[action/video] Twelfth Slice

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 [Today, Blackbeard can be found in the library.  No, this isn't a sign of the coming apocalypse - he's mostly just skimming through the books that he has, not really stopping to read them.  He's got a large stack of books about pirates, and every now and then, he shouts out loud statements, mocking the ones that he reads about.]

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[voice]

[lists_to_port]

What?! Teach is in that book? And no Sparrow? [Jack is clearly put out by this information.]

[voice]

[zehahaha]

Nope, haven't found yer name yet! I ain't done lookin', though, so ya could be in one o' these!

Do ya know who that is, then? 'Cause that bastard stole my name! [Well, two thirds of it.]

[voice]

[lists_to_port]

[It may or may not be the same Teach whose daughter Sparrow wooed years ago.]

Aye---I might have heard of the bastard. Once. Captain of the Queen Anne's Revenge?

[voice]

[zehahaha]

Uh, let's see... [Blackbeard rapidly turning the book's pages can be heard.] Maybe? I dunno; haven't gotten that far yet! ...Wait, what page was I on again? [Now he's frantically looking for that picture again.]

[voice]

[lists_to_port]

Not a terribly lettered man, are you, Blackbeard.

[but he will wait patiently.]

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[zehahaha]

Nah, my navigator, sniper, an' doctor were the bookworms; me an' Burgess never really cared fer it! [And he finally gets back to the page he had been on.] Yep, that's it! So is this guy from yer world, then?

[voice]

[lists_to_port]

Aye, there's a pirate from my part of the world by that name. He's...not very much like you, really. Except for bein' a right bastard at times.

Large chap, sort of a greyish tone shot through the old beard these days.

[voice]

[zehahaha]

Really? Dunno why he's still callin' himself Blackbeard, then! Guess "Greybeard" don't sounds as good, though.

[voice]

[lists_to_port]

I expect it's because that name is tied to his fearsome reputation, cap'n. He's known far and wide for his depravities.

[voice]

[zehahaha]

Really? What kinda stuff's he known fer? [He's skimming through the book, but he hasn't seen anything he'd call "depraved".]

[voice]

[lists_to_port]

Eating babies, frightening wenches, killing sausages...

No, wait: frightening babies, eating wench...

Right: Eating sausages, frightening babies, and killing wenches.

...

[voice]

[zehahaha]

Eatin' babies? Wow, that's...

...

Wait, why would he kill the women? [He's okay with murder, sure, but only if it advances his plans - he's not much for indiscriminate killing.]

[voice]

[lists_to_port]

That's why they call them depravities and not virtues, Cap'n.

[voice]

[zehahaha]

Seems like kinda a waste, if ya ask me. Even if ya can't recruit 'em or get 'em ta screw ya, lettin' 'em live would help spread yer reputation!

[voice]

[lists_to_port]

Agreed, sir!