The Great Ghost Race Mingle at Port Chance

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Who: Anyone and all characters coming to Port Chance
Where: Port Chance
When: July 1st-5th
What: Food, Fun, and preparation for the Great Ghost Race.
Status: Very Open!

Racing or not, there is much to do and see on the days coming up to the Great Ghost Race. Port Chance is in full festival mode with food, dancing, games of luck and skill, and fireworks every evening. There are figures of Davy Jones everywhere, from statuettes to cloth dolls to painted signs, as if the residents are trying to ward off bad luck. Otherwise there is an air of festive mood, so come and mingle! Enjoy the sights and sounds! Gawk at the wide reverse waterfall as it goes up the mountain, or the more regular waterfall that goes down the other side.

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[borntochangetheworld]

[The Maharajan is probably too small to really get a visitor, but that doesn't stop Sinbad from hearing the bells as Gan Ning walks by. He leans over the edge of the boat, watching him with a grin.]

Hey!

[youhearthebells]

Huh?

[whips around to see who's yelling at him. Oh, a pipsqueak, eh?]

Oh. Hey. 'Sup? [beat] Nice boat.

[borntochangetheworld]

[He grins, not the least bit intimidated by the man with the bells.]

Thanks, I picked this one out myself! I was just wondering where you were headed, that's all. No one seems to be exploring the docks.

[youhearthebells]

[he sets his hands on his waist, giving the boat an honest appraisal now, not just the snort of "haha tiny boat" next to all these sloops and galleons]

Just prowlin' around, checkin' out the competition. You in the race, too?

[borntochangetheworld]

[Hey, if he had a larger crew, he'd have a bigger boat, that's the only reason.]

Of course I am. I am the great sailor Sinbad.

[youhearthebells]

That so? Well, well. [now he can't help but grin teasingly] I guess we're gonna have to look out for the likes of a great sailor, huh?

Oh, wait, except I'm the great pirate Gan Ning, so maybe not.

[borntochangetheworld]

[Sinbad laughs merrily.]

You think so? Don't cry about it when I win, okay?

[youhearthebells]

[damn, he can't argue against that kind of confidence]

It is just you on that little thing, then?

[borntochangetheworld]

[If there's one thing Sinbad has in spades, it's confidence.]

No, not just me. I have my first mate Ja'far too. We came together. He's sworn himself to me. I'm going to be king!

[youhearthebells]

Oh yeah? [folding his arms over his chest now] King of what?

[borntochangetheworld]

Well I don't know yet. I'm going to make my own country. A better country.

[youhearthebells]

Yeah. Heard that before. [could be a good thing or a bad thing, who knows?] You mean like, back home, or here? Because here...eh, pick a deserted island and call yourself king, there ya go.

[borntochangetheworld]

[Sinbad laughs.]

I mean at home. This is just another adventure. I'm hoping to talk to as many people as I can!

[youhearthebells]

I getcha. All right! Hang about here and you'll probably get your chance. Me, I'm just lookin' to see how all the ships are holdin' up before the big shebang.

[borntochangetheworld]

I'm not worried. I'm a great navigator. I've been doing it for a long time now.

[He nods a bit to Gan Ning.]

So, how about you talk to me. Tell me about your world.

[youhearthebells]

Mine? Eh, it's nothin' too special. Three kingdoms fightin' it out for control, same old same old really. I'm a general in the Wu army, now, but I ain't forgot my pirate roots. So, yanno, bein' here is a chance to play around without worrying about who's gonna take control of whose castle next week.

[borntochangetheworld]

[He nods a little bit, listening.]

Did you choose to enlist?

I suppose that's true, haven't heard anything about nations or wars or anything since I've been here.

[youhearthebells]

Uh. Not exactly. The first warlord I served paid pretty well, but it wasn't worth it. The Sun family, though, they're all right. They came to me, if you can believe it!

It's real different here. I don't even know if there's any real kingdoms, aside from, uh...what's that one called. Yuezhong. Which, it's funny, means 'end of the month' in my tongue, so I dunno if they're anything like where I come from.

[borntochangetheworld]

They don't normally come to you? How strange...

[Sinbad seems to think about that.]

I only wonder because in Parthevia, if you're old enough and physically able, you can be drafted at any time to be sent off to die.

[Unless you tell Drakon to go fuck himself.]

I don't like that system. I haven't come across Yuezhong yet. Hopefully I will.

[He grins.]

[youhearthebells]

Oh, sure, if I had been some peasant, I coulda been drafted. I think Wei's big on that. But I been a pirate a long time, nobody messes with pirates. Nobody's strong enough to just go and fight pirates into submission in order to draft 'em.

[and he is so damn proud of that. Despite the fact it's less about strength and more about resources.]

[borntochangetheworld]

Sounds like a weak army you have, actually.

[youhearthebells]

...oi, it's not my army. And it's not weak! Wu is pretty powerful, we've kept Wei at bay for I don't know how long.

[this is what he gets for running his mouth when he doesn't actually know a thing about politics]

[borntochangetheworld]

If your army can't take out a couple of pirates, there's not much to be said about it.

[He exhales a little bit and rests his elbow on the railing, his chin on his palm.]

I don't know how Parthevia performs in war, at least they're not in a war now. They're recruiting for other things. When my father served in the army initially, there was pride there and they were strong.

[youhearthebells]

Hey, I don't ask Lord Sun Quan why he'd rather deal with pirates than fight 'em. Ain't my business. It got me a good position and my men the security of the Wu army, that's all that matters.

[Sinbad's tale does sound familiar, though. That's probably how Ling Tong ended up in service as a teenager.]

[borntochangetheworld]

It's interesting though.

[He isn't sure what he'd do about pirates. Probably nothing.]

Drakun will fight anyone he sees, I think. His princess is the same way.

[Sinbad laughs suddenly.]

Ah, sorry, sorry, I was just remembering something funny with the princess.