Tabor East

~ Jimmy, Cessillia and Susanna On Board the Impress~

Susanna : “Sheshi ... Shimmy where are you?” Susanna creeps up behind her brother and pinches his bottom

Jimmy hears his other sister's lovely baritone and waves "Here we are, Shishter! Did you hash a nishe nap, Shushi? "

Susanna : “Yesh shank you, Shimmy. Sho how long before we reash our port?”

Jimmy hugs his sister tight in spite of her butt-pinching

Susanna pulls her brother in to her arms

Jimmy : “Neksht port ish Teletush, shaid she captain”

Susanna hip butts cessy. “Where ish she captain? I wanted to shank him pershonally.”

Jimmy shrugs "Don't know. He wash up shere shtanding at shat wheel all she time until she moment you came out."

Impress Ship's Bell 2 shouts: Now arriving to Teletus. If this is your final destination, please prepare to disembark. Five Ehn before departure to Tabor East

Jimmy : “OH! Oh! Neksht port ish Tabor Easht! We should get readish shoon!”

Susanna looks around. "Sheemsh shere are a few new Passhengersh." Susanna looks up towards the wheel and pouts. "Have you got your luggage, brosher?"

Jimmy : “My what, shishter? Oh! My luggashe? Yesh!”

Susanna smiles and nods "Yesh, shat'sh what I shaid, "

Jimmy shakes his head and grins "You already shtart to talk in shat shtranshe akshent like she oshersh!” Jimmy lowers his voice to a whisper "Cheshie shtill shometimesh lishpsh like when she wash a shild. But don't tell her. Yeshterday she cried, when I telled her!"

Susanna : “She actsh tough but she'sh a shofty really. Ish oursh she nesht shtop, my brosher?”

Jimmy : “Tabor Easht ish she neksht shtop. I hopesh we find flour and shugar and cacao shere.”

Cessillia smiles "I shink I shee she port, ish shat it over shere brosher dearesht?"

Impress Ship's Bell 2 shouts: Now arriving to Tabor East. If this is your final destination, please prepare to disembark. Five Ehn before departure to Shendi.

Jimmy looks up from his dirty boots "Are we shere yet? Oh yesh! Shat ish Tabor Easht!"

Susanna : “We should put shome cloaksh on, it'sh cold.”

Jimmy grabs his bags tighter "Time to go off board, shishters. Yesh, cloak ish good "

Susanna pulls a cloak from out of her bag. "You want one, Sheshi? Shimmy?", she asks holding out a fur.

Cessillia grins "Let'sh go shen, I could do wish a good shit whilsht you trade". Cessy frowns "Oh, I don't have a cloak wish me, we were meant to be going shoush, ah, yesh, pleashe, Shushi dear!" She grins happily "Ah, shish ish a nishe cloak, besht urtsh?"

Susanna : “Don't forgetsh your shtuff, Sheshi , Shimmy.”

~Jimmy, Cessillia and Susanna in Tabor East~

Jimmy rubs his cold hands "Neksht time I hash to wear my warm underwear, when we comesh here!"

Susanna: “It mush be cold. Shimmy ish shumping around again”

Jimmy: “Oh, looksh! Ish a big vulo shere!”

Cessillia whispers to her clan "heavensh! Shey hash shome short of shtrange idol!", then listening to her brother "...or ANY underwear would be good"

Jimmy: “Blesh you, Sheshie!”

Cessillia: “Oh Shimmy, so not toush, ish hot!”

Susanna: “Brosher, shere ish a shtoresh over shere!”

Cessillia shouts: “Piesh!!”

Jimmy shouts: "Shushiiiiiiii? Where aaaaarrrrrrrreeeeeee youuuuuuu, Shish?"

Susanna shouts: “I ish over here by she butshersh, my brosher.”

Cessillia shouts: “BUTTER!!!??”

Susanna walks over to the butchers, examining the meat for freshness. She picks out two nice pieces of meat and pays the boy behind the counter. "Ish ekshpenshive, but I will take it."

Jimmy: “Hmmm... shish ish meat, shishter” Jimmy licks his lips "You are going to cook, Shushi shish?"

Cessillia runs up panting to their sister, her hands on her hips and her breaths coming out in pants "Wheresh she butter? Wh.. Where?"

Susanna: “Yesh, Shimmy. Ish sheeper shan eating in tavernsh all the time.”

Jimmy: “I not shee buttersh anywheresh”

Cessillia scowls "hmmmmmm" she says in almost a growl

Jimmy excited for his oldest sister shouts "Oh! Here! Here!"

Cessillia smiles "buttttttttttterrrrrrr....." she says with almost orgasmic glee

Susanna: "ooohh lotsh of butter!"

Jimmy: “Oh, and cheesh! Can we hash shome cheesh?”

Susanna looks over to the side and see's a nice shop with what looks like nice warm underwear .

Jimmy licks his lips "I wonder if it ish ash good ash verr-cheesh!"

Cessillia frowns "but it makesh you...." Cessy blushes softly "trumpet"

Susanna: “How mush," she asks, nodding at the answer. "I takesh two of eash," Susanna rummages in
her purse and pays the coins.

Cessillia talks softly with the slave trying to negotiate a good price, then counts her coins, looks at her sister trying to calculate the dowry again, then back at the coins, then shrugs and hands them over to the slave.

Jimmy : “I go and look for shugarsh and floursh and cacao. I shink I shaw it all here!” Jimmy haggles a bit with the trader then shout's to his sisters "When one boksh hash 5 floursh, how many bokshesh do I hash to buy to have 100 floursh, shisthersh?"

Susanna: “5? shen you needsh ...." susanna thinks for a moment. "20" she says finally.. "I shink shat ish all your fingersh and all your toesh”

Cessillia counts on her fingers, then her toes "22!"

Jimmy while he waits for his sisters to do the math decides to learn how to write and read and to do maths himself to become a successful trader. “Shooooooo.... when one boksh ish 2 KT and we need shomeshing about 20-22, how mush ish shat shen for 100, shishtersh?”

Susanna whispers to Jim, "Sheshi hash shiksh toesh on eash foot."

Jimmy nods "Ish she reashon she ish sho bad at mash!"

Cessillia counts on her fingers, then her toes twice "44"

Susanna: “If you buy 20 ish 40 copper, my brosher. We needsh bread, Sheshi. And shome fresh water.”

Cessillia: “I shink I shaw shome where she piesh are.”

Susanna turns around to see her brother already laden with sacks of flour. "You should take shat to she shipsh for now. I want to shee if we can get breadsh."

Jimmy: “Shishtersh, she trader shaysh, he givesh me 100 flour for 40 KT. I am not shure, but I shink, wish sheshe prishesh, 1 ST for all she goodsh ish not a good prishe!”

Susanna: “No, ish not a good prishe.”

Cessillia smiles and juggling the jars of butter hands three cheese wheels to her brother "shuch a nishe boy, he gave me shome cheshshe for free becaushe I bought sho much butter" Cessillia nods "no, shat ish not good at all"

Jimmy counts on his fingers "When she 100 cacao ish 60 KT....." - he counts six fingers on his hands - "... and she flour ish 40 KT.... " - adds 4 fingers on his hand - "Shen we already pay 1 ST for only 2 goodsh. Am I right?"

Susanna: “Yesh, my brosher. Did i shee a oven over shere?” Susanna ponders aloud only half listening to her brother.

Jimmy: “And shen we shtill need 100 shugarsh!”

Cessillia nods and nods "Yesh, brosher, and we shtill needsh a profit for Sushi'sh dowery"

Susanna: "I ish going to shee if shat bakersh oven ish working."

Jimmy takes the cheese-wheels from his sister, sniffs at it and wrinkles his nose. "Shmells not sho good like verr-sheeshe, but not bad." - He puts the cheese into his bag.

Susanna sees that the fire is lit and the oven hot so she digs into her backpack and takes out some flour salt and water bota. Making a quick dough and pushing it into the oven.

Jimmy shouts over to his sister Susi "You need shul for shoup?"

Susanna shouts “yesh my brosher.”

Jimmy shouts “How many?”

Susanna shouts back:  “10 will be enough, my brosher”

Jimmy shouts back to her: “And Carrotsh?”

Susanna shouts back again. “Yesh, Shimmy, cattotsh too”

Jimmy struggles a bit with all the boxes and crates he has to carry now. He turns to his other sister who's still wiggling her finger in her ear. "I will put shome cratesh on she ship"

Cessillia takes the finger out her ear "pardon?" then looks at the mess on her finger, and wipes it on her sisters cloak

Susanna: “What elshe do we needsh, Shugarsh and caoca?”

Jimmy a bit louder "I SHAID I GO TO SHE SHIP TO PUT SHOME OF SHE BOKSHESH SHERE!!!"

Cessillia scowls at her brother "Alright, alright, I am not deaf, you knowsh"

Jimmy rolls his eyes and just turns to the ship, bouncing a bit as his bladder is full too

Susanna gives her sister the meat too, "Put shat in our room too, dear shishter"

Jimmy takes the meat instead of Cessy, raising his eyebrows a bit at the confusion, and then walks to the ship to put all the bought goods to their room. He puts the crates and boxes into their room, and then he pees overboard. As he realizes, that this side of the river is frozen, he blushes a bit but too late to stop it now. Jimmy stuffs his goodies back into his pants and wipes his hands at the leather. He turns to join his sisters again.

Cessillia smiles looking at her sister’s dress "Ish nishe, I hopesh the captain likesh it"

Susanna: “Shimmy do you needsh medishin?”

Jimmy: “I hash shome herbsh, I shink. But only for ush. You shink we can makesh profit wish herbsh?”

Cessillia looks near the ship "Oh looksh, shey have yellow ishe!"

Jimmy blushes more at his sisters remark but remains silent and does as if he's sorting his bag new. “And Taverne ish too ekshpenshive!

Susanna: “Of courshe I will, Shimmy.”

Jimmy: "Maybe ish a good plashe over shere behind she houshesh?"

Cessillia smiles "Would you likesh shome pie?"

Jimmy rubs his hands and blows his fingers "Maybe after shomeshing warm, shishter"

Cessillia nods "thatsh true, ish a bit shully here"

Jimmy: “I goesh and collectsh shome woodsh!” Jimmy on his way to search for wood crosses the empty market cart. He looks left and right, then quickly empties the crates... into his bag. He places some KT on the market stand as he is not a thief, but then takes the empty boxes, puts them on the floor and crashes them all with his boots. He shouts over his shoulder to his sisters "Found wood for fire!", then blushes as he notices them right next to him and watching him crashing the crates

Susanna: “Oh, shush a clever boy,” Susanna cooes, busting with pride for her little brother’s resourcefulness.

Jimmy sniffs and wonders what's those signs on the board behind the crates. He shrugs and rips those off, shattering it too. Then he picks up all the splinters from the ground. "Ish enough to make fire for a shoup!" Jimmy points with his hands full of firewood over to the other side of the docks "Maybe over shere?"

Susanna: “Come, my brosher, letsh build a fire and I will make ush shome shoup.”

~The Clan Make Dinner ~

Jimmy: “Ish good plashe here?”

Susanna: “Yesh, here will do.”

Jimmy takes his cloak off and puts it over the snow, so his sisters can sit down

Susanna: “Put she firewood here pleashe, Shimmy.”

Cessillia comes from the forge with a burning log trying to hold it by the none burning part and hopping it between her hands then throws it in the direction of the firewood "hot hot hot hot hot" and sucks her fingers

Jimmy then puts the wood down on the ground, thinking for a very short moment, that other way round would have been easier

Susanna: “Do you have she shuls and carrotsh, my brotsher?”

Jimmy jumps back as his sisters tosses the burning log into the wood. The thin splinters catching fire immediately. “ Hmmmmmm... Shul. Can we put shome meat into it?”

Susanna: “Yesh, my deareshed, if you want meat you shall have meat. Now where are she shulsh.”

Cessillia blushes still sucking her fingers "Showwy by bwushew"

Jimmy as he had put down the cloak for his sisters to sit in the snow makes himself comfortable on the stomp. He inspects the ice-skating boots "What'sh shish, shissiesh?"

Cessillia smiles "Oooo, free knivesh"

Jimmy: “Where ish knivesh, Sheshie?”

Susanna drops the suls into the pan and adds some carrots and vulo meat. She then pours in some water from the bota her sister gave her and adds a sprinkle of salt from the little package she keeps

Cessillia waves her hand over to soup towards her face "mmmmmm shmells fantashtic, Shushi"

Jimmy’s belly rumbles more and more "Ish it not finished yet, shishter?"

Susanna: “We will have to hash bread and cheeshe”

Jimmy: “Did you burn she shoup, shishter?”

Cessillia smiles "and pie!"

Susanna: “It'sh taking a long time, my brosher, I don’t shink it’sh going to cook till mush later.”

Cessillia frowns "Pan ish too shin, I told you shat blackshmish wash ushlesh"

Jimmy: “I hash sheeshesh and bread”. He  looks into his bag and pulls out the cheese wheel and the bread. Placing it all on the stomp he starts to cut it for himself and his sisters

Susanna sits down on the cloak her brother put down for her and her sister

Cessillia rummages in her bag and takes out a rather squashed pie, then takes the knife from her garter and cuts the pie into three sections. She wipes the blade in the snow, then dries it on her cloak before returning it to her garter, a wince crossing her face because of the cold metal

Jimmy: "Oh, I hash shome dried, shalted boshk too!"

Susanna: “Ohh, shat ish wonderful, dear shimmy dear.”

Jimmy arranges all the food nicely on the stomp for his sisters and himself, then points to the stomp "Here, shishtersh! Eat before you get too shin!"

Cessillia sits down next to her sister leaning against her for warmth

Susanna takes a piece of bread and some dried bosk and makes a sandwich with it

Jimmy tries the cheese with a lot of bread, grimacing a bit and speaks with his mouth full and very unclear "Not as good as verr-cheese!"

Susanna: “I shink shay ushe boshk milk here, Shimmy.”

Jimmy nods and gulps it down, with his mouth free now speaking clearly again: "Yesh, shatsh what I shaid. Should tell she sheeshe trader to try verr-milk!"

Cessillia frowns chewing on the cheese "hmmm.. yesh, tashtesh like it, our Verrsh ish better"

Susanna pats her sister on the back then packs away her pots and griddle

Jimmy: “I shink I been here before, shishters... shere wash a warm plashe in she norsh-wesht, where I wash buying more cacao. But I am not shure”

Susanna: “I likesh warm my brosher.” She pokes cessy in case she is falling asleep

Jimmy: “But shishter Sheshi looksh tired. Eating too mush, Shish?”

Cessillia nods scowling "Shtupid captain, not being able to tell norsh from shoush"

Jimmy frowns as he sees that there is still some bread and cheese left. He starts to worry, that his sisters might become sick

Cessillia makes a ripppling burp, then bangs her chest "oopsh, shorry" then blushes as she begins to hiccup

Susanna kicks snow over the fire, making sure it’s out

Cessillia holds some snow to her neck, hoping that it will cure her hiccups

Jimmy puts the rest of the food back into his bag, then shoulders it. He takes his cloak from the ground as his sisters stood up. Shaking the snow out of it, then wraps it around his shoulders again. He turns to his sisters "We should take a nap on she ship. Maybe shere are more peoplesh here latersh and we can ashk, where to buy more cacao"

Susanna: ”Yesh, my brosher, and I ish getting cold now"

Cessillia nods "yesh, we wil needsh shome more shocolate milk shoon"

Jimmy: “Come, shishtersh, before she captain leavesh wishout ush... AGAIN!”

Cessillia sighs "Not even your sharmsh sheem to work to keep him heresh"


.....

Trading on Kamba Island

-Susanna, Jimmy and Cessillia on the Impress-

Susanna Bloch breezes out of the cabin that she is sharing with her younger brother Jimmy and older sister Cessillia. She inhales the fresh sea air through her veil and then smiles brightly as her brother Jimmy walks towards her.

Jimmy frowns "Ish shat anosher new dresh?"

Cessillia sighs "perhapsh he will takesh ush to the right portsh now he ish not dishtracted"

Impress Ship's Bell 2 shouts: Now arriving to the Isle of Farnacium. If this is your final destination, please prepare to disembark. Five Ehn before departure to Teletus

Jimmy waits for the ship to anchor in the harbor. "Sho, now everybody goesh to she toilet onshe more... oh, Shushi already been...."

Susanna nods. "I couldn't wait, Shimmy"

Cessillia looks towards the poop deck "I wish you had not shuggeshted shat..."

Jimmy “Shish harbor ish Farnashium", he explains to the younger of his two older sisters, just incase she been distracted by the sailor who just walked by

Susanna: “Are we leaving, my brosher?”

Jimmy nods “Hmmmm, shish looksh like shtormy cloudsh.”

Impress Ship's Bell 2 shouts: Now arriving to Kamba Island. If this is your final destination, please prepare to disembark. Five Ehn before departure to Tabor East

Susanna nods in agreement, looking at the thick storm clouds that are gathering in the once blue sky.

Jimmy : “I'm glad we are leaving she ship.”

Susanna : “It don't looksh good. it looksh like shat cloud ish blowing away shimmy”

-Jimmy, Susanna and Cessillia on Kamba Island-

The family step from the ship and look around at the surrounding dock.

Jimmy : “Oh, I be here onesh!”

Cessillia : “Are shey good tradersh, brosher?”

Susanna : “Ohh good, shen you know your way around.” She sighs. “You are bounshing again, my brosher”

Jimmy nods "Yesh, I know way from here to market shtallsh!" - Points about only 30 meter before them.

-The Blochs meet a Lady Trader-

nnayram: “Greetings.”

Cessillia smiles "Musht be she exshitment". Cessillia smiles politely to the lady and pushes her brother in the back to make the introductions.

Jimmy: “I'm ekshitet, Shishter! Yesh!" - He lifts his hand as the woman approaches them "Greetingsh, lady"

Susanna looks up smiling at the lady walking towards them. "Greetingsh, lady"

nnayram smiles "Welcome to port Kamba, hope you all are well"

Jimmy stumbles a bit towards the lady pushed by his sister "I am Shimmy from she clan of Bloch. Sheshe are my shishtersh Shushanna and Sheshilia"

Susanna: “Well Shimmy wash shick again on she ship”, she says divulging her brother’s lack of sea legs.

Jimmy turns shortly to his sister and stomps his foot on the ground "Wash not!", and  adds with a lower voice "And you were too bushy flirting wish captain anywaysh!"

nnayram: "Im Lady Nayra the farmer in port Kamba. Oh, I see the weather in sea can be sickning"

Susanna blinks as her sister jumps excitedly into the air.

nnayram: "How may I help you?"

Cessillia smiles to the lady "Sheshy to my friendsh". Eyeing the ladies clothing and jumps a litle "Well a good women for our brosher would be a shtart, are you companioned dear?"

Jimmy : "We come to make tradingsh! We hash our own wool to offer... well..." - he giggles a bit "... of courshe not our own... wool of our verr! And osher goodsh from she shoush" Jimmy grunts as his sister already tries to marry him – AGAIN. He waves his hand. "Don't lishen to my shishter. We only come to trade!"

nnayram smiles "No, I'm not companioned, Lady", she says blushing, tries to lead them of the subject: "Well we do have a small trading port if you are interested. You are interested trading wool for?"

Jimmy shrugs "What do you hash to offer?"

nnayram looks at the young sir jumping thinking hes very jumpy for being sea sick

Susanna : "My brosher may look shmall but he ish very shtrong." She looks at her sister Cessy and whispers "Eshpeshilly if shtanding downwind of him"

nnayram: "Follow me please, and you can take a look yourself. We have alot to offer". She turns and walks to the trading port

Jimmy: “We hash black wine too from she shoush... and cacao... bought in ekshange port of Tabor..”.

Cessillia nudges her sister, and glances at her with a small wink

Jimmy : “Come, Shishtersh!" and distracted walks up some stairs in the wrong direction. He quickly comes down again "Oh, I shought you go up shere"

Cessillia frowns looking to her sister again and whispers "She demons drinksh againsh!"

Jimmy  as they enter the stockhouse: "Oh, looksh, shishtersh! Many goodsh!"

nnayram: "we just starting to build up a storage again, so everything is not yet full"

Susanna whispers back ... "i am shure, Shimmy didn't want ush to come becaushe he shpends all hish time in she tavern"

Cessillia nods, sniffing the air "butter......" she sighs happily

nnayram: "What would you like to trade for? And how much?"

Jimmy beams "Oh, filling shtocksh? Maybe we can help. We hash goodsh and travel lotsh!"

nnayram: "I see. Well good help is always good", she smiles

Cessillia nods "Our brosher travelsh lotsh, sho we have to travel wish him, lesht he get in trouble wish she Verr herdersh"

Jimmy : "You need woolsh?" - He takes the big bag with thick wool from his back and places it on the floor "Look! Ish besht wool of all Gor! Me brushing verr every day!"

nnayram gives a small giggle hides behind her hand. "Well, that is good. How much wool you have and what do you want in return? You need flour, sugar, salt?" She takes out a scroll from her bag and looks at the list on what is on storage and what she needs.

Jimmy points to the crate, not shy anymore as he's proud of his verrs' wool: "Shee how shoft it ish! Don't be shy! Feel it! It'sh very shoft and shick too!"

nnayram smiles leans down and feels the soft wool with her hands and nods"Yes, very good"

Susanna watches her brother proudly as he shows his wares.

Jimmy : "We can trade for shalt... or coinsh too...", he suggests in the hope to get enough riches for the dowry of his sisters to finally find a companion for them. "And makesh very warm underwear!". His hands slide to his belt, ready to show the woman the nice warm long-johns, when he suddenly remembers, that he doesn't ware them today, cause his sisters insisted, that at least ONCE a week it should be washed. He blushes a bit takes his hands off his belt.

nnayram watches the young man slide his hand in his pants, shocked she turns away and looks at his sister. "Ehm..."

Jimmy takes his bag from his shoulder to distract from his almost-accident "We hash osher goodsh too!"

nnayram: "I do need to stock up in flour, sugar and cacao"

Jimmy opens the bag and looks inside "Oh, we hash cacao!"

nnayram smiles "That is good. What more you got in that bag, sir?"

Susanna : “Cacao ish she besht. All she way from Tabor Tropicsh”

Cessillia blinks "Oh, yesh, ekshelent wool", and lifts her leg to show a hint of the long johned leg to the lady "And proteksh your modeshty in she wind", she says staring daggers at her brother for making her expose her ankles.

Jimmy still with his thoughts at the cacao "But not sho mush... Hmmm... hash to go to shat plashe wish shat nishe merchant... I can buy shere more if you need more"

nnayram: "If you like, bring me 100 mehl,100 sugar and 100 cacao, I will pay you 1 silver"

Jimmy gets big eyes "Awwwwww.... One shilver!!!" - He looks to his sisters proudly

Susanna looks closely to her brother, waiting to see what her brother says to that.

Jimmy then saddens "But no wool?"

nnayram: "It is a good offer. I can take your nice wool too", she smiles.

Jimmy who has no idea about prices has to take the woman's word for it

Susanna : "My brosher, maybe we should shink about shish"

Cessillia coughs politely, making "up up" motions behind her brother's back

Jimmy scratches his head and looks at Susanna, ash she's better in maths. "Hmmmmm, shishter can count better... Me only countsh to 20"

nnayram smiles "Well you might want to talk this through as a family? My offer stands, think about it. For the wool I can offer you bread and salt. Is that good?"

Cessillia smiles and whispers softly "No butter?"

nnayram: smiles turns to the lady "If you wish?"

Jimmy : "Ah, and butter. Butter ish good. Sheshie alwaysh needsh for cooking!"

Susanna : “Yesh, lotsh of butter.”

Cessillia nods looking at the ladies rump "Yesh, our brosher likesh hish women a good shishe like hish shistersh"

nnayram: "I'll go and make the boxes, You think about my offer", she walks across the room and takes boxes of the shelf.

Jimmy nods "I'll shink about it... and shee how mush flour and shugar and cacao ish in she shoush", he adds “I shink we paysh 6 KT for a bag of 10 cacao.”

Susanna : “Yesh, shat ish right, brosher,”

Jimmy whispers to his sisters "Sho.. shugar... flour... cacao... Help me to remember shat, shishtersh!"

Susanna nods and concentrates hard as if it will imprint the list on her brain

Jimmy continues whispering to his sisters "We travel back to shat Tabor, where we found shat docksh in the Tropicsh"

Cessillia nods "Shey had good prishesh" she whispers back

Susanna : “Yesh, Tabor Tropicsh, shat nishe mershant had lotsh of shurpliesh.”

Jimmy looks to Susanna "You hash to flirt wish she captain more, sho he makesh ush a good prishe for she pashatsh!"

Susanna : "I will put on my besht dresh and flutter my eyelashes, my brosher. He want'sh me."

nnayram fills the boxes with the goods humming softly on a song, she can hear the visitors talking in a distance but can’t hear what they are saying

Cessillia nods and scratches the stubble on her chin thinking "Shusht make shure you are not furred, shishter. I have been shaving your dowery for too long for you to be cheaper"

Jimmy suddenly beams as he has a brilliant idea "When you become companion of she captain of she Impresh, we can alwaysh hash free travelsh!"

Cessillia looks to her brother "Shilver ish she yellow coin, yesh?" Cessillia smiles proudly at her brother "oooooooooo, that'sh a good idea!"

Jimmy pats his money-pouch "Shoon we hash enough coinsh for your dowry, shishter!", he considers his sister’s question carefully then answers. “No, shilver ish she... " - he considers a moment "... shilver coin, I shink!"

Susanna considers the grand life she would have as the companion of the distinguished sea captain. "Free pashatsh for you bosh, but you have to bash twishe a week."

Cessillia frowns at that idea

Jimmy : “Pffft! Shea-water wash all dirt off anywaysh!”

Cessillia nods "Lotsh oh shea shpray, and all shat shalt for free"

Susanna concedes, and smiles lovingly at her little brother. "Alright, brosher, onesh a week."

Jimmy grimaces disgusted, but agrees with a nod

Susanna ruffles his hair and pinches his cheek. "You are my little pumpkinsh"

Cessillia sighs softly, there still being no man for her after she takes so long to apply her make up and shave each morning

Jimmy growls at his sister and ducks once again under her hand, as she tries to pinch him. His teeth snapping threatening at her

nnayram takes the boxes and returns to the visitors. "Sorry for keeping you waiting, my storage is a mess"

nnayram: "Have you desided on my offer?"

Cessillia smiles "You ashked him to companion you? Brosher, you kept shat quiet!" Cessillia beams that the lady made their brother an offer after all this time of having to keep him bathed each week and away from the Verr.

Susanna nudges Jimmy, "Anshwher the nishe lady, Shimmy "

nnayram wrinkle her nose and with a concern voice she says "....about the flour and such?"

Cessillia : "Oh, she flour!", she says with disappointment, then brightens "oh, and butter"

Susanna face drops as the lady clarifies that she meant the goods not companioning her brother.

nnayram struggling to hold up the heavy boxes she places them on the floor and makes a sound of relief.

Jimmy snaps his eyebrows up, his eyes flashing daggers to his oldest sister. But then he turns to the lady "We not know about flour and shush yet, lady. My shishters shink we pay more in she shoush, but will hash to shee, if we can make good prishe shere"

nnayram ponders if she paid too less then cause that was the same price she paid last time and the girl then said it was too much "Well, its no hurry. Take your time. I hope you come back to visit?"

Jimmy nods and looks at the crates "Shooooo, what do you offer for... shirty..... " - He looks to his sisters, if that was the right number, as he can only count to 20 - "... woolsh and nine porshionsh of cacao?"

nnayram smiles "Is this enough?""

Susanna nods to her brother to indicate it’s the right amount

Jimmy pushs his older sister aside as her at least 5 skirts were hiding the crates. He counts the goods "Oh.... I shink ish fine..." - He turns to Cessie: "Ten butter ish fine, Sheshie?"

Cessillia sighs "Well, if I shkimp on she reshipiesh I shink I can manash"

Jimmy nods and smiles "Shen we hash deal!"

nnayram smiles"Good"

Jimmy looks at his oldest sister again "Maybe a bit more butter shen for she cacao? It'sh a nishe bag. Or we add it to she 100 we bring neksht time?"

Cessillia licks her lips "yesh.... unlesh... she wanted to ushe butter for her dowery?"

Jimmy looks to the docks for a short moment "I shink she ship ish leaving shoon.” Jimmy takes up the crates, dispite of his small looks he carries them easily "

Susanna : “Are you shure you don't want a companion, shee how shtrong he ish.”

Cessillia smiles and whispers to the lady "Sho shtrong, shee?"

Jimmy but has some problems to balance the three crates at once on his arms, so he hands the crate with butter to Cessie, who carries it as easily as he.

nnayram starts giggling and blushes "I'm just a young woman myself, Lady, not ready for a companion, although he is a nice fine man your brother"

Cessillia smiles "Awww, look how shmall he ish, you could grow old togesher!"

Susanna : “Ish alright, he ish young too. you need to be young to have all she shilderensh, 10 or 12 would be good to make the clan shtrong again”

Cessillia nods and nods "We are down to 60 ish in the clan now, timesh are sho hard" She smiles at her sister "All shoshe nephewsh and neishesh!"

Susanna : "very hard," she agrees

nnayram looks at the two sisters: "10-12 and 60? oh my!"

Jimmy rolls his eyes as his sisters start again. “Why don't YOU find a companion and make me unclesh, my shishtersh? You are oldersh shen me!"

Cessillia smiles "becaushe you are our brosher and we lovesh you"

Susanna: "Shat ish not sho many, my dear. Our coushin hash 24 shildrensh"

Cessillia nods "ah yesh, uncle Sham, he hash a good number doeshn't he?"

Susanna: but you need to be shettled, my little pumpkin. Shen Sheshy and me can find men"

nnayram gasps "24?..children.. did I hear right?", thinking maybe she said sheaps

Cessillia nods "You are she only one who can contunue the clan, we will be adding to oshersh", she says sadly. She nods to nnayram "One a year, and you are young and healthy, should be able to breed until at leasht 200 by she looksh of you"

Susanna nods in agreement with her sister

Jimmy shrugsh "I shtill can get companion of coushin Elishabish! But she hash shat aweful tongue-shlip!" Jimmy turns to the Lady and explains in a whisper "She can't shay a 'sh'. Poor shing!"

Susanna nods again. "Yesh, shesh sho hard to undershtand wish shat shpeash problem of hersh"

Cessillia scowls at her sister, knowing she does the same "Dont be cruel, it’sh not her fault her parentsh weren’t coushinsh"

Susanna straighens her skirts . "Well, we should be returning to she Impresh before shetsh shailsh

Jimmy throws a worried look to the docks "Maybe we should go back to she ship.... before she captain eshcapesh... errrrrr.... liftsh she anchor wishout ush on board?"

Susanna: “Are you shure you wont take Shimmy up on hish offer sweet lady?", trying it one more time.

Jimmy nods to Lady Naye "We shoon come back in shome daysh, lady. Unlesh she captain doesh shet ush out on an empty island again"

nnayram it was nice meeting you all. I wish you a safe trip. May the gods bless your winds a safe trip home. Hope to see you again soon!"

Susanna : “We will return wish your shurpliesh.”

Jimmy : “Shafe pash, lady, and may your verr alwaysh find grash!”

nnayram smiles "Thank you"

Cessillia smiles "Oh, I am shure our brosher will be delighted to shee you again and again" she say smiling, not giving up hope yet on a union.

Jimmy grunts and blushes at the same time, mumbling "We hash to go to she ship now, shishtersh!"

Cessillia: “Yesh, brosher. Come shushanna, letsh shee if we can get your hitshed to she captain”

Susanna : “Yesh, brosher. Shafe pash, dear lady.”

Nnayram smiles "Be safe"

Jimmy smiles once more to the lady, then turns to the gates and towards the ship. As they walk to the harbour he whispers to his sisters "Shee?!? She shaid I am fine! And YOU alwaysh shay I shmell bad!!!"

Susanna whispers: "We will bring him back after he hash a bash. He shmellsh better shen.”

Cessillia gathers her skirts determined one of them will be companioned by the end of the day. She smiles and waves on the way out almost tripping on her skirt as she lets it go.

-Jimmy, Susanna and Cessillia return to the Impress-

Susanna coos with glee as she enters the cabin they are assigned to. “Ooohh it ish nishe, and big for all of ush.”

Jimmy : “Me can shleep on she rug by she fire. You can ushe she bed.”

Cessillia smiles and pats her brother's cheek before he has time to duck "Shush a shweetie"

The small party settle down to sleep, the two sisters in the bed and the brother on the floor before the fire. Sleeping peacefully in the lull of the great ship on the waves till the morning.  Far away rings the ship bell...

Impress Ship's Bell 3 shouts: Now arriving to Kasra. If this is your final destination, please prepare to disembark. Five Ehn before departure to Port Jad

-The next morning-

Susanna : “Ahh you waked up at lasht, brosher.”

Jimmy: “Good morning, shishter. I wash up all nigh and cid.. dict... dicto..... dictitoing!... she shailor our advenshuresh. How ish it called, when you tell shomeone shomeshing he hash to write down?”

Susanna : “Yesh he told me. He sharged me a copper tarshk to put my shide of she shtory”

Jimmy: “I wished I can write too shen I makesh lotsh of coinsh writing down peoplesh shtoriesh”

Susanna: “He shaid shat it wash too hard to write down our wordsh and a copper tarshk was reashenable”.  She looks around. “Where ish sheshy, she really ish a lashy girl.”

Jimmy: “Ah, maybe she ish cooking.”

Susanna: “Oh, I hope show.”

Jimmy: “I have give her butter. I shink shat wash a mishtake, now she will cook and bake a lotsh.”

Susanna nods and grins widely. “But that means we can eat a lot, my brosher”

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