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[desperate_times]

[Chloe is being filmed by another. She’s aboard the Black Pearl, sailing high in Unseelie skies.]

Well! It looks like we’re being called to do a little work. Since I don’t like to be on the bad side of uber-powerful beings, I’m going to have to be good and scout the southern border of the Unseelie territory.

So! Here’s what that means to you.

If you cross the border and you are not Unseelie, I may just have to drop something unpleasant on you from above. The Black Pearl will be sailing to-and-fro, and despite not having actual eyes, the skeleton crew is somehow pretty good at spotting things. Let’s try to avoid that nastiness, alright?

[A bright smile.]

This job is, well, it’s not exactly entertaining, so here’s how we’re spicing it up.

[She steps aside and lifts her arms out ala Vanna White to show off three mystery boxes. They’re so mysterious they even have big ? marks painted on them!]

Ladies and gentleman, inside of these boxes are three super fun surprises. Or, fun for me, anyway. I’ve asked my crew to place inside one of these boxes a load of confetti, in another box a load of dish water, and in a third box, a load of cow dung.

When you’re spotted, I’ll randomly choose a box! I’ll have no idea what’s in it until my crew drops it on top of you. Won’t that be exciting?

Now, if you continue to persist in your venture into Unseelie territory, the next thing that falls on you will be a cannonball.

See? We can make patrols less boring if we try really hard.

Comments

[muscovy]

Maybe they worry that the time between the two shots will endanger you and the ship.

[Still giggling. The imaginary of catapulting silly things on the enemy is just funny.]

[desperate_times]

I doubt that.

[People seem to be angry at her about it, even if she is being good enough to give people a warning at all, the way she sees it.]

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[extramural]

Yes, I suppose. It does have to actually hit them, for instance.

I just realized that up there was a massive non-sequitur, sorry. Sleepy typing <.<.

[muscovy]

[Still giggling. It's just really hard to stop.]

Which part?

Re: video;

[desperate_times]

Call it fair warning, I guess.

The canonball won't miss.

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[extramural]

Harpoons and such may also be effective, if you would like a more... personal touch to the final strike.

[desperate_times]

Worrying about me. I don't think it's the priority.

[desperate_times]

Honestly, I'm hoping it won't go that far.

[extramural]

Humans are stubborn. Especially those that are blindly loyal. Shardbearers will perhaps not be a problem, but others?

[muscovy]

So you are not very important to them.

[desperate_times]

Not particularly, I imagine.

[desperate_times]

I've killed before.

Somehow I feel less bad about it when they're dying because they're doing something stupid.

[Like not running away from a warning shot.]

[muscovy]

Then there is no reason for you to worry very much about them, either. Unless you want to be friends.

[desperate_times]

People can cause other people all kinds of problems.

I choose my friends pretty carefully.

[extramural]

It does likely help the continuation of your species, if nothing else.

[desperate_times]

[Amused.]

That's me, mate. Always lookin' out for the continuation of the species.

[A joke, though she doesn't know if he'll get the tone.]

[muscovy]

But it is nice to have many friends.

[desperate_times]

[She smiles. Sweet kid.]

I bet you have many friends.

[muscovy]

No.

[He ...doesn't really. He's not sure if he can call anyone his friend, really. Family, yes, there are a few, people that he had friendly encounters with, but friends...]

I am not very strong yet, so I cannot have friends now. But I will become stronger and then I can have many friends, yes?

[extramural]

Well. Someone has to.

[ Also a joke. At least partially... ]

[desperate_times]

What does being strong have to do with having friends?

[muscovy]

If people are not your family and you are not strong enough to keep them, they will leave after a little while and only come back again to hurt you, yes? Unless they are really weak, too. [That part was stated with conviction, like an universal truth. The next part however comes with sadness. He's seen family hurt and was unable to help them before, and he hated it (no matter if he was hurt himself at the same time or not, seeing them hurt was worse, in a way - and in a way not, because him hurting always means his people hurting too and he wants them to be safe and happy. But then, that is how things are).] And you cannot help them when someone else is hurting them, either.

[desperate_times]

I'm.. not sure that's always how it works.

[It seems a strange way of thinking about it, and she can't entirely agree.]

But it is good to be strong so you can keep people you care about safe.

[muscovy]

That is how it works though. But if you are strong, you maybe haven't noticed yet.

[desperate_times]

Compared to the people around here, I imagine I'm pretty weak. Could always be stronger.