Re: Tell my story

THE ROSE QUEEN
Original Characters by Linea24; Story by The Atomic Punk

“Captain Rane, the ship, she is a-ready to sail.”

“Aye, Bos’n, well done. We remain at port while we wait our cargo. They better pay in gemstones as long as they have kept us here. We’re vulnerable to the Admiral’s navy and privateers. Crow? Any sign of the incendière?”

“No, Captain. I shall not leave the nest until I spy him.”

“Carry on then, Crow. The sun is setting. He can arrive none too soon. The night will cloak our egress.”

“Captain, o-ho! I see torches moving through the port.”

“Torches? Bloody fools, what part of ‘incognito’ don’t they understand? He’s flashing his powers for all to see.”

“Greetings, Captain Rane. May I present to you young Aidan. Do you guarantee his safe passage?”

“Good eve, to you, Governor. I swear on my life and the lives of my crew. Most peculiar circumstance that we transact.”

“Ahem, yes, but Aidan is no ordinary incendière. He is my son. The Crown must not know of his whereabouts. Lest they draft him for their insane wars.”

“A peaceable man, I see. Then we are in agreement. The price is 20,000 sterling.”

“Twenty thousand?!? Woman, you insult me!”

“Then 40,000 sterling?”

“Preposterous! We signed a contract, Captain Rane.”

“Oh, about that… I’m illiterate.”

“Well, you can obviously count. The agreed 5,000 and not a pfenning more.”

“Governor, you are not as desperate as I thought. What assurance do you have that I do not sell your precious fire-thrower at the next port or even to the Crown?”

“Because, your father owes me. Since he is no longer among us, the debt falls to his daughter.”

“And this is what you ask to balance the account?”

“It is.”

“Then we have a deal, Governor. We set sail forthright.”

“Godspeed and good luck, dear son. A last query of you, Captain Rane.”

“Governor?”

“Do you drive such a hard bargain with all of your uncles?”