Calypso's Rage ~ 28

I have been slowly working on this for the past couple weeks I'm glad it's finally done and that you guys have something new to read.

Rose B.

Calypso's Rage

Twenty-eight

    Alexander looked at me a dark gleam in his eye, "Is there something special about Caspain's crew?"

    I shugged, "You could say that. Caspian has hand picked them all. I don't think you could find men that love the sea more. None of them are likely to betray him as he is the one that allowed them to live their life on the sea."

    "And what about you?"

    I smiled, "Interested in my story. Very well, Caspian was the one who saved me from the bonds of men."

    Annice held out my ring, "Here's Caspian's ring."

    I took it and did a small bow. "I should be on my way."

    Annice nodded "I'll lead you to the door."
    She led me out of the room and shut the door behind us.
    "What were you thinking?" Annice whispered harshly
    "Relax Annice, I met Alexander last night and it wold have been awkward to show up this morning as Caspian."
    "Cass...why do you keep doing these things?" She muttered to herself
    I shrugged, "He interests me. He sticks to his word even if it doesn't benefit him."
    We arrived at the front door. "Cass, what did you say to him..." Annice's tone was slightly threatening.
    I smiled "Not going to say."
    She stared at me awestruck and I laughed as I opened the door.
    My laugh brought her back to her senses "Fine but don't do anything unnecessary."
    I winked at her and walked out of house. I kept walking as Cassidy until those in the house would no longer be able to see me. Then I ducked into the bushes and became Caspian again.

    When I arrived back at my ship Jack looked at me suspicious. But I ignored him and yelled to the crew, "Alright you sea rats, lets get back to our fickle mistress."
    They shouted back at me in joy and we quickly left port.

 

 

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So sorry

I just realized that I haven't posted for a while. But I guess that's because my hands are tied with school and work. I made myself sick (mentally) because I was going (mentally) from work to school to work without a break from reality. Which is especially bad for me since I'm only halfway in reality normally.
Anyway I think I've figured out how to juggle my life.....probably.
Since it seems that I'm busy doing things on days I normally write I'm going to try and blog at some point during the week. The days may vary though.
That's all the time I have today but I felt the need to update you.

Rose B.

School

I'm sorry I can't post this week there is a class I need to study for so I don't fail it. But I'll try to post next week.

Rose B.

Calypso's Rage ~ 27

Calypso's Rage

Twenty-seven

    The next morning I could tell the crew was itching to back on the seas. I smiled and Jack raised an eyebrow, "Something funny, Cass?"

    I shrugged, "It's nice to see that they're all still sea rats."

    He looked at the crew, "Thats how you picked them isn't it."

    I smiled secretively, "I need one last thing from Annice then we can be off."

    "Without your captain outfit?" He asked looking at my plain shirt and trousers.

    "Well I can't wear it all the time" I said as I jumped from the ship.

    Alexander's ship hadn't left yet but it seemed that Kade's and Estella's had. I walked to Annice's house ignoring the urge to wander around town. Once the house was in site I could hear the sounds of Annice conversing with Alexander. It would be to awkward to walk in after last night. So I undid the binding on my chest and fixed my hair in a different fashion.
    After wrapping my binding around my arm under my sleeve I knocked on the door. Once again the butler opened the door and looked at me suspiciously.
    I smiled, "I need to see Annice."
    "She has visitors right now." He replied
    "Oh that doesn't matter. She'll always want to see me."
    He looked doubtful but he let me in and led me to where Annice was entertaining Alexander. Annice stopped speaking and every head turned to look at us.
    "I told her you had guests but she said you would want to see her." The butler spoke
    Annice nodded, "She was correct, Thank you."
    He nodded and shut the door behind me.
    "Hello, Annice its been awhile." I said
    "What are you doing here Cassidy?" She asked tentatively
    "Caspian needs his ring back." I responded
    She looked at Alexander and his companions. Alexander's face was unreadable and his companions looked lost.
    "Are you a part of Caspian's crew?" Johnathan asked
    I shrugged, "Something like that. Though I've never worked on Calypso's Rage."
    "Is Caspian leaving today?" Annice asked changing the subject
    I nodded, "You know how Caspian and his crew gets when they've been ashore to long."
    "Right, I should probably be more surprised at that he stayed ashore so long."

 

 

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Calypso's Rage ~ 26

Calypso's Rage

Twenty-six

    Since most of the crew was still gone it was easy to sneak aboard my own ship and change clothes. Sneaking off was a little bit harder since one of the men came back drunk with a friend. But I managed and started my search of bars.
    I had walked around Vale as Cassidy before so most people just waved but there were some pirates that whistled and cat called. I found Alexander outside the third bar I searched. He looked rather sad and while I could tell he had been drinking it didn't look like he was drunk.
    I sat down next to him careful about my skirt. "Normally people that go to bars don't sit outside."
    He looked up at me, "And normally people don't come sit next to others sitting alone outside a bar."
    I laughed, "You got me there. But what are you doing outside?"
    He shrugged, "I guess you could say I wasn't a big fan of the atmosphere."
    "Doesn't that mean you didn't drink enough."
    That pulled a smile from him, "Who are you?"
    I smiled mysteriously, "If we have a good conversation maybe I'll tell you."
    "Does everyone one on this island with hold their name," He muttered
    I raised an eyebrow, "Does it bother you that much?"
    He sighed, "No. I made a bet with a man that I shouldn't have."
    "A pirate?"
    He nodded with a slight smile, "A captain. I know I shouldn't have but...."
    "Most pirate captains are alluring it helps make them stay captains. But there's one pirate captain in particular that seems to be able to get people to do what he wants without saying anything and even if its against their better judgement."
    He looked at me curious, "Who is that."
    I smiled, "Captain Caspian, Devil of the Sea. He's the one you made a bet with isn't he."
    He sighed, "Yes. I noticed he was hiding something and ended up making a bet to see if I could figure it out."
    I laughed, "Caspian has a lot of secrets. If you never specified which secret you planned to guess. You may as well keep guessing forever. Because you could guess one but he can always say its not the one your looking for."
    "That's true but I won't give up."
    I raised an eyebrow. This man really was interesting. "So what do you plan to do?"
    He shrugged, "I'll look for clues they won't be easy to find but I'll uncover all of Caspian's past if I have to."
    I stood up and looked at the moon, "You're an interesting man Mr. Alexander, just like Caspian said you would be."
    "You work for Caspian?!"
    I smiled and shrugged, "Let me offer you one piece of advice. You may have to dig up Caspian's past but you may not like what you find there. So much so that you may wish that you had never known. Despite his faults Caspian has his reasons for being mysterious. So you might want to think about if you really want to open a box that has been sealed."
    I walked a couple feet away from him, "My name is Cassidy. I hope I get to talk to you again."
    I moved away from him without looking back.

 

 

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Calypso's Rage ~ 25

Calypso's Rage

Twenty-five

    "It happened just once. Annice introduced a girl to me who was stubborn and determined. Annice never told me the girl's back story but it was obvious from the suspicion in her eyes that the world had not treated her kindly. She loved the pirate life so Annice wanted me to take her on my ship." Estella said

    I was surprised, that was the most I had ever heard her say at once.

    "Then why did she turn you down?" Sophia asked

    Estella shrugged, "She never said, but there was fire in her eyes as she turned me down."

    Arabella looked angry and I chuckled silently.

    "What happened to her?" Sophia asked

    "She changed her name and became her own captain." Estella replied

    Sophia thought about this then turned to me, "Cass, I'm ready to return to Annice."

    I smiled "Then let us go. I'll see you around Estella."

    She nodded before returning to her ship with Arabella following.

    "So what did you decide?" I asked

    "As much as I love the pirate life. I think I will stay in this town. Are you angry?"

    I shook my head, "Not at all. It's good to know your self well enough to know what you want."

    I pulled out the box in my pocket and handed it to her. Curious she opened it to see a necklace covered in gems the colors of the sea. It suited her perfectly.

    "You can't say that I don't know how to dress a woman anymore."

    Tears filled her eyes and she hugged me. "Thank you."

    I laughed and wiped away the tears, "Careful Sophia, you'll soak my shirt."

    She nodded and let go.

    "The sun is about to set and I have other things to attend to." I pulled off a ring with a beautiful woman holding a C on it, "Take this and go back to Annice you should know the way from here. All pirates know anyone with allegiance to Caspian has this woman somewhere on them, it should prevent them form doing something stupid."

    "Alright, but what does the woman stand for?"

    I smiled, "My ship is call Calypso's Rage. The woman is the goddess Calypso and the C is for her name as well as mine. Now hurry and tell Annice about the clothing at the tailor. Annice will give me the ring back."

    She nodded again and ran off. Once Sophia was out of site I walked to my ship. It was time to talk to Alexander but I needed to change first.

 

 

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Calypso's Rage ~ 24

Calypso's Rage

Twenty-four

    Estella's ship hadn't moved since the last time I saw it. Women moved around the ship deck cleaning and doing other preparations. They glanced at us but didn't say anything.

    "This is Captain Estella's ship: The Night Maiden. You met Estella at Annice's house and as you can see Estella allows only female crew members."

    "They don't seem to like you."

    "You noticed." I smiled bitterly "The name Caspian has a lot of rumors attached to it. Several of them are about women so I am known as a player. This is the reason they don't like me, as well as they see me as shady, slippery, and mysterious. They tend to just ignore me but hate it if I'm on Estella's ship with out her accompanying me."

    "No man is allowed on Night Maiden with out accompaniment, even other Captains." A woman said joining us.

    The new woman had hard eyes and almost never smiled. She hated men especially me. Which was fine since the feeling was mutual.

    "Ah," I said with a flat tone, "It's Estella's right hand, Arabella."

    "Caspian, I see you haven't died yet."

    I kept my face impassive, "And you still despise half of our species."

    She snorted, "I'll never understand why Miss Estella is okay with you."

    I raised an eyebrow, "Does it bother you that much." There were two reasons Estella didn't hate me but I wouldn't tell Arabella them.

    "Um..." Sophia interjected, "How does Estella stop men from pretending to be women to come aboard."

    Arabella sighed, "Miss Estella has a good eye for seeing people that are hiding things. She can spot pretenders easily."

    I rolled my eyes, "Estella once caught a man that tried and almost killed him. No one has tried since. That being said there are a couple transgender girls in her crew."

    "As long as you don't consider yourself male you can become part of our crew." Estella said appearing behind Arabella. "Most of the girls on this ship have a reason not to trust the male population and they all jumped at the offer to join my crew"

    "Has there ever been anyone who denied becoming a part of your crew." Sophia asked

    "No" Arabella said at the same time Estella replied, "Yes."

    Arabella looked at Estella surprised, "I've never heard of this."

    "That's because it happened before you joined."

 

 

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