[ it's been two months since princess tessarae edison was kidnapped--or, maybe traded is a better word. either way, the kingdoms have been at search for the great scourge of the seas; they call her the sea witch, they call her hell on heels, whatever it is, minji park is a wanted woman, considering the bounty she carries now is greater than any other pirate on the seas. everyone assumed tessa was long dead by now, as surely the pirate bastard would have sent her to her watery grave the moment no money came up, but these assumptions would be wrong.
after all, the reasons for this kidnapping were a bit...strange.
but not to go into too much on that, tessa is starting to slowly become comfortable with the ship and the people within it. spending time with newt that first day helped; the other girl is sweet and kind of motherly and with her help, tess began to settle into her new life at sea.
well. hers and minjis.
minji was--she was frustrating, sometimes. true to her name, she just took things, often with no concern for her wellbeing, or for human lives. she was brash and reckless and sometimes she drove tessa nuts, but other times, they clicked together like nothing else. the talk, the banter, even just looking up from scrubbing the floors--scrubbing the floors, seriously--and seeing her there. it was easy in a way that nothing else in her life had ever been. and after minji had nearly died on her last raid, saved only via some ridiculously intuitive tag team thing she must have had planned with newt all along, tess was starting to find she was sort of attached to the girl.
(attached enough to kiss her when she came back.)
but, she can't stop thinking about it. the kiss, about minji, the situation that had occurred mere hours before, and so tess gets up in the dead of night when the ship is silent and tiptoes on bare feet through the passenger quarters, and upstairs to the captain's on the main deck. the door's unlocked, like it usually is at night, and she pushes it open, quietly, then stares at the sleeping form on the bed. it's so dark and minji's turned on her side, so tess just kind of quietly sneaks across the room and gingerly climbs into the bed, until she can feel the warmth of minji next to her and the sea rocking outside. carefully, tess curls her fingers up against her shoulder blades and tips her head forward, resting her nose between her lightly curled fists and trying to fight down the rushing beat of her heart and be quiet all at once. ]
immediately hands it over
after all, the reasons for this kidnapping were a bit...strange.
but not to go into too much on that, tessa is starting to slowly become comfortable with the ship and the people within it. spending time with newt that first day helped; the other girl is sweet and kind of motherly and with her help, tess began to settle into her new life at sea.
well. hers and minjis.
minji was--she was frustrating, sometimes. true to her name, she just took things, often with no concern for her wellbeing, or for human lives. she was brash and reckless and sometimes she drove tessa nuts, but other times, they clicked together like nothing else. the talk, the banter, even just looking up from scrubbing the floors--scrubbing the floors, seriously--and seeing her there. it was easy in a way that nothing else in her life had ever been. and after minji had nearly died on her last raid, saved only via some ridiculously intuitive tag team thing she must have had planned with newt all along, tess was starting to find she was sort of attached to the girl.
(attached enough to kiss her when she came back.)
but, she can't stop thinking about it. the kiss, about minji, the situation that had occurred mere hours before, and so tess gets up in the dead of night when the ship is silent and tiptoes on bare feet through the passenger quarters, and upstairs to the captain's on the main deck. the door's unlocked, like it usually is at night, and she pushes it open, quietly, then stares at the sleeping form on the bed. it's so dark and minji's turned on her side, so tess just kind of quietly sneaks across the room and gingerly climbs into the bed, until she can feel the warmth of minji next to her and the sea rocking outside. carefully, tess curls her fingers up against her shoulder blades and tips her head forward, resting her nose between her lightly curled fists and trying to fight down the rushing beat of her heart and be quiet all at once. ]