I wish I could show you guys my pictures of Mai I drew, but I don't think I can do that on this. Do you have any ideas? I would love to show you my visual interpretation of Mai.
Mai was put in her room for the rest of the week because of her behavior at the ball. She had to come back eventually, because if she stayed out in the snow much longer, she would freeze. Of course, that's what window are for.
6 months later:
Now that she thought about, it was a perfect night for killing a man, and the most risky. Since everyone was at the ball, no one was there see it outside. It was foggy and snowy, making it hard to track the killer (other than the prints left in the snow, but she guessed that's why the killer sneaked up on the roof tops. But she still found it hard to forget the silhouette of the killer. It was he was looking right at her. Wanting her to know who he was.
Mai was in bed one morning, when she heard a scream. Still in her nightgown and messy braid, she ran downstairs, to see Helen and her father standing there looking at a note. Helen had drenched herself with tears, her make up dripping it's way to her dress. Confused, she looked at the letter. It was a ransom letter; they were keeping Henry captive. Mai had only seen her younger brother last night at meditation, as she tried to teach him inner peace, but he found it hard to understand. They couldn't have taken him this morning, they could have only taken him last night. She went up to his room and examined it carefully. Everything was in order; where it should be, except the window, which remained unlock. She opened it and looked through it.
"I'll find you Henry"she whispered. "But I can't do it alone".
Edward laid beside the red head beside him. The sheet that laid over them was the only thing that covered them. She lay fast asleep, with back towards him. Edward slowly got off the bed, careful not to wake her, and started putting on his clothes. He left a letter saying that she could let herself out.
At the docks, Aswale was supposedly waiting for him, or at least that's what he said.
"Captain Edward!" shouted a voice behind him. Dory ran up to him, panting. "Aswale is waiting up in the Jackdaw. He said there was a visitor".
Edward was confused at first. The only visitor he could think of was Black Beard, but why would Aswale be needed? Black beard wasn't exactly racially friendly. We made his way to the Jackdaw, when through the sails, he saw black spiraling hair in the wind.
"Mai?" he called.
"Edward", she said, turning around. "I hope I didn't interrupt anything; Aswale told me he was just about to give you another tattoo. Another tattoo". Aswale turned to him with a needle and ink in his hand. He patted on his chair. Edward was a little in shock; he thought that after their little adventure together was the last of it. As Edward started taking off his robe, Mai started to explain why she was here.
"And then he was gone, just like that", she finished. By this time, Edward was sitting in the chair with his shirt off. Aswale had already started to tattoo him.
"Trust me, Edward, one more of these and they'll call us brothers" (just to make things clear, that dark man Mai referred to earlier was Aswale, I just couldn't remember his name, and yes, he is African).
"Shut up, Aswale, and just add more detail", snapped Edward.
"I like you nipple tattoo", scoffed Mai. "Quite good looking". Mai looked at all his tattoos.
"You like what you're seeing love?" he smirked. Aswale rolled his eyes. "You don't happen to have any tattoos, do you?"
Mai have him a dumb founded look.
"I am not going to tattoo her", said Aswale, finishing the tattoo.
"Then I will". He snatched the needle from his hands. He gestured for her to come closer.
"What are you going to do? she asked as she gave him her hand.
"You'll see", he said.
"Okay, well, will you help me?" she asked.
"If you hold still I will". She felt a slight pain on her wrist as Edward concentrated. He looked cute; trying to give her a tattoo and all. Aswale had left the room. It was so quiet, that the only thing she heard was the sea outside and Edward's soft breaths against her hand.
"Done", he finally said. She glanced at the tattoo.
E. Kenway it said. Mai couldn't help but laugh a bit. It was small, but done with great detail.
"Classy".
"You were saying?"
Mai sighed. "I need your help". Edward, who as cleaning up, still sitting in his chair, looked up. He was only inches away from Mai's face. Edward couldn't help marvel at her beauty. For a woman who is as strong as she is, he found it hard to believe that that she didn't even have to do anything for herself. She wore no make up, but yet she was prettier than the ones who did. But most of all, through her thick eyelashes, hid her green eyes.
"Do you know what they call your eyes at sea?"
"No".
"Sea green eyes. And those you have", marvel Edward.
Mai blushed. No one really notice her eyes, mostly because they were hidden behind her hood. Edward's face grew closer to hers, like he wanted to kiss her. Mai was almost about to do the same, when she remembered what she was really here before. She quickly pulled away and put up her hood. Her heart felt swollen, and she tried to hold back her heavy breaths.
"I'll meet you at the docks. I have a plan", she said as she walked out. Edward sighed. The image of her eyes still burned in his head. He looked at the tattoo Aswale had done.
The Lamb falls for the Tiger, it said. He knew who he was referring to, but somehow, he couldn't tell who was the lamb and who was the tiger.