I do not own Ghost Ship. I only own Kristi.
GHOST SHIP CHARACTERS
Maureen Epps – female crew member
Dodge – crew (blonde hair)
Munder – crew (long brown hair)
Greer – first mate
Santos - engineer
Murphy – Captain
Jack Ferriman
NEW CHARACTER PROFILE
Name – Kristi Epps
Age – 19 yrs old
Height – 5'8"
Eye color – light blue
Hair – long black hair that has a small wave in it
Family – older sister is Maureen Epps
Personality – very curious, does not trust very easily, quick on her feet, very smart, hates people that panic, she is very calm in tricky and dangerous situations
Story start
Kristi walked off of the bus that brought her to her destination. She looked at the land around her and sighed. "Now where did Maureen tell me to meet her at? She said that she would be arriving back from their latest job soon, and I was supposed to meet her at some bar or something," Kristi thought and she heaved another sigh. The only option she had was to either walk to this bar mentioned in the letter from Maureen or she could hitch a ride with some stranger. "Walk it is," Kristi said and she situated the bag hanging from her shoulder into a more comfortable position before she started walking away from the bus stop and towards where the ship dock looked to be. As Kristi walked through the town she received a few strange looks, but she just ignored them. Soon she arrived at the ship dock and heard music playing out of some building. A few men were standing around outside the place and Kristi guessed this to be the bar that Maureen had mentioned.
Kristi walked toward the door and she would have gone in the building, but the men were blocking the door. "Excuse me," Kristi said loud enough to catch their attention. A few of the men stopped their conversation and looked back at her. "I need to get inside, and I was wondering if you would move," Kristi said with an emotionless face. The men looked to each other and they slowly moved out of the doorway. Kristi smirked and walked inside the bar. Loud music was playing and the smell of alcohol filled Kristi's senses. "Disgusting," she thought as she looked at some of the people in the bar. As she scanned the room, she caught sight of a crew of men with one woman. "Found her," Kristi thought as she maneuvered through the room and walked over to the table.
Money was all over the table and Kristi guessed it to be the pay for salvaging another ship. None of the crew was paying any attention to her as she stood behind Maureen. Maureen did not even notice that Kristi was behind her. Kristi set her traveling bag down on the floor with a loud thump, and the crew jumped in their seats. All of them quickly shot their eyes to Kristi and Kristi smiled when she heard Maureen gasp. "You finally made it Kristi," Maureen said as she shot out of her seat and crushed Kristi in a hug. All of the crew was confused by seeing Epps hug some strange girl. "Who is this Epps?" Murphy asked with a confused expression on his face.
Maureen pulled back from the hug and said, "Guys this is my little sister Kristi. She has been living with one of her friends recently, because our parents passed away. She wrote to me asking if she could come up here and live with me, and I said she could."
The guys all nodded and gave Kristi a smile. "Epps you do not expect us to bring her on our salvaging jobs do you?" Murphy asked with a worried glance at Kristi. Epps smiled and placed an arm around Kristi's shoulders. "I do not see why she can not come. Kristi is a better swimmer than I am, and she knows her way around boats of all sorts. She has also studied layouts and plans of a lot of old ships that we are searching for, and I'm sure that she would come in handy on the job," Epps answered. Murphy thought about it for a moment and he consulted his first mate Greer for some advice, and then he said, "Alright Epps she can come with us on our jobs, but she is your responsibility." Epps nodded and gave a big smile to Kristi.
"Welcome to the family," Munder yelled and Kristi gave him a small smile. Kristi did not like how the captain of this crew doubted her abilities on a ship, but she would just have to prove that she is a worthy member. Dodge pulled up another chair to the table and motioned for Kristi to sit down beside him. "The name is Dodge," he said as he stretched his hand out for Kristi to shake. Kristi shook Dodge's hand and said, "My name is Kristi." The rest of the crew introduced themselves, and so far Kristi felt that she would be getting along well with Munder, Dodge and her sister.
After everyone had settled down, a man walked over to the table and leaned down to Murphy. He introduced himself as Jack Ferriman and he said that he had to talk to Murphy about something privately. Kristi was not really paying much attention to the conversation that Murphy and Jack and the rest of the crew had as she studied Jack. He had short brown hair and his skin was flawless. He had a very creamy skin color and his clothes were a little baggy on his tall form. Kristi thought that he looked like someone that should be wearing a suit and have his hair gelled. Jack's eyes landed on Kristi and Kristi quickly stopped studying him. There was some weird vibe that Kristi got from Jack, but she had no idea what the vibe meant.
Jack passed around pictures of the ship he had seen when he was flying, and Kristi curiously glanced at the picture that Dodge was holding. "It looks like a cruise ship or some military ship," Kristi thought as she stared at the picture. Murphy told Jack to give the crew a minute and Jack left the table and walked away. The whole crew started talking and Greer and Santos were talking about other plans they had made. Kristi just sat there quietly as Murphy started saying, "The plan is there is no plan." The whole crew had finished the last four words with him. "Must be there motto," Kristi thought as she stared around the bar in complete boredom. She saw Jack standing there and his eyes were staring at her.
Kristi continued to hold Jack's gaze until she heard, "We split it even six ways." Kristi looked at Murphy and then Epps. "So I become part of this crew and help all of you, yet I do not get a cut in the pay," Kristi said with a small hint of venom in her voice. Epps looked at her younger sister and then she looked at Murphy. "She does have a point there Murphy," Munder said. Murphy looked at Kristi and he said, "I will decide if you get a cut after I see how much weight you pull on this job."
Kristi glared and said, "Fine by me." Everyone else said that they were in on the job, and Murphy called Jack back over. Murphy said that Jack would get ten percent instead of twenty percent. After a minute or two Jack said that ten percent was fine as long as he went with the crew. The others laughed but Kristi did not. Jack made a great point about why the crew should take the deal, and Murphy took Jack's deal. Now the crew had two new additions, Jack and Kristi. Everyone stood from the seats and Kristi picked up her bag. "We will leave tomorrow," Murphy said and the crew nodded. "I'll need to get the necessary supplies," Murphy muttered to himself as he left the bar.
"I'm happy that you got here alright," Maureen said to Kristi as they started to walk out of the bar. Kristi felt someone staring at her again, and she caught a glimpse of Jack behind her. She shook her head to clear that weird vibe out of her mind, and she said, "Yeah I'm glad that I'm here too." Maureen smiled and led Kristi to her car. Kristi and Maureen caught up on the things they had missed talking about, and soon they arrived at Maureen's home. Maureen stopped her car and the two of them exited the vehicle. "I don't have an extra bed so you will have to share with me," Maureen said as she opened the door to her house. "It's alright I'll just share with you," Kristi said as they stepped into the small house. The house felt very empty, but that was because Maureen had not been in here for a long time.
Kristi was led to Maureen's room and she placed her bag on the floor out of the way. "You can use the shower first," Maureen said as she pointed the way to the bathroom for Kristi. Kristi smiled and grabbed some pajamas out of her bag and went to the bathroom. She quickly showered and got ready for bed. She had not been able to sleep any on the bus. Kristi walked out of the bathroom in her pajamas and threw her dirty clothes in the hamper that Maureen had in her bedroom. Maureen went into the bathroom as Kristi lied down on the bed. Sleep took over Kristi soon and she was able to get her much needed rest.