Finally, swallowing his latest morsel, Leon pipes up again, jabbing a fork in Angelica's direction once more.
"He already did that, didn't he? Sent you with that crew I plucked you both from… and he had no idea that they'd been paid off by another party entirely to 'fail' to get you to your final destination."
Angelica's eyes widen as she realizes Leon is right. No matter how much she hates it, no matter how much she wants to deny it… that part is undeniably true. The Merchant Captain had made his intentions towards her and Olivia clear before… before Leon had killed him and his entire crew.
And if her father failed on that front… then yes, it's entirely too plausible he would have failed on this front as well. Angelica slumps back in her seat as a wave of exhaustion washes over her along with acceptance. Leon is telling the truth about Tortuga… which means she and Olivia never stood a chance.
It's not fair. She did everything right. Everything asked of her, everything expected of her. She didn't ask to be born a Duke's daughter. She didn't ask to be betrothed to the Crown Prince either. But she'd done her duty all the same, endeavoring to be the best fiancé to Prince Julius that she possibly could be.
She'd done everything for him, everything for her father, everything for her family. And what had she gotten in return? Nothing. Despite her greatest efforts, she'd still been exiled to the outer edges of the Kingdom, to Redgrave territory that apparently wasn't even Redgrave controlled anymore. She'd been sentenced to death for no good reason!
The only one to show her even a lick of kindness in these past few years, outside of Olivia herself, was a fucking Pirate Captain of all people!
"Well… I-I mean… at least we were lucky enough to run into you, Captain Leon!"
Olivia's words penetrate through the haze falling over Angelica's mind at around the same time that thought about Leon's 'kindness' is running through her head. She blinks as she processes them, staring at Olivia from across the dining table. Her friend and maidservant smiles at her encouragingly and then nods towards Leon, making Angelica blink blankly for a moment before realizing what the other girl is getting at.
That… that couldn't possibly work, could it? Unless…
"Captain Leon."
The Sky Pirate pauses, next bite of food halfway to his mouth, and looks up at her curiously. Angelica straightens up again, pulling herself out of her slump and doing her level best to regain at least a modicum of poise and dignity as she folds her hands in her lap and looks Leon Bartfort in the eye.
"Olivia is correct. You are the only stroke of good fortune we've had so far on this journey. Without you, the both of us would be headed to our deaths… or worse."
Leon tilts his head to the side, acknowledging the point but remaining quiet. He does make a slight noise of surprise when she bows in her seat, lowering her head almost to the table itself.
"From the bottom of my heart… thank you."
Part of her still rankles at doing this. Part of her still feels a little horrified at all of the men Leon killed. Even if they had nothing but black intentions for her and Olivia, Angelica is finding it hard not to mourn them at least a little.
But the larger part of her is more pragmatic about the whole situation. Angelica wouldn't have made it this far if she were some hopeless romantic or a simpering, whimpering maiden who couldn't see the forest for the trees. In the end… in the end, Leon Bartfort is her only hope.
"Mm… sure, you're welcome."
Raising her head, Angelica smiles grimly.
"And now I must ask for more of your aid."
Leon's brow arches at that, prompting Angelica to look around them.
"You have what must be the most advanced airship I've ever seen. Not to mention your impressive fighting force of golems."
Leon slowly puts down his fork, watching her carefully. Angelica's smile grows a bit more.
"I would ask you to enter my employ… and help me take the Isle of Tortuga in truth. Assist me in making sure House Redgrave regains control of Port Paix and help me restore my family's authority to the island. In exchange, I will shower you with all of the accolades and wealth I possibly can. More than that… I will write you a letter of marque, authorizing you as a Privateer to House Redgrave. You will have legitimacy under our banner."
Admittedly, even as she speaks she knows how ridiculous it sounds. Leon already has everything he could want. He doesn't need legitimacy, not when his ship and golems are both as powerful as they are. More than that, she's asking him to throw himself into a battle against who knows how many pirates and their own airships. Sure, he might be enough to overwhelm any merchant ship he decides to waylay, but could he fight an entire army? An entire fleet? Probably not.
And yet, Angelica has to try. She has to ask. Because… because Leon is really the only option at this point.
Still, she does expect him to say 'no' at first. And she's already planning ways to turn that 'no' into a 'yes'. Perhaps she can sneak away later when Olivia is busy or asleep and offer him the use of her body in exchange for-
"Fuck."
Angelica blinks as Leon looks between her and Olivia. She looks to Olivia as well to see the blonde commoner is exercising every bit of her infamous forlorn gaze, her big blue eyes bigger and bluer than ever and directed at Leon to devastating effect.
With a groan, the supposedly terrifying Sky Pirate is now the one who slumps back in his seat… and throws a bit of a tantrum himself, smacking the arm of his chair again and again.
"Fuck, fuck, fuck!"
The outburst has Angelica blinking in confusion… until Leon runs a hand over his face and sighs.
"Fine. I'm in."
Wait, what? Just… j-just like that? Angelica can't help but be a little baffled… and yet, she also feels her heart start to soar, even as Leon jabs a finger at her.
"You ARE granting me that letter of marque though, just so we're clear. And at least half of everything we plunder from the rest of the pirates while we're clearing out Port Paix."
Ah… that was far more akin to the selfishness she would expect from a Sky Pirate. Also now that he's bringing up more concrete rewards, Angelica can't help but narrow her eyes a little.
"… We will need much of that plunder if we're to turn the Isle of Tortuga into a respectable port for House Redgrave afterwards. I can't say for certain that you may have half, not if it would cripple my ability to revitalize the port."
Leon just arches a brow at her, making Angelica flush a little. After all… they both know that he has her over a barrel here. She can try to argue, she can try to debate… but in the end, if she wants to make this work, she'll have to give him whatever he wants.
But to his credit, Leon doesn't point that out. After a moment, he even flashes her a grin and inclines his head.
"Let's discuss details, your ladyship."
Flushing a bit more at his cavalier tone and carefree attitude, Angelica huffs, fighting her own urge to smile an actual smile that isn't grim or fatalistic. She shouldn't be letting herself feel such hope. And yet…
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They spend the rest of the day together and Angelica has to admit, Leon Bartfort isn't quite the monster she first thought him to be. He's certainly a killer, a man with blood on his hands… but perhaps she'd judged him too harshly all the same.
Planning things out when it comes to Tortuga takes up most of the time, followed by deciding the exact details of how Leon will be rewarded. It's an awful lot of work, probably the most work Angelica has done since she graduated from the Academy… and yet, it's very rewarding. Finally, she sees a future worth fighting for. Finally, she sees a light in the distance through all of the darkness and shadow.
Still, by the time she lays her head down to rest alongside Olivia later that night, Angelica is exhausted and ready to sleep. Leon has told them that they are now allowed to travel the ship as they want, but to still be careful. He doesn't want them falling overboard or anything like that, and they'll still be watched if they enter any dangerous areas, but they're no longer his prisoners at least. No, they're now officially 'honored guests'.
You would think all of this would make it easier for Angelica to sleep. She'd slept like a baby the night before after all, and now her heart was even lighter as she saw a path forward past all of the heartbreak and heartache she'd suffered so far.
And yet… just as she's falling asleep, she finds herself waking up again just in time to see the door closing behind her maidservant. It takes Angelica a long moment to recognize what she just saw… Olivia was already all the way through the door when her eyes opened, so all she really heard was the soft click as it closed shut.
But still, looking around the room… Olivia's absence is jarring and makes it obvious what happened. But… where would Olivia be going at a time like this after the day they'd just had?
Furrowing her brow, Angelica hesitates for only a moment more before rising from the bed and following. By the time she leaves though, Olivia is nowhere to be seen. There's only one golem outside of their door at this point and Angelica stares at it for a moment as it stares back at her. Finally, after biting her lower lip for a moment, she breaks the silence.
"Which… which way did she go?"
To her surprise but also relief, the golem raises a hand and points. Angelica follows the direction, making her way down the hall and through the expansive airship. Luckily, it's not hard to follow Olivia… there aren't many twists and turns. Eventually, Angelica gets close enough to hear voices… Olivia and Leon's specifically. She arrives outside of an open doorway with no golems in sight and her breath hitches as she listens in on what they're talking about.
"Seriously? I already agreed to help, didn't I? And I said before you didn't have to do this. So why are you back here, Olivia?"
"B-Because… I want to do this. And now you should know I mean it… Captain, you've offered my lady her first glimpse of hope in years, purely out of the kindness of your heart."
"… If you keep offering a starving man a steak, he's going to eventually consume it ravenously, you know that right?"
"Mm… maybe the steak wants to be consumed."
The strange conversation is enough for Angelica to gather the courage to peek in on the two of them. Her eyes widen at what she sees though. Olivia is… stripping naked right then and there in front of the Sky Pirate. And Captain Leon is watching, his jaw clenched but his eyes roaming over Olivia's figure as she reveals more and more.
This was… what was Olivia thinking?! But no… she'd already said as much hadn't she? Except, Angelica didn't really think Olivia was such a wanton woman. Meaning that… this was all just an effort by her servant and friend to help Angelica in the only way she thought she could.
Sure, Captain Leon had already agreed to help and for a tidy sum at that, but Olivia clearly thought he would be more inclined to further assist them, perhaps for less of a reward… if he was sleeping with one of them. And of the two of them, Olivia probably thought it was f-fine if she gave up her virtue… especially if it was for her Mistress' cause.
Angelica's face is burning hot and definitely bright red as she watches Olivia slip her shift off of her body and step out of it, her entire form exposed now. Leon hasn't stopped her or offered any further protest of her actions. And the way he's looking at her as she steps towards him is like… like a predator sizing up his prey.
She only has a moment to decide what she's going to do before things get heated and it's too late. Angelica finds herself torn. On the one hand, a proper lady would never watch this sort of thing take place. On the other hand, her maidservant was making a huge sacrifice for her… the least she could do was observe to make sure Leon didn't go too far.
On the third, far more ephemeral hand… should she step in? Olivia is her best friend. It should… if anyone is going to sacrifice their virtue to get Captain Leon firmly on their side… it should be Angelica, shouldn't it?
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The Vote:
[ ] Angelica returns to her room (Olivia POV) - 2%
[ ] Angelica watches from the door (Split POV) - 32%
[X] Angelica barges in to take Olivia's place (Leon POV) - 65%
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Leon is just trying his best, guys.
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He was only human. No, more than that, Leon was just a man. Once you got past the fearsome reputation as a Sky Pirate and the disconcerting connotations of having a moniker like 'Devil's Smile'… Leon was, at his core, just a straight, hot-blooded young man.
That's why… he's not exactly saying no right now. Not when Olivia had every opportunity to keep her clothes on and her head down. After all, he'd already told her she didn't have to do this. Hell, he'd told her that he would help without her having to do anything!
At this point, Leon was undeniably committed to assisting Angelica Redgrave in taking control of the Isle of Tortuga. A suicide mission if he was anyone else, but with the resources at his disposal, it should be doable. The numbers they were up against would be obscene… but they didn't have to kill every pirate to take over the island, now did they?
But back to the matter at hand… Olivia didn't have to do this. She didn't have to wait for her Mistress to fall asleep and then come looking for him a second time. She didn't have to strip naked before him, giving Leon an eyeful of her beautiful body. She already got everything she wanted from him… so really, maybe she was actually telling the truth?
And if she truly wanted to do this now, with no strings attached… Leon simply isn't the type of man to deny her. As she steps towards him, her gorgeous tits jiggling slightly with every motion, her hips swaying with a womanly sway… Leon doesn't say no. He doesn't tell her to stop. He's not going to-
"W-WAIT!"
The intense connection between him and the naked blonde is abruptly broken as the door is pushed open and a certain Lady Redgrave, wearing nothing but her bedclothes, comes barging into the room. Olivia whips around and yelps at the sight of Angelica, before hastily trying to cover herself with her hands.
"L-Lady Angelica! It's n-not what it looks like!"
Leon resists the urge to snort derisively at that. It's… exactly what it looks like. Although he can already feel his ardor calming down with Angelica's arrival. Nothing like a shrieking noblewoman to ruin the mood, right? He girds himself in preparation for Angelica's upcoming accusations, knowing beyond a shadow of a doubt that she's about to point the finger at him for 'making' Olivia do this or something.
"Olivia, you don't have to explain yourself to me. I understand. But you don't need to do this… if anyone is going to be rewarding Captain Leon for his bravery and loyalty… it s-should be m-me, not you."
Wait, what? Leon stares at Angelica as the noblewoman, rather than throwing a hissy fit… goes red in the face and quickly starts bunching up her nightgown, clearly intending to pull it over her head entirely. Before she can do so, a sputtering naked Olivia races over, grabbing her wrists.
"D-Don't! Lady Angelica, y-your modesty!"
But Angelica just scowls, shaking her head and fighting back.
"My modesty? What use is my modesty at a time like this, Olivia?"
"But Angie…"
The two of them fall into a quiet murmuring that he can't quite hear as Leon just sits there staring, his face now blank. What the fuck was going on? It was one thing for Olivia to be a little bit of a slut, he figured. After all, this is the woman based on a game character who wound up with a reverse harem of five men in the 'true ending'. So her being horny… well, he could accept that. Just as he'd been willing to accept her 'gratitude' in the form of her body.
But Angelica Redgrave? She was supposed to be a Duke's daughter. Such a woman should definitely not be offering herself up to a Sky Pirate the day after they'd met, no matter what he'd promised to do for her. Especially when he hadn't made any sort of sexual favors contingent on him helping her!
Angelica and Olivia have their heads together now, their foreheads literally touching as they hold each other and talk quietly. Leon isn't sure what to do… on the one hand, the view is nice considering Olivia is still naked. On the other hand, he should probably put a stop to this… right?
But… he kind of doesn't want to? So long as Angelica isn't yelling at him for 'defiling' her maid, he'd rather see where this all winds up going. Even if the right thing to do might be to send them both back to bed… Leon doesn't want to do the right thing. He IS a pirate after all. They're generally allergic to 'doing the right thing'.
Finally, Angelica and Olivia pull apart and look to Leon… and he feels a bit pinned into his chair by their gazes. Why does it suddenly feel like he's the one in danger here?
"Captain Leon… we've come to a decision."
He blinks as Angelica proceeds to shuck off her nightgown after all. And then she removes her shift as well, exposing her own naked body. Side by side, the two blondes are beyond a shadow of a doubt the most gorgeous pair of women Leon has seen since arriving in this world.
And with a few more years to age… well, they've aged like fine wine, easily eclipsing the beauty of their game counterparts as well. In this case, the artwork from the otome game has NOTHING on the real deal.
The blondes step forward as one when Leon doesn't say anything. They walk right up to him as he watches them both quietly, curious to see what they'll do. Then… Angelica drops to her knees in front of him and Olivia drops down as well right behind her. The blonde commoner whispers in her Mistress' ear and Angelica blushes and nods before leaning forward to begin hesitantly and amateurishly extracting his cock from its confines.
Well, he's certainly not going to stop this now. As his cock, already rock hard, comes popping free and Angelica lets out a cute little gasp at the size, Leon decides he's in too deep. Fuck it… he might as well enjoy himself. More than that though, he's intrigued by Angelica's words. What was the 'decision' they'd come to?
Apparently, it involves Olivia helping Angelica wrap her tits around his cock, even as Olivia presses her own tits into her Mistress' back. The blonde noblewoman is blushing profusely as she slides her breasts along his shaft, clearly not having a clue what she's doing.
But Olivia knows. Apparently, she's got some experience with this kind of thing, because she whispers instructions into Angelica's ear while physically assisting her lady in pleasuring him with those beautiful, bountiful breasts.
Leon lets out a shuddering breath as Angelica's tits glide up and down his cock. Angelica, meanwhile, bites her lower lip for a moment, staring down at his dick and then up at him.
"This… is all you will get of me for now, Captain Leon. I will… p-pleasure you with my chest and prepare you for Olivia. Then, she will allow you to have your way with h-her. Only… only after we take the Isle of Tortuga may you do the s-same to me."
Leon just stares, the pleasure and all the blood rushing down below making it hard to think. Eventually though, he fully processes what Angelica is saying. It takes every fiber of his being not to scoff at her. Was that how she was justifying all of this lewd behavior? By making it all part of his 'reward'? Tch… he'd already agreed to help her take Tortuga and Port Paix in exchange for the letter of marquee and a fair share of the plunder held there.
He didn't need these two to throw themselves at him in order to convince him to help! They should both be able to admit that they're doing this simply because they want to!
… But alas, Leon is a bit of a coward. While he should confront them on that and force them to tell the truth about why they're both doing this… that runs the risk of having them come to their senses and decide this shouldn't happen. And with Angelica Redgrave's breasts wrapped around his cock, the last thing Leon will abide by is stopping this now.
With that said, he just decides to stay quiet instead. It's worked so far, right? And after a moment of silence, of him just staring at her, Angelica flushes and looks away in shame. No doubt, she knows just as well as he that she's using flimsy excuses at this point.
Still, she's right that a noblewoman's virtue shouldn't be given up quite so easily. Even if Olivia was probably the one who had to convince her of even this much. Grunting as his cock throbs and his balls churn, Leon can feel himself getting close now, his member pulsing in between Angelica's pillowy, soft, warm mammaries.
Olivia suddenly pulls her mistress back, causing Angelica to squawk in surprise.
"Wha- Olivia?!"
"My turn, Angie… he's getting close~"
As Angelica's breasts fall away, Olivia's head comes forward… and she traps his cock in between her lips in one smooth motion. Staring up at him with those bright blue eyes of hers, the beautiful blonde maid sucks hard, her hands sliding around the rest of his member and stroking up and down.
Tch… this woman was just too much! With a loud groan, Leon's hips lift up into the air half an inch and he shudders his way through the resulting release. His seed flows into Olivia's mouth… but she's ready for it and with just his tip between her lips, there's plenty of room for her to collect his seed and swallow it down. She gulps and gulps until his balls are emptied and there's nothing left.
Of course… there's never nothing left. His cock doesn't even fully go soft as Olivia continues her ministrations, making sure he stays hard. Once Olivia is confident he's fully erect again, she pulls back and gives him a wide, wicked smile as she climbs from the floor… into his lap.
Leon's hands instinctively go to Olivia's hips as she straddles him in the chair, her cunt lips suddenly grinding against the underside of his cock. A little moan leaves her mouth while she loops her arms around his neck and leans forward, her bountiful bosom pressing into his chest in turn.
"Please, Captain Leon… take me… I'm yours to claim~"
Whether she's acting it up or speaking from the heart… Leon honestly doesn't care anymore. Gripping down more firmly on her hips, he lifts her up until the head of his cock is caught between her pussy lips. Then, he brings her down, sliding her wet sex onto his dick with a grunt.
The biggest surprise for Leon is when he takes her virginity a moment later. On the one hand, he should have expected it… on the other hand, her knowledge over the past little while had convinced him she'd been around the block.
Now Leon realizes the truth. Olivia isn't some experienced wanton woman. No, she's an inexperienced wanton woman. All of her 'experience' comes second hand, likely from seeing things she shouldn't have. As she'd mentioned before, her mother had made… sacrifices.
A little cry leaves Olivia's lips as she loses her 'virtue', but she must have been preparing herself ahead of time, possibly with her fingers while Angelica was giving him a boobjob, because she's too wet for it to hurt too much for her.
Still, that doesn't stop her from leaning forward and resting her head on Leon's shoulder, mewling directly into his ear in an undeniably cute way as her inner walls flex and clench around his cock.
Meanwhile, Angelica is still kneeling on the floor and clearly doesn't know what to do with herself now. Her hands fidget and twitch as if they want to move towards her body, but despite what she's just finished doing, her own sense of propriety won't let her masturbate to him and Olivia fucking.
Leon makes eye contact with Angelica over Olivia's shoulder as she rests her head in the crook of his neck. The blonde noblewoman freezes up, staring back at him while he shifts his grip on Olivia's hips down to her ass and begins to lift her up and down, fucking her on his cock right then and there in front of her Mistress.
… He's not in danger here. These two might be lewd, wanton women, but they're still girls at heart. And he's the big bad Sky Pirate. Hah, he might have felt like he was the prey for a moment, but no… never!
PLAP! PLAP! PLAP!
Still, they're not the prey either. He's no predator or anything like that. But they did offer themselves up to him… and Leon certainly isn't going to turn anything down. Just as he's also not willing to focus solely on his own pleasure at the expense of Olivia's.
Leon holds himself back from cumming, something made easier by the fact he's already had one release. He restrains himself as he fucks Olivia into her first and then second orgasm. Every time she moans into his ear, every time she shudders on his cock… he catalogues those climaxes, searing them into his brain.
Until finally, her third orgasm makes it impossible for him to hold back any longer. Her inner walls clench down and milk him for all he's worth. Leon wishes he could say he'd actually given any thought to where he was going to cum… but truth be told, he got too caught up in everything else to consider it.
However, he knows he definitely shouldn't be cumming inside of Olivia. Commoner that she might be, its not his intention to knock her up on their very first time together!
He lifts Olivia off of his cock as she's mid-orgasm, right as his balls tighten up… and then proceeds to unload his seed right onto Angelica Redgrave's face and tits. It's not intentional. She's just still kneeling right there in front of the chair, watching them fuck like some pervert!
So yes, he cums all over Angelica. Even as Olivia spasms in his grasp, clinging to him with all her might, Leon's ejaculate lands all over a frozen Angelica's face and chest, coating her from her forehead down to her rock hard nipples.
When all is said and done, Leon expects the noblewoman to rage. This, at the very least, deserves a righteous fit, right? He's even ready to apologize.
… But maybe he should have expected Angelica to reach up, scoop some of his cum from her body, and bring it to her lips as if in a daze.
Tch… wanton women. Leon is surrounded by wanton women!
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The Vote:
[ ] Stick with Leon's POV - 19%
[X] Switch to Angelica's POV - 70%
[ ] Switch to Olivia's POV - 11%
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More Angelica!
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Even days later, with the wind in her hair as she stands on the upper deck of Leon's ship… she can still feel it. The warmth of his… his 'essence' on her face. The weight of it upon her chest. Angelica Redgrave can't help but blush just thinking about it.
She should have been furious. She should have felt humiliated. Instead… well, she found herself secretly, desperately wanting more. That in and of itself was rather embarrassing, admittedly. But still, she hadn't minded Leon ejaculating all over her as much as she probably should have.
However, she also hadn't shared a bed with the Sky Pirate in the days since. Not because she was aggrieved or anything like that, but because she knew if she spent too much time around Leon in an intimate setting, she'd probably break and give him her virginity early. And according to Olivia, that was to be part of his reward for helping them take the Isle of Tortuga.
Olivia had been the one to come up with a proper plan for them while they'd been whispering to one another as Leon had watched on that day. Once Angelica made it clear to her friend and servant that she wasn't just going to abandon Olivia to the Pirate Captain, the other blonde had figured out what they needed to do.
It made sense, after all. Rather than both giving themselves over without getting anything of it, Angelica would be the prize for Leon to seek while Olivia would be the appetizer. Angelica would prepare Leon while Olivia would bring things home. And if either of them was going to be in danger of getting pregnant, Olivia was convinced it needed to be her and that Angelica didn't need the scandal.
But of course, that last part hadn't mattered because Leon had made it clear he had no intention of inseminating either of them any time soon. He had yet to ejaculate inside of Olivia according to the frustrated blonde, who had spent a couple of nights in his bed since that first encounter several days before.
Even without Angelica there for him to cover in his 'essence', he didn't seem inclined to deposit a load inside of her maidservant. Privately, Angelica was relieved by that… she didn't want Olivia to have to make that sort of sacrifice for her, not if she didn't have to.
Of course… equally privately, Angelica was having a hard time not looking forward to what came after the subjugation of Port Paix. Even though it was technically supposed to be a reward for Leon, she found herself longing for the time when she could give the Sky Pirate her virginity. It wasn't like she had any better prospects for it after all.
Still, had she become some sort of pervert? It was-
"Ready?"
Angelica jolts as the sound of Leon's voice cuts her internal monologue off. She turns to regard him… and Olivia beside him. Then, she looks back over her shoulder at where the floating island they're heading towards is growing larger in the distance. Finally, Angelica Redgrave looks down at herself… and the maid uniform she's wearing, leaving her matching with Olivia.
"… Ready as I'll ever be, I suppose."
Leon grins, not quite checking her out in her current outfit, but clearly appreciating the view. Angelica resists the urge to puff out her chest for him… she's not actually some servant hoping to be molested by her master, after all…
Olivia, meanwhile, moves to stand by Angelica's side, the two of them making quite the pair. A matched set, if you will. Now Leon DOES roam his eyes over the both of them, getting distracted for a moment by the sight of them together. Which gives Angelica ideas for how to possibly insert herself back into the bedroom dynamic. After all, everyone liked to open a properly wrapped gift, right?
To his credit, Leon shakes himself out of it fairly quickly… which is good because Angelica needs to be broken out of her own fantasizing at that point.
"Do you understand the plan, Angelica?"
Focusing back on the matter at hand and their impending arrival in a Pirate Haven, Angelica slowly nods.
"I do, yes. And also the backup plan. Though I have to admit… do you really expect the first plan to actually work?"
Leon grins at that and shrugs.
"Couldn't hurt to try, right?"
Angelica narrows her eyes, frowning.
"It might… I want to legitimize Port Paix and take it over properly… as is my right as my father's chosen representative."
Shrugging again, Leon looks out at the distant floating island.
"You can still do that. You can do anything… once you're Queen."
Angelica huffs and crosses her arms over her chest. Yes, that was Leon's big master plan. He wanted to make her into some debauched version of Pirate Royalty. Specifically, he wanted the two of them to overthrow the Pirate King together so she could take his place and become the Pirate Queen.
Honestly, she didn't even know that the pirates HAD royalty. It was such a strange concept, but Leon assured her it was real. Apparently, some big damn pirate that she had never heard of had brought the rest of the pirates together years back and established a 'Pirate's Code' that he forced them all to abide by. At the same time, he'd named himself Pirate King and dared any of them to try and claim the title from him.
Supposedly, this Pirate King was so dangerous and powerful that nobody had been able to dethrone him in all this time. However… according to Leon, he'd also been absent from Tortuga for years now anyways. He'd basically won, forced them all to abide by his rules, and then fucked off to who knew where. Nobody had a clue where he'd gone… but they were all too afraid to try and take his seat.
Well, with Leon and his firepower backing her, Angelica wasn't afraid of anything! She just… wasn't sure this was actually going to work.
"If this Pirate King truly is so scary, how can we be sure that the rest of the Pirate 'Lords' will actually let us take his 'crown' from him while he's absent? Won't their fear of him coming back and being angry keep them as our enemies?"
Leon hums, nodding along even as they finally reach their destination and his massive, extremely advanced airship finally pulls into port.
"Good questions. But I wouldn't worry too much about it. I have a feeling it will all work out just fine."
Angelica scowls at that.
"Why? Because of your silly 'Pirate's Code'? Didn't you tell me those were more like guidelines anyways?"
The amusement on Leon's face as she parrots his words back to him is far too disproportionate in Angelica's humble opinion. It feels like he's laughing at her for some reason only he knows.
"Don't fret, Lady Redgrave. Just stick with me and I'll see you to your position as the ruling lady of Port Paix and the Isle of Tortuga. You just have to trust me."
That… Angelica softens up a bit, sharing a look with Olivia. Because the truth was…
"I do trust you, Captain Leon. You have proven yourself a man of character… a true gentleman, regardless of the rumors surrounding you back home."
Leon just shrugs.
"Well… don't go saying that around these parts my dear. I do have a reputation to maintain. Of course, now that we're here…"
He trails off leadingly, causing Angelica to uncross her arms over her chest and bow her head slightly.
"I know. Olivia and I are to both play the part of maidservant to you. I will stay quiet until you call upon me for my part in everything."
Leon just smiles.
"That's exactly right. Sorry in advance for how long you're going to have to play up the role… it'll take a few days for everyone to arrive for the meeting, and I assure you that you want them all to gather in one place. It'll make things easier for us regardless of which plan we eventually have to go with."
Right. Because the backup plan was to basically destroy them all and Leon was convinced he could take them all on at once if it came to that. Angelica had to admit, she wasn't nearly as certain as he was, but also… it wasn't like she had any other options at this point. She had to trust that the Pirate Captain knew what he was doing.
They dock properly a moment later, which means Angelica holds her tongue and doesn't offer a reply. Instead, she stays quiet and falls in line behind Leon with Olivia at her side. They leave the airship with a contingent of Captain Leon's golems coming with them as bodyguards, but barely make it halfway down the dock before someone is running up to them wide-eyed, panting, and out of breath.
"S-Sir! You're-!"
Leon cuts him off with a wave of his hand though.
"Enough, I have no use for whatever you're going to say. I'm calling a meeting of the Council. Effective immediately."
The other man immediately starts bowing rapidly.
"A-As is your right of course, yes I-!"
"Just go already! It will take time, won't it? The sooner the messages are sent out, the better."
Angelica watches as the sweating man immediately turns and runs back the way he came. Honestly, that was what passed for a 'pirate' in these parts? He seemed more like a particularly stressed out bureaucrat than anything else.
Sure, Leon was apparently one of these 'Pirate Lords' he'd talked about, which was what gave him the power to call a Council in the first place, but to act like his presence was either a gift sent from heaven or a sign that hell itself was opening up… well, it was a bit much wasn't it?
"Come on, let's see how Port Paix has changed since I was last here."
She's not Lady Angelica Redgrave right now, she's just Angie the Maid. So Angelica stays quiet just like Olivia does and follows Leon into the Port Fortress proper, past the walls and deeper into Paix. It's… certainly a revelation.
Leon had warned them that they'd see some things they couldn't unsee, of course. But it's not quite as bad as Angelica was first expecting when she'd been told that the Isle of Tortuga was a Pirate Haven. Part of her had feared there might be slave markets or something equally ghastly. Instead… it's mostly just gambling dens, whore houses, and bars from what she can tell.
Lots of pirates running around. Lots of women dressed audaciously and scantily too. As they make their way deeper into town, Angelica sees things that make her blush all the way to the tips of her ears and that's even with what she and Olivia have done with Leon. A glance at her fellow blonde shows Olivia is also a bit pink in the cheeks, though probably not nearly as scandalized.
They make it about five hundred feet before being accosted… and the reason for it makes Angelica's blood run cold.
"You there! Good sir~"
An obvious Madame comes out of one of the whore houses, a little too old and a little too fully dressed to be a whore. She's even fanning herself, an obvious mockery of a noblewoman with a dipping neckline to show off her cleavage.
She walks up to Leon… but her eyes are only on Angelica and Olivia.
"How much to take these two off your hands? They're absolutely gorgeous… I must have them working for me!"
Leon raises a brow, even as Angelica freezes up. Was this it? Was this the moment where he betrayed them? She didn't necessarily think that would be the case… at least, it didn't make sense logically. However, they weren't living in a world of logic, now were they? And Angelica does fear for just a moment that he'll take the Brothel Madame up on her offer.
"They're not for sale."
She needn't have fretted though, Leon almost immediately shuts down the offer. Not that the Madame seems inclined to take 'no' for an answer.
"Oh please! Everyone has a price! Name yours, my good Captain! I won't take 'no' for an answer!"
Angelica tenses up at that, because the brutish thugs that are clearly being paid to guard her establishment all perk up at the Madame's words, looking like they're spoiling for a fight. They wouldn't seriously attack Leon and his golems just to claim her and Olivia though… right?
"You have no idea who I am, do you?"
Leon's voice is darkly amused as he tilts his head to the side, prompting the Madame to do the same as she peers at him closely.
"Should I…?"
Angelica doesn't quite see what he does next, only that he flashes some sort of bauble in the Brothel Madame's direction. The older woman immediately goes slack jawed, her eyes widening and her entire body stiffening up.
"O-Oh. I… I didn't… I'm sorry, I-!"
But Leon just cuts her off like he did the other one, waving his hand as if to say 'away with you'.
"Just go. Like I said, these two aren't for sale… and you couldn't afford them even if they were."
Angelica watches as the Brothel Madame bows, apologizing profusely while backing up all the way back to her establishment. Man, being a Pirate Lord must come with some serious advantages…
Regardless, they soon arrive at their destination… a manse that apparently Leon owns. And it's clear he was telling the truth because they're greeted by more of his golems, who have apparently been tending to the property in his absence.
Angelica can't help but exhale a little bit once they're out of the public eye and in private. Port Paix wasn't QUITE as bad as she'd feared… but it was still clear that House Redgrave had utterly failed in their stewardship of Tortuga.
And now… now it was up to her to turn things around.
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[X] The other Pirate Lords gather quickly enough, the meeting happens fast - 69%
[ ] The other Pirate Lords drag their feet, so it takes a bit for the meeting to coalesce - 31%
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To Angelica's pleasant surprise, everything moves rather quickly. She's expecting it to take weeks to get a rowdy band of 'Pirate Lords' together, especially given the sheer sizes of the egos that had to be at play in such a group. Instead, she finds herself in lockstep with Olivia, following behind Leon just a couple of days later.
They make their way from Leon's manse back into the Port itself, eventually arriving at a rather large building where a bunch of pirates are milling around out front. Angelica narrows her eyes as several of the ones who look at Leon go wide eyed and quickly look away out of fear. He certainly had quite the fearsome reputation!
Of course, there's also his golems… they're frankly everywhere, and once the three of them step foot inside of the large round building, it becomes pretty much only Leon's golems by and large, with barely any actual human beings. Normally this would have unnerved Angelica something fierce but considering the 'actual human beings' on Tortuga were largely pirates and Leon's golems had done nothing to harm her or Olivia yet; it was actually something of a relief instead.
Eventually they enter a chamber with a large round table in it… and around that table are occupied chairs. The assembled Pirate Lords. It looks like they're nearly the last ones to arrive, given there are only two empty chairs. The one Leon leads them to and another across the table from him.
Every other chair is occupied by a pirate with one or two additional pirates stood behind them, followed by dozens of Leon's golems lining the perimeter of the chamber. It's a blatant show of force, Angelica would be stupid not to notice that and she's sure the others do as well.
Perhaps this was how Leon was going to go about stealing the 'crown' from the absent Pirate King. Angelica assumed the empty chair belonged to them, and that wherever they were now, if they still lived, they weren't going to be showing up in time to protest this.
And even if they did… well, Leon's golems would completely and utterly overwhelm any biological fighting force, Angelica was pretty sure.
Finally arriving at his seat, Leon takes it while sweeping his gaze around the table at the other assembled Lords. Angelica takes the chance to do the same, sneaking glances at all of them. They're an incredibly motley crew, to be sure. A bunch of them are so stereotypically 'pirate-y' that it hurts. Unkempt beards, eyepatches, and scarred faces abound. The few female Sky Pirate Lords aren't much in the looks department, but they make up for it by exuding sheer menace, Angelica figures.
That said, there are others who are dressed in what Angelica can only describe as a mockery to nobility. They look like they're trying to put on airs, a stark contrast to the others who seemingly don't care one wit about their appearances.
Really though, the most surprising thing in Angelica's eyes is… how quiet they all are. They look like they'd be a rowdy, opinionated, and altogether egotistical bunch.
It feels like there should be some verbal sniping going on across the table if nothing else, with comments being bandied about between the ones trying to mimic nobility and the ones fully embracing their pirate lifestyles. Instead, they're all uncharacteristically quiet, or at least it seems like it would be uncharacteristic on the face of it.
… Angelica almost feels robbed. Why are they all so well behaved?
"Glad you could all show up."
Leon is the first to break the awkward, tense silence of course. Angelica can't see his face given she's standing behind his chair with Olivia, but she can hear the wide grin in his voice all the same. A shark-like grin, to be sure.
The rest of the Pirate Lords look at one another for a long moment before one of them seems to finally work up the courage to speak, dipping his head in a deferring gesture.
"Of course, Your Majesty. You called and we answered."
Indeed they did, they- wait, what? Angelica blinks as she processes the term of address. While she's doing so, another of the Pirate Lords finds their voice when the first's head remains attached to his shoulders.
"We were all surprised to receive the message. Been a while since anyone heard from you directly. Heard plenty about you and some of your exploits of course, but…"
They trail off, not seeming to know what else to say. Leon chuckles, even as Angelica is trying to catch up mentally.
"Yes, well… I preferred to be hands off, you all know that. So long as you followed the Code, why should I interfere, right?"
There's some uncomfortable shifting around the table at that. Far less seem to be happy and content than his congenial words should have prompted. Of course, Angelica barely notices that. After all, she's far too busy putting two and two together.
The way Leon had spoken about the Pirate King dominating the rest of the Sky Pirates, establishing a Code, and then fucking off. The way everyone had been reacting to Leon ever since they arrived on Tortuga. And now… a Pirate Lord calling him 'Your Majesty'. And another mentioning how he hadn't been around for a while…
Leon's words are the nail in the coffin, aren't they? There's really only one logical answer to all of this. Leon is the…
"Pirate King. Why have you called us here, exactly? Is this about the Winged Sharks?"
One of the Pirate Lords, a grizzly looking man, finally speaks up in a sharp, clipped tone. Not quite disrespectful, but certainly less afraid and less deferent than the previous speakers. He even has his arms crossed over his chest and his jaw set in a stubborn manner.
Angelica… has to admit that she lost track of the conversation for a bit after that. Leon is saying something about how the Winged Sharks (apparently the only absent group from the meeting) will be dealt with in due time but that this meeting wasn't about them.
She's more focused on the revelation that Leon 'Devil's Smile' Bartfort… is the goddamned Pirate King! Setting aside him clearly playing games with her and Olivia by not just telling them that outright, how the fuck had nobody back in Holfort ever heard about this before?! Surely fucking Sky Pirates were the most loose-lipped group in the world! This…
"No, I didn't call you all here for anything to do with the Winged Sharks. They have broken the Code, obviously. Trading in flesh like they thought I wouldn't notice… but that's besides the point. They'll be dealt with in time. Rather, I brought you all here today… to announce my heir."
Wait, what? Angelica focuses back on the conversation at that last part. His heir? What was Leon even talking about?!
The assembled Pirate Lords are all just as shocked as she is at least. Eyes widen, jaws drop open, and many of them just stare at Leon in disbelief for a long minute of silence. Until finally, one of them finds the words and speaks up.
"You… your heir, Your Majesty? You're finally going to choose someone?"
Leon smiles a winning smile.
"That's right. I did say I would eventually, didn't I? Way back when. I told you all that if any of you could impress me enough, I'd see about making you my heir. Well, the time has finally come."
Backs straighten up. Looks are thrown across the table in every direction, from smug smirks to intense death glares. Clearly, every Pirate Lord thinks they're the most likely to be made heir to the Pirate King. It's frankly a testament to the hold Leon has on all of them that there once again isn't any verbal sniping. Even Angelica can tell that many of them are holding themselves back from talking shit to one another.
Meanwhile, Angelica herself is left… adrift. What was Leon doing here? He was supposed to be announcing her, to be telling everyone that she would be in charge of the Isle of Tortuga and Port Paix from now on. And that piracy would no longer be tolerated on the isle or in its surrounding airspace.
That was the plan… so what was all this heir nonsense about? She feels caught completely flat-footed, left wondering once again if she and Olivia have been bamboozled or something. It's not like she can afford to make a scene here, after all. All she can do is stand quietly and look pretty in her maid uniform right alongside Olivia… like a pair of dolls that Leon has dressed up and brought with him.
"Well then… who is it?!"
One of the Pirate Lords breaks the silence and tension by speaking up, waving a hand erratically at Leon. Everyone else is clearly waiting with bated breath to hear his answer. Angelica, meanwhile, is starting to feel despair again…
"Oh? Right, it's Angelica here. She's my heir now."
And then Leon jabs a thumb back over his shoulder at her and Angelica blinks stupidly as all her thoughts are thrown out the window. Wait… she's his heir?! Heir to the Pirate King?!
While she stands there looking stupid, every Pirate Lord in the room stares at her, also looking rather stupid. Or at least, stupefied. None of them seem to know what to say or do for several long seconds… but then the dam breaks and they all begin to shout and clamor at once.
It's a whole lot of protests of course, with everyone quite up in arms that Leon's heir was one of his maids instead of one of them. Angelica just stands there, feeling like a rock in the midst of an ocean storm, barely bothered by the noise. Instead, she's more focused on the back of Leon's chair… what the fuck was he playing at?
Suddenly, Leon raises his hand… and closes it into a fist. In unison, every single golem lining the edge of the large round room raises one foot… and brings it down.
STOMP! STOMP! STOMP!
They do this three times, making the room shake a bit with the force of their stomps… and drowning out the shouting from the Pirate Lords until they've all fallen silent. Those who have risen from their seats return to them, sitting back down with pale expressions as Leon reminds them all of his power.
Silence reigns once more, this time only broken by Leon himself.
"You all seem to be quite aggrieved… but I never said I would choose my heir from among one of you. And let's be honest… none of you are worthy of being Pirate King… or Queen. So I've decided Angelica is going to be my heir instead. She's my protégé, you see."
There's some shifting and very quiet grumbling at that from around the table, but no one is actually willing to make a fuss just yet. Angelica stares out at all of the so-called Pirate Lords, surprised by how domesticated they all are. Or maybe tamed would be better?
Regardless, she's so caught up in studying their reactions that she almost missed what Leon says next.
"Now that that's settled… I've decided I'm abdicating from my position as Pirate King."
Rising from his seat with a flourish, Leon pulls out the chair and shoots her a smile, offering it to her before giving everyone else a Look with a Capital L.
"Meet your new Pirate Queen, everyone."
Angelica's mouth opens… and then closes. And then it opens and closes again. And again. What… what was he doing?! This was not the plan! Except… it also kind of was the plan?! But it was a bastardized version of the plan at best!
Stomping forward, Angelica grabs Leon by the arm, whispering angrily to him.
"Leon! I can't be the Pirate Queen, I'm a noblewoman, a lady of House Redgrave! I can't just… rule over a bunch of pirates!"
Leon arches a brow at her.
"Of course you can. That's exactly what you're going to have to do here in Tortuga, Angelica. You've seen for yourself… the entire population is either pirates or supports piracy in some way."
That…
"You could clear the place out, sure… deliver Holfort justice to all ne'er-do-wells and what not. But you would wind up with an entirety empty island and port. There wouldn't be anyone left once you were done."
He…
"On the other hand, having authority over this bunch of miscreants as Pirate Queen, backed by yours truly… well now, that gives you options, doesn't it?"
… She hates that he's right. She really, really hates that he's right. But at the same time, Angelica doesn't really have any better options, does she? Not if she wants to fulfill her duty to her House and keep her promise to her father. She'd told him before she left that she would make him proud and get Tortuga back into working order.
Now control of the island was being handed to her on a silver platter…
Slowly, Angelica steps forward… and settles herself into the chair Leon is offering her. As she does so, she looks out at the sea of angry but also fearful faces.
… Long live the Queen.
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Angelica and Leon get to work.
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"First things first… let's discuss consolidation."
Leon smiles as Angelica's voice rings out across the room, a confidence in her tone that makes him want to chuckle. Whether she's feigning it or has simply decided that she's going to do what needs to be done, it doesn't really matter in the end. She's doing a good job and despite being dressed in a maid uniform, she radiates a certain authority that has the rest of the people in the room all hesitating for a moment.
Finally though, one of them breaks the silence, a curious look in his eyes.
"Consolidation… Your Majesty?"
Leon sees the very slight stiffening in Angelica's shoulders at being referred to as royalty. To be fair to her, living her entire life as a noblewoman of Holfort, she's probably had loyalty to the Holfort Crown drilled into her skull a million times over. To suddenly be a Queen, even a Pirate Queen, probably feels like a dozen different forms of treason all at once.
Still, he's confident that he's the only one who notices the tension, even as Angelica forces a smirk onto her lips.
"That's right. You will not find me to be an absentee ruler like my predecessor was. The Isle of Tortuga has been allowed to languish long enough. I intend to turn Port Paix into a place where even the proper authorities cannot find anything amiss."
That gets a reaction out of the crowded room. Pirate Lords look left and right at one another, utterly bewildered by her words. Another one pipes up then, their tone incredulous.
"How could you possibly expect to manage that? We ran the last official administrator out of town ages ago, and while they were too afraid to inform House Redgrave of our actions, you're still not going to be able to convince them or the Kingdom of Holfort to just turn a blind eye to you."
Angelica's smile drops, even as Leon's amusement grows. He can tell she's angry, that hearing about the actions taken against her family definitely pisses her off. Not only that this 'administrator' had been run out of town, but also that they didn't bother to let her father know that Port Paix had become an utterly lawless place.
And lawless it was before Leon came along and instituted his own form of rule over the island. To be fair, the only thing he'd really cared about stopping was the slave trade. Tortuga used to have its own dedicated slave market before he came along, but Leon had very much put an end to that. And then he'd fucked off because actually being the Pirate King was a pain in the fucking ass.
"You can leave that to me. I assure you all, it won't be a problem. What is a problem… is the lack of tribute you've all been paying to your King. Now that I'm Queen, that changes. Each and every one of you will pay me a lump sum and then a portion of your revenue going forward."
There's a brief pause at that… followed by one of the Pirate Lords rising from their seat with an angry growl.
"Fuck off! Like hell we're going to do that! Who the fuck do you think you are, trying to trick us into paying fucking taxes?!"
The funny thing is, the Pirate Lord is right. That's exactly what Angelica is doing. She's smart enough to call it 'tribute' instead of taxes, but taxes is precisely what she intends to implement here in Port Paix. All part of the plan they'd come up with together, even if that plan hadn't included Angelica becoming Pirate Queen as well.
The blonde stiffens in her seat at being called out so Leon decides to step in for a second, stepping forward and placing a hand on her shoulder. Then, he lifts his other hand and smiles, causing everyone in the room, including the Pirate Lord currently on their feet, to freeze up.
Leon's smile grows at their tension… as he snaps his fingers. The standing Pirate Lord whips around, staring at Leon's automatons as if expecting them to attack… but instead of that happening, there's a distant explosion, one that reaches the room but barely rocks it.
Everyone still reacts with a curse though, whipping their heads back and forth, their eyes wide. Finally, the standing Pirate Lord looks to Leon.
"What the fuck was that?!"
With a chuckle, Leon shakes his head.
"What else? That was your ship, of course. It's been… repossessed."
In the ensuing shocked silence, Leon fixes the Pirate Lord with a look that is half baleful glare and half wicked grin. There's a reason they call him Devil's Smile, after all.
"Thank you for speaking up by the way. It made it all the easier to make an example of you. Or did you think I didn't know that the Winged Sharks weren't the only ones who had broken the code?"
Lazily, Leon sweeps his gaze around the table. Then, he starts to point. Each time he points at a Pirate Lord, a distant explosion sounds out, until he's pointed at half a dozen in total. At which point, the final one stands up and pulls out their cutlass with a roar.
His automatons move then, taking down the would be assailant with swift efficiency and taking into custody the other Pirate Lords and the members of their crew they've been allowed to bring into the meeting with them. The 'arrest' is as swift as it is brutal, and while there's some resistance, it ultimately doesn't matter.
"You can't do this! You aren't the King anymore, you said it yourself!"
Leon chuckles as spittle flies from one Pirate Lord's mouth as he's apprehended.
"You're right, I'm not the King. I'm her Chief Enforcer. And I do have to say… I think I'm going to enjoy this job a lot more than the last."
He thrusts his thumb at Angelica with the 'her', prompting every eye in the room to turn back to the seated Pirate Queen. Angelica, to her credit, has recovered admirably while he was putting on a show and distracting everyone from her. She's projecting utter calm and poise now, sitting primly in her seat with a soft smile etched across her face.
"Good news, everyone. Seeing as ALL of the assets of these particular slaving miscreants have been seized by my enforcer, the rest of you will have to pay less tribute thanks to their generosity. Say… five percent less as a token of my good will."
Then, she gestures imperiously to the automatons.
"Take them to the dungeons. I'll deal with them later. Noose or block, we'll see which they deserve."
With that, the apprehended Pirate Lords are dragged from the room kicking and screaming and spitting mad. Leon watches them go with a lidded gaze and his usual smile on his face. If it had been him, he would have just killed them all… and truth be told, a few months more and he might have come back to Tortuga and done a purge himself even without meeting Angelica.
This was better though. So much more entertaining. The fear in the remaining Pirate Lords has definitely eclipsed any anger they might be feeling at this point. Now that they know Leon is going to be sticking around and helping Angelica with whatever she wants to do to Tortuga, any designs they might have had have gone up in smoke for the time being.
Taking their silence for compliance, Angelica lets her soft smile widen into something sharp.
"Now then… let's discuss numbers, shall we?"
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Hours later, after the meeting is over, Leon lounges back and can't help but chuckle every time he remembers the looks on their faces. Today had been a productive day, to say the least.
"Proud of yourself, Master?"
Leon looks over to see one of the automatons glancing at him with glowing red eyes, a telltale sign that Luxion is 'possessing' the body directly. Luxion's usual sphere form is back on the ship, since it's a bit too 'weird' to just parade around on Tortuga.
Grinning lazily, Leon shrugs.
"Maybe a little. Shouldn't I be? I finally shed that idiotic title… and Angelica is getting everything she wants. Not to mention, Olivia will be happy. Ah… I suppose I have a weakness for cute girls like them after all."
Luxion makes the robotic equivalent of a scoff at that.
"You act like it's all taken care of, but you've shackled yourself to their cause at this point. The other pirates are going to be testing things soon… to say nothing of what the Winged Sharks might try once they hear you're back and gunning for them."
Hm, yes. The only group of Sky Pirates absent from the meeting… to be fair, they'd been smart not to come. From what Leon had heard, the Winged Sharks were the most notorious in breaking his rules after he'd decided to fuck off and not actually directly rule as Pirate King. They'd almost immediately gone back to peddling flesh and engaging in the slave trade.
Given they were backed by a noble house, it made a little bit of sense. Leon had made quite the impact with his initial arrival on Tortuga and the subsequent establishment of the code, but once he was gone, who were the Winged Sharks going to listen to? An absentee King or the noble house bankrolling them?
That didn't mean he didn't still blame them, however. In fact, he hoped they did make a move once they heard the news. It would make it all the easier to destroy them outright and end their slaving ways once and for all.
"Let them come, Lux. Let them break themselves against you and I."
The automaton's eyes glow a bit brighter red for a moment and it lets out the electronic equivalent of a scoff.
"You're much too poetic sometimes, Master."
Leon rolls his eyes at that.
"I don't want to hear that coming from you, Luxion. As though you can't wax on from time to time yourself!"
Rather than dignify that accusation with a response, the AI promptly changes the subject.
"When do you intend to begin the propagation of more old human genetics, Master? Now that you have two fertile females of acceptable stock all but throwing themselves at you, you have no more excuses for not going about spawning some progeny."
Leon lets out a loud sigh. This was a conversation he and Luxion had had multiple times before, after all. It was especially bad back when they were just starting out, because back then Luxion had taken Leon's intentions of being a Sky Pirate to mean that he would be having his way with women left, right, and center.
Even once Leon made it abundantly clear that he wasn't going to force himself on anyone, Luxion had still been obsessed with the idea of Leon having 'a dame in every port'. That wasn't pirates though, that was sailors, or so Leon had assured the overeager AI.
Finally, Leon had gotten Luxion to shut up about it by telling him he wasn't going to waste his 'precious old human genetics' on just any woman. Most of the whores in Port Paix, for instance, simply weren't worth the time of day. Luxion had agreed with that at least, and eventually begrudgingly accepted that Leon wasn't going to be propositioning every single woman he came across to become his broodmares.
… However, that acceptance had gone out the window ever since Leon had that threesome with Olivia and Angelica. To say Luxion was displeased when Leon didn't cum inside of either of them would be an understatement. And ever since, even as he and Olivia had shared a bed more nights than not, he'd been refraining as well.
He just wasn't sure if he was ready to be a father, okay?! But of course, Luxion didn't care about that sort of thing. All he wanted was for Leon to create more old humans like himself. The kind who could activate technology like Luxion. And Leon had promised he would… eventually. He'd had to in order to keep the AI from going on a rampage and trying to kill every single new human in existence.
… The entire situation with the old humans and new humans was a mess and a half that gave Leon a headache just thinking about. This world's history was undeniably fucked up, a weird mixture of science fiction, post-apocalypse, magic, and fantasy altogether. Leon had honestly been happy to just fuck off and become a Sky Pirate… but it looked like his promise to Luxion couldn't be put off forever.
"Look, Lux… I'll consider it, okay? I just need… some time to think about it."
The automaton that Luxion is possessing makes the electronic equivalent of a snort.
"Well, you'd better think fast, Master. Because you have a visitor."
Leon blinks as the automaton's eyes stop glowing red and it turns back to staring off into nothing, signaling Luxion's attention receding. No sooner has this happened than the door opens and Angelica stands in the frame, staring at him heatedly.
Before he can say anything, the brand new Pirate Queen of Tortuga stomps forward, slaps him across the face, and then grabs him by the front of his shirt and pulls him into a tongue-filled kiss. Leon can't help but be a little caught off guard, even as the kiss extends for several seconds before Angelica pulls back with a huff.
"You've helped me out quite a lot Leon… so now it's time for me to repay you~"
Sheesh, and here he'd expected his little prank to cause Angelica to rescind the whole 'reward' thing. But apparently not… and as she gets more and more handsy, Leon finds himself contemplating Luxion's demands…
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The Vote:
[ ] He'll cum inside Angelica - 35%
[X] He'll let Angelica choose where he cums when the time comes - 62%
[ ] He won't cum inside, he's not ready for fatherhood - 2%
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Thick as Thieves (Marvel)
Themes: Thief MC, Mentor-Student Relationships, Harem
Summary: In which a young man turns to a life of crime for what he considers to be very good reasons. It turns out he has a talent for it... enough of a talent to wind up catching some interested eyes.Click to expand...
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