She finally looked up from Roman, and shifted her gaze throughout the crowd of people on the ship. "Your wonderful Captain Roman here, once had a partnership with me. In case you don't recognize who I am, I am The Scarlet Rouge." She announced out to the crewmen.
Everyone has heard of the Scarlet Rouge, but the only thing they knew about her was that she had hair that was as red as the Devil and was just as cunning. Almost all of them were new soldiers, so they had no idea what she was referring to. However, the ones in higher positions had been there long enough to know exactly what incident Scarlet was talking about. They were scared out of their wits and had previously warned their Captain about going against the great devil of the Sea.
"It was about 2 years ago, on a tiny island. We combined forces and decided to fight against a common enemy of ours who tried to invade a tiny Island that went by the name Terra. Now, the reason why we fought against the enemy wasn't important, however . . ." with the pause in her sentence, her eyes wandered back to a paled face Roman.
"Captain Roman here betrayed my trust. I led the initial attack at the front while you soldiers would circle around the island and gang up on the enemy from behind. It would have been an easy fight, we knew they would quickly surrender. It would have been nice. . . if it actually happened." Her silver eyes no longer seemed light and indifferent; instead an evil began swirling around like a storm about to break.
"Who would have thought that a rumor. And let me repeat a RUMOR, something that wasn't even confirmed. Of a treasure on a neighboring island and your fearless Captain here just, could. Not. Help. Him-self." Each word was laced with an under tone of anger as she enunciated each word slowly.
"Can you imagine my surprise when my sworn brother in arms just left like that in the middle of a battle for some measly gold? Granted we defeated the enemy fairly easily on our own. Yet, that just isn't the point now is it gentlemen?" She looked back around at the nervously sweating men.
Now they knew what their stupid Captain had done, abandoning your brother in arms was the number one taboo, especially during a battle for god sakes! All the men were now silently cursing themselves for having such bad luck for signing up with a man that had angered THE Scarlet Rouge, aka Devil of the Sea.
"The point is in order to repay me; the Captain will lend me your services for an entire year, utilizing the best and most elite branch of the fleet. Think of it as indentured servitude, and you will all be working under me, isn't that right Roman?" Her piercing stare came back to a shocked expression on Roman's face. He could only stutter.
"Unless you just want to gift the entire fleet to me . . . permanently?" her grin twisted into something darker. She had already begun making her way up to the Quarter Deck towards the Helm.
"No! I-I mean, your first suggestion is the best solution! Managing an entire fleet is so troublesome! I couldn't pass that burden onto you elder sis!"
"Mmm" Scarlets face shifted back to her usual cold indifferent look as she went on to address the rest of the crowd. "Even though I easily defeated you all earlier, you still have some use for me in the future. Not all of my enemies are as strong as me, so I will utilize your skill set to wipe out small inconveniences that I don't have time to deal with. And before you ask me how I know that this ship just so happens to be 1 of the 3 elite branch's ships, please don't insult my intelligence. Anyone who knows what they are looking for can find it easily." She shot a sideways glance at the crew as she began walking up the stairs towards the boats helm and Roman followed closely behind her like a hurt puppy dog.