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starless_skySomeone was going to die. Someone on the surface was going to die, they didn't know it yet but just as well. Noctis liked a show and watching panicking human sailors when they realized they were doomed was as entertaining as it got. He was hungry anyway so he might eat a few while he collected his Regalia back from them. It was embarrassing enough that they got it from him to begin with. He was on his own here retrieving the thing so he didn't have to explain how he lost it to a human. If he had to say it to Ignis or Gladio, or worse, his father he'd hear about it for years to come. No matter, he'd handle it alone and be back home before the sun rose and he could sleep in.
The Regalia was in the hands of a pirate, near as Noctis could tell, it seemed pirates were the crew. They didn't have uniforms though they seemed disciplined, the sails were a rare color, and the ship didn't have many barnacles on it. Either it was cleaned regularly by some poor diver or it was in motion too much for many barnacles to attach to it. It didn't sail a merchant flag either. Which meant the Regalia was to be taken for their personal use or worse, to be given to the black market. He couldn't allow either outcome so here he was, waiting at the ship's side. it was nighttime, the crew seemed to be mostly asleep.
He began to hum and once he heard footsteps come closer he sang as if to himself. He waited for the sailor on patrol on the deck to notice him and become ensnared. His song was like any mera who sang, humans couldn't resist it but it worked best when they weren't expecting it. He needed a sailor to unlatch the Regalia from the ship, it was rigged tightly with several ropes he couldn't cut on his own, not without being noticed and attacked. It would be so much easier to seduce a human sailor. Or rather, trick the human into releasing the Regalia and once he came out into the water for a quickie Noct would simply eat him. It would make for a decent cover story at home too; he took the Regalia out looking for a midnight snack is all. Humans were delicious after all.
He was singing a stupid song from the land, one he'd heard on a number of ships, some old sailing shanty. The sailors all sung about the same boring things; wind, women, money, home.
Oh we'll be alright if the wind was in our sails
We'd be alright if the wind was in our sails
We'd be alright if the wind was in our sails
And we'll all hang on behind.
And we'll roll the old chariot along
we'll roll the old chariot along
we'll roll the old chariot along
and we'll all hang on behind.
He felt eyes on him, he peered up at the deck of the ship and gasped for drama's sake. There was a sailor watching him. He seemed ensnared already, eyes glossy and fixed on him, lips parted, he had that stupid look men had when they were getting aroused. Noctis continued singing but tugged on a rope, hoping the sailor would pull him up. Slowly but surely he was dragged from the water, clinging to the rope while serenading his prey until he sat on the taffrail.
"It's... you're really a... mermaid. A merman. It's true..."
"I came to see you humans... I want to ride in that ship you caught, can you let it loose?"
"You can talk? I... I can't, captain's orders."
"We won't be gone for long, I'll bring it back."
"This isn't real... It'd take ten men to moor that thing again. Fraid I can't... but I got somethin' ta entertain ya if yer bored, pretty thing." the sailor pet Noct's cheek and he was growing a bulge in his pants. Noct took his hand. The music had worked and his speaking voice was doing the same, this sailor had a weak mind, he was being seduced simply standing here.
"You must be an excellent sailor to be out here alone, you can guard this whole ship... I know they'd help you put it back once we were done... maybe I can bring you down in it with me. I bet you can hold your breath a long time..."
"A few minutes..." the sailor's hand moved to Noct's neck and down his body. He didn't bristle, forced that response away. He smiled seductively.
"How fast can you unmoore that ship?"
"No rush for that poppet... I've never seen a merman up close..."
This would go on all night if Noct didn't get control. He needed to get the ship unmoored and hopefully get a human dinner to go with it without having to entertain his sexual response to the singing. "Oh, you can see it all as close as you like once you get it unmoored. Okay?" he put both hands on the sailor's cheeks and the man nodded then disappeared. The rest of the ship might notice that soon the main ropes attaching the Regalia to the ship were suddenly loose. A single sailor was making almost feverish work of undoing them while scurrying about the deck, careful not to walk to heavily over and around the captain's quarters.
Whispered hissing in front of the captain's quarters. "Who' are ye doin'?"
"Shhh, jess fixin' the tethers."
"Fixin' them!? I see what you're doin, you're taking the ship for yourself ya rat."
"What, nono you don't gotta... I got a... someone back there."
"I bet ya got a woman in mind, one in every port once you sell that thing. Not on my watch. Now tie 'em back before I wake the captain." a splash was heard behind them as one of the remaining ropes was cut. Noctis heard the argument and he didn't have a lot of time, he had one more rope left and he could ride off empty-handed. No big deal, he just needed the ship.
"You really got someone back there helping you!?"
"I..."
But before either could move, a door creaked open.
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Date: 2020-04-29 03:59 am (UTC)He feels the direction of the ship tilt up, which is a relief. The creature is wise enough to parley with him, at least for now.
"Who do I want dead? We don't have that kind of time, boy. Quicker to ask who I don't want dead." It's a much shorter list.
"But my current target is the relevant one. I am after the Empire. They have stolen from my family, and I will not rest until that which they have taken has been restored."
His sister, his dear sister, but the sea-monster need not know that. Better for everyone to think Ravus merely a pirate captain, hell-bent on seizing some long-lost treasure.