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2026-05-09
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2026-05-09
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Midshipman's Lament

Summary:

After the untimely death of his wife, Alice, in what the crew assumed to be a freak accident, Peter Milroy is distraught. But when the truth of what happened comes to light, he can't afford to sit back anymore. Justice needs to be served, and Peter won't sit idly and let the perpetrator get away with it.

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(See the end of the work for notes.)

Chapter Text

- Two weeks ago, in the midshipmen's cabin -

"Hey, Tom!"

"..."

"Toooom.."

"...Whuh?"

"Hey, you're up! I had an idea last night and I tried to wake you up but you were sleeping like a log in there."

"Pete, it's too early for this.."

"Well, I don't think so. Here, let me wake up Charlie, he'll agree with me."

"Jesus Christ, I'm gonna kill you one of these days.."

"No you wouldn't."

"I'm starting to think that maybe I would."

"You would never, you're too soft. Anyway, CHARLIE!"

Charles jolted awake, disrupted from his light sleep.

"Oh my god, what in God's name are you doing, Pete?!"

"I had an idea, and I wanted you two to join me. It'd be fun, right Charlie?"

"What- No, of course not! The sun is barely up, we need to get some more sleep before our duties!"

Pete sighed.

"None of you are any fun."

"It's not my fault that I have to do things on this ship!"

"Can you two just stop bickering and let me sleep.."

"Too late now, Thomas. Pete's already gone and woke us both up, we might as well get ready."

"Fine.."

- Somewhere else on the ship -

Notes:

This is just the intro, expect the other chapters to be much longer. This chapter will be updated as well, I'm just posting this as a layout so I can work on it later.