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Post by carabadgermum on Nov 28, 2007 11:15:15 GMT -5
He was cold, so cold, colder than Moll herself and she was still soaking from her dip in the sea. It was then that Moll realized that Teague had already passed on from the head wound this brother had inflicted upon him. Tears streamed silently from her eyes for the mate she would never know. She hugged his body close to her once and then laid it carefully on the floor of the cell. "'E'll pay, that brother o' yours. 'E won't get away with this." Then she picked up her dagger and left the cell to find Jack.
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Post by Wolfie on Nov 29, 2007 19:31:16 GMT -5
Both otters met her on the stairwell outside the brig cells and motioned her to follow them, both knowing who she was looking for. Aiden led the way silently and cautiously until they came to where Jack was.
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Post by carabadgermum on Nov 30, 2007 10:30:03 GMT -5
Moll entered the Captain's cabin by herself. He was alone with his back facing her. She padded across the room silently and stood behind his chair. She grabbed a pawful of the fur on the top of his head and jerked it up and back. She brandished the dagger in his face making sure he could see the Rawnwave family crest. "It's what ye wanted isn't it?" she whispered dangerously into his ear. "All that 'ad once belonged t' the corsair captain. Well you won't have me." She spun the dagger around in her paw so the blade now rested at his throat. "But I will give you this." Not giving him time to answer she swiped the blade across his neck. His paws clenched for a moment on the arms of his chair and then he went slack. "Just consider it a gift from me an' Teague."
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Post by Wolfie on Dec 1, 2007 16:45:21 GMT -5
Both otters watched with wide frightnened eyes as Jack was murdered right in front of them. The both walked over scaredly and stared at Jack's still form with wide, shocked eyes. They looked up at Moll curiously and scaredly.
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Post by carabadgermum on Dec 2, 2007 0:24:27 GMT -5
Moll looked at the dead body in the seat before her and suddenly she realized that if in fact both of the weasel brothers were now dead that the captaincy of the vessel fell to her. She looked up at the two otters. "'ey mateys. Sorry, 'bout that. Don' know what came over me." She hurried over to them and then realizing that her dagger was still bloody she grabbed the closest piece of fabric and wiped it clean. Then she sheathed the weapon back in her boot before leading the two kitts away from the grisly scene back onto the main deck. And there she received a reception she had never expected. The entire crew had fallen to their knees before her. "Wha's this all about?" She asked them. The ship's bosun stepped forward at her question, "Miss Rawnwave, you are truly your father's daughter."
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Post by Wolfie on Dec 2, 2007 0:29:35 GMT -5
Both little otters tilted their heads confusedly at the scene before them. Little Aiden piped up curiously, Do you know them, Miss Moll? Aleah looked up to her questioningly, wondering the same thing.
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Post by carabadgermum on Dec 2, 2007 13:12:57 GMT -5
Moll heard Aiden's question but she merely shook her head in answer. She was staring wide eyed at the ship's crew. "I don' understand. Wot's goin' on? Er, get up! Yore makin' me nervous!"
The sailors obeyed her order smiling. Most of them were too young to have actually ever served with the great Captain Rawnwave but they all knew of his reputation. Then Barlow pushed out from between the gawking corsairs. "Yore a Rawnwave," the old searat told her. "The ship's yours by right." Then seeing the bewildered look on her face he explained. "It's yours to command."
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Post by Wolfie on Dec 2, 2007 17:14:05 GMT -5
Both little otters scratched their ears confusedly. They had never heard of anyone with the name Rawnwave before, but they assumed it was a well respected and powerful name. They both looked up at Moll curiously, wondering what she was going to say or do in response to this information.
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Post by carabadgermum on Dec 2, 2007 17:47:39 GMT -5
Moll grabbed Barlow's paws and looked at him, "Command?" She was astonished and overwhelmed at what he had just told her. She spoke low so the rest of the crew wouldn't hear. "But I'm a lubber. I don' know nothin' 'bout boats an' sailin'. So me Dad was some great captain. Yesterday was the first time I've ever been off dry land and I haven't gotten over me sea sickness. 'Ow can they expect me to command anythin'?"
The cook winked at her. "You'll learn as y'go. Fur now just make it sound like you know what yur doin' an' tell 'em 'steady as she goes'."
Moll nodded and then turned to the crew. "Steady as she goes," she called trying to sound sure of herself.
The crewbeasts cheered and some threw hats into the air.
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Post by Wolfie on Dec 3, 2007 22:48:36 GMT -5
Both otters looked at her curiously, wondering what she meant, before turning to each other and shrugging cutely. They were still too young to know any nautical terms, so they didn't understand what she meant by "Steady as she goes".
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Post by carabadgermum on Dec 4, 2007 13:16:46 GMT -5
The crowd began to disperse as sailors went about their jobs. Moll turned again to Barlow. "I can't think out 'ere. 'Tis too much."
The searat who had been her guardian since her mother's death patted her on the shoulder, "Come on down to the galley we can talk freely there and get you somethin' t' eat t' settle yore stomach."
Moll nodded thankfully at the suggestion and then noticing the otters that were still at her side she indicated that they could follow.
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Post by Wolfie on Dec 4, 2007 21:19:27 GMT -5
Both little otters smiled and followed the two to the kitchens while rubbing their stomachs. They hadn't been able to eat for a full day, end even then, they hadn't ever been allowed to eat much, so they were hungry.
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Post by carabadgermum on Dec 7, 2007 21:33:18 GMT -5
Moll liked the galley immediately. It was like being back home at the Crow's Nest. All Barlow's pots and pans and cooking utensils were hung up or placed on shelves in the orderly way he liked them. As soon as she sat down he threw her a carrot and a peeler. "'Ere make yurself useful." She went to work with a smile and they fell into a comfortable silence. The old searat had a fire going and Moll finally began to get warm as her clothing dried. She thought about everything that had happened, about Teague, and Jack, and her father. After a while she spoke, "What do they expect of me?" "Who? The crew? They jus' want ye t' be yoreself." He answered. "But I'm jus' Moll, the barmaid from the Crow's Nest." "Yore a great deal more'n that, lass."
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Post by Wolfie on Dec 9, 2007 14:25:51 GMT -5
Aiden watched them silently for a moment before tugging Moll's shirtsleeve gently to gain her attention as he spoke quietly. Is we still goin' to that island that Master told me we was?
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Post by carabadgermum on Dec 10, 2007 18:31:18 GMT -5
Moll looked down at the little otter. His question reminded her of the plan to go to Terramort and the reason for the journey. Her blood ran cold at the thought of having to murder her father's wife. Her gaze shot back to Barlow. "Where are we sailing, Barlow?"
"Wherever ye want t' go. Yur the cap'n."
Again Moll was given a wide open choice. Teague had told her back at the palace that she could have anything she wanted and now her old searat friend had told her she could go anywhere she pleased. Her first thought was of her home back at the Crow's Nest. But anywhere. It was a big decision as big as the whole world. "Where'd you go if you 'ad the choice?" she asked Aiden.
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