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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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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?

Things were pretty quiet for a while.

Chrom was named Exalt, and he's got a daughter named Lucina now. Fairly peaceful for about two years, then we got word from our neighbors up North in Regna Ferox that things were stirring up across the sea, next continent over. So we've been out there in Valm, trying to work things out so we don't end up getting invaded.

[He shakes his head.]

Figures we have more problems than just some war hungry conqueror to deal with. Might sound crazy, but apparently some of the kids- our kids from the future ended up coming back to our time to try and stop something bad from happening. So now we have to try keeping a dark god from resurrecting, on top of everything.

[He smiles tiredly, shaking his head.]

....but no. All through that, I didn't once remember ever being here, while I was back home. And then when I got here, it felt like I was remembering bits and pieces of a dream. Weird, huh?

[Eventually wanders up from below deck to see what all that yelling was about -- yeah, it took him awhile, but he figured Ning-dude could handle whatever was happening. It didn't exactly sound like they were being overrun by an enemy ship or anything.

He freezes for a moment when he hears that familiar voice, though, and then quite suddenly launches himself across the deck and attempts to tackle Gaius from behind.]

DUDE!! Gaius! You're not dead!

Came back in...time?

[impossible! he's never heard of anything like that! ~~Yet.~~ He shakes his head, but is saved from making an inane retort by sudden turtle]

Yeah, look who dropped in on us.

Yeah. I wouldn't have believed it either, but Lucina gave some pretty solid evidence to prove who she wa-

[He hears, maybe even senses someone's approach, and with no warning beforehand, it seems that the most sensible thing to do is move- although it's only out of reflex that he nearly follows up with a counter once he ducks the turtle-launch.

Blink. Wait, give him a sec.]

Hey, Jumpstart.

[Zooms straight over Gaius' head, but he's got the reflexes (and enough practice from wrestling with his brothers) to recover quickly. He flips midair to save himself from crashing into the railing of the ship, instead catching it with his feet to absorb most of the impact and grabbing the top of it to hold himself in place. Then he looks up and gives a sharp grin—]

Yeah, hey.

[—before pushing off again, arms outstretched, clearly still aiming for that tackle and with less distance between them this time.]

Sorry to interrupt your conversation, bros!

Nah, it's all right. [ducks to one side to let this tackling commence at will, without getting in the way]

Better go tell the rest of the ship, eh?

[Welp, he's not dodging that one- or rather he's a little touched that he's been missed this much. Wondering just how much giant green turtle weighs only strikes him as an afterthought, but by then he's crashing against the deck.]

-whoa, easy there!

[Oof. But still, he can't help but laugh a little. He pats the side of Raph's face.]

Good to see you again too.

[He's pretty hefty. Sorry, dude.

But at least he doesn't stay on him for any lengthy amount of time, just long enough to get in a victory cheer! Complete with pumping his fists in the air. Then he's rolling off to the side and squatting beside him. He shoots their captain another grin and a nod, but then he's back to looking at Gaius.]

What happened? Cynthia kept insisting you fell off the island or something totally lame like that.

[Stares at, hoping she was wrong.

Because wow.]

[Hmm, yeah, Cynthia. She needs to know but...that might not turn out to be so easy. Gan Ning pushes himself up to his feet.]

I'm gonna go spread the news. You guys catch up.

[and he's off, jingling his way to the galley.]

[Gaius levels himself to sit again, smiling lopsidedly at Raphael- for all of several seconds.]

I don't know- I'm barely remembering when I was back here the first time around...

[He glances at Gan Ning, nodding as he lifts a hand.]

Thanks, Jingles.

...but yeah, like I was telling him earlier- [Back to Raphael]

I was back home like nothing had happened, I guess.

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

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/BUSTS INTO YOUR THREAD SORRY

NOT SORRY

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