Let's do the Time Warp Again

[hand_of_courage]

Who: Howling Sabers
Where: Various islands in the west and south
When: 05/21-06/07
What: Crew catch-all for last half of May, beginning of June
Warnings: None

[Catch-all for Howling sabers.

05/21 will be the end of the official scuttling of the Charming Murderess near Scorpion Reef and we'll have to start using the new Galleon (and name her!) from then on. The Hey! Listen! is still intact and usable. As we sail away, remember to watch out for scorpions and get ride of them.

05/26 Link Jr. returns from his canon update in a 17yr-old-body with the Master Sword strapped across his back.

05/28 - 06/04(dates negotiable) Stopping on Manila for a library visit.

Any other events TBA as they're decided.]

Comments

[forthevillage]

Yes. [The most light-hearted of answers that's half a chuckle.]

I agree on that.

[He won't bother trying to contain the smile now. It just makes it worse in the end.]

... Did you need assistance with anything? My current... condition doesn't keep me from being able to function around the ship.

[thethundersaid]

What? [Assistance? Even if he did, with Itachi like this ...]

No, nothing in particular. [He's already ascertained that the people missing are still missing, and it's not like he's overly concerned about that, just annoyed.]

[forthevillage]

Alright. If you're sure.

[There are always things that need doing here. At least from Itachi's perspective.]

... Did you want any company?

[thethundersaid]

[His instinctive response is no, especially when there's company that he doesn't want to be had all over the ship, reason number one he's claimed the rigging as his own space. But it's quieter than usual on board -- which doesn't bother him even a little bit -- and it can't hurt to keep an eye on his brother. Who knows whether this benign thing might not change later?]

If you want. There's not a lot to do except keep watch.

[forthevillage]

Oh good. Excellent.

[Itachi seems especially pleased to be allowed along, although he's cheerful about most things at the moment, so there's no reason this should be any different.]

We can see if anyone else has been affected, perhaps.

[thethundersaid]

I haven't seen anyone else this ... [Perky? Cheerful? Weird?]

... different so far today, but we should look. [He hops up into the rigging, expecting Itachi to follow.]

[forthevillage]

[Itachi follows easily. Anyone else might find Sasuke's form of traveling about the ship amusing, but they're both ninja and used to it. (That his brother uses it to avoid others is a thought that gets another smile out of him, though. It's unsocial of him, but endearing.)]

All the better if it's just me.

[Though too many things only affecting him would be cause for worry.]

[thethundersaid]

[Sasuke is unknowingly sharing that last thought -- with the exception of the weird age thing, Itachi seems to have been affected by the majority of the things that have struck the crew. Is there some kind of rule about age and susceptibility? No, the younger Link would have been in the same boat if so.

He's silent for a moment, thinking about this, as he looks over the crew from his favourite vantage point on the mainmast, high enough to see the full span of the ship and anyone on deck.]

Seems normal.

[forthevillage]

Relatively speaking.

[He has to stifle another bit of laughter. 'Normal' is a questionable term when it comes to this crew - or any crew here, for that matter.]

[thethundersaid]

[He can hear the amusement in Itachi's voice, and despite himself and despite knowing the source, Sasuke's mouth twitches very slightly.]

If any of them were really normal, we would have cause to worry.

[forthevillage]

Mm. We would. [And he does chuckle at that, though he keeps it light.]

It would be best to keep an eye out in case others react at a slower pace.

[thethundersaid]

Here's as good a place as any to keep an eye on things. [It's not often he invites anyone else up here, either, but he'd much rather keep a close eye on Itachi when there's apparently something in the air.]

[forthevillage]

An eagle's vantage point, yes?

[A crow's nest, and that gets another chuckle out of him.]

Your eyes must come in especially useful up here.

[thethundersaid]

[He blinks, remembering a little incongruently that the eyes in his head aren't technically his, but that's a point that really doesn't need to be discussed more than once.]

It would be even more useful if I could summon a real bird here.

[forthevillage]

That would require our summons being pulled from our world as well.

[And he's not sure how he feels about that, dragging those creatures here.]

[thethundersaid]

Yes, and clearly, we don't have the ability to drag things across worlds. [There's real aggravation in his voice. He'd reached a point in their own world where not having an ability he wanted was an increasingly distant memory, but here, it's as if he's twelve again some days.]

[forthevillage]

Maybe there's something similar available here. Creatures we can make a contract with. We'll just have to keep our eyes open.

[Then, being in the good mood that he is, he reaches over to lightly pat his brother's shoulder before thinking much on it.]

[thethundersaid]

Maybe we can contract with a shark or an octopus.

[Itachi won't quite get why Sasuke's tone is so very dry, but there's no way to deal with a mood like the one Itachi has been afflicted with beyond weathering it through.]

[forthevillage]

Ah... I haven't looked into the ocean life much. Perhaps I should.

[There's a half amused, half thoughtful look there. As though he's actually pondering it.]

[thethundersaid]

[... he was joking. Sasuke kind of gives Itachi a sidelong look, not sure if the response is a joke as well.]

None of what we've pulled up in the nets has been sentient enough to function as a summons.

[forthevillage]

Anything sentient enough to work as a summons might be too smart to get itself caught.

[What a funny train of thought. But everything is funny, so he can't tell how much is genuine amusement and that does bother him a little.]

[thethundersaid]

[He keeps staring at Itachi, trying to work out how serious this all is, and finally has to say in something of a cautionary tone:]

I'm not condoning any diving trips, unless you have some kind of jutsu that will allow you to breathe and fight underwater.

[forthevillage]

I... I don't.

[But the mental imagery just becomes a little much and he starts chuckling again, hand over his mouth.]

[thethundersaid]

[He's almost confused by the laughter until he remembers; pink fog, weird mind-altering state, apparently everything is funny. He regards Itachi with more curiosity than suspicion now, though, finally adding:]

We can try fishing for giant squid or something.

[forthevillage]

[That just causes Itachi to laugh more. If only because the first image that comes to mind is Sasuke fishing for a giant squid with a large fishing rod.

He's shaking with mirth now.]