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O-Okay, so, uhm...
I--I found this in--in a book that I--I'm ruh-reading. It--it's not a funny book or--or anything. It's actually puh--p-pretty creepy and--and dark.
But--but this is fuh-funny. I think. M-Maybe you've heard it buh-before, though. ...Uhm. Anyways.
[Herz clears his throat a little, but just as a formality.]
"A-A long time ago, there...was this captain and he was out sailing the high seas when one of this crew spotted a pirate ship on the horizon. Right before the battle began, the captain cried out, 'Bring me my red shirt!' It was a long fight, but in the end the captain and his crew were victorious. The next day three pirate ships appeared. Once again the captain cried out, 'Bring me my red shirt!' And once again the captain and his men defeated the pirates. That--
[A short pause as he turns the page.]
--evening everyone was sitting around, resting, and taking care of their wounds, when an ensign asked the captain why he always put on his red shirt before battle. The captain calmly replied, 'I wear the red shirt so that if I'm wounded, no one will see the blood. That way everyone will continue to fight on unafraid.' All the men were moved by this great display of courage.
"Well the next day, ten pirate ships were spotted. The men turned to their captain and waited for him to give his usual command. Calm as ever, the captain cried out, 'Bring me my brown pants!'"
...
...s-so yeah.
[The book falls shut.]
I--I think it's...kinda a-appropriate.
((ooc: passage from House of Leaves, which Herz is in fact reading.)
I--I found this in--in a book that I--I'm ruh-reading. It--it's not a funny book or--or anything. It's actually puh--p-pretty creepy and--and dark.
But--but this is fuh-funny. I think. M-Maybe you've heard it buh-before, though. ...Uhm. Anyways.
[Herz clears his throat a little, but just as a formality.]
"A-A long time ago, there...was this captain and he was out sailing the high seas when one of this crew spotted a pirate ship on the horizon. Right before the battle began, the captain cried out, 'Bring me my red shirt!' It was a long fight, but in the end the captain and his crew were victorious. The next day three pirate ships appeared. Once again the captain cried out, 'Bring me my red shirt!' And once again the captain and his men defeated the pirates. That--
[A short pause as he turns the page.]
--evening everyone was sitting around, resting, and taking care of their wounds, when an ensign asked the captain why he always put on his red shirt before battle. The captain calmly replied, 'I wear the red shirt so that if I'm wounded, no one will see the blood. That way everyone will continue to fight on unafraid.' All the men were moved by this great display of courage.
"Well the next day, ten pirate ships were spotted. The men turned to their captain and waited for him to give his usual command. Calm as ever, the captain cried out, 'Bring me my brown pants!'"
...
...s-so yeah.
[The book falls shut.]
I--I think it's...kinda a-appropriate.
((ooc: passage from House of Leaves, which Herz is in fact reading.)