piratejournal | 002 [VOICE]

[Well, things are back to normal for this pirate, at least, and for the most part he's kept to his own, for the simple fact that he hasn't been able to properly express how much you lot have been doing it wrong.

This is more than pirate pride, alright? This is about an entire professional jargon that has quite obviously flew over the heads of all of you lot, and his ears, in his own opinion, are close to bleeding.

It doesn't help that he's been rolling his eyes since minute one, either.]

Alright, ye paper-skulled, dim-witted barmpots. Listen, and listen close, as I won't go repeating meself a second time except with lead shot.

I've no idea what that nonsense were that made ye all gibber like plonkers without brains between your ears, but I be here to let ye all know ye cocked it up something fierce. Never in me life 'ave I ever heard so much bilge spew from greenhorns at that rate of speed, and I've spent me fair share of time in Tortuga and New Orleans.

All of it were nonsense, and only about half made the slightest bit of sense. Honestly, ye'd think we were speaking two different tongues or some such, and you only bothered to learn half of it.

What gobs among ye were crying avast. Set yourself down, as you've only made yourself look a fool. Ye warn't speaking like pirates. Ye were mangling orders and doing it in the most half-arsed West Cun'ry accents I nary have 'eard in me life. Mister Cotton hisself do a better job, and he has no tongue.

Learn the difference between talking like you have brains and giving orders. From the sounds of it, ye have no idea what any of that means anyway, so spare those of us as have some know-how the pain of listening to you gurgle like a dying whale. Leave the talking like a man of the sea to those as know it, shut your gobs, and get back to pumping the bilge like most of ye need to be doing, as ye aren't fit to haul line or trim sails. Why the lot of you figured ye just had to share with the rest of us, I'll nary understand, nor do I particularly care.

So for future such nonsense, do us a solid and keep your traps shut.

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Aye, but there, of course, remains the truth that nary did they have to announce it to the world.

One, after another, after another, after another...

A problem easily enough solved by closing the journal and stepping away.

[Your journal sir. You clearly paid far too much attention to all that.]

Anyway it is done now, we can focus again on more important matters. Has your crew set a course?

And I suppose ye'd like a wee peek at me charts, then.

[Honestly, everyone is so very nosy.]

If you are offering.

[It could be easily seen that he was not.]

I only mean to check in with those of us who were brought here by Jones. Surely there can be no harm in that?

How generous of ye, then. Why.

We were all brought here against our wishes. It seemed prudent that we might watch each other's backs. There are doubtless many dangers here that we are not aware of.

And you honestly think that all of these... [Admittedly, stupid.]

Fine individuals brought here have everyone's best interests at heart, do ye.

[Interesting assumption, but no. ]

I believe most people are out for themselves, but with the proper guidance they might be brought around to the greater good.

Aye? And who determines what that greater good be. You?

So far there have been very few who seem to hold those qualifications, but perhaps in time there will be some one who exhibits all the qualities of good judgement that would be required from such a leader.

[Very cryptic way of saying Templars.]

I take it you do not hold these views?

What I hold is that every man decides that for hisself, and not be told what the greater good may or may not be.

Unsurprising. Many people do hold that opinion.

It stands to reason, mate, if it's a thing proven time and time again, supported by the majority, p'raps it's the truth, and not some lofty ideal that's as meaningless as smoke, aye.

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