CassyK

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The Captain too was famished and needed food and water, in the turbulent events that had transpired since Elissa’s capture, he’d really forgotten to eat and been watered only by alcohol, he was starting to feel particularly exhausted, although it wasn’t always an unusual occurrence for him, these unintentional fasts.

Joseph sighed deeply, any problems? A lot of problems.. Though she wasn’t really to blame, he knew he could be selfish, in a lot of ways, and, as much as he might struggle to relate to her particular troubles, he knew pain, and fear - although it wasn’t something to which a pirate would often admit.

He stepped forward, and sank onto his knees at her side, his expression was somewhat forlorn, he glanced up to her for only a moment before he looked down to her hands and placed them in his own, “Elissa, look..” he began “I can’t know what you’ve been through, but I know fear, it’s not a fear of the dark” he brought her hands gently around his neck with his own holding them in place, his pulse was strong and he breathed out heavily as though distressed, “something has kept me alive.. so many times, I don’t know why, I should be dead, I still feel it.. this”, the hanging, the drowning, each time he’d been pulled back to the land of the living after having endured what felt like the stages of death, he wasn’t sure if it was a blessing, a curse, lucky or unlucky, but he’d allow Elissa to inflict fear, his fear, as he’d inflicted hers.

“I had the ring when they pulled me from the water Elissa, a decade ago, I was almost dead” he admitted, “I knew it must’ve meant something about me, to me, but I couldn’t remember, and I wasn’t ready to remember” he concluded, he still hadn’t glanced up again at Elissa, he gripped her hands more firmly.

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Joseph cleared his throat and put his hands on his hips, he cast his gaze around the room, anywhere, to avoid looking at Adam, he couldn’t help but present a smirk of disbelief, he was and had not, committed to anyone, he looked back to the surgeon, “Rhea is always jealous!” he hissed in a whisper, “normal men” Joseph scoffed, “you mean the kind that lock her up?” he said, alluding to the fact that all the so-called good and proper normal men - her father, fiancé and Bedlam doctors - had done her harm. After his advice, Adam went on to suggest that Joseph should get rid of her, and he knew what that suggestion implied, he wondered if this was Adam’s somewhat detached medical mind that reared it’s head from time to time - like putting a sick animal down right? A bolt between the eyes? Joseph said nothing, but watched as the surgeon made his leave, the guy was scary sometimes.

He wasn’t sure what he could do, he wasn’t entirely sure what she needed, well, she seemed to need him, that wasn’t something he could provide for her all of the time, though.

He was back to biting his thumb, looking at Elissa and considering the scene that had just played out, she began to stir and he ceased the anxious behaviour and instead folded his arms across his chest, “Adam did” Joseph stated, “I think you were having a nightmare or something, you know, about…the place” he explained quietly, gesturing with a hand.

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I think Elissa is expecting too much from Joseph and she’s hurting herself, he really does move only at his own pace, he might like her but he’s not going to form a deep attachment in a day or so, well it might be different once he remembers

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The Captain was quite lost for words, how in the hell was any of this mess his fault?

Ok well he did kidnap Elissa..
but he’d been rather hospitable!
Rhea had brought her to drink…why?
That wasn’t his fault.
They’d been having a great time..
How could he have known she’d get quite so upset? She liked him ok, sure, a lot of girls did but, usually he’d get a slap in the face or a tankard of ale over his head..
She’d expressed she didn’t quite like the dark..and, something about Bedlam you heard stories sure, but who knew what was true?

Urgh!

He followed after Adam, frustrated with this outcome and the surgeon’s deep criticism - wasn’t he ‘they’ after all? They who healed those illnesses of the mind?

Joseph did not inflict these horrors on Elissa, people quite like Adam did.

He kept these thoughts to himself, however. He needed Adam in his crew and now was not the time for heated confrontation.

They arrived at the doors to the cabin which Joseph obliged them by opening, and they stepped inside, “Adam, I was with her last night” he expressed in a hushed voice, “though, not like that” he took care to elaborate, “I told her yesterday she should stay here” he affirmed, he wasn’t upset by Adam’s order, but was perplexed how what he had already intended had gone so awfully wrong.

Lying, what was she talking about lying?

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He’s also not a knight in shining armour, he’s a pirate, and that’s all he’s known for a long time, he’s used to robbing people, fighting people, killing people, and general debauchery, he’s used to people being expendable, to himself being expendable, he knows Elissa knows something deeper and that they both mean something to one another, which is why he tolerates her quite fragile emotional states, and he does try to be kind, in his own way, but he’s not a hero, and he has a lot of flaws, as people do, but he isn’t cruel.

Just if you’re getting frustrated with him hahaha

I feel like Adam is giving him a particularly hard time about it hahaha

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Hahaha, well, he kind of is, I guess, at least, he’s not entirely sensitive to that kind of thing, he has no exposure to it, even so, what can he do about it really?

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The crew had never been so fortunate as to be blessed with Adam, who took rather good care of his shipmates in all regards. Joseph and Rhea froze in position as Adam appeared at the top of the steps, but he didn’t seem to notice the quarrel and the drawn weapon between them, fortunately. He uttered something about Elissa, and disappeared just as quickly as he had arrived, Joseph looked back at Rhea who gave a deep sigh through her nose, she had a sullen expression but holstered the weapon, he swiftly made his leave after she did so.

Joseph appeared at the door, Adam had brought a lamp to better illuminate the gloom of the cabin. Elissa was really quite distraught and he could not relate. He lingered in the doorway, biting his thumb gently, he wasn’t sure if he’d be intruding,

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Okie doke. Omg your last post, Joseph really doesn’t know how to deal with these things, he doesn’t mean bad by it, he just has no idea hahaha he’s trying to do the right thing, well, sometimes haha

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It’s up to you! you’ll have a better idea of his history and character with Elissa, we can just have some back and forth if you’re not sure if you’re God-moding with some scenes :P

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Joseph considered Elissa’s words as he left the room and made his way through the ship, she was particularly torn up by the turn of events, perhaps having women aboard wasn’t such a good idea..

This whole thing was supposed to be a straightforward kidnapping-get-the-ship-back job, how had it developed into this? Rhea was pissed to boot, too.

Rhea shook her head gently and glanced at the surgeon before looking ahead out to sea, she gripped the ships wheel, “it has nothing to do with jealousy” she began, ok, that was a half-lie, but jealousy wasn’t her entire motive, “this one is different, Adam, she knows something… a lot, maybe and it could change him” the surgeon perhaps seemed to concur, but decided that making a start on his duties was in order, “where does that leave us, Adam? Think about it!” she called after him as he strolled off.

Joseph arrived on the main deck, he could see Rhea at the ships wheel. There was a shipmate struggling to control and secure some rigging, Joseph assisted before looking back to Rhea, he felt somewhat nervous to confront her, but also furious she should make orders on the ship without his command, he strode across the deck and up the stairway to meet her, “what in the hell do you think you’re doing?” he growled, Rhea knocked the brim of her hat up to glare back at him, “getting us to France, like you ordered, Captain” she replied sarcastically, her tone antagonised Joseph and he knocked one of her hands from the wheel, Rhea drew her flintlock with her now free hand, she’d turned most of the way to face him with the weapon pointed to his gut. It was already loaded and fully cocked, indicating she’d been prepared, perhaps anticipating this altercation. Joseph was not prepared, he stood searching her eyes for some explanation when a muffled, pained scream penetrated through the ship, one of the crew scrambled above deck shouting something about sirens, or spirits, or something of the likes.

What the hell now?