Boat Trolls planning thread! (full of spoilers, non-players enter at your own risk)

1: nno that doesnt feel right. Let it be smth bel fantasizes about!
2: i like this, itd be one of things erskin was referring to abt bel bein difficult
3: wah this is sad. But yeah maybe!
4: how about he does this AND gets away with it and earns even more hero points with the crew.

What if Ironfist's refusing to let erskin distract him from demanding sime particular service of the mechanics? And bel steps in and tells him whats up and where he can stick it? THEN gets clobbered before erskin can figure out how to stop it.

 

Ps erskin probably looks pretty fuckin rough by that point.

 

The hydroponics guys are like 'you should do more gardening sir youve really got a knack for fertilzer'

 

okay, erskin's got the same eye damage as bel first saw him with: fresh gouges around the socket over the old scars and the same eyepatch. it is now very obvious when Ironfist's last visit was.

also i like the idea of bel losing, but not by enough of a margin to die or even be seriously wounded. he gives ironside a hell of a fight, so ironside pulls back once bel's ass is kicked just enough to stay down. it could be a grudging surrender? like bel realizes he doesn't have to fight to the death now that ironside is thoroughly pleased with him, so he yields before he seriously damages himself? like, erskin has definitely been pacing himself without any expectation of winning much of anything, just dragging out a very long and humiliating running battle. bel could fight until he's pretty sure he's managed to take erskin's place?

like bel probably could kill the guy, but he might get taken out too, and even if he survived everyone is going to be in a LOT of trouble.

 

ironfist is the kind of guy who wants to win, and win comfortably, but not SO comfortably that winning doesn't mean anything. so a tougher fight than erskin can put up would be a thrill, but if he were genuinely defeated and humiliated he'd probably have his ship tear the sunslammer apart and then take the slap on the wrist.

 

oop, i edited erskin being fightey i think after you had bel go. should i take it out and put it in the next post, or do you want to edit?

 

suggestion: whitey's smuggling drugs that severely damage highbloods (and are probably way too lethal for lowbloods to even bother with), so galley's been turning a VERY cheerfully blind eye to the proceedings. whitey gets Ironfist hooked on them and sends him off with a big fucking crate, on the house.

 

ironfist is basically a tornado with a spiked club, though he hasn't been using club and gauntlet to fight erskin, because it's not intimate. the gauntlet and mace are for things he want dead fast.

 

maybe it is tooting my own horns but i still privately get a kick out of erskin's penchant for really profound understatement.

 

it is probably fair for bel to be a bit insulted in turn that erskin just straight up didn't consider 'hey this decorated frontline combat specialist isn't up to the job of actually doing any fighting', even if he also knows that erskin hasn't ever had anyone he could actually rely on.

maybe this whole Event could be the catalyst for bel getting serious about giving erskin some actual martial arts training? erskin like 'i'm so busy' and bel like 'yes and now you are busy with boxing'

i feel like 'randomly showing up and egging your kismesis into a combat lesson whenever they least want you to' is the kind of traditionally romantic shmoop bel would really enjoy.