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Post by Lord Rykker on Dec 2, 2012 18:53:21 GMT -5
The flagship of the Iron Titans
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Post by Lord Rykker on Dec 2, 2012 20:00:28 GMT -5
Standing by his wheel, he barked orders left and right in braavosi. He sent men to the Red Keep to guide the scholar back to him, and also to instruct the captain of the Night Raider to inquire to the king about the Titans serving him. He also prepared room for the passengers they would take on.
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Post by Raven Umber on Dec 2, 2012 20:09:13 GMT -5
Black bird stood watching, she guessed that he must not have noticed her being that he was commanding his people in that funny languaged tongue again. He didn't look in her direction.
"Captain?! Where do you need me?",she yelled at him with a smirk. Raven had changed her mind about going into the city with the sorcerer and the other two. Even if it meant her stomach would do a few turns, she wanted to see what it going to be like aboard.
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Post by Lord Rykker on Dec 2, 2012 20:14:32 GMT -5
He looked at her, paused, then held up a finger for her to wait. He yelled out in braavosi "Alright, which one of you actually knows westrosi?" A sea of blank faces meets him, then his cartographer raises his hand slowly. "Congratulations! You're the man who's going to teach this greenlander how to operate on a ship. Go to it then. Uhtred went back to directing his crew as his cartographer trotted up to Raven and introduced himself as Rodrio Plantri. He was a thin nervous looking young man, matching the girl in height but lacking her confidence. "Cap't has told me to educate you on ship. Questions first?"
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Post by Raven Umber on Dec 2, 2012 20:18:08 GMT -5
"Raven Snow or as the Captain cares to call me, Black bird," Raven looked at the thin man and nodded,"What is that language he speaks to them?"
She pulled her belongings up on her back,"Where will I be sleeping and what needs to be done around here? I am eager to learn."
Raven looked at him again, noticing his nervousness,"What is wrong? Are you frightened of something?'
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Post by Lord Rykker on Dec 2, 2012 20:23:20 GMT -5
"Captain back." He acted like that was all that needed to be said "We speak tongue of Braavos the great. Bunk is sleep, yes? You sleep in private quarters. All lady passengers do." He looks nervously at her weapons "unless want to sleep with crew. I do not recommend."
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Post by Raven Umber on Dec 2, 2012 20:28:51 GMT -5
"Braavos the Great?", she nodded acknowledging the language barrier between them,"No, no I do not want to sleep with the crew", she chuckled,"A private room would be very nice."
Raven noticed his stare at her swords,"I am not here to hurt you, I will not hurt you. These are to protect me." Motioning her hand to her swords.
"I want to help."
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Post by Lord Rykker on Dec 2, 2012 20:31:26 GMT -5
He nodded, but did not lose his air of fear. Leading her to her room where she could deposit her personal belongings, he then took her to the deck where he began to demonstrate that first of essential sailor skills, tying knots.
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Post by Raven Umber on Dec 2, 2012 20:36:50 GMT -5
Black bird took the ropes and practiced the knots he showed her. Her tongue poked out he side of her mouth as she struggled with a few, but she continued to keep trying to master them.
"Rodrio, this is what it is to be a sailor", she asked him,"tying knots?"
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Post by Lord Rykker on Dec 2, 2012 20:44:21 GMT -5
He smiled then and tapped his nose "Knots keep things set." He gestured upward to the sails "Sails most important part of ship. Make us go fastest, make us fly on water." He tapped the knots "Knots keep sails set." He demonstrated the knot again, a simple one to join two ropes together. He took one rope and wrapped it around his hand, then used the other rope to mirror it. taking both ends, he did a loop in the middle joint and showed Raven the butterfly shape it now formed. Then he pulled it taut. He repeated it again and again, slowly, so that she could follow.
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Post by Raven Umber on Dec 2, 2012 20:48:49 GMT -5
She smiled and watching him as explained why the knots were important. Raven nodded and followed his gestures with the ropes. Her first butterfly was rather sloppy, when she pulled it the knot fell apart.
The knot was not going to get the best of her, and she tried two more times until... She pulled it taut and it stayed. She smiled in with approval and looked at him,"I did it."
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Post by Lord Rykker on Dec 2, 2012 20:53:21 GMT -5
He pulled on one end, and the knot fell apart. Again. He shook his head, sighed, then moved onto another knot. And another. Another. His practiced hands moved quickly through them all, then returned to the butterfly.
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Post by Raven Umber on Dec 2, 2012 20:56:45 GMT -5
Her smile dropped with the knot as it fell apart. "Damnit....", she sighed, but she watched Rodrio continue. She was going to master that damn butterfly, if she had to do it all night in her room.
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Post by Lord Rykker on Dec 2, 2012 21:03:44 GMT -5
Enough with knots for now. He took her next to the oars, looked at her frame, shook his head and proceeded to his own quarters. It was a neat and tidy little cabin, with room enough for a desk under a bed. There were charts stuffed everywhere, and it smelled of paper and ink.
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Post by Raven Umber on Dec 2, 2012 21:06:42 GMT -5
Raven looked around his quarters, the maps were written and all over the place. "This is what you do?" She reached out her hand to touch one,"You? Look at these to find directions?"
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