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vivalaFlotsam - Shipyard
[Harlock is likely far from the only one who is checking out the docked ships - the majority of them of course are seafaring vessels without the ability to fly. He's been on a sailing ship, but nothing to the surprisingly advanced looking tall ships and masts bobbing on the sea.
To get the Arcadia - and his eternal friend - back, he needs a ship, and to get a ship, he needs to know how to properly sail one of these, including how all the components work. After some convincing, anyone else with the same idea of checking the boat will see the one-eyed man sitting on a barrel, working a length of rough rope into knots, pursing his lips at a particularly tricky knot, or how to properly brace and load the guns so they don't go sliding all over the place. He gives a bemused grin to one of his fellow outworlders during the work.]
Seems the quickest way to learn something is when an old salt thinks they think can get a newbie to do their job for them.
[Despite the tone, one senses he's actually enjoying this]
Floating Dorm common area
[For the grunt work he did on the ships, he was given a little something, which he used to get some wood, and now he is carefully carving out into something vaguely football shape, he pauses to make circular marks, careful to get the wood shavings into the rubbish bin. What on earth is he making?]
Vault - Library time!
[Well, Astronomy is just a bit (actually quite) beyond him with his current literacy level with the native language, he's going to work on it - Harlock has a stack of fiction books meant for a younger reader, feeling a little embarrassed but pushing it down, as he sometimes reaches out and writes a word he can't seem to get from the context.
He suddenly stops, staring at the book incredulously, before giving a snort of derision]
'A good pirate never take another person's things?'
[He waves someone down]
Excuse me, can you tell me if I'm reading this bit right?
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[Harlock is likely far from the only one who is checking out the docked ships - the majority of them of course are seafaring vessels without the ability to fly. He's been on a sailing ship, but nothing to the surprisingly advanced looking tall ships and masts bobbing on the sea.
To get the Arcadia - and his eternal friend - back, he needs a ship, and to get a ship, he needs to know how to properly sail one of these, including how all the components work. After some convincing, anyone else with the same idea of checking the boat will see the one-eyed man sitting on a barrel, working a length of rough rope into knots, pursing his lips at a particularly tricky knot, or how to properly brace and load the guns so they don't go sliding all over the place. He gives a bemused grin to one of his fellow outworlders during the work.]
Seems the quickest way to learn something is when an old salt thinks they think can get a newbie to do their job for them.
[Despite the tone, one senses he's actually enjoying this]
Floating Dorm common area
[For the grunt work he did on the ships, he was given a little something, which he used to get some wood, and now he is carefully carving out into something vaguely football shape, he pauses to make circular marks, careful to get the wood shavings into the rubbish bin. What on earth is he making?]
Vault - Library time!
[Well, Astronomy is just a bit (actually quite) beyond him with his current literacy level with the native language, he's going to work on it - Harlock has a stack of fiction books meant for a younger reader, feeling a little embarrassed but pushing it down, as he sometimes reaches out and writes a word he can't seem to get from the context.
He suddenly stops, staring at the book incredulously, before giving a snort of derision]
'A good pirate never take another person's things?'
[He waves someone down]
Excuse me, can you tell me if I'm reading this bit right?
[Or wild card it, hit me up at
Re: vault library
Date: 2024-06-19 12:46 pm (UTC)[ She nods emphatically, tapping the book with a finger. ]
I think this is actually a perfectly logical confluence of romantic piratical culture and moralizing children's literature. Once you see those two tendencies together...
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Date: 2024-06-19 06:29 pm (UTC)Oh? I suppose it would sound odd to your ears, but I suppose it does work in our favor...
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Date: 2024-06-19 08:35 pm (UTC)Well, for a start, the Varschein Empire used to employ pirates to destabilize their neighbors and rivals. Some were even nobles fighting outside the military, in order to have greater control over their own destiny. And then they might come back and write memoirs or fiction glorifying their deeds as pirates.
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Date: 2024-06-21 01:46 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-06-21 04:22 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-06-30 10:52 pm (UTC)[a beat]
I was more asking what about my accent you find curious?
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Date: 2024-06-30 11:14 pm (UTC)Oh, that. Well, a lot of outsiders have different accents, but sometimes you can pick up where they learned to speak our tongue. Yours is nice to listen to though, I think. But I'd need to consult a book in order to formally describe what it is about it that I like.
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Date: 2024-06-30 11:17 pm (UTC)Fair enough. I think humans naturally want to rebel.