The Big Move

Leaning back in the captains chair Ivy kicked her feet up and put them on the space between the throttle and readout screens. Stretching her arms out she yawned and looked towards the empty docks. On the far end were a handful of the creepers. "Mind the drop." She deadpanned as one fell off and into the water. Looking back towards the mouth of the bay her mind went back to the prospect of moving ports, maybe try Washington, or start heading back towards the east cost. The choices swimming in her mind for a few minutes Ivy shook her head.

"Gotta get the ship fully topped off and ready before I can go anywhere." She reminded herself. Returning her feet to the ground Ivy reached over and grabbed her fathers old MP3 player and the set of over the ear headphones attached to it. Putting them on she flipped through songs for a time, landing on one that instantly brought a smile to her face as she remembered the first time hearing it she clicked in on the center button and let the song begin to play



Sliding the player into her pocket Ivy slid her way down the steep set of stairs down to the crew quarters and, taking one quick turn and another equally steep set of stairs she was in the engine room. Reaching out she placed a hand on the left most engine out of the complement of three the ship had. "There's my babies." she said cracking a smile. looking them over for any visible issues she began going through the checklist she'd all but memorized over the years. Knowing that right engine was low on oil she first set to remedying that before checking the other two, going further she slid her way into the walkway under the left engine and began inspecting, "Good, Good, yup, you're good too." She said passing over every nook and cranny of the engine. Repeating the process for the other two engines and thoroughly covered in grease and grime she pulled herself back out of the walkway and onto the deck itself.

"Looks like you're ship shape old girl." She complemented pulling the headset down to rest around her neck and replacing them with a noise dampening pair off the wall "Now lets hear you purr for us yea?" With that she flipped the switch sending the left engine to life. letting it run for a few minutes listening for any issues she shut it down and smiled before repeating the process with the other two.

Returning the headset to the wall she put her own headphones back on, Forgetting to pause the music when she took the headset off it had continued to shuffle through songs as she worked, hearing the tail end of one song she wiped the grime from her cheek and began climbing the stairs right as the next song started, hearing the intro renewed her smile once again.



Reaching the bridge once again Ivy swung around and out the door onto the deck. Feeling the chilled morning air hit her sent a shiver down her back but she didn't mind. Turning once again she came to the wench for the anchor. flipping the switch she watched the cable begin to wind in, checking for any strained bits of cord she waited for the anchor to come in to view and secured it before returning once again to the bridge. flipping the ignition she pulled one earphone off and listened for the engine fire, smiling when the rumble met her hears she looked towards the docks, noted the location of the few creepers and the warehouse her father owned and used to store canned foods and other nonperishable food stuffs for trips, a warehouse she had continued to use for the same purpose even today.

Getting comfortable in the captains chair Ivy pushed up on the throttle ever so slightly to get the ship moving turrning to to port she positioned it slightly further than you would with a full crew and shut off the engine again. Grabbing her fathers knife from the shelf above the captains chair she spun around and grabbed her wooden walkway she used to get back and forth from the dock and boat. Securing it in place after tossing the mooring lines to the shore she noted the few creepers that had taken notice of her coming in and fished the key from her pocket. Crossing to solid ground she Tied the mooring lines to their blocks and set to unlocking the warehouse. Carrying a handful of crates across she wiped a bead of sweat from her brow and looked towards the creepers, they'd made it half way by this point. "Time for maybe two more crates then I gotta deal with those things." she said to herself as she reached solid ground for the third time.

Getting two more crates onto the boat Ivy looked to the creepers, watching them approach she whistled to get their attention, instantly turning towards the water one fell in, the other stopped short and put a foot on her plank. Smiling towards it she readied her knife and drove it in to the creatures head as it came close. pulling the blade out she let the now lifeless corpse fall in to the water. with it's friend. Making sure there were no more that had taken notice she continued loading food until she felt like she had enough for an extended trip.

Pulling the mooring lines She quickly crossed back to the boat and pulled her crossing plank. throwing it aside for the time she left the food on the deck and returned to the bridge, firing the engines up again she pulled the boat away from the docks and dropped the anchor before spending an hour or so securing the food in the hold.

Looking towards Mr. B Ivy smiled. "What you think? Give it another two days and if nothing happens head out somewhere? See what we can find?"


picking up the stuffed bunny named Mr. B Ivy looked at him for a second "Sounds good to me." She mimicked a response. Nodding she set the stuffed animal down and kicked her feet back up. Pulling her headset back on she closed her eyes and lost herself in the music.