she perks up, near immediately at the voice. she didn't know what to expect; her boyfriend?

(no, she already knows that he's far more occupied with another woman in his bed. sleeping in the same cabin that they shared; a woman who he'd only see once, whisper sweet nothings to in the moment - and she knows she will respond to his every beck and call after she leaves, clothing in hands while he apologizes to her with soft, regretful confessions.)

she sees another man when she turns over; large in size. someone she's met before? someone who looked familiar, but she couldn't put her finger on it. the days blend together and swirl into a collective memory; everything that didn't involve her partner was thrown to be lost in a void.

still, she offers a warm smile from under her parasol as he approached. "hello", she greets with a grin on her face. now what struck her as odd, was how he brought up the idea to use codenames. odd, but it was.. certainly an idea. who was she to turn the offer down, anyways? as such, she ponders, then hums.

"call me lilith, then!" she chimes, tenting her fingers across her chest while the parasol handle rests against her arm and shoulder. "what brings you here, o lord poseidon?~"

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pirates coming in my next post :blurryeyes:
sink or swim

it was a relief to see that he didn't mind playing along with the codenames, and letting it happen as well. lilith, she thought, was a nice name. were she not already fond of the name ophelia, she would have gladly taken lilith as an alias. perhaps someday, she ponders, keeping that thought in the back of her mind.

she intently listens to his reasoning of.. a report? was it going to be dangerous, here? she hopes not, seeing that it's just a cruise ship. that, and she had her partner on board (with another woman in the room, but she would like to pretend that it wasn't happening). there's a quiet hum from her, pensive as she mulls it over. but.. still. it was a shame that he would be here, thinking about work when it was the kind of place anyone would come to relax in. and so, she smiles a bit more brightly under the shade of the parasol. "can i buy you a drink, then?" she asks, skipping over the gaze he had fixated upon her. "it'd be a waste if you couldn't relax on a trip like thi--"

she's cut off, seeing the man's gaze fall onto.. something behind her? puzzled, she turns her head around and, lo and behold, there was in fact a pirate ship headed in their direction. it was coming, all sails up and ahead. that was the saying pirates used, right?

things were happening.. fairly quickly. quick enough, that she didn't know how she was going to respond. pirates? here? it wasn't herself that she was worried about (she knows well, she can easily handle them herself, even if she preferred a peaceful alternative). what she was worried about, was her partner who was in the cabins.

she wanted to go back, and to warn him. unfortunately, she didn't have the chance to break away, as the man who calls himself poseidon suggests for her to stay at his side. she only responds with "but--" before screams could be heard from the lower deck, which only escalated to the upper as pirates began to board the ship - let it be through windows or swinging ropes from ship to cruise.

Balder Schwartz
sink or swim

he says to sink, and she doesn't know if it should be done. of course, talking to them andpolitely asking them to step off the cruise ship was probably out of the question. knowing her, she would have tried anyways.

his pokemon jumped into action, leaving little to no time for the woman to respond accordingly. instead, she pulls out a pokeball to summon a sharpedo, suspended in the air as per it's.. water type logic? she's stopped questioning it, and she's stopped assuming. "jump into the water and help them out, please?" she asks the shark. it seems to cast her a disobedient glare, only to harmlessly flop overboard and begin gnashing at holes into the wooden ship.

back to the man, here.

"w-well.." she starts, she holds her body close while trying to let the weight of everything catch up "n-no.. my boyfriend is still in the cabin, resting" she lies, she can't say the truth even during a situation like this "b-but i think he should be okay.. m-maybe.." some of her pokemon were still in there after all. she was sure that they would pop out to protect him (if they didn't beat him themselves, first).

of all things, though, she didn't want this man to accidentally see what was happening in that cabin. she didn't want him to see him, especially not in the state he most likely would have been in.

Balder Schwartz
sink or swim

at that, she vehemently shakes her head. it was true that she wished that she had a partner to see the sunset with, but she tries to recover by excusing him with "i-it's just that he had a long day at work yesterday, so he's pretty tired.." and she would rather not disturb him. a half lie, hiding the real reason she wanted to keep away from the cabin (lest she be beat black and blue once again). she tries to offer a small, albeit nervous smile while trying to brush off his concern. "he's a very good person, and treats me affectionately~" she chimes, hoping to throw the man off his brief suspicions.

they had more issues to worry about, anyways.

she pulls out another two pokeballs, sending out a meowstic who ruffles her fur and a salazzle who hisses on the deck. "psychic and poison gas, to the pirates. er.. please avoid the treeko." she commands the two pokemon. the psychic felines eyes began to glow a bright blue, pinning the remaining pirates on deck down to the ground, while the salazzle released a stream of poison to hopefully, immobilize the crew.

with the remaining pirates on deck dealt with, and the main crew on deck sinking, she lets out a sigh of relief.

"we should probably turn them in, shouldn't we?" she claps her hands together, brushing off any residue of anxiety she held earlier.

Balder Schwartz
sink or swim