Depends on how much damage you like to cause, I suppose.
I'm meeting Jack again this afternoon. I have a lot of doubts. The things he says he wanted me to captain for, the leadership skills, I can handle. His own crew despise me and I'm fine with it. Until Rangiku and Veronica I've never had someone under my authority that didn't hate the very essence of me. Though that includes your wife and I'm not sure where I went wrong there. It must be the resemblance to Jack because I've been nothing but polite. Without the passion for the sea (or even a casual fondness for it) I'm not sure how I can do this. Or even if I want to. At this point I'm keeping with it because Jack wants it. And because he must have a reason for wanting me to captain that I'm not aware of. It's now the sole purpose of climbing on to that floating fish truck to find out these reasons. So far I've learned all the parts of a ship and some phrases. Half of them I'm not sure about the meaning but when I say them very loudly things get done. The others just sound sexual and after a while Jack starts to make strange noises in his throat. So for now I'm amused enough to keep showing up.
Re: Lockedsecond_turnSeptember 18 2006, 23:30:10 UTC
Elizabeth was unhappy with the entire notion that Jack would give command of the Swann over to a blind man who knows little to nothing about sailing over someone he has known far longer.
I don't much care for those reasons myself...I'm not very happy with this need he has to see me prove myself
I never claimed to hate you simply on principle, just that I didn't trust you. I still don't, not completly anyway, but I said I would do what I could to help, and I keep to my word.
You're not certain you want to? ....then why exactly did you agree to all this in the first place? Simply because Jack asked?
Re: Lockedblind_shotSeptember 18 2006, 23:37:06 UTC
Elizabeth was unhappy he chose me over you. I don't think my not knowing how to sail had anything to do with it.
Alright. You dislike me. And I'm fine with that. What kind of a pirate stands by his word anyway? You're highly suspicious in my mind.
The first time he asked I said no. Flat out. I had no desire to. No reason to. Then a few days later we started drinking and talking about life and paths and fate. He goes on in that hypnotic way and soon you find yourself saying yes. Everything he says seems so right. Not true- it's better then that. It's what you always wanted to believe but it never sounded so reasonable until you hear it come out of his mouth. So I said yes.
Just because it's a talent we share- it does not make either of us immune to the other. I don't want to let him down.
Re: Lockedsecond_turnSeptember 18 2006, 23:46:16 UTC
More than likely...but I doubt she was indignant entirely on my account.
I am not a pirate. I am a black smith who, through a series of occasionally bizarre circumstance, fell in with pirates, which is how I learned what I know about that 'proffesion'.
Yes, I know that hypnosis well. He used it on me to convince me to go on a quest for a key, which ended with me tricked into Jones' crew. I did find my father in that venture, so I suppose it wasn't a complete waste, but all of that is still somewhat 'unsettled' between Jack and me.
....Actually the more I hear your side of things, the more this sounds very much like we have both been manipulated into this situation..
Re: Lockedblind_shotSeptember 18 2006, 23:56:18 UTC
So you've never sailed under a black flag, committed crimes on the sea, commandeered a vestal, or captained a pirate ship? Huh. Jack Sparrow and his web of lies.
So he found you fit enough to serve with Jones. I'll have to bring that up to him later.
I think I might be guilty of walking into his line of fire. Maybe I wanted to be manipulated. I've never had many friends. I suppose I thought he would lose interest if I didn't make myself useful. I hope you'll keep that between us but I don't expect you to. You'd just be choosing a stranger who doesn't know how to sail over a man you've known much longer.
Re: Lockedblind_shotSeptember 19 2006, 00:36:44 UTC
What do you have against the pirate profession, Turner? And how in the world did you become so close to Jack with that attitude? One would think he would spend so much time acting insulted you wouldn't have time for anything else.
Jack can be so inconsistent.
Thank you. I would just be asking for it if he knew I went out of my way for him.
I'm meeting Jack again this afternoon. I have a lot of doubts. The things he says he wanted me to captain for, the leadership skills, I can handle. His own crew despise me and I'm fine with it. Until Rangiku and Veronica I've never had someone under my authority that didn't hate the very essence of me. Though that includes your wife and I'm not sure where I went wrong there. It must be the resemblance to Jack because I've been nothing but polite.
Without the passion for the sea (or even a casual fondness for it) I'm not sure how I can do this. Or even if I want to.
At this point I'm keeping with it because Jack wants it. And because he must have a reason for wanting me to captain that I'm not aware of. It's now the sole purpose of climbing on to that floating fish truck to find out these reasons.
So far I've learned all the parts of a ship and some phrases. Half of them I'm not sure about the meaning but when I say them very loudly things get done. The others just sound sexual and after a while Jack starts to make strange noises in his throat.
So for now I'm amused enough to keep showing up.
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I don't much care for those reasons myself...I'm not very happy with this need he has to see me prove myself
I never claimed to hate you simply on principle, just that I didn't trust you.
I still don't, not completly anyway, but I said I would do what I could to help, and I keep to my word.
You're not certain you want to?
....then why exactly did you agree to all this in the first place?
Simply because Jack asked?
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Alright. You dislike me. And I'm fine with that. What kind of a pirate stands by his word anyway? You're highly suspicious in my mind.
The first time he asked I said no. Flat out. I had no desire to. No reason to. Then a few days later we started drinking and talking about life and paths and fate. He goes on in that hypnotic way and soon you find yourself saying yes. Everything he says seems so right. Not true- it's better then that. It's what you always wanted to believe but it never sounded so reasonable until you hear it come out of his mouth.
So I said yes.
Just because it's a talent we share- it does not make either of us immune to the other.
I don't want to let him down.
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I am not a pirate.
I am a black smith who, through a series of occasionally bizarre circumstance, fell in with pirates, which is how I learned what I know about that 'proffesion'.
Yes, I know that hypnosis well.
He used it on me to convince me to go on a quest for a key, which ended with me tricked into Jones' crew.
I did find my father in that venture, so I suppose it wasn't a complete waste, but all of that is still somewhat 'unsettled' between Jack and me.
....Actually the more I hear your side of things, the more this sounds very much like we have both been manipulated into this situation..
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Huh. Jack Sparrow and his web of lies.
So he found you fit enough to serve with Jones. I'll have to bring that up to him later.
I think I might be guilty of walking into his line of fire. Maybe I wanted to be manipulated. I've never had many friends. I suppose I thought he would lose interest if I didn't make myself useful.
I hope you'll keep that between us but I don't expect you to. You'd just be choosing a stranger who doesn't know how to sail over a man you've known much longer.
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I think it was more a matter of conveience than being fit to serve anywhere.
He tried to use me to pay his debt to Jones.
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Alright. I'll keep that between us....
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Jack can be so inconsistent.
Thank you. I would just be asking for it if he knew I went out of my way for him.
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