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[Anthony ~.~ Isle of Tortuga ~.~ Faithful Bride Tavern]

"So ye want me t' pay fer yer rum, do ye?" Anthony replied, leaning in closer to the youth before him, eying him from head-to-toe. "Wi' me weekly wages? HA!" He laughed, leaning back with his arms to his side. "Well, ye be knowin' th' rules. Put yer treasure 'ere yer bung hole be!" He paused for a moment to think about what he had just said...

"'Bung hole...?' Did I really just say that?"

"Er... By bung hole I mean yer mouth." Anthony clarified, just in case the boy before him thought he were implying some foul sexual act. "What do ye say? If I win, I keep yer treasure. If ye win, I will repay ye fer yer keg o' grog an' e'en give ye th' rest o' me wages. Do we be havin' a deal?" He extend his hand out, ready to shake the other's if he were to agree to the terms, nodding his head with a cocky smirk across his face.

[Anthony ~.~ Isle of Tortuga ~.~ Faithful Bride Tavern]

This boy was very different than all the other characters Anthony has met thus far on Tortuga. For starters, he didn't speak like a pirate... nor did he smell like one... Perhaps they'd make a better team than they would make enemies.

Anthony walked passed the man and took a defensive position as well, his back leaning against the young man's. He turned over his shoulder and, no longer masking his voice, whispered, "I'm sorry about all that stuff I said and did earlier. To be honest, I just really need some money to buy food and pay for another night at the inn. I figured the best way to do that is to pretend I was drunk and rile up some pirates into a brawl and take 'em for all they've got." He turned back and focused his attention at the pirates before him as the grumbled and growled, ready to pounce the two. "How about we take these pirates on and split the winnings? Heck, though I disapprove, I'll even buy you another bottle of cider."

[Anthony ~.~ Isle of Tortuga ~.~ Faithful Bride Tavern]

[Cue: Ballroom Blitz] ((XD))

"I might pass on that hammered part," Anthony shouted as he, too, charged at the nearest pirate. "Maybe I'll get lucky and they'll have clean water!" He ducked low as he charged and rammed the pirate at the waist, lifting him onto his shoulder and using him to bulldoze through the crowd of pirates before tossing the one he held away and onto the floor.

Suddenly, a pirate snuck up from behind Anthony and slipped both his arms underneath the warrior-knight's armpits and locked his hands behind the youth's neck, pushing the boy's head forward and against his own chest. In an attempt to break free, Anthony pushed off the nearest wall and fell backwards onto the pirate. Instantly, Anthony felt a sharp pain in his lower back as it cracked. "My back!" he shouted as he rolled off the now limp and unconscious pirate and laid on his side for a moment beside the pirate.

[Anthony ~.~ Isle of Tortuga ~.~ Faithful Bride Tavern]

Anthony rolled onto his stomach just in time to see Nick's boot crush some poor pirates family jewels, then slowly pushed himself back onto his feet. He made his way over to Nick, walking past the keeled over pirate who's probably regretting the day he were born, careful as to not hurt himself further, then extended his hand out to help the blonde boy back onto his feet. "That's gonna bruise," he commented, chuckling. "Now... What do you say we put an end to these bar room shenanigans so we could have that drink?"

[Anthony ~.~ Isle of Tortuga ~.~ Faithful Bride Tavern]

Anthony also cracked his neck, then his fingers. It was a response he usual does when he see someone crack any part of their body. He enjoyed the habit, but wasn't quite sure how healthy it was for him... all that talk of arthritis and whatnot...

Anthony thought for a second, still aware of the pirates around them. It would be much more helpful if Anthony was a violent person, but this kind of behavior is very usual for him. What should they do? What can they do? They're obviously outnumbered. Just then, his thoughts were disrupted as he spotted a pirate charging from behind Nick. Quickly reacting, Anthony pushed Nick down and away with his left hand, forcing him to duck, and swung his right fist at the pirate, who stumbled back and fell.

"Let's not do anything we're going to regret later," he finally said. "But for now, let's just try avoiding anymore souvenirs."

[Anthony & Nick ~.~ Isle of Tortuga ~.~ Faithful Bride Tavern]

((I have permission from Nick to puppet his character for this fight scene. o.o))

The two fighters stood back-to-back as the pirates surrounded them. Immediately, Anthony regretted challenging all the pirates to a fight. They turned and faced each other, when Anthony grabbed Nick's shirt with both hands and said, "Why didn't you stop me from challenging all these pirates to a fight?!"
"I just wanted to enjoy my drink! How was I suppose to know this was going to happen?!" Nick retorted.
"What are we going to do now?!"
"Well, we could do this," Nick said, then shifted his eyes to the left.
"What does," Anthony shifted his eyes to left, "...mean?"
"It means I go this way," Nick shifts his eyes to the left, "...and you go that way," Nick shifts his eyes to the right.
"I go this way," Anthony confirmed, shifting his eyes to the left, "...and you go this way?" Anthony shifts his eyes to right once more for confirmation.
"Yes."
"Oh, okay," Anthony said, the both nodding at each other.

Instantly, the two broke away from one another in the direction they were meant to, taking on multiple pirates at a time. They punched, they kicked, they blocked, and they dodged, but some times they weren't so lucky. Nick grabbed a pirate by its collar and ran with him, building momentum, and tossed him over the railing, down to the first floor, then turned around just as Anthony turned around to face him and punched the dark haired boy in the nose. Anthony stumbled back a bit, cupping his nose with both hands, grunted in pain, and said, "Dude, what the deuce?!"
"I'm sorry, man! You look just like them with your pirate clothes and all--WATCH OUT!"

Pirates came and pushed the two fighters away from one another once again. To increase the impact of his attacks, Nick stuck his foot in a tin trash can and began to kick the pirates with it. At that moment, Anthony was caught off guard and was jumped by a pirate, who grabbed him from behind. "Catch!" Nick shouted as he kicked the tin basket over to Anthony, who grabbed it and bashed it against the pirates head, who fell back. He then used the basket to fend off other pirates, until one of them grabbed and took the basket away from him. In retaliation, Anthony dropped kicked that pirate over the railing, then fled as multiple pirates charged him.

In the mean time, Nick was tackled back against a wall, which a frightened saloon girl leaned against as she tried to avoid getting hurt. "Don't worry," he said, trying to comfort her. "It's okay." He then clasped his hands together and brought it down on the pirate's back, discombobulated him, then placed his hands on the pirate's back, leaped over him like a game of leap frog, pushing the pirate back and driving his head into the wall, only to be punched by another pirate back into the same wall. Once again, he turned to the saloon girl and said, "Maybe you should get the hell outta here," then resumed fighting.

A pirate swiped his leg underneath Nick, causing him to lose his footing and fall flat on the ground. Another pirate cam rushing in with a chair, ready to bring it down on the blonde teenager. Anthony hurried over and grabbed the young man by his feet and dragged him away just in time as the chair came crashing to the ground, breaking to pieces.
"Flip me!" Nick commanded Anthony, who didn't hear him the first time due to all the ruckus.
"What?"
"Flip me!"
Anthony did as he was told and flipped the boy forward, who landed on his feet and immediately began punching away at the pirates. "Alright!" Anthony shouted, amazed at Nick's incredible fighting abilities, before he was jumped by another pirate from behind, who began to choke him with one of the legs from the broken chair. The pirate pulled Anthony back and onto a chair, where he persisted to choke him. Nick responded quickly by grabbing the front legs of the chair, pulling and lifting it up, which caused the chair and Anthony to fall back and release the dark haired boy from the pirate's grasps, who he punched in the face afterwards.

Anthony rose to his feet and dusted himself off, when Nick shouted, "WATCH OUT!" as a pirate rushed at Anthony from behind. Immediately, Anthony bent down as the pirate swung, dodging the attack and causing the pirate to somewhat stumble, which then Nick rolled over Anthony's back and punched the pirate away. The two fighters stood next to one another as the last two remaining pirates charged them. They began to fight them off, switching opponents with every punch, until finally the two boys looked at each other, grasped each others hands, and pulled one another towards each other and into the pirates, kicking them back and to the ground. As a victory, Anthony and Nick turned to one another again and began to play some sort of distorted version of Patty Cake which ended with them in a defensive stance amongst the bodies of many unconscious pirates.

Anthony sighed, lowering his guard and dangling his arms at his side, before leaning back and laughing. "Oh my gosh! I've never done anything like the before! I can't believe we did that!" he said, then took a moment to twist and turn, his legs stationary, to crack his lower back. "So... How 'bout that drink?" he asked, as he turned to Nick.

((For a better understanding of the fight, click here!))

[Anthony ~.~ Carribean Sea ~.~ The Challenger]

Anthony's excitement only grew as more people wanted to join, such as the girl he had met earlier while talk to James, Sayrike, whom he couldn't speak with much since he had started to feel ill. "Yeah!" the boy shouted, then smiled at the girl. "Of course you can join, Sayrike!" However, he wasn't quite familiar with the game 'Never Have I Ever.' They would have to explain the rules to him. He turned to Noelle, nodding in agreement. He wouldn't want to be down here if they didn't have to. Who knows what kind of diseases they'd catch down here.

"Yeah, we totally should return topside. This way we could get the others to play too if they'd like."