JACK
Whilst the idea of the Doubletake forlorn and forgotten at his door might be a good way to spend a few moments, there are better ways, and so Jack opts to enact his decision to stop thinking about Flora right the fuck now. With The Ark flush against him and her fingers pressing at the tight cords of muscle along his neck it's easier than it's ever been, the Captain near helpless to stop the way his head hangs a bit under her firm touch. His eyes catch hers in the low light, the colour like deep, dark water, and for a second he can merely listen and think.
It isn't as though he doesn't know the snippets of rumour that grind through the mill across his ship, but The Ark is aware of it as a collective in a way that Jack will always appreciate, and the start of a smile curls across his lips before flinching into not-quite pain as she catches a particularly tight knot in his neck. "Eh, it prob'ly wasn't that important as a business," he says with a dark laugh, but she makes a good point.
And as she mentions it again - a new heading - for the first time Jack can see through the haze of the past to a course worth charting. "Y'know," he says slowly, "it's been a long time since I last paid my respects to the Blackfox." The Grey Road's enigmatic guild leader hadn't exactly been a stranger to The Ark's comings and goings, but it has been almost a year since he last dropped by.
Given that she rules the alleyways of Haulani's underbelly, it isn't hard to imagine why.
"Seems only right to give you a proper introduction," he continues, tilting his head towards The Ark. "What'd you say? Little jaunt to Torchline to start us off, for old times' take?"
It isn't as though he doesn't know the snippets of rumour that grind through the mill across his ship, but The Ark is aware of it as a collective in a way that Jack will always appreciate, and the start of a smile curls across his lips before flinching into not-quite pain as she catches a particularly tight knot in his neck. "Eh, it prob'ly wasn't that important as a business," he says with a dark laugh, but she makes a good point.
And as she mentions it again - a new heading - for the first time Jack can see through the haze of the past to a course worth charting. "Y'know," he says slowly, "it's been a long time since I last paid my respects to the Blackfox." The Grey Road's enigmatic guild leader hadn't exactly been a stranger to The Ark's comings and goings, but it has been almost a year since he last dropped by.
Given that she rules the alleyways of Haulani's underbelly, it isn't hard to imagine why.
"Seems only right to give you a proper introduction," he continues, tilting his head towards The Ark. "What'd you say? Little jaunt to Torchline to start us off, for old times' take?"
fight so dirty but you love so sweet
talk so pretty but your heart got teeth
talk so pretty but your heart got teeth
- Secret Telepath
- Functionally Immortal (Forever 35)
- Two small star tattoos beneath his left eye
- Click for The Ark!
