On Ivan Braginsky's ship (attn. Ludwig, and all members from his crew.)(WARNING: MATURE!)

Ivan chuckled.
"Go to heem." He said and pointed at one of his crew members.
"He vill tell you vhere to start ~"

Ludwig nodded before moving over to the man and attempts to ask the man in Russian, where he should start.

"Где я должен начать уборку?" (Where should I start cleaning up?) Ludwig stammers in uneasy Russian

The man shows where Ludwig will start cleaning.

Ivan looks at Ludwig, not smiling when the German isn't watching. What was going on? The sudden change in Ludwig...

Ludwig smiles before kneeling with the scrub brush and getting to work on the floor, unaware of the eyes on his back.

Ivan then went to his cabin to think.

Ludwig scrubbed before moving on, continuing scrubbing the deck.

"Mein gott! How dirty can these decks get?" Ludwig mutters under his breath.

The crew looks at Ludwig time to time, and the man that is cleaning with Ludwig says:
"We can't help it.... Capt'n gets us to so many battles......."

Ludwig sighs. "Ja... I guess it can't be helped... But... Does there have to be some many fights?" Ludwig asks, momentarily stopping to turn his head before getting back to work.

The man looks around before looking back to Ludwig when he didn't see Ivan anywhere.
"Capt'n Braginsky...... He loves battles.... He loves blood, the fear he creates... Mostly he would love war...."

Ludwig sighs. "But... haven't you ever just wanted peace? I mean, why couldn't you ask him? I could even go and ask him for you!" Ludwig states quietly, noting his fear and begin to stand up.

"No! You'll just get yourself killed!"

Then another member of the crew says:

"Capt'n wouldn't kill him. Well he might later, but now he's Braginsky's toy...." The man then left to do some work.

Ludwig blinks and turns to the other, kneeling again to continue scrubbing.

"I'll ask him later but... Vhat do you mean? Toy?"

"uh......" Looks away.
"Well.... It's something like this.... Capt'n loves to make people like you to loose their cool, and be angry, and show it.... He also loves to see fear in people eyes... He might make you sleep in his cabin also...."

Ludwig gives a secretive smile. "That's okay. I take it he tries to 'break' people?" Ludwig asks quietly, using air quotations.

"Kind of......."

Ludwig raises an eyebrow. "Vhat do you mean, kind of?" 'Maybe he's one of those kinds that break you to the point you depend on them. I've heard of it but... never seen it.'

"He.... He likes to break people, yes.... Sometimes to the breaking point where they lose their sense of reality.... Or they would start depending on him..... But.... Sometimes he does it just for... fun..."

Ludwig grimaces. "Vell that's not twisted at all." Mutters lightly.

"You all seem worried of me. I'm glad at least someone is. 'Cause I sure am not." Ludwig sighs and continues scrubbing.

"We wouldn't want you to end up like one person did...."

"...Vhat happened to him?" Ludwig asks abruptly.

Is silent for a while before answering quietly.
"No one likes to talk about it really, so don't ask about it, okay...?" Takes a deep breath, and almost whispers.

"Anyway... Capt'n brought one man on board about two years ago. He was here for quite a long time, but we couldn't see him but twice. When he came on board, he looked as calm as possible, but we could see that he was really angry at out capt'n. Later we found out that Braginsky had killed his family.
That was the first time we saw the man. But the second time..." Shakes his head a bit.

"He... The man was... changed.... It wasn't the man we had seen the first time... When he came out from Ivan's cabin with capt'n, he... He stayed as close as possible to Braginsky. Holding the man's arm all the time, not wanting to let go. It was almost like the man was obsessed about capt'n."

Ludwig notes the uncomfortableness of the man and sighs.

"You don't have to tell me. I have a feeling I know vhere zhis is going." Ludwig told him and patted his back.

"I svear on my own name I won't become like him. Besides, I have a plan." Ludwig grinned as he whispered the last part.

"A plan....?"

Ludwig gives a small secritive grin before responding, "Ja. A plan. It's already set in motion. Althought, it is fool-proof..."

"Hmmmm.... Well I won't ask more.... And you should better not to tell anyone else about it.... There are still few men that are really loyal to capt'n...."