Mysterious Plans >>

[Scarlet]

{ ooc; Well, she needs to get the hang of it first, since she has hardly ever used a sword but a few times, and plus she doesn' want to immediately dirty it up with blood the first day she gets it! }

Once Scarlet had dealt with three of the vermin, only four were left. She blocked thier paths, and as shephared them together with growls and threatening moves. Finally, she had them cowering against the hard stone wall of a book shop. There, they begged and pleaded for mercy, and Scarlet was linient. One, an emaciated looking ferret, looked up at her with eyes so filled with fear and an expression so anguished, it knocked her back on her heels. " Pleas', Cap'n, pleas' don' kill us! We'll do anythin', won' we mates?" The rest of the group nodded and whimpered pitifully as thier companion said this.

Scarlet held her knife menacingly, and that only made them whimper and plead more loudly. " Then do this, fiends, and spread news of the fate of your comrades and those that wrought such fear into your hearts. Then maybe I will let you live your worthless lot in this port!" She snarled, then pointed her knife at the ferret that groveled at her paws. " But you, you will come with me." The ferret whimpered and pleaded even more strongly then before, obviously thinking that she had in store for him some hideous fate. But she is not that cruel and heartless, for something in the ferret's eyes struck her core so deeply that she was compelled, not to spare his life, but to give him a better one.

The three other vermin fled as soon as the words were out of Scarlet's mouth, running as fast as they could away from the crazy pair of foxes. Scarlet didn't try to stop them. The ferret in front of her plead so forcefully that she almost changed her mind. Firm in her decision, she said " Get up." The ferret quickly obeyed, moving in quick, jerky movements. " What're you gonna do?" He asked in a frightened, squealy voice.

[Firestripe]

*Firestripe wanted to chase after the ones that Scarlet had freed but didn't seeing as how she had chosen to be leniant with them. He was quite confused, however, by the last of Scarlet's actions. He looked at here with a raised eyebrow and a questioning gaze.* "I'm kinda wondering the same thing..." *He said to Scarlet. This was far from how she usually treated those who tried to kill her or rob her or anything at all pretty much. It was also unlike her to torture, she had done it before, but it didn't seem like that was what she was planning on now. What she was planning was the farthest thing from Firestripe's mind for Scarlet pretty much never showed mercy to anybeast. She had killed for less that what this ferret and the rest had tried to do. So in saying, Firestripe didn't know what was going on, though he did feel somewhat sorry for this ferret for it looked as if he hadn't eaten in days and had been living under that kind of condition for quite awhile now. He looked to be on his lest legs and seemed like he might die of fright before Scarlet could even do anything the poor creature.*

[Scarlet]

Scarlet still didn't know exactly what she was planning on doing with the ferret, but she was firm in her decision. It was time for a change, she thought, and the first step to doing so was saving this wretches life. Something in his eyes had pierced her soul, and she could not simply ignore that feeling. So in saying, Scarlet was acting merciful for probably the first time in her life. She wasn't planning on becoming a softy, only becoming slightly more merciful then she normally would. No, she was not going to give this creature a wonderful life, but a life that he could be thankful for; A better life than he had now, at least.

Scarlet was trying to gain some loyalty, and taking some creature off the streets in a strange act of kindness and giving him a better lot in life was a sure-fire way to gain his loyalty. Then, he would spread that loyalty throughout the other crew beasts through words of praise on her behalf. But, even though she had much to gain from this, it was not just because of this that she spared the ferret's life. And yet, she still did not know those unseen reasons behind her actions.

Ignoring Firestripe for the moment, though not coldly in the least, she turned back to the ferret. " I'm not going to hurt you, so you can just calm down. What is your name?" The ferret didn't seemed convinced by her words in the least, probably because few had ever been kind to him and those that did did it mockingly. Yet he managed to stutter out a name between chattering teeth. " Jangu..." Scarlet motioned with a paw " Well then, Jangu, come with us. You can be assured we won't harm you." He swallowed loudly and tentatively ventured away from the stone wall behind him. His eyes shifted nervously, his breath was rapid, and his paws shook. His was the image of fear.

Scarlet continued talking. " You see, I have a proposition. I spare your life, you come work for me on my ship, eh? Its a nice job, much better then roaming the streets hungry." Jangu's eyes glinted hopefully for a second, before fading back into that now familiar look of fearfulness. He stepped closer, though, but hesitantly, as if unsure whether to believe her or not.

[Firestripe]

*Firestripe was just looking at Scarlet with a bit of astonishment. She had never shown mercy such as this in all the time that he'd been part of the crew, which was pretty much since the beginning. Jangu still seemed to be scared senseless, he'd didn't understand that he was very very very lucky.* "Look," *He said to the weasel,* "I don't know why the captain is doing this but you should take the offer. I don't think you understand how very lucky you are and I can vouch for the fact that what she is offering is much better than the life you're living now." *He had used Scarlet's rank instead of her name just for clarity's sake, and because he was the only one on board that was allowed to call her Scarlet, as far as he knew. She was captain to every other beast. That fact needed to be instilled on Jangu if he was going to be part of the crew. He still didn't understand why in the world Scarlet was doing this but he'd back her anyways and the reasons why are pretty obvious.*

[Scarlet]

Scarlet nodded in agreement to what Firestripe had said. Why didn't Jangu just believe her? Scarlet couldn't figure that out, couldn't figure out why Jangu didn't just about skip with joy at what she had said. She smiled at Jangu, hoping that might win him over. It probably didn't help much, since her fangs were pretty lethal looking and she was still spotted with blood. Jangu decided that, since his choice was either join her crew or die, he would rather take his chances and go with the dangerous pair of foxes.

He nodded at both Scarlet and Firestripe, saying " Yes, I will come." His voice was still shakey, as he was unsure whether they would kill him or actually do what they said they were going to do. He gave a smile that looked more like a grimace, and closed the distance between him and the foxes. He was wearing a faded green tunic that was so ragged and torn, it looked as though he dug it up at the bottom of a ditch. He probably did.

Scarlet smiled wider, glad that she and Firestripe had won over the ferret. Scarlet gestured that he should walk with them to the ship. "So, tell me about yourself, Jangu. You ever been on the high seas before?" Scarlet asked. She was rather curious about thier new crew member, and wanted to know about what skills - if any - he had.