[Kalgante again with a second story, and another OC one no less. I may still focus on "6 ways to Oblivion" but I will try to keep this one updated as well. Now then read and submit]

The sun beat down from high in the sky. From the small drifting lifeboat someone stirred. Vague memories and images in his head he slowly sat up scratching his head. The small boat was overcrowded with four others fortunate enough to have made it. The creature reached to a bottle of rum that was clearly empty and tried to take a desperate swig. When there was nothing he sighed and tossed the bottle down instead reaching for the jug of water that had only been touched a couple times and took a swig. He looked up to the sun, it had to have been one o'clock at least. The creature looked down to the twin raccoons donned in matching black vests and kicked them awake.

"Up and at em' ya lazy sea rats" said the creature.

His fur was black and he had a long skinny tail and a large pair of ears. His belly was dark grey and his eye had a red glow to it while the other had an eye patch. He also had a long pair of fangs that stuck out past his lips. He was unidentifiable at first sight. He ornamented himself with dark red tattoos on his chest and the backs of his hands. He had a single large ear ring in his right ear He also wore a tattered coat that cut off just past his shoulders… it wasn't like that before. Another sleeve was also ripped off about halfway up his bicep. He wore a pair of torn grey pants that went into a pair of thick brown boots. His belt had a buckle that appeared as a claw grabbing the belt and holding it. And also had two sword and gun holsters in it. his most interesting piece of attire was the amulet he wore around his neck. The dual cutlasses and pistols he once brandished had been whittled down to a single botched sword however and the many rings he once wore were reduced to one.

"Lifty, get look'n for land, Shifty get ta row'n" ordered the creature.

"Ah shove it Borraska, in case ye forgot ye aint captain" said Shifty.

Borraska drew his sword quickly and pressed it to the raccoons throat.

"And incase ye forgot I be first mate, and without cap'n Russell around I be in charge, now you get those paws o' yours around an oar or I be chop'n em' off an use'n em' for bait" Borraska threatened

"First mate me arse, we both know ye drugged the grog before the duel ye little cheater" said another crew member sitting up.

This one was a fruit bat. She was brown with a lighter brown belly and darker brown ears. On her head she wore a light blue bandana and had three black loop piercing in each ear. Her outfit consisted of a dark grey v-neck shirt and dark blue jeans leading down to a pair of black boots. She also wore a pair of black fingerless gloves.

"Aye Pastel, what ye be accuse'n me of, we know I won that duel fair and square, I'd never lowball ye like that" Borraska said with a grin.

"Huh, we find land yet?" asked the final crew member waking up.

This one was a parrot. His main feather coloration on his body was red with lighter red on his stomach. His face has rainbow stripes coming from his eyes and a red crest of feathers on his head. His paws were light green with green, blue, and purple colored wings attached to them. His tail feathers were red with orange tips.

"Here Coin, make yourself useful and clean this fish" said Borraska tossing a fish at him, "and who drank the rest o' the rum!"

"You did" said Shifty.

"Avast, land ho!" shouted Lifty.

The entire crew looked over the horizon to see the image of a port forming in the distance.

"Alright everyone, grab something to row with!" ordered Borraska.

The crew obliged, desperate to get to land. However there was little to row with so most of them tried desperately with their hands. After a great deal of strain they managed to reach an empty dock at the port. They tied up their boat and disembarked. Everyone ran and dove face first into the filthy street glad to finally be on land and able to stretch their legs… and not have to lay on top of one another in that tiny boat. The people who passed by them stared as they rolled around in the dirt stretching their limbs.

"Ah, how good it feels ta finally be able ta stretch out again" said Shifty.

"How great it feels ta not have ye breath'n down my neck" said Borraska.

They closed their eyes and let the cool ground rest them as they inadvertently fell asleep.

A few hours passed before a drizzle of rain began to fall and wake them up.

"Ha! Told you the bat would wake up first" said a voice.

The five turned their heads to see a crowd of people passing money to one another and staring at them. The five quickly jumped up trying to shake of the awkward moment. And walked away silently.

"Well that was embarrassing" said Coin.

"Just don't talk about it" said Pastel "So 'captain' what ye be plan'n ta do now?"

"Isn't it obvious lassie, I plan on find'n ol' cap'n Russell, the rest o' the crew's dead but they made sure ta take the cap'n alive, since I was first mate, fairly I might add, I be tak'n charge o' cap'n until we gat our man back. My first order o' business is ta promote Pastel to be my first mate, the rest o' ya stay as ya are, you be do'n fine" announced Borraska.

"Well then cap'n what exactly are ya plan'n ta do ta get Russell back, I don't think the five o' us are gonna be able ta do much, especially not in a dingy" said Lifty.

"Yer right, we're go'n ta need a crew an a suitable vessel… aright, Pastel an Lifty, ye be in charge of gett'n the boat, do whatever it takes. Shifty an coin, ye be with me got it, let's be off" ordered Borraska.

"Sounds fun, c'mon Lifty" ordered Pastel.

The two took off to the docks.

"Well now what cap'n?" Shifty asked.

"Aye, we be pay'n a visit ta the local tavern" said Borraska.

"Umm… why a tavern captain?" asked Coin.

"Cause who better to make a crew out of than a bunch of angry drunks who can't say no ta the opportunity ta loot and pillage" replied Borraska.

The three made their way to the busiest, most run down lowlife looking tavern and entered. Inside was exactly what they wanted to see. Drunks gambling, fighting, or just shouting at one another. The three moved to a table occupied by one man. And stood near it.

"What the hell you looking at freak, go soak your head" the animal said.

Borraska stared at him without moving.

"You're start's to piss me off pal" he said.

"I was just hope's ta have myself a good time with the local courtesans, are you available?" Borraska asked.

"What did you just say! I'll pop that freakish head of yours right off your body!" the man shouted and rose up.

He was bigger than Borraska but this reaction was just what he wanted as he no longer had his back to the wall. The second he approached striking distance Shifty clobbered him in the back of the head with a chair and the man fell flat on the ground. Without a second to spare Borraska pulled the table near the bar and sat in the chair Shifty had used. Shifty grabbed a piece of paper and a writing utensil and set it onto the table and waited beside Borraska with Coin. The tavern patrons stared at this but did not react until a yellow bunny sat in the chair across from Borraska.

"So what's this all about?" asked the rabbit.

"You interested in becoming a part of my crew?" Borraska asked.

"Crew? So you're pirates or something?" the rabbit asked.

"You interested or not, I shouldn't need to explain what we do, all I can promise you is that you will be rich in whatever your heart desires, provided that you don't find yourself dead before then" said Borraska.

"A bit heavy, but I guess it'll do" Shifty whispered to him about what he said.

"Hell yea I'm joining" said the Rabbit writing his name down on the paper, it read Cuddles.

"Excellent, if you want to seal the deal you'll buy me a bottle o' rum and a warm meal" said Borraska.

"Sure thing, hey Flaky, hook us all up with rum and steaks!" he shouted.

The red porcupine waitress looked at him and shook when she seen the red eyes of Borraska.

"Well that's taken care of, my pal Toothy might join up with us as well" said Cuddles writing down Toothy's name anyway.

Meanwhile Pastel and Lifty were off in search of a boat.

"Arright Lifty, there's no way that we're going to be able to afford a new boat… so we're just going ta take one" said Pastel.

"My thoughts exactly… but it could be difficult, we're not just going ta be able ta take one from the dock without anyone notice'n and it'd be better ta not have the military chase'n us for it" said Lifty.

The two sat deep in thought for a while until Pastel came up with something.

"Arright so how about this, first we've gotta find the place where they sell these boats. Then we break in and find the paper work for a good one that someone's already bought. We sign the papers ta our name, take the ownership form and show it to the sales man. Then we get out and score our free boat" Pastel explained

"Sounds risky… I like it, let's go" said Lifty.

Back at the tavern others were starting to take an interest in Borraska's business but did not approach him yet. Flaky had delivered everyone's meals and started to take off before Borraska took the first bite and swung his arm around flaky deftly avoiding getting stabbed by her quills.

"Mmm… this be some pretty damn good grub, what's a cutie you be do'n cook'n in a backwater town like this?" Borraska asked.

She looked nervous but flattered that someone had called her cute. She couldn't get over that glow in his eye however.

"Umm… well I'm working here t-trying to pay for my house… I can't afford to move anywhere else… and my brother is ill but I can barely afford to buy him medicine… I'm sorry p-please leave me to my work" Flaky said.

"Is that so then lassie, say you and your brother join my crew, and you'll never have to worry about money again" said Borraska.

Flaky looked at him, the offer almost sounded too good to be true.

"C'mon lassie, bring your brother in when your done with work and I'm sure I can work out a deal you cannot refuse" said Borraska.

"Umm… I'll- I'll think about it" she said trying to weasel her way out of his grip but he let go anyway.

"Fantastic then Lassie" said Borraska.

"Umm… you're not replacing me as the cook… are you captain? Coin asked.

"Oh my dear friend Coin… maybe" said Borraska.

Coin began to sweat.

"Ok, look, I've just gotta ask. What are you, I've been trying to figure that out since I seen you but I just don't know" said Cuddles.

"Cuddles m'boy, you wouldn't believe me if I told you… and if I did, you'd probably have second thoughts of joining my crew" said Borraska which made Cuddles even more curious as he knew it would.

"Tell me" Cuddles said anxiously.

"Most people though us a myth, going around drink'n blood all night… heh, well that aint no lie, sure we can survive off blood but what fun would just drinking blood be, no we can eat and drink anything you can. I Cuddles, am a chupacabra" said Borraska staring into Cuddles's eyes with his own.

"Cool" said Cuddles in awe.

[well that's the introduction. Borraska by the way is a Spanish word for storm and he is based off of that weird black dog thing they think is a chupacabra. Also thank you Twitchy Squirrel for letting me use Pastel and Coin for the opener.

Anyways now comes the important part. Borraska needs a bloodthirsty crew and your OC's are it. They don't really have to be blood thirsty though. I am looking for pirate OC's but I'm also taking OC's that use weapons that could be found in the pirate age or prior. Your OC's can be from any country and use their native weapons, anyway here's what I'm looking for.

Name:

Species:

Gender:

Appearance:

Personality:

Abilities/ Talents:

Weapons:

Misc:

If you want, you can also give a reason to why they're joining Borraska's crew and maybe a some form of history that I may be able to include. If you wish to submit an OC that I'm already working with in "6 Ways to Oblivion" then just tell me who it is.

now then submit your Oc's and prepare for a journey of legends, violence, curses, treasure, and maybe a bit of looting and pillaging on the side. Adios!