Hope Keeps Us Moving [PRIVATE]

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Angelica sighed with relief. She ran ahead for a while until the sparse forest was the pirate-infested town. "Tortuga," she said, waltzing in.

"Nothing. Dreams," she said, not wanting to talk about it.

Angelica decided, after a while, to go find Jack. Wherever he had disappeared to. She put her jacket on and asked Ginny if she would like to come. She tiptoed over the sleeping Marina, and Aaron, before getting to the door.

She sighed, and went to the railing. Putting her hands above her head, she dove in, creating hardly a splash. She tried fiercely to get to the helpless man. "I'm coming!" she called.

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"H-h-hey! Help!" Cried the mermaid.

Philip frowned, "oh?"

Ginny awoke and nodded, "Sure!" She said sleeply. She followed Angelica happily.
"Oooh! Help!" Cried the man, he struggled to stay above water.

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The cry was loud, but no one seemed to hear it but Angelica. Her heart began to slowly melt, but she froze it with a shake of her head. The mermaid would trick her.

"Nothing," she repeated, more forcefully this time.

"So," she said once they were on the sidewalk, "why would you pick Jack as... as..."

She was surprised for a second. Any other man would not call for help in front of a woman, and especially not accept help. She swam faster.

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"Please! I can't walk! They'll kill me!" Begged the mermaid. She was only a young adult...

Philip stared at Syrena, "Aw..come on now.." He tried to sweet talk her. He kissed her forehead and then her nose.

"Mi papa?" Ginny finished.

The man rejoiced silently as he saw Angelica, "over here!"

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She reluctantly gave in and ran back to the beach. "What do you need?"

"It's just... Marina, is all. She's too stubborn to just let me be me. With you. With Aaron and Tamara and Aquala and Arimia and... Ginny." She sighed. "Why is she so...?"

"Yes. That. Why?"

"I see you," she grumbled, swimming faster. She reached the man. "Can you swim?"

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"Help me back in the ocean!" cried the mermaid.

Philip thought about this, "I think she's just worried. You'd be more safer with more mermaids. "

Ginny pursed her lips, "Well..I thought you liked him.."

"A little!"

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Angelica bit her lip. She laid Ginny in the sand far from the mermaid, and helped the creature to her feet. They walked to the ocean together, and she let go. "You alright now?"

"Well, maybe she is, but I'm fine where I am."

"No, Ginny. No, that... no." She sighed. "Never. He never hangs around long enough to actually fall in love."

She sighed. "Grab my..." she stopped to think. "Thorne! Drop us an empty barrel!"

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"Yes. Thank you." The mermaid turned to swim away, but stopped. "Please give the child back to who it belongs to, it hurts a mother to not know where he baby girl is. " She said and then left.

So this was Angelica, the baby stealer?

philip bit his lip, "Our lives hasn't exactly been filled with only joy."

Ginny frowned, "Aww, can't you chain him up?"

Thorne ordered his men to drop a barrel.

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She shook the thought out of her mind, and picked up her daughter. She walked back into the town and quickly bought herself a drink.

"Don't try to convince me," she said, "I'm not moving from where I am."

She laughed, but stopped. "What is it about him, anyway?"

Angelica grabbed it and gave it to the man. "Just kick," she said, "it's easy."

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((OCC: Do you still want that extra female character on the ship?))
The baby started to whine for attention.

Philip smiled, "And I love that."

"Who? Jack? I donno, he's funny... he'd be a fun dad..."


The man did as Angelica said, while Ginny stared at Angelica with adoration.