[written]

[thethundersaid]

[private to Howling Sabers]

Murderess: two points.

1. There is a lot of talk about this Navy ball in the Corsair Kingdom. I believe it would be a good opportunity to gather information, or at least listen to what is being said within the Navy. Who among you can handle subterfuge?

2. We are running low on everything except what we can catch or collect in buckets. We're nowhere close to Empieza and restocking yet. Be careful with what you take from the stores, or I'll start requiring shared meals crew-wide.

Comments

[voice]

[thethundersaid]

[Leave pieces of your body behind -- Sasuke stares at the journal, then at his hand holding it, for a minute before responding.]

Your magic sounds like it could be more practical if you used it to learn our chakra techniques.

[voice]

[dragonbadfaith]

I wouldn't have any idea how to even begin going about learning to do that.

Anyway, it's easy once you master it. So I'm told. Not everything can be simple right from the get-go.

[voice]

[thethundersaid]

If you can learn to shape your magic without using the stick, it would be a start.

If it's that easy for you to master, though, you should get to mastering it.

[voice]

[dragonbadfaith]

I like the stick. It completes me.

I said it's easy once you master it. And I'm working on it! It's coming along...

[voice]

[thethundersaid]

I still don't see why you're not concerned someone might break it or something.

Is that what those books were for?

[voice]

[dragonbadfaith]

Because no one is going to get their hands on it and also it's got an anti-breaking spell attached to it.

[LIES BUT......that's actually brilliant, why doesn't that exist? There's an awkward kind of pause as Draco questions that for a moment, and then he's speaking again.]

The spellbooks? Yes, partly. So I could learn that and every other spell we were supposed to cover over the next few years.

[voice]

[thethundersaid]

[Sounds convenient and makes sense. Sasuke has no reason to question that.]

You got them a while ago. How's your progress?

[voice]

[dragonbadfaith]

It's coming along. I pick up new spells every day, it's the big things that need work. Like Apparition. Though, I might have to see if I can get some potions supplies from Miss Margie because there's a lot I could be making that would be useful.

[voice]

[thethundersaid]

We're not exactly rich right now. Unless you can create gold with magic, we'll have to scavenge ingredients if we can.

[voice]

[dragonbadfaith]

...Well. [Actually...] The goblins in my world would know it's counterfeit straight away, but I suppose here they wouldn't really be able to tell, would they? Not quickly.

[voice]

[thethundersaid]

[The ... goblins. Right, Sasuke isn't even going to touch that.]

You mean like an illusion?

[voice]

[dragonbadfaith]

Yes, exactly. Or I could just transform some rocks into something that looks like gold. Easier yet, I could duplicate the coins they use here.

[voice]

[thethundersaid]

[His voice is thoughtful and maybe even slightly impressed. GOOD WORK.]

Try it and see what happens, then.

[voice]

[dragonbadfaith]

[\o/]

Alright. I'll let you know, shall I? I'll try it on the locals before testing Miss Margie.

[voice]

[thethundersaid]

Do that and report back.