exploring the ship, wandering around the corridors and attempting to familiarise himself with it. He comes to a room and opens the door,_

not knowing that it is Mari's cabin until he sees her sleeping there.

sleeping peacefully in her hammock. She was rather tired today somehow, so she fell asleep.

notices her sleeping and backs away, wanting to close the door but something in a corner of the room catches his eye. He looks at her and_

sneakily approaches it, trying not to make a sound. It is a rather fine sword, and he hasn't seen a make like it. He wants to examine it_

closely, and picks it up, staring at it in awe and wondering where she got it from.

stirs, and makes a little noise. She turns over in the hammock and stops moving.

freezes for a moment, turning around to see if she was awake. She still seemed to be asleep. He continues to examine the blade. He runs a_

finger along the blade and suddenly realises it has cut him. He narrows his eyes and lets out a low hiss in pain. He didn't expect it to be_

that sharp.

starts to open her eyes, she sees a strange figure leaning over her sword and immediately snaps awake. She pulls out her knife and creeps up

to the man. She puts the knife to his throat and speaks in a low threatening voice. "Who are you? What are you doing in my cabin?"

nearly drops the sword in panic, but tries to keep calm. "I'm sorry," He mutters, feeling his throat move too uncomfortably near the blade_

as he speaks. "It's just Gil. I was exploring the ship and accidentally came in... and well... your sword looked interesting so..."

blinks for a while and finally wakes up. "...Gilbert, you startled me." She puts away her knife and shakes her head. "I could have slit your

throat by accident, you know?"

relaxes a little and turns around to face her. "Sorry..." He mumbles again. "I shouldn't have come in anyway..." He places the sword back_

in its original place. "Though that is one very interesting blade."

grins, "I know, I found it off some English pirates and I knew it was meant for me." She notices the cut on his hand and reaches out for it.

"You got cut?" She brings his hand up to her lips and licks away the blood. "You should get it wrapped or it'll fester."

nods at her explaination, and is surprised when she suddenly holds his hand and licks the blood away. "J-ja... I got cut. It's nothing too_

serious for the awesome me..." He blushes a little at the feel of her tongue on his finger though.

thought that the best way to clean wounds was by licking, since it was madness to wash wounds with salt water out at sea. "You should look_

for the ship's doctor if you do fall sick." she absent-mindedly licks her lips, still half asleep.

nods his head and blinks, looking at her yawn. "I guess I should leave, ja? You still seem rather tired..." He feels bad for interrupting_

her sleep now.

shakes her head, she can't go back to sleep now. "It's alright. You can look at the sword if you like, I'll just rest for a while."

turns to look at the sword, and then back at her. "I've already had a good look at it. It's okay... I should just let you rest..." He_

doesn't want to admit it but he realises how odd it is to be in a woman's room, and is starting to feel a little uncomfortable about it.

tilts her head and wonders if something is wrong. "Are any of the crew giving you a hard time?"

looks at her, surprised. "Huh? Nein, they're awesome people! Why would they give me a hard time...?" He wonders what made her think of that.

just thought he seemed uncomfortable and says so, "You looked... uncomfortable somehow."

shifts his weight slightly and looks down. "Well it's just that I hardly go into well... a woman's bedroom. That's about it..."

blinks and chuckles, "Are you... a gentleman?" She'd never met anyone like him. The only reason the crew didn't barge into her cabin was_

because she was the captain, not because she was female.

shrugs a little, looking embarassed. "I don't know if I should be considered a gentleman, but I know I'm awesome." He laughs softly.

chuckles, "I think you are, anyway. How rare in this world... "

grins. "Or for a pirate, for that matter. That makes me even more awesome, ja?" He laughs again.

pats him on the back and grins, "Oui, of course it is! Though I'm not too sure about the awesome part..." She winks to show she's teasing.

smiles at her teasing. "I'll prove it to you some way or another~ One day~" That was what he likes to say. And he will try his best!

smiles, "I'll look forward to that day then!"

"Though... aren't you angry with me for coming into your cabin...?" He knew most pirate captains would be. Privacy was very important to_

most of them, but she didn't seem to reprimand him for it yet. Which was rather odd.

lenient on him because he's new. It wouldn't do for her to kill all the new crew the moment they accidentally stepped into her cabin. "I can

take care of any thieves or assassins very well, cherie." Her lips twist into a feral grin. She was raised by pirates after all.

grins back at her. Well that was true, considering she nearly killed him for it just now. "I can see that."

nods and covers her yawn. She was still a little sleepy from the nap, and she wanted a cuddle from Isabella. She became rather spoiled since

Isabella joined the crew. "It wouldn't do for the captain to be weak, oui?"

nods. "It wouldn't." He notices her yawn. "I think I really should get going... ja?"

tilts her head, "You haven't finished exploring the ship?"

about this for a moment. "Actually, I think I have. It was just this place I haven't seen yet..."

"Oh? Which place is it?" She'd thought that he would have finished exploring by now. It wasn't a very big ship.

"I meant this room~" He laughs. He didn't take that long to explore.

shakes her head and chuckles, she really wasn't awake yet. "Well, you've seen it now. What do you think of the ship?"

smiles. "She's a good ship. And you've got an awesome crew for her~"

laughs, "Is that because you're in it now?"

laughs along with her. "Maybe. Though the rest of your crew are pretty awesome as well!"

grins, "Of course, I picked them myself. We're all family here~"

nods. "And what an awesome family you have." He likes being called family, it makes it seem like he belonged.

smiles, "We all have a place here, oui?"

"Ja, we all do. That's what being a family is anyway, ja?"

"It is," she smiles. "Do you likie swords? Would you like to take a look at an old sword I have...?"

tilts his head at the mention of an old sword. "Ja, I do. And what old sword do you have...?" He is curious now.

(...likie. Pfft. -doesn't like school computer's keyboard-)

[[I was gonna point that out x3 But meh.]]

turns to the locked chest she keeps in a corner. She unlocks it before answering, "It was my father's sword... It's very old, I don't dare_

to use it, even." She pulls out a wrapped object and passes it to him.

carefully takes the object and starts unwrapping it slowly. His eyes widen at the blade. "It... it's really rare... Swords like these cost_

a lot on the black market..." He continues staring, the black market had tons of rare items like these, but none of the swords looked like_

this one.

smiles. "My father was a great pirate," she says with a wink. "Is the blade in good condition? I'm not familiar with these old blades..."

looks at the blade. Rust hasn't touched it yet, and he tests the blade with a finger. "It's not as sharp as it used to be, but you've done_

a good job by not letting it rust..."

[[hell yeah I'm making everything up as I go /feels awesome =w=]]

[Pfft! Me too! I didn't know I had my father's sword locked up in there. |D]

[[LOL]]

tilts her head, she can see that Gilbert is good with weapons. The sword would go to waste locked up in there anyway... "Why don't you keep_

it? As a welcome gift from me."

stares at her in surprise. "But it's your father's..."

shrugs, "That it was, but it is mine to give away now, oui? It's fine, it's not like I used it at all. It would be a shame to let it rust in

this chest. I bet it longs to taste blood again," she grins.

grins back at her and wraps the sword up again. "It /is/ a fine blade. And since you insist, I shall keep it."

[It'snot5metersthough -shotshot-]

[[TSK.]]

[ovob]

[[though you /do/ realise that a 5m blade is impossible to fight with, let alone lift. c8]]

[PFFT OF COURSE XD]

grins and makes a shooing motion. "Go practice with it, I'll finish my nap now. I won't be so nice the next time you wander in here. oui~?"

grins and nods. "Ja, I will. And don't worry, I won't come in here again~ That was just by accident~"

yawns and settles back into her hammock, trusting Gilbert to find his own way to the door. She returns to sleep.

rather happy with the sword, and he smiles at her once more and exits the room, quietly closing the door behind him.