piratejournal | [Voice/Text/Action] The little lady

[Maribelle is one of the many people on these oceans that has found themselves turned into a child, but she is one of the few who was quite literate at such a young age... well at least as far as this little lady is concerned.]

Dear Diary,

[Her handwriting is impeccable, but it seems she has the habit of saying ever single thing she writes out loud in her child like voice that is so similar to the one she normally has.]

I think I may have been kidnapped by pirates! I've never met a pirate before so I don't know really, but they're everything I think a pirate would look like... and there's the smell of disgusting fish in the air, and the sea, and I know that my homeland is landlocked! I wish I knew what to do, but I'm worried that my father will be terribly cross, and worse yet I think trying to escape on my own may be too dangerous. Later, I must remember to write out some plans to help me escape or I may be trapped here forever!

[With a melodramatic sigh and a few scribbling doodles of pirates being hung, Maribelle finishes her 'diary' entry with her signature.]

[OOC: Responses will come from

little_belle and as you may have guessed, Maribelle has been turned into a kid, but only has her memories up to the point of age 7 or so.]

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[So now his mother is younger than he is. So this is kind of a living nightmare.

He's kind of looming near the doorway, unsure of what to do...]

[Unfortunately for Brady... his thug like appearance rears its ugly head again as far as causing him troubles go.]

P-P-PIRATE!!!

[Brady may want to be careful, Maribelle is throwing things at him as fast as she can, from books to globes, to desk drawers.]

[being maribelle's blood is suffering. He tries to dodge a few, but ultimately he gets hit, though he's struggling to use his staff as a very pathetic shield.]

H-Hey, knock it off! I ain't no pirate! Calm down, will ya, Ma?!

That's Maribelle to you mister pirate! Just because you say you're not a pirate doesn't mean you aren't! Pirates lie all the time to try to kidnap pretty little girls like me!

Then how am I supposed ta convince ya otherwise? Look, I don't have any weapons on me!

[He dares to step out a little more, showing he's only got the staff... and a few bumps on the noggin.]

How do I know you're not going to attack me with your staff? Or that you don't have a knife hiding somewhere? Stay back by the door if you don't want to get hurt!

[Little Maribelle is wracking her child brain to try to come up with a solution.]

Well... how about you tell me your name, and tell me who you work for!

[grumble grumble grumble.]

The name's Brady. And the only person I work for is my Ma. She'd tan my hide if I ever became a pirate.

WHAAAAAT?! You're Brady?! You're the one that funny guy, and that weird lady says is supposed to be my son!?

[Maribelle just... stares for a moment in shock... and then she just sort of cries, covering her face in her arms.]

I'm going to marry a big harry barbarian aren't I!

[YOU KNOW IF HE WASN'T TRYING TO BE THE ADULT HERE HE WOULD START CRYING AGAIN.]

Ugh... Look... I don't know who you marry! The time travel messed with my head, so my memories aren't all that good...

[Ugh. Ugh and ugh again. He bends down even lower, trying to pat her hair.]

Forget about that. You grow up into an important and pretty lady, okay? Everyone counts on you to heal them. Even Prince Chrom wants you on his team.

[Poor, poor, Brady... 7 year old mothers can be so very harsh. Maribelle is just going to sniffle a little trying to wipe away her tears because even she wasn't very good at using handkerchiefs yet.]

R-Really? ... You promise?

[She's just... so lost and confused in this big scary pirate place, and anyone who knows she's friends with Prince Chrom has to be at least a little okay. Maybe he was her son after all!]

I'll make a million promises, if that's what you want.

I promise you'll be okay. I promise you'll be with Lissa and Chrom for a real long time. I promise you'll love the guy you hitch up with. I promise you become a respectable, noble lady everyone likes. And I promise that no big bad pirate is gunna lay a finger on you, long as I'm around.

[Maribelle wraps her little arms around Brady's leg in a hug, beaming up at him.]

Well you might just be saying that to make me feel better, but you're really nice for such a scary guy! I bet that any pirate who did see you would probably be scared of you anyways!

...

[She's trying to be nice, she's trying to be nice, she's trying to be nice...]

Thanks... I think...

[Children can be so harsh ;;]

Hey! Do you think you could carry me around?! You look really strong, and tall, so it would be really neat to see everything from your height! Then we can go talk to that funny guy who said he got shrunk and talked about grizzly bear tea!

[And he cant say no to her...]

Okay, but don't go grabbin' me too hard.

[Alley-oop. He puts his hands under Maribelle's armpits and tries to lift her up, and put her on his shoulders.]

Whee!

[And here she thought sons weren't good for anything! This cool guy is totally doing everything she says!]

Thank you Brady! You're the best son ever! I'm sorry I thought you were scary!

[Maribelle tries to plant an innocent little kiss on his forehead for being such a gallant hero!]

[Well... even Maribelle has her good sides. He keeps a hold of her legs so she won't fall off.]

Don't worry about, Ma. You still love me anyway.

[Maribelle rests her head on top of Brady's head while her legs dangle over his shoulders.]

Of course I love you silly! That's what mommies are supposed to do!

[Voice/Text/Action] The little lady

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