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Alexia blinked, head tilting the slightest bit as she regarded the two for a moment. They had a ship... That was something to keep in mind. She probably could've made off with it while they stood arguing, had she known of its whereabouts. Instead she looked down at the rock she was standing upon. Though, there was the problem of sailing a ship alone... Just how big was there's? She glanced up when she realied they were speaking to her again, or rather, the male was, and eyed him warily. He was grinning... "Tha's none 'o yer business, savi?" she replied, a small smirk tugging at her lips. "But I'm Alexia. Alex. Wha'ever."

She didn't draw a weapon because they so far didn't seem threatening. However, she was far from trusting them. At the first sign, she'd have her gun out and pointed at one's head. Though, two on one might make things a bit difficult.

"Nice to meet you Alex, now if you don't mind, I'd like to take a look at that map. In exchange, I'll give you at least one free ride off this place with a crew." When he wanted to be, Edward could be pretty pursasive, he guessed that she probably didn't have a ship by that frustrated look on her face. If he was wrong then that would be that, but he had a feeling that he might not be. Edward and Love glanced over however at a man that was coming from the water, his ship sinking literally under his feet. Aren't captains...supposed to go down with their ship? Love thought with a slight frown, but her eyes lighting up for a moment as she noticed his luggage. Then they narrowed again though when she saw his outfit, her frown increasing again. "Are you a navy man? If so I'll kill you like the dog you are." She called over to him as she approched a little more. Navy men were a thosand times worse than any pirate could be, and almost as bad as her father was when it came to the mistreatment of pirates. Navy men were also famous or rather infamous of not owning up to things...and blaming it on other people. She drew her sword from her side and Edward sighed "Love, please, stop being so rash." he said with a slightly frustrated sigh. His eyes turned back to Alex again though, she seemed a little tricky as well...he wondered if it was all women or just the pirates that were like this.

"What manners on this woman... She should be acting kindly towards a man who comes bearing a fishing net's worth of rum..." Hans said as he put his chest of clothing down. "Kill me like the dog I am? But I am no dog of the military and if I were, I'd be too slippery for my leash and my owner's hands together." He said lightly. "Besides... A pirate can't dress like a gentleman?" He asked with a smile. His blue eyes soon wandered over to another girl who had arrived. She seemed testy enough, one of her hands resting on her pistol and everything. Hans sighed and reached inside his coat, placing a hand cautiously on one of his own pistols, though it was hidden beneath his coat.

"No ships 'tween the three of ye? Well isn't that a terrible load of bad whiskey... I just happened to lose my ship, as ye may have seen. Terrible fight might I add... But then again... I made it off with what I really need..." He said with a smile. "Now might we calm down and enjoy a drink?" He asked, grabbing four bottles of rum out of the net. He popped the cork off his and took a few gulps, giving a nice, satisfied growl after finally tasting rum again. His men had been hoarding it to themselves after all.

Alex watched the newcomer warily, not missing the action of him reaching into his coat. She couldn't be sure what he was going for, but she could certainly guess. Therefore, her own hand stayed resting firmly on her pistol. When he offered the drink, her eyes widened slightly in surprise. Then her hand lashed out, snatching the fourth bottle for herself. She gripped it tightly, as if expecting someone to try taking it from her again. After all, that's what she was used to. She'd never had such an easy drink before.

After a pause, she slowly faced Edward again. "Feh," she scowled, glaring down at the wood of the dock she stood upon. "Guess there's no way 'round it. Aye, I'll take ye up on tha' offer." Her desire to leave this place and see where this map of hers would lead to were overpowering. She would've agreed in the end, no matter what the terms. But these current ones seemed alright, she guessed. A free ride there. Maybe a costy one back. Or possibly, she could find a way to make off with their ship and take it for herself, and the treasure as well. Yeah, that sounded good... The scowl faded and suddenly was replaced by a grin, as she bit the cork off her bottle of rum, spit it to the side, and tilted her head back to drink.

[Heh...Savvy >.>;;;]

"Nope I haven't." Edward said honestly as he crossed his arms, his quickly finished off bottle laying in the sand next to him. Love glanced at her brother and frowned before turning back to the actually pretty famous man. "I've heard of him before, he's been pretty popular for longer than a couple years now, but I could have sworn that he died in a battle a while ago..." she added as she eyed him slightly. Though she wouldn't hold a grude, especially not with the feeling of rum running through her veins again! She grinned, mumbling something to her 'only true love' as she sipped it down, enjoying every drop of its heavenly effects. "Nice to meet you Mr. Hans Jonathan! I'm Love, and that's my twin brother Edward" she said happily, seemingly eaisly subdued by a fine liquid. She figured the man was probably her age, maybe a year younger, and she didn't speak the other's girl's name. She knew it was rude, and even if Love was a pirate, she was still...a bit too caring.

Edward was glad that she had agreed, though not fully sure why, probably his curiosity again. "Alright then, that's settled" he said, but he glanced back up when he heard the man ask for his ship. And growled slightly at Love for giving up their names so eaisly, just for some rum. "...huh....I guess I don't have much of an option since I still have no crew to speak of, and Love's a sucker for Rum. Yeah. Alright then, all four of us will use my ship...once I find it" he finished off as he repostioned himself again.

Hans nearly spt out the rum he just sipped. "Died in battle? Don't tell me the navy thinks a sinking ship and a slaughtered crew makes for a dead pirate! In the days of me father, the navy made sure to kill the whole ship, left no one alive!" He exclaimed. He took another few gulps of his bottle of rum and sighed. "No Mister... Too formal... But it's nice to meet you too Love..." He said lightly. "Twins eh? Don't look too much alike to me..." He mentioned boredly. He finished off his rum and tossed the bottle off the dock. "You sure that isn't your ship floating about out there?" Hans asked curiously, looking through a small telescope he had in his coat. "Because it looks well enough... And even if it isn't your's, it looks abandonned..." He said lightly, handing the telescope to Edward and pointing off in the direction of the ship. They'd most likely need a rowboat to get to it though.

"Alexia Fern... But ye prefer Alex to Alexia don't ye? If not, you wouldn't have told me both versions of ye name..." He said lightly as he waited for Edward to identify the ship. "Four people isn't enough to run a ship well... But we'll at least be able to navigate easilly enough... We'll most likely need a team of three on each cannon if there are any... If not, we'll just be stuck dead in the water if we be attacked..." He thought aloud. He couldn't help but get to thinking about everything. And if they could find a pirate port, he could more than likely reel in a few crewman with his reputation. Especially now that people thought he had been killed in battle. Now he could be called a hero among pirates. He soon slipped off into daydreaming about what glory it would be.

Alexia shrugged her shoulders, finally moving her hand away from her pistol. Instead she just rested it on her hip, beside it but no longer touching. "Yeah, but I answer to Alexia jus' as of'en." Her head turned at the mention of a ship, and she sheilded her eyes to stare out over the water. Looked to be a fair ways out... Could they swim that far? Maybe the twins had brought a dingy in to shore with them and they could ride it back out...? However, she glanced towards Love when the girl spoke up, then back to the water as she heard a splash. Sure enough, Edward had plunged right in. She watched him going for a while, then sighed and glanced towards the other two.

Hans seemed to be lost in thought, and Love possibly as well. "If he's famous as he claims, maybe we could get a crew." She really didn't think four would be enough. Not when it took three of them to man one cannon. They could probably get by, but it might be tough. Now, the only problem was finding a crew that wouldn't turn on them. Was Hans really influencial enough for that? And now that she thought about it, she really hoped they wouldn't run into any of her crewmates. Or rather, former crewmates, she guessed. "Feh... Do we jus' wait 'ere for him ta bring the ship?"

Love had always been a quick packer, being a pirate these things were nessary, though it did take her slightly longer than it should have because she still had too much clothing. She knew that she wouldn't be able to keep it for much longer, she had already lost two thirds of her items and clothing due to fires, floods, looting and over-all issues of being a pirate. But she still was a pirate, was she slightly negative about it? Maybe... her father's part in how bad pirates were was already stuck in her head, and the 'fond' memory of watching her mother die by his hands. Edward knew best though, and she trusted him for whatever he believed was right. So for now, she'd be a pirate, untill he said that she shouldn't do so...or untill they died. Regardless, her things were now gathered and thrown together, messily into a large tablecloth. She had grabbed Edward's nessary things as well, but had left quite a few things behind. She just hoped the others had brought some nessary things with them as well. She reached the beach and her eyes lit up as she looked to the boat that she had grown fond of. For some reason though...."Hey wait! Edward! That's not our ship!" Love called up to her twin.

"Er...yeah....I know...I was hoping you wouldn't notice, but she looks kinda like it! And hey! Its free!" Edward said grinning down to his sister who was scowling at him. Love let out a frustrated sigh as she climbed abord the plank that he had put down for them. Edward glanced around as he waited for the others to come back as well, he noticed it was getting late, and the sun was starting to set its sights low.