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Malcolm Beauregard Reynolds ([personal profile] badinlatin) wrote in [community profile] milliways_bar2008-09-19 08:32 am

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Serenity's got about another 32 hours before they hit Ezra.

The waiting before a job is usually the worst part, and today Mal is feeling it more so than others. He's checking in with the bar when he receives an eyepatch and a watergun the likes of which he hasn't seen since that ridiculous Assassin game in April.

There's a smirk when he shoves the eyepatch into his pocket, hopping behind the bar and scrawling out a sign before asking Bar for a 3' by 5' cloth.



Mal walks out the door to the lake, damn near whistling.

[ooc: I'm on gchat for any coordinating that might want to happen. Uh. It's not a huge boat, but it'll do. I'll put up an organizing post somewhere if this gets people involved.

ETA: This thread is for any arrivals if you are participating in shenanigans.

ETA AGAIN: OOC COMMUNICATIONS.


And it continues: The Battle Thread. Onlookers welcome.

And food for the spectators. And the winner, obviously.]

[identity profile] shoeless-ed.livejournal.com 2008-09-19 02:00 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yaaaaaay!" the child cheers in a very un-piratical fashion as she runs down the dock. She doesn't jump in the boat yet, although she looks eager to.

"Ed has looted seventeen treasure galleons and dozens of merchant ships!" she says, the piratical growl back in her voice. "She's destroyed many ships of the Royal Navy and boarded and captured five! She's navigated the fiercest storms and the most treacherous straits! Buried lots of treasure and sent lots of men down to Davy Jones! Arrr!"

(She doesn't seem to feel the need to explain why such an accomplished pirate now wants to join someone else's crew.)

Then, dropping character for a moment, Ed lifts her eyepatch and says in a (for her) normal voice, "Ed also knows what the parts of the ship are called and she can climb and tie really good knots!"

[identity profile] shoeless-ed.livejournal.com 2008-09-19 02:07 pm (UTC)(link)
"Hiii!" Ed waves at the assembled crew. She drops her eyepatch into place again. "Arrr! Permission to come aboard, cap'n?"

[identity profile] shoeless-ed.livejournal.com 2008-09-19 02:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Ed jumps lightly onto the ship's deck and goes to a good vantage point, where she shades her eyes with her hands and squints at the bigger ship.

"Aye, cap'n! Do ya want to capture or sink her, sir?"

[identity profile] shoeless-ed.livejournal.com 2008-09-19 02:41 pm (UTC)(link)
"Meep," Ed says, because she suspects upsetting a pirate's wife would be a very, very bad idea.

"I mean, arrrr, cap'n! In that case, I'd suggest using our vessel's superior speed to make a quick approach, avoiding their fire, so we can pull up alongside and board her, sir!"

[OOC: I need to go for a while, but this is possibly the coolest thing ever. I'll be back.]

Re: ZOMG Attempts at Boarding.

[identity profile] shoeless-ed.livejournal.com 2008-09-19 03:04 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm actually not going to be gone that long. I just have to shower and then I will be able to get back to tagging. I may be a little sporadic after about 2 PM Eastern time, but I'll keep up.

If you still want to use Ed as a distraction somehow, feel free. Ed is good at being distracting.

Re: ZOMG Attempts at Boarding.

[identity profile] shoeless-ed.livejournal.com 2008-09-19 03:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Okay, back! What do you want me to do?

Re: ZOMG Attempts at Boarding.

[identity profile] shoeless-ed.livejournal.com 2008-09-19 03:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Are you willing to try and hash this out on AIM?

Re: ZOMG Attempts at Boarding.

[identity profile] shoeless-ed.livejournal.com 2008-09-19 03:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah! Try pinging BookBeast, then.