StoneWolf18
Within the Depths of a Dream
“Captain! Captian!” Atmora heard the sharp cry, jumping in her chair. Blinking a few times she saw the young cabin boy standing before her desk. Adjusting her hat which had slid down on her head, she sat up with a groan, the exhausting looking woman casting the boy an annoyed look. “What is it? I told you all to knock before barging in here.”
The boy paled, averting her gaze. “I did, Captain, but you didn’t answer.”
With a sigh, Atmora’s face would soften somewhat, crossing her arms across her chest. “Go on then. What’s so important that you had to wake me?”
“Its in the net! When Talon was tossin’ in out to catch more fish ‘or Chef, he caught something else.” The boy seemed excited about whatever it was. And so with a sigh, Atmora would stand and move out from behind her desk, her back sore from falling asleep in a stiff-backed chair for what felt like the fifth day in a row. Ever since she had raided that temple, she had been too anxious to sleep. The recent storms hadn’t felt natural even though most of her crew dismissed her worries.
Hopefully the goddess wouldn’t come looking to collect.
Squinting as they walked out onto the deck, the cloudless sky allowing for the sunlight to be rather blinding, she followed the cabin boy to where Talon normally tried to fish. And instead of a turtle or a squid, which would cause quite the stir, something else was tangled up in the net on the deck.
“Would you believe it?” Talon chuckled, giving his captain a nod as she approached. The aging man gestured to the woman-fish hybrid that lay terrified between them.
“I wouldn’t have if you simply told me.” Atmora commented. “I didn’t think they existed.”
“I didn’t either.” Talon said, proudly shifting her tail with his foot. “She didn’t even struggle as I pulled her up.”
“So?” The captain asked. “What are you intending to do with her?”
“Ah, we have an empty basin below deck.” Talon mused, Atmora’s expression darkening somewhat. If this sea goddess was out for revenge, this wasn’t going to make their situation any better.
As the two pirates discussed, the merwoman was murmuring worriedly beneath her breath. “Mother Estia please save me…”
Melpomene
The boy paled, averting her gaze. “I did, Captain, but you didn’t answer.”
With a sigh, Atmora’s face would soften somewhat, crossing her arms across her chest. “Go on then. What’s so important that you had to wake me?”
“Its in the net! When Talon was tossin’ in out to catch more fish ‘or Chef, he caught something else.” The boy seemed excited about whatever it was. And so with a sigh, Atmora would stand and move out from behind her desk, her back sore from falling asleep in a stiff-backed chair for what felt like the fifth day in a row. Ever since she had raided that temple, she had been too anxious to sleep. The recent storms hadn’t felt natural even though most of her crew dismissed her worries.
Hopefully the goddess wouldn’t come looking to collect.
Squinting as they walked out onto the deck, the cloudless sky allowing for the sunlight to be rather blinding, she followed the cabin boy to where Talon normally tried to fish. And instead of a turtle or a squid, which would cause quite the stir, something else was tangled up in the net on the deck.
“Would you believe it?” Talon chuckled, giving his captain a nod as she approached. The aging man gestured to the woman-fish hybrid that lay terrified between them.
“I wouldn’t have if you simply told me.” Atmora commented. “I didn’t think they existed.”
“I didn’t either.” Talon said, proudly shifting her tail with his foot. “She didn’t even struggle as I pulled her up.”
“So?” The captain asked. “What are you intending to do with her?”
“Ah, we have an empty basin below deck.” Talon mused, Atmora’s expression darkening somewhat. If this sea goddess was out for revenge, this wasn’t going to make their situation any better.
As the two pirates discussed, the merwoman was murmuring worriedly beneath her breath. “Mother Estia please save me…”
Melpomene