Machiathemarshwiggle
First Mate
Fish came up from below deck in time to hear this comment. "Machia, can I speak to ye fer a moment...?" She asked slightly timidly.
Machia looked confused for a second, but nodded.
Once they were out of earshot of Aravis, Fish continued. "Matey, how much has really changed?" she said exasperatedly. "Has it really been so long since we both expressed sorrow o'er this whole mutiny thing? Allow me to refresh yer memory:
Fish was silent and just looked at him. "Matey?" She spoke up after a moment. "Machia, I can't remember to call ye by anything but yer name. Ye were Aravis' first mate, and ye never called her Aravis. Ye always called her Cap'n. And I have to think very carefully each time I refer to Aravis so that I don't accidentally call her cap'n anymore. It jest...it jest ain't right." Fish sighed and looked around at the Narnian pirates. They were all together again. "Machia, ye said that ye don't want any o' the other pirates dying. Well, ain't droppin' them off at the next port basically like sendin' them to their death? This ain't Narnia. I'm jest saying...oh, I don't know what I'm saying. This is yer ship now. Do as ye please."
Machia was silent for a minute... his hat was pulled down low and Fish couldn't see much of his face... Finally he sighed and pushed his hat up so he was looking at Fish... "Arrr... I know it 'ain't right..." He said slowly, "An' I didn't mean to say what I jus' said... I-I wanted to tell them that I was wrong an' this entire mess was my fault... But-" He paused again... "Arrr.. I don't know... I jus' couldn't do it..." He stopped and looked out over the deck thoughtfuly.... "Gar, when I found that Saruman's fleet was closin' in on Olorin's ship, I was ready to give me life fer any one o' the crew... An' I still would if I had too... But I still can't get meself to sail under... Aravis..." He looked back toward Fish,
"Arrr... I'm sorry, Fish... But I have to get them off o' me ship fer a while... I need time ter think, an' more importantly, Saruman an' his entire fleet will be out huntin' fer this ship... I need ter get as many pirates as I can off of the Dauntless an' somewhere where Saruman might not find 'em... Gar, an' I'm not askin' ye ter stay aboard either..." He continued, automaticaly reaching toward his empty pocket where apples were usualy kept... "But I'm gonna keep this ship as far away from our crew as possible, so Saruman can't find any o' the pirates..."
EDIT: Never mind! I was still in 40 posts per page mode...
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