Hidden Lilly

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I am :) Thanks.
I was really sore for a while there so I really didn't want to do anything to move my head around :P

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"Cap'n, if I may be so bold, we need a plan t' get th' pieces o' eight." Daniel paused to allow Avery to fill in the space. Weather she knew it or not he could see pain in her eyes. It was not a fresh fiery pain but a dull ache. Though she said she had been healing fine, it seemed to Daniel that the entire process took a bit longer than she would let on.

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Amelia was practically giddy by the time she got to ring the large bell that would signify breakfast being ready. Back in England and in her home port she had found the church bells to be very comforting. It always amazed her how large and heavy they must be and how many men it took to ring some of those massive bells. The bell in front of her was much smaller but the same shape and it certainly had a look of heaftyness to it. With Scarlet's permission, Amelia took a small wooden mallet and hit the bottom rim of the bell. It sounded loudly and with such clarity as she had never heard before. It was different to hear it during battle, a short frantic noise almost welcoming the dead to the afterlife, than it was now. She enjoyed the sound much more now.

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The breakfast bell's ring carried through the air and into Avery's room where Daniel stood. He turned his head slightly to the sound, wondering if Avery would want to continue their conversation now or wait until after breakfast. It seemed unlikely to him that she would want to discuss the pieces of eight in front of the entire crew at breakfast.

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It's all good :P We can keep quoting every now and again so that we have many copies to reffer to :)

Also, I'm getting my wisdom teeth out on Thursday this week so I may not be around for a few days as I recover from the surgery.

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Okay :) Yeah, it was really buried right in the middle of the page previous to this one.

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- Spanish Pirate attacks
- We win
- Daniel/Avery/Amelia things (Daniel learns more about Amelia and gets closer with Avery)
- Decide maybe the best thing would be to find a place to make birth for a bit.
- Come across a rather dark feeling, welcome looking island. Go there.
- Corrupted tribe of people, they have a piece of eight (5)
- interact with people (fight? cannables? friendly but misguided person of power?)
- Leave sneakily, otherwise they will kill us
- Get away on a high tide
- At sea for a quiet while
- Daniel begins to fall in love with the sea, Amelia begins to become a jarring reminder of what he should like, Avery soothes that, he feels guilt.
- Mundane joys of sea-life
- Avery's condition worsens slowly but steadily
- Scarlet is beginning to run out of supplies, need to stop to get more
- Go to Tortooga
- Get supplies, send crew to enjoy the accommodations
- decide to spend the night in a tavern/inn
- find a corrupted English navel officer who is now being hunted for treason. He is fiddling something smallin his fingers in a rather obsessive manner. He seemd half mad. (6)
- New information; tavern known for brawls and murder
- people try to ambush small group (Avery, Bane and a few others), discover piece of eight and that the ex. officer acts as a mob boss in the tavern.

@Hidden Lilly

Are we still planning to use this outline?

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"Mornin'" Daniel spoke in a gruff voice to the stranger, to Sage. The man looked more like an assassin than someone's eyes and ears. That alone put Daniel further on edge.

"Ye wanted a report on las' night." He started, looking only at Avery but being mindful of the presence behind her. "I tended t' th' crew, they be fine. Bane seemed t' favour 'is shoulder bu' i' looks like i' 'as done a great deal o' healin already. Iris will be alright i' she minds me instructions." He listed, pausing to sift through any other patients he had failed to mention thus far. "Scarlet an' Amelia be alright too. 'Ad quite the scare tha' little one but no permanent 'arm was done t' 'er." Sage seemed to be content and listening rather idlely to Daniels review of the previous night.

"Now I just 'ave t' check in on yerself, Cap'n. 'Owed ye sleep las' night?"

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"That, I can do." Amelia said with a shy but bright smile as she set to work. She dug in the crates located on the opposite wall beside where all of the produce was stored to gather the plates. Though each was made of simple tin, she treated them as if they were china while stacking them.

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"I guess I can." Amelia said, swinging her legs off the end of her cot while simultaneously pulling the blankets back to allow her to do so. "I'll just need a moment to get ready..." She hesitated. While she was alright being around Scarlet, another woman, in a nightdress she was not alright with being stark naked in front of anyone. Amelia hated the moments where he mother would force her to let the maids dress her. It was often so embarrassing as it would be followed by her mothers concerns of still looking somewhat child-like at her age.

Amelia changed quickly after Scarlet left the small cabin area. She didn't want to keep her new companion waiting. It was not long before Amelia emerged from the room into the kitchen, working to pull her long hair back out of her face in preparation for whatever work Scarlet had for her. It was surprising how good it felt to Amelia to do something with her hands, a pleasure only afforded at home by the artistic prowess in which she lacked.

"What would you like me to do, Scarlet?"

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Daniel approached the Captain's quarters and heard murmers of voices. He wondered if he should let them be... but the captain herself had made him promise to come back first thing in the morning. Daniel knocked three times on the door and announced his presence.

"Cap'n, Tis Daniel, I came as ye requested." He simply waited at the closed door to be let in.

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Hey :)

I am going to a training camp over the weekend so I'll unfortunately not be around a computer again until Monday morning.

Letting you know to keep you in the loop :P

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"There be no use in an ill an' injured crew. We are pirates man, we travel an' I 'appened t' care 'nuff t' learn on th' way." Daniel made his glossed over answer light, hardly wanting to talk about his past. In that moment, it occured to him that each person on board this vessel that he had encountered did their job not only out of duty, out of pride, but strived to do it with excellence. Same bloody kind of vessel as what the King's Navy strived for and with all their order were never able to reach. The irony brought a bittersweet feeling around in his stomach.

"If tha' be all, I did promise the cap'n tha' I would check on her well being this mornin." Daniel said, declaring his intention to leave the current conversation. He felt somewhat excited to see Avery, of all the women aboard she had the most level head and passion.

Not leaving too much time for Bane or Iris to resist his wishes, but giving them time none the less, he turned to wards the captain's quarters.

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"Scarlet?" Amelia said in a sleepy voice. Her mind felt like it was being pulled back into reality as if the tide was sweeping her away from shore, with strong rhythmic pulls.

Amelia sat up with some effort and looked to the woman. She was so strong and so kind. Amelia wised she could be like Scarlet and knew at the same time that she could never be. This was never to be her world. Home brought around strict rules and regulations. It occurred to Amelia that the entire crew would be at risk while she was dropped off to he hometown. She could not row into land by herself and if she was let off a few settlements over she would need a traveling companion. It was far too much to think of first thing in the morning.

"What does this day bring?" she asked Scarlet in a simple, almost rhetorical tone.

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"Aye, yer talents be opposite to mine but we both be needed aboard." He said to Iris, attempting to acknowledge her skill as well as tone down her temper. For all his amusement in teasing, an agitated patient does not learn what they are supposed to. "Shall we?" He said, motioning to a nearby crate.

Under Bane's watchful eye Daniel showed Iris how to use the bucket to strengthen her knee, extending it slowly with the handle balancing across the top of her ankle. The idea was to strengthen her knee so that everything else will get held in place.

"As i' gets easier, ye add small items t' th' bucket t' make it heavier and harder. An do i' on both yer legs, less one be stronger than th' other." Daniel then showed Iris, what was in the container.

"'Tis poppy leaves, Ye can make a tea out o' this or much th' leaf. It be fer pain and it be more potent than a dram. S' be careful but if it be hurting too much ye can have a small bit." Taking out a bit of the plant from the container, he showed Iris what he meant by a small amount. Next was the cloth and rope.

"Before ye try the poppy, try a warm cloth on the knee and rest. Th' rope is t' tie the warm cloth on if ye need t' get up an go." Daniel instructed.

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Amelia stirred in her sleep, the movement of Scarlet working in her kitchen breaking through her dreamscape. The sounds caused the events of the previous day to reel throuogh her mind. She rolled over, unwanting to face another day at Sea while consumed by a moment of hopelessness and helplessness.