When everyone began to disperse, Saina had sighed, waited for everyone to clear out and then headed below deck. As she navigated her way through the slightly maze-y halls, she finally found what she was looking for. In the engine room, some of the engineers gave her the stink eye as she came down the stairs. However, as they realized that the blue chocobo amid their small handful of golden ones belonged to her, they seemed to relax and go back to what they were doing.
Poking his head above the throng of chocobos, Mercury gave a happy 'WAAARK!' upon seeing her and wiggled his way through the other sleepy chocobos to get to her. When they met at the railing that kept the chocobos from escaping, he nuzzled his massive beak to her chest. She chuckled and stroked his soft feathered neck, eliciting a high pitched chirp from the massive bird. Then, scowling a little, she hugged Mercury--or at least, what she could. Her arms wrapped around his neck and she leaned her head against his warm body until she felt those dark feelings from what she had heard within her disappear. The chocobo, who was surprisingly patient in this matter, allowed her to do what she needed to do. At last she relaxed, finding her center, and let him go. Mercury pulled his head back, his head tilting back and forth as he studied her. Saina smiled at the bird and scratched his cheek before heading back up the stairs. Mercury tried to follow her, his long head twisting around the corner to look at her and let out another 'WAAAAARK!' Saina looked back and smiled at him before continuing up the steps, leaving some of the engineers scratching their heads at the weird display they had just seen.
She made her way above deck and started to make her way to the front of the ship, her face expressionless as ever. She was about to round the corner when she heard:
"You want to tell me what happened to you three years ago?"
She stopped as she heard voices coming from the front of the deck. She tilted her head to the side. Urick's voice, to be exact. The sound of him talking so eloquently once more brought back the same sensation of wanting to hear more of it back on the docks, but she felt it would be bad to interrupt right now. Saina turned her body to press up against the cabin's wall, tilting her head to the side as she listened.
"What's up with you speaking more now? You finally gotten over your fears?" Gippal was with him? Made sense. They were brothers after all so Urick talking to him should naturally be easier. There was a pause, causing Saina to wonder if she had missed something when Gippal spoke up again. "No." And then more silence. Saina was just about to walk away when Gippal once again spoke up, snapping this time. "Don't get snippy with me."
Her head looked over her shoulder as she turned away with an eyebrow raised as she contemplated how one could be snippy if they didn't say anything. It was... amusing to imagine what could have happened. She turned away, chuckling under her breath as she decided to have a cat nap in her room below deck. Besides, the most beautiful stars came out at around midnight. As she made her way below deck again, she couldn't help but wonder the same thing Urick had asked. What had happened when Gippal was with Thane? She opened the door to her room and sat at her bed after removing her cloak and attaching it through the belt loops of her shorts, her back on the wall rather than laying down. She moved her hands up, removing the ponytail holder from her hair and allowing it to fall down past her shoulders to midback, moving in its surreal way as it always did. As she knelt her head down to rest a little more, she allowed her thoughts to drift away into sleep.
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A few hours later, she blinked awake. She hadn't really slept very deeply anyways, drifting in and out of sleep as time wore on so when she woke up she felt rather rested and ready to go. And even more perfect, midnight was approaching. Climbing out of the bed which she hadn't even laid down properly on, she walked above deck and made her way to the upper parts of it, hoping to get a better view of the stars. She left her ponytail holder around her wrist and her cloak attached to her hip, not expecting anyone else up at this hour. She went to the front most part of the upper deck she stood on and gripped the railings as she tilted her head back, allowing the sea breeze to go through her weightless hair. She exhaled, her breath visible as she stared up at the stars in the sky, their brilliance slightly reflected in her glassy eyes. This moment was perfect... except... her hand let go of the railing and touched her cloak, right where the sphere was being kept. She looked down at where it was located in the cloak before fishing it out and holding it cupped in her gloved hands. Saina looked it over, her thumb stroking the mechanism gently as she examined it. Out of the corner of her eye she noticed a familiar man with white hair approaching.
Her head started to turn so that she could look to Urick in surprise when the boat suddenly violently shook and came to a stop like they had hit land. The impact was so sudden that Saina clotheslined herself on the railing she was in front of, her body being bent over the safeguard. She would have fallen over completely if one of her hands hadn't found itself gripping the metal she had nearly toppled over. The hand holding the sphere however, extended as she nearly fell, the sphere escaping from her fingers and skittering across the deck.
She gasped, both her hands gripping the railing as she looked over to where it landed. Everything was happening so fast. Someone shouted fiend as she jumped over the railing and drew her katana from her hip. Urick was somewhere amid the mass confusion fighting the fish-monsters that landed on deck, workers hacking at the tentacles that had landed on board. This was bad, the ship could go down with everyone on it if they didn't act fast. She ran for the sphere at the front of the ship, her katana slicing through the small fiends on her way, which in turn, burst into pyreflies. Just as she was about to grab the sphere, a tentacle near the back of the ship slapped and latched on, sending anyone at the front like her flat on their backs. The sphere, however, slingshotted into the air and landed in the ocean where it began to sink, a few of the crew members doing the same. Her eyes wide, she forced herself back on her feet with a grunt and ran to the side of the ship, diving into the murky depths below. She swam down, grabbing the sphere mid-fall as well as waking up a nearby crew member that had fallen unconscious in the water. Beneath the waves, she pointed out the other crew members in the water, giving him a nod. He seemed to understand and went to collect his crew mates. Then she heard a loud rumbling under water, turning her head towards it. There, below the ship, was what could only be described as a Kraken. She had heard of them before, but never seen them. Her hair looking more at home here under water, she swam up to it and drew her blade once more, ready to fight.