high_seas | HazMat Log 008 ♔ Patootles and Discount Coupons

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HazMat Log 008 ♔ Patootles and Discount Coupons

Who: Hazardous Materials
Where: Tartle Island then Deesuko Ballia
When: 8/7 onwards
What: gathering a patootle and then party over at pirate heaven
Warnings: alcohol and little whales that fart bubbles are dangerous to your health
Style: Any!
Status: Zoo entrance fee is still 50 doubloons

Hazardous Materials' August log of doom part! Date your stuff, you all know the drill.

8/7-8/11 : Sailing to Tartle Island
8/12-8/14 : Tartle Fun!
8/15-8/21 : Sailing to Deesuko Ballia
8/22-?: Party hard!!

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Sweet. Let's ask one of 'em, then.

[and maybe some of that sea-salt ice cream too - he's never had anything like that]

Here, this looks like a good place to grab a bite. Huh, looks like you order at that window and then sit outside to eat.

Okay I will!

[He pauses.]

But probably you should ask because I might not remember.

[He nods, it's a fine place to eat. He peers at the menu.]

Oh, I don't think I'll forget that.

[he checks his pockets for coins - he's got plenty. Any time he needs money and doesn't feel like asking Cynthia to dole some out, he just pries another diamond off the bell she gave him.

Hmm, there's a lot of fish on this menu. Not a surprise.]

Sandwiches...eh. Fried fish. Man, what I wouldn't give for a bowl of rice some days. Oho, look at that - barbecued eel and rice! Now that's what I'm talkin' about. [he glances at Roxas] Whatcha want? It's on me.

[One day, Roxas will be responsible for paying for his own things. This day has not yet come. He mulls over the menu critically. He's had lots of sandwiches, they are Lea's specialty.]

Is eel good? I never had it. Is the fried fish like the octopus that Lea fed me before?

Eel's pretty good, yeah. I like it. Dunno about octopus, though...you know? I've never really had it, come to think of it.

Okay, then I think I'll try the eel too!

Two then. [he orders the old guy on the other side of the window. And a couple of cold drinks. He's handed a slip of paper with a number scrawled on it, so the waiter can find their table when it's ready. So, it's time to go have a seat - and Ning, true to form, grabs a table where he can kick back and put his feet up on a spare chair.]

This place ain't too bad, huh?

Yeah, it seems okay. I don't think I've been here before.

[He scratches his head.]

I'm trying to think if I can remember eating at a restaurant before.

Seriously?

[between that memory and that inexperience, he doesn't know what to do with you, Roxas.]

No way.

Yeah, I don't think I have!

[He smiles though and shrugs a bit. It's a new experience that's all.]

When I was on the other ship we had a chef and Lea would make lots of sandwiches. We didn't really eat at other places before and before that Axel and I just had ice cream every day. I bought ice cream from the stand before, does that count?

[Roxas, you are one weird kid]

Heh. It counts if you want it to count. I ain't never been to a super fancy restaurant either - roadside inns, yeah, but outside o' the court, I don't get to go out much. Back home, I mean.

[Maybe so, but Gan Ning might get used to it in time.]

Well I don't know if it does or not. Axel couldn't always come to have ice cream with me, sometimes he was away so I watched the sunset by myself.

[It sounds lonely, but he doesn't remember feeling lonely, just peaceful.]

We never do that anymore. I wonder if he'd like to sometime...

[He muses just a little bit, but right he wasn't talking about Lea at all. It's weird how his mind just took that tangent.]

I wasn't really allowed to anyway. The ice cream was a secret.

Not allowed, huh? That's kinda bullshit.

[oh look, food! The waiter brings over a tray and deposits two nice, large bowls of rice with delicious-smelling slices of broiled eel on top, and their drinks. It's the most alike to food from home that Gan Ning has seen yet, and he can't help the happy sigh that escapes him before he grabs the bowl to dig in.]

There we go! Heh! Tell me what you think, if you like it. If ya don't, I'll just eat yours.

[He's not afraid to try new things, which is good or else he'd be stuffing himself with sea-salt ice cream all day, every day. He takes a bite and chews it thoughtfully before smiling.]

I think I like it!

[He takes another bite and nods a bit after a moment and waves his fork at Gan Ning.]

Yeah, lot of rules in the Organization. They would put up these gates so I could go to wherever my mission was but not leave that area. Only go where they wanted me to...except for the clock tower. I'm sure Saix probably knew about it, but he let it go. Saix seemed to know everything. As long as it wasn't the castle, now that's a really boring place.

[Ning, on the other hand, is all about the chopsticks. Deftly, too.]

Nah, I getcha there. Castles look pretty from the outside and all, but inside, it's nothin' but boring. And don't even get me started on war-room councils! I always told 'em, just point me where to go and tell me who to hit, and I'm your man. Don't bother with the strategies and the hours 'n hours of talking.

[Perhaps someday he'll learn how to use chopsticks.]

The Castle That Never Was is really really white. Every room is white. My bed was white, the cupboard was white, the room we had to listen to Xemnas go on and on about nonsense was also white. It's kind of boring.

[He thinks a little bit.]

No one tells me any plans, they just tell me what to do. Or they did before.

[He looks a little distant all of a sudden.]

If Xemnas was here...

White? Eugh. Must be hard to keep clean. [shrugs a bit] The castles I been to are all a little different. Lots of tapestries and statues, though. Except the one from Wa, it was pretty barren.

[Peers at him, at that last bit.]

...what, somebody who gives you orders?

[He shakes his head a little bit.]

No. Not anymore, not since I left. He'll probably eliminate me or do...something else. He'll find me, no matter where I am.

[He chews his bottom lip. He's actually very distressed about this. Roxas shakes his head a little and answers the first question.]

I'm not sure what would make it dirty. None of us had anything, at least, I don't think so. I didn't really see anyone else's room though.

Huh. Not here, though. Somethin' tells me if you and Lea can't make the doors and just go wherever you want, neither can some guy who wants to find you. Relax. [he puts on a cocky grin] Anybody who wants at you has to go through me, anyway. I don't let my pals down.

[Roxas just shakes his head. He's not sure about that.]

He's not a good person. I can't let anyone get involved with him. If he came here...I would...

[He would do what? His lips draw down into a frown.]

There's a lot of things I want to do to him. I'm really mad at him. More than anyone else. At least...at least Lea sort of knew what was going on.

[he thoughtfully nibbles on rice. Hmm.]

So it's personal. Gotcha. I don't interfere in other people's personal fights. But, hey, don't underestimate your ol' captain. I ain't the terror of the Jiangdong for nothin'.

[He exhales a little bit.]

Yeah, yeah it's really personal. I don't...when I look at Lea and how he is and the way he is now...he's not the same as he used to be. Axel was different. Facing Xemnas, fighting him or doing something worse then that...

[Because honestly, he wanted the man to feel pain, feel the same amount of pain he'd caused Roxas.]

I don't think it's the kind of thing someone with a heart should do. When Lea was trying to do things like before I think it was hurting his heart.

[he sucks on the ends of his chopsticks. Wow, these guys are in deeper than he thought.]

Even people with hearts can be cruel. Hell, it probably makes it worse - to be able to put that aside in order to...what? Torture people? I've known more'n my share of warlords who'd kiss their wife and then turn around and do unspeakable things to a prisoner. But, no, I getcha.

'sides, personal is personal. It's a man's fight.

I don't know about anything like that. Well I know about being a prisoner, but aside from that...

[He shakes his head a bit.]

Don't worry. Xemnas doesn't have a heart either. It'll be a fair fight.

[And Roxas would play fair, even if his nemesis wouldn't.]

This time the prison wasn't so bad. I mean, they were mean to me but it's a lot better than last time. A lot better.

[yeah, he remembers how the Navy treats their prisoners. All too well.]

The little bit that came through your journal sounded just like what they did to me. I don't wish it on anybody.

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