<div align="center">Valery Suremeh  (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=108424.msg4708817#msg4708817)</div><div align="center">(Ship's Navigator)<br/></div><br/>Valery Suremeh couldn't wait to stretch her legs on land that didn't shift. The recent journeys were very successful. Some noble woman she had noticed was taken captive. Her dress and jewelry alone was one small fortune, and if her family paid ransom ? Gosh knows.<br/><br/>Valery licked her lips thinking about the "cargo" and smiled a grin which framed a simple evil in the woman's mind. Bet that girl thought that Pirates happened to others until now. More surprises in store for her if she doesn't play her cards right.<br/><br/>Still there was always something happening on the ship which seemed more like a half told story unfolding. Another lass was smuggled roughly aboard. From this very port ? Huh ? What the hell was the story there ? From the outline she was a female - very womanly, but Blood didn't trade in slaves ? Did she ? Hmm Valery shook her head. Didn't feel right. Blood was a pirate through and through but she mainly went for those that were arrogant and wealthy who rubbed others noses in it - or simple plunder of gold and jewels.<br/><br/>Valery had not been with the captain for long but from what little Valery had seen the Captain was more greedy than malicious - and didn't really tolerate anyone who had issues with it. Simple. It worked. More effectively than the ships enemies would help.<br/><br/>Valery thought to visit the ships brig before joining the others and once she arrived sort to silently look them over. Both stunning... did she feel sorry for them ? Yes and no. The silver-spoon lass ? Not really. But this other girl ? Well yeah whatever she had done probably wasn't that much to land her in there. If she really pissed the captain off she would already be dead. She just have done something pretty minor and she likely was going to pay for the rest of her life. Still ... like was not fair. Then Valery glanced back at the noble woman.<br/><br/><strong>"Love your dress hon" </strong>Valery said. It wasn't mocking. It wasn't sarcastic. Valery said it dreamily. Matter of factly. For it was a nice dress.<strong> "Your shoes are cute also." </strong>How the hell she had kept them from being ripped from being thrown in the brig was a minor miracle which Valery considered abstractly.<br/><br/>Valery opened her mouth as if to say something further two the two then considered the time. She had forgotten that the Captain didn't like waiting. So Valery shrugged her shoulders and then strode up the ladder and headed towards the tavern.<br/><br/>While walking she felt like stretching and soon had her rapier out lashing lethal blows in the air to imaginary foes. Any watching her would notice that the woman's swordsmanship was talented. And would have realized she was a show off also.  While humming doing so the navigator entered the tavern. To a scene which was more sedated than normal. Valery was expecting to walk into a brawl, for some of the crew had already been there for a few minutes. Hmm... they must be trying to put on a good impression for the Captain. Oh shit. That's right the captain did ask them to show manners for whatever it was she was planning here. Quickly the rapier was returned to its sheath. And Valery walked into the room with one hand posed boisterously on one of her hips before her posture changed into an bow which ended with a flourish.<br/><br/><strong>"Sorry Captain for being a little late, I got a little distracted by the ships new ... pris ... um Guests."<br/></strong><br/>