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

[thatched]

[he wished he could trust the kid more but you worked with what you had. The kids from Riku's world were pretty strong but Thatch could still take them on so if worse came to worse...

He didn't even want to imagine it really.]

Well there's a first time for everything. Pretty soon you'll move up to meals.

[since, aside from whatever else he's going to use Lea for, he's going to learn to cook]

[by_heart]

That almost sounds like honest work. Not sure I ever had to do that before.

[Even before he'd lost his heart, he was always the one with the harebrained scheme to get out of schoolwork or chores. Now he has to be the one to keep the kids out of trouble. How had that even happened?]

I can't promise that I can make anything edible.

[thatched]

You'll learn. It's not difficult. Just takes concentration and effort. Maybe you'll even come to like it.

[he sounds teasing and he is but it's also hard work and he hopes the kid is somewhat serious about it. Being a pirate was freedom but you had to work damn hard for it every day.]

[by_heart]

[Lea shrugs and keeps working. He sort of hates to admit it, but he is kind of interested. Maybe it's that childhood dream of immortality rearing its ugly head again, since everyone remembers a good meal, right? He just has to be good at it, is all, and that's going to take a while.]

Stranger things have happened, I guess. At least it's not boring.

[thatched]

[speak for yourself. Then again, he'd rather be out in the sun and sea air then trapped down here in the darkness. But if he can stir Lea's interest in it, he's definitely not going to speak against it]

Not at all. A cook can mean the difference of life or death for a crew. You have to now how to shop and preserve and save.

[it's about time to be slapping these sandwiches together so he'll set up a sort of production line for it]

But you do get perks. First taste of the food. Deciding what goes on the menu. Hoarding all the booze you want.

[well that probably wouldn't apply to Lea-- at least not yet but maybe eventually]

[by_heart]

No thanks. Let's leave getting drunk and setting things on fire to the captain.

[Getting first dibs on the food and getting to pick the menu sound pretty good, though, but not so much the "life or death" part. That one's a little heavy.]

He wasn't too interested in my fire magic, either, come to think of it. Or anything I had to say, actually. Real team player.

[thatched]

He is the captain. [said with a shrug. Though he's keeping an eye on you, Lea] And being made of fire it'd take a hell of a lot to impress him.

[by_heart]

[Lea answers with a shrug of his own.]

Just used to working for someone with better management skills. We were pretty specialized, each of us, and we got missions based on that. I mean, I get that he doesn't trust me, I wouldn't trust me, but you know...

[thatched]

Aye well that's what I'm for. That's why you're here as a matter of fact. But I'd much prefer to trust you after some time because if it turns out I can't trust you...

[he'll let that hang there.]

[by_heart]

That goes both ways, Boss. Once bitten, twice shy and all that. Not that you don't all seem like fine, upstanding guys, but I've been burned before.

[Though he'd only recently found out just how much and he's more shaken about it than he'll ever let on.]

[thatched]

[ahh. Alright. he can handle that]

Understood and no hard feelings then, Lea. From now on, your life is mine, which means I protect it and your freedom to do as you wish. If you're in trouble the entire force of the Whitebe-- Spade Pirates will come to your aid and crush your enemies like a falling mountain.

[he doesn't expect Lea to believe him but the speech is important. It's what he says to all fourth division memebers when they first join and it's what he'll say to him now. Maybe he won't understand the significance, but Thatch does]

[by_heart]

Sounds nice. I like it.

[That earns a smile that might even be genuine.]

Well, I'm not one for fancy pronouncements, but I'm not one to let my friends down, either.