The Danger Gang: Triumphant; Bashim: Defeated
After resting for a few hours, Barnacle Bashim and his pirates are ready for another fun day of raiding. Little do they know that this is the day it all comes down. No immortal Dutch pirates, no ship of the damned, no spawn of the sea shall prove to be their undoing. No, they're to be undone by they're own toilet.
Arben remembers his empathic link with his familiar, Saint Simon. He hid in his stuff, and was apparently thrown in some sort of box. He tells him to chew his way out and bring his stuff. Unfortunately, he's not much of a chewer. But he gives it his all.
Meanwhile, Eorl and The Crimson Cutlass do some more scouting. They sneak back up to the deck. There doesn't seem to be any VIP's on this boat, that is, until they hear Aaron barking orders at crew members from inside a barrel. The two of them debate rolling his barrel into the sea, but end up deciding against it. They hear that the pirates threw Ido's fake replacement cup into the sea and boarded up the john. Eorl and The Cutlass laugh to themselves. They overhear that Black Rachael is on the Tigress and Bashim is aboard the Swordfish.
Meanwhile, Bashim has gone to shoot the shit with Arben for a little bit. Arben picks up that Bashim is afraid to go on land and that the ghost ship that's after him is called the Israfel or the "Angel Of Death". He asks Bashim if maybe he could get washed up and get some pants. Bashim agrees and leads him on to deck. Eorl and The Cutlass see him, surprised to learn that he lost half a leg. Bashim pulls out the Zulfuqar and cuts Arbens binds. Arben reads the inscription, "There is no victory with Ali. There is no sword but Zulfuqar." Arben tells him this is different than what would be expected. Bashim mumbles to himself about how he's getting tired of this guy's idle prattling. The crew toss some sea water on him to wash off the dried feces and give him some pants. Arben hops back into the cabin. He checks out the trunk that Aaron popped out of; turns out there was hole under there.
Meanwhile, Can has figured a way to get himself through the hole. He and Eorl confer on their next step and they think they've got it. Eorl whips a fuse using some twine and some lamp oil and runs it to a barrel of oil on the deck. Meanwhile, Can casts Alter Self to change into a three foot tall humanoid with a seagull head, wings, and gills, but with tiny hands popping out of the torso, hands that can be hidden in the plumage. Then he casts Reduce on himself, making him small enough to fit through the cup. He flies over to Arben and knocks on his window. He casts Fly on him and Reduce too. They fly back and hide below deck with their friends. During the confusion on the deck of the Centipede, Eorl and The Crimson Cutlass stab Aaron in the back. Cutlass slits his throat and they take his body below deck.
Using Can's spellbook, Arben Reduces Xenon, Hlotius and Probus the Dandy and they all pop through the cup. Just then, by pure coincidence, the crew starts to bustle; they're getting ready to raid. Bashim starts looking around for Aaron, "Yar! Where is that blasted Jew?" he says. He also notices that Arben is no longer in his cabin. Can quickly alters himself to look like Aaron. He runs up and says, "Bashim! oy! You gotta take a look at this!" then runs back downstairs. Eorl sneaks up on deck.
Lucky he did too, because a fake Bashim boards the ship and heads below deck looking for Aaron. Ido summons a fire elemental and the fake Bashim runs away. The Fire Elemental heads up the staircase and the real Barnacle Bashim, disguised as an ordinary sailor, steps out of the crowd to do battle. Bashim looks disappointed as the elemental is dispelled somehow. A thick fog appears below deck. Bashim makes a beeline for Ido, who was quite distraught to see the elemental disappear and the pirate king racing towards her. Eorl rips the admantium bead off of his transmogriphying necklace, changing into ass-kicking metal Eorl. He tries to stab ol' Bashim in the back, but that tattoo that's on his back peels off of him, ready to fight Eorl. Shit is on.
Alright, battle is pretty hectic and difficult to summarize, so imagine, if you will, a montage. Flashes of these images as a soundtrack swells and the anguished cries of the fallen can be heard dimly over the clash of weapons.
Up above something can be heard sliding on the deck.
Bashim draws the Zulfuquar and splits it in two and wields the Trisula with his other two.
Arben Summons a group of orcs.
Eorl battles the tattoo shadow when he gets stabbed in the back by one of Rachael's sons wielding the Clord and Solevei's scimitar.
Can whips up some Mirror Images; they are demure, sleepy, etc.
Ido gets hit with the Whammy from the Zulfuqar. Somehow the blade pierces her from behind and it drops her like a sack of potatoes. Xenon steps in and starts fighting defensively, with the hopes of using his shield to drain the magic from Bashim's weapons...
Xenon, Probus, and Hlotius charge Bashim while they are still reduced and, fortunately, Bashim's anti-magic aura causes them to return to full size.
