Kourla smiled indulgently at Arkeith’s comment, and shook his head.
“What will you do about it, Assassin? Kill me and Viseryn will be most displeased!” The lie slipped easily from his tongue; he had known for days that the Captain despised him and would rather his first mate replaced him, but the young noble was also not stupid enough to try and run the ship on a reduced crew if it were unnecessary.
A stunned silence had reigned over the deck as the corsairs leaned forward to keep a closer eye on the fight with respect. Tenril’s bladework was nearly flawless, and didn’t get Arkeith a chance to attack him as he wanted to.
Karochi’s blades spun faster and faster, the blades becoming a blur in the air, but Tenril managed to skip around the weapons and follow Arkeith around the deck swiftly, although he was fully aware that he was being ganged up on; it was also apparent that if he didn’t manage to take out one of the two enemies soon, then he would doubtless be beaten into submission.
When Tenril tried to strike high with his own sabre, the blow was well placed and perfectly timed, but Arkeith managed to use his own sabre to deflect the blow and send it wide. His short sword’s pommel flashed out like lightning, but the Temple-trained reflexes of the assassin sent that spinning out as well, incredibly, his vambraces smashing the hilt aside.
As Sar’geth hefted the lakelui and began to bring it down, a large, rolling wave hit the
Bloodwrack and completely sent the blow off-course, his weapon heading directly for the glossy wet deck. Arkeith’s timing, however, was dead on, and had the weapon not been thrown off course, he would have been moving at the perfect time. The wave, however, affected his movement due to it’s unexpected nature, and he slipped, sprawling over the deck next to Tenril as the vauvalka’s lakelui bit sharply into the deck a foot to his left, and the sorceror himself only just managed to keep his feet by stumbling forwards, glancing sharply from Tenril, who had managed to keep his feet, no doubt from years of experience on the sea.
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OOC: OK, guys, so ... That was difficult to figure out; I hope I did it justice!
We now have:-
-Tenril on his feet, having just have Sar’geth glance off him
-Sar’geth on his feet, having just glanced off of Tenril
-Arkeith to Tenril’s left, on the ground
-Karochi on his feet, behind Tenril.