Merelan
Lady's Love
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OOC Sorry guys, but this is a closed thread for cgraven and myself. it's an idea we have been playing with for awhile and we want to see if we can make it work out.
IC
Alora De'ortagnon, a 23 year old college student. Slight and pretty. Her hair long and black. Her skin pale, helped a bit with makeup. Her eyes flashing with her temperment. Changing hues of green with her moods. Raised in a rich family, with no mother. Spoiled and a bit of a hellion.
Great, here it was the summer of her junior year and she was stuck on some dumb boat instead of in a museum in the city. She wanted life and adventure, and because of a mix up in paperwork she had landed not the coveted internship at the Museum of Fine Arts in the city, but on some stupid boat. Mouldering in the harbour of a backwoods town.
Sighing she stood looking up at the boat. It was mouldering. The form said the funding was short and the only way they could keep up with repairs was to have the interns themselves do alot of the work. No way.
Great, so much for her nails and hands. And a summer spent on this tub would ruin her complexion.
She prided herself on her pale skin, and long hair. Her perfect nails and smooth hands.
And for once her family name hadn't mattered. No one here seemed to care she was from a long family line. In fact they seemed to laugh and think it was fate that had brought her here.
For here was the "Constantine", the mouldering boat. The very one that over a hundred years ago had brought over her first American ancestor, from Spain.
Family legend even said, not the one repeated in society, that she had fallen for the Captain, and only by being dragged from the boat by an English Captain capturing the boat, had she saved her reputation.
Later even marrying said English Captain.
Picking up her duffel she boarded the ship, a sassy "may I board?" showing the man standing there what she really thought.
"So this is the boat?"
'Ship Ma'm. It is a ship. The Constantine was a trader out of the Spanish Islands," he started giving her the run down.
"Oh stop it. I know the story. Where is our hotel? I need a shower and a change of clothes."
He took the duffel.
"You sleep on board, with the other intern. That's why you're here. To keep vandals off, and to help with restoration. No arguements, your father already told us you have no other option. He also told me of your temper dear Miss. So if you want to graduate from your fine college next year, you better behave and do just what I ask."
With a wicked smile he tossed her bag back down. "Follow me Miss, and... Welcome Home."
Snatching it up she was ready to storm off, but the sight of her father's face stopped her. He would never forgive her, or let her get away with it. He had made it clear he was tired of covering up her misbehaviours. So there was no choice but to follow the man. This man who even seemed to know about her family.
A chill passed through her as she stepped down the rickety stairs, holding tight to the rope banister. In silence he led her deep into the boat, ship, and pointed.
"The Captain's quarters. Michael prefers the upper deck to sleep, and after a few nights, you will too. Get's stuffy down here. But I imagine you will feel quite a home here, at least, other ladies have." With a quick salute at the door he was gone.
Angered beyond words she slammed into the cabin, tiny and bare. Stuffy. throwing her bag on the bed she forced the small window open and blocked it with a piece of wood lying there.
"Great, a whole summer stuck here on this boat."
"Ship, it is a ship." Twisting in place, but there was no one there. The words echoed in the air.
And now she was hearing things.
IC
Alora De'ortagnon, a 23 year old college student. Slight and pretty. Her hair long and black. Her skin pale, helped a bit with makeup. Her eyes flashing with her temperment. Changing hues of green with her moods. Raised in a rich family, with no mother. Spoiled and a bit of a hellion.
Great, here it was the summer of her junior year and she was stuck on some dumb boat instead of in a museum in the city. She wanted life and adventure, and because of a mix up in paperwork she had landed not the coveted internship at the Museum of Fine Arts in the city, but on some stupid boat. Mouldering in the harbour of a backwoods town.
Sighing she stood looking up at the boat. It was mouldering. The form said the funding was short and the only way they could keep up with repairs was to have the interns themselves do alot of the work. No way.
Great, so much for her nails and hands. And a summer spent on this tub would ruin her complexion.
She prided herself on her pale skin, and long hair. Her perfect nails and smooth hands.
And for once her family name hadn't mattered. No one here seemed to care she was from a long family line. In fact they seemed to laugh and think it was fate that had brought her here.
For here was the "Constantine", the mouldering boat. The very one that over a hundred years ago had brought over her first American ancestor, from Spain.
Family legend even said, not the one repeated in society, that she had fallen for the Captain, and only by being dragged from the boat by an English Captain capturing the boat, had she saved her reputation.
Later even marrying said English Captain.
Picking up her duffel she boarded the ship, a sassy "may I board?" showing the man standing there what she really thought.
"So this is the boat?"
'Ship Ma'm. It is a ship. The Constantine was a trader out of the Spanish Islands," he started giving her the run down.
"Oh stop it. I know the story. Where is our hotel? I need a shower and a change of clothes."
He took the duffel.
"You sleep on board, with the other intern. That's why you're here. To keep vandals off, and to help with restoration. No arguements, your father already told us you have no other option. He also told me of your temper dear Miss. So if you want to graduate from your fine college next year, you better behave and do just what I ask."
With a wicked smile he tossed her bag back down. "Follow me Miss, and... Welcome Home."
Snatching it up she was ready to storm off, but the sight of her father's face stopped her. He would never forgive her, or let her get away with it. He had made it clear he was tired of covering up her misbehaviours. So there was no choice but to follow the man. This man who even seemed to know about her family.
A chill passed through her as she stepped down the rickety stairs, holding tight to the rope banister. In silence he led her deep into the boat, ship, and pointed.
"The Captain's quarters. Michael prefers the upper deck to sleep, and after a few nights, you will too. Get's stuffy down here. But I imagine you will feel quite a home here, at least, other ladies have." With a quick salute at the door he was gone.
Angered beyond words she slammed into the cabin, tiny and bare. Stuffy. throwing her bag on the bed she forced the small window open and blocked it with a piece of wood lying there.
"Great, a whole summer stuck here on this boat."
"Ship, it is a ship." Twisting in place, but there was no one there. The words echoed in the air.
And now she was hearing things.