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 Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2015 7:49 pm
"That'd be funny if I didn't know you'd probably do it." She responded with a snort, then smirked as she felt Darias' body move and shift a little followed by the clinking of silverware as he searched for first the spoon, then the plate, then finally shoved it into his mouth.
"Take a few more bites. You need energy for your body to do its thing while you sleep." She was impressed that he had managed to do all of that without sitting up. Especially with the gentle rocking of the ship. A single thought drifted through her head after a moment in regards to the gruel that was being moved in a spoon right over her head.
"Avoid getting that goop on me, though. Please. I don't want to have to take a salt water bath." Snuggling a little into him, wanting more of the warmth that his body was radiating, she smiled sleepily. "Cuz nothing would wake one up faster than an ice cold sea water bath."
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Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2015 8:44 pm
Least she knew that he would. Smirking himself, he reached over to clang the spoon back into the bowl. He would go to great lengths with his laziness. Shuffling the spoon about, he got another scoop and stuck it into his mouth. "Bleh. Baths. Aye, I'll spare ye from that." He kept his free arm wrapped around her as he shoveled a third spoonful, then a fourth. Darias had a pretty good grasp on how to move with the sea sways. Over the majority of his life on board, he was far more comfortable on a boat than he was on land.
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Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2015 10:47 pm
A soft chuckle escaped Andromeda as Darias confirmed that he'd spare her from a mess of gruel from above. Lifting her head a little, she could see the hook-less stump of his left hand. It looked seamless, like it never had been attached to a hand. She shifted herself a little to place one of her hands on his chest and rest her chin on it to look up at him while he ate. Her eyelids where still half drooped with drowsy, but she was curious over the scar that ran across the left side of his face, usually hidden by his patch.
"Will you tell me about what happened? Why you're missing body parts on your left side?"
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Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2015 12:55 pm
"Hmm?" Oh, right. The missing hand and eye. He grunted softly while dropping the spoon into the bowl. The other hand joined this stump around her so he could settle in. "Ye ask a lot of questions. Dead men tell no tales." He gave a little pause before chuckling softly. "But I ain't dead, so 'spose I'll give a tale. I'll give ye the truth, as ye prolly heard the 'wrestling a kracken' story from the crew." His eye flicked up to the ceiling where a stray bit of rope swung side to side. "Where to start...It t'was a calm night. Clear to boot. Everythin seemed at ease 'n' we were set to catch a lil shuteye 'fore closing in on a nearby isle. I was a wee lad back then. Barely a scratch on me, 'n' I stuck by the cap'n like a barnacle on a haul. Must've thought if he liked me enough he'd 'appoint' me cap'n. Like it worked like that." He could still picture it. The calm waters reflecting the full moons glow to make it quite the bright night. A soft creak of the ship as crew filtered down to their bunks. A breeze carrying the sweet smell of flowers from the island.Kira of Flames It's a long story, so gonna be breaking it up so it's not a massive post of OMG
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Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2015 4:56 pm
"I ask questions because I'm always curious. And you are a very curious man, Darias." She watched him with her silver eyes, closing them as his arms fully wrapped around her. For a moment, it almost felt like when they had fallen down the hole, and her arms slid up and found their way under his shoulder to hold to him. Silently, she said a prayer of thanks to the Sea and the Guardians that he was alive and mostly uninjured.
"Aye... no offense, but the kracken story seems a bit of a tall tale. Though you are quite the fierce one, the fiercest on the sea..." Andromeda fell silent as Darias began his tale, immediately imagining this salty seadog as a child or teen. Quietly, she stifled a chuckle at the idea of a young him, eager to please his captain.
Tartara Seabreeze Hahaha awww, little cabin boy Darias!
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Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2015 9:47 am
She was so soft and warm. As she settled in against him, he let out a soft breath. It was an oddly peaceful scene for a not so peaceful pae. "Aye. It was that night that made me so. Almost didn't happen. If we'd gone just a lil furder, we'd have seen the broken ships underneath the black waters. Ye see, White Squalls were common place dere... The watch paid no mind to white clouds rollin in." He tisked sharply with his tongue at the memory. "'Fore we knew it, the ocean heaved. A wall of wind shrieked higher than any whistle as it slammed upon us. 70 knot wind. All hands on deck!" He tensed slightly, getting caught up in the imagery in his minds eye.
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Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2015 10:00 am
Andromeda was letting her imagination paint the story for her. She could feel him tensing up, and opened her eyes to check on him. She could see that he was lost in his own memory, reliving it as he told his tale. "And what happened next...?" She almost didn't want to know, because she knew that this story wasn't going to end well.
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Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2015 10:12 am
"T'was chaos. Men yelling, scrabbling. Cap'n got up 'n' out, hollerin orders that the wind swallowed whole. The ship, she bounced under our feet. The wind was rolling the waters, rolling the ship. Black Jack screamed." Aye, Old Black Jack was there. A wistful thought struck at how he wasn't known by black back then, just Jack. "He spotted a 20 foot wave. A white wall. We had no chance. No time to buckle down. Davy Jones was bidding us hello, 'n' we had to meet 'im. It happened so fast, one moment the wave looming above, the next the cold water pounded into me like a stone. All men on deck were swept out into the black, rough sea. Including Jack, me, 'n' the cap'n."
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Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2015 10:24 am
Wait, Black Jack was there? She wondered how long the Captain and First mate knew one another. It made sense, since the two seemed to have such a close relationship. She imagined being there, the looming wave, the water crashing down and the current sweeping and overpowering. "What happened next..." Her voice was a soft whisper.
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Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2015 10:47 am
Swirling, dark waves...He sighed deeply. "The current was strong to a full adult, 'n' near impossible fer me. It knocked me deep below and tossed me about. Blimey, me mind still don't know how I wasn't shark bait. I somehow rose, clawed out from the depths to fresh air. Me wings tho...they weren't so lucky. Torn from the waves. They ached and bled. I turned to the ship, but she'd been scuttled. Lower'n down to her grave from the hit. The clear night had turned pitch black, clouds blotting out the moon 'n' stars. I heard me name amongst the cries of me crew. 'n' I saw Jack's head bobble as he flung around. Tryin to keep afloat. He yelled the Cap'n was stuck under, 'n' he wasn't strong enough to yank 'im out."
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Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2015 12:21 pm
Andromeda felt her heart aching for him, and she pressed against him a little more. She was almost afraid to hear more, to listen to the end of his story. And she knew that this wasn't just a story... this could happen at any time. This could happen to them, in this ship.
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Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2015 1:14 pm
"The crew was scattered, so what choice there be? T'was us, or a dead cap'n. We dove down, deep where the water was calm from the wind above. T'was dark, but Jack had seen where the cap'n went under. Snared on broken mast, he was sinking down to the oceans floor. T'was the rope, he was tangled, and weak from lack of air 'n' struggling. Jack cut wit his lucky boot knife as I pulled. Was so...so dark. He didn't mean it..." His good eye flicked open. When had he closed it? He lifted up with his ruined arm and tapped under his patch. "Got my eye one swipe."
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Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2015 1:47 pm
A small smile came over Andromeda's face: she thought about if it had been Darias being held down. She would have done exactly the same thing if she'd been in his position. She rolled a little to be able to look him in the face, half laying on him. "Did you save him? Did he surface?"
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Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2015 2:09 pm
He nodded solemnly at her questions, shifting his grip so she could roll easier. "Aye. We pulled him out. Then we drifted ashore. Stayed there a few weeks 'fore another vessel showed 'n' saved our sorry a**es."
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Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2015 2:17 pm
She reached up and let her fingers brush his cheek. "Well, good to know that you've always been pretty incredible. Not many young pae would have even had the courage to try what you succeeded in." She smiled a little at him. "And I'm glad to know that losing your eye didn't effect you and Black Jack. Now, what about your hand?"
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