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Minara just smiled with a shrug as she climbed all the way up and leaned against the railing while looking out at the town. "We be leavin' port soon, right? I like bein' up in the nest as she departs and watchin' the town shrink into the horizon. The pirates' life is a dangerous one, so you never know if that port's the last one you'll see. Even if you do survive your journey from now until the end of yer days, ya never know if you'll even return to that same pier. And even then a lot can change 'tween now and then." she turned so her back was against the railing and tilted her head bag to stare up at the jolly roger flapping in the wind overhead. "Bein' on a ship's a strange thing sometimes. The mundane chores of keepin' her ship shape can become monotonous, the same tasks day in and day out as yer surrounded by nothin' but the open blue. Yer voyage could be filled with nothin' but that same routine and at times ye might think ye weren't movin' at all. Time stands still out there, an' yet the rest of the world moves on" she smirked a bit. "Me ol' man always said ye can't be a pirate an' feel nostalgic. If ye cling too much ta the mainland, you'll either never go far from where ye planted yer roots, or you'll just end up hurtin' if an' when ye do return. Ya gotta be just like yer ship and go wherever the winds may take ye."

(I think that would be too confusing I really don't want to have to start from the beginng by deleting half my posts which is almost all of them all except for two also What I got from your last post that I officallt read was that you were offering to take Merlia to get her some food but before I could respond to that because you left her to go read.)

(Well you weren't responding so I didn't know what to do. I'm sorry. ^^; I figured she would be following my character around quietly until you came back. So if you want, she can be up in the crows nest with him. I don't care. I'll have him get you food when he's done talking to Zell's character.)

Looking at the pistol he listened to her story. He had been to the Pirate's Carnival once, yet that's when he was discovered by the captain of this ship and her haughty and vicious shark woman companion. Back then Mizzen wasn't pregnant, but she did try to get Ratchet to sleep with her a few times, he politely refused but came close once. There were times when she would still try to seduce him to one of the beds, but he had resisted for the most part.

Ratchet wasn't into love, or well was told he couldn't love by a girl he once dated. She had told him that he loved his engineering and his cannons more than her, but he just didn't understand. Love confused him anyway, and he wanted no part of it. Yet deep down Ratchet wanted a family of his own, though that was a secret he kept well tucked in his heart until he felt he was ready to trust another woman again.

"Wow, yer lucky. My parent's dumped me into an orphanage when I was a baby, so I never got to know 'em. I managed to escape and lived my early days as a street urchin, until I was caught and caged and put in an slaver's auction. Apparantly I was strong and able. Yet an old retired pirate sprung me and adopted me as his own, a cannoneer like meself. He taught me everything he knew, and the rest I figured out on me own." He said once her story was over with.

"Yer gun's a great piece of craft by the way. You don't see models like this made anymore, I believe that's because the sliver they were made with died out when the mines rand out of them. You put a lot of care into taking care of this, like I said I'm glad you decided to join. If ye need help writin' that story of yours I'll definately help ya out. After all we're mates now, come to me if you 'ave any questions or need anythin'." Ratchet added as he handed her pistol back to her and smiled.

"I know what you meant silly." he teased giving the girl a noogie now. "Well then I've got somethin' important I have to do so I'll let you view the town. It was a nice little port, hopefully we'll be comin' back again." he smiled and waved, picked up his books, and climbed down the latter.

He had accidentally left the slave to wander, finding the poor girl he gently took her by the hand and patted her head. "I'm sorry, one minute I turned and ya vanished. Come let's get you down to the mess hall." he said leading Merlina down to where the kitchen was. The girl was offly quiet.

"You got a name by the way?" he asked sweetly as they entered. The kitchen was surprisingly empty since the pirates rushed off to the taverns one more time for a merry drink before they sailed off, that was partly why the ship was so desolate at the moment. Mizzen must have gone easy on them too, she normally didn't allow for such a thing after the cargo was halled away.

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[OOC: -blows party popper- Viper was the 100th post ]

"I......I......It's Merlia." The 19 year old was still holding on to her things that she had had since she had been captured maybe even longer than that. She looked down. "You do realize that I was being sold as a sex slave." Merlia trembled at the idea of having sex with someone she did not love. She picked up some thing on the table and looked at it. It was the only thing keeping her mind off of what possible could happen to her.