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I’m going to start making comic trivia shorts about Talespin and maybe some other Disney cartoons.
There’s almost zero model sheets of Mad Dog going around, so I made one myself based on promo art and screencaps I took.
To Sail on Seas of Sky Excerpt: EloKas
Note: This excerpt is from one of my current wips, a pirate-themed high-fantasy that I'm aiming to bring to my platforms by next summer. I thought I might as well post a little excerpt for Talk Like a Pirate Day.
One of the features of the work is the tangled love-pentagon between the five young leads. One of these pairings is Elodie/Kas, and here is their first real meeting! Enjoy!
“Ah, it’s good to see milady out here.”
She turned her head to see none other than the gaudy blond pirate boy with his back against the railing, turned away from the endless ocean. It unnerved her, as she had not known how long he had been there.
“I’m Kas, by the way.” He leaned his head back, his hazel eyes gleaming with something she did not understand. “Kas Beaumont—I don’t think we had the chance to exchange names.”
“Elodie Fleetwood,” she said, mostly out of reflex. She then felt the heat rising to her face. “Sorry—you probably know that already, don’t you?”
“I do, but I never correct a lady, if I can help it.”
Elodie pressed her lips together, and looked back out at the water. The golden light turned the sea as dark as wine or the liquid that came from the jeweled-looking fruits that grew in the trees around Port Augustine.
“Enjoying the view?”
There was something softer about Kas’s voice, something that made her feel more at ease.
“I’ve just never been outside of Port Augustine before,” she confessed. “I had no idea that the world was so. . . so big!”
Kas laughed good-naturedly. “It still doesn’t fail to amaze me, for what it’s worth. And I traveled plenty before I ever set foot on a ship like this.”
“A ship like this?”
“A pirate ship—sorry, privateer, Captain will give me an earful if I don’t use the proper terminology.” He grinned all the same.
“How did you end up on a privateer ship, then?” Elodie asked.
She noticed the briefest darkening in his gold-rimmed hazel eyes. His smirk did not falter, however. “Have any theories, my lady? Maybe I was born to sail the seas and skies. Or perhaps I am like your friend we picked up, or dearest Jade, born among the pirates?”
“I don’t think you are.” Elodie pressed her lips together as she examined Kas. “Your accent is much crisper, and you speak like the students at the college. Clearly you have expensive tastes given—“ she gestured at the jewelry— “All of that.”
His eyes gleamed as his head bobbed back. “Very good. You have an eye for detail—you should ask Captain to put you on lookout.”
“You still haven’t answered my question.” Elodie tilted her head. “You don’t have to, if you don’t want to. You can come out and say it.”
“And where’s the fun in that?” Kas turned around, propping his elbows on the side and leaning back so he could look up at the sky between the billowing sails. “Besides, it’s no real secret. I don’t mind telling you.”
Elodie planted her hands on her hips. “And you’re going through all this song and dance about it why?”
“Because that’s what makes a conversation fun, my lady, it’s a battle of wits!” He adjusted his hat, so it wouldn’t blow off as the sea-winds picked up. “You should try it sometime, it does get so terribly boring being on the sea for so long.”
Elodie huffed a sigh. “If you aren’t going to talk, you might as well not waste my time.”
She started to storm off when Kas grabbed her arm.
“I’m sorry,” he said, the smile less conniving and the slightest bit more sincere. “Look, maybe I’ll tell you the story some other time. But let me at least escort you to dinner.”
“Escort me?” Elodie raised her eyebrows.
“Well, I suppose you haven’t been there yet, and Jade’s a bit busy at the moment.” He let go of her arm, but his hand still hovered over her skin, lingering like the kiss of the sun. “Besides, I thought you might not want to be on your own.”
“I guess not.” Elodie tilted her head, reconsidering Kas.
“Don’t worry, I can be a gentleman at least sometimes.” He tipped his hat to her, then slipped his arm into hers. “May I?”
“You may.”
The Crew of the Albatross: Elodie Fleetwood
Elodie was born out of wedlock to the villainous, infamous Keira Fleetwood and Captain Felix Vance. It was her birth that saved her mother’s life and bought her a pardon from the same fate that befell her father, on the condition that Keira return to her father’s estate. Thus, Elodie has grown up on land all of her life as a part of the rising upper class of merchants and lawyers and such. Her mother raised her with sea-shanties as lullabies, and stories of her time aboard ships with whispers of a greatest treasure that Vance left behind. Still, Elodie for a long time has no desire to take to the high seas, instead looking forward to her debut into a high society that keeps her at arms-length due to her mother’s reputation and Elodie herself being born out of wedlock. Her mother and her struggled because of these differences, but they were still relatively close. Her mother taught her swordplay and a few other tricks for if Elodie should ever feel the call of the sea in her blood, as is her birthright. These came in handy when her mother disappeared, claiming that she had to leave for Captain Vance’s ‘greatest treasure.’
Jade’s eyes gleamed as she regarded Elodie, now by her side. “You know,” she said in a low voice, “I think I’ve been waiting to meet you all my life.” Elodie frowned. “What do you mean?” Jade blinked, then shrugged as she turned to open the door to the inner decks of the Albatross. “We must’ve been born around the same time I reckon, when’s your birthday?” “Late autumn, only about a week from the day for the Lady of Desolation.” Jade grinned as she swung open the door. “Aye, mine’s about three days from the Lady’s day. I figured as much, knowing how Mother escaped the fate of the rest of the Bonny Calico.” The Bonny Calico—her father’s own ship. As she followed Jade down the steps and let the door close behind them, she realized what else had been said. “What do you mean, ‘how she escaped their fate?’” “Well, surely your own mother told you?” Jade to her credit, was not irritated at the question. Merely amused in the way that she smirked over her shoulder at Elodie. “They would’ve hanged the both of them, women or no, if it hadn’t been for us.”
If you like women with swords, pirates, high fantasy worlds that are not inspired by medieval Europe, and intergenerational sapphic pining, then you'll enjoy To Sail on Seas of Sky!
Chapter 7. High Seas, Low Skies, gives us more of an introduction to Jade, the daughter of Captain Jennings, who shares a special connection with Elodie.
Chapter 11. The Informant is live now!
In which we learn more about Captain Felix Vance, Elodie's father--and his treasure that the world's turned upside down looking for.
Allyson, because I love my girl and draw her too much.
Nothing to see here... Just a lil sky pirate who'd burn down the world for her friends.
🎶I want to see my little boy~🎶
🎶Here he comes~🎶
🎶I want to see my little boy~🎶
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The Pirate Queen!
Still working on her, but I’m onto something!