Frost Bite

Markets #1

    { I hate technology, but I feel somewhat connected to it. Ever since the ice hit the earth, creatures have struggled to survive, and even people have had their hardships having to adapt to a lifestyle dependent on technology. As a pirate, stealing has become easier for my crew and I. People have become vulnerable due to the circumstances we all live in and try to survive in. It is easy to swindle from the poor, but the fact is everyone is poor right now. Very few control others with their power of wealth. They are behind closed doors, hidden away from society. We are mere puppets to this game of survival. }

   Martha closed her book and took a deep breath from writing down her experiences so far. It has only been a month into the ice age. She was a sea pirate, now a sky pirate. Flying her blimp and her crew from city to city, stopping to steal from other blimps. Something was very odd about today. Martha had to go to the market to get oil for her ship, surprisingly this wouldn't be difficult for her. She only had to hide from the other pirates and thieves who scavenge ground level.

    { The most interesting thing happened to me while I was making my way back to my ship. I met this beautiful lady on the streets. She had hair that was a soft orange, and she wore these goggles that hid her eyes from others, she seemed to be quite studious from the looks of her attire. She shouldn't be on ground level. A beauty like her is bound to be used by others. Wolves of our society. My crew mate invited her onto my ship. Stupid! Why would he do such a thing, we do not invite just anyone, But then again, not just any one. Emma, always noticing my emotions before me, I wonder what her name is. I should ask her. Gosh I am writing about a lady I just met, I shouldn't be so flustered over this. No this is not love at first sight, this is more so I guess I found someone who I think I might be able to have a connection with. }

   Martha's crew mate invited a mysterious lady to their ship, Martha seemed to be extremely flustered. She says she was just looking, but the mysterious lady took the invitation and gladly accepted. Martha didn't expect to have company that night nor did she expect that this person would change everything.

    [She is interesting, a red curly haired pirate spoke with me on the streets of the market. Someone who took interest in me. I think I was accidentally staring at her, my eyes happened to be glaring in her direction making it seemed that I was interested in her. Martha, the Captain of the Abyss. A pirate ship that used to sail across the seas before the ice hit. I did my research, well more so first hand experience from forever ago, I might have met her father, but how knows. Living for forever is something that taints your memory. Tonight I will be eating dinner with her and her crew. Flesh creatures are so interesting. ]

    {I was scared she wasn't going to come down stairs to eat dinner but she did. She just stared at me, before taking off her goggles and gave a small smile. Her eyes are a light green. It looks to be faded like a clouded emerald. She was sitting up right, She is so prep and proper, it almost made me feel like I was a hooligan in how I was sitting. My crew mates ditched me, I was eating alone with her. She spoke. "My name is Helena." I took a second to take a bite of food. "I am Martha, Martha Behemfil." "Martha, what a lovely name, it is nice to meet you Martha. Thank you for inviting me to come aboard your ship. It is very warm, compared to the cold outside." Yes the ship is warm, but we still wear our heavy clothing due to the cold nights. "Ah yeah, the ship has a heating system. One of my crew mates made a system that can produce heat based off of. Well.. I can just tell you later." STUPID, we are eating, but yeah it is pretty cool in how Kurt can make a system to heat our ship. She chuckled... she seemed to be amused at my flustered state. I am making such a fool of myself. "It is ok, that is interesting, I know that some people have made ways of generating heat for their buildings and blimps. I wonder If we'll ever discover a more efficient way of creating heat without any sacrifice." She says. We talked about the architecture of the world now. It seemed as if we were just in a medieval state, that is now prehistoric.}

    They said their farewells as Martha dropped her back off around the market.
They would meet here and there, somehow it seemed as if Helena could follow Martha around the world. From market to market, city to city. Helena was like an illusion, a myth, but she was visible. They would talk but nother more than just talk. So mysterious, that small figure. It wouldn't be until a few years passed that Martha found out how Helena was able to travel from place to place.