Meeting Shooting Star, More or Less ~ by SaralynArati

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"What is your problem, man? Are you cursed? Have you a death wish? Or maybe you're just crazy?" "My name," he says, "is Silver Fox," and his former shipmates look sharply at him as that was not the name they called him by. "And I only have one problem, but perhaps I am crazy. How does a man get to know a woman whom he only sees when he's chained to an oar?" Shooting Star blinks. This approach seems to be entirely new in her experience. "I freed you so now... you love me?" she guesses.

10 years ago

SaralynArati

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Of course, it isn't that easy. Sometimes the pirates make the sailors walk the plank and swim to whatever shore is nearest, hoping to be rescued. At other times, the Royal Navy catches the pirates and he is liberated, but not by so comely a deliverer. And upon still other occasions, Shooting Star may send one of her men on this mission below decks instead of going herself. Yet, as the weeks go by, his face becomes familiar to Shooting Star, and finally she speaks directly to Silver Fox.

10 years ago

SaralynArati

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He decides he will take many more risky ventures across that, and other dangerous areas of the ocean near the islands, for Silver Fox is smitten, and must see Shooting Star again. If he has to pay for it by watching men around him die and ultimately being tethered to an oar until he is freed, it is a heavy price, but one he is willing to endure. Once again, he resumes the changing of his name so that he will not become synonymous with bad luck. And some of the ships he sails on do make port.

10 years ago

SaralynArati

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Thanks Belnika!!! I'm in love with this character! I don't know how many dolls I've made of her, but if you read my story you may get sick of seeing her, lol! :)

10 years ago

SaralynArati

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She does not speak to the liberated prisoners at all, but someone from above addresses her as, "Captain," and she answers. Unfortunately, the rest of what the voice says is,"We must be going now, if we want to vanish before the Navy catches our wind." "Aye," she agrees, and indeed, it does seem as though they have disappeared, for it's not too long before the flag of the Royal Navy of the islands is seen on the horizon, coming to fetch the survivors, whether honest sailor, or pirate for trial.

10 years ago

Belnika

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awesome outfit!

10 years ago

SaralynArati

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The days and nights after that become blurry, but he also remembers with a crystalline quality, the face of the woman... angel?... goddess?... who freed him from slavery. She had unlocked the shackles, given each man who could still stand a confiscated sword, and let them out on deck to face the captive and now bound pirate crew. That was a bloodbath not soon to be forgotten. But a few, like himself, instead of instantly climbing above howling, stay to thank the woman. It is Shooting Star.

10 years ago