levianon meet niffty

from /hhg/ - Helluva Hotel General #813
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>when niffty first heard of levianon from charlie, she fell in love with the idea of the handsome pirate with a heart of gold, being the gentleman of the sea
>Then levianon "visited", charlie pulled an alastor and summoned him, she gagged after smelling a pirate who hasn't had a proper bath in months or washed his cloths correctly
>She tackled him and dragged him off to give him a deep cleaning
>When he came back an hour later he was literally squeaky clean
>The bath water niffty used had turned black
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>Levianon was badly embarrassed by the whole affair
>Fighting with an unarmed woman less than half his size kind of flies in the face of his "Gentleman Pirate" persona, so he couldn't really do anything but sit there and take it while she scrubbed and chastised him
>She was shockingly thorough on both fronts
>He's still catty with Charlie and Vaggie, constantly testing the limits of his soul-contract with them, but he shrinks at the approach of Niffty and doesn't dare do anything that might upset her.
>When he gets back to sea, the first thing he does upon capturing a fresh cargo vessel is go looking for soap and cologne
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>Anon has to play along whenever she plays the damsel in distress whenever he visits
>She purposefully goes out into dangerous parts of the city
>Not wanting to have charlie make him do demeaning shit he saves her
>She does the whole "Oh my hero!" thing while he saves her with his swashbuckling bullsht
>Catches her whenever she fakes swoons
>She always rewards him with a "chaste" kiss
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>Levianon gives her one of the medallions his crew wears as the closest thing they have to a uniform
>Mostly just trying to keep her happy so that she doesn't do anything terrible to him
>In return she gives him one of her neckerchiefs "for luck"
>It also happens to have a good deal of rather...sultry smelling perfume on it
>He sticks it in his pocket and forgets about it
>Until a rival crew boards the ship
>They just got through with a raid, they're low on ammunition and tired as fuck from moving all the loot into the hold
>They seem to be a perfect target for a fresh, well-supplied gang of rival pirates
>But then the enemy captain corners Levianon
>Knocks the sword out of his hands
>Draws his pistol
>Aims it right at Levianon's face

>He pulls the trigger

>And the weapon explodes in his hand

>He's left with nothing but a stump at the end of his arm, and his face is shorn clean off by the shrapnel
>Levianon somehow emerges unscathed

>The boarders are so shocked and demoralized by the sudden, inexplicable death of their captain that what was previously a hard-matched fight quickly devolves into an absolute massacre, with Anon's crew taking no further casualties as they repel the invaders
>When its all over, Anon starts patting his pockets down looking for his pipe tobacco and ends up finding Niffty's neckerchief instead, still whiffing faintly of smoky evenings spent draped in silk and fine brandy
>Superstitious lot that they are, the whole crew attributes their inexplicable landslide victory to the good luck granted by "the favor of ye fair maiden Niffty"
>Levianon never takes a gamble on anything without Niffty's neckerchief in his pocket again