lina whispered to Xelloss as they watched their captain talk to the guardsman.
"I would have to say t'at you're rright, Miz Lina. I don't t'ink we should call 'eem by 'is real name, eit'er." Xelloss whispered back
"Xelloss, Lina! There you are!! It's so good to see you all again!" Fillia said as she spotted her friends. "here, first round of drinks is on me, and I heard Zel say he'd buy? So that's two free rounds Lina, your luck!" And with that the blonde barmaid handed them both a mug of ale. ******
Sometime later, when he was sure his crew, Gourry included, wasn't going to say anything to this Zangulus character about them being pirates, Zelgadiss took a step out side for some fresh air. Ah, just my luck that there are still people out and about. I hope they don't notice the sword. He thought to himself. Suddenly he was aware of two young women staring openly at him. Both had black hair, but one was taller, had longer hair and was more.ahem.'developed'. The other looked to be only a teenaged girl. In fact, he would have mistaken both as such, but for the very elegant dresses both were wearing. The shorter one started towards him.
"Excuse me, sir but me and my sister were just wondering, if you were a pirate." She said when she was a few feet from him. The girl's sister looked terribly embarrassed for her sibling.
"Uhm, no Milady. I am but a simple sailor."
"But you've a sword; you're dressed like a pirate.."
"If I didn't know better, Milady, I'd say you wanted me to be a pirate."
"Ah, well..I think it would be an amazing adventure to be captured by a pirate."
"And do you have a prince in mind to come and rescue you? Pirates generally don't kidnap innocents. I'll admit my crew has wished, from time to time, to capture maim and keelhaul some one -" He stopped. He hadn't meant to say that. Now these girls would know he was a pirate.
"So you are a pirate!! What is your ship called?"
"Alright, yes I am a pirate, a pirate captain at that. Now, you mustn't tell a soul, understand. My crew and I we don't want any trouble, we're just restocking, and then we're on our way. And I can't tell you the name of my ship. That'd be a death warrant. If that man Zangulus in there were to find out, our heads would be up for hanging. Do you understand?"
"I suppose. But why is Sir Zangulus in there?"
"You know him?"
"Yes, of course I do. Why wouldn't I?"
"Well, why would you?"
"Because, I am Princess Amelia wiltelsa Seryuun! Champion of JUSTICE!!!!!"
"M'sieur, if you don't mind me saying, she gives me t'e creeps.." Came a voice from behind him.
"Wha-? Oh, hello Xelloss. Everybody good and drunk in there?"
"Oui. Very much so. Now, who is t'is? A friend of yours?"
"No, some justice obsessed young woman, who, quite frankly, is freaking me out. She wanted to know if we were pirates."
"What did you say?"
"Well, I was denying it at first, but then I let slip about the keelhauling incident."
"T'at was funny! You were as blue as your shirt when you came up!! We all t'ought you were going to kill us!" Xelloss laughed.
Zelgadiss grinned in memory of the incident. It had been rather amusing despite him being the one the others decided to gang up on. ******
Amelia looked at the two men laughing over something like keelhauling. From what she had heard, keelhauling was a form of punishment, yet these two pirates were laughing over it as though it was nothing, and one of them was the one who had been keelhauled. Amelia wondered if that was the proper conjugation on that verb.
"Uhm, excuse me? Isn't keelhauling some sort of punishment?" She asked nervously.
The one you had said he was captain looked over at her. "U-sualy. For us..well, let's just say it isn't as bad as it sounds when you can hold your breath underwater for eight minutes."
"How is that possible?"
"I've lived on ships since I was 3, Milady. It's just something you have to learn."
"It must have been terrible, growing up on a ship!"
"Actually, it's easier than growing up on land. When you feel like going some where else you go there. If you want to see the world, all you have to do is point our rudder in the right direction. I will admit that it's hard work working the lay-ties and the sails when you're in the middle of a storm. Xelloss, do you recall that one time that Lina almost fell from the main mast during that major storm off the coast of Spain?"
"You've been to SPAIN??"
"Uh, yes."
"May I join your crew Mister..Uh, you haven't told me your name, yet?"
"I'm sorry milady, but a Pirate ship is not the place for a young woman -"
"HIYA ZEL!!!" Came the voice of a (very) drunk young woman behind him.
"Urk.."
"Why don't you want anything ta drink ZEL?
"Lina, you don't have to speak so loudly"
"If I were you M'sieur, I would call t'at yelling, not speaking loudly."
The pirate captain glared at the black haired young man before turning to 'Lina'. "Lina, you need to sit down.here now, just.sit, okay??" Lina sat down where the captain indicated, and waited, trying to get the last drops of ale from her mug.
"So, is that your name? Zel?"
"Actually, Milady, my name is Zelgadiss Greywiers."
"You were saying something about 'Not the place for a young woman' Mr. Zelgidiss?"
"Zel-GA-diss, and allow me to rephrase that. Not the place for a young LADY. Lina here is hardly a Lady."
"But She iz très Mignon!" The black haired man 'Xelloss' grinned. Said young woman lurched to her unsteady feet. "WHAT did YOU call MEE?? XELLOSS???" And she took the young man with the strange accent into a headlock. "Lina, Lina! I called you cute!! Honest! CUTE!!! Zel? Isn't t'at right? Cute? Help me out here Zel!" "Lina. He called you cute. Honest. On my honor as your Captain." Reluctantly the red-head let go of the young man's head. "Alrighty, I believe ya Zel.ZZZzzzzzzzz"
In Which Zangulus fails to find L-Sama, Amelia falls in love with a mysterious new-comer to Seryuun, Zel's crew get decidedly drunk, and Lina
attacks Xelloss for calling her something in French.
"That stupid ship should be in harbor right now! A scout saw it last night headed straight for us but when he came back after getting me, the ship was gone and it wasn't in harbor. He was only gone one minute! Where could it have gone??" Zangulus ranted at "The White Dove", his favorite bar when he wasn't on duty. Suddenly there was a commotion at the door as a group of several people entered the bar. "Eh? What's going on over there?" he asked the barman, Seamus.
"Ah! Zel and his crew are back. Two of our barmaids seem to have.ah.an a-fin-i-ty with them."
"So they're what, Sailors?"
"Ah, you could say that.."
"SEAMUS!!!!" A red-headed young woman said, with an American accent, running up to the barman. "Zel says he's gonna get us all drinks, so step on it, my man! It's good to see you again!"
"If only for my drinks, eh, Lina?" He asked the woman, before getting to work on the drinks.
Several more young people of various ethnic origins walked up to the bar, chattering and laughing the whole way. One of them, Zangulus noted to himself, carried a sword and was looking around cautiously. He jumped when Zangulus tapped his shoulder.
"Excuse me, young.er." He stuttered noting the color of the 'young' man's hair. It was white.
"No, sir, you were entirely correct in calling me young. My name is. Zel. May I inquire as to yours?" The man said politely, and with an Irish accent.
"Zangulus. I'm the captain of the guard here. Am I to understand that you and your crew have come into port recently?"
"Yes, you are, sir."
"We have reports of a pirate crew in the waters surrounding us. I was wondering if you happen to have seen a pirate ship."
'Zel' seemed to think for a moment, before replying. ******
Zel looked at the man suspiciously. He obviously knew something about them, but other than that seemed very incompetent. Just then Lina tapped him on the shoulder.
"Hey, Zel! Seamus says the drinks are ready and Xelloss is about ready to go into the kitchen himself to cook for them! .Ah, who's this?" She added, noting Zangulus.
"Lina, I would like to introduce you to Mr. Zangulus. He is the head of the guard. Sir, this is my first mate, Lina." Lina noticed the way Zel omitted her last name. Zel often did that, with every one..
"A pleasure, I'm sure. I was just asking Captain Zel if you all had seen -"
"M'sieur Ze-el!! Dey won't let me into de Cuisine!! Dey say t'at dey've got all de aide dey need!!" A smiling Xelloss said running up to the Captain.
"Xelloss, this is Zangulus, captain of the guard. Sir, this is Xelloss, the cook on board our ship."
"I see, Now, Mr. Zel, you never did properly answer my question -"
"Hey, Zel! I can't find Sylphiel! D'you know where she is??" The blond Gourry said walking up to Zel.
"No, I'm sorry Gourry; I haven't seen her yet today. Ah, this is Gourry, sir. Gourry, this is Zangulus, Captain of the guard."
"Hiya, Zanlugus!" Gourry said before wandering off to look for Sylphiel. ******
"Is it just me, Xelloss, or is Zel trying to warn us not to say anything stupid without actually saying it?" Lina whispered to Xelloss as they watched their captain talk to the guardsman.
"I would have to say t'at you're rright, Miz Lina. I don't t'ink we should call 'eem by 'is real name, eit'er." Xelloss whispered back
"Xelloss, Lina! There you are!! It's so good to see you all again!" Fillia said as she spotted her friends. "here, first round of drinks is on me, and I heard Zel say he'd buy? So that's two free rounds Lina, your luck!" And with that the blonde barmaid handed them both a mug of ale. ******
Sometime later, when he was sure his crew, Gourry included, wasn't going to say anything to this Zangulus character about them being pirates, Zelgadiss took a step out side for some fresh air. Ah, just my luck that there are still people out and about. I hope they don't notice the sword. He thought to himself. Suddenly he was aware of two young women staring openly at him. Both had black hair, but one was taller, had longer hair and was more.ahem.'developed'. The other looked to be only a teenaged girl. In fact, he would have mistaken both as such, but for the very elegant dresses both were wearing. The shorter one started towards him.
"Excuse me, sir but me and my sister were just wondering, if you were a pirate." She said when she was a few feet from him. The girl's sister looked terribly embarrassed for her sibling.
"Uhm, no Milady. I am but a simple sailor."
"But you've a sword; you're dressed like a pirate.."
"If I didn't know better, Milady, I'd say you wanted me to be a pirate."
"Ah, well..I think it would be an amazing adventure to be captured by a pirate."
"And do you have a prince in mind to come and rescue you? Pirates generally don't kidnap innocents. I'll admit my crew has wished, from time to time, to capture maim and keelhaul some one -" He stopped. He hadn't meant to say that. Now these girls would know he was a pirate.
"So you are a pirate!! What is your ship called?"
"Alright, yes I am a pirate, a pirate captain at that. Now, you mustn't tell a soul, understand. My crew and I we don't want any trouble, we're just restocking, and then we're on our way. And I can't tell you the name of my ship. That'd be a death warrant. If that man Zangulus in there were to find out, our heads would be up for hanging. Do you understand?"
"I suppose. But why is Sir Zangulus in there?"
"You know him?"
"Yes, of course I do. Why wouldn't I?"
"Well, why would you?"
"Because, I am Princess Amelia wiltelsa Seryuun! Champion of JUSTICE!!!!!"
"M'sieur, if you don't mind me saying, she gives me t'e creeps.." Came a voice from behind him.
"Wha-? Oh, hello Xelloss. Everybody good and drunk in there?"
"Oui. Very much so. Now, who is t'is? A friend of yours?"
"No, some justice obsessed young woman, who, quite frankly, is freaking me out. She wanted to know if we were pirates."
"What did you say?"
"Well, I was denying it at first, but then I let slip about the keelhauling incident."
"T'at was funny! You were as blue as your shirt when you came up!! We all t'ought you were going to kill us!" Xelloss laughed.
Zelgadiss grinned in memory of the incident. It had been rather amusing despite him being the one the others decided to gang up on. ******
Amelia looked at the two men laughing over something like keelhauling. From what she had heard, keelhauling was a form of punishment, yet these two pirates were laughing over it as though it was nothing, and one of them was the one who had been keelhauled. Amelia wondered if that was the proper conjugation on that verb.
"Uhm, excuse me? Isn't keelhauling some sort of punishment?" She asked nervously.
The one you had said he was captain looked over at her. "U-sualy. For us..well, let's just say it isn't as bad as it sounds when you can hold your breath underwater for eight minutes."
"How is that possible?"
"I've lived on ships since I was 3, Milady. It's just something you have to learn."
"It must have been terrible, growing up on a ship!"
"Actually, it's easier than growing up on land. When you feel like going some where else you go there. If you want to see the world, all you have to do is point our rudder in the right direction. I will admit that it's hard work working the lay-ties and the sails when you're in the middle of a storm. Xelloss, do you recall that one time that Lina almost fell from the main mast during that major storm off the coast of Spain?"
"You've been to SPAIN??"
"Uh, yes."
"May I join your crew Mister..Uh, you haven't told me your name, yet?"
"I'm sorry milady, but a Pirate ship is not the place for a young woman -"
"HIYA ZEL!!!" Came the voice of a (very) drunk young woman behind him.
"Urk.."
"Why don't you want anything ta drink ZEL?
"Lina, you don't have to speak so loudly"
"If I were you M'sieur, I would call t'at yelling, not speaking loudly."
The pirate captain glared at the black haired young man before turning to 'Lina'. "Lina, you need to sit down.here now, just.sit, okay??" Lina sat down where the captain indicated, and waited, trying to get the last drops of ale from her mug.
"So, is that your name? Zel?"
"Actually, Milady, my name is Zelgadiss Greywiers."
"You were saying something about 'Not the place for a young woman' Mr. Zelgidiss?"
"Zel-GA-diss, and allow me to rephrase that. Not the place for a young LADY. Lina here is hardly a Lady."
"But She iz très Mignon!" The black haired man 'Xelloss' grinned. Said young woman lurched to her unsteady feet. "WHAT did YOU call MEE?? XELLOSS???" And she took the young man with the strange accent into a headlock. "Lina, Lina! I called you cute!! Honest! CUTE!!! Zel? Isn't t'at right? Cute? Help me out here Zel!" "Lina. He called you cute. Honest. On my honor as your Captain." Reluctantly the red-head let go of the young man's head. "Alrighty, I believe ya Zel.ZZZzzzzzzzz"