Truepirate

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While he didn’t acknowledge her offer to be friends and allies, Elissa still promised herself that she would be that for him. She didn’t want the power he was giving her, she didn’t want to hurt him or inflict fear upon him. He didn’t deserve it. As his grip on her hands loosened, she pulled them away before taking his hands and placing them at her waist. “You never did find the dagger,” she teased, before kissing him again.

It was a bit of a surprise to her that he hadn’t pulled away when she kissed him. She had pictured that to be the only response possible. She knew not to get her hopes up of anything happening, they’d be interrupted soon, she was sure if it. Good things never seemed to last long on that ship, every time she started to enjoy herself and what was happening, something or someone came and ended it. Elissa draped her arms over his shoulders before leaning back against the couch, hoping he’d go with her and not pull away. She’d enjoy this moment while it lasted. Perhaps he’d try finding the dagger, though she was sure he never would find it.

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“I won’t force you to remember.” She said softly. “I know I tried to earlier. I was desperate to have my friend back, but you aren’t him any longer and I need to remember that. Perhaps though, we can become new friends or at least allies. Sometimes only those that have suffered and know fear can help each other where others who don’t know our pain cannot help.” Elissa felt his pulse, felt his fearful breath, it pained her to see him like that. She didn’t know what to do to help him aside from be there and listen to what he had to say. “The necklace was meant to remind you that you always had someone there for you. It can still mean that. I will still be here for you. You don’t deserve to feel this fear, no one should feel what they fear most.” She felt honored that he was willing to open up to her about what he was most afraid of, but at the same time she hated that he forced her to inflict it upon him.

A decade ago was when he’d left or so she thought he had left. She had never considered that harm might have come to him. Their port had been a fairly calm place, there hadn’t been much danger, at least none she’d been aware of. She wanted to pull her hands away from his neck but his grasp kept them there. She hated to be the one to bring fear to him. Unlike Adam she didn’t blame him for what had happened. It wasn’t his place to remember her fears and baby her to avoid her panicking.

Elissa didn’t know what else to say and so she did the one thing she’d been longing to do since she had first seen him on the ship. She moved from the couch to kneel in front of him and kissed him. She feared how he would react but for a brief moment she didn’t care. They were alike in having a great fear and were both alone when having to face it. She felt that he needed her, just as she needed him.

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“I was thinking normal as in her crew.” Adam said. “Though she doesn’t talk about them much, does she? I’ll bring some food and coffee for the two of you after I tend to the crew.” He’d stopped at the door to make his final comments before leaving.

Elissa slowly sat up, “Oh,” she muttered, rubbing her eyes. She still had an awful headache from drinking the night before. “I’m sorry to have caused any problems. I have them sometimes, drinking makes it worse, so does being in the dark.” She moved over so he could sit down if he wished. “I shouldn’t have drank last night, I knew it was a bad idea.” She put her head in her hands, still feeling slightly nauseous. Elissa was silent for awhile, thinking over what all had happened that morning and the night before. While she wasn’t normally a confrontational person, she realized that she did need to find out more information on why he hid the ring from her. It bothered her that he had lied about it. “What makes you think me knowing about the ring is going to change everything?” She asked looking up at him. Her stomach grumbled loudly, one meal the day before hadn’t held her over, but she didn’t dare ask for more food. Elissa was hurt that he had lied about the ring, hurt he had led her on, and hurt he didn’t remember her. However, there wasn’t much she could do about any of it aside from speak with him. “I know you don’t remember me, there’s nothing that can be done about that and seeing the ring didn’t give me any hope that you’d remember. It’s just that…well…that was my mother’s ring. I was hurt thinking you’d lost it.” She tried not to sound accusatory towards him.

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“You may have stayed with her but that was after you went off chasing Rhea.” Adam countered. “You may have told her to stay here but I doubt in her upset and drunk state she remembered that. She felt cast to the side. One minute you were fawning over her next you were chasing someone who has rejected you many a time before. Rhea is jealous of her.” He sighed and pinched his nose. “She’s not like the normal girls that fall for you. You are probably the first pirate she has ever encountered. She probably doesn’t realize you aren’t like normal men.” His anger was slowly fading. “I don’t know how to help you with her, just keep her from the dark. Like it was said last night, we all drink to forget something. Bedlam is what she wants and needs to forget. This is a different way of life for her.” He sat her down on the couch. “This is the worst I’ve seen. She should slowly get back to normal once she realizes that she is safe.” He got a wet rag and placed it on her forehead. He sighed. “I don’t know how to help you with her.” He stood and faced his captain. “Perhaps you should get rid of her. She has caused quite the disturbance on the ship. I’ll go back to giving the men coffee to sober them up. She should be better in a few minutes. When she is, I’d have a long talk with her.” He shut the door behind him.

Elissa continued muttering to herself for a little while longer before slowly opening her eyes. “I don’t like the dark.” She said softly. She didn’t really realize she’d caused a fuss. It had all been a nightmare to her. “Did you bring me back here?” She asked, seeing only Joseph in the room.

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She expects things to be how they were. He was her only constant thing.

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Adam has a soft spit for Elissa. He may be a pirate but he’s a doctor first. Kind of the opposite of Joseph.

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Adam heard movement at the door and assumed it was Joseph. “This could have been avoided, you know.” His voice was cold. It normally took a lot to get Adam angry and the crew had rarely seen him mad at any of them. “This is your fault, Joseph.” He picked Elissa up. She’d stopped crying, which was good, but he knew she couldn’t entirely calm down until she was in the light. “If you hadn’t gone chasing after Rhea last night this wouldn’t have happened. Elissa wouldn’t have wandered back here and would have had to face the dark. She had planned to be with you last night, not reliving a nightmare.” He was doing good to control his voice. He wanted to yell at Joseph for being so stupid. “You probably believe her fear of the dark to be childish. You’d be afraid of it too if you’d gone through what she had. They locked her away in a room in the basement, the size of a coffin. They forced her to stand there for who knows how long in the dark and in the cold. They didn’t feed her, didn’t give her water. You lose all concept of time there. It’s torture. Your legs go numb from standing there and you can’t sit or kneel to help them. She can’t be left in the dark. She must have told you this.” He shook his head. “For her health she is to stay in your cabin for the rest of the trip. That’s a doctor’s orders.”

He dared Joseph to challenge his order. “You owe her an apology if not more.” He pushed past Joseph to carry Elissa up into the open air. He stormed across the deck to Joseph’s cabin and waited assuming that the captain would come and open the door. He spoke softly to Elissa while he waited, trying to get her to open her eyes and realize she was safe.

Elissa shook her head. “He lied. He lied.” She muttered. Reality and nightmare were still mixed in her mind. This was the worst it’d ever been for her.

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Not to be mean, but Joseph seems like an idiot at times. Granted he probably doesn’t know much about bedlam and the effect it had on Elissa. Adam knows only because he is a doctor and has observed the place.

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I can play Blayne, I don’t care. It would probably be better since he will be interacting with Joseph. You can always play some of his men, if you want.

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Adam came running back up on deck at the sound of the scream, a pot of coffee in one hand and a cup in the other. He’d been making rounds giving the men a cup of coffee to help sober them up, however the scream had done more than the coffee did. “Where is Elissa?” He asked, hurrying up the steps to join Joseph and Rhea. He didn’t notice the pistol aimed at his captain, which was probably a good thing. “Never mind, I’ll find her myself.” He sat what was in his hands down and took off. Adam was a man of science and didn’t believe in the superstition of the sailors. There was no such thing as sirens or spirits or the likes. There was however such a thing as someone reliving past trauma, which he figured was happening with Elissa. Joseph had left her alone in the dark, it had only been a matter of time before things went from bad to worse.

Adam raced down the stairs, half hoping Elissa would scream again so he could find her. His wish was granted and he bolted for her room. He’d seen this behavior before and knew how to help her. He was angry with Joseph for leaving her locked away in the dark. This could have all been prevented. He grabbed a lantern from the wall and ran into Elissa’s room. She was curled up, eyes closed and hands over her ears, sobbing. Joseph’s cost had been kicked away. Adam sat the lantern on the table and went to her, taking her wrists and gently pulled her hands from her ears. “Elissa, Elissa come back.” He said calmly. He sat her up before sitting beside her, wrapping his arms around her. “You aren’t in Bedlam anymore. You’re free. Calm down and I’ll get you to the light. I brought a lantern, open your eyes, it isn’t dark in here. Look, you are on a ship.” This could have all been avoided if Joseph hadn’t chased after Rhea the evening before.

There were voices calling her back to reality, telling her to open her eyes. “It’s a lie. It’s all been a lie.” She cried. “He lied to me. He had it all along.”

“Shhh,” Adam brushed hair from her face. “It’s not a lie, you are no longer in Bedlam. You are free.” Oh he was going to have some words with Joseph once she was calm and out of the room.