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[desperate_times]

[The video turns on and shows Chloe, a stunning woman with olive skin and pale blue eyes. Her hair, jet black, is tied behind her, and she looks at the camera with smug amusement. It’s probably her typical expression.]

Hello, darlings.

[There’s a notable Australian accent in her voice.]

Since it looks like I’m stuck here for awhile with the rest of you, it seems like a good idea to stock up on some supplies. It’s a dangerous world out there, you know. A girl can’t be too careful.

I could also use some maps of the area. Roads. Obstacles. That sort of thing. I imagine there might be something worth finding out there, too.

And just maybe, if you need something found, I can be the girl to get it for you. Name’s Chloe Frazer. People say I’m the resourceful type.

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[all7seas]

[This girl is VERY like the pretty dangerous lilies of the sea that Jack admires back home.]

Why on earth would you want obstacles, lovely?

[desperate_times]

[He's not so wrong in his assessment.]

Not so much a want of obstacles as the knowledge to avoid them, handsome.

[She lifts the map that the fairies left them all.]

Don't get me wrong, this is nice, but I like specifics, and it's a big, big world.

[all7seas]

[He peers at that map. The video feed isn't the clearest, but he can see it's the same one he received.]

If you want my advice, love, you'll avoid the specifics. This world's much more better all fuzzy-like.

[desperate_times]

Really? Do tell.

[all7seas]

Well the BEST way to make it fuzzy is rum.

[Perhaps he misunderstood the gist of the question.]

[desperate_times]

[He gets a blank stare at first, and then an amused chuckle out of her.]

I used to sit at this little bar on the beach in San Juan that served up bonzer rum. A coconut, a little umbrella, a nice chair, and you could forget all your worries, mate.

Sure wish I was there right now.

[all7seas]

Oi -- San Juan? Actual San Juan?!

[It brings him up short only because there are so many people here from not-Earth places.]

Bugger! And here am I, having MET the man what INVENTED the tiny drink umbrella!

[desperate_times]

Yes, actual San Juan.

[How many did he think there were?]

Invented them? I'm sure there's a story behind that.

[all7seas]

'Afraid mostly the story is that he didn't enjoy it when it rained into his coconut.

Charles Bainbridge, his name was, and he liked his coconuts dry.

As one does.

[desperate_times]

[She gives an amused shrug.]

Well, can't hardly blame him.

[Who wants a wet coconut.]

What's your name, darling?

[all7seas]

Captain Jack Sparrow, High King of the Pelegostos. [Sort of.] And you?

[desperate_times]

Well well, that's impressive. How did you come about such an illustrious name?

Chloe Frazer. Pleasure.

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[boutant]

There should have been a map with your locket. And you can get a horse and weapons from whichever castle you're at for free, and the kitchen staff is usually fine with you taking food.

[ Beat. ]

I'm Ariadne.

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[desperate_times]

[She smiles at the helpful young woman.]

Nice to meet you, Ariadne.

Yes, I did receive one, but I'm looking to expand on this. [Meaning the map.] Get some more intricate details of the regions.

I'm not completely unarmed, though something tells me the weapons here are a little more rustic.

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[boutant]

It's a big place. But La Llorona, the forest to the south of Caer Scima- the trees there try to eat people, sometimes.

[ That's kind of an important detail, right? ]

Probably. Swords, crossbows, that sort of thing. And magic.

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[desperate_times]

That.. would be a something worth knowing about.

[She would've been in for a surprise if she went adventuring there.]

I've got a gun, but I don't think a bullet would bother a tree much.

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[boutant]

And there's the, uh, local wildlife.

[ One moment, and Ariadne will haul up her bandersnatch cub to demonstrate. He yawns at the locket, showing off his multiple rows of teeth. ]

This one's just a baby -- the adults are much, much bigger.

[ Okay now Straton go back to your nap. ]

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[desperate_times]

[The critter gets a long stare.]

Well, they'll keep life interesting. I feel like I'm going to need a lot more than maps.

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[boutant]

The Station has things that are a little more... modern, if that helps. It's quite a trip from any of the castles, but if you take the fairy rings it cuts the time down by a lot.

[ Like from a month to four days. ]

[all7seas]

"Pleasure's all my own, Madam Frazer. Do I detect a hint of fuzzy kangaroo in your accent?"

Because she was Australian, right?

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[desperate_times]

Fairy rings?

I'll have to look into that. Is there one nearby?

[desperate_times]

Too right.

[Indeed she was.]

You seem the well-traveled type.

[all7seas]

Ha! Sailed every sea, me. Ravaging and pillaging and making dark history as I went. It's been brilliant, really.

{and there is a touch of wistfulness in his voice once more because bugger -- were those days over permanently now that his debt had come due?]

You as well, what with leaving that dark and mottled hemisphere.

[desperate_times]

Yes, one can only ravage and pillage a single continent for so long.

[Naturally, she had to move beyond her roots.]

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[noirant]

Are you the charitable type as well?

[ Rhetorical, mostly. She seems to know what she wants. ]

Felix Harrowgate. Less interested in finding things, more so in not drowning beneath silver and purple. Perhaps we could arrange to share notes.

[ Arrange, because nothing's free. ]