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<blockquote data-quote="Queenie" data-source="post: 6439915" data-attributes="member: 8058"><p><span style="color: #EE82EE"><em>“Salud!”</em></span> Katerina returns the toast, then sips the brandy, attempting not to scrunch her nose at it. This was even sweeter than the last.<span style="color: #EE82EE"> <em>These soft French! What woman wants a man who enjoys this??</em></span></p><p></p><p>After all the toasts and back patting and farewells, Katerina escorts du Torbillion to the door. <em><span style="color: #EE82EE">“Adiós por ahora Señor,”</span></em> she says before kissing the man on both cheeks. <span style="color: #EE82EE">“Your country’s hello and goodbye, <em>sí</em>?”</span> she grins, watching him try not to be flustered again.<span style="color: #EE82EE"> “Perhaps when we next meet you will call me Katerina and I will call you Claude, as we are now friends and partners. I will come find you when we have procured the, well, the first step.”</span> She glances out the door briefly, to the worsen storm.<span style="color: #EE82EE"> “Stay dry out there. <em>Pueden tus dioses te proteja</em>.”</span> With that she sweeps away, returning to her celebrating group. </p><p></p><p><span style="color: #EE82EE">“<em>Sí</em> , this is a night for celebration <em>mi amigos</em>! But we also have some work to do and some questions to be answered.”</span> She sips at her own rum bottle, it growing emptier. She waves to the barkeep and yells over, <span style="color: #EE82EE">“Rum for us all! And be quick about it!</span>” Turning back to the table she drops her voice to a whisper, though not so low that the old folk can’t hear her.<span style="color: #EE82EE"> “Not all should be discussed here; however here may be where we start. We need to find passage, or a ship of our own. And, an able bodied crew.”</span> She can’t keep the grin from growing into a huge smile, <span style="color: #EE82EE">“Seems we’re going on an adventure!”</span> Bella jumps up and down on the table, squeaking in excitement before hopping over to each person, jumping on their heads or shoulders or peeking into pockets and sleeves looking for treasure of her own. Katerina just laughs at her antics.</p><p></p><p>She keeps her voice low. <span style="color: #EE82EE">“So, who has ideas? Firstly, do we want to seek passage on someone else’s ship? If we do there goes another few shares of… whatever we find.”</span> She knew better than to say the words treasure or gold or magic out loud in a place like this. <span style="color: #EE82EE">“Our own ship would be ideal, but we will not have enough dinero to purchase our own. Of course there are other way to procure ships… unattended ships… So, we must decide on this.</span></p><p><span style="color: #EE82EE"></span></p><p><span style="color: #EE82EE">Secondly, a crew. I know some of you have connections to the type of people we need.”</span> She glances around the room, eyeing the rowdy yet strong and able Corlandians. She can’t keep the corner of her lip from rising up while she studies them. <span style="color: #EE82EE">“Perhaps some of what we need is right here,”</span> she leers.</p><p></p><p>She clears her throat while turning her gaze back to the crew. <span style="color: #EE82EE">“Or perhaps that is for later,"</span> she chuckles. </p><p></p><p><span style="color: #EE82EE">“And finally, I believe we should discuss who is actually going to lead this motley crew of ours. So there are absolutely no questions.”</span> The group looks around at each other, as they all had their own thoughts to navigate through.</p><p></p><p>She studies the newcomer Jim Barrington, a seemingly obvious and worthy candidate in his own right. She had laid into him outside for stepping on her toes and offering treasure without consulting her, and he had kept quiet, whether he deserved it or not. She imagines that whichever of them becomes Captain there would be a lot of head butting and wrestling between the two of them. <span style="color: #EE82EE"><em> Hmmmm, maybe I won't even mind it,</em></span> she wonders while tapping her lips. The thought was fleeting. <em><span style="color: #EE82EE">No,</span></em> she admonishes herself, <span style="color: #EE82EE"><em>This is what you've been working towards for two years. You cannot afford to be distracted by ANYTHING right now. Your life and the life of another depends on it! Get your head together you foolish girl!</em></span> </p><p></p><p>She gives her head a little shake then focuses back on the group. She looks at them expectantly, it was time to make decisions and they needed to make them fast.</p><p></p><p></p><p>[OOC]Pueden tus dioses te proteja = May your gods keep you safe.[/OOC]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Queenie, post: 6439915, member: 8058"] [COLOR="#EE82EE"][I]“Salud!”[/I][/COLOR] Katerina returns the toast, then sips the brandy, attempting not to scrunch her nose at it. This was even sweeter than the last.[COLOR="#EE82EE"] [I]These soft French! What woman wants a man who enjoys this??[/I][/COLOR] After all the toasts and back patting and farewells, Katerina escorts du Torbillion to the door. [I][COLOR="#EE82EE"]“Adiós por ahora Señor,”[/COLOR][/I] she says before kissing the man on both cheeks. [COLOR="#EE82EE"]“Your country’s hello and goodbye, [I]sí[/I]?”[/COLOR] she grins, watching him try not to be flustered again.[COLOR="#EE82EE"] “Perhaps when we next meet you will call me Katerina and I will call you Claude, as we are now friends and partners. I will come find you when we have procured the, well, the first step.”[/COLOR] She glances out the door briefly, to the worsen storm.[COLOR="#EE82EE"] “Stay dry out there. [I]Pueden tus dioses te proteja[/I].”[/COLOR] With that she sweeps away, returning to her celebrating group. [COLOR="#EE82EE"]“[I]Sí[/I] , this is a night for celebration [I]mi amigos[/I]! But we also have some work to do and some questions to be answered.”[/COLOR] She sips at her own rum bottle, it growing emptier. She waves to the barkeep and yells over, [COLOR="#EE82EE"]“Rum for us all! And be quick about it![/COLOR]” Turning back to the table she drops her voice to a whisper, though not so low that the old folk can’t hear her.[COLOR="#EE82EE"] “Not all should be discussed here; however here may be where we start. We need to find passage, or a ship of our own. And, an able bodied crew.”[/COLOR] She can’t keep the grin from growing into a huge smile, [COLOR="#EE82EE"]“Seems we’re going on an adventure!”[/COLOR] Bella jumps up and down on the table, squeaking in excitement before hopping over to each person, jumping on their heads or shoulders or peeking into pockets and sleeves looking for treasure of her own. Katerina just laughs at her antics. She keeps her voice low. [COLOR="#EE82EE"]“So, who has ideas? Firstly, do we want to seek passage on someone else’s ship? If we do there goes another few shares of… whatever we find.”[/COLOR] She knew better than to say the words treasure or gold or magic out loud in a place like this. [COLOR="#EE82EE"]“Our own ship would be ideal, but we will not have enough dinero to purchase our own. Of course there are other way to procure ships… unattended ships… So, we must decide on this. Secondly, a crew. I know some of you have connections to the type of people we need.”[/COLOR] She glances around the room, eyeing the rowdy yet strong and able Corlandians. She can’t keep the corner of her lip from rising up while she studies them. [COLOR="#EE82EE"]“Perhaps some of what we need is right here,”[/COLOR] she leers. She clears her throat while turning her gaze back to the crew. [COLOR="#EE82EE"]“Or perhaps that is for later,"[/COLOR] she chuckles. [COLOR="#EE82EE"]“And finally, I believe we should discuss who is actually going to lead this motley crew of ours. So there are absolutely no questions.”[/COLOR] The group looks around at each other, as they all had their own thoughts to navigate through. She studies the newcomer Jim Barrington, a seemingly obvious and worthy candidate in his own right. She had laid into him outside for stepping on her toes and offering treasure without consulting her, and he had kept quiet, whether he deserved it or not. She imagines that whichever of them becomes Captain there would be a lot of head butting and wrestling between the two of them. [COLOR="#EE82EE"][I] Hmmmm, maybe I won't even mind it,[/I][/COLOR] she wonders while tapping her lips. The thought was fleeting. [I][COLOR="#EE82EE"]No,[/COLOR][/I] she admonishes herself, [COLOR="#EE82EE"][I]This is what you've been working towards for two years. You cannot afford to be distracted by ANYTHING right now. Your life and the life of another depends on it! Get your head together you foolish girl![/I][/COLOR] She gives her head a little shake then focuses back on the group. She looks at them expectantly, it was time to make decisions and they needed to make them fast. [OOC]Pueden tus dioses te proteja = May your gods keep you safe.[/OOC] [/QUOTE]
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