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[voice] unless you're a Hazmat then c'mere

Heh. So how's the race goin'? It's been pretty quiet, hope the rest o'ya haven't been sunk halfway through. Thought I mighta heard some news by now, but I guess if other crews' tokens have been as hard to find as ours, I shouldn't be surprised.

As for us, we're keepin' up. We ain't last. And we won't be last to Port Chance, lemme tell ya. What news on your ends, pirate crews?

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What're you talkin' about, of course you do! It's me! Gan Ning! Captain of the ship and stuff!

[now that he has a moment, his free hand slides briefly over his side. Damn, he did get hit pretty hard, there.]

Gan Ning....

[Captain?

Gaius watches his movements, slowly easing out of the defensive stance he'd taken. He tugs off his helmet, letting it land unceremoniously on the deck so he can run a hand through his hair and massage his temple.

Taking a couple of steps back, he lets his eyes scan the ship, gaze drifting up towards the crows nest and then towards the back before slowly moving back towards Gan Ning.]

...Jingles..?

[The bells, the loud captain, the ship with its weird jolly roger...it was slowly coming back to him, but then it's also been a long time. For him.]

[of all the nicknames he's been given around here, that one he doesn't mind. Gan Ning breaks out in a huge grin]

Yeah! What happened, where'd you go? We thought we'd lost you!

I...I was back home.

[He frowns, flipping the sword about to slide back into its sheath.]

...didn't even realize I'd been here before, at first. Weird...

[Gaius shakes his head, then points.]

Sorry about that- you all right there?

Yeah, yeah. Just a scratch.

[he stows River Master away and rubs his side again with a chuckle]

Damn, you pack quick a punch. Nah, it's fine, I've had worse, don't worry. Good, though...that you were back home. We had no idea, we could only guess. I seriously thought you were dead, man.

[He kind of figured that would be Gan Ning's response, but he had to ask anyway.]

So that's how this place is... Yeah, I vaguely remember it.

...crivens, so just how long was I gone?

Let's see...that was sometime last month, so...eh, month and a half or so? There's a little bit to catch up on. We're in the middle of a race against pretty much every crew in the world.

Heh, a little bit, he says. You're going to have to bear with me.

[A month or so... Times were strange in this place, he kind of recalled that as well. Gaius leaned over to pick up his helmet.]

A race, huh? Sounds exciting, but I guess it beats being stuck in another battle between lands.

Oh? Yeah, war sucks, don't it? Sorry to hear about that. But it's good to see you alive and well. Cynthia's gonna lose her head when she sees you're okay.

C'mon, sit, catch your breath. I'll catch ya up on things.

[He smiles crookedly, nodding.]

Sweets is still here too? Who all else?

[It's slowly coming back to him, fond memories that he didn't even know he had from two years past.]

Sounds good to me.

[They hadn't gone at it for long, but he could still do for catching his breath and calm himself down in general.]

Sweets? [hahahahahaha oh god now he's going to call her that. And probably piss her off.] Hah! Well, the kid and his dragon, Raph and Leo...although Mikey and Donnie went home, we think. Mikey disappeared around the time you did. Lea and Roxas, and...dunno, were Wan and Lisa already with us by then?

Somebody was askin' me the other day about lettin' new people on, too.

[Tilting his head back as he sits, he nods a little as Gan Ning goes down the list.]

...sounds about right. Yeah, I think I remember a Wan, and I'm pretty sure I've talked to the green girl.

Busy as ever around here, huh?

Eh, guess you can say that. [as he thumps down to a seat on the deck, folding his legs] The big thing right now is this race, we've been all over the map. Just came from a creepy sort of island that didn't look like too much fun, now we're lookin' for another cloud island.

Just how many of these cloud islands are there around here?

[Thinking about it, he's pretty sure he's never taken part in any races of any sort himself, before.]

So what do we get if we win?

Apparently a bunch. We only visited that one, but there's more.

[he grins, then. His real reason for even being in the race: the prizes]

A hell of a lot of money, rum, and potentially jewel shards. It's a lot of money, not that we're hard up for it but.

[He mirrors the captain's expression with his own grin.]

Hey, that's good enough a reason for me.

We gotta collect these token things from the islands in the course, and then book it back to Port Chance. So far we only got one, but the ship that's on the same course as us only has one, too. So we're neck 'n neck.

Should've figured there was something more to it.

So who are we up against?

[snorts] That Shepherds of Justice ship. The goody-goody one. I don't wanna underestimate 'em, though, they've got some surprises. And this ship of pirates from around here, they've been tailin' us the whole time but haven't caught up to us.

-wait, the Shepherds? Does that mean Maribelle's still here? Although...if I'm remembering correctly, didn't they change the name?

...heh, either way, that's kinda ironic.

Don't look at me, I haven't introduced myself to 'em. If we come in hailing distance, you can give a shout and say hi.

It's a bit funny. But everybody wants a little of that prize money.

Sure. That won't be awkward at all, 'specially if they're the same guys I sailed with before.

[He can't remember all the names at the moment, but he figures it'll come to him eventually.]

Whatever you can get around here, I guess.

Heheh. Don't worry about it. Man, it's good to have you back! I was missin' the adult company.

Is that right? Well, guess I need to make up for it.

[He smirks.]

Good to be sailing with you again, Jingles.

Heh!

So how's things back home? Aside from war. You really didn't remember bein' here?

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