Charm walked a ways away and let out a sigh. She was grateful that Stephanie hadn't pushed her for more of a reason. She was thinking about how she could help out when she heard Stephanie say "Oh shit".

"Who's that?" Charm had ran over and leaped onto the edge of the ship to see the old guy she must have been looking at.

(( Hey everyone, my character's appearance picture got deleted or something, so here is what she looks like now lol http://media.photobucket.com/image/b...1/BlackCat.jpg oh, and she wears a long red skirt with a slit up to her thigh on the right side when she needs to conceal her tail. ))

"Uuuuuh... well, he was my captain..." Stephanie replied with a nervous laugh. "I don't think he'd appreciate being left behind, but I don't want to be under his rule again.."

(Eh? I didn't do you pic? O.O *quickly posts it*)

(( No the pic that I had given you's link stopped working >_< I hate it when that happens but I found a better appearance for my character anyway lol ))

"Was it bad?" Charm asked awkwardly. She didn't want to stir any bad memories of Stephanie's, so she had decided on a generic yes or no question and she was already sure it was the latter.

(I'm back BTW. Nt sure what to do with vorian as of now tho...)

(Ooooh, right xD OMG IT'S THAT CHICK FROM BLEACH, THE ONE THAT TURNS INTO A CAT~! :D)

Stephanie laughed upraoriously. "Well, the idiot always used to give me the wrong bearing, then we'd end up in a completely diferent place than we were supposed to be.. but that was all just part of the fun," Stephanie chuckled.
"Nah, he isn't that bad really, just I'm sick of him always blaming me for his own mistakes and stuff."
Stephanie glanced around. "Where'd Vorian get off to?"

(OMG it is!!! It's Yoruichi-san as a furry! XD)

Vorian stared at the woodgrain in the wall in front of him, making the lines into shapes, like when you look at the clouds.

(( haha yeah XD I usually don't use real famous anime's characters for my character's appearances, but I looked forever and that was the best representation I could find! :P ))

"I see," Charm knew exactly what Steph was talking about. One of the reasons why Charm had even became a pirate captain was that she couldn't stand the ones that were out.

"Vorian's below deck right now," she informed Steph and then looked up to the sky, "but he should really come out and see this wonderful night we're having."

Charm stared at the sparkling stars that lit up the sky around the full moon. It really was a very beautiful night to be sailing because the water would also reflect the stars, causing them to look like they were in outerspace.

"It must have been nice, being the captain.. I'll only ever be a navigator," Stephanie grinned.

She sighed in frustration at the thought of Vorian, as she imagined him, sprawled out in some comfortable hammock sipping the best ale from Yukina's hut.
"Stupid, fat, lazy, old..."

[TIME FOR A FASTFORWARD!!! What do you think?)

(( Sounds good ;) are we going to fast forward it to Florence then? ))
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(Yeah, then I'll PM everyone that's set in Florence and tell em it's time to start for real xD)

[FF A FEW DAYS, FLORENCE, NORTHERN PORT]

Stephanie breathed a sigh of relief when the ship bumped into the dock of the little town of Florence. She glanced around, wondering if anyone was up; the sun had hardly risen.

Vorian emerged from the hold looking very odd. He was wearing black gloves and a scarf around his face. His silky black hair hung freely around his head, covering the rest of his skin fairly well.
"All right, let us be off then."

Charm reverted to her human form and stretched.

"It feels good to be this tall again," she smiled as she grabbed her red skirt, "Gotta love opposable thumbs!"

She draped the red skirt around her hips and tied it in a knot on her right side so there was a slit on that side. Then she tied a red bandana around her head, which covered her ears nicely after she tied up her hair in a very messy half ponytail.

"Alright, let's go," Charm grinned at Stephanie and Vorian as she wondered if the others would be coming as well.

((thank goodness you people got off of that damned island xD))

Ophelia had learned to love this town, she had been residing in a quaint little inn called "Neptune's Glory" she had been spending lots of money on clothes and jewels, but thats what she would do everywhere. She was beggining to question how good her life really was. She wanted something fresh and new...