Siren Pirates & Rotten Roses (1x1)

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    Bill
    Ionette


    Bill said nothing as he nodded and left the room, closing the door behind him. He went out to the deck, and there were a few other crew members up, including Teeth and 8-Ball, nicknamed for his profound accuracy in giving advice and predicting events based on the relevant circumstances. They were talking quietly, and they seemed to agree on something before quickly shaking hands and moving on to some other topic. Making bets, huh? He wondered what they were betting on. "Get the rest! Let's get a move on!" He called out, causing Teeth and 8-Ball to be the first ones through the door. The rest of the crew stayed above deck. It only took one to wake the crew, but Teeth and 8-Ball were inseparable, and did almost everything together. Bill had never questioned this, for he didn't see any reason to. He see reason to now either, and honestly, he really didn't care. Friends or otherwise, at least they found some level of trust in one another. He walked up the stairs to the wheel as crew members began to drizzle out of the door.

    Ionette watched the fish faced captain exit the room from where she hid under the mass of blankets. She wasn't sure what to do really, Sure she had the deal, but with where she stood there wasn't really a way to gather information by staying on the ship. If she really wanted to be proactive she'd have to approach this the way she had done so many others, and that didn't involve staying hidden on the ship within the captain's quarters either. Ionette was sure that the captain already knew everything on the ship from the crew if they knew anything- if not than he's not running things correctly. There was nothing she could learn here, she was useless on this ship. If that kept up, the captain might as well try to kill her. She shivered, she was trapped here. I need to find a way out of here once this ship is docked. Ionette grimaced at the thought, Honestly why make the deal with me if he was hardly going to let me out of this room?!

    Bill
    Ionette


    *time skip to 1 month later*


    The Rosey Marigold sat anchored in the water just off shore of the seemingly uninhabited island. Despite the crew's expressed concerns, Bill insisted that someone did in fact live here, and thus the long boat sat alone in the sand as he searched the tree line for some sort of opening or path. There were a few crew members with him, including Pyronica, Keyhole(nicknamed for the tattoo on his bicep), Polly(who couldn't speak and so had a parrot to speak for him), and Xanthar. Ionette had to come as well, of course, as it was her thing that was being enchanted. The crew waited in a group away from Ionette, and Bill had moved away to search the tree line.

    ||Ionette Marlow||
    "I hate you..."
    Interactions: Bill Cipher, Pyronica, Keyhole, Polly & Parot, Xanthar
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    She didn't have to see the others to know they feared her, it was evident in the way they constantly kept their distance. She approached they stepped back. She could also feel their gazes weighing down her shoulders. She didn't blame them for their fear, but by God it was very annoying. After so many years Ionette had grown to become numb to it. "Y'know, if you come closer you can see me better," her voice was dripping with sickenly sweet sarcasm flashing a false, pointed tooth smile. Yeah, she'd grown numb to it, but that didn't mean she didn't find it fun to poke.

    Bill, Pyronica, Keyhole, Polly, Xanthar
    Ionette


    "SQAAAAAAK! BETTER NOT! BETTER NOT!" Polly called. Bill looked over at them briefly, then laughed and shook his head. Spunky little demon, she was. He looked back to the tree line, squinted, leaned forward, then turned back and let out a loud whistle and gestured for them to come to his location. The group of crew members began to jog over, trying to not look at Ionette. Bill grinned, this was way too funny.

    ||Ionette Marlow||
    "I hate you..."
    Interactions: Bill Cipher,Pyronica,Keyhole, Polly & Parrot, Xanthar
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    Ionette's grin doubled in size, unhumanly, as she followed on fast toes in a mock run behind them stopping only a foot behind them, "Why must you be so scared? My curse is hidden from your eyes. You still feel the fear? I'm hurt," Ionette's cheeks puffed out in a false pout. She couldn't help it, an attitude and personality from the more suppressed side of her peeked through. Allowing a glimmer of a more sadistic and mischievous side of her show through.

    Bill, people
    Ionette


    Bill chuckled, "Yeah guys. Relax. The nightmare demon won't kill you because she'd have to be able to kill all of us for that to work, and IM here, so that can't happen!" He grinned, "I'm too good of a swordsman for that!" Polly and his parrot chuckled a little at thier Captains casualness. He did have a point, granted it didn't make her any less scary, but she couldn't kill them, so they relaxed a little. "NOW!!" Bill said suddenly very loudly, "Time to find the woman that taught me much of what I know today! Funnily enough, she never gave me her name, just said 'oh, any name will do, so long as it's complimentary!' Hahaha! She sure was a funny lady! Still is, hopefully!" He said as he started to walk towards the path he had discovered. It was narrow and overgrown, but it was a path, and better than tromping through the unknown.

    ||Ionette Marlow||
    "I hate you..."
    Interactions: Bill Cipher, Pyronica, Keyhole, Polly & Parrot, Xanthar
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    I'm not a demon! Ionette's grin dropped, her face one again covered by the emotionless mask. I'm not a demon... I'm not! Ion resisted the erge to clench her fist tight, the action would only hurt the still healing arm as tendons and ligiments moved. Calm down, Lass. Don't start loosing your shit now. So what he called you a demon, who hasn't? Get over it, Doll-Face, no one cares about feelings here. You should know that by now. It's just how the world works. No one ever gives a damn. Well, so much for hopeful thinking.

    Bill, people
    Ionette


    *some time later*


    Bill's sword slashed through thick vines and branches, the debris falling to the floor only to be kicked out of the way. "DAMNIT MATRAS, WHY YOU GOTTA BE SO HARD TO LOCATE?!" He complained, slashing through another vine. He stopped, and sat on the ground, panting. He was exhausting himself trying to find this woman.
    "Maybe we're going the wrong way?" Keyhole suggested.
    "NO WE-" Bill cut himself off. He shouldn't pretend all the time. "Well...we might be...I don't actually have a map. She just said this was the island she was setting up shop at. No real directions or anything." He started intently at the twig in front of him.
    "Well, maybe we ought to set up camp outside of the jungle. That way we don't get eaten by anything unsavory." Pyronica put her hands on her hips.
    "But... but I wanna find Matras..." Bill whined getting up and hacking at another vine.
    "I KNOW Captain! But we probably won't find her today! We should rest and come back tomorrow before something large decides we look tasty!" Pyronica tried to reason.
    "SQUAAAAAAAK! COMMON BILL! COMMON BI-"
    "WHAT."
    "SORRY CAPTAIN. SORRY CAPTAIN. SQUAAAK!"

    ||Ionette Marlow||
    "I hate you..."
    Interactions: Bill Cipher, Pyronica, Keyhole, Polly & Parrot, Xanthar
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    "Try looking for signs of animal activity. Scavenging animals are more likely to be attracted to areas where people are since there is a source of food in the area. Prey animals become scarcer the closer to human or perditor activity. More rats and mice, less rabbits and deer. That sort of thing. Look for tracks." Ionette suggested, a low rummble in her chest. Sure there were better ways to track someone down, especially since she didn't know what lived on the island to begin with. She didn't really feel like sharing more of her tactical ways. Best to cut this trip as short as they could, she'd rather not be here too much longer. Ionette didn't seem too amused from the parrot's squawking, finding it rather irritating as it rang harshly in her ears.

    Bill, other people
    Ionette


    Bill stared at Ionette for a moment before smiling, "That's the smartest thing I've heard all day! Well done, Shorty!" He jogged over and patted her on the head, then jogged back to the vines. "Why don't some of you go back and start a fire or something? We're gonna need a terrestrial base of operations when I'm done slicing up the local flora! And while we're at it, maybe we'll draw her attention and save my arm from a bunch of unnecessary chopping!" He said, swinging his swords round again. Pyronica almost squealed for joy and took off down the path.
    "FIRE! I WANNA DO IT!" She cackled. Keyhole and Polly followed suit, though it was more to keep her from setting EVERYTHING on fire. Bill didn't nickname her PYROnica for nothing! Xanthar stood by silently, opting to stay with the Captain and Ionette. He pulled Bill back, and took out his duel axes, and began to hack violently, clearing out a path three times faster than Bill had been. Bill giggled and put his sword away, simply following behind the burly man. He may have been shorter than Bill, but he was MUCH stronger. Bill in actuality, was fairly skinny. He had some nice muscles, but he wasn't exploding with muscles and testosterone like good ol Xanthar.

    ||Ionette Marlow||
    "I hate you..."
    Interactions: Bill Cipher, Pyronica, Keyhole, Polly & Parrot, Xanthar
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    Ionette flinched under Bill's touch, her head shrinking down to her shoulders as she backed away, "Don't touch me," she spoke almost softly, though the hiss in her voice was still there. Touch, touch is bad, touch hurts! Ionette shivered listening for the others to run ahead of her before following behind.

    Bill, Xanthar
    Ionette


    *time skip*


    The group had made very good progress, but there was no sign of the Enchantress's house. They were walking back down the path Xanthar had carved for them, when Bill felt...odd. "Something's wrong. You guys feel it?" He asked softly. Xanthar nodded, making a simple noise of adknowlagement.


    step step step swoosh step

    ||Ionette Marlow||
    "I hate you..."
    Interactions: Bill Cipher, Xanthar
    -----
    Ionette nodded the same spine tingling feeling running though her body. Something was very off. What it was she had yet to pin point. her head low and to the side making her ears more open to hear what was around them Picking up something, her eyes furrowed, she still couldn't make out what the was. Ionette put a gunfire to her lips before using the same hand to guesture to her ears, 'listen' she seemed to say. 'Hear it?'

    Bill, Xanthar
    Ionette


    The heavy steps were made quieter by the soft earth, but the bushes and thick foliage would rustle occasionally. Bill drew his gun and a sword, ready for anything to leap out of the bushes. He looked at Ionette, wondering if she'd get mad at him. Xanthar didn't seem as concerned, growling at the rustling bushes. Someone, or more likely something, was stalking them


    Step step thud step swoosh swish step

    ||Ionette Marlow||
    "I hate you..."
    Interactions: Bill Cipher, Xanthar
    -----
    Ionette didn't seem to care about the weapons that were drawn, de wasn't going to tell him not to defend himself, that would be hypocritical. Ion remained focused of the soft sound, her back foot stepping back in a battle ready stance, hands up. Unfortunately she didn't have her knives on her. Ion didn't care to get her hands a little dirty though if it called for it. She'd use her hands, or her eyes, whatever comes first.

    Bill, Xanthar
    Ionette


    The jaguar leaped out of the foliage suddenly, screaming as it lunged at Ionette, claws unsheathed.


    It never hit its target. Because the bullet found its target first.


    The shot rang out, silencing the screeching cat in an instant. The jaguar fell to the ground at Ionette's feet whining before it finally fell limp, stareing lifelessly to the side. Bill held his gun out, the barrel still smoking, staring at the jaguar's shot corpse. He'd gotten it right through the heart. Lucky shot.

    Ionette's eyes were wide beneath the wrappings, her heart pounding in her chest ears ringing. Her head snapped up to look at Bill from the large, smelly cat at her feet. He- Ion shook her head giving a curt nod to Bill muttering her thanks to him.

    Bill, Xanthar
    Ionette


    Bill took deep breaths, trying to calm his electrified nerves.
    "Good shot." Xanthar said, patting Bill on the back.
    "Thanks," Bill looked at the slightly shorter African brute before turning his attention to Ionette, "You...you good?" He asked, panting.

    ||Ionette Marlow||
    "I hate you..."
    Interactions:Bill Cipher, Xanthar
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    Ionette nodded hastily her heart still racing from the near death experience. Sure she could bring down pirate ships, take on an army, but a jaguar? Nearly took her down. Of all things a jaguar was not what she expected. "Y-eah..."