<span style="font-weight: bold">Boom.</span><br/><br/>A sound that brought silence upon her ship as every person stilled, hoping and praying that the enemy fire would miss. Up in the crow's nest, stood a man, tense in anxious anticipation, keeping tabs on each of the cannon balls that made their way toward their ship. Watching from the bow, Adelia saw him leaning further and further over the rail of his small space, as if that allowed him to see the target moving closer. Fingers crossing, a habit she'd gotten in the habit when younger, she waited with bated breath to see if it'd hit.<br/><br/>"It's curving away, Captain!" he shouted, nearly falling off his perch in excitement. "Out of ran-"<br/><br/>A sickening crack loosed, along with the shaking of the ship and debris flying out around them. Thankful that she was only on the bow when it hit, she toppled over, watching the man in the crow's nest fall to the deck below, not moving. Angry shouts erupted, commands being drowned out and overruled as the crew fought about what to do, trying to keep it on course, and finding it impossible as the ball had taken out their rudder, along with a good chunk of the lower half of their ship. Some of the crew that had been in the lower levels came running up, screaming in rapid Portuguese about the water they were taking on, causing Ade's heart to lodge in her throat.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">S-Sinking??</span><br/><br/>Rushing up from the bow, no longer caring about the formalities of how she moved, she'd lifted her skirts so she could run, a task made quite difficult by her corset. Bumping into crew member after crew member, she somehow stumbled her way up the stairs and back to the poop deck, leaning over to see the damage. Breath coming in rapid gasps, beginning to shake, she saw the multitude of bubbles rising to the surface. Gaze scanning the horizon, she locked onto the ship getting closer and closer now that theirs had come to a halt, beginning to sink.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">Guess I got what I wanted...</span>she thought angrily at herself.<span style="font-style: italic">Pirates...</span>All she could hope for now was that they showed mercy and got them to safety, but she wasn't holding her breath for it.