HO HO HO!

Waves.

Sloshing.

Sparkling orange with the setting sun in the distance.

Calm waves. 

Turned out, the girls were from a small village in a large country called India.

Their village got ransacked by pirates and most were just murdered. Some women were raped and killed, while they kidnapped the healthy young. The kids were taken to be trained but most were just eaten.

Yes- eaten.

And the country of India was ruled by the British empire which was a faraway empire. 

"So, you'll be fine as long as we just drop you off at the port?" Rose asked them.

Tonight they weren't going to set camp outside.

After all, there were no islands around.

Which was why, Rose and the girls were on the first floor- in the living quarters.

They'd made the place a lot cleaner than it used to, and removed almost all the belongings of the pirates to not be reminded of those beasts.