"And what did you think?" She asked, tilting her head to the side slightly, "Did I do good enough?" Talking about the fight made it come back in her mind and she immediately picked out most of her mistakes, cringing ever so slightly at her stupid mistakes she could have easily fixed if she had thought just a little harder.
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"I think you did pretty well, considering your first time ever fighting someone like Lemony. The fact you got him to kneel and give up was very impressive to say the least. I dont think ive ever seen someone get Lemony to kneel besides me and John, it was interesting." Jerome said in a calm and this time quiet voice. Slowly he became more comfortable and less flustered. "Bet that's not the only thing that impressed you." Alro whispered, making Jerome smack him upside the head.
Reva heard Alro's comment and she chuckled lightly, raising an eyebrow, "Are you trying to hide something captain?" Again she shifted around and was leaning forward again, facing Jerome and waiting for his answer with a grin. Slowly her feelings for him tried to make their way back into her mind and she did her best to push them out like before, not succeeding. She huffed internally and ended up just hoping she wasn't put on the spot.
Jerome tilted his head and grinned, all of a sudden it was like him being flustered was forgotten, and replaced with the suddenness of confidence. Both John and Alro looked taken aback, surprised by this sudden change in mood. Then it was John who had realized, "So the lad did perhaps know what we were up to then." He whispered quietly to Alro. Jerome ignored their exchange of whispers, and leaned in towards Reva, only about a few inches from her face. "And if I was, Reva?"
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"Then I'd suggest you tell me captain," Reva said, not leaning away and her grin turned to a smirk. This was still fun even though he had figured out what they were doing and she was going to try her best to get him flustered, for real this time.
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In return to her smirk, he gave one as well. He brushed the hair from her ear, leaned in, and whispered, "What good it be to admit your feelings to a girl who clearly has no interest with feelings at all, hm?" Leaning back he stared at her with an unreadable expression. Alro just sat there confused, while John was trying to figure out how Jerome knew what they were doing.
She sat back and thought for a moment, still smirking. Standing up, she took a step toward him and bent so she was next to him ear, "I never said I had no interest in feelings captain." She whispered before straightening back up and walking off, the smirk growing slightly as she headed to the opposite side of the ship and looked over the water. Saying how she felt about him took all the courage she had and she tried to suppress the fluttery feeling in her stomach that came from whispering those words to him.
Jerome grinned broadly, most couldn't tell what he was feeling, but it was obvious right now he looked happy. Alro just sat there, dumbfounded. "Wait so it worked? Did they just? What just happened?" The words came pouring out of his mouth. "To answer all of your questions in a sum boy, yes they just did. Now Jerome go talk to her so I can shut this lad up." John said putting an arm around Alro's shoulders. Jerome got up and walked over to the other side of the ship, next to Reva. Leaning against the side of the ship, he looked at her grinning. "So an interest in feelings eh?"
"Hm?" She looked over and saw it was him, looking back out over the water, "That's what I said captain, unless you didn't mean what you were saying." Reva grinned and shrugged, the fluttery feeling coming back again. Looking back over at him she started studying him more carefully, hoping that she wasn't staring. "So, how did Alro respond to that?" She asked, chuckling slightly.
Tilting his head, he looked at her from the corner of his eye. "I don't ever lie, so that is one thing not to worry about." Jerome chuckled thinking about how Alro reacted, "As for Alro's response, I don't think the boy could have been any more confused than he is now." He gestured towards the other side of the ship pointing to Alro, who had a very confused look on his face.
She laughed and nodded, looking over at the boy, "He does look quite confused, he'll figure it out though." Reva rolled her shoulder and sighed slightly, "What do you and your crew play for do for fun around here? Is your ship always this boring?" Talking to him wasn't boring but she wanted to see what his response would be, maybe it would be something good.
Jerome moved his hair that was once again out of place, and in his face. (Woah that rhymed) "It isnt always this boring, but it gets like this from time to time. The lads always have contests. Like drinking, fighting, singing, ya know." He sighed with a smile. "That or we will just sit and listen to the sirens on calm nights, them singing of their sorrows. Pretty depressing to be truthful, but we especially have fun when we dock."
"Your crew sounds like a less rowdy bunch than mine," She said, "Don't you guys play games? Balance on the edge of the ship and push each other in? Toss around weapons and try to give them back to the correct people while drunk?" Reva's eyes sparkled with memories of fun times and laughing, looking over at jerome, "Those are just a few examples of a good time on my ship."
"Ohhh no trust me they play games a lot, I just don't partake in most." He watched her talk about her old memories, seeming to be happy. Looking up to the sky, you could see a flicker of happiness in his eyes. "My ship wasnt always good, not until I became captain at least." His eyes became emotionless at the mention of it.
She nodded, "Isn't every ship like that? It always has a not so good time in its history." She leaned against the side of the ship and looked out over the water for a moment before standing up straight and looking over at Jerome, "Well captain, I'm ready to goof around so I'm going to go find some crewmates that want to play a game or two unless you have something else that will keep me from getting bored."
Jerome shrugged, "I suppose it's like that with every ship, it was just a worse situation with my ship." He cracked his neck and knuckles and stood straight up like her. "Have fun goofing off, I have a certain ´time passer´ of my own I like to do." Starting for one of the lifeboats he turned around and looked back at her. "Oh and, have fun looking for a man willing to play some sort of game, they're not that cooperative with hangovers." He grinned and continued on his way.
Reva rolled her eyes, a small grin tugging at her lips, "I know that captain, If I can't get any of them to goof off then I'll find something to do, maybe take advantage of my prize and disappear into my temporary quarters." Nodding one last time at him she spun on her heel and started towards a group or crewmates, trying to talk a few of them into goofing around. There were no takers but she didn't give up, moving onto the next few crewmates and talking to them.
Jerome chuckled, he hoped she would realize it was most likely no would goof around with her tonight. At least, not with hangovers. Going to one of the lifeboats he carefully began untying the ropes to it to let it down in the sea. Alro, who had since then finally caught on to the events from earlier, walked up beside Jerome. "Oh you're not going down there again are you captain?" He said in a almost annoyed voice. "Psh lighten up boy, i'll be fine, this time." Jerome said dismissively waving Alro away.
No one took her up on her offer and she huffed, scanning the deck to see if there was anyone she missed. She could talk to Alro but she decided against it, figuring it would probably lead to a discussion about her and Jerome. "Quarters it is.." Reva said to herself, glancing at the mast and stopping, "..Or should I climb the mast?" A small grin spread on her face and she stopped to think, weighing the two options carefully.
Alro frowned at the captain, "Cap you said you would be careful last time, don't you remember what happened?" Jerome rolled his eyes, remembering the memory of what had happened to him last time. "Aren't you the boy here? And I the captain? Shoo shoo, go bother someone else, I promise i'll be careful." Before Alro could respond, Jerome hopped into the lifeboat and lowered himself to the sea. "Great, now if the same thing happens again Lemony will yell at me." Alro complained while walking off across the deck.
Reva sighed and shook her head, heading towards the mast, "Why do I convince myself that these things are good ideas?" She asked herself, climing the mast with a small grin. When she reached the lowesr beam and took a break, sitting on the beam and resting against the rest of the mast. The sea looked beautiful from where she was and she looked over it, swinging one of her legs absent mindedly.
Alro walked back and forth across the deck shaking his head, like he was waiting for something bad to happen. He happened to look up and see Reva up above on the mast, he smiled lightly and continued walking back and forth. Jerome at this point, had moved out about 15 feet away from the ship in his lifeboat. It looked like if hadn't a rope attached to the sea, he would be sucked into the depths of the sea with his little boat.
She looked down at the crew and chuckled, loving how tall and powerful she felt siting in the middle of the air with no one around her. Out of the corner of her eye she spotted a boat in the water and frowned, focusing on it more and realizing that it looked like someone from the crew was in it. "Alro," she called down, cupping her hands around her mouth to make it louder, "Who's out in that boat?" She pointed to the lifeboat and waited for his answer.
Alro upon hearing his name, looked in the direction which it was called from, setting his eyes on Reva. "Oh who's in the lifeboat?" Alro shouted back, "That's Jerome down there in the boat." He pointed out the unnatural silver hair Jerome had, making it easy to recognize him on second glance. Jerome hadn't noticed that they were talking about him and he whistled, causing a few sirens to surface upward.
"Why's he out there?" She asked, focusing on him and his silver hair to see what he was doing. Reva scooted closer to the edge of the beam as well, her legs still swinging absentmindedly as she watched him curiously. He seemed to be calling something or someone from the whistle that she heard from him, though she wasn't all the way sure.