High seas (Extraordinary Machine and me only)

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Um ok here is the template

Name:
Age:
Gender:
Rank: (Only if you want to have a rank)
Ship Name: (For example the one my girl will be on will be the "Black Rose" or something.)
Looks:
Bio:

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((Now are we each going to have a boy and girl?))

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Name: Sage
Age: 17
Gender: female (Disgused as a male)
Rank: Cabin boy
Ship Name: Black rose
Looks:http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v703/sayaka_silver/AnimePirateGirl5.jpg
Bio: Bored with the life that a girl of her age she cuts her hair and dresses up as a boy. She is hired for the position of cabin boy has so far not been discovered. Her bright red hair has earned her the nickname 'Red' and she has a fiery temper

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((Now are we each going to have a boy and girl?))

((Sure, it is only fair I guess))

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Name:Richard
Age: 17 1/2
Gender: Male
Rank: Second mate
Ship Name: Thorn of death
Looks:http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa71/anyelaaleyna/anime%20guy/anime160.jpg
Bio: Raised by pirates since he was a kid Richard knows no other way to life, to him looting and killing are just everyday occurance and stealing from others is a game. A bit arrogant he claims to be the best thief the ship has ever had

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Name: Lucine
Age: 20
Gender: Male
Rank: Captain
Ship Name: Black Rose
Looks: http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y254/jujukaboose666/Anime/A_Pirate__s_Christmas_by_ramy.jpg
Bio: Lucine's father had been captain on the Black Rose even before he was born, so piracy is all he's ever really known. When his father died at the age of eighty Lucine took over as captain. He made one of the best captains, always nice to his crew, unless he they give him a reason not to be. He loves being out on the ocean, and is mostly always out on deck at night, watching the stars.

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((OOOO Lucine is cute))

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Name: Spencer
Age: 16 1/2
Gender: Female (disguised as a male)
Rank: Hmmm... Some part of the crew! xD
Ship Name: Thorn of death
Looks: http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o273/Maizah6/anime%20girls/4528e206.jpg (She's kind of short though, and doesn't wear lipstick xD Oh, and her shirt isn't tied up like that))
Bio: Spencer never really understood why her mom gave her a boy's name, but never really argued about it. When she was fifteen she ran away from home after a harsh argument with her mom, and chopped off her hair, deciding to go into piracy. She somehow managed to persuade the guys on the ship Thorn of Death she was really a guy (since she was almost flat chested it really helped, and since she had a guy's name). Most of the crew calls her Little Devil, one because she's the youngest on board, and two because when she gets into fights she's the meanest little thing ever.

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((alright we now have the chars down..whenever you are ready we can start.))

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((Lolz, thanks! ^^ To be honest at first I did have the picture you had while I was making his profile, but then you put your up, and I started laughing, so I had to find a different picture. I'm ready, I'm just looking for a picture for Spencer))

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(((lol really? Irony))

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((I know, right? So who's starting? ^^))

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((Either one is fine with me....))

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((I can start since you made it =]]))

Lucine paced back and forth on his dad's pirate ship, or should I say his pirate ship, the Black Rose. He was in the captain's cabin, trying to figure out where they should sail the ship next. The giant map was lain out in front of of him, a compass next to that, as he looked at them both without touching them. Finally he sat down in his chair, and moved the little wooden model of a ship around on the map, trying to figure it out.

Spencer smiled as she walked across the deck of the Thorn of Death. She went over to the railing, peering over it, and looking down at the crashing waves down below. She closed her eyes, listening carefully into the distance for dolphins, her favorite animals. Living on a pirate ship, and being a pirate wasn't as bad as people made it out to be. Of course she had to act like a guy, but it was worth it.

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Sage was on the deck of the pirate ship, a mop in her hand, she was cleaning up the mess some idiot made with the tar. And even though it wasn't her who spilled it she knew she would be blamed for it. Sighing Sage wipes the sweat off her brow, wondering if it was all worth it, I mean sure it was exiciting to raid and plunder but she hardly did anything but clean. Just like she did back home, but then again at least out here she was treated with a bit more respect and the ocean breeze was something she could never really tire of.

Richard sees Spencer leaning against the railing of the ship. An evil grin plasters his face and the thought of mischief makes his gorgous brown eyes sparkle. He quitely sneaks up behind Spencer and waits for the right moment. Without warning he grabs her and says "Ye be hanging from the noose tonight!! I finally caught meself a pirate!" He disguises his voise and tries his very best to sound like a man from the navy.

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((1( I found a picture for Spencer. 2)I have to go eat dinner, so I have to go for about five ten minutes.))

Lucine hopped out of his seat, and out onto the deck, up to the guy at the wheel. "Bring this ship east! We're going to the Crawford Islands!" He ordered, holding up his compass, and pointing east. He had been to the island before with his father one night. The place was loaded with tons of gold, and taverns with beautiful women. It sounded like the perfect place to go next.

Spencer squeaked in surprise, her eyes widening. She whipped around, then glared when she saw Richard. "What in the hades did ye do that for?! Slimy git! "Ye be hanging from the noose tonight!" What a load of crap!" She huffed in her guy voice, yanking her arms away, then whacking him on the back of the head before storming off.

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Sage looks at the captain and give a quick salute before going back to work. She finishes cleaning up that mess right as one of the sailors throws up on the deck. Sighing she goes over and starts to mop up the vomit. The sailor stares at her and smiles a druken grin. "What ye be looking at?" She snarls out in anger. "Go to ya room ye druken idiot, the captian will have me head if he sees that the deck isn't fully cleaned, go on get!!"

Richard grins and chases after her "Aww come on Little Devil, can't ye take a little joke? I was only teasing you..." He easily keeps pace with her as he begs for her forgiveness. "I will buy ye a drink the next time we dock." He flashes a charming smile at her, one that usually got him out of any sitition with the captian or anyone else on board. "Please accept my apoligey. Tell me what I can do and I will do it."

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Lucine looked down on deck, watching the small argument. "You! Cabin boy!" He called to her, peering over the railing at her. "Have ye finished cleaning yet?" He asked her, a slight hint of annoyance in his voice. The new cabin boy didn't really get on his nerves that much, but the arguing was giving him a little headach.

Spencer looked up at Richard, and stuck her tongue out at him. "Fine! Ye owe me big time! Just what ye owes me I have no clue," she muttered, stopping where she was. She sighed, and leaned against the railing of the ship again, staring down at the ocean, and the dolphins that had started swimming next to the ship.

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Sage looks up at the captain and winces "Um..I am just about done sir." She says as continues to mop up the mess. Muttering under her breath she says "I would have been done before if the idiots on this ship didn't spill tar on the deck or get drunk out of their bloody skulls. Ugh I mean if they must drink then they should learn to hold their liquor." Sage glares at the drunken sailor as she cleans up. He was still grinning at her "And what ye be grinning at? Do I amuse ya? Get out of me sight!" She hits the sailor with the handle of the mop.

Richard looks at the dolphins and smiles "We will be havin good luck today it seems. Don't ye agree?" Richard asks her good heartdly. "I haven't seen dolphins riding this close to the ship for awhile, and the last time they did, I dove in to swin right next to them. Man that was fun, they are very playfull creatures that is for sure. I hope to swin next to them again sometime. What about ye? Would you like to swim with the dolphins?"

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Lucine continued to watch them, an amused smirk on his face. "The men are so amusing sometimes, don't ye think Scar?" He asked the guy at the wheel. Scar smirked, and nodded. "Aye, Captain, the men seem to get along wonderfully," he cackled, turning the wheel east towards Crawford Island. Lucine looked out at his crew scattered across the deck, and smiled.

Spencer smiled, listening to Richard as she watched the dolphins still. "I'd love to swim with th' dolphins. They're such marvolous creatures," she sighed dreamily, before she realized her guy charade was slipping up a bit. She cleared her throat, "but yea. Me thinks there shall be good luch today, too," she agreed, her man voice back in place.

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Sage finishes moping up the deck and heads toward the railing of the ship. Letting out a sigh of relief she looks across the ocean, letting the breeze blow through her hair. She starts to sing an old song under her breath, not realizing that the wind would carry the noise up to the captians ears. Her voice is very beautiful almost as if she were a siren of the seas.

Richard lets out a laugh, he takes off his vest and ties a rope to his waist and to the railing. "Well I am going to go swim with the dolphins now!" He puts his bandana ontop of her head and dives into the water with perfect form. He pops his head out of the water and lets out a merry laugh as he swims along side the marvouls creature. He waves to Spencer and sticks out his tounge teasingly

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Lucine's brows furrowed as a beautiful voice hit his ears. "What is that sound?" He muttered to himself, searching across the deck for the source. It sounded like a girl's voice, but that couldn't have been, since there were no girls on his ship. His eyes finally found Sage, and he raised an eyebrow. He sauntered down the stairs, and over to her. "Are ye having a good time?" He asked her, a little suspicious now.

Spencer glared at him. "I can do anything as good as he can," she muttered to herself. She pulled off her boots, and her gloves, and threw his bandana on top of them. She climbed uponto the railing, and looked down at him, smirking, then dived off of the railing, and into the ocean with him, and her favorite animals.

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Sage immaidetly stops singing and turns around in fright "Uh-I am sorry if I distrubed ye captian I was just singing an old song me mum taught me awhile back..." She press herself against the railing as if she wanted to turn invisible, "I-I will stop singing and get back to work if ye have anymore work for me to do that is ..." She reaches for the mop and bucket slowly.

Richard lets out a laugh "I didn't know that devils could swim in the water, espescially not ones so little." He dives under the water and playfully pulls at her legs before popping his head above the water once more. "Why didn't ye take off ya shirt? It is going to get soaked in these waters, and the dolphins might try to bite it off."

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Lucine reaches out, and grabs Sage's hand before she could take the bucket and mop. "I think you've worked enough today," he said, smiling. He was still suspicious of Sage, and was going to have to see if what he thought was really real. "Can ye meet me in me cabin in ten minutes?" He asked her.

Spencer's eyes widened, like a deer caught in headlights. "U-umm... I-I just l-like to sw-swim with m-me s-sh-shirt on," she replied, her swimming slowing down a bit. She realized, though, that if she faultered like this she'd probably give herself away, so she started swimming faster again to keep up, though she didn't look at Richard again.

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Sage nods slowly and lets go of her mop "Aye sir, I can meet ye in your cabin in ten minutes, if ye wouldn't mind letting go of me arm I would like to go get some food if that is alright with you." She says trying to give anything away in her voice.

Richard looks at her and smiles. "Ye like to wear the ocean on ye chest then? Aye it will keep you cool longer that is for sure, and considering the heat today that is probably a good idea, though the salt might form on ye skin if ye ain't carefull little devil." A dolphin swims under him and her grabs its fin lightly "Well come on now, I thought ye wanted to swim with the dolphins not swim with the turtles."

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Lucine nodded, and let go of Sage's arm. He put the bucket back onto the ground, and walked back into his own cabin. He paced for a minute or two, before sitting down on his bed, and starting to think. What if Sage was a girl? What was he supposed to do if he was? Maybe it would be best if he didn't know, but he was the captain, he should know if there was a girl on board. He sighed heavily, falling back onto his bed.

Spencer smirked, and started after them. "I'll make ye eat those words!" she laughed in her boyish tone. She lightly took hold of one of the dolphin's fins, and smiled brightly, relishing the moment. She couldn't believe she was finally swimming with her favorite animals ever.

((sorry I was on the phone))

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Sage rubs her arm where the captian had grabbed her, wincing slightly in pain "You really have done it now haven't ye Sage..." she mummbles to herself as she heads to the mess hall. She goes up to the cooks and asks for an apple. The cook complies with her request and she takes the fruit in her hand, munching on it as she ponders what she should do about the mess. She tromps up to the captians cabin and knock on his door. "Capn? It is me, Sage. Ye wanted to see me?"

Richard laughes and give Spencer a charming smile "See isn't swimming with the dolphins grand. Better than lootin sometimes, but ye better not tell that to the captian or he'd have me head for sure."

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Lucine sits up, and stands, still pondering over what he should do. Then he smiles, thinking of a plan on how to figure it our. "Come in! Come in Sage," he calls, walking over to his desk, and leaning against it. He sighs softly, looking at the door, and waiting for her to come in.

Spencer smiled. "I see not all sea dogs are slimy gits," she chuckled softly to herself. "Ye has me word that I won't tell captain," she promisedm raising one hand from the dolphin's fin. She replaced her hand, and the dolphin sped up, going ahead of Richard, and his dolphin, and she laughed.

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Sage gingerly opens the door and walks inside. "Um ye wanted to see me sir? I hope I ain't distrubing ye." Sage says as she takes another bite from her apple. She looks around the quarters, it was her first time being here and she was quite impresed. "Ye have a nice room here, looks like it would be a nice place to calm ye mind."

Richard looks at the retreating form of Spencer and smiles "Ye thought all pirates cared about was gold and women? Aye tis true that many of us do but a few of us would prefer to swim with the dolphins than go to a brothel, and I be one of them. I would like to find one lass and settle down with her than find many and leave them all behind."

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Lucine smiled at her comments, and nodded in agreement. "Aye, sir, it is a very good place to calm ye mind. But, there are some things I would like to talk to you about. Please take a seat," he said, motioning to the chair he had set in front of him. He himself sat on his desk, moving some things away from where he was seated.

Spencer glanced back at Richard before hiding her smile from him. "Sounds very gentleman like of ye, Richard," she said, actually admiring his words. He wasn't so bad when he wasn't pulling tricks on you all the time. He was actually pretty sweet compared to the others on the ship who would prefer the many women to just one.

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Sage pulls up a chair and sits down in front of him. "Thank ye sir. Um I am sorry I caused a ruckus on the deck sir, but a drunken lout threw up right I as finished cleaning it..." She takes another bite of the apple as if she wanted to avoid saying to much to soon.

Richard smiles at Spencer "I guess I am a bit old fashioned that way, I know many of the 'gentlemen' on this ship prefer many to one. But not I. What about ye Little Devil? What would ye prefer? What type of woman do ye like the best? You tell me yours and I'll tell ye mine. Sound fair to ya?"

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Lucine nodded, thinking maybe he shouldn't accuse someone of being a girl so soon, especially after they got on board a few months before. "Alright then. Tell me Sage, how is ye liking me ship? I hear ye has a name on here already, Red, is it not?" He asked.

Spencer nodded, the dolphin she was riding slowing down so the two were side by side again. She really didn't know what to say, since she was a girl herself after all, so she just blurted out whatever came to mind first. "Umm.... I want a girl who's... Strong, and, uhhh... One who's not afraid to speak her mind.... She doesn't have to be pretty, just as long as we have some things in common," she said, glancing up towards the ship's deck.

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Sage nods "Aye, ye got a mighty fine ship here. And yes they have called me Red cause of me hair and me temper. Um did ye really call me up here to ask me what I thought about ye ship? I mean why couldn't ye ask me that on the deck?"

Richard looks at her and smiles "So an outgoing girl, an untamed beauty eh? Yeah, that would be nice I mean I would like to have a girl that wouldn't cower if so guy came up to her, I want a girl who can defend herself, but can also cook, cause everyone knows that I can't cook to save me life. "

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Lucine shrugged, deciding not to ask her if she was actually really a girl. He smiled a little at her. "I just haven't called anybody to me cabin in a while, and I like to do that sometimes," he chuckled, standing up. "Yea, but that'a all me really wanted to talk about. But oh, and, when we get to Crawford Island... I might find meself a new cabin boy, and premote you to an actual crew member," he said, smiling, and going over to his bed. "Now that is all."

Spencer nodded, thinking about that. She loved to cook. She would cook all the time for her mom, and her mom told her she could probably make that herjob when she got older since she loved it so much. "That sounds like the perfect girl to me," she agreed, 'and not just because it basically describes me,' she thought, looking down at her reflection in the water. "Though I'm not really that pretty," she muttered quietly to herself.

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Sage looks at the captain confused "I don't mind being a cabin boy sir. Um but why do you like to take people in here...sorry it ain't me place to ask that. Um do you want me to go get supplies at Crawford? I don't mind doing stuff like that me captin." Sage says as she stands up to go.

Richard stares at her "Um don't ye mean you ain't that handsome? Most guys don't think they are pretty. And no ye ain't that handsome, ye kinda look like a girl if ya ask me. Though what girl would go on a pirate ship? None if they didn't want to...well never mind."

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Lucine looked back at her, and shrugged. "If ye wants to stay cabin boy then ye can," he said, turning away once again. "We don't really need that much supplies at Crawford, just more rope, drinks, and some other things that might be useful on the ship." He avoided the second question, not really wanting to tell her about his suspicions yet.

Spencer glared at Richard, trying to cover up her mistake again. "Hey! Ye slimy git! Who ye calling a girl! If me was a girl me'd never come onto a pirate ship! 'Specially not one like this!" She covered. She thought her girl voice had slipped out a little bit on the "hey," but wasn't quiet sure. She hoped it didn't.

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Sage raises a red eyebrow "Other things sir? If ye need supplies ye best tell what or else I will bye whatever I dang please.." She says as she finish her apple "Ye need money for the local brothel or something?"

Richard tilts his head at her "Did ye voice just squeak? Shouldn't ye be done with puberty by now?" His dolphin suddenly dives underwater, he swims back up coughing out water. "Ack me dolphin wanted to kill me!!"

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"Then buy whatever ye dang please," he chuckled, "just as long as it's useful for the whole crew, like food, and something to entertain the crew," he said. He sat on his bed, and looked at Sage, waiting to see if she asked any more questions, a small amused smile on his face.

Spencer chuckled low as she watched him, thankful for the distraction. "Well, maybe ye needs to pay attention to the waters in front of ye," she laughed. She looked up back to the deck. "Well, me thinks I'm gunna go back up," she said. She secretly kissed the dolphin, the smiled, climbing onto Richard, then climbing up the rop that he had tied up onto the railing.

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Sage shrugs as she mutters "Men. Don't think I'll ever understand them." Softly to herself. "Alright so I should buy some rope, drinks, food, ammo, that sort of thing right?" She says as she heads to the door, tossing her apple into a trash pail. She reaches out and grasps the cool metal of the door handle in her hands.

Richard laughes as she climbs over him "I see I am ye ladder now eh? Well I guess I would rather be ye ladder then ye target Little Devil." Grabbing the rope with his callused hands he starts to climbs his way back up to the railing. "I don't want to become ya seat either." He says jokingly as he watches her progress, making sure that she wouldn't fall.

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Lucine nodded as he watched her walk away. "Aye,that be all we need I believe," he said, his gaze turning to the floor. He shrugged, laying back on his bed, staring at the ceiling as he waited for her to leave still.

"Ha! Ye be scared of me falling? Like that will ever happen!" Spencer scoffed as she got up to the railing. She sat down, and stared down at him, then to the knot of the rope tied to the railing right next to her. "Now, I'd be worried about ye yerself falling," she chuckled.

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Sage opens the door leaves, go back to her hammock in the belly of the ship. "For second I thought he found out me secert. That was to close, I better makesure I keep up me act or else he might have me keyhauled." She mutters as she takes off her boots and lies down. She curls up into a protective ball and falls asleep as the ship rocks her to sleep, the ocean waves creating her lullaby.

Richard is about half way up when he sees her next to the knot "I don't know what ye are thinking but it can't be good for me, Little Devil." He tries the climb the rope faster but his hands are slick from the water making his progress very slow. "C'mon Little Devil, don't do anything rash now."

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Lucine watched as she walked out of his cabin, and closed the door behind her. "He be a good boy," he muttered, a small smile on his face. "To be a shame if he turns out to be a lass, tis not good to keep lasses on ships with pirates," he chuckled. He kicked his boot off, and layed back in bed, pulling the wool blancket up to his waist. He sighed, staring at the ceiling.

Spencer chuckled, and stood up. She chuckled as she jumped over the rope, onto the other side, still on the railing. "Now what makes ye think that I will untie the knot? Me be a little harsh, but me's not that mean," she said, jumping back to the other side. She felt herself tilt as she landed, her foot slipping on the railing, and fell off the side of the ship, back towards the water. She screamed, scrambling in the air, and reaching out for the side of the ship. She grabbed onto a piece of wood sticking out. "Help Richard!" She cried, too panicked to realize she didn't use her guy voice. She kicked the air, trying to climb up the side of the shp.

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Sage sleeps through the other crewmates coming back to the sleeping quarter. She doesn't notice their drunken yelling, rude jokes, stupid quarrells or petty arguments. She was dreaming of what it was like to be out on the ocean, to be free at last.

Richard watches her falls and hastens his climb. "Hold on Spencer, I am coming." Using all his strength he gets up close to the railing of the ship. He wraps both his legs around the railing, holding onto it with one hand, reaching out with the other "Grab me hand!!" He shouts at her. "I'll catch ye, I swear it!!!"

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Lucine sighed one last time, turning the oil lamp down, until it was out. He turned onto his side, burried himself deep into his wool blanket, then fell asleep. He didn't usually sleep that much, since his dreams usually delt with his father, and he was still grieving over his death, even though it had been about a year now.

Spencer hesitantly let go of the wooden piece that she was holding onto for dear life. She reached up, barely touching his haand, before she felt her other hand start to slip. She screamed once more as he hand slipped completely, but caught herself once again, on another piece of wood. "Richard, help! Please!" She cried again, still panicking. She was holding onto the wood so hard her finers were starting to bleed a little.

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Sage is jolted awake as she feels someone crawl into her hammock while it was occupied by her body. "Git off of me you drunken lout!!" She yells, her voice filled with anger and terror. Anger because she was woken up, terror because the crew mate might discover her secret.

Richard runs his fingers through his hair as he thinks up a plan. Unwrapping his legs from the railing he pulls himself up into a standing postion and lets go but keeps his balance. He then...turns and walks away as if he was just going to let her fall. Though the rope was still tied to him, then suddenly he runs and swings over to her, grabbing her around the waist. "I can't believe that worked!! You alright Little Devil?"

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Lucine groaned, noise from the cabins below waking him. He growled, slowly getting out of his bed, and putting his boot on. He slammed his door open, and stormed down to where the hammocks were, then threw open the door, glowering at the crew. "What is going on down here?!" He yelled.

Spencer, completely shaken, grabbed onto Richard for dear life. "Just get me back up to the deck Richard," she said, her girl voice shaking as well. Her eyes were shut tight, afraid that Richard was going to drop her.

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Sage was still in her hammock, trying to push the guy off but he was a big fellow, to big for her to move anyway. "This drunken lout crawled in me bed while it was still being occupied by me body!!" She snaps in irritaion. Her yelling only cause the crew mate in her bed to roll over her, trapping her frail body beneth his mammoth size.

Richard nods and makes his way back up to the deck. He climbs aboard and gently undos her grasp on him "We are back on the ship, don't fret now Little Devil." Richard pauses and then adds jokingly "Ye know what? Ya voice gets squeaky and sounds a bit like that of a girl when ye are scared, nothing like the voice of a proper devil."

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Lucine growls, stomping over to the hammock. He grabbed the big guy, and hauled him up, off of Sage. "Karayan! Don't make me throw ye overboard," he snapped at the guy, throwing Karayan over into another hammock. "Now ye all better be quiet, before I thow ye all in the brig!" He hissed, storming out of the room, and back to his own cabin.

Spencer's eyes widened again, before narrowing again. "Ye bloody git!" She huffed, whacking him upside the head once again. She stormed off again, not going to listen to anything Richard tried to say. She went down to the hammocks, then layed down in the one she had claimed.

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Sage gasps for air as Lucien pulls the man off her. She watches as Lucien throws the guy in another hammock and whistle in admiration. "I couldn't do that even if I wanted too." She mutters to herself before she tries to go back to bed.

Richard rubs the back of his head, a grimace on his face as he watches her leave. "Spencer has an odd way of thanking someone who just saved his bloody bum, I was just trying to cheer the little fella up, and what does 'e do? He smacks me head! Ungratful is what 'e is." He picks up his bandanna and puts if on before climbing up the crows nest, the place he went to just watch, relax, and obviously, keep an eye out for trouble on the horizon

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Lucine sighed as he closed his cabin door again, and went over to his bed. He sat down, took off his boots, then layed down, curling into his blanket again. He closed his eyes, thinking of his favorite place, and slowly drifted back off to sleep.

Spencer groaned, loowing at her slightly bleeding fingers. She sucked on them, ignoring the dull stinging pain she got as she did it. She sat up, ripping some cloth from the top shirt she was wearing, and wrapped it around her fingers. Sighing after she finished, she layed back down, trying to fall asleep.

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Sage awaits to be woken up, signaling the begininng of a brand new day, a day which she would probably spend cleaning up after the crew, or having tricks pulled on her by the crew, maybe even both. Or is she was lucky they would reach their desitination and she could go out and by supplies and avoid the crew entirely, of course she wouldn't avoid them forever. The capitain would want her to get the supplies back as soon as possible.

Richard curls up in the crows nest and drifts off to sleep. Aparrently he slept in the crows nest quite often for his blanket and pillow were already up there, inviting him to rest his weary head and forget about the stressfull day he had.

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Lucine awoke the next morning bright, and early. He groaned a little as he flung his feet over the side of the bed. He heard a calling from up above, and threw his boots on. He got out to the deck, when the yelling became clearer. "Land ho!" The guy in the crows nest was calling. Lucine smiled, looking in the direction he was pointing. "Nothing like spending the day at Crawford Island," he said cheerfully, going down to where his crew was sleeping. "Get up ye lazy bones!" He yelled into the room. "Land ho!" He cheered.

Spencer slept peacefully in her hammock. The gentle rocking of the ship was so soothing, it reminded her of her times when she was a baby back in Ireland. Her mother used to rock her to sleep, singing old Irish lullabies, so relaxing, it was hard not to fall asleep.

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Sage awakes with a start and scrambles up to the deck, her trusty mop and bucket in hand. "What shall I be doing today cap'n? You just give the order and I will obey." Sage says hoping to get on with her day.

Richard wakes up as the sun starts to arise. "Maybe I should go and check on Little Devil, he seemed to be in a sour mood yesterday. I should aplogize for makin fun of the fella." Richard climbs down the crows nest and enters into the sleeping quaters, he locates Spencer hammock and shakes her gently.

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Lucine smiled brightly at Sage. "Ye not be working too much today! We be going ashore on Crawford Island!" He laughed cheerfully, patting her on the head. "Ye can go put that mop away, we be going ashore soon," he said, going up to stand next to Scar again.

Spencer jolted awake, falling out of her hammock. She groaned, rubbing her head, then glared up at Richard. "What in the bloody hell did ye do that for?!" She hissed at him. It was still early, and she didn't feel like getting pumbled, and torn apart by pirates yet. She sat up, rubbing her head.

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Sage walks back down to storage and puts her mop and bucket away. Climbing up on deck once more she watches as the island gets closer and closer, smiling she starts singing once more, though she tries to keep her voice down this time.

Richard looks at her and sighes "I just wanted to say to ye that I am sorry if I was rude or offended ye yesterday, I was only trying to cheer ye up after that fright ya had. Anyway I just wanted to apologize, I will leave ye be now." Richard turns away and heads to his actuall hammock.

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The ship soon docked at Crawford Island, one of the only few islands that excepted pirates. The crew hastily unloaded the ship, Lucine still standing up next to Scar. Lucine looked down at Sage. "We stay until sunset, that is when we come back, and sail away again. If you finished what you do, come join us at the brothel," he said with a smiled, going down the stairs, and off the ship as well.

Spencer wated him, a bit sorrowfully, feeling bad that she yelled at him. She sighed, figuring she'd appologize to him later, right then she was still a little tired. She crawled back into her hammock, sighing again. She closed her eyes, and started to hum the old Irish lullaby her mother used to sing to her to help her sleep. She humming softly faded as she fell into a light sleep.

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Sage raises an eyebrow and shakes her head "I am sorry me captain but that is one order I can't follow." She turns and heads toward the dock, not waiting for the captain reply. She is about halfway down the dock and is slipping away.

Richard grabs another vest, and a pair of pants. Looking around he starts to change, he strips off his vest and throws it onto the ground. He puts on the cleaner on and then starts to unbutton his pants, not caring that there were other people in the room. Besides they were all men on this ship, right

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Lucine watched Sage, an eyebrow raised. He smiled a little, and shook his head as Scar and him walked to the brothel after the rest of the crew. "That be a strange lad Cap'n," Scar said.
Lucine nodded in agreement. "Aye, he be a very strange lad," he said, entering the brothel, and smiling as he was greeted by the ladies in fluffy dresses, and tons of make-up.

Spencer was jolted away yet again when the ship hit a big wave. She groaned, sitting up, and rubbing her eyes. "I guess nobody wants me to sleep," she muttered quietly to herself. She looked around to see if anyone else was awake when she saw Richard undressing. Her face turned bright red, and she burried it into her pillow to hide her embarrassment.

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Sage heads off to the market place, buying a coil of rope, some tar, pitch, canvas, needle and thread, drinks and other supplies for the long journey. She then starts to shop for herself. Getting herself some gloves, a small necklace, and a music box. She sighes as she carries the luggage back to the ship. She heads to the brothel and enters in, her facing turning a bright red at all the fluffly dressed women. "Ah hello there young lad, do you need a compain?" One of the woman asks her "N-n-no, I am just looking for me captian. She spots Lucien and quickly heads on over. "I will be on the ship sir, and I got the supplies."

Richard looks out the round window and quickly pulls on his pants. "Wake up ye lazy bums!!! A storm is headed our way." He rushes up to the deck and starts taking down the sails. "Hurry up down there!!" He yells to the rest of the crew, his voice barely loud enough to be heard of the rumbling thunder.

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Lucine smiled at Sage, and nodded. "Alright me boy, feel free to join us in here if ye wants to," he said over the noise of the rest of the crew. Two girls in matching puffy blue dresses came over, and hung onto Lucine, giggling madly. "Be good me boy!" He said to Sage as he was dragged off by the girls.

Spencer jumped at the word storm. She quickly scrambled out of the hammock, but in the process got her foot caught in it. She groaned, trying to get her foot free. She finally got it free, then raced up onto the deck, swaying as the storm got closer, and the waves got bigger. She ran over to Richard, helping him with the sails.

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Sage tries to resit being dragged off by the two women, but is unsuccessful. "U-um I am not saying that you two aren't lovely or anything but I am just not intersted in spending time with you...." She was starting to turn red again.

Richard smiles at Spencer as he continues to lower the sails "Well Little Devil, seems we ain't done getting wet yet!!! Lets just hope the dolphins omen still holds true and that we get really lucky, cause the lord knows we need that luck tonight."

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The two girls both stuck out their lower lips in a pout. "But we thought that you looked like you needed some fun," one girl said, looking up at her twin sister. The other twin sighed, letting go of Sage. "Let us go, Sandy, he doesn't want us," she said. The first twin nodded, also letting go. "Let's go back to their captain, he was so cute!" She squealed as the two ran off.
Lucine was sitting at one o the tables, drinking some rum when the two girls came back over, and started talking to him.

Spencer looked away from Richard, blushing as she thought about just a little while earlier when she saw him undressing. "Yea, let's hope we're still lucky," she agreed. The boat swayed as waves crashed into it repeatedly, and she toppled to the ground. She rubbed her head, but sttod back up, finishing with the sails.

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Sage quickly makes a dart for the door. Besides I wouldn't be able to give them what they wanted anyway, I am not an actuall male, and if they found that out and they told the Captian, well I probably be keyhauled. Sage blushes as she spots more fluffy dressed women headed her way. If anyone saw the way she was acting they would think that she was afraid of the girls.

Richard laughes as the rain beats down on his face. Thuder rumbles in the skys above and lighting cracks all around. Richard moves from one sail to the next, lowering them and securing items wherever he went. It seemed as if he was actually enjoying the storm.

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Lucine watched as Sage ran out of the brothel, a little curiously. He raised an eyebrow slightly, then smiled at the twins. "Sorry ladies, I must go do something," he said, standing up, and setting the rest of his drink on the table. He heard the girls "aww" behind him, and smirked a little as he left the brothel as well, looking for Sage.

Spencer froze, her eyes widening. She was terrified of thunder and lightning. Usually when there were storms on the ship she would pretend she was sick, and stay below deck, trying to calm herself. She didn't mind rain though, she loved rain, it was just the thunder and lightning. She shakily went around the deck, doing whatever she was told to do.

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Sage quickly makes her way to the docks, she doesn't realizes she was being followed by her captain. She spots the ship and quickly gets on board. "That was a close on, you nearly blew your cover there. You should have just gone back to the ship in the first place instead of going to the brothel."

Richard looks at Spencer, concern on his face. "Ye alright boy? If ye ain't feeling well ye should go back below deck, I don't want you to get any sicker than ye already are. I can finish the rest by meself."

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Lucine stood right behind her as she talked to herself. He raised an eyebrow. "What happened to ye voice there Red? And what exactly is this cover ye is talkin' about?" He asked, his suspicions starting to become the truth as he listened to her voice.

Spencer nodded, running back below deck, slipping only once in the process. She ran downstairs, pushing people who were in her way out as she jumped into her hammock. She covered her ears with both her hands and her pillow to block out the noise, and shut her eyes tightly to block out the lightning.

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Sage turns around quickly, gasping in shock at the sight of her captian "No-nothing Sir, just a bit embrassed at what happened at the brothel. And the cover I was talking about was uh the fact that I like guys sir." She says quickly her disgused voice slipping every once in awhile.

Richard finishes with the sails and heads back down below deck and sits next to Spencer. "Ye don't like the storms eh, I noticed that whenever there seems to be one ye are always either missing or to 'sick' to help out...well I guess I can't really blame ye for not liking them, they can spell diaster for any ship sailing the waters if one is not to careful." He gently places his hand on her shoulder, trying his best to comfort her.

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Lucine looked at Sage, and raised an eyebrow as she talked, listening to the difference as her voice changed every once in a while. "I believe ye likes guys... But for some reason, I believe ye be a lass," he said, studying her. She did have a girlish look to her face, so he wouldn't have been too surprised if Sage was a girl.

Spencer heard another loud crash of thunder, the ship rocking violently, and she flung herself at Richard, holding onto him as if he was her last lifeline. She was terrified beyond belief. She only disliked lightning for when she was little her house caught on fire after being struch with lightning.

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Sage backs away from Lucien, fear in her eyes "Wh-what are ye talking about Captian? I-I am a lad, not a lass." She quickly looks around, her eyes darting as if looking for some way to escape, but the captian was blocking her only way out and she couldn't swim that well, which was one of the reasons why she didn't mind being the cabin boy, you didn't need to know how to swim to mop the decks.

Richard heart starts to beat faster, her hair tickling the tattoo on his chest. "Um-ah, there, there? Everything will be alright." He quickly decides to start to sing her an old song that one of the pirates taught him when he was a little lad. Amazingly the song wasn't lewd or very violent, it was actually quite calming.

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Lucine smirked a little, and took a few steps toward the panicking Sage. "What's wrong Red? You're looking a bit pale," he said, reaching out, and talking her wrist in his firm grasp. He looked down at her, studying her face better, she really did look like a girl close up, he wondered why he hadn't seen it earlier.

Spencer listened to the song, her shaking calming slightly. Soon her hold on him slackened, and she let got of Richard, sitting back in her hammock. She closed her eyes, only focusing on the song that he was singing to her.

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Sage tries to get out of his grasp, but to no avil "I-it must have been something I ate sir...." She looks away trying to hide her face. Oh no, you blew it, he is going to find out that you aren't really a man...think Sage think, there has got to be away out of this...

Richard continues his song, though his face is a bit red Why did it feel good when Spencer put his head on me chest? I-I know that I don't like men, but if I don't like men why did it feel so right? His thoughts race through his head, he slowly finishes the song and look at her "Y-ye feeling alright Spencer? Did that song help calm ye down lad?"

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Lucine smirked again, using his free hand to turned her head to face him. "Me thinks ye is keeping something from me, Red," he said to her. He glanced up at the sun. It was starting to go down, though it wasn't sunset yet, so they still had time. "There's a good chance that I'll find out sooner or later, so you better just tell me now Red," he told her.

Spencer opened an eye, and looked over at Richard, smiling a little. "Yes it did, thank you Richard," she said, sighing softly. She slowly swung her feet over the side of the hammock, standing up slowly. She swayed slightly as the ship rocked more, but she just walked over, grabbing some clean cloths so she could changed. "Umm... I'll be right back," she said, walking out of the room. She found herself a nice closet that wasn't so cramped, and started to change.

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"And what if I am? What trouble would I get into? Would ye through me in the brig? I am not afriad of that..." She says as she tries to escape "And what if I was a lass as you say, you would just leave me here where I would be forced to work at a brothel...n-not that I am a girl..." She quicky closes her mouth, hoping he didn't notice the change in her voice near the end.

Richard looks at Spencer head into the closet a bit confused, "What be he doing in there?" He quickly heads over and knocks on the door "Spencer me lad, what are ye doing in there? Is the Little Devil afraid to change infront of other men?"

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Lucine smiled. "I knew it... I knew it! Ye be a girl!" He chuckled, letting go of her wrist. "Jeeze, ye lasses can be so troublesome sometimes," he said, shaking his head. "Ye knows ye could have told me, though at first I probably would have thrown you off the ship. But me has come to like ye, so if ye wants to stay, it shall be fine with me. Though, you should still keep it a secret from the others, it's dangerous to have a girl on a pirate ship with pirates who get some action only about once every few weeks," he laughed, walking over to the railing.

Spencer's eyes widened. "N-no! J-just go a-away!" She cried, her voice cracking into her girl voice, and squeaking a little as she was startled. She had her top off, and she could barely see what she was doing as she fell to her knees, frantically searching for a shirt in the darkness.

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Sage looks at him and sighes "Alright, ye got me, as you say, I am a lass." She walks over to him and sighes "And I was doing pretty well on keeping up my act too... and don't worry I will make sure no one else finds out, or at least I will try...." She runs her fingers through her red hair and starts to sing once more, but tihs time she doesn't care that he can hear her.

Richard hears a thud coming from the closet and opens it up "Are you alright Spencer, I heard a thud, so I....oh my goodness...." his eyes widen at the sight of Spencer, the lad he thought he knew was a lass. His face reddens and he quickly closes the door shut, muttering a quick "Sorry..." Spencer is a GIRL?! That would explain why she wouldn't take her top off when we went swimming, dear god, what should I do?

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Lucine smiled as he listened to her sing, staring down at the calm blue ocean waves, crashing against the stationary ship. He glanced over at Sage, and smiled. "Ye has a lovely voice little lassy," he said. It felt a little strange calling her a girl now, since he was so used to calling her a guy all the time, but he knew it would pass by quickly.

Spencer's eyes widened twice their size when Richard opened the closet door, and saw her, her face turning extremely red. "Oh snap," she squeaked after he closed the door, quickly grabbing the shirt that she had found when he opened the door. She put it on, and slowly stood up. 'What will I say to him now? What should I do? Will he tell someone? What if I get thrown off the ship?! Oh my.....' She felt so confused she leaned back against the wall, sinking down to the floor.

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((OOps I posted the smae message twice...um ingore this message please...)

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Sage blushes the color a new rose at the compliement "Th-thank ye sir, I have always liked singing, but I like the ocean more. Me parents wouldn't let me go out though, so I was stuck being taught how to be a proper young lady when all I wanted to do was get on a boat and sail far away. So one day I cut me hair, snuck out of the house and stowed away on the nearest ship, I did that for awhile until you hired me. This is the first time that I have been discovered though..."

Richard timidly knocks on the door "Um....Sp-Spencer? Are you dressed me uh lad?" He didn't want to blow her cover but he needed to talk to her to find out what he should do.

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Lucine smiled. "That's quiet the story ye got there. Well as for me, I've lived on this ship me whole life, my father the captain before me. He taught me well on the ways of being a pirate, showing me how to pick the lies from the truth, and I guess that kind of came in handy with you. One thing you never want to do is lie to a pirate captain, they figure out everything sooner or later," he chuckled, looking back down at the water.

Spencer looked up at the door, finding it hard to talk after her cover was just blown out of the water. "Y-yes," she said, loud enough for him to hear her. She pulled her knees close to her shest, setting her head on her knees as she thought.

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Sage turns to Lucine a look of wonder in her eyes "Ye have been a pirate your whole life? What was it like? It must have been so amazing, better then learning needle point probably. I am sorry that I lied to ye but can you really blame me, if ye knew when I first came on that I was a lass you would have sent me on me way back home before ye even left port."

Richard clears his throat and knocks on the door once more "Um Spencer me lad, can we talk?" He runs his fingers through his blonde hair and lets out a sigh "I won't tell anyone if ye don't want me to, I swear on the dolphins and on me life. Oh and on me ale....I am swearing on me ale so ye know I can't be lying"

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Lucine chuckled, "I guess you've made your point. Usually I don't let girls on the ship, but since you've proven yourself a hard worker I guees you can stay. Unless you feel like staying on the island and being an entertainer at the brothel," he said. He had to keep in a laugh, just picturing her in one of those poofy dresses, picking a fight with the guys that came in there, and started hitting on her.

Spencer slowly uncurled herself from her position, and crawled over to the door slowly. She reached up a hesitant hand, and turned the door knob, pushing the door open gently, before sliding away, back into her old position with her knees up to her chest.

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Sage shudders at the thought "Heaven forbid me every doing that, I would like to stay with one guy, not change men every night. Besides I would probably look ridculous in one of those outfits and puch the first male that hit on me. I doubt my singing would help if I drove all the customers away."

Richard slowly walks in, his face still a bit red, he looks at Spencer and closes the door quitely. "So ye are a well yeah, um how did someone like ye end up on a pirate ship anyhow? I mean surely ye knew of the dangers of being around pirates? And ye seem to smart not realize that ye could end up being found out? So what is ye story lass?" He asks her as he seats down on the other side.

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Lucine had to laugh as she voiced his thoughts. "Well, I guess ye makes a better pirate than an entertainer," he chuckled. "It's a good thing ye here on me ship, I'm sure any other captin would just leave you here," he said. "I'm nice enough that I'll let ye stay."

Spencer sighed. "Well, I'm from Ireland, I've lived there me whole life with just me mum. We never really go along, so when I was fifteen, about a year ago, I got into a bed argument with me mum, and I left. I cut me hair, since it was about to me lower back, and I decided to go into piracy. I was never one for acting like a little lady like me mum wanted me to be, so that's why I didn't have a problem with leaving," she said, lifting her head up , and resting her chin on her knees as she looked in his direction.

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Sage shakes her head, "No some captains might have made me stay, for all the wrong reasons though..." A shiver runs through her small body. "Well I got the supplies, and I have already stored them...if ye wish to talk to me later about, well my sitituion I suggest we do it someplace private, the crew should be heading back soon and I don't want them overhearing us talk."

Richard looks at her and sighes "Well Little Devil, I was raised by pirates since I was just a wee boy. My da were killed by the navy, they accused him of piracy even though they had no proof and me father was a merchant. He was hanged, me mum killed herself soon after. I was five at the time and I was the one to find her hanging on rafter, same way me father had died . The pirate me father was accused of being found out about me, I still don't know how he did, he is the captain of this ship buy the way, and took me in. And despite how many times I have asked him about how he found me, he won't tell me a bloody thing." Richard looks at her and smiles, though his eyes were full of pain and sorrows from the memories of his past. "Well Little Devil, I won't tell your secret, I swear on me ale."

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Lucine nodded. "The crew should be back right after sunset, that's what they always come back." He stood up straight, and went to walk up to the upper deck, but stopped, and turned to face Sage again. "Oh, and just for ye safety, I want ye to stay in the cabin next to mine," he said, walking back to his previous destination.

Spencer listened to his story, watching him curiously. "That's so horrible, what happened to ye parents I mean," she said softly, before smiling a little, "thanks for keeping me secret. I don't know what would have happened if I was found out be someone else." She sighed, thinking back to her mom, and her last moments with her. She scowled a little, not wanting to remember their last conversation that they had before she left.

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Sage drops her mouth and hurries to catch up "But sir, what would the other crewmates say about my new lodgings? They might get the wrong idea." She quickly stammers her explantioin out "Besides, I have been fine so far...."

Richard smiles at Spencers and ruffles her hair "Well to tell ye the truth, I was shocked when I found out, I mean sure ye were a bit strange then most of the men on board but that is all I thought about it. That ye were just a strange lad Little Devil. But I am kinda glad that ye are a lass, if not a bit embrassed. And don't worry I will keep ye safe if need be."

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Lucine looked back at her, stopping for a moment. "Well, we can make it for just tonight then. The crew gets a little, crazy, I should say, after nights like tonight. I just don't think it'd be good for ye down there tonight, they might find out yer secret. But then again they'll be drunk, so they might not remember a thing in the mornin', so just do whatever ye want, the cabin next door is always open," he said shrugging.

Spencer couldn't help but smile, and threw herself at Richard, hugging him. "Ye be the greatest friend ever!" She laughed, but quickly let go, feeling a bit embarrassed now, her cheeks turning light pink. She still smiled though, feeling a little better now.

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Sage contemplts the idea, weighing the pros and cons in her mind. Eventually she comes to a conculsion, and she hopes that it is the right one. "Alright, I will stay in the cabin next to yours, though only for tonight, I don't want the rest of the crew to find out me secert. And I defiantly don't want them to find it out if they are drunk, who knows what they would do to me, though I have a good idea what they would do." She states, though her voice has some uncertanty in it she is almost positive that she made the right desicion.

Richard laughes teasingly at her, "Little devil, your skin is turning red, infact you almost do look like a Little she devil, an embrassed she devil but a she devil nonetheless." Richard pauses at his routine teasing of her, apparently thinking. "Alright," he says after a few minutes pass "I have a two questions to ask ye. The first one, where should ye sleep now?"

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Lucine smiled a little bit, putting his hands on the railing, and watching as the sun began to set. "The men can be a little rough, especially when drunk. I've witnessed some things they've done to ye lasses, and I'm telling ye, 'tis not very pleasent," he said, sighing. Some pirates can never be tamed.

Richard's first comment left Spencer feeling a little more embarrassed, making her face turn a darker shade of pink. She shrugged at his question. "I'll guess I'll be staying with the guys still. If I go anywhere else they may think I be up to something, and find something out. I think it be best to act like I normally do," she said, looking over at him. "Now what be you're second question?"

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Sage sighs "Yeah, I know what pirates do to the lasses, at least what most of them do. But as I said before, I have been fine so far, no one else but ye knows that I am actually a lass and not a lad. As long as the crew continues to believe that then I am safe. But if ye hear rumors that the crew say about me please tell me, especially if it puts me cover in peril."

Richard rubs the back of his head, his face was now turning red as well. "Wh-why do ye hang out with me? I mean I am not the most trustworthy person on the ship, and heavens knows that I am not a big talker. And um two more questions if ye don't mind I would like ye to answer the next two honestly or if ye can't answer honestly then don't answer at all... What do ye think of me? And um well do ye think I will ever find a girl that is anything like I described to ye before?"

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Lucine looked over at her for a moment, before looking back at the sunset. "Of course I would tell ye Miss Sage," he said quietly. "Especially if it puts ye in danger. But if anything happens that puts ye in danger I'll have ye know ye'll be off this ship. I don't want anything bad happening to a lass on me ship," he said, sighing a little.

Spencer blushed a little more, looking away at his questions, her heart beat starting to race. "Well for the first question, I hang out with ye, 'cause you're just a fun person to be around, and ye're like the only one around me own age." She paused, thinking over the next question. "Well, I'd have to say that I think you're a pretty cool person, ye can get a little annoying sometimes, but then again who doesn't get annoying every now and then?" She paused longer, thinking of his next question. She couldn't exactly blurt out that what he discribed sounded almost exactly like herself now could she? "Well... Uhmm... I'm sure ye'll find you're perfect girl..." She said, staring at the ground. 'And I'm sure you're perfect girl won't be me,' she thought glumly.

((Sorry it took so long, my bf called me, and made it difficult to multi-task ^^))

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Sage turns to him, defiantly not wanting him to throw her off the ship “I will do me best to keep out of danger, but I must point out that I AM on a pirate ship. Danger happens every day, we go out and fight, loot, run from the navy, and search for treasure. Danger is always in a pirate’s life, and I have accepted that, I actually expect danger. I am prepared for anything that comes me way captain. In fact I would probably be in more danger on the land then on the ship.” She finishes her statement and turns back to watch the sunset.

Richard looks at her and smiles, he puts his hands on his knees and rises to a standing position. “Well Little Devil, it should get a lot more interesting on the ship that is for sure. Trying to protect ye is one of the reasons, but the main reason is that I have been assigned cooking duty.” He holds out his hand to help her up. “Starting tomorrow I will be cooking for all of the crew, the captain hit his head me thinks when he assigned me that particular job.” He says with a merry laugh.

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Lucine smiled, listening to her talk. He had to admit her voice sounded really sweet. "I guess ye speaks the truth, living on the ocean gets pretty rough a lot. Ye sure you don't want to stay here? Then again, I'd like having ye around here, it's much more interesting," he chuckled softly. He sighed softly as the sun finally set, and he could hear the rest of his crew talking loudly as they stumbled back to the ship.

Spencer smiled brightly at that note. She took his hand, a little frozen when her hand felt a little numb, a jolt of what felt like electricity going from her hand up her arm at the touch. She shrugged it off as she stood up. "Ye know... In exchange for helping me, I can help ye with the cooking..." She offered. "I love cooking, it's one of me best skills, according to me ma," she said, smiling at him. "I grew up learning how to cook, I make some good Irish meals, if I may say so meself," she chuckled softly.

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Sage looks at Lucine, a faint smirk on her lips. “I am positive I want to stay here, besides as I said before, I would be in more trouble on the land then on the sea. I would probably end up thrown in jail for beating an officer of the law up. Or I would kill a man who flirts with me. Besides can you imagine the people’s reaction to a ‘lady’ wearing pants and a shirt, not a proper dress? I would be burned as a witch or some such nonsense. I mean look at me,” She spreads her arms out, “do I look like the civil type? Do I look like a girl that a man would want to court?”

Richards face lights up as soon as Spencer says that he could help him cook. “Really? No I can’t ask that of ye, I mean it is my duty and all…though heaven knows that I am probably going to make the capn sick again. And he is a mean old bird when he gets ill. I remember the first time I cooked a meal and he got sick, not a pretty picture. I had a bruise the size of me fist on me ribs, that was painful.” Richard rubs the side of his ribs as he remembers the blow from the past.

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Lucine chuckled as he looked at her attire. "I guess ye wouldn't fit in among the others on land. I do prefer ye'd stay here, at least then ye'd be in less danger, and I could protect ye if need be," he said. "And don't worry, I'm sure there's some guy out there who'd want to court with ye," he said, smirking, and walking over to the giant wooden wheel.

Spencer pouted, the same pout that got her out of a lot of situations at her home. "Please? It's the least I could do for ye since ye promised to keep me secret. I haven't cooked in ages! I need to cook!" She laughed softly, hanging onto his arm, and shaking him gently. She was in desperate need to cook, since it usually helped release her stress.

[Rose Of Blood]

Sage lets out a laugh at the very idea that a guy would want to court her. “Tell me captian how many men would want to date a girl that could beat them up? A girl who would prefer to go to a bar then to stay at home and sew? Last time I checked men liked dainty fragile girls with waists so tiny that if you poked them they would snap in half. Not girls who knew how to use a pistol and shimmy up the mast of a ship.”

Richard faces turns a bright red as she hangs onto his arm, his heart beating against his chest. “A-alright, alright. I surrender to ye, just let go of me arm, I need that to loot with ye know. Ye can help me cook if ye want to, though I am warning ye, if the captain finds out that ye are helping me out, we both could be in trouble. Even though the capn is like a da to me, he can still be very strict.”

[♫Extraordinary_Machine♫]

Lucine laughed at how she described herself, and other "normal" girls. "Well, I'm sure a pirate would like a lass like ye," he said. "Ye'd put up a great fight, and us pirates like fights. Ye be a strong lass, Red, but a lass just the same. All guys are looking for a good lass, so I wouldn't be so surprized by whose looking for a girl like ye," he said, going to greet the crew.

Spencer smiled brighter, and let got of his arm, hugging him instead. "Ah! Ye be the greatest! I swear on me life the cap'n won't find out! And if he does, I would willingly jump off the ship with me hands tied for me punishment, just because I'd got to cook again," she laughed joyously. She let go of Richard, and stood up, stretching her arms into the air.

[Rose Of Blood]

Sage stared after him, her mouth gaped open. She was about to ask him what he meant by his statement when her green eyes spotted the crew coming on the ship. She closed her mouth, and walked over to where she put the music box that she had bought that day, she didn't want the crew to find it and destroy the fragile thing. She looked around quickly, before opening the small box. As soon as the wooden top is opened a beautiful song pours out, a song that is somehow both sad and happy at the same time.

Richard flesh grew warm under her touch, his face glowed red as he blushed. "G-glad that I made ye happy Little Devil." He stammered out, it was obvious that he wasn't used to being hugged by people, espeically not ones of the female varity. He rubbed the back of his head when she let go of him, his fingers combing through his blond hair. He knocked his bandanna off in the middle of rubbing his head, the brown bandanna with the white skull sewn on, fell gently to the wooden floor of the ship.

[♫Extraordinary_Machine♫]

Luince laughed secretly as he watched his crew stumble upon themselves as they borded the ship. They all headed down to the hammocks. He glanced up at Sage, and smiled a little as he watched her listen to a little wooden music box. He chuckled softly as he brought the anchor up, then went up the stairs to the wheel, starting off to the endless sea once again.

Spencer smiled, and picked up the bandanna, and looked it over in her hands. He looked up at Richard, and smirked. "I hope you know you're not getting this back now," she laughed, sticking her tongue out at him, and running out of the closet. She hid somewhere among the hammocks, watching for Richard.

[Rose Of Blood]

Sage quickly closed the wooden music box, she looked up at Lucine and smiled happily at him, her jade eyes glittered as the captain took the wheel of the Black Rose. She closed the lid the music box and tucked it away in her pants pocket. She walked towards the wheel of the ship, and accidently bumped into Scar on the way, she fell down violently to the hard wooden floor.

Richard blinked in shock when Spencer picked up his bandanna and dashed off with it. He stands there for a moment befuddled, before his brain translated what just happened. “My bandanna….HEY!!! LITTLE DEVIL!!! GIVE ME BACK MY BANDANNA!!” Richard yelled out before he dashed out of the closet. He looked around the room, his brown eyes searched around the room for Spencer.

[♫Extraordinary_Machine♫]

Scar blinked, swaying backward, before falling to the ground. He glared up at Sage. "Watch it! I'ma get ye for that!" He growled, trying to stand up. You could really tell that he was drunk. He finally got up, and growled, running for Sage, before something stopped him. Lucine had grabbed the back of his collar, and was holding him back from getting to Sage. "Scar," Lucine said sternly, his eyes narrowed at Scar. "I don't want any fights on this ship, unless we are attacked. Now go to bed," he hissed, shoving him down the stairs, and towards the hammocks. He sighed, going back to the wheel. He looked at Sage, smiling a little bit. "See? Good idea to stay in the cabin next to mine," he said.

Spencer stayed as quiet as a mouse as she watched Richard try to find her. She got down onto her knees, stuffed the bandanna down her shirt, and started to crawl across the floor as silently as she could. She hid herself in a corner, behind boxes, crates, and barrels. No one would be able to find her, unless they looked really close, and they really wanted to find her.

[Rose Of Blood]

Sage placed a hand over her fast beating heart, as if to calm it down. She looked up at Lucine as she tried her best to give him a confident smile. The smile wavered though, giving away the fright that she had felt. “I-it is only because he was drunk, cap’n.” She stammered out, “Though I guess ye might be right, maybe I should stay in the cabin next to ye, if only for awhile.” She added the last part almost as an after thought. She ran her fingers through her scarlet hair; it appeared that the gesture was a nervous habit that she had picked up in her past.

Richard sighed in annoyance as he searched around the room. He got on his knees and crawls around on the floor; his eyes scanned the ground, looking around for any sign of disturbance that Spencer had gone that way. His eyes finally found the sign that he looked for, there was a line in the dust, indicating that some one had gone that way recently. He smirked as he followed the trail to a bunch of boxes piled in the corner.

[♫Extraordinary_Machine♫]

Lucine chuckled softly as he watched Sage try to calm down. "Ye better be grateful that I was here to save ye little arse," he said, smirking at her. He waved to one of the few crew members who wasn't drunk, and they came to take his position. "Ye better get to bed, ye'll have a long day ahead of ye if yer gunna stay cabin boy," he said, heading down the stairs to his own cabin.

Spencer took the bandanna from her shirt, and examined it silently. She liked it, the design on it was so cool to her, which was one of the reasons she didn't want to give it back. She sighed. 'Too bad he doesn't see me the way that I see him,' she thought glumly. "Maybe mom was right... Maybe I should have stayed back in Ireland, and gotten married to that guy she had picked for me....... No...... I won't marry someone I don't love," she cried softly, a tear coming to her eye. She hugged the bandanna close to herself. "If only he saw me the same way I see him....... If only......" she whispered.

[Rose Of Blood]

Sage frantically followed after him, not wanting to be left behind with a bunch of drunken sailors. “W-wait up cap’n! Don’t leave me behind! Besides, I don’t know where ye want me to stay…” She finally caught up to him, and placed a hand on his shoulder. “C-can you show me where ye want me to stay?” she gasped out, “Oh and I am thankful that ye were here to save me little arse, I really am…” she added, her voice completely sincere.

Richard paused at the pile of boxes; he listened to Spencer’s voice coming out behind the boxes, listing intently to what Spencer was saying, his heart tearing in two at the sorrow in her voice. He crept quietly behind the boxes and sits down next to Spencer. He looked at her face, he sees the tear trickling down her face and gently wiped it way with his tan callused hand. “Hey Spencer, don’t ye cry, I would have left me mum and da too if they tried to force me to marry someone that I didn’t love. Please don’t cry, it breaks me heart to see ye so sad.” He mummered to her, trying his best to comfort Spencer.

[♫Extraordinary_Machine♫]

Lucine smiled as Sage caught up to him. He stopped at the door that was right next to his door, and opened it. "This is where ye can stay," he said, pointing over his shoulder into the room. It was a pretty nice room, not as nice as his own room, but still nice. "Ye can decorate, or do whatever ye want with it," he said, stepping over to his door. "And if ye needs me I'll be right in here," he nodded to her once, then opened his door, stepping inside his room.

Hearing him try to comfort her made her even more upset, even though she didn't want him to see her like this. She moved away a little bit from him. It was hard for her to feel this way about him, yet have him be so close, and not be able to tell him how she felt. His words were so caring though, and she cried a little more, hugging her knees to her chest, the bandanna held tightly in her hand.

[Rose Of Blood]

Sage entered the room and let out a whistle. “Wow…this is a nice place….I can’t believe that the cap’n is letting me stay here…it is defiantly a lot better then being stuck with a bunch of drunken gits all the time. Though I am worried about what they will think when they find out where I am staying…speaking of which, I best go down and get me stuff.” She reached into her pockets and takes out the music box; she looked around the room before she finally decided to place it on the table. With that down she dashed out of the room and headed down to the crews sleeping quarters. She made her way to her old hammock and her belongings; she scooped her things up and started to make her way back up the stairs, trying her best not to drop anything on the way up.

Richard looked at Spencer and sighed, unsure of what to do. He noticed his bandanna gripped tightly in her hands, “Ye can keep that if ye want too…” he muttered, hoping that his bandanna will do more good comforting her that he had. “Um, I am sorry if I upset ye, Little Devil, I don’t really know what I did to make ye sad but I am sorry for it just the same…” He said as he ran his fingers through his blond hair.

[♫Extraordinary_Machine♫]

Lucine sighed, sitting down at his desk again. He stared at the map blankly, his mind wandering aimlessly around all that had happened that day. He sighed, giving up his efforts to try and focus on the map. He stood up, and sat on his bed, taking his boots off, and laying back against his pillows.

Spencer felt her heart push against her chest at his words, and it kind of hurt. She gasped, her hands holding onto her chest as her heart pounded away fiercely. She winced, it had never hurt this bad before, she just felt so bad for making Richard think he did something wrong, and she wanted to tell him, but she couldn't speak at the moment.

[Rose Of Blood]

Sage reached her new room, pushed the door open with her booted foot, and stepped inside. She placed her belongings on her bed and starts to sort them out. There wasn’t much really, a change of clothes, a spare bandanna, and some gloves. The only thing that might interest someone was a box made out of stone. The box was about a foot long, three inches in width and three inches in height. She picked up the box carefully, and smiled at the stone object before she carefully hid it under her bed. Only she knew what was inside the box, she planned to keep it that way. With that done she headed toward the little wooden music box and opened its lid, letting the music fill the room and lift her soul.

Richard looked at Spencer in silence for awhile before he stood up and stretched. “Well Little Devil, I don’t know about ye but I need to take a nap, so if ye want to talk to me later then ye might have to wake me up. And please remember that ye can tell me just about anything. Oh and ye can keep me bandanna, I hope it makes ye feel better.” With that said he headed off toward his hammock.

[♫Extraordinary_Machine♫]

Lucine could hear the soft melody from the room beside his, and smiled a little. He listened to it's soothing sound, and slowly drifted into a light sleep. His dreams still filled with memories of his childhood. Of the crew, and of his parents. His mother, one of the sweetes, yet strongest girls he knew. He knew that Sage would probably be like her one day. A girl who loved to be out at sea, and fell for a pirate, just like his mother.

Spencer watched as Richard left, her ision a little blurry from her earlier tears. She sniffled softly, rubbing her eyes with her fists, her heart rate slowing down. She layed on the ground, staring blankly at the boxes and barrels, her mind racing. She sighed, closing her eyes, and soon falling into a deep sleep, holding the bandanna close.

[Rose Of Blood]

Sage lets out a yawn as the music continued to play. She drifted off to sleep, her dreams were filled with hopes for the future, of high sea adventures and buried treasure. She smiled in content as her dreams continue down their wonderous path. A contented sigh escaped her lips as she rolled over until she was no longer lying on her back but on her belly.

Richard crawled into his hammock and sighes I hope that Little Devil is alright, I didn't mean to make her sad...heck I don't even know how I made her sad...was it something I said? Or did I do something that upset her? Argh, why can't I figure it out?! Richard scratched his head as these thoughts and others raced through his mind. He let out a sigh of frustration before he drifted off into sleep.

[♫Extraordinary_Machine♫]

Lucine woke up pretty early the next morning as well. He wasn't one to get a lot of sleep, even if he was extremely tired. He groaned softly, sitting up, and leaning against the headboard on his bed. He stretched his arms into the air, and yawned. He scratched his head, as he got out of bed. He changed into new cloths, pulled on his boots, and headed up to the deck.

Spencer groaned softly, waking to the sound of something hitting against the boat. She sat up, rubbed her eyes, then stood up. She heard whispered voices, but not from the crew, they were all sleeping. She raised an eyebrow, and quietly walked up to the deck. She stopped near the door, and listened as foot steps on the creaky floorboards were heard coming towards them. She grabbed the nearest sword on the wall, and slowly opened the door. As soon as she did she had to dodge a blade that came at her. She stared wide-eyed as the pirates in front of her, then the the ship that floated next to their own.

[Rose Of Blood]

Sage woke up just a few hours after Lucine. She sat up in the bed and let out a big yawn as she looked around the room. Her jade eyes stopped at the music box on the small table, her eyes widen when she realized that the lid of the wooden box was open. She jumped out of her bed dashed over to the box and quickly closed the lid, with that done she let out a sigh before she muttered “I must have fell asleep while this box was still playing. I can’t believe that I did that! Argh, I hope that it didn’t keep the capn up or he will be in a bad mood for sure. Well I best get dressed and start me work, I don’t want to give Captain Lucine anymore reasons to be angry at me today.” Sage takes off the clothes that she had worn the day before and slept in, changing into some cleaner pants. She glanced at the door to make sure that no one was headed toward her cabin before Sage reached down and pulled out the small stone box underneath her bed. Sage glanced behind her once more before she opened the lid of the stone box and pulls out some strips of cloth; she closes the lid and shoved the box under her bed once more. Sage swiftly wrapped the strips around her bare breasts before putting her shirt on, with her disguise completed she heads toward the door and walked on out to the deck, headed toward where her mop and bucket were kept.

Richard eyes shoot open at the sound of the old wooden door creaking open. He held his breath and remained still as he waited for his wood colored eyes to adjust to the darkness. When his eyes adjusted the first thing he sees is the flash of deadly metal cutting through the air. Richard swiftly jumped out of the hammock, and dashed toward where the crew’s weapons were kept. He just prayed that he would get there and back before the enemies killed any of the crew; and that he would be strong enough to take the villains on. Please let Spencer be safe, please god if you can hear me please let Spencer live. I don’t know what I would do if she died because I wasn’t fast enough or strong enough... He thought as he sprinted down the narrow hallway.

[♫Extraordinary_Machine♫]

Lucine smiled as he stood up next to the wheel. He had to admit it was going to be a beautiful day out today, not a cloud in sight, but yet something seemed a little off about the crew, a kind of tension in the air. He wondered what could be the matter, but tried not to let it bring him down too much. He spoted Sage, and smiled a little more. "Ahoy there Red! How was yer night?" He asked her.

Spencer squeaked as the pirate before her grabbed her, and dragged her all the way onto the deck. She was a little too surprized at the moment to do anything, but then her mind started to work again, and she got a little panicky. She had dropped her sword a few feet away, and tried to struggle out of the pirate's arms, but he held his sword to her throat. "Don't ye dare move, or I'll slit yer throat," he growled at her. Spencer's eyes widened, before narrowing. She stomped on the guys foot, wrestling with his arm to get away. The blade ended up making a thin line across her throat, some blood starting to come out, but she didn't care, she had to live to save the others.

[Rose Of Blood]

Sage winced as she heard the Captains voice, she slowly turned around until she was facing Lucine. Her green eyes widened when she saw the look on his face, he seemed happy, which meant that her music box hadn’t kept him up. She shook her head and waved at the captain “Ahoy Capn!! I slept well sir, how about ye?” she replied cheerfully, she didn’t seem to have noticed the strain underneath the surface, the tension coming from her crew mates.

Richard grabbed a blade and dashed back to the sleeping crew, waking them up as quickly as he could. He reached Spencer’s hammock and went to shake her before he noticed that she wasn’t there. Wha-?! Where is Spencer?! Did the people that boarded the Thorn of Death take her? OH NO!!! WHAT IF THEY FIND OUT THAT SHE IS A LASS?! I have got to find her, and fast. He dashed out of the room and up the steps, his eyes searching frantically for any sign of the lass.

[♫Extraordinary_Machine♫]

Lucine chuckled softly. "I slept wonderfully, thanks to that music box of yers," he said, saying the last part a little quieter, so only Sage could hear, not that he thought the rest of the crew was paying attention to the conversation. A few of the crewmates talking a little ways away caught his attention though. Their whispered voices kind of sounded depressed, and worried, making him wonder more about what was happening that he didn't know about.

Spencer threw herself to the ground, reaching for the sword she dropped, her shirt getting caught in one of the loose floor boards. A sudden pain ripped through her right arm, and she screamed out in pain, louder as the pirate pulled the sword from her arm. She held her wound with her left hand, knowing the guy was just going to kill her. She closed her eyes tightly, waiting for him to kill her. When the pain didn't come she opened one eye, looking up at the guy, only to see him staring at her wide-eyes, a few other pirates in the background doing the same. She opened her other eye, and looked down to see what they were looking at, only to notice that when she dived for her sword the floor boards had caught onto her shirt, and tore some buttons off, revealing her chest. "SH!T!" She cried angrily.

[Rose Of Blood]

Sage flinched at the mention of her music box, it appeared that he had heard it playing after all. "I-I am sorry about that Captain, I-I didn't mean to leave it on, I just kinda drifted off to sleep, forgetting to close the lid before I went to bed. I-it won't happen again capn I promise ye that." She stammered out her apology. Sage turned her red head to a couple of the crew members gathered around, she had heard their depressed voices as well. "What do ye think they are talking about?"

Richard heard Spencer when she cried out, he forced his legs to move faster. When he reached the area she was at he looked around, taking in the scene before him, when his eyes land on Spencer and he realized that she was wounded and that her chest was revealed he let out an animal like roar of rage. He Richard dashed over to Spencers side, he quickly took off his shirt and put it on her, trying his best not to hurt her any more than needed. With that done he spun around to face the ones who injured her. "You will DIE for that!!" He hissed out, his voice almost demonic.

[♫Extraordinary_Machine♫]

Lucine shook his head to Sage's first few comments about her music box. "No, no, it's fine, really. It actually helped me sleep better," he chuckled. "The tune is quiet lovely, much like a lullaby. As for the crew," he said, turning his attention back to the huddled group, "I think I'm going to fine out what's wrong with them today," he sighed, walking towards the group.

Spencer stared at Richard wide-eyed, a little scared by his voice, and attitude. The cut on her throat burned, and stung, her right arm throbbing painfully as blood spurted from the wound. She gently pulled Richard's shrit around herself tighter, watching some of the other pirates warily, while the one that had hurt her cursed at Richard. "I'd like to see ye try!" He shouted at Richard, holding the bloody blade up, ready to fight.

[Rose Of Blood]

Sage nodde at Lucine, "alright then captian, I will go start me work now, I hope that you find out what is bugging the rest of ye crew." She walked down to the main deck, dropped her bucket on the dirty wooden boards and starts to mop up, slowly cleaning up the ship.

Richard lunged at the man his blade gleaming deadly in the night "Ye made a big mistake coming on board this vessle, and an even bigger mistake when ye attacked me friend. I will not show ye or ya friends any mercy. Tonight the deck of this ship shall be crimson with ye blood! I promise ye that!"

[♫Extraordinary_Machine♫]

Lucine went over to the group, and looked at their sad, and blank faces. "Hey, what's the matter with all of ye? Do ta have somethin' to tell me?" He asked them.
The crew looked up in surprize, but their faces returned back to their previous gloomy look. "It's Alec, Cap'n.... He's terribly sick, and we think he may be diein'. He just keeps coughin' up blood," One of the pirates said.
Lucine's face scrunched up into though, and worry. "Let's go have a look at 'im," he said, bringing the group with him bellow deck.

The pirate smirked, dodging Richard's sword. He ducked behind Richard, and ran over to Spencer, picking her up by the shirt. It pulled against her wounds, and she cried out in pain. He chuckled, and held his sword pointed at her. "I think it might just be best to use this lass as me shield then, don't ye think?" He cackled, holding the struggling Spencer tighter in his grip.

[Rose Of Blood]

Sage continued mopping the deck of the Black Rose, her forhead glistening with her sweat. She paused for a second to wipe her sweat for her head and to take a quick breather. As she paused in her work she noticed the Captian and the rest of the crew as the headed below deck. "I wonder what is wrong?" she asked herself before she shrugged, and resumed cleaning the ship.

Richard brown eyes narrowed as he spun around to face his oppenent. His mouth quickly dropped open when he sees the man using Spencer as a shield, he lowered his sword, as well as his head, as he tried to think of a plan to get Spencer away from the man. Time passed no sound but that of the raging sea as Richard thought, finally he said "Let the little one go, they are of no use to ye, take me instead. I am worth more to the captian of the Thorn of Death then they are, I would be more valuable to ye.

[♫Extraordinary_Machine♫]

Lucine followed the few of his crew down to the hammocks, over to one towards the corner. There was a bald little man wrapped in blankets that he assumed the crew gave up for him, and he was curled in a ball. There was a bucket of blood, and spit, on the floor next to him. Lucine looked down at Alec, and smiled a little as he crouched down to face the old man. Alec smiled back weakly. "'Ey Cap'n..." He said, his voice was soft, and hoarse, and sounded a little strained.
"'Ello, Alec... How are ye feelin'?" Lucine asked him.
Alec leaned over the edge of the hammock, and over the bucket, coughing wildly. He groaned, and layed back. "I think I be dyin' cap'n, but I guess it is time," he replied. "I been here since me and ye father were your age, I knew it was a-comin' soon." Lucine looked down at the man that had watched out for him since he was a baby, and could feel his heart breaking. It was going to be hard after he was gone.

Spencer stopped wiggling, and looked at Richard wide-eyed, then up to the smirking pirate holding her. Her eyes narrowed, and a small growl escaped her throat, she was a pirate for nothing, even if she was injured. She let go of her still bleeding would, and took hold of the guy's arm, then bit down on it, her teeth sinking into his skin. The guy shriek, quickly retreating his arm from her, and she threw herself away from him, towards Richard. She thudded down on the ground, cradling her wound again as she glared at the pirate who was looking over his wound. She had bit down deep into his skin, and it was starting to bleeding now. Her neck was starting to throb in pain as well now as it continued to bleed along with her arm, and she hissed in pain again.

[Rose Of Blood]

Sage soon finished cleaning the deck, though knowing the crew she would have to clean it again. She sighed as headed toward the bow of the ship. She scanned the ship with her jade eyes, she noticed that not a single soul was with her on the deck of the ship. A small smile appeared on her face as the fact settled in. I can sing all I want at the moment and no one will be suspicous of me voice sounding like a girl!! With that thought she burst out into song, her enchanting voice flyling into the air. The song was a beautiful song, one that was filled with happiness, though there was an underlying tone of sadness, which was to be expected for the song was about rebirth, a song of continuing on despite hard times.

Richard dashed toward the crumpled up form of Spencer. He leaned down to her as soon as he reached her frail form, his brown eyes that were full of rage just a short while ago had changed until the only emotion in them was one of concern for her. "Little Devil, stay still, don't move and don't ye worry, I am here for ye." He quickly exaimend her wound. He winced as he saw how bad it was, and with no bandages on hand he took off his shirt and ripped it into strips to be used as makeshift bandages. He methodically started to bandage her up, his mind seemed to have forgotten about the enemies on board the ship, the enemies that were very close to him.