sees someone new in the ship and wonders who he is.

too busy looking around to notice the other.

walks up to him and calls out. "Hey~"

turns to look the other. "Hm? Bonjour."

tilts his head, looking at him. "Are you new here? Never seen you around before~"

suddenly remembers his hair is loose and ties it back. "Oui oui, I am. I'll be starting here today."

grins at him. "I see! The awesome me welcomes you to this ship!"

nods. "Thank you... though I am not sure as to what I'm supposed to be doing, admittedly."

blinks at him. "Not know what to do...? But Mari would have assigned something for you, ja?"

shrugged. "I think she said I could help the cartographer or the blade... person... thing. Honestly I was still stunned at meeting her."

why was he stunned to meet her but doesn't ask. "Ah... I'm the weapons guy on this ship!" He grins. "I'm Gilbert by the way!"

grinned. "She was right, you are rather handsome... I'm Francis, Francis Bonnefoy."

's grin widens. He never heard her compliment him on his looks. "O-of course I'm handsome!" He laughs. "Are you exploring the ship now?"

"Oui. My cousin said I could start today. I decided that it would probably be best to get a good idea of the layout of the ship."

nods, and then blinks in surprise. "You and Mari are cousins...?" He does see some similarity between them now.

grinned sheepishly. "I didn't believe it at first myself but it makes sense. Long story though. I heard that she was with the cartographer."

~

about it for a bit and nods. "Ja... they're pretty close~"

smirked. "Knew it, considering she told me not to touch her."

laughs. "So, you done exploring the ship yet?"

shrugged. "I suppose so for now. I've found something more interesting... anyway, what will I be doing for you here?"

frowns, wondering what the other could help him with. "Well you'll probably help me maintain the weapons~ Make sure they don't rust and all_

that~ And what's this interesting thing you found?" He is slightly curious.

shook his head. "Don't worry about it. You might find out someday."~

shrugs it off. "Okay then... Do you know where the weapons room is? I could bring you there if you want~"

grinned at him. "I'd love to see your weapon."

turns to look at him. "Ah? I use a sword. Mari gave it to me as a welcome gift!"

chuckled at him; it seemed he was oblivious to innuendo. "And just how long is this sword?~"

tilts his head. "Never really measured it." He isn't getting all these innuendos.

tilted his head. "Well, what have others thought of it's length?"

doesn't get why the other is questioning him so much about his sword. "Well I haven't exactly used it yet... so I'm not sure.. But I'm sure_

they'll think it's awesome!"

grinned. "Would you say it's thick?"

frowns. "Eh? Why would I have a thick blade? Thin blades cut better..."

"What I shame, I'm rather found of thick 'blades'." As he said blades he gently groped Gil's groin before slipping into the weapon room.

blushes a little as he got groped. "H-hey what was that for..." He mumbles as he follows the other in.

chuckled. " I do hope you know that the sword I was asking about was your... length.~ Though if you want to show me that I wouldn't mind.

realises what the other is talking about at this point and grins at him. "Well why would you want to view my awesomeness?"

leaned against the cabin's wall and smirked. "You could say.... I'm a sword inspector?~" He kept with the innuendo.

continues grinning. "So you must have inspected quite a number of swords already, ja?"

smirk widened. "Swords and sheaths, of course.~"

tilts his head and leans against the wall opposite him. "So, why would you want to inspect my awesome sword now? We've only just met~"

nodded. "That may be true, but really I was just being... French, with my innuendos. I wouldn't mind inspecting yours though since you're

rather handsome and you seem like you have a good head on you."

laughs and shrugs. "You're a pretty handsome fellow too. And I don't see any harm in you inspecting me~"

chuckles. "I'm not sure if I'm one to mix work and pleasure though. Now if the person I'm working under were to initiate something...

who would I be to say non?"

grins. "I don't usually do this either but you seem to express quite an interest in the awesome me, ja?"

"With that sort of confidence, who wouldn't express an interest? You must be quite the swordsman."

smirks, looking rather proud. "Well, you wouldn't want to cross swords with me~"

"And what if I did? I'm quite the swordsman too you know." He purred, looking at the other with a very interested look.

raises an eyebrow. "Is that a challenge?" He hasn't had a duel in a while anyway.

"Sure, it will make the inspection interesting... let us say, the loser will be the one inspecting?~"

grins. He was always ready for a challenge. "Sure~" He goes off to a corner of the room to take his sword. "Do you own a sword...?"

grinned sheepishly. "Once, in France. I gave it to my sister to protect herself with. There are perverts out there you know."

nods and takes out another blade and hands it to him. "Then you'll use the ones on this ship~"

takes the sword; it's slightly heavier than he's used to but he can deal with it. "Very well then."

grins. "Are you ready?"

"But of course.~" He drew his sword into position.

makes the first move and swings his blade towards him.

made to parry the move and did so; it was only now that he realized he was a bit rusty in his blade work. He'd have to practice more now.

on the offensive side, continuing to attack the other. He won't lose this battle!

suddenly found his footwork bringing him closer and closer to the wall, which was something he couldn't have. So he parried and ducked out

of the way of one swing and went on the offensive from the other side.

frowns at this; He thought he had cornered the other. He quickly turns and parries the blows.

grinned at this reversal of fortune. He had honestly thought he was going to lose there for a moment.

continues parrying the other's attacks, trying to look for a weakness.

given that Francis hadn't done this in a bit, he accidentally fell into a certain pattern of attacking.

finally realises this pattern and strikes when he sees an opening.

watches as his sword goes flying out his hand. "A-ah... it seems you have bested me."

grins and places his sword aside. "You need practice, that's all~" He laughs.

grins back. "Who was I to think I'd be such a master?"

picks up the fallen blade and places it back. "Well you can challenge me anytime if you like~" He winks.

chuckled and leaned back against the wall. "I'll keep that in mind."

grins. "So... what did you say the loser had to do again...?"

absolutely smirked at this. Oh would those long voyages be fun with him. "I said that the loser had to inspect the winner's sword.~"

laughs and turns to close the door, locking it. "Then I'll let you inspect my awesome sword~ You seemed... interested in it anyway."

began to slowly walk over to his. "And how would you prefer I inspect it...?~"

shrugs. "However you want to inspect it~" He grins.

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