The Voyage - A Ship Romance RP [Still Accepting!]

[thePiPer]

[[ Momo... was murdered. xD No, I guess she's just out and about. :3 ]]

Rayne sniffled, shaking her head at what Adelaide said. She heard Jasper clear his throat, and she whimpered pathetically. She slowly started to nod, biting her tongue. "Okay." Her lungs tightened again; something was wrong, she could tell. But what? After she pulled away from Adelaide, she whisked past Jasper and waited for those protests she knew would come. She turned and met Adelaide's gaze almost reluctantly, nodding. "Fine." She held Adelaide's hand in a limp hold, defeated and wary.

Jasper watched the two go, taking a step after them before he heeded Adelaide's meek words. It would be better for him to stay. Rayne was a girl, a woman now. She needed other women to talk to. Not her older brother. They weren't little children any more, playing knights and dragons in the vast yard. It was nearly time for both of them to get their lives really started. He left the hospital, hands in the pockets of his pants, and spent his time browsing through nearby shops and waiting.

[Kodiak]

{{ D: No no no! Not Momo! She was too young to die! *sobs*

Oh okie doke. Just out an about. :3 Jacks waiting for Sharissa to respond... *cough*DOGGYWHEREAREYOU*cough* }}

Adelaide gave Rayne's hand a gentle squeeze, flashing her a reassuring smile. Then, looking back, she flashed Jasper a reassuring look, but the smile had vanished. "C'mon Rayne." She murmured, heading towards the ramp leading up to the deck. "Careful, I almost fell coming off the ship." She warned, the last words fading into a wistful sigh as she remembered her lunch with Augustin. Shaking the memory away, she walked in silence across the deck.

{{ I dono if they should talk on the way, or what. So if not just say Adelaide came back and found Jasper. xP }}

[thePiPer]

[[ lol. If only I had the summoning powers...

Herm. Talk or no talk. I'mma say not, cause Rayne's being not-Rayne because of all the health schtuff. ]]

Rayne silently nodded, her eyes sullen and hiding the frayed nerves inside. She slipped a bit as she stepped off the gangplank and onto the deck, hardly managing to catch herself on the railing. She scurried alongside Adelaide, feeling the lowest she ever had. As she descended the steps down to her room, she felt guilt welling up in her stomach. "Go on, now. I'll make it to my quarters." She smiled meekly at Adelaide, pausing at the bottom of the steps.

She contemplated hugging Adelaide again or not. She shook her head a bit and turned away, taking a few steps down the hall. "If you could send Jasper to me... in a few hours... I'd be very grateful." She turned and looked at her servant and friend over her shoulder, the tears already starting to push out of her eyes. "But take your time." She pressed a smile against her lips, then turned around a corner and into her room, where she collapsed onto the bed and sobbed into the pillow until she fell asleep.

[Kodiak]

{{ *wistful sigh* If only, if only...

Okie dokie. :3 }}

Adelaide jumped to steady Rayne, her eyes still large with concern for her friend. "Only if you're sure." She said, scrunching her eyebrows together and staring down at Rayne from the tope of the stairs. When she saw the tears threatening to spill over and run down her pale cheeks, Adelaide half ran, half tripped down the stairs and wrapped her arms around Rayne in a giant bear-hug. "I'll always be here, Rayne. Always." She whispered, remembering their conversation a while back when Rayne had asked what Adelaide would do when the voyage was over. But the thing was, she didn't know how much longer she could be here as a servant as well as a friend. There was talk of Lady Liliana - the harsh unpleasant lady she'd chated with Rayne about a long time back - wanting to trade servants because her current one was 'unsatisfactory'. And, unfortunately, she'd heard how well Adelaide served Rayne and Jasper and was demanding a trade. Not asking, demanding.

Backing up, she hurrieed back up the stairs and onto the deck and down the gangplank and into town. Looking around, she spotted Jasper and lifted her hand to wave and catch his attention. Scurrying over, she paused at his side, looking up with big, expectant eyes. 'Where to, your highness?" She asked in a teasing tone, attempting to lighten the mood a little, even though she knew what was coming. More bad news about Rayne.

[thePiPer]

[[ um... UnderDowg!? I tried. Now we see if I has the power. xD ]]

Rayne felt a sob catch in her throat as she was hugged up by Adelaide. She could only nod, her mouth clamped shut in fear of what sounds would come out. She sniffled a little, a tear falling down her cheek as Adelaide pulled away. Of course, she was clueless about anything to do with Lady Liliana. Jasper hadn't told her, in fear she would get too worried and anxious, like she always did. There was so much she wasn't being told, just for her sake.

Jasper looked up in relief as he saw a hand waving over the crowd, and he hurried toward it. He was grateful to see Adelaide's reassuring eyes, and he smiled faintly before his mouth set into a grim line. "Somewhere we can talk." He grabbed her elbow, pulling her along and through the crowd. He was unaware if he was being rough with her - it was hard to feel at the moment. Everything seemed to pile up. He pulled her into a quiet little shop, nearly empty save a customer looking at clocks and the shop owner. "Rayne. You can't tell her this..."

He proceeded to whisper in that quiet, secretive tone that most people used, about everything the doctor told him. How the coughs and sneezes and symptoms of cold would be with her for her life. How she may die early, possibly from a heart attack or some heart problem, or even simply and peacefully in her sleep. How the possibility of children for her was cut in half - and how she would die without kids around. How none of this could be told to her.

[Kodiak]

{{ 8D w00t! Go PiPer! *waits for Doggy to show up in a poof of sparkly purple smoke*

This is definitely without a doubt the best RP I've ever RPed in. c8 }}

Adelaide nodded, running a little to keep up with Jasper. She, too, was unaware if he was being especially rough with her. She was too preoccupied with the happening of that day to notice or care.

As Jasper explained the whole thing to her, she could already feel a huge weight being placed on her shoulders she'd have to carry around and hide forever. But she would deal, she always did. Always had to. "Oh my god... That's... aweful." She murmured shakily, staring at her hands. She didn't know how to react, how to process everything she'd just heard. So she stood there silently, feeling like she just wanted to fling herself on her bed and cry and cry and cry, and hide out from the world. How would she be able to tell Rayne she could be leaving them as a servant? Especially now. But Lady Liliana would neither care nor understand. Life was so unfair, and that was an understatement. At least thats what she felt like at that moment, in that small, dusty shop with Jasper.

{{ I have to get off now. Mom's bugging me again. >.<; Grr. I'll be on tomorrow right after school though. Byah! :D }}

[thePiPer]

[[ ...I'mma failure!! D:

I knooow, me too. >D Lovin' it. ]]

Jasper nodded in silence, his eyes betraying the confusion and sadness he felt - and most of all, the worry. All Adelaide said seemed to sum it up in one word. He honestly didn't expect some kind of "speech" or something from her. It shocked him when he was told, shocked Rayne with what little he told her. He felt like hugging Adelaide. Just holding her and telling her Rayne, that she would be okay. That they would all be okay.

After a moment of indecisiveness, he settled a hand on her arm, releasing the tighter hold. "And then there's the Lady Liliana problem. I don't know what my parents will do, but I won't lie. They would probably accept in a second." He stared into Adelaide's big, brown eyes, frowning determinedly. "But I won't let them take you. I will fight her every waking moment if I have to. It would break Rayne's heart to pieces to see you leave. It would hurt us both..." Though he couldn't tell her which of them would miss her more.

[Kodiak]

{{ *high fives* Let us be failures together! >D *eats cake* }}

When Adelaide looked up at Jasper, she felt so small. All the sadness and other emotions he'd been hiding from Rayne were obvious in his eyes, and she felt hopeless. Why did this have to happen to a person like Rayne? Why couldn't it happen to Lady Liliana? That would take two probles out of her life.

She blinked as the grip on her arm was relaxed, trying not to meet Jasper's gaze. As he continued, sounding determined, she looked up. "Thank you.. It would hurt me too, but it would hurt me more to see Rayne so upset. But we will endure. Together." Despite her words, she sounded dubious and slightly frightened.

Her throat felt tight, and she knew if even attemted to utter another word, the tears would come and she would break down right then and there. So she sucked in a deep (yet still shaky) breath, raised her chin, and looked Jasper in the eye. She had to stay strong, for Rayne's sake.

[TheUnderDog]

{{ Bleck. That first day of school just seemed to drag on and on and on. x_x

Haha, I forgot about Jack. xP

PIPER. Wher'd you run off to now? XD }}

Jack swung his empty bucket around in the air, whistling as he made his way to the storage closet. He was done shoveling buckets of water out of the ship, so after he dropped off his bucket he was going to take a nice, long nap.

Turning a corner, he spotted the servant girl he'd met so long ago. He hadn't spoken to her much, and he was mortified to find he couldn't even remember her name. "Heeeey... you! It's like... Sha-... Sha-... Shay-... No... Shar-... Sharissa! Yes! Thats it! Sharissa! I mean, how could I forget such a lovely name, hm?" He threw his arms in the air, his tone so casual you might think it was all a joke, that he had in fact remembered your name and was just teasing you. "So. How's life?" He asked, somehow oblivious to the tear-stains on Sharissa's cheeks and the way her eyes were tinted red, like how they look after a long hard crying.

Sharissa nearly jumped out of her skin when Jack came over, and she started rubbing her eyes and cheeks as if trying to hide the tear stains. "God awful," The servant awnsered Jack's question, "and confusing..." Then she smiled at him a little, seeing his bright and cheerful self. She hasn't seen that in a while. "How about your life? It looks great from what I see." Then she sniffled a little.

[Kodiak]

{{ >D Looks like everyone's summoning skillez work every time. Eventually. XD }}

Jack's smile imediately vanished, and he frowned at her, finally recognizing the tear stains on her cheeks and the way she was rubbing her eyes. "Oh geez. Well, I guess everybody's gotta go through some sort of rough patch. Or patches. But just remember the rainbow after the rain! It only gets worse before it gets better, remember that." He said, the cheerful tone returning to his voice as he spoke, tapping his head at the last two words. Jack sometimes didn't make all that much sense when he spoke, but whatever he said usually amused people. At least that was what he aimed for, cheering people up a bit to brighten their day.

"My life? Well now, it does get pretty darn boring sometimes. Mopping floors... cleaning stuff... serving food... It's all very exciting, you know." He said with a sarcastic matter-of-fact tone. "It's pretty good. Mo's birthday is in a few days, I'm going to buy her something from town. When's your birthday? Mine's not for a while yet, it's still about a month and a half away or something like that." He chattered, waving his hand dissmissively at the end.