April 15, 1651
I'm at a loss of words to describe what happened today. I'm trying my best to explain, but good grief it just is mind boggling to me. Okay, so the day began somewhat normal, we started by setting sail towards Kingston town. I did my job as normal, finishing up rather early thanks to smooth sailing and no one being rude to me. Right before I could return to my quarters however, Vile, er wait, Captain Vile decided it necessary to spill some shark organs (apparently she goes whaling and hunts down sharks and killer whales. terrifying.) on the deck. And you know what? She had the nerve to tell me "You missed a spot."
I was done putting up with her attitude and let out a fit.
"You know what? If you wanted your damn deck clean, why the hell don't you do this fucking job!" I swear I had never cursed before, I was blinded by my anger.
My rant caught the attention of everyone else, and realizing what I did, I ran to my living quarters. Davenport was loafing around and was frightened by the loud door slam I did and stared at me, confused as to why I was in such a panic. I explained my situation to him, and before he could say anything, there was a knock on the door.
"Dude, she's after you. I can't help you man, you screwed up big time." He hid underneath the mattress and I suppose i had no choice but to open the door, and there stood Brute.
"The captain would like a word with you in her quarters. Failure to get there in time results in immediate death. The choice is yours." He smiled, grabbed my hand and proceeded to drag me to the captain's living area. For a ten year old, he's extremely strong like good lord how did he even do that. After a painful dragging session there in front of me was the door to her quarters. Oh god, What did I do?
As I turned around to protest to Brute, the child was no where to be seen. He's just as scary as his adopted mother, good grief. Taking a deep breath, I entered the room to be greeted by a rather unique smell, and Vile smoking what seemed to be an unusual cigarette.
"So tell me, what made you grow a pair of balls today and actually man up?" She held the stick out of her mouth, keeping an intense gaze at me. I'm fairly sure I sweated at least a whole bucket full of sweat, she scared the absolute shit out of me.
"I..I-I said I don't support my life being a life of piracy, and I'm sticking with my opinion. So if you're going to kill me for what I said, then do it quick." I was probably a minute away from shitting my pants at that very moment, as she had proceeded to get up and walked towards me, but she did not draw her sword.
"I'm surprised, you actually stood up for yourself, Hades. Still, you're quite a coward nonetheless. But you're also cute." She smiled and good lord did she take me by surprise in the next minute. She stood on her tip toes and kissed me on the cheek. Her lips must have been covered in poison or something, because that sent me into shock.
"Tell you what, I'll give you a higher position just cause I'm a nice person. I'll let you man a cannon, how does that fare you?" Backing away a bit, she put the nice-smelling-cigarette back in her mouth and let the stick burn, awaiting my answer.
"I-uh-Hell, I'll take it." Replying was near impossible because of how confused I was.
"Good. You start tomorrow, for now, go back to your quarters." She smiled and proceeded to focus on a map on the interior wall of her quarters.
"Thank yo-I mean, yes ma'am." I darted the hell out of there, my mind was too muddled to process everything. Why did she kiss me? Did that mean anything?
I talked to Davenport over this as soon as I made back to our area, and he congratulated me over getting a higher position that was more respectable. The kiss thing though, he wasn't completely certain of what that meant. Maybe the captain liked me in that "special" way, or she had terrifying plans for me in store, he said. Oh god, it's petrifying to even imagine. What can I do? Wait, am I asking my damn journal to help me with this? Good grief, Vile was right. I need sleep. But I'm still so puzzled: why the hell did she kiss me?
