A clear sunny day, Eleanor stands on board deck, "It really is a nice day isn't it?" she says as the wind blows through her hair and sun glints off her eye. "Be careful not to say that too loud." Rokurou warns, "Wouldn't want to tempt the reapers curse." Eizen says "It's not like the curse defines every moment of every day; Even The Reaper has to take a day off." he flips a coin, and snatches it out the air. Looking at it he says "... Eventually."

"Well now you've got me quite curious." Magilou joins in, "We could study your curse like a verified magic. See what it takes to tick it off, or just how far it'll go." Velvet says "Are you telling me you want to literally push our luck? One spotty wave and I'm throwing you overboard."

"Ah! I'm finished! There's no possible escaping fate!" Magilou cries as she covers her ears like she's bracing for a magical explosion. And then...

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"Nothing is happening." Laphicet says. "Would you look at that," Rokurou says "It seems the Reaper doesn't consider you going overboard much of bad luck. " Magilou raises, "Then it's divine intervention! Blessed be this day my greatness was recognized!" Velvet merely rolls her eyes.

Then things mostly go silent...

"Coo Coo",A large bird fly's overhead "Coo Coo", Eleanor stands at the side of the ship mimicking the sound with her voice. It descends down landing on her arm. "Wow that was really cool." Laphicet marvels "How did you get it to land on your arm like that?" "It's a bird call." Eleanor says "My mom- or I mean a friend taught me to do them. I don't do them as much anymore sense there isn't really any reason to..." her eye's rest downward before turning back to Laphicet "Though maybe I could teach you some time." "Ah really!?" Laphicet's eyes light up.

Velvet glares over and back; "Ay, Eizen isn't there some sort of ship-work we can put her on!?" He shrugs his shoulders " No, Eleanor and to a lesser extent Magilou had it right before. It's a real do nothing day we have on our hands. "

"Not so fast!" Magilou returns "Maybe that bird right there could be a spy or even a carnivorous monster in disguise!" Eleanor pulls her arm and the bird away from her. Velvet throws a hand up "Just give it up already." The bird spreads it's wings out then fly's away as something feint and blue slowly falls to the ground. Laphicet picks it up "It's a glowing feather."

"See!" Magilou points "I told you, that's no ordinary bird!"

Rokurou says "Let me see if I can nick it out of the air, that should tell us all we need about it." then tosses his dagger up in the air, before catching it... "Ah!" he yells... by the blade. "Are you okay!?" Eleanor says running to him. "Mmm" Rokurou says looking at his hand "I must be getting out of practice." "Here let me bandage that up for you." Eleanor says. "I'll be fine." Rokurou says "This is nothing." "But you grabbed it out of the air completely bare handed!" Eleanor exclaims.

"Let him be." Velvet crosses her arms. "Take it as a lesson about being flashy in combat, even if it's just a bird. He can take care of himself." "How can you be so insensitive!" Eleanor asks standing upright. "We're demons remember?" Velvet scorns "You said so yourself." "Yes, that's true but..." Eleanor dwells.

"I'm telling you I'm fine!" Rokurou says waving his hand, simultaneously painting the deck red. "Oops" he says mildly looking down, while Eleanor and Velvet both step back in surprise. "Well..." Eizen says looking down at the pool of blood "It looks like we have a job for Eleanor now." then turning to Rokurou he says "And you, I'd strongly advice getting that wound cleaned up. Sea rot is a terrible thing." Rokurou says, "Can't turn down Captains orders on board his ship I suppose." Though getting closer Eizen whispers "But later you have to show me what you did to get those blades so sharp." "Haha, sure thing." he laughs. "Talking about something?" Velvet asks, "Not at all." Eizen says.

Some time later, Velvet is now resting on her own, when Rokurou approaches her "Hey how about a fight!?" "What are you talking about?" she says apathetically. "I mean let's spar!" he says "I think my skills are getting rusty with all this time out at sea." "Sorry." Velvet says in a harsh tone "I only fight when I'm hungry." "What about that fight with Eleanor?" He asks "You even went out your way to make it a 1v1 even with everything on the line. Sounds like a fighter to me."

"That was..." Velvet grits her fists "That was nothing! But now I am starting to feel a little "hungry" so I think I better go for a walk." and she leaves.

"Mmm" Rokurou thinks, "Maybe I hit a sore spot. Oh well!" he shrugs his shoulders, " Let's see, who else on this ship can fight."

Only a few minutes later and Rokurou is roaming the ship again, "I can't believe Eizen turned me down. I might need to dig a little deeper into our challenger pool here..." He scans around, "Oi! Eleanor! Let's fight!" "Huh?!" Eleanor asks "What are you talking about?" "I'm a swordsmen." he says "Can't have my blades going dull can I?"

"Sorry." She says uptightly, "I don't fight over such trivialities. I'm sure we'll have plenty to fight soon enough." "Come on." Rokurou eggs on "There must be some fighter in you. What about when you absorbed Laphicet to fight Velvet 1 vs 1, with everything on the line." "That was..." she hesitates "Nothing. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm uhhhhh really hungry, yup. So I'll be... uh, eating. So if you would please not be a bother." She leaves in a rather prissy manner.

"Ahh.." Rokurou scratches his head "I feel like I'm getting deja vu." though his attention soon perks elsewhere as he calls out "Hey you!" "Me?" the guy asks. Rokurou nods his head as he approaches "You're a pirate right? What do you say to a fight?" The man takes on a confident smile "Not just a pirate, we're the best across this whole ocean... but..." he sweats "I'm still only human so I'll have to decline." he quickly and quitly says "Please spare my life."

"That's alright." Rokurou resigns "Guess I'll have to train by myself then."

"Aren't you forgetting someone" a voice calls. Rokurou turns around "Oh Magilou, I didn't see you there. Did you say you know someone I could fight?" "I was talking about myself of course!" she screeches. "Well I've never been one to turn down a fight" he says lackadaisically, before pulling out his two swords.

Magilou readies herself then Rokurou says "Wait, you're going to use magic?" "Of course." Magilou says. "Won't that destroy the ship?" he asks. "Oh that's right." Magilou points at herself "Sometimes I forget the little details like that."

"It's True!" Beinfu jumps out, "One time Miss Magilou blah blah, blah. Blah blah Blah..." Rokurou completely tunes out everything he says. "You know you're pretty good at jumping out of nowhere." he says to "A little training and I bet you could make a great assassin." "Huh!?" Bienfu exclaims. Magilou jumps rights on it "Oh, now this sounds interesting."

While that happens Laphicet casually walks around. "Hey. Laphicet." Velvet calls to him."What is it?" he asks. She says "What do you think of... Twintails?" "Twintails?" Laphicet questions"Why do you ask?" She quickly answers "Just an innocent question."

"They're nice I suppose." he says. "They have a range of styles that are said to be a reflection of someone's personality. Sometimes they're even called Angel Wings." "Wow." Velvet says "Where did all that come from?" "I read it in one of the books Magilou left lying around." he answers, "Is that all you wanted?" "Uhh yeah sure." she says "Just be careful what kind of information you're getting from that witch!" "Huh?" Laphicet says confused.

Later, Laphicet is again walking on his own when; "Hey, Laphicet?" Eleanor calls out to him, "Can I ask you a question?" "Sure." he nods. She says "I was just wondering..." she pushes her fingers together, "What do you think of braids?"

Once that resolves itself, Laphicet sits by himself to have drink. "You're looking a little down." Eizen says taking a seat next to him, "What's on your mind?" "It's nothing." he says looking into his drink. Rokurou comes in leaning on the table, "Aw Come one, don't be like that. You're one of us now, it's alright."

"Well..." he says "It's Eleanor and Velvet; they've been acting really strange lately and I don't understand why they're always fighting."

"I know what you mean." Rokurou puts a hand over his chest "They were acting strangely when I spoke to them earlier as well." "Not just them." Eizen adds "I caught Beinfu trying to sneak up on me wearing a little black suit." Rokurou laughs "I might be able to explain that one."

"Ha! You fools know nothing!" Magilou interjects, "Of course those two fight, they're polar opposites; Black and White, Order and Chaos, a Dove and a Hawk!" she waves her finger "Though those last two labels may not go where you suspect. "

"I don't know." Laphicet says. "Just watch." Magilou says "All it'll take is a single feather to set them off.

Outside...

Velvet is sitting on the edge of the ship as they roll over a moderate wave when suddenly Eleanor grabs her. Velvet looks over at her rather questionably, Eleanor says "You should be more careful. The railing is there for a reason. Who knows what kind of monsters are in that water." "Why do you care?" Velvet says "Sounds like I'm one slip from your freedom." "I took an Oath!" Eleanor stands firm, "And I plan on keeping it." Just as she says that Velvet suddenly flips over the edge as Eleanor gasps, Velvet fallen overboard.

Suddenly Velvet flips back over railing using just her heals, now standing atop it she says "There, how's that?". Eleanor gets agitated and both girls glare at each other, locked in a dead lock when...

Splash!

A huge wave comes over the side of the side of the ship soaking the both of them. After a few moments of staunch silence Velvet says to her own surprise "Huh, I actually didn't fall from that.". Following that a single feather slowly drops down between the two while they watch it; Velvet sneezes then falls onto Eleanor. Now on top of each other, The two glare at each other once more looking eye to eye. The tension between the two reaches it's climax.

Across the way, Eizen yells "Come on we better get over there quick, in case this gets ugly." "Right!" Rokurou says following him.

Then all of a sudden it happens, she losses control of herself and, "Hmp hmp hahaha!" Both of them break out in hysterical laughter before quickly stifling themselves and getting back on their feat, making the others stop in their tracks.

The two dramatically turn their backs on each other and cross their arms, before Velvet leaves in a huff. Eleanor however remains in place... just standing there... and standing there... not moving an inch. "Uhm are you okay?" Rokurou asks. Eleanor peaks open one eye "Perfectly fine thank you. Actually I needed to walk the same way as her but felt to awkward to do so." she says keeping her stern tone. "Now I am leaving." she pivots in place, then storming off. Laphicet simply sighs at what seems to be the inevitable