piratejournal | Entry 001

[At first he'd thought he was dazed and hallucinating from the crash, but he's learned to assess his physical condition quite accurately and, as impossible as it seems, he seems to be quite whole and well. Just not where he was. As fanciful and strange as it seems, the simplest thing to do is accept as a fact that he's somehow been pulled into some sort of alternate world and work from there.

The entries in the journal purporting to explain the situation to newcomers are lacking in much of the necessary information he needs to move forward. On top of that, there is the strange voice offering home when it outright contradicts one of the welcome posts, a post that itself says not to respond to posts that seem anomalous. There's not enough in the book yet for him to judge whether that voice is an anomaly or not, but the shocked reactions suggest it is.

Therefore, he decides that the wisest course of action is to follow the welcome post's advice and find lodging, then to write an entry in the book himself.]

I am one of the "new arrivals." Given the situation, what I require is a position on an established crew and further information about this world and my place in it. I can offer the following skills at the following levels:

- close combat (hand to hand, knives, improvised weapons): A
- ranged combat (firearms): A
- handling of explosives: A
- situational awareness: A
- wilderness survival: A
- assessment and management of personnel: A
- strategy and tactics: A

Further clarification available on request.

L11

[It is, in fact, only a small cross section of what he is capable of, and simplified at that, but it's better to withhold some information, considering he's unsure who exactly will be reading what he writes.]

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Me? Let's just say my weapons are made for taking down monsters like her. [Literally.]

I've also got ninjas. And wizards. And soldiers.

[He'll have to take him at his word about the weaponry until he has a chance to investigate further.]

How many are on your crew?

Eleven, including myself.

Though a couple of 'em are kids.

[Because much as he didn't like that, it was safer for them on his ship than leaving them to fend for themselves. That's half the reason he showed up there, even.] Didn't have much a choice. [But it's not like he's going to say that reason out loud.]

Everyone else is pretty capable, though.

Enough if we run up on her, we're not going down without a hell of a fight.

How old are the children? What sort of training do they have?

[He's not sure how many different crews have been formed, but it's important to assess the combat readiness of as many of them as possible.]

One little kid.

A couple teenagers that are from some ... wizard school.

And a ninja. One of two.

Don't let his age fool you.

Don't screw with the ninja. [Especially since Marvelous is sure he's going to be trying to kill them.]

[He's only 17 himself, so he's not going to be making any judgments based on age. Experience, yes, but age has little bearing on skill.]

It sounds like you may be adequately equipped for this threat.

Considering the other ninja still gets people pissy at him for blowing up the town square, yeah. I think we might be.

[This ninja speaks his language.]

Sometimes an operation calls for explosives.

Sometimes, it calls for all of them.

Frequently. Set properly, they can be very effective.

Don't I know it.

Kinda like the way you think.

We do seem to be in agreement on several things.

My name is L-Elf. Though I will continue to consider which crew to lend my services to, that is a name you should remember.

Captain Marvelous.

If you can really back all this stuff up, I'll keep you in mind.

[He's going to withhold comment on that and assume it's a pseudonym of some sort. Certainly it can't be his given name.]

I assure you I can.

[...Captain Marvelous?]

[So you would think. So you would think.]

Good to know! In the meantime, just try to keep your head about you, and attached to your body.

I think things are going to get ugly, soon.

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