Chapter 118 A Trip to the Crows Nes (2/2)

Isaac grinned, ”See, you did great, now grab the pegs and keep going”.

He indicated to the thick metal nails that jutted out of the mast. They were only jutting out about thirty centimetres and looked barely stable enough to hold her. Was that all she had to hold on to going up? She looked at Isaac disbelievingly.

”Go on,” Isaac encouraged, ”The longer you stand here the longer you hold everyone else up. Captain won't leave until someone's in the nest”.

Ebony's eyes widened, her eyes immediately diverting to the crew below, some watched her with amusement as they worked. Others with annoyance. Midas and Captain Token were among them, waiting for her from their vantage point on the Quarter Deck.

Ebony took a deep breath, then grabbed one of the pegs, pulling herself up. There was an art to climbing up a single line of pegs. It took her some time to figure it out, with Isaac's careful instruction of course. He was a good teacher, always calm despite Ebony's will battling with her. Her being screamed at her to descend back to earth, or at least the deck of the ship. And worse...the swaying was so much worse the higher she climbed. It seemed Ebony had not even been on the ship for half an hour, and despite not moving, had decided that sailing was not for her. Next time she was given a choice, she would discourage the act of sailing at all costs.

Finally, after coming close to falling to her death several times, Ebony climbed her way into the crow's nest which was just big enough for her and Isaac to sit tightly. Issac grinned at her.

”See, not to bad, you made it,” Isaac said.

Ebony didn't even attempt to smile as she held onto the wooden railing that circled around them.

”Right, let's start learning then, be ready for the jolts,” Isaac said.

”What jolts?” asked Ebony.

”Hoist the anchor!” the call sounded distant, but the cogging of the large metal chain pulling the anchor from the bottom of the bay was not to be mistake. And with each cog there was a vibration through the ship. Minor, no doubt barely felt on the deck. But up in the nest? Ebony was honestly shocked at how comfortable Isaac seemed.

It only took a minute to pull up the anchor, and immediately a call followed it to unfurl to half-sail.

Ebony risked a glance over the side, and immediately ducked her head back to avoid looking down, turning to Isaac who smiled.

”The bigger jolt is when you get to full-sail,” Isaac said, ”Captain only wants half-sail in the bay because going too fast could endanger those on board”.

”Endanger...” Ebony trailed off. Just how fast could the ship go if it was dangerous to go fast?

There was a sound that reflected the flapping of canvas, and suddenly the ship pulled forward, slowly at first, but gradually building speed as it turned in a wide circle and headed for the mouth of the bay.

Isaac stood in a relaxed state as his eyes pierced the path ahead.

They approached smoothly as the sun rose in the east. Suddenly, Isaac grinned as he pulled Ebony up. She moved reluctantly as she followed his finger to see where he was pointing.

There, near the mouth of the bay, was a large group of whales, their figures periodicly breeching the water.

”Whales to Starboard!” called Isaac.

The ship pulled slightly to port to give the whales a decent amount of room, but they were still close enough to be able to throw something at them and not miss. As Ebony watched the whales, she couldn't help but think that maybe, to be able to see such massive and majestic creatures meant that being so high up wasn't so bad after all.

”Full-sail!”

The ship jolted forward with a new burst of speed and Ebony clutched the side of the nest tight enough for her knuckles to turn white.

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Isaac laughed.