The Passenger on the Impress

~ Jimmy, Susanna and Cessillia getting ready for travels.  ~

Jimmy: "Greetingsh, Shishtersh. Ish it shaturday already?"

Susanna: "Greetingsh, brosher"

Cessillia smiles as their brother returns, then quickly covers his eyes. "Don't look, my brosher! Shushanna ish undreshed."

Jimmy quickly turns to face the ocean to not have to face horror. Turning his back to his sisters he asks again: "Sho, it ish shaturday? Bashing time?"

Cessillia : "Yesh, my brosher, now go, ushe shat big pond over shersh", she says pointing at the beach.

Jimmy shakes his head "Me no dirty at all!", then sniffs his armpits "and shmell like roshesh!"

Cessillia : "And don't forgetsh she back of you neksh, we could grow shul back shere!"

Jimmy sticks his tongue out. "Washed she osher day in shat nishe villash!" he says, wriggling out of the situation with a tiny white lie. “Sho we go on ship?”

Susanna: “Yesh, my brosher, and don't get shick shish time.”

Jimmy: “You not flirt wish captain again, shishtersh! Remember lasht time he shet ush out at lonely island!”

Susanna: “He wash keeping me shafe for hish return. Shat ish all.”

Jimmy: "Me not got shick becaushe of ship, me got shick becaushe you flirting wish ugly captain!"

Susanna: “He wash not ugly ... shusht... intereshtingly featured.”

Cessillia chuckles softly at her younger siblings as she adjusts herself and her clothes

Susanna taps her foot as she waits for her brother to adjust himself. "Ish you feeling well, brosher. Do you need to shit down a bit?"

~ On the dock  ~

Jimmy tries to adjust his clothes "Me ish fine, shishter! Are we going shoush or norsh or voshk?"

Susanna: “Where shall we shail to, my dearsh?”

Jimmy: “Meh wantsh to shail shoush! Shey will buy our wool, I hope! Not sho many verr wish shick wool in she shoush!”

Cessillia counts the coins in her purse, "hmmm"

~ Susanna, Jimmy and Cessillia on the Impress ~

Impress Ship's Bell 1 shouts: Now arriving to the Isle of Farnacium. If this is your final destination, please prepare to disembark. Five Ehn before departure to Port Kar

Jimmy: “Hmmmm, Farnashium?”

Susanna looks around her at the lush surroundings of the ship. “Ish very nishe, ishn’t it?”

Jimmy: “Oh, maybe we find nishe, shtrong AND rish companionsh for you shere, shishtersh!?”

Cessillia recounts the number of coins in her purse "Perhapsh too nishe!"

Susanna claps her hands together, "Oh, I hope sho, brosher!"

Cessillia smiles at her brother's words "hmmm... perhapsh, there ish shat"

Jimmy: “Me not wantsh to go to Port Kar. Ish piratesh, I heard sho”. Jimmy studies the painting "Hmmmm, shish looksh like a nishe, wealshy man. I hash to ashk shomeonesh who it ish!"

Susanna: (from outside) "I ish Shushanna Bloch, shusht arrived on board wish my brosher and shishter"

Cessillia : "Perhapsh brosher", then smiles seeing another lady in the distance, and takes a quick look at the womans dress and hurries back to push her brother to meet her.

Jimmy hears his sister talking to someone and curiously looks out to the deck

Susanna: “Sheshy come and shay hello to a fellow traveller.”

Cessillia smiles a hand on her brother's back "Well met, shish ish our brosher Shim, he'sh shingle you know.."

Susanna: “Shim, don't be shy," says in a lower voice, "Shey might be shingle.”

Jimmy struggles a bit as his sister tries to push him to the woman, hissing "Don't push me, shishter!"

Roxanne Adagio: "Well met Shoo.... I am sorry, Shoo Sha Na? Am I saying that correctly?" she pauses a moment to look at the other two in the cabin "I am Lady Roxanne"

Jimmy: "Greetingsh, Lady Rockshan!"

Susanna: "Well met, lady Rockshan."

Jimmy puffs his chest out to look bigger and important "I am Shimmy of she clan of Bloch. You hash meeted my shishtersh already?"

Cessillia eyes gleam 'a lady', she thinks. "Well met, Lady Rockshanna. Don't mind she shmell dear, it washesh right off after a bash or two". Cessillia smiles looking between her brother and the lady, wiggling her eyebrows at her sister.

Impress Ship's Bell 1 shouts: Now arriving to Port Kar. If this is your final destination, please prepare to disembark. Five Ehn before departure to Kasra

Susanna: “Ish there any shingle man on board? I havent sheen any yet.”

Roxanne Adagio: "Yes, ummm..." her eyes dart from person to person "Well met Shimmy. Where are you all travelling to?"

Susanna looks around eagerly, hoping to bag a rich companion on the trip.

Jimmy looks away a bit diestracted as the captain announces Port Kar. He mumbles "whoa! Time moved fasht!" Jimmy then turns to the lady again and corrects her with a warm smile "It's 'Shimmy', not 'Shimmy'!"

Cessillia rolls his eyes at her sister’s forwardness and almost covers her face in shame "Will we be shafe in port, brosher dear, if shere are piratsh shere?"

Susanna: “And I am 'Shushanna' not 'Shooshanna'”

Roxanne Adagio: "ahhh yes! Do excuse me, I am a bit tired. Jimmy and Susanna, yes?"

Susanna gives the lady a big smile from beneath her veil.

Jimmy smiles and nods "Ah, now you shay it correct." nods even more and repeats "Shimmy and Shushanna, right! And we are going Norsh to trade wool!""

Cessillia pouts slightly at not being introduced by her brother adding "And Sheshillia"

Susanna: “Norsh, my brosher? I shought we were going shoush!”

Jimmy nods and points to Cessy "And shat ish my shishter Sheshy, yesh". Jimmy grins "You would not have come wish me if I told you it ish going to she norsh!"

Cessillia smiles sweetly at the lady and nods slightly.

Roxanne Adagio clicks her teeth together as she tries to follow them "Going north, trade wool, sister Chessie?"

Cessillia frowns looking down at her dress "But I am dreshed for Shoushen weasher, not norshen!", she says worriedly, then looking up at the lady "Yesh dear, shat wash what my brosher shaid."

Jimmy winks to the lady and lowers his voice "Ish what I shaid to my shishtersh. But ish we going norsh to trade black wine whish I hash buyed in shoush." Jimmy adds "And find shtrong companion for my shishter."

Roxanne Adagio: "Where did you all acquire something as expensive as blackwine?" she says rather shocked.

Susanna: “More importantly a companion for my brosher Shim," Susanna whispers to the Lady Roxanne, "He'sh shtronger shan he looksh."

Jimmy: “We be on eggshanshe harbor called Tabor... finding black winesh shere and trading for wool.”

Cessillia smiles "Shee how clever he ish." She tweaks her brother's cheek. "He would make any women..." she looks to the Lady Roxanna, "...a FINE companion onshe he shcrubsh up a little"

Jimmy grimaces at Susi's words "Me don't need companion yet, shishter. Shere'sh shtill lotsh of verrsh... errrr.... I mean... kashirash to fur before I take a companion."

Roxanne Adagio: Wool for blackwine, a good trade indeed. I hope you have as much luck in the search for a companion, or a kajira

Susanna: “No more kashirash for you, my brosher! You needsh a fine Lady like Rockshann.”

Jimmy too late ducks away from his sister's hand tweaking his cheek

Cessillia smiles nodding at her sister "Shen lotsh and lotsh of shildren!"

Jimmy hisses "I told you not to do shat all she time, shishter! I'm a man, not a little boy!"

Roxanne Adagio's eyes grow wide "Well there are many fine women out there I am sure"

Susanna: “Yesh lotsh. Shere ish not many of She Clan Bloch left only shixty or sho. Ten or twelve shildrensh would be shurfishinat.”

Jimmy looks at his sister Susi with awe, wondering when she learned to count to 60

Cessillia smiles softly as she spits on her hanky, her hand moving towards some dirt on her brother's cheek "Yesh shwetie, all grown up and ready for a fine woman, but you are alwaysh a little one to your shishters"

Roxanne Adagio: "yes, that would make a fine family" she takes a very subtle step backwards

Impress Ship's Bell 1 shouts: Now arriving to Kasra. If this is your final destination, please prepare to disembark. Five Ehn before departure to Port Jad

Jimmy gasps as his oldest sister tries to clean his face again with her nasty hanky. He ducks under her hand and moves to Susi's other side.

Susanna steps behind her brother and gives him a gently push towards the fine Lady. "Shay shome shing nishe, Shimmy!"

Cessillia smiles "He'sh a bit shin. we knowsh, but a good cook will shoon be able to fatten him up, we try our besht but shere is sho little butter", she says sadly.

Jimmy gets all puzzled as at the same time he tries to find a place out of reach of his one sister, getting pushed by his other sister, wondering why the captain announces Kasra, as he thinks that's SOUTH of Port Kar, and the pressure of saying something nice to the lady

Susanna thinks the lady might be very pretty beneath her veil but is definitely underfed .. and wonders if her father keeps her hungry couse she is badly behaved. She shrugs the idea away. They could soon fatten her up to a reasonable size for their brother

Jimmy scratches his head and thinks, finally says the nicest he can imagine at the moment: "Do you want to shit wish ush, Lady Rockshan?"

Roxanne Adagio: "yes, well...." she looks him over nervously ".... you shall have to purchase a kajira with cooking skills it seems"

Susanna: “Oh no, lady Rockshann, Shesy ish a cook, she ushesh lotsh of Butter. Very good for you ish butter.”

Roxanne Adagio: “lots of butter, yes I see.”

Cessillia smiles and walks over besides the lady "I she shome nishe plashesh to shit over there"

Jimmy nods "Sheshy lovesh butter. She alwaysh shaysh... " - tries to imitate his sister - "... you never can ushe too mush butter!"

Cessillia points towards to gallery

Roxanne Adagio: “You see places to WHAT?”

Cessillia : "Shit my dear, to shit down and resht your weary lesgh"

Susanna: “To shit Lady Rockshann, Would you like to shit wish ush and partake of a ship of wine.

Jimmy helps his sister "Shit." - and points to the cushions "shere... on she pillowsh"

Cessillia smiles and whispers dreamly "mmmmm butter"

Roxanne Adagio nods "Yes yes, I undestand now. We shall go and rest ourselves on the pillows"

~ In the Dining room of the Impress ~

Susanna: “After you, Lady Rockshann. Shimmy, offer she lady your arm!”

Cessillia smiles "ahh, shush a shweet boy, and sho polite, ishn't he?"

Roxanne Adagio: "Yes, he does have that going for him"

Jimmy looks a bit worried at his sister, then looks down at his two arms. He tries to clean his dirty arm arm at his even dirtier pants, then stretches it out awkwardly

Susanna: “Onesh he hash a bash shere will be no shtopping him from shcoring a companion of high shtanding"

Jimmy tries to be all gentleman "May I eshcort you, mylady?"

Roxanne Adagio: takes a deep breath, looks at his arm, bites her lip and extends her arm , hooking it thru his "That would be.... very kind, yes"

Jimmy smiles proudly, showing his plain white big teeth and escorts the lady to the dining-room or whatever it is called on a ship. Jimmy points to the cushions "We may shit here? Ish shish fine?"

Susanna: “Yesh pleash shit Lady Rockshann. You shit too Sheshy.”

 Roxanne Adagio: "This is fine" she moves around the table and sits facing the entrance. she descends gracefully to the pillow, adjusting her skirts as she lowers herself

Cessillia smiles sweetly to her sister nodding then to the Lady Roxanne, "Polite, and sho talented whish she verr, I often hear him getsh up in she middle of she night to tend shem, shey bleatsh for a while, and he musht move shem around becaushe he groansh quite loudly, but shen he musht shettle shem becaushe he comesh back whishtling a happy tune"

Susanna plants her ample arse on the cushion

Cessillia nudges her brother forwards "Go shit by the nishe lady shweetesht brosher"

Susanna tries to be lady like and kneels, but her feet start to go numb so she slumps down and sits on her arse instead.

Jimmy was waiting for his other sister to sit down too. Surprised by her pushing he stumbles over the first cushion, rolls around on the floor and quickly sits on the second cushion, so his clumsiness isn't so obvious

Roxanne Adagio: "I am sure he has quite a talent for tending to the verr, yes. Perhaps that is why the wooll you trade is so good"

Impress Ship's Bell 1 shouts: Now arriving to Port Jad. If this is your final destination, please prepare to disembark. Five Ehn before departure to Lydius

Cessillia groans as she lowers herself onto one of the cushions "I don't know why shey makesh the floorsh sho low in shesh shshipsh"

Roxanne Adagio: “The cabins are smaller aboard ships I think. Perhaps to save room.”

Jimmy nods, but his cheeks lightly rosy by his sister's word. To change the subject quickly he points to the wall behind Roxanne at the painting, which he admired before, and asks "Do you know shat man on she picshure, Lady Rockshan? He looksh like a wealshy potenshial companion for one of my shishtersh!"

Roxanne Adagio: looks over her shoulder "I do not know him, but he would be a fine companion by the looks of him.”

Susanna nods agreeingly. "He ish very handshome"

Cessillia sighs softly. "Too shin for me, and looksh short", and whispers to her brother softly "...and she old man behind him sheemsh to be a Green, looksh like shomeshing ish infected..." her voice goes even lower "...downsh shere."

Susanna only catches half of what her sister says and sits up straighter. "Did you shay he'sh down shere, shister?"

Roxanne Adagio: “He is down where?”

Susanna: “Maybe I shood go shee him.”

Jimmy takes his bag from his shoulder to see what he can offer to eat and drink. He chokes and coughs at his sister's words. As soon as he caught back his breath he looks at the picture again, then turns to his sister: "How can you tell he'sh short?"

Cessillia smiles to her brother: "Shmall handsh, dear"

Jimmy shakes his head to his other sister "Sheshy not shaid, he ish down here. She shaid he ish short down shere wish infecshion", he says a bit too loud

Susanna blinks and registers her sister's meaning ... "ohhhhh too many kashirash"

Jimmy frowns, a scared look in his face, he whispers: "It getsh short from kashirash?"

Susanna: "Shey have all kindsh of infeshionsh, you know," she says leaning across to Lady Roxanna and speaking directly to her. "It'sh why we keep Shim away from shem."

Cessillia blinks and looks horrified "I did not shay short.." her voice lowers as she hisses "....downnsshhh shere..." then in a normal voice: "I shusht shaid he wash short" then adds hurridly "...of shtature"

Roxanne Adagio scowls "They do NOT have infections! Slaves are very clean and healthy!"

Jimmy looks at the painting again and studies it "Hmmm, he not looksh short in shtatshure to me. He ish bigger shen she oshersh!" Jimmy shrugs "Of courshe I not know if he ish bigger shen she oshersh down shere too"

Susanna thinks the lady has never seen the village kajiri in their village

Cessillia smiles to the lady, then looks puzzled "Oh, shorry, dear, I am shure the onesh you ushesh ash a higher clashed eshtablishment do not"

Roxanne Adagio: “No, they certainly do not. And they perform many useful tasks.”

Jimmy at the lady's confiming words turns to Cessy "Shee!? Lishen to she lady!"

Susanna: "Yesh, Shim, Old Shifty's Shtrumpet, you know which one, sheven handsh tall and build like a shable..."

Impress Ship's Bell 1 shouts: Now arriving to Lydius. If this is your final destination, please prepare to disembark. Five Ehn before departure to Port Jad

Cessillia smiles "Ah, now sheres a woman of a good shishe!"

Susanna: “Now if only Ole Shifty could purshade her to bash now and shen. Onesh a year really ishn't enough!”

Roxanne Adagio nods as she listens, trying to follow along.

Cessillia smiles "Yesh, I've told her timesh and againsh 'onesh a monsh at leasht, I shay', but she shusht won't lishten!"

Roxanne Adagio: “A large woman, is she?”

Jimmy does as he wouldn't hear his sisters talk about man-sizes, searches his bag instead for something to eat as he's getting hungry again.

Roxanne Adagio: “Once a month?”

Cessillia smiles "Oh, I shink Ol' Shtumpy getsh it more shan shat..." then blinks "....ohhhhh bash, I mean!"

Jimmy pulls out a bottle of chocolate milk he had bought in that nice village. He looks around holding the bottle "Shocolate milksh anyone?"

Susanna: “Large, Lady Rockshann, ish an undershatement. Shee could give a boshk a hard time in a competishion."

Roxanne Adagio: "Yes, one would need it more often than once a month"

Cessillia smiles "Yesh, trying to get her onesh a monsh to bash"

Susanna: “Shank you, Shim, shocolate milk would be lovely.”

Cessillia grins "oh, Yesh pleashe, brosher dear"

Roxanne Adagio: “Only bathes once a month? My goodness!”

Cessillia raises her eyes brows at the lady "Onesh a monsh, heh, we should be sho lucky"

Jimmy pulls out some bowls and blows some dust of it. He fills one... two... then looks to the lady, the bottle hovering over the third bowl "You like shocolate milksh too, Lady Rockshan?"

Susanna: “We make shure Shim bash, at leasht every ten daysh or sho. He'sh very clean.”

Roxanne Adagio: Raises a brow at a bath only every 10 days and waves her hand over the bowl "No milk for me, thank you"

Jimmy growls and corrects his sister under his breath "Every shaturday!"

Susanna raises an eyebrow and looks to her sister for conformation.

Cessillia smiles "oh, our brosher? I am shorry, I shought we meant Shtumpy! Oh yesh, our brosher ish very clean, he bash a lot, at leasht onesh a week"

Roxanne Adagio: “Well that is good to hear.”

Jimmy nods and smiles, as there'd be one more bowl for him then. So he fills only three goblets, and corks the bota again, putting it back into his bag, continues searching "Oh, shishter, I hash bought 12 eggsh for you!" - He pulls out the little basket with vulo-eggs, frown and corrects himself "... I hash bought sheven eggsh for you"

Susanna: “I shand corrected Rockshann," Susanna concedes. She hadn’t realised that falling in the river was the same as bathing.

Roxanne Adagio: "I myself enjoy a daily bath when I am at home"

Jimmy holding the eggs in his hands to reach them over to his oldest sister and cramps at the mentioning of daily baths. An almost silent cracking sound is to hear. "Here are she.... five eggsh, shishter"

Cessillia frowns at the ladies words "A day? But you look sho healshy!?"

Roxanne Adagio: “Well yes, I am healthy. My daily bath keeps my skin very healthy as well.”

Susanna nods earnestly in agreement with her sister

Jimmy wipes his glibbered hand at his pants, then pushes the goblets with chocolate milk to his sisters

Susanna smiles "Shank you, Shimmy, you preshious little pumpkin you." Susanna smiles at the fine lady opposite her. "Shush a shoughtful lad."

Roxanne Adagio: “It is nice to see a thoughtful man. So many men tend to be loud and self centered, do they not?”

Susanna nods agreeingly. "Men are shush beashts shometimesh. "

Impress Ship's Bell 1 shouts: Now arriving to Port Jad. If this is your final destination, please prepare to disembark.Five Ehn before departure to Karsa

Susanna: “But we brought Shimmy up proper.”

Roxanne Adagio: “You did a fine job”

Jimmy gets a bit lost in thought as he considers, which of the men in their village could be called 'beast'

Susanna: “We did, didn't we?" Susanna bursts almost with pride of her little squiggy brother. "Pinch hish sheeks for me, Sheshy."

Roxanne Adagio: laughs "Pinch one for me as well, just for good measure"

Jimmy shrugs and keeps on searching in his bag, ducking under his sister's pinching had like in a reflex, holding the lightly messy ramberry-pie right the moment his oldests sister's hand reaches out to pinch him "I hash alsho four pieshesh of pie!", he says proudly and holds it up, Cessie's finger digging into the pie instead poking his cheek

Cessillia smiles nudging him towards to lady "oh, pleashe, pinsh him youshelf, it'sh good for you both to get ushed to touching each osher"

Susanna claps her hands together, "ohhh pie!"

Jimmy frowns and looks at the pie-filling sticking at Cessie's finger "Shree pieshesh of pie!", he corrects himself. "Who wantsh?"

Cessillia sucks her fingers "hmm, not enough butter" she admits sadly

Susanna: “Lady Rockshann firsht, brosher.”

Roxanne Adagio: eyes the pie with hesitation "What kind of pie is it?"

Jimmy grabs Cessie's hand and licks one of her fingers. "Hmmm, ramberriesh, I shink"

Cessillia smiles proudly "Ramberriesh, shush like my hai...." he pats her hair, then remembers who they are with "Ramberriesh" she answers, then pinches her brothers lips "Mannersh!"

Roxanne Adagio: "Well I shall try some then. I do love ramberries"

Jimmy looks at his sisters for help, not knowing how to cut a pie correctly. “You cut it Sheshy?”

Cessillia takes one of the kitchen knives out of her garter, and cuts four large quarters, making sure the lady has the biggest in order to fatten her up for their brother

Cessillia frowns as the captain enters the galley an frowns even further at the Lady stands up suggesting this is her stop...

~ The Lady had to leave ~

Susanna leans over and takes a slice of pie. Now the lady has gone so has her manners, as she stuffs it in her mouth.

Jimmy shrugs and grabs the piece of pie that was meant for the lady too "Well, more for me!"

Susanna: “I'm shtarving," she says spitting bits of ramberry all over the table

Cessillia sighs softly; and in a very lady like manner lifts her veil before stuffing the last slice into her mouth.

Susanna washes it down with a goblet of chocolate milk.

Cessillia smiles "sush a hanshome boy!"

Jimmy giggles

Impress Ship's Bell 1 shouts: Now arriving to Kasra. If this is your final destination, please prepare to disembark. Five Ehn before departure to Port Kar

Susanna: “Maybe we can find a room sho we can get shanshed for later?”

Cessillia smiles "Yesh, perhapsh besht"

Susanna stands up and picks up her bag.

Jimmy: “You not like your shocolate milksh, Sheshy?", he asks hopefully

Cessillia hiccups "bit full from she pie, brosher dear, not enough butter in it, I shink"

Jimmy smiles and quickly grabs the goblet before Susi can grab it, gulping it down

Susanna pouts as she had her eye on it.

Jimmy wipes his lips with his arm. "I shink ish room to shleep down shere'sh!"

Susanna: “Let'sh find shomewhere to shleep, my dearsh" she says

~ In the lower cabins with Cessillia, Jimmy and Susanna ~

Jimmy: “Shish ish mine!” Jimmy says claiming a pile of cushions.

Susanna looks around. “Shish will do nishely, I shink.”

Cessillia frowns but decides it is better their brother sleep on his own then with some ship wench

Jimmy leans back into the soft cushions and closes his eyes. He knows there was something he wondered about... ((the direction)), but before his mind can grab it, he already falls asleep, a "Nai, Shishiesh!" on his lips.

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