Mist S
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It was the year 1900 and Maria St Claire was traveling alone. This was practically unheard of in that day and age, most women were escorted no matter where they went, almost always with a female ‘companion’ (another term she regularly assigned to her companion was ‘jailer’ or ‘keeper’) This trip however, she did without.
She had been celebrating her 18th birthday when a messenger had come to their mansion and ruined her night. The message he carried stated she was to travel immediately to Shanghai from Liverpool to attend to her father, who was deathly ill. There was no time to do more than pack a small bag and make for the docks, passage having been booked already on the Scottish Maid. Unfortunately, the ship was to set sail within days and there was no time to arrange for a companion, so she went by herself.
She stood at the rail, halfheartedly listening to the orders the captain shouted to his crew as they ran up the sails and got underway. She watched the receding shoreline as she wondered if she would be coming back with a parent still alive, or not. She also wondered if he died, how she might feel about it, for their relationship had been stormy over the years to the point she almost hated the man. The only reason she was embarking on this trip was for her mother.
She turned from the rail with a sigh, knowing she was stuck on this dang boat for the next few months. She shook out her waist length black hair and turned her sea green eyes towards what she could do. She began to wander the deck, wondering what she was going to do to amuse herself. She was already thinking this trip was going to last forever. As her gaze swept the deck, she took note of the sailors working, admiring the tone of their muscles and decided that perhaps this wouldn’t be such a bad thing after all. There was plenty of scenery at least.
She had been celebrating her 18th birthday when a messenger had come to their mansion and ruined her night. The message he carried stated she was to travel immediately to Shanghai from Liverpool to attend to her father, who was deathly ill. There was no time to do more than pack a small bag and make for the docks, passage having been booked already on the Scottish Maid. Unfortunately, the ship was to set sail within days and there was no time to arrange for a companion, so she went by herself.
She stood at the rail, halfheartedly listening to the orders the captain shouted to his crew as they ran up the sails and got underway. She watched the receding shoreline as she wondered if she would be coming back with a parent still alive, or not. She also wondered if he died, how she might feel about it, for their relationship had been stormy over the years to the point she almost hated the man. The only reason she was embarking on this trip was for her mother.
She turned from the rail with a sigh, knowing she was stuck on this dang boat for the next few months. She shook out her waist length black hair and turned her sea green eyes towards what she could do. She began to wander the deck, wondering what she was going to do to amuse herself. She was already thinking this trip was going to last forever. As her gaze swept the deck, she took note of the sailors working, admiring the tone of their muscles and decided that perhaps this wouldn’t be such a bad thing after all. There was plenty of scenery at least.
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