<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/b/b3/Alyssa.jpg)</div><strong>Alyssa</strong>(http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheet.html#id=91076)<br/><hr/>Despite Norton's advantage, Alyssa's strength was able to turn the tide.  With one swift powerful move, she had rolled him off her and onto his back with her straddling him.  She was getting ready to pin him when he submitted and she gave him a smile.  Straightening up her back, she moved off her left knee onto her left foot but doing so had brushed her crotch against his.  Her eyes shifted in a quick glance but she didn't say anything as she didn't want to embarrass him.  The comment about the bed was enough to make her blush though and she had to lean forward toward his face and tuck her head in to keep anyone but him to notice her blush.  She recovered quickly though and used to move to push up with her hands so she could be back on her feet.  "Thank you, Norton.  I look forward to doing this again."  She had meant sparring so the realization of what could have been meant made her blush again and this time there was nowhere to hide it.  She pushed through it offering her hand to him to help him up.<br/><br/>It was then that the man in the crows nest called out a ship.  As soon as she had helped Norton up, Alyssa looked up and called "Thank you Mr. Crowley."  The captain's mantel pushed any embarrassment she had felt out of her mind as she moved to Kurt.  "Thank you, Kurt." she told him as she took the spyglass and looked through it until she found the ship.  The crosswinds across the ship's bow made any chance that the flags were just unseen because of the direction of the wind a mote point.  The ship had no flags.  It was also larger and faster so she knew there was no way they'd survive a head to head battle against a ship like that.<br/><br/>"Mr. Crowley, could you please make sure our flags are flying and visible?  I wish to minimize any change of a misunderstanding.  If they are pirates, they won't care what colors are flying.  If they are friendly, they may mistake us for pirates if our colors are hidden."  She looked to the man on the wheel and asked "Can you please put them at our backs?  We can't outrun them but we can delay until we find out their intentions.  Keep adjusting to slowly put the wind back at our backs but make them chase and earn it if you don't mind.  And please make ready the fire barrels.  That will slow them down to navigate around them.  But don't release any until my say so.  And make us battle ready just in case."<br/><br/>She then looked to Kurt.  "Would you mind getting on the signaling lamp?  I wish to ask if they're friend or foe.  If they signal friend, ask them to display their colors."  She then looked back through the spy glass at the ship.  She was confident in her crew and that they would do their damnedest to follow her orders.