[color=violet]Valencia Tempest
The Quick-witted Pirate with a Gentle Heart[/color]

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Valencia crossed her arms over her chest, leaning into one hip in a defiant stance. She could easily tell when someone wasn’t truly taking her seriously—that was something she’d dealt with her whole life, as a young, pretty female buccaneer.

Cináed, as he called himself, became less and less threatening the more he spoke. In fact, Valencia found herself feeling not quite fearful anymore... more like extremely irked by his amused smile and patronizing tone. Just who did this man think he was?

Still, there was no telling what sort of powerful abilities he could unleash upon them if he desired; even though that didn’t seem to be his intention. Cináed appeared to be perfectly content with making Valencia feel like the butt of a joke that was not particularly humorous.

She felt her cheeks glowering as he swept into a ridiculous bow, and added, [color=orangered]“And I would never [i]dare[/i] harm ones so fearsome as you two.”[/color] Cináed straightened up and took a look around, finally giving the girls an answer to at least one of Valencia’s questions by telling them the name of the nearby settlement.

Valencia refrained from scowling again, since she had a feeling that would just amuse this fancy-pants scoundrel even more. Instead, she raised her chin a little, showing that she was above his opinion of her.

[color=violet]“Valencia,”[/color] she told him reluctantly. [color=violet]“Valencia Tempest. You’ve told us the name of the village, but I want to know the name of this land, and if we are even still among mortal realms.”[/color] She raised her eyebrows, realizing that Cináed had said he knew [i]how[/i] they got there, just not [i]why[/i]. [color=violet]“And if you do, as you claim, know [i]how[/i] we arrived, by all means; enlighten us,”[/color] she told him. [color=violet]“I’m sure Robyn here is just as curious.”[/color]

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