第一章 - [Voice]

[put_yur_guns_on]

So.

We having fun yet?

Comments

[Voice]

[seadevil]

Why? Don't want anyone around to keep an eye on you?

[Voice]

[put_yur_guns_on]

[There's a bark of laughter at that.]

Wasn't my initial thought for reason, but so long as I'm here, no harm in goin' all out when you can, right?

[Voice]

[seadevil]

Absolutely! Living a low key life is a waste of a man's time.

[Voice]

[put_yur_guns_on]

Heh...

So, think you'll be headin' in this direction any time soon?

[Voice]

[seadevil]

Toward Isla Empieza? Not for some time, I don't believe, but if you wish to find your way to us instead of the other way around, there's a shop called Backwater Brig that has a magical contraption that can send you to any ship you'd like.

[Voice]

[put_yur_guns_on]

Oh yeah? Magic, huh. Sounds like somethin' to check out.

You said your ship's the Katabami, right?

[Voice]

[seadevil]

Aye, that's her name! I couldn't use my crest for the flag, so she takes her name from it instead.

[He's gotten used to that arrangement, though it certainly galled him at the outset.]

[Voice]

[put_yur_guns_on]

No? What's stoppin' you?

[Yeah, he had to ask.]

[Voice]

[seadevil]

Ah, yes. That. Had you announced your name over this thing, no doubt you'd know already. There's, er...a bit of a complication, you see. Whatever black magic it is that pulls us here can reach across time and space, even to worlds similar to ours, yet not the same, so I had the misfortune of arriving here only to discover another Motochika had arrived ahead of me. It was vexing to say the least. Still is.

[Voice]

[put_yur_guns_on]

...the hell. You sayin' there's two of you here?

[Voice]

[seadevil]

There's another Motochika, certainly, but another me? Most definitely not. Aside from our name and our dominion over Shikoku, there are no similarities between the two of us. None.

[If there are, he has no time to find them, nor would he acknowledge them if he did.]

[Voice]

[put_yur_guns_on]

It's just crazy on top of crazy around here.

[He laughs, but he won't prod any more on that subject, although he's interested to see how this other Motochika is, some time.]

All right. I'll look around this place a little more and see if I can't find this Backwater Brig you mentioned. Try not to have too much fun without me, ah?

[Voice]

[seadevil]

Ha! I can't make any promises on that account! If you're late to the party, you only have yourself to blame.

[Voice]

[put_yur_guns_on]

Tch, bastard.

[That's as much of a 'laterz' as he'll give. Off to do some more exploring, and sooner or later he'll hopefully find the Brig.]