#but gods these men need some quality time together and I swear I will sail this ship into the ground if I have to

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In The Heart Of The Sea~Chapter Three- Whale Pins

Summary // Writer Herman Medvillie travels to Nantucket to visit the last surviours of the Essex, ready to tell the truth about how the vessel actually went down. Thomas Nickerson hesitantly retells the story to Herman. The story of the Essex and how he met his wife.

Word Count //    1116

Warnings //  Some swearing

Chapter one , Chapter two, Chapter three

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’Thou didst, O, Lord, create the mighty whale. That wondrous monster of a mighty length .beyond conception his unmeasured strength-’’ the pray had started, both Owen and I had bid Peggy farewell, they had an argument the day before but everything seems to settle down by the morning

‘’-But everlasting god, thou dost ordain that we, poor feeble mortals should engage Ourselves, our wives and our children to maintain this dreadful monster with martial rage-.’’ Owens gaze never left Peggy as we left the docks his attention focused on her I looked at my older brother in envy.

‘’-O father, grant that your glorious light shine on these men. Ensure them a prosperous voyage that they may return safely and with a full ship, so that the white flames of Nantucket whale oil may continue to keep a light in our homes, city streets safe from sin in the night and fuel the machines of industry that drive our great nation forward as our noble species evolves. In your name, we pray’’ Owen and I had made it the Essex without any trouble or issue, the ocean was calm only small waves cause by the breeze rock the small boat

‘’So. What month was this?’’ Herman asked as he places an unopened bottle of whiskey on the table, dipping his pen into black ink,

‘’Late in the year, we were one of the last ships to go out, which is why my friend Barzillai and I got a berth you know I was 14. First time to sea scared but more scared to show it Barzillai was 17. Orphans grew up on the wharf. Both in a hurry to be called men.’’ . ‘’Grubs. What are those pins they’re wearing?’’ Thomas asked ‘grubs’, he took a quick look over at the superiors to see what Thomas was referring to

‘’They’re whale pins, Thomas’’ ‘’How do I get one of them?’’ Thomas asked again moving around ‘grubs’ to place the heavy rope that he’d been carrying from the last few minutes.

‘’Well, you gotta thrust the killing lance into the largest beast that ever breathed on this earth’’ ‘grubs’ grunted as he continued to pull at a rope

‘’Nickerson, get the green stuff to mr.bond, there. Make it quick dammit’’ Joy demand as he walked past the duo, Thomas just watch as he walked past

‘’I shall have twelve of those one day’’ Thomas told Grubs, who dismissed their earlier conversation and continued to work. Each and every sailor had a part to play wither it was cleaning, cooking or taking a lookout, each part is just an important as the next.

‘’The windlass is ready and sails are lost, sir ‘’ Peterson announced

‘’Mr.joy this is only half my order.’’ a sailor spoke as the chase siblings approached Mr.joy

‘’Well, well, you being on board means only means one thing.’Your presence can only mean one thing. ‘’Yeah, at least there's one person on this ship who knows the truth about Owen and (Y/N) Chase’’ Mr.Joy is one of Owen’s oldest crewmates having gone on many voyages together

No, that all the other ships are already crewed up’’ (Y/N) spoke as Owen gave her a playful nudge

‘’ I am a new man, Miss.Chase.’’ Mr.Joy clarifies as he lets go of Owens' hand ‘’Don’t tell me Matthew Joy’s put down the bottle?’’ Owen teases moving himself and (Y/N) to put down their things ‘’Dry as sand. Is Owen Chase softened?’’ Mr.Joy teased back. Earning a loud scoff from (Y/N)

‘’Ah, serene as the church’’ Owen speaks, (Y/N) rolls her eyes and nudges Mr.Joy ‘’we’ll see before we believe it.’’ she teased ‘’And from our captain to judge, so keep it no more than 48 hours.’’ Mr.Joy bargain as they look over to see the captain walking around almost aimlessly (Y/N) couldn't help but feel annoyed by the sight of the man dressed formally ‘’That should Owen not some rich bastard who doesn’t know the first thing about sailing’’ ‘’Goodluck’’ Mr.Joy called as both Own and (Y/N) move to great their captain. ‘’Pollard. George Pollard.’’ The captain shakes Owen’s hand introducing himself ‘’Owen Chase and my sister (Y/N)’’ (Y/N) gave the captain a ‘’friendly smile’’ as he lets go of her brother's hand ‘ ‘’Chase. It is an off-island name isn’t it?’’Pollard asked‘’Yes it is sir’’ (Y/N) answered back a small hint of spit in her tone not like it mattered that much, Pollard didn’t notice. ‘’And very shortly we will be off-island for some time and we will be very much at home’’ Owen speaks as both the chase’s move along to make their usual rounds for the voyage. 

  ‘’I must say I was surprised’’ Pollard spoke causing the two to turn around to look at the new captain ‘’normally a captain gets to choose his first mate.’’ not being able to hold her tongue (Y/N) lashed out in a seemingly calm tone ‘’Yes, an experienced captain.’’ This made Owen look down at his little sister in shock

‘’Course, you can understand-.’’ (Y/N)’s mocking was cut off by her older brother who gave the girl a small glare.

‘’From the owners point of view their investments in the hands of men’’

‘’Indeed’’ Pollard agreed looking down at  (Y/N)  giving her a scowling look but quickly reverting his eyes so the older chase didn’t notice

‘’They probably want a little extra reassurance, that's all’’ Owen made his final statement, hoping to bring the new captain some sort of ease

‘’Well do keep an eye on me and let me know if im doing anything wrong’’ Pollard

‘’Oh I know no other way Captain.’’ Owen nodded grabbing his little sisters hand and walking off continuing their routine.

‘’They wouldn’t need extra reassurance if you were captain Owen’’ (Y/N) muttered in spite of their situation. Owen let out a light chuckle stopping the both of them turning so they’d see each other. Owen looked down at his little sister, her (Y/C/E) filled annoyance, the light blue dress she had worn was creased due to the wind and poor quality and some of  (Y/H/C) strands now framed her face instead of being in the bun his beautiful wife had put it in that morning.

‘’I know that, but we have to follow orders’’ Owen spoke truthfully making (Y/N) look down

‘’I know Owen it’s just not fair, you work so hard each and every voyage’’Owen cut her off again

‘’As I said yesterday, we have their word in writing so next time I’ll have captaincy’’

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