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try_corsets) wrote2008-01-12 08:51 pm
try_corsets) wrote2008-01-12 08:51 pm
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"That's settled, then."
Elizabeth doesn't look particularly unhappy or angry as she steps around the groaning man at her feet and sheaths her sword. Her jaw is set and her expression is firm, but there's a sparkle in her eyes. Remorse is noticeably absent.
It hadn't been a fair fight, something else that doesn't appear to bother her, and the man had paid an appropriate price: not his life but his dignity, which is just as apt to further her reputation, she feels. There's certainly no shortage of laughter coming from the other men.
Tai Huang walks at her back. She keeps her head turned just enough to see him out of the corner of her eye as she takes the last few steps to the tavern door. Once inside, she nods to her man to have a look around and strikes a watchful pose against a pillar while she awaits his return.
The Empress and her crew are back in Tortuga, this time with a purpose.
Elizabeth doesn't look particularly unhappy or angry as she steps around the groaning man at her feet and sheaths her sword. Her jaw is set and her expression is firm, but there's a sparkle in her eyes. Remorse is noticeably absent.
It hadn't been a fair fight, something else that doesn't appear to bother her, and the man had paid an appropriate price: not his life but his dignity, which is just as apt to further her reputation, she feels. There's certainly no shortage of laughter coming from the other men.
Tai Huang walks at her back. She keeps her head turned just enough to see him out of the corner of her eye as she takes the last few steps to the tavern door. Once inside, she nods to her man to have a look around and strikes a watchful pose against a pillar while she awaits his return.
The Empress and her crew are back in Tortuga, this time with a purpose.
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A slow, faintly predatory smile.
"...I am not above finding it first."
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"If that's what the fates and the sea bring, that who are we to argue?"
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Elizabeth looks pleased with his answer. "Indeed.
"Until tonight, then? I paid a boy to watch the ship and alert me if anyone disobeys orders and makes ready to sail. I think I'll pay him the rest of his due and begin preparations in earnest."
It's possible she learned from Jack and Gibbs' misfortune.
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Elizabeth stands, equally excited by this turn of events, and sets the bottle in the middle of his mug collection. A nod to Tai Huang, and she smiles.
"I'll be seeing you soon, Mr. Gibbs."
And she walks away, head held high.