"Flairs sir!" announced one of the lookouts in the Monique's tops, this announcement was followed shortly by several other announcements of the same. Cain with his keen vision could already pick up the flairs. Leaning over to Mr. Grimhand Cain mentioned "In about five seconds our signal man will announce that the strange sail wishes to parlay with us." Mr. Grimhand chuckled as the signal man touched his knuckle to his brow and said "Sir, the strange sail wishes to parlay with up."

Cain saluted back and smiled replying "Very good, you may return to your post." Turning to MR. Grimand he ordered "When we're with in random shot, furl the t'galants and top sails, and reef the courses. We don't want to rush by them."

As the Monique closed in on the Feisty Fox the Peregrine closed in on the Monique. Both The Monique and Peregrine were flying Cain's colors a brilliant field of royal blue with a wine colored elongated four point diamond with a black cross running through the center of it. The larger of the two ships the Monique also had a pennant hoisted of the same royal blue and wine red. The pair of ships neared the Feisty Fox and as they did the upper most sails were rolled up followed by the next upper most sails on each ship, finally the bottom most sails were then folded in on them selves.

Both of Cain's ships noticeably slowed and started to keep pace with the foxy ship. As the deck hands began to notice that the crew of the Feisty Fox was all women order began to degrade on Cains ship as the hands started carrying on capers trying to attract the attention of the crew of women.

While Cain enjoyed a good woman, he was currently more interested in the Feisty Fox itself. One could tell a lot about a captain just by the way her ship sailed. The Feisty Fox tacked within it's own wake, this was a sign of a well trained, seasoned crew, but more importantly it was a happy ship. Cain decided that he liked this captain, and her crew.

Cains crew began rigging an accommodation ladder as he asked via a speaking trumpet "Permission to come aboard?"