✓ Journal 1 // written

[hawkethat]

[The following is written in what can probably best be described as a flamboyant yet legible chicken scratch.]

Dear Creepy, Enchanted Pirate Diary,

The rhyming and the pirate accent are a nice touch. Very authentic-like.

SO, this was definitely NOT what I was expecting when I woke up this morning. Or what I'd expect waking up any morning, really. But here I am, and here we are, and I have to say, out of some of the potential career options I was considering back home, the idea of turning to piracy definitely has some appeal.

Since apparently I can use this thing to recruit crew members, that's what I'm going to do.

I've already got a captain and a healer and a ship's dog, so I'll be needing a musician, a cook, and maybe a navigator. Also a warrior-type or two, I guess, since Aveline and Fenris didn't have the decency to come along with us.

All applicants please report to Captain Isabela.

Or you can talk to me, I guess.

~☆❤★✶~Love and kisses~✶★❤☆~

-Hawke

Comments

Written

[breaks_pots]

[Yeaahhh... he can't read that chicken scratch. But those drawings he can appreciate to the fullest!]

☆❤★✶

❤❤❤!!!

Re: Written

[hawkethat]

[Oh, hey, someone is writing back? This is awesome!]
☆❤★✶

❤❤❤???

Written

[breaks_pots]

❤❤❤!!!☆☆☆!!!♪♪♪!!!♫!!!!

[these were followed by a stick figure with messy hair, pointy ears, and a pointed cap. Then a large smiley face.]

Written

[hawkethat]

[...Maker, is he communicating with a poor illiterate elven child?

If so then this is pretty damn adorable.

His response to Link's stick figure is a stick figure of his own, only with a super-fancy black beard, and an accompanying large smiley face.]

[yatteyanyo]

What an obnoxious means of signing a document.

[hawkethat]

Just "obnoxious"?

[yatteyanyo]

... Did you want me to insult it further?

[hawkethat]

Only if you have more to add. I wouldn't want you to think I was fishing for insults.

[shipper_on_deck]

[she's probably like ten feet away, but she'll write back anyway because hey! New toy.]

Do be a dear and find somebody who at least knows the difference between port and starboard.

[hawkethat]

[Yes, new toy! This is incredibly amusing.]

Port's the side where the alcohol is kept, right?

[He's just joking around.

...Probably.]

[shipper_on_deck]

You wish. It'll all be in the hold - and if necessary, in the captain's quarters.

[hawkethat]

That definitely would have been my second guess.

About the captain's quarters, that is.

written;

[melodyssong]

If I wasn't already part of a tiny crew, I'd jump at the musician slot.

written;

[hawkethat]

Is that right? I don't suppose there's any way I might persuade you to jump ship?

written;

[melodyssong]

I don't know, I mean I like the kids I was sailing with, but at the same time. It is just the three of us, so it's not like I could just abandon them.

[She doesn't want to leave them either, it's a problem.]

written;

[hawkethat]

I see, say no more~

Or...write no more. I understand.

Although...did you say kids?

[As in...children?]

written

[onetrackminds]

[he's probably also sitting maybe ten feet away, but he's trying to figure out how this thing works. can he write his manifesto in it?]

Are you sure that won't just scare them away?

[hawkethat]

If they're scared off by my help wanted add then they probably wouldn't have worked out very well anyway.

Writing it like this is doing everyone a favor, really.

[onetrackminds]

So you've narrowed down the list of potential crew to none.

Written

[seakingbait]

You probably shouldn't kiss a book.

You might get a paper cut.

Written

[hawkethat]

A fate worse than death, to be sure. I appreciate the warning though; I'll be sure to keep it in mind for all future journaling endeavors.

Written

[seakingbait]

I'm glad I could help. Good luck putting a crew together.

Written

[nice_boat_rider]

I liked the cut of your jib until you got to "Love and kisses."

Never known pirating to be about love and kisses.

Written

[hawkethat]

Hearts and sparkles aren't your thing, I take it?

I won't argue with you on the 'love' bit but I think a case could be made for 'kisses'. Among other things.

Re: Written

[nice_boat_rider]

Well, I'm no expert on pirate culture. I was a privateer and officer by profession. The other side, if you will. There probably was more kissing going around on the pirate ships.

But no, not one for the hearts and sparkles.

Though maybe if you had some pretty colored inks.