[SE] [Training] the one you don't see comin'

JACK

It might come as a surprise to some, but the crew of The Ark do actually hang out off the deck of the ship sometimes. Especially in Longheat, when they have absolutely no business being out under the punishing sun on the open sea, no matter how good the breeze might be or how many mages can produce ice at a moment's notice. And so this evening, as the sun begins to bleed away beneath the horizon, Jack and a few other members of his crew find themselves hanging out near the Lucky Rum Fountain.

They feel lucky, and they feel full of rum, which is probably the point. And what happens, you ask, when you put a bunch of tipsy sailors together with nothing better to do and a whole night stretching ahead of them?

A lot of dick-swinging, that's what.

Jack is watching with amusement bright in his gaze as Bassian - the hulking himbo of his main crew - circles the sand around his first mate Murphy, a small, olive skinned man with dark hair and darker eyes. It should really be a no-brainer to anyone watching, but for the majority of the onlookers, they know better, and as Bassian swings a ham-handed punch at the smaller man, he darts seamlessly out of the way. Bassian even has the audacity to look surprised about it.

when I look at something, I see it for what it could be
when I look at something, I see how it ends

Code stolen from Queen Sky