Cold like winds on the sea // open+joining // will you ever return to me

[vellichor]

The woman heard the strangers long before she would turn to gaze at them. Her piercing blue gaze drifted between the two being in interest. She didn't seem to be frightened by either of them and certainly didn't seem to understand she was on someone's land. Her eyes first landed on the girl who greeted her and she shook her head softly. "No, my name's not Mary." The answer was simple and quiet. When asked for her true name and the reason of her appearing here, she hesitated. "I'm looking for her. Mary. Her name was- is Mary Read. I don't know what she'd look or sound like here. I know I've changed so many times I don't know that I'd even recognize myself anymore." That answered the business question. "My name is Maisie Perdita." And there was her name. The woman fell silent, looking back over the ocean, her gaze softening as she looked over it. It was infuriating, the grief and comfort the sound of those waves brought her. The salt in air reminded her of that horrible night when she'd been left alone. That'd been just months before she was dragged to Bedlam. Would Mary had left if she knew what would happen? Maisie knew the answer to that question, even if she didn't want to. People like Mary weren't meant to be tied down. She knew that from the moment they started their... friendship. "Where am I? What ocean or sea is this?" She looked back towards the two strangers as she asked those questions.

★ and cruel was the ship that bore my love from me━