#lucius&ely

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@bootylucius asked: ❛ here, you can borrow my jacket. ❜ from Lucius

Ely had deeply misjudged how cold this little outing off of the ship would be. Perhaps they'd gotten too used to being within quick walking distance of their cupboard/room where they could grab extra layers if needed. They didn't realise just how obvious their shivering had been that evening but Lucius' offer drew them right to that conclusion. They glanced up at the other pirate and shook their head.

"No, thank you. That means you'll be cold too." They pointed out, crossing their arms to fend off the cold instead.

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{ @wcrldcnfire } asked: “why do you have that look on your face?” from Lucius

Ely furrowed their brow a little and raised their hands to their slightly wind burnt face.

"There's no look on my face. This is just my face." They said, a little defensively. At least, they hoped there wasn't a look on their face. The last thing wanted was to get in trouble for having a bad attitude- especially when it wasn't intended.

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@smokedanced asked: ' We're still friends, right? ' from Lucius

Ely had been washing up after a raid. It was that point in the evening when the adrenaline began to slip away, the screams stopped ringing in their ears and they slowly sank back into the steadily bubbling anger. It was mixed with a sickening guilt now but the brief respite from the all consuming sadness and anger that usually plagued them after Stede left made it worth it. Instead of focussing on the feeling, they did their best to focus on the methodical hand scrubbing- the clear water in the basin turning a murky copper.

It was in the silence (aside from the quiet sloshing of water and natural creaking of the ship) that they heard something that sounded like a mix between a cough and a sneeze. Instinctively, Ely turned around but there was nobody there. The sound had sounded like it came from the other side of the wall. Only, Elys little cupboard room was right up against the hull.

Furrowing their brow, they thought for a moment before knocking on the wall. It sounded hollow. Like there was a false barrier between them and the real hull. It was probably designed to limit damage if the ship hit something and began to take on water. Still, that was definitely where the sound had come from. Tentatively, Ely picked up their sword from where it sat against the wall before jamming it between two slats. There was a muffled sound of surprise and Ely considered too late that they probably should have given some warning. Still, they didn't know who was behind the wall. It could have been someone lying in wait to kill the crew and take the ship.

They used their sword as a lever to pull out a plank of wood, sending the nails holding it in place clattering to the floor. Catching the plank before it could follow the nails and alert everyone else that something was wrong, Ely stuck their head into the now open cavity wall.

'We're still friends, right?'

Well, that was a surprise. Ely took a step back.

"I-I thought... Didn't Ed... you know... drown you?" It was probably a touchy subject but what was Ely supposed to do? Not ask?

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@smokedanced asked: ' everyone else might be buying it, but i don’t. what’s wrong? ' from Lucius

A new ship and a new crew meant an entirely new routine. It was a bit of a shock to the system and Ely was struggling to deal with it. There were already people here who were doing Ely's job. They didn't quite know why Ed had asked them to come along but they couldn't exactly disobey a direct order. The two of them were close, at least Ely thought that they were. Ed had given them a home and a chance despite them looking an absolute state when he'd first found them... Still, that didn't explain why he'd wanted them here. It had put them completely out of sorts.

They could still bring Ed breakfast but there wasn't exactly much else to do and that was causing them no end of stress. If they weren't useful then there was no point in them being kept on and if there was no point of that... well, Ely didn't have anywhere to go if they were fired.

They'd resorted to coiling and knotting rope up on deck to at least look like they were keeping busy. They hadn't expressed this concern to anyone and had thought that they were doing a good job of staying outwardly calm. That was until one of Captain Bonnets crew came up to them. They looked up from their rope, anxiety plain in their eyes "I... I-I'm perfectly alright." They lied very unconvincingly "B-buying what, sir? I ain't sellin' nothing"

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__________ Closed RP with @bootylucius from X __________

They looked even more visibly confused now, once again pushing themselves up onto their toes to look at the pages.

"I'm in it?" They echoed, voice laced with hesitancy "Why am I in it?" Ely couldn't decide whether being in this journal was a good or bad thing. It meant they'd done something noticeable enough to be noted down but was that thing an accomplishment or a failure? What impact had it had on Stede to be put in his diary? Perhaps he'd discovered how much food Ely pocketed after meals and was just biding his time to tell them off.

"Is it-... Is it a good thing that I'm in it?"