I can't think of anything to put here. Maybe tommorow.
I.O.N.
*Yawn* Enjoy!
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Adrien sat on one of the spare stools as the twins and Manon stood near the door listening for the outcome. Gabriel stood against a wall, waiting to see what the young ones would do.
With a huff, Manon walked away from the door and sat at Adrien's feet, "This is ridiculous! The three of us have been members of this ship longer than most of them have! We should be out there too!"
Ella shrugged and went back to listening at the door, while Etta replied, "It doesn't matter, we're still too young to be above deck before the fighting breaks out. The Captain said we were to stay down here until the situation is known, so that's what we do. You know that Manon."
"Yeah, yeah, yeah."
Gabriel seemed to take an interest in the conversation, "'The Captain', you mean Ladybug?"
Ella smiled, "Of course! Who else would we be talking about!"
"My son and I have been on this ship for two weeks, and still have yet to officially meet her."
Now Manon shrugged cryptically her previous annoyance forgotten, "The Captain is a busy woman, you can't expect her to micro-manage the entire ship. She knows her crew is capable of handling themselves so it would just look bad if she tried to look over everything."
Etta and Ella giggled, "Besides," they said in unison, "you've seen her around."
Gabriel tried to question the girls some more, but it seemed that their weird cryptic message was the last thing they would say on the topic.
Meanwhile, Marinette finished tying her Ladybug mask around her head and walked out of her personal cabin to join the tense calm that had fallen over her ship. Rose was up in the crow's nest with a spyglass trying to get a better look at the ship that was closing in on them in the dark. "Can you see anything, Rose?" Ladybug called up softly.
"Only a vague outline Captain. We'll have to let it get closer."
Ladybug nodded to herself and told Rose to keep an eye on them for any sudden movements.
It was ten minutes later when Rose called down that she could see the name of the ship. "It looks like the Liberty!" She called excitedly. Ladybug let out a breath she didn't realize she was holding and smiled.
Nodding to Rena Rouge to let the others know they were safe to come out, Ladybug got ready to receive the other ship.
The Liberty was a passenger ship turned trading ship. It was captained by Anarka Couffaine, Juleka's mother, who was absolutely mortified to learn that the ship her daughter had joined was actually one of the most feared pirate ships of all time, and was only slightly mollified when she learned that they were more often than not like giant ferries. But she had put her foot down without remorse when her son, Luka, tried to join his sister's crew. After that brief misunderstanding, the two ships had become quite good allies and enjoyed a small time together whenever they crossed paths.
In addition, though never admitted, Tikki would keep other pirates away from the little trading ship.
"Ahoy Tikki! How 'ave ye been?"
"We've been well Captain Anarka! And you?"
As mother, daughter, and son got reacquainted Ladybug grabbed a small snack for the other ship's captain to eat.
"If you don't mind my asking Anarka. Where is the Liberty headed?"
"We be headed t' th' Northeast port t' trade some exotic spices that we'd bought down South."
"Would you like us to accompany you there?"
"No, I reckon 'twould be best if we didn' land in th' same port as th' infamous Pirate Ladybug 'n her terrifyin' crew."
"Well if you ever need an escort you know who to call!"
"That we do Ladybug, that we do!"
After a few hours of talking, and catching up on the latest gossip, the Liberty and Tikki parted ways, just past moonset.
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I really should have something here, but it's almost midnight and my brain is fried.
Goodnight.
* Eyes barely open* See ya next time!
