Trial of the Spades

[hiken]

Who: The Spades Crew + Anyone wandering by or onto their ship.
Where: Isla Empieza, The Sun
When: 12/15 - 12/21
What: Shenanigans! The Cold Curse, Sailing, Etc
Warnings: None so far. Possibly violence, given this crew.
Style: Prose/Action. Either or!
Status: OPEN

Threads below! Feel free to drop in your own, just remember to date them. More 'general' threads will come up after the crew sets sail.

Comments

[hiken]

Sometimes.

[Too normal, admittedly. The dangers were as real as the New World, but the sea itself was considerably calmer.]

Problem is, if you see too many storms, the ship gets battered. If you see too few, you don't get used to them. This weird stuff aside, we gotta get used to experiencing harsh conditions, y'know?

[ex_automobiles598]

That is one up side. But it shouldn't be a problem for me.

[Or Korra for that matter, her especially]

Have you been doing this for a long time?

[hiken]

[Ace let out a bit of an undignified grunt.]

Have I been doin' this long? I'm the Captain, ain't I? I've been doin' it long enough.

[ex_automobiles598]

[She smiled a little]

Point. You sound really confident about it.

[hiken]

[Ace threw himself onto a barrel and rail, sitting on them with a bit of a pout on his face.]

Hey, remember this:

A Captain has to be ambitious, strong and willing to protect their crew no matter what the cost.

You'll meet a lotta people who can claim they're all three of those things, but you're lookin' at one who's willing to die to prove it.

[ex_automobiles598]

[Asami leans against the railing herself. Somehow that sounds like something the Avatar would say]

But why do you feel like you have to prove it? If you already show you care for them shouldn't that be enough?

[hiken]

It ain't enough for me.

[Ace suddenly found himself smiling, leaning back and looking up at the sky. He felt like a child, talking the way he had been.]

'Talk' is good when you're a politician. Puttin' things off 'til you run outta time and you can fence things off on somebody else.

When it comes to pirates, 'talk' is only good for reputation--when nobody's around to argue with you face to face. Me, I prefer facin' everybody who'd disagree with me.

[ex_automobiles598]

No, I know it's more than talk. You have to show you care, but...dying just seems like it's going too far. It doesn't seem fair to your close friends.

[Or family. Asami knew she'd be devastated if Mako, Korra, or Bolin did something like that. Of course she was only talking from her perspective]

But I'm not a pirate, so I guess I really shouldn't say.

[hiken]

Maybe I'm just a coward, then. The thought of livin' at the expense of my crew is distressing to me. But, I don't think it's solely bein' a pirate that makes me that way.

[It was having a little brother who you were supposed to protect no matter what. Ace didn't mind being useful enough to sacrifice himself for Luffy's sake after all. It was only fair that he be that enthusiastic for everyone else, too.]

And, it could be that it's just bein' selfish. I've lost friends and family while I couldn't help 'em.

Not everybody feels that way, but I do. Even among pirates, most people would go on and count their losses. I'm too greedy for that.