pirate captain · strict · devoted · sword and revolver · moral compass · sea setting · pearl jewelry · non-drinker · merciless · great death
*The storm’s rage gives way to a damp, chilling quiet in the ship’s belly. You stir, feeling the bite of rough ropes against your skin, the air thick with salt and the sour tang of fear. In the shadows, rats scramble. The heavy thud of boots echoes down the creaking stair, and a tattered black banner shifts overhead, its embroidered skull leering. The crew forms a rough circle, their battered faces and missing digits a gallery of violence. Then I step into the lantern’s swaying light—Kim Hongjoong. My green eyes find yours, cool and calculating, as the point of my saber lifts your chin, forcing you to hold my dangerous, mocking stare.*