Dawn smiled brightly. "That's great, Bones! Look guys, sorry I've been gone so long without word. I'm so glad to see you guys again." She gave then both a hug. "So. When's da party?" Her eyes were sparkling, party was her middle name.
Dawn walked calmly down the hall. "Hello? Bones? Saphire? Anna? Anyone there?"
ooc: sure. Dawn didn't know if anything had changed while she was gone. it probably had. She wondered if anyone even remembered her. She'd been gone so long.
ooc:sorry, errors wouldn't let me on but now im back. Let's pretend Dawn was off campus for a while and just returned. Dawn stepped back into the school...
ooc: well, They landed on the island, Clarrise is having a change of heart I think and Matt is feeling a little home sick without the boat. It's the day after they got to the island and It's morning so everyone are just waking up now. Matt gave Clarrise a low bow like he did all his superiors, maybe lower than usual though. He knew she had insisted that they were equals on the island but he didn't see it that way. He was incredibly thankful to her as he knew some of the passengers blamed the crew for the ship sinking. 'Sea in my blood. I like that feeling...'
She giggled lightly. "A splinter is the last thing im worried about, dear Gharanth, but thank you for the concern."
Matt's jaw was slackened. He couldn't beleive it. A new ship...a promotion...It was more than he could possible dream of. "I...don't know what to say, miss Clarisse...This is so...generous of you i mean...wow..." He tried to imagine what it would be like. He didn't mind the work at all, as long as he could stay on the sea. A new ship was simply amazing to him. "I...we'll think of a name for her. A fine ship deserves a right name."
Twilight looked back at where the stakes had shot from. "Nice reflexes..." She mumbled, trying to lighten the moment.
Twilight nodded in agreement, drawing a short feather looking dagger from it's sheath. She hadn't used it in who knows how long, months she figured. Maybe that was about to change.
"A...really?" Matt's jaw dropped. "That's...thank you! But I...I mean...are you sure?...there are probably plenty better crew out there, miss...better than myself..." ooc: Be back in a few minutes.
"Never. I plan to stay right next to you till we get out of this aweful place."
Matt shrugged. "Um...I find a new boat and head back out to sea, I guess. That would be my first priority..."
"Dangerous...in what sort of way?"
Matt was still sitting by the shore when he saw Clarisse fishing a little ways down the shore. He stood, dusting off his pants and treading through the anckle deep water towards where she stood. "Sleep well, miss Dubois?...I mean Clarisse."
Twilight nodded. "Spider-shmider. I grew up around them. It's the snakes that had me scared, and those are now reduced to ashes."
Matt just sat there for a moment, listening with closed eyes when he heard a rough sound behind him. He turned, lookiing into the black trees of the forest. They looked so...dark at night. He stared at them for a moment, wondering if he'd just imagiined the noise. The sound of some sort of animal. One he didn't know. Silence... He shook his head. It was probably nothing. The land was making him imagine things. That was all. He was imagining things...
Twilight smiled. "We shall indeed be the first. Shall we head onward?"
Matt nodded. "Good-night, Clarisse. Things may indeed get better." He tred a few feet to the shore and sat down, sticking his feet into the cold water. It was freezing this time of night but it felt oddly refreshing to be so close to the waves at night, so close to his home.
"How much of this is there?" Twilight asked almost silently. "How long does this go on?"
Matt nodded but there was no way he was gonna get any sleep on this island. He had been alowed to direct the boat every now and then. He'd seen almost every map known to man, and this island wasn't on any of them.It was completely uncharted. "Early start, m...Clarisse..."
