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[hostclubshadowking]

Guests or prospective guests of the Royal Host and Hostess Club,

The Royal Host and Hostess Club will be on Isla Empieza from the fifth of May until the fifteenth.

However, the ship and club will not be open to the general public. The company of the hosts or hostesses may be acquired by contacting individual hosts or hostesses in advance and arranging it with them.

We do offer companionship via the journals for a discounted rate. That, too, is done on an individual basis.

We apologize for any inconvenience caused by this delay and hope to fully resume operations in June.

Thank you,
Kyouya Otori
Vice-President of the Royal Host and Hostess Club
First mate of Antoinette

[It needed to be done. They're all still licking their wounds from the battle with the Navy, even after the success of Candy Mountain. He, for instance, is still exhausted, still trying to sleep off the stress and strain of his time away from the crew.

...And they seem to be equally strained by his time apart from them.

Still, they're all still standing. It will just take a little time for everything to get back to the way things are supposed to be. For the dust to settle and for issues that have been neatly swept under a rug to go back to being that way. It just takes a little time.

Which is why, several hours later, he writes in the journal again, this time less formally.]

There seems to be a lot of talk about the balls Scurvey Dog mentioned in her last message to us. [Even he'd considered it. Taking his fellow hosts, being in their own world. But there's a warning that needs to be given.] Please be careful, especially at the Navy-hosted one. We do not need to give them another reason to regroup and hunt us down.

- Otori

Comments

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[fierybluebird]

Since when do marines or navy need a reason?

You fly a black flag, that's enough.

- Marco

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[hostclubshadowking]

They were less inclined toward violence against us before residences on Isla Empieza was burned. Therefore, it would likely be in our best interests not to further provoke them.

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[fierybluebird]

If I blow my cover, I'll make sure to reveal my tattoos of my flag's identifying markers.

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[hostclubshadowking]

They rarely care to distinguish one crew from another, but the thought is appreciated.

[Whether or not it's sarcasm. Kyouya can't tell nor does he really care. He isn't looking for a fight. He just wants a bit longer to be able to rest, poorly as that comes anyway.]

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[fierybluebird]

I'll give them extra incentive to remember me personally.

[Poor Kyouya. Marco is not so nice.]

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[hostclubshadowking]

And I'm sure the whole of their attention will be turned toward an individual with no malice toward others.

[It's not surprising. Really, Kyouya wishes it was. Very, very few people seem capable of anything but self-centered thinking. They consider their actions only in relation to themselves and never give a single thought to long-term consequences.]

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[fierybluebird]

It's a very simple solution then: don't go.

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[hostclubshadowking]

My crew and I don't intend to.

However, there are potential consequences that could extend well past one ball if things go wrong. Surely you understand that much.

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[fierybluebird]

If my crew's actions cause the navy to interfere with other pirate crews, then they will have far too much on their hands to even deal with my crew. I highly doubt they would stretch themselves so thin, but if they are foolish enough to do so, I assure you, I will make them regret it.

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[hostclubshadowking]

[He manages not to point out that the Navy was quite capable of handling several crews at once before. Some of them were defeated, yes, some weren't, and there were problems along the way either way.

Instead, he merely writes:]

Thank you for your consideration.