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[all7seas]

Who: Jack Sparrow and ANYONE
Broadcast: Fleetwide - Unfiltered
Action: Cargo Bay of the Bishop
When: Soon after appearing on the ship in a shower of brilliant confetti and chocolate

[The pirate's got the general idea of things after the rather sterile initiation aboard the Marsiva with all of the Metal Men serving him plates of mushy foodstuffs. All told, it hadn't been unlike the time he'd disguised himself as a eunuch to infiltrate the Moroccan sultan's choicest harem, but ended up assigned to polish the sultan's prized marble gazing ball collection instead. You were low eunuch on the totem, you didn't guard virgins; you rubbed balls day and night until they gleamed like a thousand dying suns.

But you can't let that get you down. You find a way to profit.

Which brings us back to the Metal Men aboard the Marsiva. Jack's first taste of futuristic robotics, they were rather like eunuchs, but were hard and shiny, like marble gazing balls. There were no virgins anywhere to behold. That was where all the similarities between the Marsiva and the sultan's palace stopped.]

Just like rubbing the sultan's damnable balls again. [Alert listeners will hear him mutter that whilst musing over his adventures and trying to figure out use of the coms.

[The Bishop, though, had possibilities. Its cargo hold was empty save for a bicycle that didn't move and moving pathway to nowhere, but it had plenty of smuggling potential. Maybe, too, a place to hide the rum.

Later, louder, with video:] Captain Jack Sparrow, here, aboard the bloody metal box, Bishop.

[He doesn't care that Cersei is the "official" captain.]

I've got a keg of ale and a lovely bottle of rum [no he doesn't] to give to the gentleman -- or lady -- [no, he won't] what knows the prime trade routes in this quadrant of the universe. Savvy?

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[vagabond_code]

Trade you some of that rum for a jar of coffee.

[There, trade route established.]

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[all7seas]

[Well that COULD work. Were there coffee plantations out here?]

I'd much rather tea than coffee. Sells better. Elderly ladies. The prim haut monde. That's French for moneyed types.

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[vagabond_code]

Maybe, but I don't have tea and I do have coffee - so that's not really up for negotiation.

[Which is mostly true. He does have access to tea, but it isn't his tea.]

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[mucked]

[ rum? pah! ]

Pity. If it was whiskey I would have divulged that information quite readily.

[ -- no she wouldn't have, neither. ]

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[all7seas]

Are you Scottish?

[Because if the answer is "yes," that automatically makes you terrifying and unreasonable.]

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[sylphid]

[There's no video here, just a voice of a young woman with the possible potential to help him.]

I could share maybe two routes for those, but for more, you'll need to up your offer.

[Spoiler: she's sixteen and has no information to give. But he doesn't need to know that just yet.]

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[all7seas]

Oh? And what, young lady, do you require for your information? Pretty ribbons for your hair? A lovely squirrel-pelt mitten? [He only has the one.] The left hand one, mind.

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[edwinjarvis]

... You seem quite calm in the wake of all this space madness.

Are you usually prone to wandering the universe?

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[all7seas]

[FINALLY. An Englishman!]

I fasten my great big star to whatever contraption bears it farthest and fastest, mate. And I've every right to be calm! They've chocolate here -- shoots straight out of tubes!

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[throwsdown]

Captain Takeshi here!

What's savvy mean?

[I've got bigger priorities than your ridiculous adult drinks, captain.]

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[all7seas]

[Another captain? This just won't do. Captains tend to squabble. Argue. Blow each other out of the water. Of course, the Fleet had a Togetherness about it that seemed designed to prevent such things, but still. Quarrelsome thing, when there were too many captains.]

Ahoy, Captain! Means I want you to know somethin'. Understand it, like. Cogitate upon it, then come back with some well-seasoned wisdom. Savvy?

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[ladybro]

Wait, what was that about a sultan's balls?

[ kate-o-rade, here. willing to ask the important questions. or maybe she just heard the name 'bishop' and felt like tuning in. ]

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[all7seas]

[...............What?]


..................................................What?

[namisan]

[Pirate. That makes, what. Three of them now that she knows of?]

I've got system charts. [Not that they'll do you any good.] Got all the rum I need, though.

[all7seas]

[Ooooh a redhead. He gets smacked by them a lot.]

You do, do you, lovely?

[Because Jack MOST CERTAINLY DOES NOT HAVE ALL THE RUM HE NEEDS.]

You're a navigator, I take it? Chart-woman?

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[briste]

[ fitz did intend on just greeting the newcomer to the bishop from the comfort of his own bunk but the announcement of having rum and ale has him a little curious . actual alcohol? some sort of cheap imitation? fitz would like to think that the whole thing isn't just a lie!

so instead of just shooting the guy a greeting over video, fitz shows up in the cargo bay ]

Welcome to the ship, Captain Sparrow. [ he raises his hand to wave ] I thought we already had a captain here. Don't we?

[ coming right here and questioning the man about the alcohol he's supposed to have just seems a little rude ]

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[all7seas]

[Jack spins about with his usual flounce and eyes this man up and down with his usual eyeing maneuver. It's one of his messmates, but which one? He dodges slightly defensively behind the stationary bicycle.]


My gratitude for your welcome, Mister -- ?

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[maledictus_semper]

Did you say you have a bottle of rum?

[Because he's never met such a person like this before. A pirate? He seemed to be genuine and his manner amused Ardyn.]

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[all7seas]

Aye! Two bottles!

[FALSEHOOD. There are NO bottles! It's going to make Jack pretty miserable soon enough, once the rum-withdrawal starts to manifest in earnest.]

You like rum, my good sir?

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[luxoraculi]

[ Luna can do nothing but stare down at her communication device in awe. Something about balls and booze... ]

I wish I could tell you what you would like to know, but I am still fairly new myself, Captain. But what I can inform you is that an entity called the Atroma brought you here... along with the rest of us.

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[all7seas]

[Well THIS one certainly is a pretty face.]

You are, are you? It did, did it? And all for ratings.

[This in itself isn't surprising to him. People did things for the 18th century equivalent of ratings back home all the time. Himself one of them.]

What's your name, darling?

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[passingthrough]

[Ever the attentive listener.] I guess the sultan must have enjoyed the ball rubbing more than you.

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[all7seas]

...............What?

[He honestly has no idea what she's talking about as his mind has drifted on from that muttered recollection. Do remind him.]

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[redatheart]

[Sayid doesn't hear the broadcast over his comm unit. He's actually just coming back aboard the ship from a foray out on the planet - which is why he's wringing out his hair a little. He does, however, overhear that last bit of conversation, giving Jack a once-over.]

I'm not sure how helpful trade routes will be to you. As far as I'm aware, we don't have much autonomy in choosing our course.

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[all7seas]

True, but it'd be nice to know what's ahead. Worth being prepared. Erm...who are you, and why are you sopping wet, my good sir?