Who: Everyone in the draft
What: Day 1-2 of the draft
When: August 25th to August 26th
Where: OUT ON THE OPEN SEA
Summary: It is a good day. You're out on the open ocean enjoying the salty sea breeze, and suddenly- OH SNAP, BATTLE STATIONS...
Rating: Various! PG for violence at the least.
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I'm sailing away set an open course for the virgin sea )
During battles, she'll assisting however she can with the cannons and definitely on deck once battle gets a little closer.]
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If we had the people to spare, the ideal situation is not to move from one gun to the other at all. Or so Kennedy told me.
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Speed is the key. Enough shots will eventually hit.
...nothing like fighting back home, but that does seem to be how it works.
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[Ginia gives the cannon a wry look.]
/I prefer modern artillery myself./
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[Especially when it's being shot at him.]
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[But as they have cannons instead of machine guns, she'll adapt and do her best to learn. Pressure and drilling does do wonders.]
/All right. Swab the cannon, load powder, load shot, run out, prime the gun, aim, fire, repeat./
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Precisely. If I should be horribly maimed before we dock, you'll be in a prime position to take over.
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/Please, don't even joke about such things, I have a vivid imagination. And what I know and remember in theory is very different than practice./
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["You're better at horrible than I ever remember you being." Well, much as Giles tries to explain the reasons behind that fact away, it is a fact.]
...I'll be behind you when theory has to become practice. Promise.
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[Though there is light fondness behind her words.]
/Deeply appreciated. As is the fact you always seem to be there./
[A hard wave hits the boat, causing it to lurch to the side. Ginia stumbles slightly, quickly catching herself and adjusting her balance as the boat rights itself.]
/Why did it have to be naval combat? Why not stable ground?/
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I'm really not certain.
...at least there's no malaria to be had. Count our collective blessings for that.
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/...That entirely morbid thought is an odd comfort. Probably won't be out long enough to have to worry about scurvy either./
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/I'm going to be sick of this, I know it...
It was a rain forest last time? I've had a few people mention it./
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