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[Asch has been stuck on this island for one night and he already hates it. It's not even a particularly nasty island, but this town is full of people who don't want anything to do with him-- and he doesn't want anything to do with them, either. Plus, when he asked about people dying, he got a door slammed in his face. Rude.

Having figured out that the journal is capable of both recorded and written communication, he's taking advantage of it while he lingers in the town square.]

Is there no one on this island who knows how to operate a boat? I have enough money to buy a small ship, but hiring crewmen is impossible. These people won't even take gold for it. This is a seaside community; having no one who will steer a boat makes no sense. They're avoidant on purpose.

[He hmphs a bit.]

Finding a company of competent people is going to be harder than I thought.

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[sacredashes]

[That seems to hit a nerve.]

Tch. I never said that!

[He has plenty of reasons to want to go home. One of which being, he's not sure if he's alive or dead there. Wouldn't it be nice to actually defy his original fate?]

I do things my own way. That's all.

[failguardian]

[Perhaps Anise would have noticed it hit a nerve if not for the fact that seemingly everything she says manages to hit Asch's nerves. So she just brushes it off like usual.]

So you're going to try handle a ship on your own? I didn't even know you could do that!

[Anise sounds pretty skeptical. Do you even know how to sail, Asch???]

[sacredashes]

[THIS GIRL.]

No. [He rubs at his temples.] I'm going to make my own crew.

[The 'idiot' is implied.]

[failguardian]

Whoa! You're going to work with other people?

[Her surprise is 100% warranted ok ok]

[sacredashes]

[He doesn't appreciate her lack of faith.]

I don't have a problem working with people. I have a problem working with you people. Did you forget I had my own troops?

[YOU are the problem. Well, not Anise specifically. The replica. The replica is the problem.]

[failguardian]

Yeah, but you could just boss them around, right? I don't think the people here would accept being bossed around!

[Because, you know, they're all either protags or crazy villains.]

[sacredashes]

It isn't bossing around, it's about authority. A captain has the ultimate authority on his ship-- just like any military commander over his soldiers.

I'm not here to make friends. I'm here to win... and you should be, too.

[failguardian]

[Asch is so aggressive. Anise can appreciate having a strong drive, but he takes things way too intensely sometimes!]

[Or...all the time.]

Win? Win what?

[sacredashes]

[He's totally srs bznes all the freakin' time.]

The jewel. What else? It's the only way we're getting home, unless you know something I don't.

[failguardian]

Yeah, but we're supposed to be working together to find it.

[...Although she can kind of see his point. It's better if they have control all the pieces, isn't it?]