[voice/written] action for Hazmats

[youhearthebells]

[the flip of a page brings sound first, a grunt and a slight ting of bells]

...there, 'course. Now where's the damn writing thing...?

[it cuts off and the rest comes in jagged handwriting, as the journal translates his Chinese script]

word of advice. don't get captured. sure, you'd say it's better than dying, but I'd beg to differ. it ain't fun. it's not an easy way out. puts your crew at risk, more than if you die. and I don't know about half of you, but I ain't lettin' some Navy ass gloat about stretching my neck on the gallows. Hell no. Never give 'em the satisfaction.

I ain't gonna ask for a recap of the last week, I can figure it out for myself. But I saw mention of a couple names of Oda's guys who I might wanna talk to. didn't know they'd be here...

~Gan Xingba

[for anyone on the Booyakasha, he's sitting out on the forecastle, writing and contemplating the open ocean. He's got a lot to think about. He's grateful for the rescue, though.]

Comments

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[youhearthebells]

Back home it's not exactly endless. Only mostly.

[he is completely intrigued by that] Dragons, though. That's pretty awesome. I'd never seen a real one before.

[Action]

[summing_it_up]

Weell, you know. [Lanky shrug.] They're dangerous, and wild. It took me a while to understand where Toothless was coming from, and finding out why the dragons kept burning things and taking our food supply was not fun.

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[youhearthebells]

That's crazy. I ain't never heard anything like that. Where I come from, dragons are sacred...but nobody's seen one in hundreds of years. And you'd probably get in a lot of trouble if you killed one.

[Action]

[summing_it_up]

That's a severe punishment over a dragon, but if there aren't that many appearances, I can see why they would be considered sacred.

[Action]

[youhearthebells]

Heh! Well, if they're sacred, that means you'd be thumbing your nose at heaven itself if you killed one. So yeah, probably harsh but yanno.

[he jerks his pole a bit, trying to get the lure to dance on the water, but the fish don't seem interested]

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[summing_it_up]

[Hiccup laughs, feeling a little awkward.]

Funny how you say that. I'm not sure if I'm ready for another near-death experience.

[He checks on his line. Nothing on it, either.]

This is turning out to be a bust.

[Action]

[youhearthebells]

C'mon, don't give up just yet! A good day of fishing can take hours.

[and he's completely inclined to spend it sitting in the sun doing nothing else, just like this]

[Action]

[summing_it_up]

Fffuhall right. We can do this.

[If Nan is fine with this, he won't really mind doing this for a while, either.]

[Action]

[youhearthebells]

Damn right we can.

[he'll be happy to have some company! All afternoon, even if the fish don't bite]