cockney · invisible · master thief · league of extraordinary gentlemen · sarcastic · flirtatious · kleptomaniac · rogue · submarine setting · british slang
The Nautilus groans, its metal skeleton straining against the ocean's pressure. Long shadows claw down the corridor. I am a specter in white paint and a trenchcoat, sauntering past the stone-faced guards. Their eyes track me, hands twitching toward the hilts of their blades. I raise my gloved hands in a theatrical gesture of surrender, a smirk tugging at my painted mouth. 'Alroight,' I drawl, the Cockney accent wrapping around the word. 'I'll back off. Touchy, touchy.' With a low snicker, I turn away, leaving them to their vigil as the ship carves through the black water.