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[Scarlet]

Scarlet smiled and motioned for one of the bartenders. " Yes, it seems more fit for someone like me." She laughed a little as she said 'someone like me.'; A not so completely egotistical piratess captain. The bartender scurried over to them both. He was an unseemly ferret, with quite a large bald spot behind one ear, which was heavily adorned with brass rings. His slitted brown eyes took us in with surprise, but he thought little of it as he took our order. " A full glass of your finest red wine." Scarlet spoke with authority. The ferret obviously realised she was a Captain. "Ma'm." He said, then looked towards Firestripe for his order.

[Firestripe]

*Firestripe glanced over at Scarlet as she gave her order. He wasn't in the least bit surprised at the drink she was requesting for she seemed to be one of the few pirates that enjoyed some red wine or wine in general. Ale and the such was the usual mainstays of pirates, but then again, Scarlet wasn't a usual pirate. He himself had sampled red wine before and had found it not to his liking. As such, the only kind of alchohol that he found to be somewhat enjoyable was indeed ale.* "Just some good ale for me." *He said and the bartender simply nodded before walking off. It seemed respect in this place only went as far as captains but then again, that's how it usually was so Firestripe wasn't surprised in the least. He then continued his interrupted conversation with Scarlet.* "So says the piratess captain ordering fine red wine." *He said with yet another laugh.*

[Scarlet]

Scarlet laughed along with Firestripe before saying, " Yes, it surprises even me that red wine is to my liking. Not many among the pirate world drink of such liquer as I do." Scarlet looked about the room; Indeed, the piratey looking creatures held tankards or shot glasses in thier paws instead of the much more delicate wine glasses, with thier slender stems and bowled tops. Scarlet noticed a group of vermin in the far corner were watching them with slitted eyes; though when Scarlet looked back, they averted thier eyes, pretending to watch and listen to the couple of gamblers across from them. Scarlet had that something-is-wrong feeling in the pit of her stomach, but didn't say anything. No doubt she was just imagining them watching both her and Firestripe with interest. The barteneder soon scuttled back over to them, a tankard of ale in one paw, and a glass of wine in the other. Without so much as a thank you, Scarlet picked up her glass and took a sip; The sharp taste of the wine was comforting to her as she sat there at the bar, looking at Firestripe.

[Firestripe]

*Firestripe obviously noticed Scarlet gazing at him yet again but acted as if it was a surprise to him. He was halfway through a sip of ale when he looked at her out of the corner of his eye, as if just noticing that she was staring. He then set the mug down and looked at her in a questioning manner.* "What? Is there something on my face?" *He asked, amazingly managing to keep a straight face and an even tone so it seemed a genuine question. He, on rare occassions could be considered humorous, seemingly even more so when around Scarlet for she seemed to take the serious edge off of his countenence. This most likely being a good thing because then he wasn't so stiff but then again it also made him less aware of things that could go wrong around him otherwise he probably would have noticed the group of vermin that had been looking at the pair.*

[Scarlet]

Scarlet blushed ever so slightly in her ears as she was caught gazing at Firestripe. " Oh, no, its just, I can't stop staring at you." She laughed a little, then quickly said " I mean, sometimes I just wonder how I ever wound up with the best fox in the world." She was only slightly blushing, as said before, but she wondered why she was blushing right now; When they kissed, she didn't blush in the least; When she said she loved him, not a hint of red skin could be seen beneath her scarlet coat. Why did she blush, even slightly so, now? The question puzzled her, but she put her thoughts to the side for the moment. All that mattered was him, and figuring out what schemes were going on in the corner of the tavern there.

[Firestripe]

"Don't you mean how I ended up with the best fox in the world seeing as how you're a heck of alot prettier than I am? Smarter too, most likely." *He said, and laughed slightly, trying his darndest to keep a fairly casual expression though he felt like grinning like a mad beast. Indeed, he was even surprising himself with how he was acting. This was not quite his usual self, even when around Scarlet. Perhaps it was just the freedom of not having to keep things toned down a bit due to the crew hanging about or maybe it was just because they both now knew that they were in love. Most likely it was a mixture of the two. Either way, this newfound freedom seemed to be working well for Firestripe though he still hadn't noticed the group of vermin over in the corner that had been watching them.*

[Scarlet]

Scarlet giggled. " You underestimate your own self, Firestripe!" she accused mockingly. She was in a strangely giddy mood; It must be her new found epiphany that she loved Firestripe. She sensed he felt the same way; Overly happy. She took a few more sips of the red wine; Scarlet was good at, among other things, holding her liquer. She hardly ever got drunk, even she had just finished her 7th shot of whiskey against her crewmates. She was very proud of the fact that she had yet to find somebeast who could beat her at shots.
She took a quick glance back over her shoulder at the vermin in the corner. She met one of the large, bulky wolfs eyes before he averted his gaze someplace else. She was sure something was up, but still didn't say anything; She was somehow sure and unsure at once, if thats possible.

[Firestripe]

*It would be near impossible for Firestripe to not notice Scarlet looking over her shoulder at something that seemed to be distracting her.* "What's bothering you, Scarlet? Is something wrong?" *He asked in a bit of a concerned voice after he quaffed more of his ale. Something that could take her mind off of moments like this was definitely something to be worried about. Just one mug of ale wouldn't do anything to Firestripe, he could do that down and be just fine for sure but he probably wasn't gonna risk going any further if something was wrong and they were possibly in danger. Firestripe didn't currently have any of his usual armament with him... apparently he had forgetten about them because he was so anxious to get that sword for Scarlet. That brought up another thing in Firestripe's mind, he was wondering if Scarlet felt like naming her sword. Of course he wasn't gonna ask that now but he logged it in his head that he needed to bring that up at a better time than the present.*

[Scarlet]

Scarlet sighed, a bit confused herself. " I'm not exactly sure. I may just be imagining it, but I think those vermin in that corner," She flicked an ear in thier direction, without turning her head again, " Are watching us..." She had lowered her voice to where it was very quiet, but loud enough for Firestripe to hear. It suddenly dawned on her why she was so reluctant to admit that trouble may be about to ruin this perfect day; She wanted everything to perfect from there on out, and was not wanting to have to deal with a bunch of vermin, who, if they tryed anything, were very thick headed.

[Firestripe]

*Firestripe let out a low, quiet sigh.* "Just our luck... I guess things can't always go as good as we'd like..." *He said. He hadn't even so much as glanced in the direction that Scarlet had indicated but he still knew what group she was talking about. He had mastered the art of looking without looking, or seeing things without looking at them but using peripheral vision instead to get the same job done.* "So, what do you think we should do? I don't have any of my weapons, though I don't really need them all that much..." *He asked in an equally quite voice as Scarlet's. Indeed, he could fight quite well even without weapons but sometimes a seven foot sword does tend come in handy... not to mention two oversized, six barrled pistols...*