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[Well this sure is a video post. It opens on Kidd, who's looking rather casually bored, dressed up in all the stolen finery one might expect of a pirate. His accent is vaguely British-y, and his tone is casually bored.]
I've heard tell this turtle of ours stops off at locations along the course of its journey. And these shores— would anyone say they at all resemble the Caribbean? Nassau, perhaps?
[He assumes otherwise, but it never hurts to ferret out little bits of information. If nothing else, mention of Nassau might weed out any who know the region and what it stands for. Stood for. He cocks his head to one side, there's maybe a hint of something predatory to his expression.]
I find it curious, aye, to be plain, that we can be so long at sea without fear of outside attack. Pirates, and the like. This place is grand enough, but hardly impregnable. Has anyone considered proper fortifications for it t'all? A blockade, perhaps, or cannons? Or something a sight more modern, I understand there's all manner of things not common to my era.
Thanks be to you, listeners.
[A casual salute, and cut feed.]
I've heard tell this turtle of ours stops off at locations along the course of its journey. And these shores— would anyone say they at all resemble the Caribbean? Nassau, perhaps?
[He assumes otherwise, but it never hurts to ferret out little bits of information. If nothing else, mention of Nassau might weed out any who know the region and what it stands for. Stood for. He cocks his head to one side, there's maybe a hint of something predatory to his expression.]
I find it curious, aye, to be plain, that we can be so long at sea without fear of outside attack. Pirates, and the like. This place is grand enough, but hardly impregnable. Has anyone considered proper fortifications for it t'all? A blockade, perhaps, or cannons? Or something a sight more modern, I understand there's all manner of things not common to my era.
Thanks be to you, listeners.
[A casual salute, and cut feed.]
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Sure do have a giant magical barrier surroundin' this place, though. Does that put yer mind at ease?
[ Sorry, he's being a sarcastic ass and not helpful. ]
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Not so much. Seems to me the enemy here's plenty capable of magic and the like.
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[ UGH GOD! Don't even get him started on magic, kid! You'll never hear the end of it and its bullshit. ]
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Not a fan, Leonard?
[Pirate sass, whoops.]
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[ McCoy leans in closer to continue his little rant. This is what happens when you give him a centimeter! He takes, like, five kilometers and then some to regale his captive audience with one of his beautiful anecdotes of woe and hardship and vaginas where they shouldn't be. ]
You ever been turned into a woman just because some jackass read a spell wrong?
[ There's a definite pause as his eyebrows mash together for a moment. Then the dawn approaches and he tries his best to backpedal over all of that. Because HA HA HA well... ]
Uh, well, you know what I mean! That stuff's dangerous! Unpredictable!
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Can't say I have, but I can only imagine your bewilderment.
[Kidd's tone is so dry. Saharan desert dry.]
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Yeah, bewilderin'. That's a word for it... So's impossible, terrifyin', and inhuman!
[ Ookay where in the hell was he going with this? Oh, right! Magic! ]
So, believe me when I say it's best taken with a grain of salt.
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[Trollface activate. Kidd's good at that one, shh.]
Grains of salt aside, man, there's plenty about it that concerns me, and aught to concern all others equally as much. I trust my life to enough unknown quantities, but at least they're the common ones. Seas and storms and the like. Not magic.
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[ He isn't going to let this go. Let him have his wrath, Kidd. He's old. It's all he's got. ]
Well, the best anyone can do is try'n understand it. I've been ignorin' it, hopin' it stops crossin' my path, and let me tell you! That hasn't done me much good! It's here to stay whether we want to use it or not... Real comfortin', huh?
[ Of course, this is all easier said than done. ]
Most magic users are pretty open and'll humor you if you've got questions.
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[The teasing is probably never going to stop, at this rate. It's a rare sort of sport, to poke the doctor in a conversational direction and let him just-- rant himself blue.]
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[ He sees what you are doing there! Poking him and such! Not that he can stop himself! Ugh, it's a curse when he starts going, there's no brakes on this crazy doctor roller coaster.
Surrounded by two assholes named James. What is his life? ]
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Not all folk were so ignorant, Leonard. But I suppose the future's narrowed the focus of your perceptions.