[ At first, Minji is rolling her eyes at the crew - especially because one of the chatty ones has decided to be Aris, and really she should throw that girl off the ship, no matter what Rachel says - but then she turns her attention to Tessa again, raising her eyebrows in interest. This is definitely not princess behavior, but instead of finding it offputting like she imagines the girl's parents likely would have made her think, she's smitten.
And then Tessa whirls around on her, and she blinks down at her.
A moment after the others start laughing, she joins in with them, throwing her head back. She's not offended in the least bit, to be honest, and instead she's even more charmed.
You can't really be on board a pirate ship without having some fight to you. This is a good sign.
Holding her hands up while her laughter dies down to chuckling, she offers her mock-surrender with a shrug. ] Consent is sexy. You want to see your quarters, or should I let you glare at everyone for a while first?
[ tessa is left sort of half thinking she's going to get killed, but the atmosphere loosens considerably when newt laughs, and then it's gone all together when minji does. she's left flustered and huffy and now a little confused, fists still clenched at her sides, and a part of her wonders how awful this is really going to be. so far, it feels like emotional whiplash.
the blonde girl wipes a tear from her eyes and claps minji on the shoulder, telling her to bring tess 'round once she's gotten settled later tonight, and starts yelling for the crew to get back to work; tess figures out pretty quickly she must be minji's first mate. all of this, this whole--women doing everything thing--it's kind of amazing, though she'd be hard pressed to admit it. not because she doesn't believe it, because she totally does, but mostly just because she doesn't want to admit anything nice about the people who definitely just kidnapped her. traded her. whatever.
tessa's fists loosen and she huffs, grabbing her skirts to walk on the deck in her little heels without a word, straight past minji...even though she has no clue where she's going. ]
[ Giving Newt a nudge with her elbow, and a catcall of her own - do your work, not Allie! - that leads to the short, dark-skinned woman giving her a dry look from up where she's standing at the wheel, Minji claps her hands once before rubbing them together. Tessa's reaction to being kidnapped is pretty impressive, but hopefully she eases up a little.
If she doesn't, well. Minji doesn't want to think about it, because it involves a lot of alcohol and invading Newt and Allie's quarters to despair to them for a week.
For now, though, she just gets to watch Tess get huffy at her and march off. A second's pause has her considering whether she wants to follow or not, but then she decides to go with it, strolling along after her with her hands in her long coat's pockets. There's work to be done, but she figures she should probably tag along for a bit to make sure she doesn't fall into a hole or something. ]
[ tessa is acutely aware of the captain of the ship following her, thank you very much, but she's going to continue to walk with her head held high and pretend that she's not still blushing down to her neck. everything about this place is already kind of awful, she decides, and tessa pretty much cements it in her head that she's going to try and escape somehow. maybe she can cut her skirts and jump off and swim. the ship can't be that far off, right?
she'll look for an exit instead of her quarters, as soon as she can get minji off of her back.
tessa doesn't turn around, but keeps her head up instead, peeking in rooms occasionally. the ship is big, just as big as the one she was just on if not bigger, only..inhabited by pirates, and a lot of gold, and she could probably have the lay of the place handled within a couple days if she didn't escape. tess squares her shoulders and peers into another doorway, pretending to be nonchalant, but it's really not working that well. she's actually still absurdly curious, but she's still trying to deal with the fact that she was kidnapped, first. ] Why are you following me? Don't you have things to do?
Ain't exactly keen on the idea of you falling through to the brig or getting pulled up with the rigging from some errant rope. [ Yeah, still not really bothered too much by Tessa's reaction to her general existence. Reaching up, she plucks her (stolen) hat off her head, smoothing a hand through her bangs and over the rest of her short hair, scratching at the shorn portion now that she doesn't have to deal with the feathery monstrosity.
People make assumptions about women in general, nevermind Minji, but she's observant. She's smart, and she's not oblivious. She knows that little miss Tessarae here is trying to think of a means of escape, figuring out the lay of the ship.
Thankfully, it's kind of big and difficult to navigate. Maybe she'll warm to them while she's at it. (Definitely need to sic Newt on her.) ]
Newt's overseeing things, so I don't gotta do anything right now unless I decided to take inventory now instead.
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And then Tessa whirls around on her, and she blinks down at her.
A moment after the others start laughing, she joins in with them, throwing her head back. She's not offended in the least bit, to be honest, and instead she's even more charmed.
You can't really be on board a pirate ship without having some fight to you. This is a good sign.
Holding her hands up while her laughter dies down to chuckling, she offers her mock-surrender with a shrug. ] Consent is sexy. You want to see your quarters, or should I let you glare at everyone for a while first?
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the blonde girl wipes a tear from her eyes and claps minji on the shoulder, telling her to bring tess 'round once she's gotten settled later tonight, and starts yelling for the crew to get back to work; tess figures out pretty quickly she must be minji's first mate. all of this, this whole--women doing everything thing--it's kind of amazing, though she'd be hard pressed to admit it. not because she doesn't believe it, because she totally does, but mostly just because she doesn't want to admit anything nice about the people who definitely just kidnapped her. traded her. whatever.
tessa's fists loosen and she huffs, grabbing her skirts to walk on the deck in her little heels without a word, straight past minji...even though she has no clue where she's going. ]
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If she doesn't, well. Minji doesn't want to think about it, because it involves a lot of alcohol and invading Newt and Allie's quarters to despair to them for a week.
For now, though, she just gets to watch Tess get huffy at her and march off. A second's pause has her considering whether she wants to follow or not, but then she decides to go with it, strolling along after her with her hands in her long coat's pockets. There's work to be done, but she figures she should probably tag along for a bit to make sure she doesn't fall into a hole or something. ]
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she'll look for an exit instead of her quarters, as soon as she can get minji off of her back.
tessa doesn't turn around, but keeps her head up instead, peeking in rooms occasionally. the ship is big, just as big as the one she was just on if not bigger, only..inhabited by pirates, and a lot of gold, and she could probably have the lay of the place handled within a couple days if she didn't escape. tess squares her shoulders and peers into another doorway, pretending to be nonchalant, but it's really not working that well. she's actually still absurdly curious, but she's still trying to deal with the fact that she was kidnapped, first. ] Why are you following me? Don't you have things to do?
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People make assumptions about women in general, nevermind Minji, but she's observant. She's smart, and she's not oblivious. She knows that little miss Tessarae here is trying to think of a means of escape, figuring out the lay of the ship.
Thankfully, it's kind of big and difficult to navigate. Maybe she'll warm to them while she's at it. (Definitely need to sic Newt on her.) ]
Newt's overseeing things, so I don't gotta do anything right now unless I decided to take inventory now instead.