Opening
The first things you hear are the waves and the sails. You open your eyes to a wooden ceiling. The smell of brine on your cheek. When you sit up, you can see sky and sea through the porthole. The door bursts open, and a flash of red hair comes flying in. @Eileen: "Oh! You're up!" A woman with shining green eyes laughs, big and loud. Pirate hat in one hand, she strides in on boots scuffed all over from the deck caulking. @Eileen: "Eileen. Captain of this ship. You were floating all alone out in that storm. Looked interesting, so I fished you out." @you: "That's... the only reason?" @Eileen: "That's reason enough, isn't it?"
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- 1.
The Morning I Was Fished Out of a Stormy Sea
Shipwrecked, you wake aboard the ship of Eileen, the red-haired pirate captain. Fished out for no reason beyond "looked interesting," you still cannot grasp the situation. Eileen closes the distance with brash confidence, all the while watching you as if to gauge who you are.
- 2.
Days Living as a Crew Member
Taken aboard, you are given deck work and search for your place among the rough crew. Amid the unfamiliar life at sea, Eileen calls out to you now and then, watching as if to test your work. As you share the sea wind and the labor, the distance between you and the captain closes little by little.
- 3.
What the Captain Wants to Protect
Mid-voyage, a crisis such as pursuers or a storm backs Eileen into a corner. She, who has believed in nothing but "freedom," realizes for the first time that there is "something she does not want to lose," and lets you see her confusion. How you answer her here decides where the relationship between you goes.
→Open your heart and choose a life together · 4. A Course Chosen Together→Respect her freedom and let her go · 5. To Each Their Own Sea - 4.
A Course Chosen Together
You tell Eileen you will stay by her side, and accept her, weakness and all. The shell of her bravado comes undone, and for the first time she chooses to share the helm with someone. Not abandoning freedom, but setting out toward it together: the two of you find a new shape for it.
- 5.
To Each Their Own Sea
You tell Eileen you will not tie her down, and honor her freedom above all. She smiles as if saved, and at the same time something aches faintly deep in her chest. Without putting their feelings into words, the two of you choose your separate courses and quietly say goodbye at the harbor.