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[slap_me_thrice]

Fit the Sixth, in Which Gibbs Pines, but Only a Little. He Also Grievously Misuses a Funeral Urn.

[Anyone passing the greenhouses today might hear a rusty sailor's voice singing a melancholy tune. If you go inside to investigate, you will come upon Joshamee Gibbs arranging flowers in a rather funereal urn

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[slap_me_thrice]

I'm inclined to agree with ye, cap'n. We need a change in the wind and a change right quick.

[catchin_light]

[Cap'n. Ah, being called that again cleared his head a bit.]

A change would be right good, but it be easier to fight against foes with masts an' sails. How do ya fight against somethin' with no form?

[slap_me_thrice]

...In my janitorial duties here, sir, I've access to a very powerful device: a vacuum cleaner.

I love you, just a lot right now.

[catchin_light]

HAH! Mr. Gibbs, a vacuum cleaner-

[But then, the thought reached his alcohol-addled brain.]

That's it! If we could build us a giant vacuum cleaner, we could just suck the Mist away!

XD

[slap_me_thrice]

Aye, sir! Now in my mind, this vacuum cleaner would have to suck a great deal. There would have to be major suction. It would have to represent the most suck possible with the technology we currently possess.

This conversation needs to be immortalized somewhere

[catchin_light]

Aye, so we would need ta bring it to our best scientists at th' Academy! They'd know how ta make a machine such as this!

IT IS! ON D_A!

[slap_me_thrice]

AYE, sir! [Gibbs is now your Amen corner, Captain Silver.] We'll stride into their midst and let 'em hear this cunning plan! "We need it to suck, gentlemen! And we need it to suck hard, and diligently, and please can we get one where you don't have to change out the little paper bag quite so often!"

And then? Science!

We need to have a thread with these two and Doppler XD

[catchin_light]

An' it will be beautiful science at that!

[He drapes one arm across Gibbs' shoulder and takes a deep swig from his flask.]

We're GENIUSES, Gibbs! Bloody GENIUSES!

hahaha yah

[slap_me_thrice]

Aye! Perfessor Gibbs and Cap'n Silver! Geniuses of rank and fashion!

[Gibbs staggers a bit under the weight of Silver but takes a drink from his own flask nevertheless.]

[catchin_light]

Shall we go find a man of science, then?

[slap_me_thrice]

We shall! Although---problematically, I only know black-hearted scallywags. No men of science. What to do?

[catchin_light]

Yer in luck, Mr. Gibbs! I happen ta know a fine man o' science. Sailed with him once. Not one meant fer sailin', o' course, but he should meet our needs quite nicely.

[slap_me_thrice]

Oh, really! And what is the name of this fine man of science, hm?

[catchin_light]

Dr. Delbert Doppler! I sailed with 'im once a few odd years ago. He should know how to construct a machine such as this.

[slap_me_thrice]

Delbert Doppler? That's not a science name! That's...that's the name of a cobbler, or I'm a minnow's willie.

OMG I DIED LAUGHING. ICON + COMMENT WIN!

[catchin_light]

[Just... what.]