[08] i've walked these streets

[thethundersaid]

Who: Buttface Sasuke, Philip, Shotaro.
Where: Isla Empieza, docks.
When: Backdated to late February.
What: Sasuke, Philip, and Shotaro rendezvous.
Warnings: Not violence for once! Possibly talk of violence though.
Style: Whichever works best!
Status: Closed.

Given how well other information-gathering efforts had gone, maybe someone trained in Intel wouldn't go amiss. The man he'd spoken to had sounded more like a civilian enthusiast than an interrogation officer or a spy, though -- but by this point, Sasuke was hardly spoiled for choice. If nothing else, it would be another pair of eyes and ears.

Right now, Sasuke's eyes and ears were trained over the docks from his vantage point perched on the prow of the freshly re-tarred Murderess, looking out for two men making land in a sailboat.

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[keyworddouble]

Retrospectively, it hadn't been the smartest of choices to not get a physical description of who he was looking for. Philip figured that instead he'd seek out the Murderess, as it at least sounded quite impressive and he assumed it would be easier to come upon than making educated guesses at which person in the area surrounding Isla Empieza was, in fact, Sasuke.

In actuality they hadn't been far from Empieza at all, it hadn't even taken them a full day to come back upon its shores. So when the Murderess came into view, Sasuke adorning her nose as a lookout, they had already arrived and Philip was nattering vaguely at Shotaro about something entirely unrelated to anything. He stopped, mid-sentence, and made a beckoning gesture at Shotaro to gesture toward the approaching ship.

"I think I may hazard a guess that that's who we are looking for," he offered.

[countyoursins]

Shotaro was still really not sure about this pirate business, but from the people he did talk to, including the captain, they seemed all right. So far. He would see when they actually got on the ship.

While it had been hard for Shotaro to admit defeat, just the two of them on that little sailboat was not going to cut it. Especially after he heard about the sea monsters infesting the waters. They were strong as Double. But. He wasn't about to test his luck in this place. Not yet.

He's more or less letting Philip natter at him when the ship docks. He looks up with a scrutinizing gaze.

"It's big enough."

[thethundersaid]

It had occurred to Sasuke around the same time that he probably should have requested a better physical description, but he benefited from the fact that there were much fewer pairs of people trying the ocean in a sailboat than those on the larger ships. The approaching boat didn't look too bad for the wear, but it wasn't one that would make it for longer voyages without an experienced sailor at the helm.

He let the sail approach until it was clear that there were only the two men on board, then lifted a hand to hail them over, assuming that they'd already seen the tall letters of The Charming Murderess painted along the side of his own ship.

"I'm Sasuke," he called down. "Is one of you Philip?"

[keyworddouble]

The funny thing was that he was paying considerably less attention to the ship than he probably should have been. He'd given it a good once-over, but it was just that for the moment. A ship. The ship, as the situation were, but still just a ship. It was funny how he focused on things and chose to ignore others. Regardless, he was eying Sasuke from the moment he became more of a person-shaped blob on the horizon than just a smear of color as the Murderess approached, and when he addressed them and introduced himself, a crooked and toothy smile found its way onto Philip's features. He raised a hand, rolling his fingers as though he were twirling a pen between them in lieu of a wave.

"Guilty as charged," he returned. "And this is my partner, Shotaro." He twisted at the waist, making a rather grand gesture toward his hat-wearing friend.