Introductions

Amina opened her weary eyes. She was in the hold of a ship. The smell of sweat and sea salt was difficult to mistake. She was in rags, her hands bound in rusted iron shackles, and an ache in her head from where she was knocked out. It was fairly obvious that she was going to be sold into slavery. She sat up, her vision slowly cleared and she looked around her to see 5 others. There was a tall blonde man who immediately caught her eye. He was thin but toned, his figure riddled with scars, and kind eyes. There was a bald half-orc with arms the size of her head. Next to the orc was a rough blonde human with a religious look about him. There was a darker looking man with deep red hair and a mischievous manner. Then there was the last man with transparent skin --

"Wait, what?" Kyler stood from his spot behind his DM screen. "Transparent skin? You can't have transparent skin. That's ridiculous."
"Why not?" Cody asked incredulously. "I can be anything I want."
"No. You're an elf, you can be pale or paler. Choose."
Cody sighed.

--with paler skin than any Amina had ever seen. It was almost see through. 

Kyler rolled his eyes, "Fine. Are you going to introduce yourselves?"
Jesse held up his character sheets and cleared his throat.

The thin man said, "My name is Frederick Woodson. I'm a paladin of Christ." 

Scott was about to open his mouth, when he looked over at Kyler. They shared a tentative glance and then Scott went quiet. We all looked at each other; bewildered.

I broke the silence.

Amina spiraled her long black hair down one side and said, "My name is Amina. I'm a rogue from the west."

"Me too!" Jeremy said. "Well, I guess my character would probably say--"

"As am I." The red headed man corrected his rags while sitting up in the broken bed. "My name is Leonardo."

Josh finally spoke up.

"I'm Raphael. A cleric of the great God Ares."

Cody cleared his throat.

The pale elf introduced himself, "My name is Donatello."

Kyler shook his head, "Leonardo? Raphael? Donatello? You named yourselves after the Ninja Turtles? Really?"
"Ninja Turtles are the bomb!" I snapped.

"Anybody got a plan for getting out of here?" Amina looked up through the caging and up onto the deck, checking for her captors.
"Yeah." Frederick stood and grabbed his chain, gained solid footing and looked over at her. "Let's pull the chains out of the wall."
"Wait!" Amina cautioned. "They're coming!"