ITT: We Are All Pirates' Revenge

No need to drag, ma'am, I'm right here. Wha'd'ya need?

Sure I ca-...oh, wait, he's right there... (Ira says, chuckling slightly upon seeing Duane just right there.)

Gabrielle offers the gem to Duane.

"Remember when you were talking about the Legendary Egg? Well, uh, I think this guy's found part of the shell..."

Kauri takes interest in Tom's purchase. "… What's that you bought, Mr. Tom?"

"Incredible..." Melvin inches towards Dave. "You guys really think this is the first piece of the Legendary Egg?" Melvin laughs excitedly. "And to think the first step of our journey would be this easy. We've been looking for that, you know..."

"Y'know, I didn't imagine the Egg being made out of glorified rock. Neat, I guess."

Duane inspects the gem piece. Goodness... this dream's seeming more and more realistic. I wonder if there'll be any stipulations in the wish making process. Cuz, theoretically, someone could just wish for reality to bend to their will, and, y'know, nobody'd want that.

Dave squints.

"Why do I feel like it's not going to be that easy?"

(Ira looks visibly uncomfortable at Duane's remark, thinking about that.) I figure there has to be some. We don't want anybody destroying the world or anything like that.

"It's a gun, or a broken one. Don't know if it's fixable, but I have time on my hands. You probably don't care about how it works."

With that explanation, Tom looks for a place to store the as-of-yet useless firearm on his person, eventually resigning himself to holding it in his hand for now until he can find a better option.

"I'm not sure how it's gonna work, but we'll cross that bridge when we get to it," Melvin says to Duane.

He looks at Dave with extreme interest. "I don't believe we've been properly introduced, lad. Melvin "the Grungy" Marcel, at your service. Just an everyday captain of a ragtag pirate crew on an adventure to find a thingy that should hopefully grant all of us wishes. Wanna join us?"

"Cool gun," he says aside to Tom.

"Well, I could learn how it works. I just wanna help out more around here…"

Dave looks over at Melvin.

"Yanno, why not. It'll be nice to get off this godforsaken island. I'm dying of boredom here."

"Welcome aboard, mate!"

Melvin is giddy. He gently takes the piece from Dave's hand. He inspects it, flipping it over, but his enthusiasm starts to deflate.

"That's odd... each piece of the Egg is supposed to have directions to the next one. The directions should be etched into each piece, but there's nothing etched into this one..."

Hmm... maybe we just need to look at it closer? Who knows. Let’s just pocket it before Skellybones gets back here.

Hold it, you're saying that this might not be a real shard after all? (Ira asks. He examines the shard more closely himself. Indeed, there doesn't actually seem to be any writing on it like he had heard there was.)

Hmm...

The chest cocks an wooden eyebrow.

Klamptrap:   So it could be a fake huh? Maybe we'll find some more answers if we check out more of the island, maybe even checking someplace that's haunted as that's the last place one would look.   

Edited by TheGamechanger on Jan 18th 2019 at 2:57:37 PM

"Maybe later, it looks like they found something."

Tom moves over to where the rest of the crew is clustering around, standing just close enough that he can overhear their conversation and figure out what's going on. Once he's gleaned what he needs, he chips in with his own two cents.

"The clerk said he hadn't heard anything about the egg either, it'd be strange for it to end up here with no fanfare."

"Well, then whoever made this knows how to make fake gems, because damn."

Any hope Gabrielle had was suddenly replaced with dread. Something wasn't right about this situation, but she didn't really know why.

"...Guys... I think we should put this back..."

(Ira notes the dread that suddenly entered Gabrielle's voice and is a bit confused by it.) Everything okay?

Nephenee raised an eyebrow and asked, "Why do ya think so?"

What do you mean “put it back”? We found it in this jeweler’s hands. And I don’t think that’s gonna change anything.

"I mean... I don't know, really. Like someone else is... I don't know."

Gabrielle sighs. Why can't I remember anything for shit and why do I always get a bad feeling about everything?

"...Oh my." Melvin isn't sure what to say.

"Well, I'm sure your worries will be forgotten once we find the first piece for real. Let's keep searching the island. What do you all say?"

Fine by me! (Ira says, standing up straight.) I’m ready to go if everyone else is.