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[hr][color=gold]Location:[/color] La FLeur Rouge -> The Main
[hr][color=gold]Interactions:[/color] Onarr [@Bork Lazer], Ingrid [@dragonpiece], Amelea [@Force and Fury]
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[hider=Time to find Friends]
Desmond gave the princess a nod with his smile still strewn across his face as he said, [color=gold]"Alright, lady's first"[/color]. As Desmond lightly bowed in front of the window to allow her to go first, after which he followed after. Desmond looked out as the princess landed and tossed him a mischievous smile, he tossed her one as well as he began to grab his hat in one hand and the other takes hold of the rail and jumped out. As he approached the ground he shifted his leg placement to be directly underneath himself to prepare for impact. Once his feet hit the ground, he allowed his knees to buckle as he began to control his fall, allowing the next area to make contact with the ground be his thigh. After this, he continued his 'fall' having his hip and shoulder twisted so he then let his ass and his back and shoulder land as he began to roll out of this fall. Shifting his body to allow him to set his knee to the ground and pop up quickly with his free hand.

Once he hopped up to his feet, Desmond tossed the Princess a toothy grin as he began to head towards La Fleur Rouge, he needed to find Benedetto but he needed to make sure he wasn't spotted in there a second time. If he was seen there a second time, people might start asking questions. So once he made it near the building, he looked at the princess and said, [color=gold]"Give me a quick minute to change. Can't let myself be seen as a suspicious target while looking for my partner"[/color]. As he set his back to it and began to change his look, he took off his hat, and his jacket, and began affixing different things onto himself. A bandana to hide away some of his hair and change its look a bit, tightening up his shirt and allowing his weapons to be more shown rather than hidden away. His rifle was already hidden away attached underneath the cart they appeared herewith to make sure he wasn't pinpointed so quickly. After changing himself to look like a completely average pirate, he tossed his other clothing at her and said with a smile, [color=gold]"Here, put some of this one and change yourself up a little, can't have you looking like yourself. You might get caught"[/color], as he walked around to begin his look around. He spoke a much more guttural Perrench, much different from his suave and aloof persona. Maybe after a few drinks and moving around, Desmond left with an upset look on his face, pushing his way through a few people who got in his way before making a bit of a small circle before meeting up with the princess again. This entire time, Desmond was worried, Benedetto was nowhere to be seen, and he had a bad itch in the back of his mind about the princess. Was this so easy? [/hider]

[hider=Cynical Man's Thoughts] 
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Desmond had thoughts running through his mind while he was away from the Princess, he did not want his thoughts to be read by her prying eyes. Desmond had no clue on her skills, yet he was not going to take a chance of her reading him. After all, she seemed suspicious. She was stolen away by the pirates and held captive, yet it felt weird, she seemed almost strangely free. She almost walked around like she knew this place, she was even able to take a long and strange route to her room, like she was trying to mislead someone, to Desmond it felt like she was trying to buy time. She looks decently healthy even after her being taken by pirates and probably held for ransom for about a month. They hold no need to keep her 'healthy', just alive, yet she looks shockingly so, she has enough strength to break a false piece of wood on a drawer with her knee and didn't even seem to worry. She was able to hold onto the rain flute with relative ease and landed clumsily yet not like she would fall. Also, there was no way she was able to install a false bottom to the drawer with what she had on hand, let alone steal a pistol and coin purse so easily without being noticed. She also seemed like she was not watched over by anybody, from what Desmond knew, all Nobles and Royals have some use in the Gift so that meant they would either need not be worried about her or that she wouldn't do anything. But the most interesting one was that she was at La Fleur Rouge.

She was in the den of pirates, a very beautiful woman who seemed to have no one at all near her, as she seemed like she was looking out for 'interesting' people, people here to save her. She was not taken for the night, preoccupied, or even doing something of interest. She was drinking alcohol and watching the door, sure other women were also unoccupied, however with her beauty, she should have garnered some attention. People should have been near her unless they knew she was off-limits, or already knew who she…[color=gold][i]fuck!...wait...no, that wasn't it[/i][/color]. [/hider]

[hider=A Line of Reasoning]She was looking for people to come to save her yet then is trying to buy time? If they were as strong as they seem to be, they would know where she was and she could never run from them. She would know this, yet she was composed, and she showed her ability to prep and plan. This might have been a way to try and lead Desmond astray. Desmond thought they might not be Perrench, because of what Penny was saying. Revidia and Perrench are at the brink of war, and privateers on both sides would be shooting for each other when either stepped over a line, yet this ship seemed to stick around, and so did Nero's. So obviously they never faced off, where one would be looking for the other.

So they might not be Perrench, so that might mean she is not a captive. If she was, they wouldn't let her leave their sight and run off to the Perrench area, if she had any chance to run to the Revidians and spilled their secrets they would get hunted and lose a big payday…wait…what is their motive? They can attack any ship, any shipment, hell, they could attack a port and take everything it had with the power they must be packing. Yet they target Revidian Ships, any and every, war-ready ships even are on the chopping block. She wasn't running to the Revidians, who would possibly be of some gain to her, the Segoñaian might be in good relation with Revidians. That would give her safety, and Nero is a well-known Privateer who is loyal to Revidia, so that means it would be a safer bet to be there than to do as these pirates do.

Desmond thought of this and immediately wished he studied more, if he did, maybe then he could understand what was going on in Segoña. Maybe they are Segoñaian Privateers, but why would they take the princess? Maybe there is something else there, maybe Revidia has control in Segoña, and the princess might have some hate for it. Maybe she is working with the Pirates giving them things that no real pirate can have, after all, warships aren't an easy target, even with magic, they would need to know where it's coming from, especially since it's like a ghost. Survivors should be few and far between, yet reports of it come up, like ghost stories. Who would produce them? Maybe someone who might capitalize on such things. Maybe they are trying to either spark a war or maybe get back at Revidia.[/hider]

[hider= A Mercenary's Gambit]Once Desmond made his way back to meet the Princess, he said in a low tone as they moved, [color=gold]"So it seems my partner has ran off. He does know our meet-up point, so we'll meet up with the others, and he's probably going to be with one of the others if not with us before long"[/color]. Desmond tossed her a small smile as they continued forward to The Main, trying to reassure her everything is okay.

To Desmond, he expected this, and honestly, he was hoping the same thing occurs with another group or two. He hoped for one person to slightly be split off for him to capitalize on, maybe for him to run off and find them, but she might be too smart for that. Maybe someone would find such a situation dubious enough to think of something is up and doing something he just couldn't, after all, his RAS doesn't allow him such skills as long-distance communications, so he is unable to tell others what he's thinking. His hope was that someone could do something other than what's on [i]his[/i] mind.[/hider]