"The thing?" Gabrielle asks, raising an eyebrow. "Is there some secret to this ship?"
Hey how you doing well I'm doing just fine I lied I'm dying inside"Cous, two of our crewmembers are here," Melvin whispers urgently, standing a couple feet in front of Gabrielle and Lyle.
"He should be locked up still, but what are we gonna do now? I didn't come to the island expecting to pick up a whole crew, how are we gonna tell them about him?"
Edited by DrNoPuma on Jan 3rd 2019 at 10:49:07 AM
Very good kitty(Lyle was just about to see what he could do to help when Duane rushes down and he and Melvin begin going on about a "thing" that seems to also be a person...?)
What's the "thing"? What's going on?
Edited by kablammin45 on Jan 3rd 2019 at 10:52:09 AM
"Hey, least I didn't lose all my artistic talent when I crash landed in the arena here.""You see, uh... I... we, uh... We have a..."
"Aw, by the claw, I can't take this anymore. Follow me. It's hard to explain."
Melvin leads Gabrielle and Lyle towards the place where Ezekiel is locked up.
"Hey... buddy. We were going to release you on Inmundo, but we, ah, unexpectedly picked up some new crewmates."
Very good kittyGabrielle's eyes shift towards Ezekiel, Melvin's demeanor making her jittery.
What's going on? What the fuck even is this? Is this gonna get us all killed in some way or another?
Hey how you doing well I'm doing just fine I lied I'm dying insideEh, they had to learn about him at some point.
Duane nears Melvin, lowering his voice. He is still audible to the others in the room, but less so to the ship as a whole. The trick is... what can we do with him now? We got some other career pirates up there. They might not be so keen on letting him go as planned. Not to mention, your “retirement” has recently gone out the window...
HuzzahHe listens as Jane also admits to not being able to swim. “Ah…” He holds her tighter, basically hugging her. “… Okay. I believe you.” He just met them, but everyone’s being so nice… but at the same time, they haven’t even left, and he’s already… “Um… you can put me down now. Sorry about all that…”
If I don't clash, I don't change. The world ends at my borders, and the best moments slip away."I know... I don't know what came over me. It was just a stupid burst of youthful energy, I guess. Something that made me believe we could actually somehow do this..."
"Maybe we should just tell them the truth, apologize, and turn the ship around. It hasn't been too long, we could still go back to the island."
Very good kitty"Okay, okay, time out! What the fuck is going on here?!"
Hey how you doing well I'm doing just fine I lied I'm dying inside"Okay, uh... I don't know everything about this chap, so he may have to fill in some parts."
"Just a month after reaching civilization again after being abandoned by Captain Flamebeard - that's a whole other story - I found my cousin Duane, and I purchased this ship with the money I managed to save from my time with Flamebeard. Duane and I began sailing around, looking for other jobs. I was hoping to go straight, maybe become a craftsman or something, but on one trip, this cheeky scoundrel intervened."
"I don't know if he recognized me or something, but of course he was a privateer, and he refused to believe that I wasn't pirating anymore. Our argument lead to a sword duel, and Duane and I eventually got the drop on him. We locked him here, and now we're not sure what to do with him. I've never been in this much control before."
Very good kittyWell, guess I was sort of right on the " get us killed" part...
"So he's been locked up in here this whole time. What do we do with him now?"
Hey how you doing well I'm doing just fine I lied I'm dying inside"'Course I can put you down, bud." She complies, still unaware of what's going on below deck.
"Why did you want to sail again? Must have missed that part."
I'm Huney B now. Okay?Without directions from the captain (who's still belowdeck by the looks of it) Tom has taken the ship slowly out towards more open seas. He's tried to keep them in a holding pattern out where they won't interfere with other ships who might want to dock, but there's only so long he can go around in the same old circles before he'll try to drop anchor again so they can sort things out. He really doesn't want to see what will happen when he tries that.
I need to update these things more often"..." Suddenly, Jane looks a bit more glum. Well, more glum than usual. "Your sister, huh?" She sits down, resting in front of him. "What happened to her, did she go missing? Or maybe she... uhm... no, nevermind, probably shouldn't say that. What happened?"
I'm Huney B now. Okay?“Oh, no, it’s nothing like that,” he reassures her. “She got a job as a sailor. I need to go find her because I need a place to live. Last place I lived at went bankrupt,” he murmurs the last part and sighs.
If I don't clash, I don't change. The world ends at my borders, and the best moments slip away."Who're you callin' a scoundrel," he yells at Melvin, finally deciding to speak up as the four converse with one another. "You're the one with that blasted spark in your eye, the same spark I've seen in the eye of every other pirate I've locked up or drowned." Ezekiel lets out a hearty belly laugh. "And don't tell me you've gone straight with a bountiful crew and a mighty ship to your name. You're just going to drag these freshfootin' lads and lassies into a life of pillage and scurvy, if they haven't flirted with it before...and shame you decided not to put those who have to task at anything worthwhile."
He looks to Lyle and Gabrielle with a sort of fatherly disappointment before turning his attention back to the captain and his quartermaster. "What you could do is let me off this ship before we drift any further from Inmundo, if my glasses aren't failing me and that is the anchor I see perched over there. Then, you can pray I won't be riding your ass from here to Philawnee or wherever the hell you're setting sail."
He then looks back to the two freshies. "If you two truly don't know who I am, and you must as the governor's favored raccoon, I'm Ezekiel Riles, a privateer of much repute. And Duane?" He side-eyes the more diminutive of the two rats, letting a little pride slip through his grin. "I'd prefer we remain professional in these matters. Besides, that privilege is reserved only for the women I've pinned to..." ...he remembers children are here, or children in his aging eyes. He laughs to himself; isn't he to remain professional as well? It would be unbecoming of him and his image to talk about tripping the light fandango so flippantly.
Edited by BlackMageAnolis on Jan 3rd 2019 at 1:01:18 PM

Jane overhears Kauri, sighing. "Hey, listen. If it makes you feel any better, I can't swim either. Some pirates we are, huh? But that's what ships are for, right? To keep us afloat? Nothing is gonna happen to us."
I'm Huney B now. Okay?