[Video] Sam, Stop Being High Maintenance

[namisan]

Who:  Nami and anyone
Broadcast:  Fleetwide
Action:  SS Bloodsport
When:  24th Feb

[Well, it's been two days.  Pretty sure she can rule out roofies by this point, and other potential illnesses given nothing changes.  Pulse is still fine, breathing's regular, all that jazz.  That leaves one likely possibility she can think of, given they've already proven Fleet passengers can be turned on and off at will.

Which irritates her.  But who knows.  Maybe the space orgy was just too much for their delicate viewers.  HAH.]

Hey, so question.  I know the augments are known to malfunction sometimes.  What kind of malfunctions are we talking about?  Have they ever... dropped anyone into a coma without warning?

...is there any way of countering it, if so?

[She bets this question has probably been asked a million times, but she can't find anything recent.  Save her some reading material, guys.]

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[notmutantbutmiracle]

Are there many in your crew? Back home?

[namisan]

Nine! [She grins widely.] And two honorary. We're pretty small as pirate crews go, but it doesn't seem to matter.

[notmutantbutmiracle]

Nine? That does sound small. Is that truly enough to sail a full boat?

[namisan]

It depends on the size of the ship, really. Our first ship was a caravel, tiny in comparison to many others. I could sail that solo on a calm sea. Our crew for that was only four to begin with.

Our second ship is a brigantine sloop, which is about three times bigger... but still not huge. It would normally take around twenty as a full crew, but it's got an amazing shipwright who made a lot of adjustments to make it sail more smoothly. And it means we have room for more crew if it ever becomes an option.

[On talking about sailing and ships and navigation, Nami can probably go on forever.]

[notmutantbutmiracle]

Well, you may not look like a pirate, but you certainly sound like someone who lives their life on the sea.

So there are nine of you, and you sail the ship? You steer it?

[She gestures with her hands like she's manning the helm of a ship.]

[namisan]

Sailing is a team effort, but mostly it occurs under my instructions. I set our course, make sure we hold steady and keep an eye on the sea and the weather. and steer us free of any danger I might see.

It's a lot of work, but I'm a great navigator. [Also incredibly modest.]

[notmutantbutmiracle]

That does sound like a lot of work.

[Wanda thinks on this for a moment.]

If you are the one deciding where the ship goes, what then does your captain do?

[namisan]

Picks fights and eats all the food.

[...I swear she'll give you a serious answer in a second.]

[notmutantbutmiracle]

[At first, there's no reaction as Wanda is a bit caught of guard by Nami's deadpan delivery coupled with her blunt answer. However, she soon dissolves into a fit of giggles, even a few soft snorts manage to squeak out.]

[namisan]

[Nami grins at the reaction. Well, she's glad she made you laugh, anyway.]

Seriously, though. He's the captain. He's got final say over where we go! It's my job to get us there. And he might not be very good at much on ship other than getting underfoot, but it's his crew. None of us'd be there if he hadn't pestered us all into joining.

[There's a fondness that creeps in that might suggest it isn't quite as simple as that, but. She might make fun of him, but Luffy's still the only pirate captain she'd follow.]

[notmutantbutmiracle]

[Wanda smiles warmly as she listens to Nami talking. To be a part of a team like that, it must be nice. She had only really sampled just a little bit of that feeling, helping the Avengers fight Ultron. Now that she's been in the fleet, there has been something akin to that feeling, but not seemingly quite on par with what Nami is describing.]

You seem very proud of him. Your captain and your crew. Even if he did "pester" you all into joining.

[namisan]

Mm. It definitely has its moments. [99% of her life is made up of moments, in that case.] Most pirates are absolute trash, but my crew are good people, even if they deny it. I wouldn't be with them, otherwise.

[notmutantbutmiracle]

They would deny being good people?

[Wanda thinks on this a moment. A small, knowing smile appears on her face.]

Need to protect their pirate reputation I suppose?

[namisan]

[Grin.] They don't much care about reputation. But if you ask my captain, it's because "heroes have to share their meat". Which is his much simpler way of not wanting anyone to have any expectations of him. He does what he wants.

[notmutantbutmiracle]

I am not sure I understand the metaphor.

[A soft giggle.]

But it seems that where you are from, being a pirate does not necessarily mean one is a villain.

[namisan]

[Nami laughs outright.] I'm not sure it's much of a metaphor. Luffy really likes his meat.

...but no. You're right. Pirates are... varied. There are some that are just in it for the money and they hurt people on a regular basis as a result. But... for a few others, piracy is where people turn if they just want the freedom to do what they want.

[notmutantbutmiracle]

"The freedom to do what they want..."

[It certainly had a nice ring to it.]

There are many pirates back home then?

[namisan]

So many people are referring to the era as the Age of Pirates. And the marines are in all out war trying to bring all of us to heel.

[notmutantbutmiracle]

The Marines... I was going to ask, surely there must be some of law enforcement that does look to kindly upon all these pirates, good ones or otherwise.

They must be feeling quite understaffed if there are so many of you.

[namisan]

I don't doubt it. But there's more of them than there are of us, and they still hold more power. Mostly, if we see marines, we run.

[notmutantbutmiracle]

So your home is full of marines and pirates? Are the seas big enough to hold all of you?

[She means it as a joke, but there is some definite curiosity there, too.]

[namisan]

Oh, the seas are definitely vast enough. We can go weeks without seeing another ship.

[Their population is pretty small compared to Earth. And there's a lot of turnover of both pirates and marines. The seas are dangerous of their own accord.]

[notmutantbutmiracle]

Your home must have rather large oceans then. Are they not hard to navigate?

[namisan]

Hmm... the four Blues aren't hard. They're not terribly huge, either. [Well-- when ships are still powered purely by sail, they're certainly huge enough.]

The Grand Line is another matter. It's affected by so many different kinds of magnetic pull from the different islands there a normal compass won't work and the seas get pretty crazy to travel on. But that's where the action is, so most pirates head there eventually.

[notmutantbutmiracle]

The four Blues... and the Grand Line...

[Wanda repeats the names, making sure she understands.]

So these are all the oceans in your home? And this Grand Line is the most dangerous and complicated?