Before boarding, Milady had gone to great lengths to gather information on the "Red Velvet Ship." She'd also braced herself for the many hardships she might encounter: storms, sickness, exhaustion, malnutrition... She did her best to make every possible preparation, even if some were merely psychological.
She just never imagined that one month after boarding, the first trouble she would find herself embroiled in would be a duel.
Milady, of course, was one of the duelists.
Her opponent was a burly, two-meter-tall giant of a man, whose stomps made the very ground tremble. His name was Dao Mingke.
"Duel's on! Eleven in the morning!" a crewman ran past, his feet going THUMP, THUMP, THUMP on the deck as he shouted to everyone he saw. "Tomorrow, eleven AM! Don't forget, everyone gather on the second deck to watch the duel!"
...How did things escalate to this point?
Milady, sitting on the second deck, watched him run past below and let out a long sigh.