Dead. Dead, dead, dead, dead, dead. She was dead. If she wasn't dead yet, she would be soon. Had Aris known that the captain Rotter would be having the very same thoughts a few days from then, she would have deemed herself insane and likely agreed to be thrown overboard to keep herself from destroying her mind further. She stood there, a blank look on her face as the witch bragged about how she would most likely be eaten by her pets.<span style="font-style: italic">I may as well have died back on that table...</span>she thought, when she suddenly felt an arm reach around her shoulders and pull her along the rail a bit.<br/><br/>She heard someone mutter into her ear,<span style="font-weight: bold">"Okay dove...I have a proposition for you. I will take you with me on the fire shark. You take me to the Rotsman. You get back to your dear captain and I get to be with my dear friend Maiden. It is a win-win. All you'd have to do is be the navigator and hold onto me so you were resistant to the fire. Hurry up and decide dove. We don't have much time. Savy?"</span><span style="font-style: italic">Still called dove,</span>Aris thought with a huff, glancing over at Jacoda, then down at the water. Her eyes narrowed, she would die otherwise, but if Jacoda was lying...<br/><br/>"If you can manage us not getting torn apart by those sharks, then I-" she began to mutter so only he could hear her, but the pirate who had her weapons must have been getting antsy for a bloodbath, so he grabbed her arm and yanked her over, sneering, "C'mon then! Would ye rather go over yerself or should we assist?" Aris glared at his smirk, pulling her arm from his meaty fist irritably, and muttered under her breath. "I think I can manage by myself."<br/><br/>In a split second, the girl lunged at the man, grabbed one scimitar from his belt, and slashed his jugular open. Red froth gurgled from his throat while she grabbed her other blade. Her possessions in one hand, she turned on her heel and ran to the edge. The sound of the wind whistling in her ears was nothing compared to the thudding in her head as she took a tight hold of Jacoda's arm and jumped over the railing.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">If he's lying, at least I won't be the only one eaten alive...</span>Aris thought as the waves overtook her for an instant, then released her. She let out a coughing gasp as her face hit the air, blinking the salty water out of her eyes to clear her vision. She could hear yelling from above, but she ignored it when she noticed three flame-engulfed dorsal fins quickly heading towards her and Jacoda. She clung to him like a barnacle on the side of the Pervy Freedom, and growled at him, "You better have a plan to keep them from eating us, or we are both in hot water..."