piratejournal | A Written Warning

WARNING:

I will no longer condone the continued harassment of local innocents nor the willful and callous destruction of their property.

The next one of you who throws a temper tantrum that causes harm to homes, stores, livelihoods, or scenery that do not belong to our enemies THE NAVY will find yourself tied up and punished in the same manner of your wanton destruction.

Davy Jones can bring you back from being murdered, but let's see what he can do with someone who is burned almost to death, shall we?

If you do not have respect for the sanctity of the lives of those around you, then I shall have no respect for you.

This is a promise.

Signed,
Elissa Cousland

[Elissa doesn't use her usual blue, ballpoint pen for this entry. While she may be overly enamoured of the wonders of plastic pen technology, a noble just doesn't make a formal proclamation with such an implement. Since she's long since rid of her old quill and ink, she has borrowed Haytham's to write out this decisive statement of warning. In it, she uses a formal, calligraphic font that is almost Celtic. It is signed with a bold, angry flourish.]

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[Now what does this remind him of.... oh yes, it had been Harlock threatening the other ships so long ago for talking back to the Dog. There was a distinct difference between the two situations though. Whereas Harlock had been reprimanding people over words, Elissa was addressing a legitimate problem. Too often had other crews decided that torching the innocent was an acceptable practice. Not being in the revenge business however.. Ban still had some qualms with what she said, but he assumed it was her anger fueling it]

Careful with that eye for and eye, tooth for a tooth stuff... you don't want to get caught up in that cycle.

Don't you dare criticize me, too, Ban. I am angry enough to find you and take it out on you. The last thing that I need is a friend questioning me on this in a public forum.

Look, I'm just calling it like I see it. I know a lot of people who've been consumed by revenge before.

[Many of whom would love to kill yours truly]

When you have a chance to calm down and think it over.. maybe you'll see what you said that was out of line and what everyone is retaliating against. [He's really trying to help but he's sure he's going to catch hell for it. He's not going to sugarcoat anything just because they're close.] Aside from that- these firebugs are way out of hand. It seems like every few months another island is set ablaze.

YES, the damn firebugs are out of hand! That is exactly why I am trying to curtail it!

As for revenge, I know all about it. More than you could possibly know. I hunted down the man who murdered my family and set our castle ablaze and I killed him. It didn't change a bloody thing except wipe out his life. My family is still gone.

So do not speak to me about not understanding how revenge can consume you.

By torturing offenders? [It might seem a little hypocritical for Ban to be saying this seeing how he's ripped off people's arms before, broken bones, etc before... but that wasn't premeditated.] Besides.. I can make them experience a slice of hell without going to all that trouble.. [The Jagan. Elissa had a taste of it before but she hadn't been shown a nightmare then..]

There's nothing to really gain from it... no. I might understand more than you think.. there was a time when I would strike down anyone that got in my way. That's not how I want to live my life now. I was another person then.. and not a person I care to think about.

Have you seen the attitudes of these people? Some of them do not understand any other way. I have done bad things in the name of good before. I am sure that it will not be the last.

However, if you wish to aid me, then I will gladly accept it.

Yeah I have- but you're the one I was more concerned with it. [Ie. It's his subtle way of saying that he cares. Now that he's touched base with her he's tempted to butt into some of these other conversations.]

I really don't want to play neighborhood policeman.. but they're pissing me off with all this garbage and this place doesn't have the infrastructure in place to properly deal with the real troublemakers.

And killing them won't do a damn bit of good because they'll just come back.

Like cockroaches.

I wonder if your little gift would teach them more of a lesson than pain.

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