by The Kingpin » Fri May 22, 2009 12:15 am
"Cap'n! Cap'n!" came Nathan's voice outside the Captain's cabin. James walked out, dressed and geared, looking like he had been on his way out anyway. "What is it?" asked James. "Some ghost ship...a white ship just appeared right behind the Reaper. it's been roped to us!" said Nathan in a forced whisper. "Get Raphael up, and then wake up the crew. make sure it's done quietly. i don't want them to know that we know they're there, or that we're up" said James. "Yes, Cap'n" responded Nathan, before swiftly moving out of the Captain's quarters and towards the lower decks, to wake the crew up. James meanwhile began pushing Adeline and nudging her, trying to get her to wake. silently watching, and resting, was a Peregrine Falcon. James' most recent pet, he had brought it aboard more quietly than Baron. it's name was Shaheen, and had introduced it quite early in it's period aboard the ship to Rainbow. he made sure that the pair were confortable with eachother, which wasn't all that hard considering Rainbow was about twice it's size and imposing enough to force the Falcon into behaving. Shaheen, for his part, was raised from a chick by an arabian trader who had come to the Caribbean seeking immeasurable riches. it was quite comfortable in the presence of other birds, and took to Rainbow quite well for any Falcon. the bird now sat calmly in the Captain's quarters, perched on a literal log set up in his quarters for the bird, across the quarters from Rainbow's perch, so as to avoid any kind of problems that might start up because of space. Rainbow was sitting in the crow's nest up in the mizzen mast, quietly watching the Moondust...
"Ah yes, organised chaos. the sign of a clever but ever-busy mind. To the perpetrator, a carefully woven web of belongings and intrigue, but to the bystander? Madness!"
–William Beckett, Lore of Leyuna RPG