[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]

[breakfastmetaphors]

No.

[He sounds almost offended by the suggestion.]

We'd all benefit if he doesn't go at all.

[Voice]

[thethundersaid]

[If shrugs could be communicated by voice, there would be one here.] That's fine.

I am trying to convince him not to go.

[Trying is the operative term.]

[Voice]

[breakfastmetaphors]

Incapacitate him.

[Possibly permanently.]

[Voice]

[thethundersaid]

[There's a pause where Sasuke wonders whether it's at all worth trying to keep any of their abilities under wraps, and then he decides it's really not, because:]

His body heals itself.

[Voice]

[breakfastmetaphors]

[This is useful information, especially for L-Elf. (Though how wise it is to tell him about it is questionable. His own personal meat shield back home, coincidentally, has a name that's only one letter off from this new one that's being offered to him.]

That doesn't mean he can't be incapacitated. It just means we can take more extreme measures to do it with no ill effects.

[Voice]

[thethundersaid]

Sakura will probably just heal him even if we did that. [She indulges Naruto's stupid whims far too often, even if it's childishly satisfying to watch when she does snap and throw Naruto out into the sea.]

A distraction would probably be more effective. If you know somewhere that makes noodles, we could just use them.

[Voice]

[breakfastmetaphors]

That's not something I scout out. Does anyone know how to cook them?

[He doesn't know how to cook anything himself. He survives on whatever is available.]

[Voice]

[thethundersaid]

... Tojiko's done most of the cooking up until now. But there must be instructions somewhere.

[Sasuke can boil things that have been foraged, but a complicated recipe like ramen, not so much.]

[Voice]

[breakfastmetaphors]

Cookbooks, but we'd have to buy them.

[Always back to the issue of money.]

Or hire a more experienced cook.

[Voice]

[thethundersaid]

[There's an idea.]

New arrivals show up around the same time each month. Keep an eye out for anyone who can cook, and I'll do the same.