The rise of the pirate kings 2.0

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It was night time, the forest below them was dark and a new moon was staring down at them as they glided through the night sky. It had turned colder as soon as the sun went down so the people who didn't have coats went below deck and everyone else stayed on deck.

Seonghwa looked around on deck now were Mingi at the tip of the ship,Hongjoong at the wheel, Yunho who was swinging up in the ropes again seemingly unbothered by the harsh winds up there, he had been up there ever since they got back on the ship. Despite the fact that he did in fact not have any coat or means of not freezing to death but they just let him do his thing

The newcomer Jongho was also still on deck but Seonghwa suspected that that would not be for long seeing as Yeosang was below deck. Because Yeosang was the only one who they did not have a decent winter coat for since they didn't have the time to find him one in Illusiona.

Jongho and Yeosang seemed to have formed a bond when they found eachother in the streets and their healer was probably the only reason Jongho went with them at all.

Jongho was currently leaning on the railing of the ship. The wind messing up his hair. He wore a short dark green coat the justice gem had formed a band around his shoulder. It was a gold and black color. Perhaps Jongho sensed him looking at him because he suddenly walked away from the railing and went below deck probably to see Yeosang.

Seonghwa moved away from where he was standing next to the mast watching Yunho and made his way to the tip of the ship where Mingi was standing. His jacket was illuminated by the ship's magic lanterns and made the gold decorations it had shine as it flapped behind him. He had stormtamer in his hand and appeared to be scouring the sky.

He turned when he heard Seonghwa sitting down beside him. His eyes were dark with an occasional flash of lightning in them. Mingi's eyes were stormy even when there was no storm nearby.

"What are you doing?" Seonghwa asked him as Mingi had been perched here for over an hour after he was done annoying Hongjoong who was still at the rear stearing them in whatever direction he saw fit. No one had spoken much to one another. And everyone had just kind of scattered all across the ship.

"I don't know honestly. This air just feels different somehow. This whole place feels different, its unsettling." Mingi said, gesturing to the dark and endless forest beneath them. There were no lights that shone in the trees, none at all.

Seonghwa knew what Mingi was talking about he had also felt uneasy ever since they got up into the sky and over the forest. Everyone seemed to feel it but he and Mingi the most.

"Yeah, I feel it too but you don't have to stand guard the entire night you know." Seonghwa said, leaning back against the ship, the cool wind in his face.

Mingi considered his words for a moment before wrapping stormtamer up and sitting down next to him.

They sat there in silence for some time before Mingi broke the silence as he was known to do.

"It isn't just the forest it all feels weird you know?" He said as if he was confessing something to Seonghwa. Something forbidden, but Seonghwa knew what he was talking about.

"I know it is strange like just a week ago it was just us three and now there are already six of us. We've almost found everyone." He said remembering when it was just the three of them. Him, Mingi and Hongjoong back then even though it was only a week ago it had been much simpler. Him and Mingi played well off each other and could both hold their own in a fight and Hongjoong worked as the middleman and made most of their decisions and they followed.

Now it was different there was a sort of small divide in their group with all the different personalities they now had working together.

Seonghwa and Mingi seemed to be the ones with the most battle experience and spent most of their time together. Yunho was either alone in the top of the ship rigging sails or he was below deck scavenging their food supplies to get himself some chow. Yeosang spent most of his time down below he didn't seem to want to socialize with any of them anyway. He seemed like a very confident witty person when they were anywhere else but on board he was generally quiet and kept to himself.