The start of their adventure had only just begun and with the crew almost fully formed at least the commanders all that was left to do was to destroy every single walled city in their path. Of course they need to gather more strength and also keep an eye out for any other enemies that could hinder their advancement.
There it was also the matter of growing a fleet even though that would take a lot of time there was still the advantage of having numbers and even though they had some cities that were allies now or more accurate to call them settlement that was still nothing close to some of the pirate groups out there it had fleets a mass of over 100 ships. That was the goal of course but that would mean they needed more time, money and more members even though they had very strong members at the moment they didn't have a large enough crew to man that many ships.
Alexandria was determined to find other strong allies and maybe those allies could bring them other friends or entire settlements into their group and Crimson Judgment could grow to something that would be even larger than the biggest pirate group known.
They have achieved great things so far and even taking down a city of course it wasn't as large as some of the others that they have passed on the water but at the moment they are only able to take out smaller cities since as of right now they don't really have someone they could go into a walled city by themselves and take it out. The only one who could even come close would be Alexandria herself but at the moment she did not have the strength to pull that off not without support from at least one other person.
A faint voice drifted on the water's surface which made Alexandria sit up in her captain's quarters and notice. It wasn't something she had heard before and it definitely wasn't a recording but there was a sound and it sounded like a voice. Even though it was rather faint she could tell it wasn't too far away and she ran back to the wheel of the ship and spun it in the direction of the sound.
Everyone else was asleep at the moment even the watchmen up in the crow's nest and she was glad that the sudden turn of the ship and the rocking that followed didn't wake anybody up as the voice started to grow louder it sounded as if the very ocean was singing.
There was a rocky surface not too far from them which made Alexandria run to the front of the ship and that she looked down her eyes widened if they were coming close to a rocky reef she jumped back as far as she could making her way back to the wheel holding it steady when she was certain it wasn't going to move she made quite certain to lock the rudder in place as she went and dropped the anchor into the water it hit the ground swiftly or not the ground the bottom of the ocean and the ship was pulled to a stop.
She jumped onto the closest rocky outcropping and started to make her way to the voice hoping that this wasn't a trick or some type of monster. If it was a person their voice alone could be useful, something like that could lure enemies to a certain position and she was not about to let this chance slip by.
And crashed against the outcropping of rocks and Alexandria did her best to maneuver around keeping one ear on her surroundings and the other on the voice. She jumped a few more times and then could hear the song almost as if the person singing it was standing right next to her.
Alexandria turned to see a woman sitting on one of the outcropping that looked like a chair. Her hair was out and flowing it was curly and black with strands of silver rust in as if an artist had painted her onto a canvas and she had stepped right out of it into the world below. The song carried on the wind as the crashing of the Waves around the two of them added a base that made the music sound like it had been accompanied by an orchestra.
“Come and see the beauty all around me.
It flows with the ocean currents and dances with the movements of the wind.
Swim with me, dance with me, sing with me and if it is possible be with me.”
Such an amazing song it danced around Alexandria as if the wind and the Ocean mist mingled together and danced around her.
It didn't take long for the woman to see Alexandria and the music went silent all that was heard was the crashing of the waves against the rocky outcropping. The woman was about to dive into the water but Alexandria put up a hand and spoke in a calm and soothing voice. “Wait, please don't leave no reason to harm you. I just heard you singing and I wanted to know where that beautiful sound was coming from.”
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The woman raised an eyebrow and watched Alexandria cautiously since she wasn't very fond of new people, especially ones that find their way into what she considered to be her sanctuary.
“Well don't you find it rude and maybe a bit displeasing to enter into someone's personal space without announcing yourself or at the very least making a sound so I could have heard you there instead of noticing you in the middle of my music.”
Alexandria knew the woman wasn't wrong but that still didn't make what she did any less but she would agree that it was a bit rude not to announce herself first.
She bowed as she responded,”My apologies for stumbling onto your sanctuary. I had no intention of being rude and to make it up to you I will introduce myself. My name is Alexandria and I am the captain of the newly formed Crimson Judgment. May I ask your name?”
The singing woman smiled even if it was just a smirk returning the bow as she pulled her hair up and into a bandana two silver streaks framed her eyes and a black ponytail with one single silver strand came down behind her right down to her waist.
“Very well my name is Amina Rogers and I am currently on my own.”
Alexandria was excited and she had made a new friend and it was very rare for someone to have a last name. Now it's time to see if this person had some type of power.
Amina was a bit darker skin than others Alexandria had acquainted herself with but there was also a light refinement to her talent she had to be of two different races that was the only conclusion but now it's not the time to try to figure out her past the real question was how to figure out what she could do.
“So do you have any interest in possibly joining my pirate crew? We don't have someone with your talents and even if you have no power you'd be great for luring enemies into one spot and taking them out swiftly.”
Amina Grace and I brought the question trying to figure out why someone would just ask that at the first meeting instead of trying to get to know someone first because she could be already in a pirate group or she could be part of a walled city that despises pirates there's also the chance she could be a bounty hunter there were so many things to consider.
“You have an interesting way of introducing yourself to new people and even though you know nothing about me you tell me all this information without even considering the fact that I could be an enemy instead of a friend. Is there any reason you're acting so recklessly?”
Alexandria let out a soft giggle since she was never that measured in her tactics and she had no doubt that as of this moment or even the moment she threw the anchor into the water Tyra was watching them now from the ship's crow's nest.
“I never do anything without calculating my odds and if you must know our crew has a very talented and very experienced sniper on board. In fact I gather you're in her sights right now so making me stupid movements and our acquaintance with each other will end as swiftly as it started.”
Amina looked in all different directions trying to find their ship but she wasn't able to spot It however she did catch a glimpse of the sun from the beginning of her little outcropping of rocks and it was sitting in a position that could only be the mast of a ship.
“Well it would seem you're right and I am in your sniper's crosshairs. I don't believe that I have any reason to distrust you just yet Alexandria and as you say you do seem to make good plans. I can't give you a definitive answer so how about we go back to your ship so we can discuss this further?”
Alexandria let out another soft giggle, glad to see that her new friend was someone who actually decided to use their brain instead of bronze for a change.
“That sounds like a great idea. I would love for you to meet the rest of the crew and maybe this will help put your decision in a more favorable manner to me.”
Amina nodded in agreement as the two of them started to make the trek back to the ship. It was a lot faster this time around since Alexandria didn't have to follow a voice now she was just rechasing her steps which was so much easier than having to use one ear to listen for music and the other listen for danger.
They both made it to the ship quickly to see the others had awoken and we're going about duties on the deck of the ship as Alexandria looked up to see Tyra in the crow’s nest. She waves motioning for her to come down and join the rest of them around the base of the main mast to introduce everyone to her new friend.
It took everyone a moment to get finished with what they were doing and make their way to the center of the ship but it was all worth the wait since everyone was gathered now Alexandria could introduce them.
“Hey everyone I want to introduce you to my new friend Amina Rogers. I was able to find her cuz she can sing and right now even though I don't know what her powers are I think she'd be a perfect addition to our crew. What does everyone think?”
Everyone took a moment just to stand there and no one said a word. The only thing that drifted in the air was the crashing of the waves on the nearby wreath.
At the moment the silence was starting to get a bit too heavy and Alexandria thought she needed to do something and quickly before all hell broke loose. Right when she was about to do something her new friend took action.
“Come and see the beauty all around me.
It flows with the ocean currents and dances with the movements of the wind.
Swim with me, dance with me, sing with me and if it is possible be with me.”
She was singing the same song that had brought Alexandria to her and I guess this was her way of letting the crew know who she was and why it was so important that everyone got along and began to introduce themselves.
This was hopefully the beginning to Crimson Judgment's expansion and even if this person wasn't going to be a commander, hopefully she would be a valued member of the crew.