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Jonathan smiled at the girl, but politely shook his head at her question. "Nay, there is nothing more I need at the moment." Still, his tone and manner half-wished her to stay, if only for the intelligent conversations that they might share to pass the night. "If you are not busy between your martial training sessions," the captain added, "I would most welcome your company again. The night is young, and my door is always open to young scholars seeking knowledge."

Jonathan mentally groaned to himself as yet another visitor came into the cabin. "Yes?" he asked, still holding his musket in hand and sizing up the newcomer. He obviously had not seen her on the ship before. If he had, he would have taken note of her. "Who are you and what do you want? You do realize that barging into a captain's cabin is an offense?" he continued the interrogation. She was obviously not welcome, seeing as how she was an intruder, both on this ship and in his personal space.

The woman noticed the musket, and lowered her head slightly, "I mean no harm, and I did not mean to offend," she said in a somewhat melodious voice, "My name is Astrid, I came in search of people who might be interested in helping me..." she smiled slightly as she lifted her head, "If you are interested, I'm sure I can reward you and your crew well," she said as the smile left her face

She pulled out a dark sack, that seemed to jingle as she drew it from the cloak. She then opened it and pulled out a few golden coins. The smile returned to her face as she moved them in her hand, making them shine rather brilliantly, "Are you interested in helping me?" she said to the man,

Tawny had been about to slip out the door when it slammed open. She missed being smacked by it with luck, and pressed herself against the wall next to the door. Golden-Amber eyes were large, and she gave Cosette and Jonathan wide-eyed looks behind the woman's back. Should she leave now? She rather wanted to stay... by the look of it, it was going to get interesting if the Captain agreed. That seemed like an awful lot of gold pieces to her. Really, even ONE gold piece seemed like an awful lot to her. She was still, standing next to the door, watching Jonathan. Orders?

"yes Sir" Cosette said quietlty as she stood, her blue eyes looking at the woman as she did so. Her blue eyes narrowed lightly as she moved to exit the door. She didnt like this woman, nor the air around her. A nagging feeling in the back of her head told her she was trouble and she woudl rather avoid her at all costs. But when there was money involved...well now, who could argue with that.

That thought startled her and she smirked a little dispite herself, maybe she was becoming a pirate after all. Cosette's lithe form slipped out past the woman whom seemed content to have stood in the doorway this entire time. Thought she would have liked to have grunt and shove past her she did mange to mummble. "pardon me." As she slipped by and out onto the deck.

The moonlight was silver white and cool compared to the warm candel light that had filled the captains room. Slipping out she had to blink her eyes a little to adjust. She chanced a look back at them both while the door was still open, Jonathan still had his hand pressed against the bridge of his nose. Ah poor Jonathan.

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It took awhile for Cosette to finally find the woman she had been charged to find... she wasnt in her quarters and she had scoured the ship trying to find her. Finally she had spotted the figure on the bow and had rushed up to her. "Miss Williams!" She exclaimed, nearly out of breath by the time she reached her. "The Captain would like to see you Miss." She added as she was now close enough to the woman to deliver her message. Honestly she didnt know what else to say... a Strange woman appeared and wants us to help her? Well...wasnt that up to the captain to say, and she'd surely see the woman once she entered the cabain....

Once he was done in the kitchen of the ship, Shun stood around for a little longer, trying to think of what to do now. There wasn't a whole lot to do around the ship at the moment, so he just wandered back on deck to go stare at the water for a little longer. If he was lucky, maybe there was something that needed to be done up there that could help him kill some time, even if was just swabbing the deck.

When he was out once again, he just glanced around momentarily before wandering towards the front of the ship.

"Come in," Jonathan calmly speaks, extending a hand toward a nearby chair, urging Rachel to sit. "It seems as if our new-comer," he pauses to look at the cloaked woman, "is an intruder on this ship. I have called you in here because apparently she has a profitable proposition for us, if we help her." While he would rather kill the woman, dump the body overboard, and then go hunting for merchant ships, Captain Graves did understand the importance of running the ship like a republic, one where he valued the opinions of his officers, rather than an absolute monarchy. His attention turned back to the cloaked girl. "Tell her what you told me, and do not spare the details."

The one who called herself Astrid sighed softly, "As you wish," she said before clearing her throat, "as I was saying, My name is Astrid, and I came in search of people who may be interested in helping me, for a reward of course," she paused for a moment to show the golden coins directly to the woman.

She put the coins away then spoke again, "If you're willing to help me, I will tell you what I require," she paused for a moment, "I don't want to tell people my story, unless they are going to help me," she closed her eyes, and moved her right hand to her heart.