[OOC] The great pirate era. (Sanquin/Sarpedon)

[Sarpedon]

I'll keep that in mind. sometimes sneakyness is the better part of notoriety tho...

[sanquin]

So ah...I didn't plan on any more of the actual pirate crew to show up. ^^;; I figured they could go with this crew until the next island. Then Ceres finds someone she wants on her crew, but he's at that time a captive of the marines. You can guess where that might go, and then the bunch of random pirates that just joined go 'fuck this, too dangerous for me' and leave. :P Ceres didn't say a word about killing by the way. Flushing away just means...you know, carrying them away on a wave of water. Probably making them hit some hard things and knocking them out. Some civilians will probably get caught too, but ah well. :P

As for the ship, yes a Caravel is pretty big. Normally a crew of 15 to 20 is needed. But who needs such a large crew when you select people for it, that can do the job of three, even four men single-handedly? It's not incredibly realistic, but like I said, in this rp people can get strong enough to punch through concrete, as an example. So idea was for them to find a few of 6 or so, use the extra space in the ship for, for instance, a small bathing room, a half-decent kitchen, an infirmary with room for 2 or so, etc. It might be a weird idea. But Ceres figures that if you basically live on your ship, and plan to sail the most dangerous sea in the world, you better come prepared, and have some comforts of a normal home to keep morale up.

[Sarpedon]

fair enough, it was just a suggestion. and she didn't SAY anything about it, but casualties are bound to happen when you go around hurting the shit out of people.

so she's like buddy from pitch black? "Amazing how you can do without the essentials of life, so long as you have the little luxuries"

[sanquin]

Yea something like that. xD Not that I've seen the movie, but it sounds like something she'd say.

[Sarpedon]

interesting. I'm down.

[sanquin]

You went too far ahead again. ^^;; Specifically, that last paragraph. She needs some time to react, and I bet Octavius will like her reaction too. ;)

[Sarpedon]

damn. aight, I'll go slow some things down. good thing I installed new brakes on this train XD

[sanquin]

You went too far ahead again. ^^;; Specifically, that last paragraph. She needs some time to react, and I bet Octavius will like her reaction too. ;)

[Sarpedon]

is that what you're looking for?

[sanquin]

Yes, thank you. :P

[sanquin]

Oh, and also, a caravel is meant for a larger crew, yes. But you only need 5 maybe 6 experienced sailors to sail it.

[Sarpedon]

I'll take your word for it. I'm not the boat guy

[sanquin]

Me neither. I just spent a good hour or so doing research on the internet. Forget school. Give me roleplaying and I'll do my own research into any topic the rp is about if needed. :P

[Sarpedon]

that is usually what I am saying XD

[Sarpedon]

did I fuck it up again?

[sanquin]

So uhm...this isn't much fun. Every time I make Ceres try to be kind to Octavius, he gets the wrong message and only gets pissed off more. >_< I mean, I meant for them to be crew mates, friends, or lovers even. Not enemies that can barely stand each other. =/

[Sarpedon]

so yes?
if I told you he's working through some issues right now, would that help? think about it, he's been locked in prison for a good solid year or more, chained to a wall, and basically waiting to rot to death. and then when opportunity knocks, he winds up promising essentially his soul just to get out of prison. and now the person who rescued him is asking someone who is used to being one of the greatest pirates he knows about, to work for them like your average charter captain, or a common mercenary. if you were the baddest motherfucker you knew existed, would you take kindly to someone asking you to run their operation instead of yours, when you wouldn't actually get anything out of it?

I am planning an attitude adjustment when they show up at the nearest pirate haven and no one has barely a clue who the fuck he is. then he and ceres build a mutual respect, and go fuck shit up. but I suppose I can change it now if you're really unhappy about it.

[sanquin]

Yes. He's been locked to a prison wall for a year or so. So Ceres figured he would want nothing more than to stand behind the wheel again. She's not telling him to work for him. She's telling him he won't need to take orders from her until the next island, and can start becoming the captain he used to be again right now. She just wants to ensure that she doesn't immediately lose the ship again as well. So she's not about to relinquish ownership of it.

I'd prefer it if you change it, because there's no way Ceres would start liking someone that reacts to her attempted gestures of kindness with anger.

[Sarpedon]

all righty, fair enough. I'll go whip up some new stuff, and have a conversation with Octo about how to behave around psycho waterladies

[Sarpedon]

try that on for size, oh patient one