<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/9/90/Jerika.jpg)</div><br/><strong>Name:</strong>Jerika Almsworthy<br/><br/><strong>Location:</strong>The Albatross, top deck<br/><br/><strong>Attention:</strong>OPEN<br/><br/><hr/><br/>Jerika more or less agreed with the woman whose enthusiasm seemed to have survived the miserable voyage, though her assessment only applied to the approaching shoreline.  Her lips curved upward in a faint smile prompted mostly by the thought that she'd once again be seeing the water at a distance instead of floating atop it like a bobbing cork at the mercy of the winds.  The dwarf, who'd had an even worse time with sea sickness than she had, called for the longboats, and she nodded her agreement.<br/><br/>As the large fair-haired man spoke, Jerika drug her eyes away from the approaching shoreline to regard him through half-lidded eyes.  She'd never had good experiences with those who felt the need to make sure everyone knew who was in charge by issuing orders for no good reason, and she thought it likely that the trend would continue.  If he contented himself with sensible directions at necessity, she would have no reason to complain.   If he did not, she would likely do what she had always done and damn the consequences -- but saying so would accomplish nothing.   The encouragement to enjoy themselves sounded like a decent beginning, though she hadn't learned enough about their leader to know if they had similar ideas of what was considered fun.  Whatever happened, she would be on solid ground ... and if the ship wanted to sail on to look for a better spot, she might just have to catch up on foot.<br/><br/><em>"Ready when you are, Captain.  The sooner, the better, in fact."  </em>That was as close as she was going to get to acknowledging his position, but she really didn't care what people wanted to be called.  How they acted was what mattered, and she wasn't really sure what she thought of any of them just yet ... nor they of her, probably.  So long as it worked itself out on land, she'd be happy.<br/><br/>