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[shenghuanzhe]

Awright, we gotta lotta new faces on board, even though some'a you don't really got... fuckin'...

[He trails off.]

Uh, faces. It's a figure of fuckin' speech.

[Okay, we're back on track! Introductory speech--go!So lemme clear some shit up for you all. I'm First Mate Kage, right hand man to Captain Redd himself, and you're on board the MS

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[jewelofthesands]

Excuse me. You're in charge here?

[shenghuanzhe]

Save for my Captain, naam, I'm in charge.

[jewelofthesands]

And Kage, it was? I'd introduce myself but I'm going to assume you already know who I am if you've gone through the trouble of kidnapping me.

Can I respectfully ask exactly what it is keeping me from commandeering this boat and turning it around?

[shenghuanzhe]

Sure, girlie. You think y'can commandeer this boat? Go on'n try.

[ilikesoap]

Ah. Hi. [Awkward pause while he fumbles for words to say what the hell he's thinking.]

Look, I think there's been some kind of mistake here. I can't be on a ship.

[shenghuanzhe]

Hey, man. Sup.

[Kage rubs his eye and references the comm ID against the files on his desk. This would be... Jack. And there's another passenger int he same file. Fucking weird. Kage starts flipping through.]

No, man, there ain't no mistake.

[ilikesoap]

I'm telling you there is. My flights gone without me and I'm running out of time.

[The panic is evident in his voice, kind of like a strained, tired worry.]

I need to find Tyler and I can't do that if I'm on this ship. Just tell me when the next port stop is. That's all I'm asking.

[shenghuanzhe]

[Kage can hear it. This guy sounds like a pretty normal guy, too. Kage's very used to dealing with hardasses who eat nails for breakfast, terrified women, but for some reason Redd doesn't like taking on board normal guys who just want to go home.

So Kage gentles his rough tone a bit.]

Tyler? Wait.

[Kage flips open the file. ]

Tyler. You're lookin' for Tyler.

[... this guy is Tyler. What?]

Tyler who?

[lilyground]

You say almost the same thing every time we get new people.

[shenghuanzhe]

You noticed?

sobbing that icon ;w;

[lilyground]

Uh-huh. You should like... say it backwards next time or something!

[shenghuanzhe]

That'd be fun. Hold on, how's it go?

Welcome aboard. You got any questions, need any special diet, ask myself or any other crew member. Your weapons will be fuckin' returned at the Shore. Chill out, relax, eat. I'm First Mate Kage. We're goin' to the Shore. Hey, calm down.

[hadalotofsugar]

[Have some slow clapping but no other sound, Kage.]

[shenghuanzhe]

What's that? What's that I hear? Is that...

[Sniff. SNIIIIFF.]

Sarcasm? Zeshat fuckin' preserve megrraaaughhhhkkkkkk.

[hadalotofsugar]

[What the fuck was that last noise even?]

Fascinating. You heard the sarcasm, and yet you still had to smell to get it?

[shenghuanzhe]

No, man.

[Kage hates it when his jokes flop.]

I was... mimin' that your sarcasm killed me. ... Y'know, more sarcasm.

[aswanbyday]

[Odette just chuckles lightly.]

You sure know how to make the newcomers feel welcomed, Kage.

[shenghuanzhe]

Just layin' things out. I gotta make it basic as possible, 'cause sometimes we get passengers who ain't the sharpest knives in the drawer, know what I'm sayin'? Not sayin' they aren't good people, but they sometimes need things laid out real simple and clean.

[aswanbyday]

Oh no I understand perfectly well. Not everyday you find someone as straightforward as you. I like that.

[shenghuanzhe]

Straightforward is how I work, girl.