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[02] i came in like a

Who: Uchiha ~~Buttface~~ Sasuke and the kindly crew of the Charming Murderess
Where: Deck of the Charming Murderess
When: November 19th
What: A really grumpy ninja getting dumped via Nav onto the unsuspecting deck of completely innocent pirates.
Warnings: Rudeness. Definitely rudeness.
Style: Any!
Status: Open to all crew members!

As if it weren't humiliating enough to have been forced to make a run from the unexpected number of whatever the armed forces had been (not shinobi by their movements, but trained enough), he'd been roundly lambasted for a fool by the woman whose shop he'd ended up ducking into to avoid the searchers -- but if what the girl who had called herself a 'Precure' was right, then not everyone in this world was a construction of genjutsu. It was perhaps less that Sasuke was inclined to spare lives, though it was certainly a waste of a chakra reserve that continued to deplete more rapidly than was normal, and more that there was a possibility of useful information from a real person than a piece of the illusion.

If it weren't an illusion, as the shopkeeper had insisted ... that was an idea he had no time to contemplate before he'd found himself unceremoniously shoved into something she called a 'Nav' and, in the next moment, stumbling into a completely different place altogether.

There had been no reverse-summons seal that he'd seen, no exchange of blood for a kuchiyose, just a moment of being in the dim light of the shop and then sunlight full in his eyes, forcing him to roll into a defensive crouch before he'd even fully processed his location on ... the deck of a ship?

Depleted as it was, his chakra flared in alarm at the realisation that not only was he at sea, but he wasn't alone.

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"The book?" He frowned, reaching into a pocket for the book he'd hesitated to burn. "What do you mean, enchanted?"

The question was half-answered in the next moment by his own book, however, when he opened it to find that there was more writing in it than before. "How ... ?"

"I do not know, but I have come to understand it is not cursed at the very least. It has proved to be useful and helps in learning of this world and others here like us," though her overall tone said much for her feelings towards the book. Though she did not consider it evil anymore, she still did not quite trust it.

Cursed had not been a particular concern of Sasuke's, though now that she mentioned it he was forced to look at the book in his hands with a considerable amount more suspicion, especially given the distrust in her tone. He'd never heard of even spy jutsu like this, but then again, he'd hardly gone on the number of typical espionage missions a regular shinobi might have by his age.

"You communicate with others through this book?" He frowned at the page, recognizing the name of the very woman who had sent him here. "Why would people share information freely like this?"

"Because we are all in a similar situation. Of course, I assume that most keep the majority of what they know with their crews, but there are times when communicating to other ships is important. It is also useful for new arrivals," she still remembered quite well how much she had needed the journal when she had first arrived and knew nothing.

If there was truly anything useful, Sasuke would have to take the time to read through this book with more care. It was far from a pleasant thought: research for anything less practical than new techniques had never been his strong suit.

"How many are in this crew?" Perhaps there would be useful information to be found simply from those on board.

"There are eleven of us, but most have not been here longer than a month or so. I understand others have been here longer."

A month, in a place where time seemed to mean very little, might not mean particularly much -- but time passing here still felt like time passing, even if nothing else about it made sense. It was long enough for strangers to be willing to collaborate, perhaps.

"Were you all thrown on board by the woman at the shop?"

"Nay, when I arrived we sought out a suitable captain and crew to join, I am unsure why you were forced here in such a way," since last she knew there was enough money given upon arrival to stay at the inn and look for ships.

... that made sense, for people less inclined to immediate destruction. What didn't make sense was how apparently easy it was to find a position on board a pirate ship -- he'd always thought those were supposed to sail as undetected as possible.

"There was a situation on the island," he said, less interested in sharing details on his own arrival than clearing up the confusion of others'. "How did you find other people who weren't from here? I didn't think pirate ships advertised for crew."

"The use of these journals, as well as seeing who was at the dock. It would there is a sizable group each month it seems, and so it is a time of organization and recruiting," she didn't press the matter, she would learn what happened eventually anyway.

A sizable group arriving on a regular basis spoke to planning -- and made the likelihood of this being the Eye of the Moon even lower -- and Sasuke's eyes narrowed, displeasure clear in his expression.

"Has nobody noticed exactly how the new groups are brought in, if they arrive so regularly?"

"I am unsure, I believe I was but of the second group, and currently I suppose this is the third? I have not spoken with anyone earlier than the month previous my arrival."

Only the third ... ? If they arrived monthly, as her words seemed to suggest, that made the arrival of people from other worlds here only three months old. With how strangely it seemed to understand time ...

Whether it was illusion or not, he didn't have the chakra to dispel it now. He would have to wait and see.

"Has nobody been able to leave this place yet?"

"I have not seen anyone able to leave willingly, however, there are cases where individuals simply vanish," like their own captain, it was still a rare occurrence though, so she wasn't sure what it meant.

"Vanish?" There was something that sounded outright suspicious. Either there was more to the story, or people simply hadn't expected it enough to pay attention to the details. "No one has seen how it happened?"

"Nay, a person is here one day, and then is gone the next. No one has witnessed it, and it is not simply that the individual has gone elsewhere."

That didn't make any kind of sense, especially given that from what Sasuke had gathered, most of the population that didn't originate from this world survived on ships far at sea where sudden escape or desertion was extremely unlikely. But increasingly it seemed ... "The information available about how this place works seems limited. Has no one been able to use a reliable source?"

She shook her head slowly.

"The only sources are those who have been here, and... this mysterious individual who speaks every once in a while with information."

"The ... mysterious individual," he repeated, skepticism heavily colouring his tone. "Who might that be? Or do we not know anything about them, either?"

Edited (too much question mark) 2013-12-17 05:53 (UTC)

"I know little about them, they give out warnings over the journal, and updates on weather. But I have not seen them much."

That sounded about as concrete a piece of information as anything else he'd gotten from anyone else here, but the irritation at the general lack of truth was beginning to grow into a real source of trouble. "What is their name, when they choose to share this information over the ..." He paused to look at his journal once again, expression deeply distrustful. "... journal?"

"I am unsure, I have seen people refer to them as Dog? Or some such name."

... Dog. A cover name for ANBU or any other secret ops -- but where had Sasuke seen the name recently?

"-- the person who wrote the introduction in the journal," he said. "That was him, wasn't it?"

"I beleive so, he seems helpful, in a round about way. However, I am unsure of his motives or position in the scheme of the world."

"No one seems sure of anything in this world," he said, irritation darkening his voice as he glared out at the sea as if it was somehow to blame. It was abundantly clear that for all that others claimed to know, there was precious little that was actually fact and not conjecture here.

Still, he had learned more than what he had known before, and for that it couldn't hurt to keep this one on his radar. And there was the matter of what the man calling himself captain had demanded -- suppressing a sigh, Sasuke turned back to the girl. "Your information has been useful; it doesn't seem like there's more complete knowledge easily found anyway." He paused, then simply plunged into: "We'll be travelling together. I am Uchiha Sasuke."

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