[h3]Alexander[/h3]

There was an old pirate saying that no matter where the wind takes you, bars will be bars. And it seemed to be true, even in the In Between, because this bar was bustling with all manner and shapes of people, mismatched and motley as they came. As he passed his eye around the place looking for somebody who knew what they were talking about, or perhaps resembled a guard off their shift... something that was neither of these pulled his attention. It was a perfectly ordinary lad, quietly sitting at a table drinking what was doubtlessly heavily watered down whiskey- anything else gave him the big yawn over the ship's railing an hour later. Alexander knew that, and a dozen other things besides, because to his great surprise this was someone he knew.

"Wash?" 

The boy nearly choked on his drink as his eyes grew wide and centered on Alexander.

"Xander?!" he asked as he finished coughing, "Is that you?"

"That's my line!" Alexander replied as he walked closer and pulled another chair out to sit on, "We thought you were dead!"

"What do you mean?" Wash asked quizzically, "I'm right here, ain't I?"

"Well yes, NOW," Alexander said with a roll of his eyes, "But we all watched your lifeline come loose when we took a full broadside from the [i]Reaver[/i]... you went straight over the railing... how did you end up here?"

Wash paused for a moment of thought. "You know," he said after a moment's passage, "I can't really remember. I DO remember falling, but anything between going under the clouds and ending up here..."

"Felt like the white filled everything, put you in your bunk, and you woke up on solid ground?" Alexander asked with a knowing in his voice.

"Yeah... wait, Xander, you didn't...?"

"Story for another time mate," Alexander responded with a laugh, "Oh, right! This," he said turning to Kade and Hannah, "Is Wash. That's not his actual name, we just called him that because-"

"Because of an incident we will not be talking about!" Wash piped up.

"Oh come on mate, it was glorious! Anyway, uh..." he continued, "Wash is... from my home. He was on the ship with me."