Tour of the Ship

[WingSong]

((Angel, you can start it off.))

[Angel624]

((Ok. Hmm, what does the ship look like?))
(cont. from other thread)
The purple mare looked around the ship, thinking. She then turned to the unicorn. "Ok, now, as you can see, we are on the top deck. You can see some poles holding up the sails, and whatnots." She started to explain.

[WingSong]

Quicksand nodded as though she was very familiar with this sort of thing, but felt dizzy just looking up at the many ropes and such. She knew she'd be made to climb up there at some point, she just hoped it wasn't soon.

((Short bad post. Ah well.))

[Crescent]

[[ok, here's some help for you guys to figure out how the ship looks like, with names of some of the decks (and sails) attached and all. I scanned an image from a book to show you about what I had in mind for the layout, so go have a look. (I hope the link works out right)
www.deviantart.com/view/16297468/]]

[Angel624]

((Ok, thanks. ))
Pippi looked around the ship, making sure she knew what was what on the ship before continuing.

"Ok." She finally said again. "Now, as you can see, there's 2 sorts of decks up here. There's the main deck, the one we're on right now, and the Quarter Deck, which is over there." Pippi said, pointing to it. "Now, over there is the Forecastle, and over there is the After Deck. Ok, now, do you think you're ready to continue on down, or do you want to look around some more up here?"
((Hopefully that's good enough for the top decks ))

[WingSong]

((Awesome - just as I imagined it! Let me guess - DK or eyewitness.))

"That's fine", Quicksand said hastily - she was glad the tour didn't involve going high into the rigging. However, she was quick to add, "This ship's just like the other ones I've sailed on."

"So, what jobs will I be doing here?"

[Angel624]

Pippi smiled. "Ok, we will continue on down then!" She said. "So you've sailed on other ships, huh? Cool. I've only sailed on one other ship, my father's. He was the captain of our ship, and we sailed for a long time." She explained. She then realized that she was getting into another one of her stories. She blinked a few times. "Well, I guess we'll have time for stories later. We need to continue on the tour! Oh, and jobs? I am not really sure what job you'll have. You might want to ask the captain about that." She said.

[WingSong]

Now Quicksand felt guilty - she had never sailed on another ship, and she hated to lie to Pippi. But it simply wouldn't do to tell people that she knew nothing about being a pirate((yeah right - it's not like everyone hasn't already guessed )), and if she was going to stick to these stories with everyone else she'd have to keep them going around Pippi too - at least until she was sure she could trust the other mare.

"Oh yeah - we pillaged, swashbuckled...and did all those other pirate-type things. I sailed with the pirate - the feared pirate - well, actually you probably wouldn't have heard of him - that is, because...because he was so feared noone dared speak his name!" Oh, that was smooth. Quicksand made a mental note to work on her pirate stories more next time she had time to herself.

[Shadow]

"Must have been so famous he didn't exist." The chimeing of bells alerted the mares to Gan Ning's presence. "Yes Sandy, I can see through your little ploys. When your a captain yourself, you tend to learn who's the real deal and who's trying to stab ya in the back." He shook his head at her. "If you haven't sailed before, ya should just say so to me or Pippi. At least we won't boot you off the ship for it. Then again, you can't be a rookie forever. But that's what sailing is for, right Pippsy?"

He liked tormenting the mare, but like Bridie, he had a brotherly bond with her; Kinda why he was able to get away with most things.

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Quicksand shifted hooves a few times, blushing. Then she sunk to her knees and put her head on her front hooves. "Oh, who am I kidding? I'm not a pirate. I don't know what the parts of the ship are called. I can't even swim to save my life!"

She hadn't meant to let that last statement slip, but it was too late now. The mare felt like crying, but knew something like that would only make the situation much worse.

Now she just looked at Gan Ning with sad eyes. "Don't tell the captain."

[Angel624]

The purple mare listened to Quicksand's story.

Then, when Gan Ning spoke, she walked right up to him, and gave him an evil look. "Don't you ever call me Pippsy!" She said firmly. She turned around and went back over to the unicorn.

"Don't worry about him." She said to her. "I believe your stories."

She then smiled. "Ok, shall we continue on with the tour? Or do you want to take a break?" She said to Quicksand.

[WingSong]

Quicksand felt guilty that Pippi was so trusting. Her ears sagged to the sides, leaving her looking very pathetic.

"I believe your stories.

"Don't - I made it all up - Gan Ning was right. I'm sorry." Then she looked up at Pippi to see if the other mare showed signs of anger.

[Angel624]

The purple mare blinked a few times. "Oh." She said. She then smiled, trying to cheer up the unicorn. "So, shall we continue on with the tour?" She asked her.

[WingSong]

"I guess." Quicksand may have only met Pippi in the last hour, but she still felt like a traitor for lying to her.

[Angel624]

Pippi looked at her friend. She could sense that the poor unicorn was feeling guilty of lying to the mare. Pippi gave Quicksand a comforting smile. "Hey, don't worry about it. So you made a small lie, big deal." She said calmly. "If you want, we can continue the tour later."