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"As long as we nest by the water, I don't mind following you on land. When we retire." Vanu said with a shrug just wanting to make sure that was known. After all, out of all the people that Vanu had met up to this point in his, he liked his Captain best. Maybe as much as himself but that wasn't certain. Once he was sure that the meeting was done, he went about his usual good byes, "Aye, Captain." Vanu stood up, gave a small respectful bow, then started to head out, to go back to his duties but paused at the door. "Captain? You happen to see where that pendant went?" Vanu was curious feeling the lack of weight in his pocket. " Think it disappeared. Would hate for the brat to have a reason to break his silence so early." If Kidev looked he would see the starting of a sinister smile creeping on to the man's features.

Another thought hit Vanu, like lightening, "Oh! My Captain, would you like me to get the crew going? Shall we leave in the morning? I am sure it will make the morale a bit better. The sea calls. "

Vanu snickered lightly at the Captain's sentimental words towards the ocean, even if the feeling was a mutual concept among many pirates. He couldn't quite place it, but there was something about those words. He didn't have the time to analyze, as the pendant came at him. He captured it quickly in his palm. "I will try my best, Captain." It was a promise he intended to keep, the plans for that boy were already starting to form in his mind. "I will make sure that they know that we are leaving in the morning, give the crew one last day to go tend to things on land if they want." Vanu pocketed, the pendant.

Vanu left the Captain's quarters finally. He headed out to the forecastle deck, at the bow to address the crewman on the ship.

"We are leaving at dawn. If you have any business to tend to ashore take care of it this evening. We are finally headed back out to sea boys!" There was nothing needed for Vanu's voice to carry on the ship once he got into using his sea voice. You could hear it over the worse of storms. Now he was free to do nothing, or rather bother poor Orynoko.

"Oh, there is no need to be so tart, I am not going to make your life too much more miserable." Vanu pat Orynoko's face breifly. "I know you still have duties to attend as the navigator so I will try to only wear you out so much given we are leaving in the morning. Ready to find out what I have planned for you?" Vanu beamed. "I am going to have you scrapping barnacles. I think its high time that the boat got a little love." Vanu held up some ropes and rigging. "I am going to dangle you off the edge of the ship with a bucket, and tools. I won't make you do the whole ship that would be cruel, and it can't be done all in one night anyway. I will be realistic, so removing the barnacles from the left of the bow." Vanu walked to to the railing and spread his arms out, and tied off two pieces of rope, " Between these markers, and I will wait for low tide so you can get more of the low ones. Sound good? Not like you have an actually opinion in the matter, but at least I am not making you be a footrest or an anchor." Vanu was rather proud of this punishment, it was hard work, it would hopefully tire Orynoko out so he had less energy to be a little pain in the arse tomorrow. It would be a win-win really. For Vanu and the boat that is.

Vanu sighed and shook his head, " Listen, I get it, you want to kill me. I don't particularly care for humans either. So I don't like you much. And you don't like me, for obvious reasons. I get it, we stuck in a whirlpool of loathing. But the Captain has ordered me to keep you in one piece but make sure you learn your place on the ship. And the one thing I won't do, is disobey MY Captain." Vanu's words were serious no joking tones within ,his hands were busied by the pulley as he worked the ropes into it,for a few tests before hooking up Orynoko. "And that means you have to listen to orders from your supervisors, that being the Captain, the Cook, Myself, and a handful of scarce others on the ship, that have been here longer." Vanu finished the tests, and looked back to Orynoko, " Make sure that yer rigging is on tight, then I will fasten you to the pulley system."

"Once I lower you over the side, if you need help call for it and will do what I can on my end." It was the truth, hard to stomach likely on either end of the conversation, but it was.

"Hop over the side and hold the railing." Vanu instructed, as he picked up the bucket and the tools for removing the barnacles clattered against each other, "Large knife for the big ones, small for scrapping, you see any Goosehead barnacles you put them in the bucket for the Cook. If you break a goosehead toss it, the Cook doesn't like broke ones." He knows that Orynoko had done this before but a refresher, on what to do would always come with this duty. Considering that it was actually dangerous, if you messed up while doing it. You cold cut yourself while you were removing a barnacle, get tangled in the ropes, end up pissing off the Cook.

" Once you are over, I will hand you the bucket. And pick up the ropes to lower you down." Vanu noticed the astral, " Don't worry I am not gonna kill your human. Not like this anyway, so as long as he doesn't do anything purposely stupid. You get to have your human for at least another day." Vanu felt like it was worth it to reassure the astral to some extent.