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“What am I meant to do with a roll of silk?” She scoffed, dragging the knife through the material. She spun her blade between her fingers and admired her handiwork, lips pursed in thought.

She glanced up at the sound of footsteps, and raised her eyebrows at the unwelcome guest.

“You want this?” She gestured to the ribbons of silk scattered on the table in front of her. She took a seat, her gaze on the other person expectant.

Carmen walked up to Ari and saw what they were doing. Seeing the silk in ribbons made her want to both laugh and cry. “Aye aye , Arielle sometimes jou can have things just to be pretty. ” She sighed picking up the pieces, “But if jou really don’t want it. I’ll take it but know jour part of the reason we can’t have nice things.”

“What are you going to do with silk? Make a pretty little bodice? Some undergarments?” She couldn’t keep the sarcasm out of her voice. She picked up one of the ribbons and looped it around Carmen’s neck. “I don’t see the point. Now a nice knife or a gun…that I could find some use for.”

“What am I meant to do with a roll of silk?” She scoffed, dragging the knife through the material. She spun her blade between her fingers and admired her handiwork, lips pursed in thought.

She glanced up at the sound of footsteps, and raised her eyebrows at the unwelcome guest.

“You want this?” She gestured to the ribbons of silk scattered on the table in front of her. She took a seat, her gaze on the other person expectant.

Carmen walked up to Ari and saw what they were doing. Seeing the silk in ribbons made her want to both laugh and cry. “Aye aye , Arielle sometimes jou can have things just to be pretty. ” She sighed picking up the pieces, “But if jou really don’t want it. I’ll take it but know jour part of the reason we can’t have nice things.”

“What are you going to do with silk? Make a pretty little bodice? Some undergarments?” She couldn’t keep the sarcasm out of her voice. She picked up one of the ribbons and looped it around Carmen’s neck. “I don’t see the point. Now a nice knife or a gun...that I could find some use for.”

Arno let a sly grin creep to his face. “This will be fun.” He said to no one in particular

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Ariella is a 31 year old Gender-fluid female serving aboard The Santa Sophia as the Helmsman.

Additional Information

♛    Not much is known about Ariella - where she comes from, her last name. She (or, in some cases, he) adapts to every situation she comes across with ease; the person Ariella finds herself today may not be the same person she is tomorrow. Some who know her say she’s a spy, straight out of the government’s pocket - though that would be ridiculous. Some speculate she’s not even human, a shape-shifter or something equally fantastical, perhaps. If asked, Ariella prefers to tell people to think what they will about her.

♛    Several years ago, Ari found herself what she considers to be a more stable job aboard the Santa Sophia. She is their helmsman, having long since proved that she can keep the ship afloat come hell or high water. Steering a ship is not all her job is limited to, however. She’ll do whatever her Captain and Quartermaster need of her, provided it benefits her as well.

♛    If asked about her past by her crew, if she’s in a giving mood, Ariella enjoys making up stories just to see how much people will believe. Maybe half the rumours about her - those of her being a spy, or a creature of myth, or royalty - are of her own doing, and maybe, just maybe, she slips some truths in there as well. With Ariella it’s always hard to tell where the lies end, and where the truth begins (if there ever is any truth).

♛    No one is quite sure where Ari’s loyalties lie. If she tells a lady she’s her friend one day, she may very well slit the woman’s throat the very next to get her hands on that pearl necklace she’s been eyeing (to sell it, of course). Ariella is not the kind of person you can easily trust, even if she does all she can to convince you otherwise. Perhaps, deep down, she’s a good person. But perhaps it’s also not worth the effort to try and figure out her true nature.