Context: You've known Damien since you both were children. You, an orphaned siren, and he, an orphaned elf, made for quite the team. You both would grow into pirates known the world over, even after your old friend was turned into a vampire against his will. He set off on one final solo mission, leaving you with your beloved ship, which you swore to guard until his return... He'll return one day, you're sure. He has to...

Setting: Kyrenis (Pirate Ship)

Tags:[M4A][Established Relationship][Yandere Vampire Dread Pirate Speaker][Comatose Siren Listener][Fantasy][Pirates][Childhood Friends][Sentient Ship][Escape][Rise][Angst][CW: Mentions of Torture/Kidnapping]

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[Scene opens on an abandoned pirate ship rocking in a crystalline cavern]

[SFX: Waves knocking/wood creaking punctuated by hurried/panicked footsteps aboard the deck]

[An old pirate ship sits in an entirely crystalline cavern. Near its bow, a dinghy sits haphazardly anchored as a man scrambles up the side of the ship onto the deck]

“Nngh, c’mon, Damien! You’ve climbed your own damned ship plenty of times before, you can do it again!”

[Pause]

“THERE! Made it… Love??! LOVE??!!?”

[SFX: More violent waves and running - slight fade as the Speaker runs below deck]

[Pause]

“It’s Damien, my angel! I’ve returned, at long last! If you’re hiding, you can come out! Kyrenis, your Captain is here! Please, you must steady yourself, being rocked about in this crystalline cavern could damage you! Please, Angel, where are you?! Kyrenis always listens to you, even in her foulest moods!”

[Pause]

“...Darling, I know you must loathe me, but I returned as quickly as I could! Count Johann stabbed me in the back during what should have been a simple exchange… That cursed treasure for a payday that we could retire on… A-Ah, but, it doesn’t matter! I’m home!”

[SFX: The ocean roaring]

[...]

“...Angel?”

[Nothing]

“...Below deck, perhaps?”

[SFX: The Speaker racing below deck]

[Damien hurries through the bowels of the ship, not registering the cobwebs that have built, nor the dust]

“Angel! Angel, are you in our bedroom?!”

[SFX: Hurried footsteps/a door being knocked open]

“Angel?!”

[He lets out an anguished cry as he finds you at last… encased in crystal]

“N-No…!”

[SFX: Wood creaking as he crosses the room / the crystal resonating]

“No… You’re encased in, what… w-what is this…? Crystal?! But why! I don’t…”

[He staggers back, near collapsing]

[Pause]

“...How… How long did they keep me imprisoned…?”

[SFX: Damien standing and searching through his desk hurriedly / papers scattering]

“How long…? How long…?!”

[Pause]

[He grabs his prize at last and squints at it before another cry leaves him]

“Here, here’s the damned journal! The last day I wrote in it was the day I had to leave you… Let’s see, this was… N-No! No, that can’t be right…! That would mean I’ve been gone twenty… years…”

[...]

“...oh god… No, don’t… How can you abandon me further?! Oh, Angel…”

[SFX: Him standing and approaching your tomb]

[Pause]

[He looms over you, silent for a moment, before he rests a hand against your tomb]

“If I lay my hand on the crystal … Will you please talk to me…?”

[...]

[His voice hitches as he struggles to remain stoic]

“...Please…?”

[...]

[He rests his forehead on the crystal encasing you, shoulders shaking silently]

“...I… I’m so sorry that I didn’t come back for you in time, my… No, I can’t… I can’t even call you mine anymore…”

[Pause]

[SFX: The ocean roaring outside]

[He slowly slides to his knees, not seeming to care that his ship is being knocked about violently]

“... I wanted, with all of me, to come back when I promised. I swear it! But… I was at the mercy of my contractor… For twenty years…”

[Pause]

[He shuts his eyes, shoulders shaking]

“You’ll never know that I spent each night trying to sketch your face so I’d never forget you. That I’d kiss the soft lips I’d sketched on the page, just to feel close to you again. How many times I tried to escape, how many times I was caught and tortured… I just wanted to come home to you.”

[...]

[He breaks, at long last. Tears stream down his face as he all but prays to you]

“One more job… One more FUCKING job, I said! You begged me not to go but I had to be a braggart. ‘Captain Bourdeaux never backs down from a challenge!’, I said, so cocky. So sure that I’d be home in no time, that much richer, and you and I could… could finally just…”

[...]

[SFX: The ship rocking harder]

[He takes a breath, light completely gone from his eyes]

“...One more job… For you, this time. My ever faithful siren… So faithful you’d go this far just to protect our ship… Protect me… I will move Heaven and Earth for you, Angel, I swear it! B-But I need you to unbind the ship from the crystal so I can steer it out of the storm… Can you do that for me?”

[...]

[SFX: The ocean roaring outside]

[He takes another breath]

“Angel. Please, heed the call of your Master, one last time. We’ve known each other all of our lives, you knew me before I became a vampire, and even before I became the Dread Pirate Bourdeaux. I know you are hurt. Furious, and you have every right to curse my failure! But you must let me save you so you have the chance…”

[...]

“Rise…Just for a moment…”

[SFX: The wood creaking harder]

“Please… Let the worship I feel for you give you the strength to just-!”

[SFX: A resonating/powerful chiming sound]

[You heed his call as best you can. The power you hold over the ship pulls it free from the crystals]

[SFX: The ship shaking]

“Yes, perfect! Good job, my love! A-Ah… I need to get to the helm before the ship comes completely free, but I swear I will be back to attend to you the moment I have us on steady waters!”

[Pause]

[SFX: A much quieter chime]

[His voice wavers close to a sob. Before he goes, he manages a strained, heart-wrenching:]

“...I-I love you, too, my Angel!”

[With that, he races back toward the helm as you pull the ship free. You’ve kept it in good shape but the storm has picked a very petty time to arrive]

“C’mon, c’mon, let this numbness give me strength! Hold on, Kyrenis, old girl! Angel has kept you in great shape and we’ve fought through worse!”

[Pause]

[SFX: The storm raging and Damien struggling to right the ship]

“Rrgh, c’mon! Where’s the storm’s leading edge?!’

[SFX: The ocean roaring]

[Pause]

“There! Alright, Kyrenis…! Counterclockwise to the leading edge, you can do it!”

[SFX: Wood creaking violently]

“NNGH! Do it for them, Kyrenis! I know I’ve failed you both but Angel has never failed either of us, so do it for them!”

[Pause]

[SFX: Another crystalline chime]

[The ship rings out in the tongue of the ocean, calling on the old magic unique only to it]

“Fantastic! Gods damnit I cannot begin to tell you how much I’ve missed you both! The other prisoners looked at me like I was a madman for loving a siren so much that I let them integrate their magic with the magic inherent to the greatest gods damned ship a pirate could ask for!”

[SFX: Wood creaking agreeably]

“Oh, I’ll be sappy if I want to, Kyri! I missed you! I missed Angel! I even missed Claude! Yes, I see you up there, you sassy crow! Enjoying your spoils, I hope?”

[SFX: The storm calming/becoming more muted]

[The ocean calms around the ship within a range of about fifty feet. Beyond that invisible dome, the storm still rages mercilessly]

[SFX: A crow caw]

[Damien laughs madly. Joyously]

“There we are, there we are! The calm elements spell should keep the storm away from us under this little dome… I forgot how beautiful being able to still see the storm happening outside of the barrier is…”

[Pause]

[He lets out a tired sigh. A giggle]

“...I am so happy to be home… Twenty years…”

[Pause]

“... Kyrenis, could you take the helm for a moment? I… need to make sure they are comfortable.”

[SFX: Wood creaking agreeably]

“Thanks, old girl. I owe you a fight with a giant squid or something equally exciting.”

[SFX: Wood creaking excitedly]

[He hurries back down below deck and to his quarters]

“Oh, love… Oh, you’re out of the crystal…”

[SFX: Crystal clacking as he walks carefully through it]

[He kneels by your side and carefully collects you in his arms, pulling you close with a shaky breath]

“O-Oh… Feeling your touch again after all this time…”

[Pause]

“...You’re still just as beautiful as I remember… Ah, but… I should say thank you for waking the ship up. Gods only know furious you must be at me… How much you must resent me… I don’t blame you, Angel, not at all…”

[...]

“Here, let’s get you in bed… Erm, after a quick cleaning spell.”

[SFX: A little magical sting]

“There we are. One nice, clean bed for you, Angel… I hope you don’t want the mattress at the firmness level of crystal going forward.”

[Pause]

“Hehe, oh, I know, I’m still not funny… I missed you so much…”

[SFX: A soft chime]

“...I hope I’m reading those chimes right… They sound gentle… Forgiving…”

[Pause]

“Mmh, you’re right, I shouldn’t push your strength. I’ll get a fire going in the hearth to help warm the room up and then I think we’re going to be paying a visit to our good friend, Mary.”

[SFX: Disapproving chime]

“Love, I don’t want to go dealing with an Eldritch being that decided to open a cat cafe either, but they’re the only one that can point us toward us a soul broker… Yours has weakened so much that I’m scared you could slip away… S-So, ahm… You’re playing nice with Mary is what I’m saying.”

[SFX: Defeated chime]

“I know, my Angel… I know. But I am home, now, and that means you will be taken care of. You and our ship both, I swear it! For now… rest. Truly, rest. I’m here, now. I am here…”

[You have little choice]

[To be continued]