[there's far less of his usual bluster and enthusiasm in his tone today. So sue him, he's still recovering from his beastly injuries.]

Hate to say this, but. We need help.

My crew's down to just five, and Cyn's pokemon. No one's come back since Jones showed up at Port Chance, and me an' Gaius are in pretty bad shape right now. Draco, Sting...Roxas. They're all gone.

Straw Hat, if that offer for an alliance is still happenin', tell me where you guys are and I'll set sail in an instant. We got no choice, we gotta hook up with another ship. Scratch each other's backs and all that.

...nobody died back there, did they? I been out of commission for a while, I got no idea what's goin' on.

Well now we've gone and done it. It's to be expected really. Don't know what happened to th' black thing but 'tis possible Jonesy sucked up some o' its power fer his own. He's got a body now, ye know-- or more than and less than. Not alive and not dead but not undead but his curse is in full throttle as I expect ye were all afraid of.

There's a way ta beat Jonesy as he is now, though it's a small chance. A slight hope. Smaller'n a candle in a windstorm. Otherwise yer just gonna bring th' shards ta him and get th' life sucked outta ye...and this time I don't think ye'll be comin' back. Probably he'll just keep recyclin' whatever lets him bring ye back in th' first place so ye'll just become a part o' him-- and as stupid as ye lot are, I doubt ye want that.

Meep was lookin' fer the answer ta that afore he got swept away. Somethin' about tones 'n voices-- or mebbe languages. Somethin' I've never really understood. As of now, I need help ta get him. Or someones. I found him but he's in a place I can't get to right now. Not and make even more trouble than we already got. If yere up fer it, I'll contact you again in a few days. If not. Well it'll probably take all ye got just ta survive.

Once my Meep is safe...if ever he be... we'll be able to confront Jones once and fer all. Though I can't say as we'll win, but we'll definitely gie him somethin' ta think about.