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[touchofcashmere]

[Stede is not very good at video so it is showing the top of his head and the ceiling of the room, but not much beyond that]

Hello! My name is Stede Bonnet, Gentlemen Pirate. You may have heard of me and my daring exploits. But if you haven't? No worries. You soon will. [rogueish smile, not that you can see it. And he's still working on the rogue part anyway so it looks a little as if he's got an icecream headache]

Me and my friend Joel have decided that since we've been taken here against our will, we should form a little band of miscreants! Ne'er do wells! Causing trouble and mischief wherever we set foot until we shake some answers from our keepers or become so obnoxious they set us free.

Between you and me I think it's a great idea!

If we get a huge turnout I might even start taking sign ups, so be prepared to talk about yourselves and your skills and your vision for mischief!

Let's show them what for!

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[crybabyhero]

[Takemichi has never had good grades, but he never suspected his comprehension skills were this bad. If he just heard what he thinks he heard...

The confused delinquent squints into his pendant.]

You're... You're holding job interviews to find the most annoying guys here?

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[touchofcashmere]

Well sussed! Oh, but not just annoying! Menacing! Terrifying! Giving them a real run for their money.

[crybabyhero]

Kinda like they're gonna do to you when you ask them to sign up for something they were gonna do anyway?

[touchofcashmere]

You really think they'd do that?

No, come on, this is a great idea! Of course everyone could be a menace individually, but think of how much could be accomplished if we all menaced together!

[crybabyhero]

I get it, but... Maybe I just know too many teenagers.

[Says the guy who looks like a teenager himself.]

Most of the guys I know would make you buy them dinner before they even heard you out, then fall asleep as soon as the interview starts. If they were feeling generous.

[touchofcashmere]

...It hadn't occurred to me I'd be working with teenagers to be honest. Hm.

I should make a note of that. [there's a clatter and a rustle] It would help if I could find a quill...and a journal... There's so much day to day that you take for granted when you're on your own stalwart against the world.

[he's an absolute wreck of a man honestly]

I don't suppose --[Clank!] OW that was my toe... I don't suppose you know of anyone literate with decent penmanship that's looking for a position do you?

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[chicken_kun]

Pirate! [yeah he remembers, just has to take the shit out of him] So scary! Whatever will we do!

Kyeheheheh! Nah I'm just messin' around. Whaddaya thinkin? 'Cause I'm already my own boss so I ain't gonna follow someone else, but I'm definitely down for some mis-creatin'.

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[touchofcashmere]

Laugh now! But I've had people run screaming from me before. [well discreetly turn away when he's walking toward them on the street, but, baby steps]

Well we could be allies, couldn't we? You get your ragged band of individuals. I get my ragged band of individuals. We get together and cause some havoc.

[chicken_kun]

Ohh, we could do that! A li'l pirate alliance, I'm no stranger to that. But how much havoc can you really cause, Mr. Fancy Pants? I never did ask if you had a bounty or anything...

[touchofcashmere]

Well, I've been known to cause a havoc or two in my time. Though, bounty! Huh! I never considered I'd have one. I suppose it's fairly substantial given who I sail with besides my own merits of course. There are probably er...loads after my head. [but hopefully not too many]

[chicken_kun]

Yah-huh, I bet. [doubt!] Well, maybe if we cause enough havocs around here, they'll tack that onto our sentences or whatever. If they're gonna judge us, might as well make it worth it!

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[fatalism]

a little band of miscreants? and what should the scope of your mischief encompass?

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[touchofcashmere]

That depends on who joins and the situation at hand! But I imagine we'll run the gamut to just about everything. No use being a miscreant by half measures after all.

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[fatalism]

this all sounds rather entertaining to say the least. however, i do not believe there is anything we can do to convince our hosts to set us free.

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[touchofcashmere]

Well that's a pretty fatalist attitude I'd say! We never know until we try, do we? And there's not as if there's anything better to do. At the very least we can make them regret it.

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[fatalism]

oh, i wholeheartedly support your endeavour but someone here must be the pessimist to keep things in perspective. don't you agree?

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[grappler]

[. . .

there's a look of disbelief on her face.]

Joel's hanging out with...you.

[that's mean, Vi.]

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[touchofcashmere]

Yes, we're great friends.

[honestly, he's used to it]

He comes across standoffish, but I bet he's really a warm loving individual who has built a shell around himself to fend of the harshness of the world. [In Stede's imagination anyway. And unlike other individuals, he's not an asshole about it]

[grappler]

[. . .]

You just assume that. What gives you that idea?

[she doesn't really know either way, but it's just kind of amusing to see him be so...sure of himself on this.]

[touchofcashmere]

Well, what do you count in a friend?

[turning the question back! Do you see how he did that? It's a great way to give yourself some time to think of the answer]

[grappler]

I'm talking about his nature.

[she shrugs.]

Don't know Joel that well to judge about his qualifications for friends.

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[nonbinding]

A little band of miscreants

[Eiji says the words with thorough amusement. His tone light, his speech pattern deliberate and well paced. A gentleman himself, although a modern day one.]

I wonder. What do you hope for this band to accomplish?

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[touchofcashmere]

[Stede is immediately a little on guard. He doesn't trust this crowd much sad to say]

Well, just about anything it can, really. Can't make a decision until we see how it all shakes out.

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[nonbinding]

I think hoping to get answers by causing trouble for our captors is shooting for a bit much. We don’t even know what could be trouble for our captors.

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[galling]

Ohhhh! Jolly Roger Rancher, is it? And how are those job interviews turning out? Think you need a hand or a hook to field those?

[ ... man... wearing a blindfold... is = or less than... man... wearing eyepatch...??? ]