Letting out a long sigh, he looked at her with a serious and almost grim look to his eyes. "That is one story there, i'll let you in on something. I will tell you the reasoning of how we got the sirens, but only because your apart of this crew now, which means your trusted. Do not break that trust." Looking away for a split second he looked back with a somehow happy looking emotion on his face. "The reason those sirens are with us, is because my sister along with the rest of those women became broken hearted creatures on this ship itself."
She processed what he said for a moment and tilted her head to the side, confused, "What do you mean? They used to be part of this crew?" Reva shifted around on the stool and tapped her fingers against her leg. This story was quite curious, this was the side of the legends of this ship that no one told about and that she was overly curious about.
Jerome messed with his own hair for a minute, seeming to be in deep thought. "You may know, this ship is decades old, my father and his father before that were captains of this ship. As you can guess, many a maidan have faired along this ship, falling for the men here. Only, heartbreak has never been held accountable." He looked her right in the eyes, "My sister had been apart of this crew, she had her heart broken here, like the many other women who are now sirens. Falling to the sea, they became sirens of heartbreak."
"So, don't fall into the water and don't fall for anyone, right?" She asked, raising an eyebrow. In all honesty she was starting to like the captain, though with that new information she was probably going to keep her feelings to herself. "You let your sister get her heart broken? Do you know who broke her heart and you never punished them?"
"I wouldn't say don't fall into the water and don't fall for anyone. What I am saying is, don't succumb to the whispers of the sea when defeated, keep strong and learn to get over it. I do after all, plan to fall for someone one day too." Giving an interested look at her, he continued on, "My sister was never a women to listen, like you, but I would say in a cruel way. She fell for a a good hearted lad on this ship, but he refused to be with a cruel women like her, so she had her heartbroken. I knew the lad well, as did my father, but we let him go, we could understand how he felt."
Reva nodded and leaned back again on the stool, "Well, thanks for that history lesson captain, learning about the histories of ships is always fun." She rolled her neck and stood up, pushing the stool out of the way, "I think I'm going to go find something to do now," Glancing over at him she nodded once more and looked around, ready to wander off.
Jerome chuckled, "The pleasures is mine." His demeanor changed from a look of seriousness to just a kind and gentle look once more. Getting up swiftly before she could leave, he went to her side and whispered in her ear, "But careful with feelings there, Reva. Things always become ten times more difficult when it comes to feelings." With that being said he smiled at her, and left quietly going up to the deck to some of crewmates.
She froze for a second and shook her head as he left, "Oh I know captain, I know," She muttered, following him back up and heading for her newly earned quarters. As she walked his words stuck in her mind and she wondered if he felt like that towards her. She huffed and stopped right before the door to the quarters, deciding that it was nice out on the deck, staying out wouldn't be too bad and she could go into the cabin any time.
Walking slowly and taking his time Jerome made his way over to John and Alro who were sitting on barrels at the side of the ship. Sitting on a barrel along with them Jerome fake glared at Alro and flicked him on the forehead. "Whatever happened to fetching some clean water boy?" Gasping Alro smacked his own forehead while John chuckled. "So that's what I had forgotten!" John shook his head while slightly smiling. "So I take you were talking with the girl then, Jerome?" Jerome nodded in response. "She is an pretty interesting girl I must admit."
Reva looked around for something to do and shrugged, walking to the opposite side of the ship that Jerome and the others were on and sitting down. She crossed her legs and the pulled out her cutlass, trying to balance it on the end on her finger like she had before. No one seemed to want to talk to her and she was fine with that, even her old crewmates were in their own conversations.
Alro had noticed Reva sit by herself and was contemplating whether he wanted to go talk to her or not. Neither John nor Jerome noticed since they were in deep conversation where Jerome was trying to avoid what John was saying. "Tell me Jerome, by honest to lad, i've known you for a while, do you like that girl?" John asked with a slight smile, a little to loud than he should have. "Come on old man, I would never lie to you. Besides, I keep my feelings secret, always have John." He tsked at John. Alro shook his head, grinning wide, wanting to know if Reva had heard.
Her gaze stayed trained on her cutlass she was trying to balance but she heard what they were saying, not very loud, but she heard it nonetheless. A small smile tugged at her lips but she forced it away, wanting to seem like she hadn't heard them. The information made her start to think about it again, making it quite hard to focus on balancing the cutlass and it dropped to the deck of the ship. She picked it up again and started balancing it once more, still trying to seem like she hadn't heard them.
Alro was watching with her with a grin, he bet she heard what they were talking about. John and Jerome, who were still deep in conversation, still hadn't noticed she was there. "Jerome, I know when you are interested in someone, boy i've been with you since you were a young lad, dont lie to me." John said with a low voice, still enough to be heard by anyone. "And what is there to hide Old man? My feelings for a girl?" Jerome scratched the back of his neck. Alro grinned widely for a moment, then said something that made Jerome smack him. "But I thought you do like her captain."
Reva could hear their whole conversation and she rolled her eyes, the smile coming to her face even when she tried to hide it. They were talking like she wasn't even there and they were being loud enough that everyone in the world could hear them. A few more failed attempts later she finally got the cutlass to balance on her finger and she laughed triumphantly, their conversation still running through her mind.
After smacking Alro upside the head, Jerome scowled at him while John laughed loudly. Alro just sat there, grinning. "Hush boy before I make you." Jerome said with a stern voice, but calm face. Alro looked at Reva quickly, and did a secret thumbs up. "Ah so it seems the boy has confirmed it for you then huh." John said, ruffling Alros hair. "The boy has confirmed what." Jerome said with a huff, shaking his head. Both John and Alro smirked in response.
She saw the thumbs up and chuckled, the cutlass almost falling again before she caught it and kept it balancing. "Alro the spy.." She muttered to herself, grinning as she stood up and put the weapon away in its scabbard. Jerome had no clue what Alro was doing she realized and she laughed again, a little bit quieter this time. Looking around the ship she sighed and shrugged, walking over to Jerome and the others.
Alro of course, was the first to notice her walk over since Jerome and John were still arguing. Elbowing Jerome to the side, he wiggled his eyebrows and pointed at her. John and Jerome both looked at her the exact same time. "Well well, speak of the devil, hello there Reva, why don't you sit with us?" John peered over at Jerome, with a smirk. "Yeah sit with us!" Alro beamed. Jerome facepalmed, realizing what Alro was up to, "Goddammit boy." He whispered quietly, with a small smile.
She nodded in greeting to them and grinned, "What are you guys talking about?" She asked, taking a spot next to Alro and leaning back on the edge of the ship. Reva was trying her best to act like she hadn't overheard their conversation, wanting to see if John and Alro were going to try to get Jerome flustered or if they were just going to tease him endlessly.
"Ohhh, you know just talk between men, speaking of which why don't you ask Jerome what we were talking about." John said in a casual but embarrassing voice, peering towards Jerome. Jerome who had now been fidgeting around, looked at John, with one of those screw you looks. "Ah well, uh just talking about the crewmates and the new production. He hadn't expected Reva to join them, so he was already a little flustered. Turning to face the sea, Jerome let out a really quiet sigh. "Well we were talking about some certain crewmates as well." Alro added, smiling.
"Which ones? This sounds like an interesting conversation." Her grin widened and she looked between the three of them, her eyes sparkling. She knew exactly what she was doing and she gave Alro a small, hidden, thumbs up. "Are we talking about oldie?" She glanced at Lemony, "Or crewmates from my old ship?" She looked at them before turning her attention to Jerome.
Alro noticed the thumbs up and snickered quietly. Jerome now had a bright red at his cheeks, even a man as fierce and feared like him, he could still manage to blush. "Uh no one in specifics, just the new crewmates…" A flicker of amusement was seen in Johns eyes, the old man always enjoyed messing with the younger crew, especially Jerome himself. "Well, there was one person in particular we were talking about." He winked at her secretly to clue in he was in on this too.
She didn't stop grinning at all, "Oh? And who is this crewmate? Mind pointing them out so I can join in on the conversation?" She leaned forward slightly and winked back to John, noting that he knew what they were doing. This was quite fun and she was enjoying it immensely, it made her feel almost at home like on the Blind Doom before it sunk.
"Uhhh…" Jerome scratched the back of his neck, clearly trying to find the rights words to speak. It was obvious to anyone, that John and Alro were enjoying every second of it. "Ohhh come on lad, just say their name and make it easy here now." John said in a calm, but amused voice. Alro just sat there, simply grinning widely. "Come on captain, just say their name already." Jerome shook his head and rolled his eyes, "Fine, we were uh, talking about you Reva."
She leaned back and raised an eyebrow, acting surprised and smirking as she glanced at him, "Is that so captain? Please do tell me what were you talking about?" Getting Jerome flustered was much more fun that she originally had thought and she made a mental note to try to get him flustered more often. Reva pushed her feelings for him as far out of her mind as she could, not wanting to have to bring them up.
Alro sat cross legged on the barrel he was on, waiting for the captain to answer. John and him exchanged good job glances and looked back at Jerome. They knew they did an excellent job, they wanted to bring Revas feelings into the mix as well, however they decided not to. "Oh uh well John was just asking what I thought about your performance in the fight." Jerome answered calmly, but clearly a little flustered.
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