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Captain's Log: 001

Aug 31, 2010 13:13

This is one of those journals you Off Worlders have, isn't it? Whichever god it is that hands them out seems to have good timing ( Read more... )

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wingsnotwords August 31 2010, 19:25:37 UTC

[Slooowly, as she copies the word.]

maelstrom?

rivecaptain August 31 2010, 19:29:50 UTC

[so much frowning over here, WHY IS THIS BOOK MOCKING HER.]

Yes.

wingsnotwords August 31 2010, 19:34:47 UTC

what is that?

rivecaptain August 31 2010, 19:41:07 UTC

[...oh, now the repetition makes more sense.]

An enormous whirlpool.

wingsnotwords September 1 2010, 02:26:15 UTC

[GO SIMPLER.]

what does that do?

rivecaptain September 1 2010, 02:28:29 UTC

Truly?

wingsnotwords September 1 2010, 02:29:48 UTC

is it like when the city drowned?

rivecaptain September 1 2010, 02:31:03 UTC

No. [pause] Have you ever pulled the drain in a filled sink?

wingsnotwords September 1 2010, 02:32:36 UTC

yes

rivecaptain September 1 2010, 02:34:34 UTC

That is a whirlpool. Imagine one 30 feet wide at the top, and that is a maelstrom.

wingsnotwords September 1 2010, 02:55:18 UTC

[INSERT HEART ATTACK.]

rivecaptain September 1 2010, 02:58:31 UTC

Needless to say, it wouldn't be wise to go swimming too near it. Most maelstroms are known to drag a swimmer along the bottom quite a ways before finally loosing its grip.

[recorded] blind_bomber September 1 2010, 17:55:13 UTC

Oh, great.

Do you know how long it took me to convince her to go in the water the first time? She'll never go back in now.

[recorded] rivecaptain September 1 2010, 18:04:59 UTC

Better landlocked than drowned, I suppose.

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