Post by Liechtenstein on Oct 16, 2010 16:04:56 GMT -8
Somewhere in the darkest corners of London's biggest marketplace, hidden away from all the jewelry sellers selling and showing off their beautiful bobbles. Hidden away from the grocery stands selling their newest produce and creations, hidden away from the clothing sellers, each and every single one showing off their finest wares and fabrics and silks......Is a stand off in the corner.
a couple of shady, and very very dirty old pirates showing off their wears. In front of this stand there are children, as well as teenagers, each and everyone in the rattiest of clothing, all either tied up, or chained together, and all of them Asian.
One of the children, Jun Shi Wang, is sitting off to one of the side corners of the stand. His pants tattered and torn on the edges, he shifts his bare feet upon the dirty ground. He hums to himself as he tilts his head from side to side as he hums a sweet little song to himself. His dirty little fingers toying with what looks like paper tubing, he looks up every so often to see if his captors are paying attention.....and when they are not, he slips his hand into a pouch that is connected to his belt. He fills the tubing up with what looks like a black powder, that smells as bad as it looks. The second one of the old dusty pirates looks to him, he quickly hides away his current project and giving them the biggest, yet saddest eyes he can muster up in this situation. He lets out a loud cry as he is grabbed by his tattered shirt and yanked forward to be displayed with the other little ones, being sold off for whatever the buyer wishes to do with them.
The first thing Arthur was going to do when he got back to the Grim was take a bath and get the layers of dirt he'd put on for his disguise off. He hadn't felt this ratty in years and while he cursed the need, he agreed with his Queen that this was a worthy cause. The moment he'd heard that this place existed - in Britain no less! - he was filled with such a burning anger that he'd found himself practically storming down without a thought to burn the place to the ground.
Sense had taken over, and he'd put on a disguise to get into the slowly but surely seedier side of town. Dressed as a ragged, filthy old pirate, he went untouched all the way down to that dirty little stall with the children chained up in front. He didn't care that all the children were foreign, or that the men who chained them there were his countrymen. He didn't deal in slaves. Reaching casually into his pocket, where he'd stowed his pistol, Arthur wrapped his hand around it, not for comfort but to remind himself to not act before the time was right.
"'ello tha sah's." he garbled, stumbling almost drunkenly up to the stall. "Foine day ent it?" his one visible eye - blotted to look mostly blind with a fine mixture of cobweb and salt water while the other was hidden by an eyepatch - ran over the children, giving each one a quick glance to see how damaged they were if it came to running away. Hunched over, he pretended to wheeze and cough, the men running the stall shifting away from him in disgust.
"Ro....Wroit then" The elder pirate slowly turned to Arthur in his dishevled state slowly turning his nose up with a frown. "What brings you to our humble stand?" His frown slowly turning into a grin as he slowly places a hand onto Arthur's dusty shoulder only to lead him to the group of children that he has chained up to the front of the stand. He slowly looks to Arthur with a half toothless grin as he stopped before a small Asian girl with short hair, who looked a little worse than her wear "A young lady that can escort you down the street?"
Jun Shi slowly looks up from his spot, a small frown on his face as he looks up at the two elderly pirates. As he looks between the two, his eyes lock right onto Arthur.....something about him just didn't seem like what he thought pirates were, which to him he thought were exactly like his captors, evil, drunken, and cruel. He not once looked away from Arthur,as if he is trying to study all of his features. He tried his best to keep up his sad facade as both men grew closer to where he was sitting.
"Or Perhaps a young man..." He asked Arthur, as they strolled past a young man with his long black hair pulled into a ponytail "To help you clean up your ship" The elder pirate finally stopped before young Jun Shi, yanking the boy by up the collar to stand in front of the two of them, only for Jun Shi to look up at the both of them with sad eyes once more.
"Or perhaps this little one to keep you warm at night, to please all of your senses.......you know....." the elder man whispers in his ear "He's still pure."
His teeth were clamped together so firmly he could feel his jaw aching and, in the back of his mind, he wondered why none of his teeth had broken yet. The nerve. The disgusting nerve of these men. "... aye, tha' I woul' be intrested in guvnah." Come on, he thought, get close and let down your guard and we'll see then who'd be fucked.
"'ow much is 'e goin for?" he felt filthy, not only on the outside, but the inside as well for mouthing those words. He'd make it up to the boy - maybe find him some loving parents or at least a place to work where his virginity wasn't under threat. All the children here needed his help.
"Ahh this one.....for you....." He picks Jun Shi up, looking the boy over......only for Jun Shi to look to Arthur sadly. The boy wasn't meant for this type of life, nor was he meant to be used for some old pirates toy. He gulped out softly only to give Arthur a small whimper, his bottom lip trembling in fear.
"This one my good man, 3,000.....given the fact that this little one is fresh off the island......and completely fresh.....I made for sure my men didn't lay a finger on him.....I wanted him fresh and ready for our better customers.....like yourself guvnah" the old pirate gave Arthur a toothless grin, only to pat him onto the back.
Unknown to the old pirate, little Jun Shi was a sneaky little one......while he was distracted with trying to make a top sale with Arthur, he carefully slipped what he was working on into the old pirate's belt. Reaching into his back pocket he carefully pulls out a match and reaching up to brush it up against his belt lighting it instantly then turning to light the fuse, and waiting for the explosion, smiling internally.
With as casual a move as he could, Arthur flicked one arm down and the knife that had been strapped to his arms fell into his hands with a reassuring weight. The undying urge to just stick it in the man's throat and walk away was there, but just as he was about to end the bastard, he noticed the asian teen that the swine had been trying to sell him slip something into his pants. At first, he was confused as to what it was, but when the flicker of a match set it alight, he knew it was some kind of explosive.
Trying to stifle a grin, he stepped past the man. "Jes' gonna inspect th'wares." he mumbled, grabbing the daring young man by the chin and leaning in closer - putting himself between the boy and the man. Close enough that a whispered word to the boy with just enough time before the explosion. "Good job." he said, in his normal voice, one visible eye glinting with amusement.
a couple of shady, and very very dirty old pirates showing off their wears. In front of this stand there are children, as well as teenagers, each and everyone in the rattiest of clothing, all either tied up, or chained together, and all of them Asian.
One of the children, Jun Shi Wang, is sitting off to one of the side corners of the stand. His pants tattered and torn on the edges, he shifts his bare feet upon the dirty ground. He hums to himself as he tilts his head from side to side as he hums a sweet little song to himself. His dirty little fingers toying with what looks like paper tubing, he looks up every so often to see if his captors are paying attention.....and when they are not, he slips his hand into a pouch that is connected to his belt. He fills the tubing up with what looks like a black powder, that smells as bad as it looks. The second one of the old dusty pirates looks to him, he quickly hides away his current project and giving them the biggest, yet saddest eyes he can muster up in this situation. He lets out a loud cry as he is grabbed by his tattered shirt and yanked forward to be displayed with the other little ones, being sold off for whatever the buyer wishes to do with them.
The first thing Arthur was going to do when he got back to the Grim was take a bath and get the layers of dirt he'd put on for his disguise off. He hadn't felt this ratty in years and while he cursed the need, he agreed with his Queen that this was a worthy cause. The moment he'd heard that this place existed - in Britain no less! - he was filled with such a burning anger that he'd found himself practically storming down without a thought to burn the place to the ground.
Sense had taken over, and he'd put on a disguise to get into the slowly but surely seedier side of town. Dressed as a ragged, filthy old pirate, he went untouched all the way down to that dirty little stall with the children chained up in front. He didn't care that all the children were foreign, or that the men who chained them there were his countrymen. He didn't deal in slaves. Reaching casually into his pocket, where he'd stowed his pistol, Arthur wrapped his hand around it, not for comfort but to remind himself to not act before the time was right.
"'ello tha sah's." he garbled, stumbling almost drunkenly up to the stall. "Foine day ent it?" his one visible eye - blotted to look mostly blind with a fine mixture of cobweb and salt water while the other was hidden by an eyepatch - ran over the children, giving each one a quick glance to see how damaged they were if it came to running away. Hunched over, he pretended to wheeze and cough, the men running the stall shifting away from him in disgust.
"Ro....Wroit then" The elder pirate slowly turned to Arthur in his dishevled state slowly turning his nose up with a frown. "What brings you to our humble stand?" His frown slowly turning into a grin as he slowly places a hand onto Arthur's dusty shoulder only to lead him to the group of children that he has chained up to the front of the stand. He slowly looks to Arthur with a half toothless grin as he stopped before a small Asian girl with short hair, who looked a little worse than her wear "A young lady that can escort you down the street?"
Jun Shi slowly looks up from his spot, a small frown on his face as he looks up at the two elderly pirates. As he looks between the two, his eyes lock right onto Arthur.....something about him just didn't seem like what he thought pirates were, which to him he thought were exactly like his captors, evil, drunken, and cruel. He not once looked away from Arthur,as if he is trying to study all of his features. He tried his best to keep up his sad facade as both men grew closer to where he was sitting.
"Or Perhaps a young man..." He asked Arthur, as they strolled past a young man with his long black hair pulled into a ponytail "To help you clean up your ship" The elder pirate finally stopped before young Jun Shi, yanking the boy by up the collar to stand in front of the two of them, only for Jun Shi to look up at the both of them with sad eyes once more.
"Or perhaps this little one to keep you warm at night, to please all of your senses.......you know....." the elder man whispers in his ear "He's still pure."
His teeth were clamped together so firmly he could feel his jaw aching and, in the back of his mind, he wondered why none of his teeth had broken yet. The nerve. The disgusting nerve of these men. "... aye, tha' I woul' be intrested in guvnah." Come on, he thought, get close and let down your guard and we'll see then who'd be fucked.
"'ow much is 'e goin for?" he felt filthy, not only on the outside, but the inside as well for mouthing those words. He'd make it up to the boy - maybe find him some loving parents or at least a place to work where his virginity wasn't under threat. All the children here needed his help.
"Ahh this one.....for you....." He picks Jun Shi up, looking the boy over......only for Jun Shi to look to Arthur sadly. The boy wasn't meant for this type of life, nor was he meant to be used for some old pirates toy. He gulped out softly only to give Arthur a small whimper, his bottom lip trembling in fear.
"This one my good man, 3,000.....given the fact that this little one is fresh off the island......and completely fresh.....I made for sure my men didn't lay a finger on him.....I wanted him fresh and ready for our better customers.....like yourself guvnah" the old pirate gave Arthur a toothless grin, only to pat him onto the back.
Unknown to the old pirate, little Jun Shi was a sneaky little one......while he was distracted with trying to make a top sale with Arthur, he carefully slipped what he was working on into the old pirate's belt. Reaching into his back pocket he carefully pulls out a match and reaching up to brush it up against his belt lighting it instantly then turning to light the fuse, and waiting for the explosion, smiling internally.
With as casual a move as he could, Arthur flicked one arm down and the knife that had been strapped to his arms fell into his hands with a reassuring weight. The undying urge to just stick it in the man's throat and walk away was there, but just as he was about to end the bastard, he noticed the asian teen that the swine had been trying to sell him slip something into his pants. At first, he was confused as to what it was, but when the flicker of a match set it alight, he knew it was some kind of explosive.
Trying to stifle a grin, he stepped past the man. "Jes' gonna inspect th'wares." he mumbled, grabbing the daring young man by the chin and leaning in closer - putting himself between the boy and the man. Close enough that a whispered word to the boy with just enough time before the explosion. "Good job." he said, in his normal voice, one visible eye glinting with amusement.
