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Prologue:

Storm scene on ship; ship crashing against rocks, Emma flips off Emma quietly panics, wondering how her death is not all that uncomfortable since she cant

feel the biting cold of water;

Hears someone calling her name, and gets that foreign tingling again... but thinks it feels niceChapter One: (land-home)

The incident- little Emma lost in the woods. cold, chattering deliriously blubbering to herabsent dad how cold it is how sorry she is for wandering off

Laying down, closing her eyes, giving up, feels warmth, roaring,rumbling in the distance, shuffle,awayyyy. And nothing, she doesnt feel the cold, the snow, or the warmth of the fire when her

dad finally finds her.

Space, shift to present; currently painting.angel beholding fire Introduce/describe condition Father works as reputable painter. Father invites her to come along into town to sell his latest

painting(s) and gather more supplies

Chapter Two: (land-road)

Small talk with father Passes by people who give her looks; share experiences in past; taunting pain was still very real to me. That kind of gist

Chapter Three: (land- town)

hear talk of wild distant land- provide background info Spot young blond girl w/braided hair Slightly distracted, but suddenly hears snippet from sailor about healing witch; everyone

uncomfortable with thought of magic

Thinks about it all the way homeChapter Four: (land-home-road)

conflict with desire/curiosity to leave confronts parents come to an understanding; set her up with things to travel scene where she packs something nostalgic(painted obsidian worrystone. Painted with

sparks) and bids her parents goodbye

road comment about not having her parents to shield her from staresChapter Five: (land- ports/pub place?)

asks around ports about anyone whos been to distant wild land; hear about Rory Wickam Meet the captain (Rory) and Ven (description ensues) and pleads for passage on ship; Ven

amusingly questions her usefulness and naivety ; demonstrates by easily pick pocketing worry

stone

Rory eyes her and questions a bit more, but allows her to come; tells her to go with Ven to getsupplies *groan*

Talks about reasons for going on ship; dodges questions and banter; rubs worry stone in pocketto make sure its still there

Spots end of familiar blond braid around the cornerChapter Six:

Boarding day (long description) Captain Rory introduces her to her quarters with Lucinda (older)( not appear yet) Rory puts Ven in charge of teaching Emma the ropes and tells him to give her a cursory tour


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More bantering, introducing her to different aspects of the ship ( include prohibition of VennsRoom; has marking around door, or something special ) and people (run into Lucinda)

After tour, turns around, shoves bucket and rag and tells her to clean crows nestChapter Seven:

Grumble , looks up and sizes up tasks; turns around to object to Ven, but hes gone. Hehe

Runs back to cabin to grab gloves observes other shipmates working busily, not noticing her realizes shes not going to get any help, she starts tomake her way up the rigging white bird sitting on rail of crows nest seems to mock her trying not to freak out about heights; cursing and muttering about Ven gets confident as shes about to reach crows nest, but slips and falls; before she can fall, hand

shoots out from crows nest and catches her wrist; *tingling* its Ven . Ven stares at hands for a

moment but then says,You really are an idiot arent you. Or something like that

Emma Mad, he shrugs off how he got there. view, conversation (bird) ; he disappears so she canclean the crows nest after making comment about he could hear what she said about him

Chapter Eight:

Still mad about Vens antic, runs into cabin and yells; only just then notices Lucinda Lucinda and Emma have a talk about why Emmas/Lucindas there, about being girls on a ship

full of guys and how Emmas going to like it.

Lucinda talks about going to different lands ; Emma asks if shes heard of the healing witch Later that night, Lucinda invites her to eat with her at a group on the upper deck; Ven is present,

but Emma ignores him, though he talks to other people.

Lucinda introduces a couple people (big guy[shipmate], cartographer/geographer,-shares thefact that she paints a bit) light conversation and jokes makes Emma feel welcome ; a semblance

of warmth

Chapter Nine:

Little bit about the real work and chores on the ship along with more retellings ofencounters/interactions with Lucinda, big guy, and helping the cartographer/geographer

Ven only there to teach her other things; almost businesslike; disappears often; Emma wondersif he goes to the crows nest

Emma visits cartographer/geographer in his map room, Rory is present Examines the different maps of the world; looks at his drawing tools, asks about the unfinished

maps, Rory boasts about many places hes been

Reid remembers shes an artist and offers her some of his supplies to use to drawbut is sorryhe doesnt have any paints; Rory jokes about what she could possibly draw on a ship

Hugs supplies to chest and ponders a place to draw; stores supplies in cabinChapter Ten:

Been showering outside for two days , so nobodys really outside working; everyone below inthe hold/ galley eating and sharing stories; tried to draw in cabin, but didnt work out

Helps the cook (sam? Who likes her help- she cant feel the warmth or stuffiness of the kitchen)with food and bringing it out to sailors for dinner

Emma finds out Phillip plays the lute and listens to stories of faraway places Make comments about Rory, Lucinda and Reid and how Emma cant feel the warmth of all the

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Notices Ven gone; notes that she never sees him around ship Goes out into rain to see if hes out there (being stupid) Windy outside, Emma squints up at crows nest to see if hes up there, thinks she sees a

shimmer of something massive curled around the crows nest, but blinks and its gone

Calls Vens name, and hes already right there beside her, and questions why she yells so loudly

Before heading inside, Ven comments on transparency of her dressChapter Eleven:

Ven is once again never to be seen the next day; Emma asks Lucindasuggestive reply Changing subject, Emma asks for more appropriate clothes/ shoes; Lucinda agrees and lets her

wear some of the smaller stuff shes grown out of; real fitting clothes and boots will have to

wait until they reach a trading port

Wanders around trying to see if she can be of any help Visits Phillip as hes working, hauling a net of strange fish. Helps him; Phillip makes joke

about how women shouldnt be working out in the hot sun.Emma not affected

Talks to him about playing the lute; he offers to teach her and talks about his daughter backhome

Chapter Twelve:

Emma goes out to deck one day to dump dirty water from who knows where; spots tail of bird;brings eye to crows nest ; decides thats where shes going to draw; birds eye view

Goes up to crows nest to draw; invades Vens spot apparently ; conversation where were youtwo nights ago?,dodgy, background, learn a little bit more about Ven from Ven

Ven sees her rubbing at worry stone, thinking about home; asks her about itChapter Thirteen:

This goes on for a couple days, both content just to sit up there, not speaking, just drawing etc. ;she talks about how some days she watches from the Nest as Ven and others work; note how

Venn doesnt seem bothered by the cold breeze up in the Nest

Sitting out on the deck with Phillip trying to teach her how to play the lute;

Lucinda joins them, sitting down to sharpen knives; makes Emma nervous; Phillip and Lucindalaugh about it/stuff

Deliberate healing witch and how shes going to go about finding her once they reach Adellas Bird reference/sighting; both Lucinda and Phillip dont see it; Emma decides Ven wasnt playing

with her

Chapter Fourteen:

In galley once again dinner everyone happy, talking (long) Rory asks Emma to go fetch Ven from his cabin, which Emma realizes shes never known

thought about though it was included in tour, always assumed he slept up in the Nest or

something; lot of the sailors sleep in hammocks on deck

Finally remembers where his room is; already open; cabin is surprisingly clean; piles of books ontable, some with a foreign language; notices tapestry bunched up in corner, picks up it up

enough to see one icy blue eye, but Ven interrupts her before she can see all of it

Ven is in the door, wet, though its not raining outside, and his eyes look more bright than usual,one second they dont even look human

fight w/ Ven : Emma pries and Ven retorts how a stupid nave little bird/girl shouldnt even beon the boat in the first place, etc. she doesnt know the first thing about the horrors of this

world. This isnt some fairy tale

that night dreams about dark icy blue eyed creature


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Chapter Fifteen:

still ignoring Ven/Ven ignoring her *cold shoulder* goes to the map room to show Reid some of her drawings; he seems fixed on a drawing of

Lucinda; Emma questions if he likes her *blush*

He questions her back awkward; still mad so vehemently denies

Ven comes in muttering hey I think I messed up your compass. Sees emma, blank, leaves Awkkkkkkk Grumbling about it visits Rory

Chapter Sixteen: (STORM)

Stuck in cabin for days due to bad weather outside; uses time to review drawings, think aboutfight with Ven ; Lucinda not present; with Rory/ Reid maybe?

Tossing and turning of ship makes her uneasy; Rory had stopped by to see how she was doingand boasted that the ships been through way worse. She cant imagine

Splintering sound lures Emma outside to find frantic shipmates running around; cracked mastand torn sails

Large wave washes her overboard and prologue scene plays out Next day, in bed, finds out Ven saved her

Chapter Seventeen:

finds out she lost the worry stone in water and tears up; mope around for a while; Reid comesby to try to cheer her up

Emma is up in crows nestat night time and Ven joins her; thanks for saving me lol Arent you the slightest bit chilled up here? Arent you? Reconciling from fight; Emma tells Ven about her condition and past, and she gets a hint at what he is end of chapter, Ven points out distant lights of island trading port

Chapter Eighteen: (port island)

Rory uses time to restock and fix damage caused by storm Emma ventures onto island with Ven and Lucinda as company and sees new things; clear blue

waters

Catches glimpse of young blond girl w/ long braids Comes to the white beach sand and Lucinda and Emma play in water Well, a plus of this outrageously blue water is that youd definitely know if someone decided to

have a little tinkle dryly

Emmas sitting in the galley second night at port and Rory gripes about how late Ven is stayingout in town on errand

A bit concerned, slips away to the ports while no one is looking to look for him, assaulted.Chapter Nineteen:

Ven appears, kicks butt and seems angry (unnatural glint /shine in eye and seems feral) After kicking butt, picks up a sack he dropped and carries Emma back to ship *tingling* Next morning, Emma is hauled out of bed by Lucinda to learn self-defense and how to use a

knife; Ven angry and stormed in and complained to Lucinda last night; makes comment that

Ven is just as capable of teaching Emma---move on to lesson

Lucinda tells Emma to carry a knife with her around the ship to get used to itChapter Twenty: (kiss?)


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Days pass with defense lessons and carrying the knife; talk about new trousers Lucinda boughther

Notes Reid spending more time with Lucinda Back up in the Crows nest, Emma finds Ven again and sits next to him Conversation- Just because it looks glamorous, doesnt mean there isnt some darkness hidden

in there somewhere waiting for some nave little bird to wander into its trap. Or somethinglike that

Emma wonders if he might also be referring to himself voices this out loud; Ven maybeconfesses?.... that would be nice; Vens use to Rory; Vens search for father

Emma asks what he was doing anyway- Ven shoves the sack at her , filled with jars and rocks/beautiful worrystone with ember encased in center

I heard about your silly little obsession with rocks crying over the lost one. Kiss; realizes that maybe shes feeling warmth for the first time in forever; identify that foreign

feeling

Chapter Twenty-One: ( 2 days since kiss- at least two months at sea now)

Emma wakes up one day to hear more excitement than usual; sailing into supernatural waters Ven comes up next to her and comments how it wont be long now, *nervousaround him* Rory comes up and says they need to be a bit more careful now and asks Ven to come with him Emma wonders if Roryll need more of Vens help now that theyre in these types of waters Lucinda confronts Emma about Ven; warns her blah blah blah Dreams about the kiss again, and suddenly sees Ven morph into beautiful obsidian black

serpentine dragon

Chapter Twenty-Two: ( SEA)

Throughout the day, Emma watches the waves as the ship moves quickly; thinks she seessomething skimming the waters

At night, all the shipmates get excited going to the railing of the ship Small, glowing water sprite/fairies (seemingly made out of water?? ) are running alongside the

boat skimming the water in the spray created by the boat

Man, this is the stuff I live for- Lucinda ; glances at Ven ? After, Emma imagines she sees something unnatural twisting in the water in the distance, but

ignores it

Chapter Twenty-Three: ( SEA)

Thought process about finding the witch; bird keeping her company Emma sitting up in Nest painting the water sprite/fairies CRASSHHHHHH leviathan attacking ship; so not a good time to be up in the Nest ROAR- Ven Dragon form spotted in daylight

Chapter Twenty-Four: (SEA) ATTACK

Ven fights Leviathen; Epicness, but gets hurt Rory assesses the damage- tells Emma that shes got plenty of time to do her business in the

Mystic/wild/distant lands since the damage to the ship will take a while to fix

Chapter Twenty-Five: (ADELLAS PORT)

Ship barely makes it to portChapter Twenty-Six:

Chapter Twenty-Seven:


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Chapter Twenty-Eight:

Chapter Twenty-Nine

Chapter Thirty

Chapter Thirty-One

Chapter Thirty-Two

Chapter Thirty-Three

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