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Chapter 3 - The Voices.

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Tue 10 May 2016
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Chapter 3 - The Voices

   Mordecai was laid gently down in the armory, and covered with a soft blanket. The door was closed quietly, and only after a few moments of silence did the boys turn back to their duties.
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Jane Lewin
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Thu 12 May 2016
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Chapter 3 - The Voices

   Down in the galley, Jane sat at a table with her hands in her lap, her eyes on the worn surface of the table before her. A blanket was hung around her shoulders, by who she wasn't sure, a few people might be in the galley with her, but she didn't look. The crying had stopped, but her cheeks were still stained by the hot tears. Now, she stared at the table top in mournful silence. She felt so empty. Shouldn't she feel more? She thought she should. Why wasn't she? After the voice had told her back on the ship to feel, that was what had brought the Captain back..

   Jane slowly raised her head and brought her hands up to rest them palm down on the table. Could it happen again? Maybe she wasn't too late. Unsure of who was in the room with her, she lurched to her feet and looked toward the stairs.
Jackson Knight
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Mon 16 May 2016
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Chapter 3 - The Voices

As she did, long legs with feet in layers of thick stockings appeared, shuffling down the thin stairs. The Captain, smothered in sweaters and a thick blue blanket, thudded down into the galley. "Ah, Jane, there you are," he said thickly. He made a sideways motion with his head, and Brax and the other boys in the galley quickly vacated. He gestured with a hand holding a red silk handkerchief for Jane to sit back down, then limped close and took a place across the table from her. He sniffed loudly and dabbed delicately at his red nose with the handkerchief.
The man looked wilted. His red hair, usually so vibrant, looked dull and was pulled back in a simple ponytail. He was paler than normal, emphasizing the dark circles under his eyes. He fixed her with his doleful gaze, and she saw the deep sadness there that mirrored her own, but only to a point. Captain Jackson had lost a crew member... Jane had lost a brother. Most of the sorrow she saw there was, in fact, for her.
"I've come to discuss a few things with you, my dear," he began, speaking carefully so that his stuffed nose didn't interfere with her ability to understand him. "The nature of the curse... the ceremony that we must do tonight... what happened on the Maleficent. Firstly. Do you have any questions for me?"
Jane Lewin
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Sat 3 Sep 2016
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Chapter 3 - The Voices

   Jane didn't take her seat again, and almost fidgeted with anxiety, "Please, Captain. Let me go to Mordecai, I can help him like I helped you. The voice told me to feel, so I did, and you came back." she was speaking fast, nearly tripping over her words in her attempt to get them out in time, "There may still be time, I can bring him back, I can try to feel again." she felt her hands on the table, her face betraying the desperate hope in her heart.
Jackson Knight
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Sat 3 Sep 2016
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Chapter 3 - The Voices

The Captain covered one of her hands with his own. It was very warm, feverishly so. "Jane," he said soothingly, looking at her with pained eyes that almost pleaded with her to understand, "It won't work for Mordecai."
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Chapter 3 - The Voices

   She didn't want to hear him, his fevered hand felt like it was going to burn her. Jane raised her gaze to the stairs and the escape they seemed to offer, before finally settling on the Captain. She saw in that look that he was telling the truth. The broken pieces in her chest burned and she slowly sat back down. She felt lightheaded, sick and empty. She opened her mouth to speak, but no words came, no sound. Her very thoughts seemed to have vanished along with her voice.

   The necklace weighed heavily against her chest, the Captains' hand felt so hot. Unable to speak, she turned her hand palm up to clasp his fiery hand in her own, her grip weak.
Jackson Knight
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Sun 7 Jul 2019
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Chapter 3 - The Voices

"The curse is on me," he explained sadly. "And I only came back because... well, because the spirit got to me quickly. Through you, it would seem. Tell me," he sniffed, leaning forward and placing his other hand under hers, squeezing back softly. "What exactly did the 'voice' say to you?"
Jane Lewin
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Sun 7 Jul 2019
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   Jane swallowed past the lump in her throat before inhaling slowly, shakily. It took a second try to get her voice to work again, "The voice said that your emotions gave.. her, strength. That I would be the link once you were..." she paused, glancing at him before continuing, "She told me to get angry, that if I really felt it would save you. Then.." she closed her eyes, casting her mind back to try and remember it all, "She said it would be breaking the rules. I gave her power through feeling, I guess.." she closed her eyes an sighed, giving his hands a light squeeze.
Jackson Knight
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Mon 8 Jul 2019
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The Captain patted her hand, then took his hands back to adjust the blanket around his shoulders, wincing as he did so. "Fascinating. It's true that strong emotions give her strength, shape her, but I've never heard of using a proxy... He trailed off for a few moments, chewing slightly on his bottom lip as he thought. But he quickly shook himself out of it. "Listen. I... well, I wanted to say..." He cleared his throat, looking uncomfortable. But he needed to say it. "Mordecai saved my life. And yours, and Carson's, and Connor's. If that fool boy hadn't gone to the Maleficent and stirred things up, no doubt I would still be drowned and my boys would be... well, if not dead then wishing they were. And you, too. Once the necklace was off who knows what the General would have done with you."
Jane Lewin
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Mon 8 Jul 2019
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Chapter 3 - The Voices

   Jane nodded slowly, the first tentative feelings of gratitude creeping into her cold heart, "He is.. was always impetuous." she whispered, pinching her eyes shut to cut off the tears before they could begin. She placed her hands palms down on the table and took a shaky breath, "I, um, how do we remove the necklace again?" she asked tightly, forcing herself to try and still get business done. All she wanted to do was curl up and never move again.
Jackson Knight
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Mon 8 Jul 2019
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Chapter 3 - The Voices

Jackson gave her a tight smile, green eyes pained. "Tonight is a full moon. At midnight, we'll perform a ceremony together. It will involve a little blood from both of us. Nothing major, a prick of the finger. Then I'll remove the necklace using the heart trinket. It will drain me, but not kill me. As it would you if this wasn't done right."
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