Let's do the Time Warp Again

[hand_of_courage]

Who: Howling Sabers
Where: Various islands in the west and south
When: 05/21-06/07
What: Crew catch-all for last half of May, beginning of June
Warnings: None

[Catch-all for Howling sabers.

05/21 will be the end of the official scuttling of the Charming Murderess near Scorpion Reef and we'll have to start using the new Galleon (and name her!) from then on. The Hey! Listen! is still intact and usable. As we sail away, remember to watch out for scorpions and get ride of them.

05/26 Link Jr. returns from his canon update in a 17yr-old-body with the Master Sword strapped across his back.

05/28 - 06/04(dates negotiable) Stopping on Manila for a library visit.

Any other events TBA as they're decided.]

Comments

6/1

[dragonbadfaith]

[Stomps out onto the deck sometime this afternoon, waving a newspaper around and sounding a bit miffed over something or over, but really, what else is new.]

Has anyone else seen this?! They've made a bloody mistake under my name!

[forthevillage]

[A glance up, and Itachi already knows what Draco is fuming about.]

... I wasn't aware you had any interest in being hunted.

[dragonbadfaith]

[Whirls around, still brandishing the paper.]

I don't, I have zero interest in having some kind of price on my head as though I were an escapee from Azkaban, but this is just insulting! It's a fraction of everyone else's!!

[forthevillage]

[Itachi casually slips down off the barrel he'd been sitting on.]

You should see it as an advantage.

[dragonbadfaith]

How? It's as though they don't see me as a viable threat!

[lol.]

Your brother's is ridiculous. [Scoffs.] Just because he blew up an island or something. Hmph.

[forthevillage]

The fact that they don't see you as a threat is a good thing. Being underestimated gives you the upper hand.

A small bounty means less people will memorize your face. It means that when it comes to reconnaissance and scoping out inhabited areas you will be the most useful.

[dragonbadfaith]

They can't recognize it anyway, I haven't got a poster.

[Gives a great harrumph, clearly dedicated to being in this snit.]

I would've been useful at that anyway, I can disguise myself and become practically invisible.

[forthevillage]

Oh?

[A curious tilt of the head.]

Such skills would have been useful before now.

[dragonbadfaith]

Well, it's not as though I've been hiding them. The pink one knew.

[...Of course, she's gone now. He sighs a bit.]

I could demonstrate, if you like.

[breakfastmetaphors]

I don't see a mistake.

[He's not sure how the Navy is determining bounties exactly. There doesn't seem to be any real math behind it. However, Draco's seems perfectly reasonable to him.]

[dragonbadfaith]

[POINTS AT IT. And then moves the paper closer and points again. Since clearly you're blind or something.]

I'm missing a zero!

[breakfastmetaphors]

[He can shoot down helicopters with a handgun, Draco. His eyesight is just fine. It's his personality that needs adjusting.]

That would put you on par with the rest of the crew, so that wouldn't be accurate.

[dragonbadfaith]

[Scowls and throws his arms up, because why pitch a fit unless you're doing it with dramatic flair.]

Why does everyone assume I'm useless?! I have top marks at school, you know, I'm good at magic, especially considering I'm underage.

[breakfastmetaphors]

[He doesn't look particularly impressed, but he rarely does.]

I command the military of a country in which I'm one of the oldest residents. The youngest member of my squad when I was an operative is a year younger than you. If anything, you're behind where I would expect someone of your age to be.

[dragonbadfaith]

[Gives a mighty big eye roll.]

Oh, bully for your country. If we had an active wizard military, I might be in it! I don't know. But we don't, and I'm not, and you're making assumptions without actually knowing what I'm capable of.

[breakfastmetaphors]

I have an idea what you're capable of, but until you demonstrate it, neither the Navy nor I will see you as anything but a nuisance.

[Complaining and throwing tantrums aren't useful combat abilities.]

[dragonbadfaith]

I demonstrated it way back in January, it's not my fault the Navy wasn't there to see it. There's not been much of an opportunity to go all out since.

6/1

[thethundersaid]

[It's not like he's not accustomed to hearing Draco yelling, but this is at a timbre more aggrieved than usual, so Sasuke glances up from his perusal of the map to frown down at Draco from the mast.]

Did someone spell your name wrong? [And then after a moment --] Is that a newspaper?

[dragonbadfaith]

[The second question knocks him out of his tantrum briefly, and he blinks at the paper he's holding.]

It's more an updated report of bounties, as well as a stack of posters for those who have them. I think we should get yours framed.

[...Then he remembers he's supposed to be in a snit, and scowls.]

Mine, however, is ridiculous.

[thethundersaid]

[Ah, that's actually useful. Sasuke holds a hand out, imperious:] Show me.

[He means the whole thing, but he also assumes Draco will point out whatever the problem with his listing is.]

[dragonbadfaith]

[Does exactly that, holding the papers out to Sasuke but jabbing his finger at where the obvious mistake is.]

They've missed a zero next to my name, see?

[thethundersaid]

[He skims the information -- prices have changed, he notes, but it's not like Sasuke is a stranger to having a bounty on his head -- and then looks back up at Draco, unimpressed.]

Bounties are valued by how dangerous the target is to capture. Yours is fine.

[dragonbadfaith]

[Harrumphs, then takes a step back and points his wand at Sasuke -- though it's obvious there's no real intent behind it.]

Don't make me tickle you until you can't breathe anymore, Captain.

[thethundersaid]

[The lack of intent is enough to earn Draco a raised eyebrow and a deadpan:]

I'll electrocute you this time if you try it.

[dragonbadfaith]

[Pauses, his eyes narrowing in slight uncertainty.]

What, as in with...what is it, electricity?