Trip in a desert

[Elvinos2003]

Day nine

The Corsair was sitting in a bar. She was glaring at the bottle of whiskey standing before her. The bottle was still unused. There were no rumors about her and her demotion in The Brotherhood. It seemed only those in the said faction knew about it. It was a good thing, though. By hiding this, other Corsairs won’t laugh at her just because she did something that dishonored The Empire.

She was focused. So focused that the time around her seemed to stop. Focusing on what to do to regain the loss of her rank. She was the youngest to have reached this. She was eager. She wanted to occupy a high rank. A high rank to change things. Although, in society such as The Empire of Corsairs, making changements is hard. You needed to be supported by many and it was far to be the case most of the time because ideology was different from one person to another one. How did The Elders manage to do that? Was there a secret? The unique hint she had was simply to ask an Elder, but who? Alberto was old and hard to convince. Not only that but he was also an angry person. Pepe Ladron? No way. He is long gone. No one even knew where he could be. Then, there’s Cesar. It was him who demoted Nina because she revealed what she had done. Their last time they met, it was on a salty note in the beginning of February. She suddenly had a bitter taste in her mouth and because of it, she left the bar and directly vomited. She then headed to her place.

Arrived, Nina looked at the dusty floor and while she closed the door behind her, she simply let herself down to the ground. For hours, she just glared to the wall. Thoughts spinning and spinning. Even if she made the decision while she was in the desert, applying the thing was something else. She needed to talk to someone. She wanted to see her again but she knew it won’t be possible. For many days, Nina decided to stay at her place and make a come back the next month, in less than 19 days.

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