April 15,1912 12:55 am
Helen coaxed another woman into the lifeboat and wiped her brow.
"People are quite reluctant to climb off the safety of the Titanic to sail off in a bobbing little lifeboat." Maggie's sighed as she paused for a breath beside Helen.
"They would be scrambling if they knew..." Helen replied solemnly.
"And rioting. And panicking. We may yet see that." Maggie sighed and grunted as she walked over and coaxed another woman into a boat.
Maggie nodded darkly and turned as another woman was lead to a boat. "Come on with you. In we go."
"I don't know." the woman frowned. It's awfully small. Will the boats be seated by class? I don't want to be confused for a pauper or something." The woman frowned. Helen ground her teeth silently. Didn't people understand this was an emergency? Life and death!
"I dunno about that, But I'm sure we can find you a nice first class Iceberg" Maggie murmured tartly. "If I were you I would get in the boat."
"I reckon you'll want this as well?" Charles Joughin
, the head baker smiled and held up four loaves of bread. "When they said women and children were being loaded into the boats, I thought some Victuals would be a good idea."
Helen smiled and handed the bread over to the women in the nearest boat.
"I guess now we know what the Tommyknockers were knocking." Helen sighed.
Joughin smiled wistfully. "Whatever happens tonight Dr. Magnus, It was an honor to meet you." the wendigo handed off his bread and took a long sip from his flask. "I have a boat to man. If you'll excuse me, ladies..." He bowed and headed over to another part of the ship. "Good luck. And keep yourselves safe. Helen turned to a woman who was babbling away about her life belt.
"It doesn't go at all with my dress. I mean it positively clashes. Do they really expect us to wear such outdated things? In public! And it's so bulky. It does nothing for my figure."
"But it floats nicely." Helen sighed tiredly and led the complaining woman to a boat "Perhaps you can design more fashionable life belts when we get to New York."
Helen ducked back into the crowd as a loud yell was heard from the front of the deck.
"Hey Buster! What's the big idea?" Helen turned to see a burly sailor lift Maggie brown and drop her unceremoniously into a lifeboat. "All due Respect, Mrs. Brown. But women and children...that means you."
Helen melted into the crowd as the boat carrying Margret Brown was lowered. While she didn't mean to go down with the ship, she wasn't leaving just yet. There were a lot of people who would need her help.