Rune braced herself against the wooden wall of her cabin as the ship rocked suddenly. She immediately shook her head in irritation at the crew that ran this ship. The Poison Pearl used to be a wonderful contraption run by a stellar crew. That was years ago however and Rune didn't get much of a say in who was in this new crew considering she was a women, a young one at that. It wasn't easy getting respect from pirates on a good day. Most days out at sea were not good days.
It must be early. Rune thought to herself. She could tell just by the sounds of the ship. There were voices but not the usual amount that was the entire crew. Rune looked to the corner of her small room at her companion that lay on some torn blankets. "What do think, Rudder? You ready." The Belgian Malinois stood immediately at her owners command.
Rune quickly dressed herself in slightly warn clothes, her usual dress. A pair of slightly dirty slightly baggy jeans and an old white shirt that wasn't really white anymore. She braided her long brown hair and tossed it over one side of her shoulder.
She grabbed for the door, Rudder right at her heals, and opened the door a crack before the smell of rum practically knocked her off her feet. She took a second and covered her nose. I don't know how I haven't gotten used to this smell yet. She thought. The ship smelled like sweat and rum, always.
She made her way up to the top deck and now could asses what that sudden jerk of the ship was about.
"Sirus?" She called out to the tall lanky man that stood at the ships wheel. The man responded with a head nod to Rune. Sirus was one of the crew members Rune did like. They had become friends since the new crew joined, which he was a part of.
"What was all that about?" She asked, referring to the moment she almost was knocked on her ass inside her cabin. She looked to the bow of the ship and stopped to admire the sunrise for a split second while she waited for Sirus' answer.
"Yes ma'am. We-we have spotted land ahead. It's not on our map. Captain said to check it out." Sirus responded. Rune just nodded her head slightly at his answer. Why do we have to go to this tiny piece of land that's not on the map? It's not even big enough to be noted. Why- She stopped her thought process there. It didn't matter why. She wasn't going to get a reason. The Captain was a man of very few words. Mostly because he had his throat slit years ago by rival pirates and that for sure did some damage.
"We could use some help." Sirus said. "The crew isn't up y-"
"Yea I know. I got it." Rune said. Sirus didn't have to explain the crew wasn't up yet because there was a whole three people manning the ship so far which is probably why it jerked around like a dog shaking it's prey. With a sigh Rune went down the stairs and over to the other crew members, helping them raise the sails and actually get started in the direction of the speck of land in the distance. She knew they wouldn't find anything there. They were far away, yes, but this island still wasn't very big so what could it possible hold that had any interest to her?
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