3. The Maid Costume
"So tell me, do you know anything about the moon dagger?"
Nel sat back and rest her right hand index finger on her forehead as if she was trying to think back. Finally nothing came to mind about the moon dagger she looked up at Ferioth giving a simple "No." The young captain couldn't help but laugh "Wow. You are one serious little miss." he told her. The young Aquarian just nearly narrowed her emerald eyes "Look, we are not hear to listen to you jabber on about me." she told him while her right booted foot kicked his desk. Ferioth raised his hands from the desk "Alright, oi! Talk about a temper." he glanced towards Albel "She this wicked in bed?"
Albel gave him a look of murder "Why in the world would you even ask me such a question? Also to even think I would sleep with an Aquarian maggot!" he snapped. Ferioth chuckled "Ah. So she is free. Hmm.." looks her from breast to up to head "Not bad." he told her with a light wink. She barely could hold her temper anymore "Listen here! I will not be humiliated!" she stood up and slammed her hands on top of Ferioth's desk. The young captain just blinked his eyes "Alright...listen how about we talk about the moon dagger over dinner" he smirked towards Nel "I'll have Lanzion bring you and Albel to your room." he then called for Lanzion. The pudgier man walked in "Yes Captain?"
"Please lead Albel and Nel to their rooms." he told Lanzion and soon Lanzion indicated with his hand for them to follow him. They both followed him but Nel was rather annoyed with Ferioth "Ugh. The nerve of him" she said out loud in front of the captain's door. Albel gave her a rather annoyed glance and kept walking ahead of her. Soon they were lead down in the cabin area and Lanzion opened a door leading to a room. "Here we go. Hope you both enjoy it. One of are shipmates will come for you for dinner." he moved from aside.
Nel blinked her eyes "Um. Just one room?" she looked towards Lanzion as he was making his way back up the steps leading towards the surface of the boat "Yep. We don't have much rooms to spare." he told her. Albel approached the room with caution "Hmp. Great I claim the bed" he told her while walking towards the only double sized bed in the room. She stood at the door and narrowed her eyes "Oh? How nice of you. I'll just sleep on the floor. Nox, I am a woman. You should respect me." she told him and received a cocky smirk from Albel. "Respect an Aquarian wench? Ha. That is so funny of a thought I might just give you blanket to sleep with on the floor." he told her. As soon as he said that he felt a tugging at his wrapped up pigtail a really hard tug "Ow. Woman don't touch me!" he snapped using his human hand to push her away from him.
"Ugh. Fine Nox. I'll sleep on the floor." finally giving in to defeat. Of course Nel rarely gave up so later in the future she planned revenge. Albel glad of his victory laid back on the bed he closed his eyes briefly but was disturbed from sleeping due to the rocking of the boat "Bah. How is one to rest while the bloody boat rocks so much" he said. Nel just leaned against the wall with her arms crossed in front of her chest "Hm. I am sure they are use to sleeping on rough waves." she told him. "Say what you want. I for one would not even bother sleeping in such a condition." he just replied.
Nel decided not to answer him because she knew he would just snap a nasty comment her way. She sighed resting her head back against a wall starring up at the ceiling at a little light that hanged just above the bed. She began to think on why Captain Ferioth didn't want to speak about the moon dagger earlier. Her thoughts soon were interrupted by a knock on the door and glancing towards Albel. She knew very well he was not about to move to get it so she went to the door.
Opening the door cautiously she noticed a rather tall crew member hold out a box to her. He had a eye patch on his left eye "Here miss. The Captain wants you to dine in this." he handed her the box. She glanced down at the white box and glanced up at the crew member "What if I refuse too?" she asked him. He smirked "Then you won't be hearing about the moon dagger business" he gave a light chuckle at the Aquarian woman. Letting out a sigh "Fine, tell him I'll wear whatever is in this box." she muttered through her teeth.
"Very well. Seeya later lassy." the crew member with the patch of his eye leaved the room. Nel walked further in the room resting the box on the table and glanced towards the bed seeing Albel giving her a curious look "What is it?" he asked. She shrugged and grabbed the box walking behind a little screen that would block the view from Albel to see her change. A few rustling sounds indicated she was dressing this made Albel rather disturbed so he sat up on the bed "Wench. Can't you dress some where else!" he snapped from where he was sitting.
Nel sighed "Be quiet, Nox." she said starring at the mirror at her reflection with a tint of blush on her cheeks "Dear Apris..this is so embarrassing..."
"What is embarrassing?" he asked her and went pale as he watched Nel come out from behind from the screen. "This is what is embarrassing!" she said narrowing her eyes as she watched Albel become rather pale in the face looking away and muttering words like 'maggot' and 'worm'. Nel sighed glancing down at her maid outfit the black clothed dress barely went down to her knees. It showed most of her thighs not that her other outfit didn't show a lot of leg but this looked rather odd on her. She glanced towards Albel who sat up and narrowed his dark red eyes towards her "Bah. Can't you cover up or something? Leave..?" he said towards her.
Nel was rather confused on why he would be so flustered by this "Hm. Why is that? Feeling rather nervous right now, Nox?" she asked while turning her back to him and Albel looked away after seeing the back of her upper legs. "Bah. Me nervous around a Aquarian wench? Don't make me laugh" he smirked while laying back down on the bed "Have fun at dinner time. I won't be joining you." he told her while turning to his side. Nel just sighed "I figured that. Your not one to socialize with the mission." she told him and walked out of the room shutting the door slowly behind her. Nel walked along the hallway through the cabin area she walked up the steps to see the crew members at their posts. She wondered if dinner would be ready or not but figured it wasn't because someone was suppose to come to her.
She leaned over the side looking down at the crystal blue water. Something in the corner of her eye caught a image of something moving in the water. Shaking her head she figured it might had just been a fish or something. She remained starring at the waves until a shadow hovered from behind her and she looked towards it "Yes?" she asked a crew member. The short man had a scar over the bridge of his nose "Miss, dinner is ready. The Captain is waiting for you to arrive." he starred her up and down "I say. Nice outfit" he smirked then walked away. Nel just gave a "Hmp" and turned to walk towards the captain's room.
Opening the door leading towards a dimly candle lit dinner sprawled on the table. Ferioth seated at the head of the table. A chuckled emitted from him when Nel walked before the table "Hm. I knew you'd look cute in that." he told her. Giving off a sigh she took a seat at the table narrowing her eyes towards him "Listen. I came here to talk about the moon dagger. So lets talk about this moon dagger business" she said in her usual calm voice.
Ferioth just lifted a wine glass in his right hand and put it to his lips allowing the liquid to slide down his throat. Nel just sat there even more annoyed as he kept avoiding the conversation "Captain Ferioth!" she shouted his name trying to get his attention. He put down his wine glass and wiped his mouth clean with his baggy sleeve "Hm. Would you care for a glass?" he asked while pointing towards the bottle of fresh red wine. The woman sighed "No. How about the moon dagger?" she asked him once again. He smiled lightly "Have a glass. Then I'll tell you all about it." he chuckled.
The Aquarian maiden could feel her temper risen. She gripped the table cloth with both shaky hands "Fine. I'll have some wine" she said through her teeth. Ferioth just chuckled while he poured her a glass. He got up and leaned over the side of the table setting it in front of her. He smirked while she backed away in her chair.
Strolling slowly to his chair he glanced at her "Well. Don't let it just sit there. Drink it." he told her almost as if it was a command. Nel's right eyebrow corked up "Excuse me? You sound rather eager of me to drink it." she then paused and narrowed her eyes "It's poison isn't it!" her voice held suspicion. Ferioth gave her a rather amused look "Of course not. Sides why would I poison the only woman on our ship?" he chuckled. Tilting his head slightly to the right "So. Where is that boyfriend of yours anyways?" he asked and received a light laugh coming from the other side of the table. "Lets get one thing straight. He is not my boyfriend. Just someone I happen to be partnering up with in this mission. Also my business is no concern on this mission. Enough, lets talk about this mission!" she scolded him and grabbed the wine glass downing all of the liquid.
He laughed "Wow. Would you like some more?" he asked as he herd a clunk sound as she set her empty glass down. She grabbed the wine bottle and poured herself some more filling it up just near the top. "Hm. Good wine" she admitted while taking another sip from her glass forgetting now why she came here. Ferioth just starred at her as she kept pouring herself some wine "My. Someone sure likes to drink. If you were not a woman, I thought you be one of my shipmates" he chuckled. Nel ignored his jabber and drank that wine bottle as if it was nothing. Sitting up straight in the chair she looked to him "Alright. What were we talking about again?" she asked him.
The captain just smiled "Oh nothing. Just talking about how nice you look in that maid costume. How about you stand up and give it a twirl?" he smirked finding how easily his plan went through. "Alright" she said without even thinking straight she got up from the chair and stood in a spacious area. Slowly she turned for him to get a better view of her maid costume she dressed in a black cloth dress that only reached a few 3 inches above her knees. Her red ruin tattoos on her upper legs complimented the costume. Stopping herself the room had gone rather shaky "Hm..I think I had to much to drink" her image of the room was not but a swirly blur.
The captain just sat back and enjoyed the show "Perhaps you should go to your room now? Wouldn't want you passing out in my room and giving the guys a idea right?" he taunted. Nel just nod while walking towards the door in swaying movements. Ferioth smiled "Goodnight Nel" he watched her leave and sat back in the chair smirking. A shadow cast over him from behind "Having fun. Playing games?" asked a young woman who looked about in her young twenties. He glanced back to take view of the young woman, her chest was covered by a black cloth and she wore a long black skirt with a slit.
She was tan skinned and had black long curly hair, her clear sapphire eyes narrowed "Flirting with are bait?" she scolded. Ferioth shook his head "Ali, your just seeing things. I was just trying to see how loyal she was to the mission. Heh. Not my fault she drank herself silly and forgot her reason for being here." he told her. Ali just shook her head while her fingers laced around a small sapphire stone flickering a small light on her choker "Good. As soon as we reach the dagger's sleeping place. They will be nothing but bait for that guardian." she told him. Shaking his head lightly he smiled "I know this love. How long do you think it will take them to realize who we really are?" he asked her. Ali just leaned against the wall in the shadows smirking "Hm. If they are smart they will never get to curious. Remember, a curious cat ends up dead." she said with a light laugh.
Nel swayed right and left as she walked on the catwalk of a hallway. Stopping in front of her room at least she hoped this room was her's all she could see was a wooden brown blur. Took her a few times to grab the door knob she kept missing it. Finally taking hold of it she opened the door and walked in to the room. Shutting the door behind her she rocked back and forth as she walked.
Heading to get a blanket from the bed but because of her rather dizzy view and also the boat had decided to go over a rather rough wave. She fell front ways over Albel on the bed closing her emerald eyes and found herself falling asleep. Her right eye opened as she felt something moving under her so she elbowed it to stop. Not knowing she just elbowed Albel's chest causing him to sit up. Albel gave off a grumble as he sat up and opened his eyes to find Nel sprawledout now on his lap "AH. Zelpher!" he yelled out through the room.
End of chapter 3.
A/N: Hm. Finally I was able to write up this chapter. Also if anyone happens to stumble on the AlbelxNel hentaidoujinshi's titled Domination, Slave, Eternal, Red Moon, and Immortal please hook me up with the link! I been searching high and low but have found nothing! I see it has been about everyone's search these days. I would appreciate very much if someone found it and gave me the link. Anyways thanks for the reviews and I'll try to update as soon as possible.