⚓ 008; [action/video]

[hellburner]

[If you happen to be by the harbor today, you'll see a singed and generally damaged Golden Hind limping her way back into port.]

[And if you aren't? Don't worry, because someone's recording. Slowly but surely the ship makes her way back, and a voice rings out loud and clear as she draws closer.]

Hail your conquering hero, the woman who made an otherworldly demon cry 'mercy'! Francis Drake is back, Prospero!

[Not too humble now, Rider. Once that's said and done a blur of pink in a torn and damaged red coat flings herself off the deck, leaping to the docks with a tremendous sharklike grin on her face.]

What did I miss?

Comments

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[lordsexybritches]

[Why was Waver down at the docks?]

[Certainly not because he was waiting to see if the Golden Hind would ever make her way back to port. He wasn't concerned with Drake's wellbeing, after all, so there was no reason for him to be checking whether she returned or not. He was there for completely unrelated reasons, ones that he was certain to come up with as soon as anyone asked for them.]

[He heard her voice carry across the water and rolled his eyes at her bravado, turning away as though the docks was suddenly much more interesting than her approach.]

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[lordsexybritches]

[This was a decision that he would come to regret, as a moment later he caught a blur of pink and red out of the corner of his eye before he was struck in the side of the head by something large and somewhat squishy. He may possibly have been concussed.]

[From the ground, he brought a hand to his abused head with a groan and looked up. His line of sight was filled with Drake's salt-stained, slightly singed breeches, viewed from an angle that he would not normally have ever seen them from, and honestly did not particularly want to.]

Goddammit, Drake!

[hellburner]

...oops.

[Not sorry.]

I seem to have landed on something soft.

[lordsexybritches]

Get off of me!

[Why did he keep having to say that]

[hellburner]

Fine, fine. Quit your whining.

[Oop, off we go.]

What are you doing here?

[lordsexybritches]

[He picked himself up and started brushing off his jacket; look at what you did, Drake, there's dirt on it now and he'll have to send it off to the cleaners.]

Is there some reason that I shouldn't be allowed to walk on the docks if I please?

[hellburner]

Like I give a shit what you do in your spare time. I was just asking because your timing is simply impeccable.

[lordsexybritches]

Here I was thinking quite the opposite.

[Good timing would involve not being in that spot exactly when she decided to jump there. E-ranked luck strikes again.]

[video]

[breatheinthefog]

Hello.

[video]

[hellburner]

Hey, kid.

[video]

[breatheinthefog]

You lived. Again.

[video]

[hellburner]

I've seen worse days.

[video]

[breatheinthefog]

It seems to have stopped now.

[video]

[hellburner]

I figured it might. Saw a full moon on the way back to shore, so I guessed it'd calm down back here.

[video]

[breatheinthefog]

They made me stay in something called a hospital. It was stupid.

[Action]

[duuuuuuude]

[You know, when you're stuck in a whole new world with no way to predict what's going to happen next, you expect to have your guard up. Your senses keen. Your eyes open and your mind constantly alert to everything and anything that might pop up and scare the living daylights out of you.

...Yosuke, on the other hand, is not one of those people.

So when he hears what can only be described as the shriek of a demon from the harbor, which he was conveniently passing, his attention quickly zips to it.]

Hey, what the he--?!

[Of course, I neglected to mention that Yosuke is standing right there. On the dock. And has now been knocked flat on his ass by the sudden appearance of a scarred pirate. Who he is now staring up at with a mixture of confusion, fear, and anger on his face.]

W-Who the...

[Action]

[hellburner]

[Upon noticing some poor startled mouse in front of her, Rider raised a hand and pointed at Yosuke with a dramatic grin.]

You! Bowing in reverence, or can you just not stay on your feet upon witnessing such a sight?!

[Action]

[duuuuuuude]

[The whole thing just has Yosuke speechless and staring up at Rider so, yeah, that could be a pretty good assumption. Until he actually finds his voice.]

Who are you...? Where the heck am I?!

[Action]

[hellburner]

Stand up straight! Look me in the eye when you talk to me, not my chest! And call me 'sir', goddammit!

[Did I just quote Ferris Bueller in a tag? Yeah, I sure did.]

[Action]

[duuuuuuude]

[And there goes Yosuke, scrambling up to his feet and trying his hardest to look Rider in the eye.

...Of course he goes a tiny bit too far and throws up a salute too.]

S-Sir!

[Action]

[hellburner]

[Much better.]

Good boy. My name's Francis, Francis Drake. Consider this your official welcome to Prospero.

[Action]

[duuuuuuude]

[You know normally Yosuke would say something about how Francis sounds more like an American male name... but he's not about to speak up again.]

So this place is called Prospero...

[Give him a minute to get that brain of his running...]

So, you're a local, Franci-- Er, sir?

[video]

[breakingtraditions]

Could you be any less louder!?

[Because OW HIS EARS.]

[Video]

[thanklesswork]

[Huh. Wasn't he told to watch out for a lady named Drake? Kid can't resist replying to this one.]

Stuff 'n things, mostly.

[Video]

[avarice_alive]

...That's quite an entrance.