Yeosang jumped down on the deck floor from the crow's nest, leaving his pistol above.
"Captain, there's a blockade." He said.
Hongjoong turned to him, squinting his eyes. "A blockade?"
"About eight ships are blocking the port. No seems to be able to enter or leave." Yeosang elaborated, glancing over at Seonghwa who was looking down at a map, making little black markings on the paper with a clump of charcoal that blackened his hands.
"Let's try an' enter." Hongjoong replied, turning the wheel.
As they approached, they noticed that the tiny town wasn't so tiny. It was a rather large city that was blocked off by a flock of large black naval vessels. Men in crisp white navy uniforms dotted the deck's of the ship, running back and forth. The men noticed the Aurora and Hongjoong could see the sailors racing for their guns to confront the foreign ship.
"Halt. You may not proceed any further." A man yelled out when they approached the nearest navy vessel. Their ships were dangerously close. Hongjoong walked to the side of the ship.
"We are here to purchase supplies from your city. We mean no harm." Hongjoong replied.
"You are not allowed to proceed." The man said.
"What?"
"You are not allowed to proceed." The man said louder.
Hongjoong frowned and leaned forward. "May I ask why?" Hongjoong called out.
"We are not allowing any foreign ships to enter our ports."
Hongjoong was beginning to get annoyed. This was the first time they had encountered a blockade. "Please, we are only here to purchase some goods from your merchants. That is all and we will leave. We just need supplies to fix our ship. We were caught in a storm and the wind damaged out sails, you see?" Hongjoong motioned towards the ripped sail. The man glanced up at the sail and murmured something to a taller, slightly younger man next to him.
"What is it that you need?" The tall man shouted.
Hongjoong stood straight and glanced back at his crew mates.
"Gunpowder and rum." Jongho said.
"Sailcloth." Seonghwa added, walking over to Hongjoong who nodded in confirmation. "Also, maybe some medicines."
"Cloth, for the guns, and some extra canvas." Yunho said, lifting up the polishing cloth that was stained from months of cleaning off dirt and charcoal from their weapons.
"And charcoal pencils. I'm sick of using this clump." Seonghwa said, holding up the charcoal chunk as Hongjoong turned back. Hongjoong sighed, only now realizing how much material they had went through and lost within the last month.
"Anything else?" Hongjoong asked sarcastically. Wooyoung opened his mouth to speak, but then closed it.
"Wooyoung?" Hongjoong noticed.
"Nothing, it's fine. We got everything."
Hongjoong raised an eyebrow. "Are you sure?" Wooyoung nodded. He saw San whisper something to Wooyoung before turning away to face the man on the other ship. He quickly repeated the list of their items to the man.
The sailor turned to yet another man and said something before relaying the message to a man on the other side of the ship. They stood there for a few moments before the man returned, catching his breath from running from one side of the ship to the other.
"We will allow you to enter the port, but only to retrieve your supplies. Should you or any of your crew try anything to put our citizen's in harm's way, you will be executed on the spot."
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Utopia | Ateez
FanfictionNearly every pirate had heard of the Lady Twilight, a ship that had wrecked on a mysterious island nearly eighty years ago that was rumored to contain millions of jewels and hundreds of pounds of gold, and almost every pirate had made it their missi...
