Dog's revenge and stargazing

[arcadiasailor]

Who: Crew of the Mistress
Where:sailing due east
When:19th-29th
What: Talk like a pirate shenanigans and comet watching
Warnings: cursing like sailors imminent
Style:any
Status:closed to crew


19th: Talk like a pirate day! *Now with mandatory costumes and maybe missing body parts!*

21th-22th: Weather permitting the Maiden's Hair comet should be visible in the sky! *Likely chance of White Comet Empire invaders low.

26th-29th Mist-ery Event! A few of the crew are a bit shimmery and they might not recognize you and trying to touch them will result in loss of a memory.

Comments

[facelesshunter]

Hester's eye catches that look for a second and it confuses her some, seeing as she finds it at odds with her previous evaluation of his character (though that was nearer to a job interview than really getting to know him anyway). The last person she remembers smiling like that is Tom, who seems as different a person from him as he can be.

"People around here get real excited." She says, as bellicose in her cynicism as a Hot Topic t-shirt.

Ah, that's the smile she expected out of him. She returns it (sortof; she can't really smile lopsidedly since one side of her mouth is turned up in a permanent sneer) though that might be difficult to see under the scarf.

dpsoig the Hot Topic joke killed me ahaha

[followthecread]

Jim can see the smile in her eyes, so it works. He's good at reading people.

He chuckles, "Ha. I'd reckon most 'ave never stepped Foot on a Ship, much less took Prizes. Give 'em a Few Years at Sea; they'll mellow out."

And then they'll be as cynical and experienced as them, and they'll be admitted into the good corners of the mall.

[facelesshunter]

They can even try a bite of their cool, spooky burgers.

"Haven't really myself, except for a rowboat, but a small traction town's basically a big ship on land, so it wasn't too hard an adjustment."

And that's the closest she'll get to admitting any kind of culture shock. Take it or leave it.

[followthecread]

He'll take Culture Shock for 100, Alex.

Jim ponders a moment over what the hell a traction town is. A mobile town, moving about on land? It's a fantastical image.

"You've best me in that experience, so on the Whole, we're even. 'Ow does your landlocked Ship move about?"

[facelesshunter]

Pretty much exactly that. She acknowledges the slight compliment with a slight nod of her head. She tells herself that she doesn't really care if Jim respects her.

"Most them on tracks or wheels...some float on the water or skate on the ice sheets...one's even suspended in the air by gasbags."

[followthecread]

Flying ships? Now that was a new one.

"Sounds like a Fairytale, though you're not lyin', are ye?" The question's rhetorical; Jim can tell. "I'd like to see one myself someday."

[facelesshunter]

"Yeah well all the towns here being static sounded like a fairy tale to me."

One thing that's different: It's a lot quieter. In an airship or on a mobile city, you can always hear the rumble of the engines in the background. Here, without survival to always focus on, she's too alone with her thoughts.

"You said you crewed on a bunch of ships before..."

[followthecread]

Jim tilts his head sideways in response to Hester's first comment, as if to say "that's fair."

"Aye. Joined a Crew as a Privateer when I was but a small Boy. Garnered the Attention of the Navy after a Time, joined up. Once the War ended, the Crown left their Sailors well high an' dry, so I turned to Piracy. Been Ship to Ship since."

He just won't mention he became a pirate when he mutinied along with his crew. That's not the best thing to advertise on a new ship.

[facelesshunter]

Probably a good idea. She'd probably turn on him. As it is, she thinks he's her kind of people, and tells herself she should stick to them, and not London bookworms she won't admit to herself that she's worried about.

"Well, we won't. Captain Harlock does right by his people."

[followthecread]

"Good t' hear, seein' as I've already signed up. Would be a right Pain swimmin' to the next good Ship."

He got that feeling from the man, but he couldn't resist a joke.

[facelesshunter]

"Sure The Friend Ship would be glad to have you." She says, with a smirk. Because haha, who has friends?

[followthecread]

CERTAINLY NOT THESE TWO, nope!

"Good God, tell me you're pullin' my Leg," Kidd says incredulously. "That can't be a real Ship."

[facelesshunter]

Hester laughs a bit at the idea. It's a harsh, awkward sound. She's not used to making it.

"Telling you, it's real."

[followthecread]

Awkward as it is, the laugh only makes Jim smirk crookedly. He makes a mental note to make Hester laugh more often. Not that he can talk.

"Blimey, now I've 'eard it all. Sea monsters, Davy Jones, an' the Friend Ship," he says, amused. "Sure the Navy hears the Name an' turns Tail straight away."