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Emerald and Ruby hop over the railing, being careful not to be seen. It’s surprisingly easy, as most of the crew of both ships are more concerned with each other.
The two foals make their way to the upper deck and hide behind a nearby mast, the same one that the pony he shot with the magic missile was hiding behind. Both the stick and the pony have been removed. Emerald looks over the entire scene. From here they are closer to the Captain and can actually hear what he is saying.
“-wait for our mage to tell us the extent of the damage.” The captain says, looking over to the approaching Joyride as well as the earth pony doctor.
“We lost Zip, and several more of our crew are injured, though nothing they won’t recover from with time. Though I’m not entirely sure Cotton will make it through the day. The sailors didn’t lose anyone, but a lot of them are on death’s door. We did what we could.” The pony says, nodding to Joyride.
“Also, one of their pegasi escaped. Probably went to go get help.” Joyride says.
“Then it is settled. We hobble your ship and take your war trophies, and we leave you alive and we split some of our medical supplies with you.” The Captain says, making it clear from his tone that this isn’t negotiable, “There should be a ship coming by soon to rescue you, assuming your pegasus friend makes it to an outpost.”
The other captain nods sourly, and soon there is a bustle of activity as injured are moved to their respective decks and prizes are claimed from the sailor’s hold. Stripped of their weapons, the remaining crew is used as semi-forced labor. It’s pretty clear the sailors just want the pirates off the boat at this point.
The Captain watches on as this happens, and Ale, the earth pony Emerald played dices with approaches.
“…Anyone likely to take?”
Ale nods and says, “Yeah, I’ll see who i can convince. Seems a lot of these people were press ganged.”
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