Welcome to Gaia! ::

Rabbit looks startled, then breaks into an grin bright enough to light the corners of the room as Aurora wraps her arms around him. Such a greeting he hadn't been expecting, but he wasn't arguing with it either.
"...Good to see you too. ...good to see you're alright....after everything." Although his tone was halting, he meant it, she and Fawkes had been kind, and it was good to see them both together again and all unharmed.
"...We just arrived recently....Fawkes was...convincing me I should still join the Dementia...."

Katherine had just reached the common room when a dirty scrap of a boy barrelled into her. Normally the captain would have backhanded such an irritating brat before he got the chance to apologize, but the pleasant activities of her evening had left her in a rather generous mood. Generous enough that she listened to the boy's piping explanation of having a message to deliver, even taking the crumpled lettter from his hand before she sent him on his way without even a smarting cheek for his troubles.

Katherine was far too fascinated by the letter to pay the boy's leaving or the noise of the tavern much attention after spotting the elegant script that it was written in, all too familiar to her eyes. Why would Daria be sending her a letter? The Dementia was docked not far from the tavern, and surely if it was all that urgent the navigator could come and tell Katherine herself.

After reading the letter twice to be sure of its contents, Katherine understood why. Daria had neatly summed up her desires to leave the Dementia and Katherine for good, preferring to spend her days on solid ground than the rough uncertainty of the sea. Their unborn child was the stated reason for this departure, but Katherine knew well there had been troubles in their often stormy relationship long before.

Sighing, Katherine closed her fist on the paper and stood up to leave. There was a chance she could catch Daria before she vanished, despite the letter's claims that it would be no use searching for her. Katherine threw one glance at her crew before she left, knowing they'd all be too far into their cups to sail that morning or even the next.

"I suppose we could vist the ship if you would like." John wasnt really sure what to do. He didnt remember what he had done when he first joined the ship but he figured getting to know the ship was a good start.

"...No I suppose we won't." Rabbit agreed, as Aurora pulled away, his own smile fading slightly around the edges as hers does. "...But maybe it will work out. ... We're....safer here anyway..." He pointed out, adjusting the scarf around his neck again, which unconsiously underscores his point. "...We should be...well....happy....I think that everyone escaped..."

Rabbit nodded at Fawke's question, before agreeing with the sentiment. "Yes...I will... if they allow it. I....would not mind keeping good company." He offered, flashing another faint smile and tapping a knuckle thoughtfuly on the tabletop.
"....I think.....I think if they moved so quickly....somehow...they must have learned that there were pirates there. Did...they know? Could...someone have told them?" He offered. "...Someone..must have stood to gain to...tell them such a thing. More than they would have gained...allowing the pirates to continue."

Rabbit grinned again, ducking his head slightly in a show of embarassment before shaking his head.
"...I agree...we should celebrate. I don't agree what though...." He noted, crossing his arms across his stomach thoughtfuly. "I say....we should raise a toast to escaping the noose...."

Rabbit looked more embarassed at this, though he nods in agreement. Fawkes was right, you didn't meet people often who you could say escaped the reapers boney fingers with you, pretty much step by step, though he still feels odd being celebrated in any degree.
"This...is true. I...don't think any of us...could have done it on our own.