<snip>

Chuckling triumphantly, Merik motioned to the pilot, and the Hellbringer
sailed off into the air. Direlette >watched it silently as it sped away,
then she turned and wearily motioned to Amil to set for shore, her black
eyes shifting from sailor to her ship. Her shoulders slumped slightly as
she reached out one hand and lovingly caressed the wheel of the helm, now
held by Amil, and then she straightened. Tomorrow..., yes tomorrow she
would put her plan in place. 

</snip>


***

 She'd been there nearly the entire time, or at least since she'd felt
the firing of weapons from the massive galleon she was aboard, firing at
the smaller ship below. Shelby Walker, love of Merik Blackwater's
life/death..  even though he'd so many times proclaimed not to care about
things like that, or rather 'proved' he hadn't a care for love, by
doublecrossing any woman in his life thus far. She seemed to be different
somehow, and even if she weren't, too late now isn't it? 

 Leaning against the door jamb where the lower quarters meet the deck,
the sapphire blue eyes watch sullenly. Mainly, her scowl was directed
toward the pirate's back as he barked his commands, and make his deal
with the woman below. Her fingers wrap solidly around the apple she held
in her hand, and then lifts it to her mouth to take a bite of it, never
taking her glare from the back of Merik's head. Chewing thoughtfully, she
ponders a few things. He's done nothing to prove what he'd told her
before, that being that he was giving up the piracy bit. He continued to
raid ships even now after this length of time. Well, this young spitfire
wasn't having it. 

 Lifting her free hand, she pushes back a few strands of the long, dark
bangs off her forehead, though the steady glare is riveted upon the back
of that pirate head, unblinking. She was something else, and at this
point she was annoyed. Swallowing the bite of chewed apple, she gives a
small lick to her bottom lip, removing a tad of the juice from the piece
of fruit while she stands up straight and takes a half step forward onto
the deck of the Hellbringer. 

 The next thing seen is an apple, with one bite taken from it, sailing
across the deck at a rather alarming speed, directly toward the back of
that pirate head, and a flash of dark hair as she turns and stomps off
below deck, smoldering mad. "Merik! You're an ass!"

~Chelle
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