047 ⇨ text

[brobeforehos]

And so, I emerge from the darkness!

Just kidding. I'm all right, no worries - despite being what I think was a smuggler for a few days back when everyone swashed and buckled, I managed to escape the noose.

But I've been sorting through new things I've recently come into possession of, and it's made me wonder - is it better or worse when we leave all our stuff to someone in the City?

I haven't left this place in two years and three months, but if I ever do - please just sell everything and throw a party. But wait a few weeks first?

Anyway. Onto the positive thinking, yes. I think I've had all the drinks to be had in the honour of all those who'd have appreciated the gesture, so let's move on while we haven't got a curse to deal with. Tell me, City, what is new with you?

Comments

video;

[mortemscintilla]

Um...

Just curiosity.

[ Because what would a pink-haired pirate smuggle? 8| ]

video;

[brobeforehos]

Rum, guns, books.

video;

[mortemscintilla]

I wasn't under the impression that pirates could read.

[ Don't stereotype, Li. ]

video;

[brobeforehos]

Well I never said I was a pirate.

video;

[mortemscintilla]

... An intellectual smuggler, then?

video;

[brobeforehos]

Something like it.

video;

[mortemscintilla]

Well... I'm sure you collected a lot of booty.

[ u r p ]

P-Pirate booty, I mean.

video;

[brobeforehos]

...seriously?

video;

[mortemscintilla]

[ c r y i n g ]

That ... came out wrong.

video;

[brobeforehos]

It did.

video;

[mortemscintilla]

[ Aggressive throat-clearing!!! ]

Maybe I'll ... segue into a different subject. [ hemhem ] Did you learn any interesting pirate chanties?

video;

[brobeforehos]

I did not, unfortunately. Did you?

video;

[mortemscintilla]

A few. Something along the lines of:

I put my hand upon her toe,
Yo-ho, yo-ho!
I put my hand upon her toe,
Yo-ho, yo-ho!
I put my hand upon her toe,
She said, "Hey, now! That's way to low!"
Get in, get out, quit fu--

Um, the rest isn't something I'd recite over the open Network. [ Think of the children! ] But suffice it to say, it ends with wooden boxes and necrophilia.

video;

[brobeforehos]

[There's one long moment of pause - before she laughs.]

Well, isn't that shocking.

video;

[mortemscintilla]

I ... didn't care for it.

Even when I was cursed, my first thought was: "If the wench in the song were my mother or daughter or transgendered brother ... would the suggestions of necrophilia be half as amusing?"

video;

[brobeforehos]

Your thoughts as a pirate involved transgendered brothers? What an open-minded pirate.

video;

[mortemscintilla]

...Our Captain was a bear.

No sense being narrow-minded by that point.

video;

[brobeforehos]

...your captain was a what now?

video;

[mortemscintilla]

[ Listen closely, and you'll hear the agony in his voice. ]

A bear.

With the fur. And claws. And fatal fondness for honey and salmon.

video;

[brobeforehos]

...how on earth does a bear commandeer a ship.

video;

[mortemscintilla]

You're asking me for a logical explanation, Miss.

The City doesn't think highly of those.

video;

[brobeforehos]

The City spits on logic, most days. Yeah, I don't know why I bothered asking.

video;

[mortemscintilla]

Because Buccaneering Bears exist in a zipcode of craziness, all on their own?

video;

[brobeforehos]

Sounds like a sports team.

video;

[mortemscintilla]

I wouldn't bet my money on them.

All they'd do is sleep and eat. [ ... ] Possibly between stealing picnic baskets.