Ana comes onto deck after a furious round of shouting at Dila over the giant spread out maps of where they should be going and how long it
should take them, resulting in nothing more than a headache and a pouty,
sulking Dila. Ana doesn't consider it all time wasted but it's
close enough.
Jai's standing at the helm, looking out to nowhere in particular, and Ana can hear splashing and shrieking giggles that probably means Saba has found yet another possibly lethal ocean animal and befriended it.
"I hate the world," Ana says conversationally. "One day, I'll crush all the infidels beneath my foot."
Jai doesn't even blink. "We should go that way," she says instead, pointing to - from what Ana can tell - a random spot on the horizon.
"We should throw Dila overboard and feed her to the sharks," Ana snipes in return.
"Saba likes her too much," Jai says peaceably. "The sharks wouldn't touch her."
Ana grumbles. "And her eyebrows would spear them anyway, but that doesn't mean I can't try."
With supreme serenity of one that is blissfully unaware, Jai ignores her. "We should go that way."
"Oh? What's over there, Jai?" Said asks, peering over Jai's head, having softly padded up behind them. She has a still pouting but considerably calmer Dila tightly by the hand, who makes a soft grumpy noise of inquiry also.
"Where we need to go," Jai says, like it's the most obvious thing in the world. She turns to give them all a content smile.
"Oh, of course," Ana mutters beneath her breath, but exchanges a wry look with Dila.
Dila arches an exceptionally pointed eyebrow in return and shrugs her shoulders. She's half curled into Said's shorter form, half trying to lean over the railings to get closer to where ever Jai pointed to.
"Is it safe?" the sole voice of reason interjects. Said's mouth tilts at the corners; she thinks it's as good a way as any to decide, given there will be less bloodshed - probably.
Jai only smiles even brighter. "It's going to be good weather," she declares like there's not a chance of anything else. The sea is a glorious shade of green blue, capped in white, and the wind is brisk without being overly strong. "I wonder what we'll have for dinner tonight."
And right on cue, there's the loud thump of Saba resting her elbows on the deck, having shimmied up the rope ladder from where she was playing with all sorts of strange and unsavory beasties.
"Hey guys!" Saba hollers cheerfully, ignoring the mounting dread on Ana's face, the way Dila is torn between blanching and ridiculously charmed; the sun highlights the bedraggled wet mess of Saba's hair. "You'll never guess what I just found!"
Behind her, a lone tentacle - as thick around as a man's waist - waves in the air.
"A kraken!" Saba exclaims, grinning maniacally. "He followed me home. Can we keep him?"
Ana, halfway to the galley already, ignores the rising babble and screaming behind her. It was going to be good weather today indeed.
Jai's standing at the helm, looking out to nowhere in particular, and Ana can hear splashing and shrieking giggles that probably means Saba has found yet another possibly lethal ocean animal and befriended it.
"I hate the world," Ana says conversationally. "One day, I'll crush all the infidels beneath my foot."
Jai doesn't even blink. "We should go that way," she says instead, pointing to - from what Ana can tell - a random spot on the horizon.
"We should throw Dila overboard and feed her to the sharks," Ana snipes in return.
"Saba likes her too much," Jai says peaceably. "The sharks wouldn't touch her."
Ana grumbles. "And her eyebrows would spear them anyway, but that doesn't mean I can't try."
With supreme serenity of one that is blissfully unaware, Jai ignores her. "We should go that way."
"Oh? What's over there, Jai?" Said asks, peering over Jai's head, having softly padded up behind them. She has a still pouting but considerably calmer Dila tightly by the hand, who makes a soft grumpy noise of inquiry also.
"Where we need to go," Jai says, like it's the most obvious thing in the world. She turns to give them all a content smile.
"Oh, of course," Ana mutters beneath her breath, but exchanges a wry look with Dila.
Dila arches an exceptionally pointed eyebrow in return and shrugs her shoulders. She's half curled into Said's shorter form, half trying to lean over the railings to get closer to where ever Jai pointed to.
"Is it safe?" the sole voice of reason interjects. Said's mouth tilts at the corners; she thinks it's as good a way as any to decide, given there will be less bloodshed - probably.
Jai only smiles even brighter. "It's going to be good weather," she declares like there's not a chance of anything else. The sea is a glorious shade of green blue, capped in white, and the wind is brisk without being overly strong. "I wonder what we'll have for dinner tonight."
And right on cue, there's the loud thump of Saba resting her elbows on the deck, having shimmied up the rope ladder from where she was playing with all sorts of strange and unsavory beasties.
"Hey guys!" Saba hollers cheerfully, ignoring the mounting dread on Ana's face, the way Dila is torn between blanching and ridiculously charmed; the sun highlights the bedraggled wet mess of Saba's hair. "You'll never guess what I just found!"
Behind her, a lone tentacle - as thick around as a man's waist - waves in the air.
"A kraken!" Saba exclaims, grinning maniacally. "He followed me home. Can we keep him?"
Ana, halfway to the galley already, ignores the rising babble and screaming behind her. It was going to be good weather today indeed.
gaaahh~!!! we're all going to die!!!
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