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Fifteen men on the dead man's chest,
Yo ho ho, and a bottle of rum.
Drink and the Devil had done for the rest,
Yo ho ho, and a bottle of rum.

-Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson


Ahoy, maties! Welcome to alliisara and Dollangangers's bumping service, Pirate Plunder Bumpers!

We're a friendly little shop, and we hope you'll take a look around!

Announcements

Pirate costume contest over! Thanks to those who participated. We'll probably try something similar again, but not for a while. 3nodding Gotta build back up funds and whatnot.

We are hosting a pirate costume contest in honor of Halloween! 4k gold are available in prizes. Please check out the official thread here.

Table of Contents
•Welcome, Table of Contents, and Rules
•Information for Customers
•Jobs (Past and Present)
•About Us
•Information for Potential Employees
•Links and Affiliates
•Thanks and Shoutouts
•Reserved
•The Adventures of Allii and Doll - link to our comic, by [Fantome Christine]!
•Reserved

Rules
1. Do not PM either of the owners or the shop mule.
2. Post all applications in the shop thread. Any orders PMd to us will be ignored.
3. Once you have posted your order, send the trade to the shop mule. We will not start bumping your thread until the trade is completed.
4. Please wait to post until all the intro posts are made.
5. Please use ordinary English. Allii gets a headache from reading leet or chatspeak, and if she has a headache, she doesn't want to bump. Also, if Allii and Doll can't decipher your post, then you will be ignored. (Spanish is permissible as well, although that's probably not important.)
6. If Allii or Doll asks you to leave, please do so.
7. Bumping is appreciated. Spamming is not. If you want to advertise your thread/shop/whatever, either put it in your siggy or post ONCE asking to become affiliates and exchange banners. When doing so, make sure to put the code in your post, since we are lazy and would rather not search out your thread. We might, but we'd rather not.
8. Along with the last one, blatant advertising that doesn't have to do with asking to be affiliates is not permitted. If there's something you want us to know about, PM the mule.

We're currently full, bribes only at this point!

If you're interested in joining our crew, please see post 5.

Yes, you can try bribing us to take more.
Information for Customers


Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me.
We pillage, we plunder, we rifle and loot,
Drink up me hearties, yo ho.
We kidnap and ravage and don't give a hoot,
Drink up me hearties, yo ho.
Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me.

-Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean Ride, vs. 1


What We're Willing to Do

Note: Strikeout sentences are true when we have reasonable amounts of free time. Currently we don't.

We'll guarantee up to 50 bumps a day total. Yes, it's just the two of us, and yes, that's for both of us together. We're really busy with real life, so we can't promise any minimum number of bumps a day total. We'll try to do as many as we can, though. I don't know about Doll, but I (Allii) actually have a life. xd We'll be trying to catch each other on, and we'll be talking, so it may be more than just your average soulless "BUMP".

We're also putting in place a 500 total bumps limit for most orders. The big orders just take a really long time, so they have special rules. (See below.)

Please let us know if your thread is in a slow-moving forum, and we'll try to slow down our bumps accordingly.
Note: Services and Auctions are both slow moving forums that we keep getting orders in. Please let us know if you're in these forums.

If you just say "X number within the next T time" then we may end up with more bumps on a given day, just 'cause we're bored.

There are two options. You can ask for a certain number of bumps per day, or you can ask for a certain number total. We'll probably be sticking to one or two orders at a time.

Price: 1g per bump, since we do small runs

You can possibly bribe us into larger ones with a higher price, but the above guarantees may not be in place, since it's just the two of us.

Once you place your order, send the trade to the shop mule (Grainne Ni Mhaille). Once the trade is complete, we will start bumping your thread!

We also both like bumping contests! As long as they're not too monstrous. So if you have a bumping contest going, we might give a discount.

We also like artsies, and will be willing to bump in exchange for art. Considering that neither of us believe we're good artists, we'll probably do reasonable-sized runs for decent sketches.

If you want to discuss an alternate price with us, DO NOT fill out an application. Talk with us in this thread, and once we have agreed on a price, you can then fill out the application.

Large Orders

What constitutes a large order? For this shop, we're saying any order with a total amount of bumps greater than 500 is a large order, because it'll take us more than a week and a half.

We're willing to have one large order going at a time, with a minimum of a week in between them. Why? Because there's a lot more commitment required to them, and because they take so much longer to complete.

Price: At least 2g per bump. Tips very appreciated, and make us more likely to agree.

We give no promises on the number of posts per day on a large order. So you may get 10 posts one day, and over a hundred the next. It'll depend on what other orders we have, and how busy we are.

Bribes

So, yeah, as mentioned above we can be bribed to take more than 50 bumps per day. This is just to give some guidelines for that.

A bribe should probably constitute 2g per bump or more, or should involve full payment and sketch-level art, or some really nice art.

Furthermore, as we recently discovered, we really can't guarantee more than an extra 50 bumps per day. If you don't care how many bumps per day, then we'll get in as many as we can. For bribe jobs, we will be bumping as quickly as we can, though, without intentional pauses inbetween.

Make sure to state if you're bribing us, and we may decide we're too busy regardless.

Application:

[b]Username:[/b]
[b]Thread Name:[/b]
[b]Thread URL:[/b]
[strike][b]How many posts per day:[/b][/strike] CURRENTLY NOT AVAILABLE
[b]How many posts total:[/b]
[b]Any other special circumstances/requests:[/b] (This is where you say if you're paying with items, or art, or have a bumping contest. Note that in all these cases, you shouldn't fill out this form until we have ALREADY decided on a price. Putting the info in will then just be a reminder to us.)
[b]Do you have a preference which bump we use? If so, which one?[/b]
[b]Total cost:[/b]
Jobs


Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me.
We extort, we pilfer, we filch and sack,
Drink up me hearties, yo ho.
Maraud and embezzle and even high-jack,
Drink up me hearties yo ho.
Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me.

-Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean Ride, vs. 2


Current

Paid: xd
Pending: smile
Waiting for trade: crying

Username: Faia_Doragon
Thread Name: [U n d e r C o n s t r u c t i o n] Banner Contest!
Thread URL: [U n d e r C o n s t r u c t i o n] Banner Contest!
How many posts per day: CURRENTLY NOT AVAILABLE
How many posts total: 500
Any other special circumstances/requests: I'm having a banner contest in my quest thread, because I really need one, but I think my title is leading people away.
Do you have a preference which bump we use? If so, which one? Nope.
Total cost: 500g
Payment status: xd
Bumping status: 420



Hiatus

Username: [Underestimated]
Thread Name: Underestimated's Quest for Awesomeness
Thread URL: Quest
How many posts per day: ?
How many posts total: 450
Any other special circumstances/requests: None
Do you have a preference which bump we use? If so, which one? The first one.
Total cost: 450g
Payment Status: xd
Bumping Status: 330 THREAD ON HIATUS. Bumping will resume when thread starts again. Bumpers have been paid for what they already completed.



Past (Most recent to oldest)
*It's All in the Cards
*Avatar & OC Art and Chibi Pumpkin's Quest Thread and Art Shop
*Resolution and .:7 Artists:. A Frosty Winter Art Auction
*Its All in the Cards!
*1k A Day Charity and Haru's Chaotic Quest
*Cazeo's Art Auction Bumpers Paid
*Teh Animation Shoppe Bumpers Paid
*[Holy Crap!] An Art Auction Bumpers Paid
* Its All in the Cards! Bumpers paid
*Yuna's Angelic Pendant Quest and Yue's Art Corner Shoppe Bumpers paid
*666 lucky devil's lotto Bumpers paid
* monochrome Bumpers paid
*The Mystics Flatsale Bumpers paid
*Bumper's Paradise Bumpers paid
* Sid's Art Auction Bumpers paid
*The Ice Cream Art Auction Bumpers paid
*[Fantom Christine]'s Charity for Worthy Gains Bumpers paid
*[Fantom Christine]'s Charity for Worthy Gains Bumpers paid
* [[True.Fisher]]'s ~~::_It's_Rainin'_Fish_::~~ Bumpers paid
*Porcelain & yuki`s collab auction Bumpers paid
*[Fantom Christine]'s Charity for Worthy Gains Bumpers paid

Unofficially: Charity Art Auction by [pipoTASTIC!]

[ pipoTASTIC! ]
Doll and Allii are completely dedicated and awesome bumpers. They get the job done and are incredibly friendly at the same time. If I ever had another big thread like the Charity Art Auction, I would definitely ask them to help bump it. Once they put their minds (and keyboards) to the task of bumping, they won't stop until they have the job done. I think that allii got 400 bumps in three days once... but I digress. They are both wonderful bumpers and people and they will do their job well.
About Us


Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me.
We kindle and char, inflame and ignite,
Drink up me hearties, yo ho.
We burn up the city, we're really a fright,
Drink up me hearties, yo ho.
Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me.

-Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean Ride, vs. 3


Allii and Doll met in Pipo's Charity Art Auction thread, and became friends while bumping it. They then decided they needed to run off together and co-captain their own pirate ship to steal artsies, and want to start making that dream come true!

Allii and Doll searching the high seas for art on their ship, the Atlantean

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-Currently on hiatus from bumping, and semi-hiatus from Gaia-
Doll's Quest:
Hey kiddies. Doll here. This is the first thing I've written for this entire page o.o Allii did the rest. So if you notice a change in voice, that's why. Anyway, I got the idea to quest quite a while ago but wasn't sure what I wanted. I ran over to tektek and made a dream avi without even considering prices. Well, I soon realized that to get things like a NM scarf and headband would be a lot more difficult than I'd thought. But I'm dedicated. So I made my quest. And well... I'd love you if you'd check it out. You don't have to donate or even bump (though I'd adore you if you did, of course) but I just ask that you take a look. Thanks!
Quest Thread Here

Oh and thank you for looking at the Pirate Plunder Bumpers!

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Allii's Quest:
I'M STARTING A QUEST THREAD! xd Allii has this really pretty idea for her Gaian Halloween costume, but it requires one of her quest items that's a ways down her list. Namely the Winter Fox Mink. She really really wants it though. Help would be so muchly appreciated. (A list of other things I'll be working for can be found in the thread.) ^_^ Thanks.
Quest Thread Here

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DragonEnchantress:
Randomly started stalking Allii. o_O And ended up here. Go figure.
Due to Doll and Allii both being swamped by real life, she's been hired. xd We really appreciate the help. *Allii falls over from swamped-ness*

Grainne Ni Mhaille
Grainne Ni Mhaille, also known as Grace O'Malley and Granuaile, was an Irish noblewoman turned pirate who menaced the seas around Ireland and England in the 16th century. Known as "The Pirate Queen", she began sailing at a young age, and eventually took command of her father's ships, using them to raid both her Irish and English enemies. She married twice and had several children, and eventually came to an agreement with the Queen of England to give up piracy and give her loyalty to the English crown in exchange for the release of her ship and son, as well as a small stipend so she wouldn't need to raid in order to support her family.
Information for Potential Employees


Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me.
We're rascals, scoundrels, villains, and knaves,
Drink up me hearties yo ho.
We're devils and black sheep - really bad eggs,
Drink up me hearties yo ho.
Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me.

-Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean Ride, vs. 4


Yeah, Allii's caving and admitting she needs more help.

Anyone who works with us will get the 90% of the payment from their bumps, rounded up to the nearest gold. Currently that's 0.9g per bump. However, this ratio will include tip, so if we're getting tipped for a thread, you'll get more.

We're looking for friendly, talkative people, so you'll have to do a little to convince us you fit the bill. Bump the shop, but more importantly, talk with us. Everyone on our crew has to be friends, so that means you need to get to know us.

(As a side note: in this thread and everyone we bump, any employees must use "proper" English. This is mostly because chatspeak, 1337speak, and such things give Allii a headache. No, really, they do, and she doesn't like headaches.)

All payment will come from the shop mule, Grainne Ni Mhaille.

If you're interested, post so in the thread after you've been hanging around for a while, and we'll discuss any further specifics with you. Remember, we're looking for friendly people who will talk with people in the threads they're bumping.
Links to Us

Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me.
We're beggars and blighters and ne'er do-well cads
Drink up me hearties, yo ho
Aye, but we're loved by our mommies and dads
Drink up me hearties, yo ho
Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me.

-Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean Ride, vs. 5


Link
Banner thanks to Knightrideria!

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Bumps!
Bumps (and current banner) courtesy of Knightrideria

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Affiliates
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Thanks and Shoutouts


Fifteen men on the dead man's chest,
Yo ho ho, and a bottle of rum.
Drink and the Devil had done for the rest,
Yo ho ho, and a bottle of rum.

-Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson


Thanks to [pipoTASTIC!] for running her Charity Art Auction, which allowed us to meet!

And thanks to the Writer's Workshop and Contest Charity Foundation, the charity to which the Art Auction was donating, without which there would have been no auction for us to meet at! xp

Thanks to DragonEnchantress for setting up the tinyurl links to make the banner URLs a reasonable size. ^^

Many thanks to Knightrideria for giving us a banner and custom bumps!

Many thanks to quagga_chan for agreeing to let us borrow her pirate costume until we have enough gold on this account to buy the stuff we want! (We just asked today, so we haven't actually gotten the outfit yet.)

The Poll
Now, to everyone who saw the poll above. We're trying to decide which of two costumes to go for: realistic pirate, or fashion crazy pirate!

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Tell us above which you like better, and once we're ready to start buying items, we'll take YOUR opinions into account!
(Avatar dress-up done on tektek.)

Finally: All art used for banners and art whatnot in this shop (and otherwise not marked) was made by Allii, and belongs to her. If you're interested in something similar, please post in this thread, but no promises.
Reserved 1 and Gift Artsies

If you see any errors, please let alliisara know. She'll appreciate it. We promise.

Gift Artsies!

Link for Doll's gift art to Allii that started the whole thing. xd
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Allii's gift art to Doll is shown above, the pirate animation that started it all! But here it is again if you're too lazy to go back. xd

Gift art from Akabi_chan to Allii for bumping Pipo's Charity Art Auction: [x]

Gift art from someone else on the Art Auction thread. Allii would go figure out who again, but there's 450 pages of bumps. crying Piccie is of Allii and Mahayr. Thanks to whoever did make it! (If someone goes through that thread and sends Allii a link of the appropriate page, so she can see who made it, she'll give them 100g.)
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Gift arts to allii from its swan for bumping! So cute chibis. ^_^ You might be able to talk her into selling one. [x] and [x]
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[Fantome Christine] has offered to make us a webcomic! We'll be updating twice weekly, probably Wednesdays and Saturdays, or whenever I remember. The webcomic will be available in the journal of this account, and we'll try to remember to link from here, as well. The first two pictures (which have been up here for a few days) will be posted today and whenever this weekend we remember to put them up; we'll start with the new content next week.

We hope you enjoy her funny little comics of our adventures as much as we do. ^^

Most recent

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In Order

Comic the First - Meet Doll and Allii, and their... oops...
Comic the Second - Now it flies?!
Comic the Third - Why does our ship have wheels?
Reserved 3

Last of the Reserved Posts! We're now open for business!

Eloquent Fairy

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Hello, Allii here! As herself, now, instead of the shop mule.

Set-up's all done, and I'll probably be bumping for a while. I'm sure Doll will stop by when she gets on.

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Bumping here while I do polls with the mule to earn moneys to spend on the outfit, when it's chosen...

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Bump 3

Edit: Huh, didn't realize how slowly things were moving in this forum. I'll leave this alone for a while, and see if something happens...
Check your PMs on the shop mule.

And bumping is only allowed if your topic falls off the first page.

Eloquent Fairy

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I figured as much.

I just hadn't looked to see how quickly this forum moves, and I'm used to the RP forums, where everything falls off the first page in seconds. sweatdrop

But I stopped bumping as soon as I realized.

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