005 - audio

[hoodwinking]

[A little girl's voice comes through the journal. Except, it's a little more hardened and bitter than usual! Anyone who's spoken to B.B. before may not find the voice instantly recognizable, a definite change from the usual high pitched tone the young lady has.]

Are we done crying about everyone leaving yet?

I've been here what, half a year now? I get it at this point. Who stays and who goes is completely up to some asinine bullshit whim. But guess what? Everyone whining won't bring them back. That's just how it is.

Grow a pair and move the hell on already. Leaving is what humans do. If you don't know that by now, there's no hope for any of you.

[Don't mind her. She might be sampling some fruits from way up high.]

Comments

[fierybluebird]

[He's quiet for a moment, because that actually does hit home for him.]

[Pirates are terrible opportunists and hearing that the strongest; the captain, their uniting banner, was gone, was always an invitation to attacks: as Marco learned all too well from his father's death.]

Are you all, all right? Any losses? Or something we can do to help?

[No matter how god damn annoyed he was, he still considered the Spades and Bloody Roses allies. And Grell a friend.]

[hoodwinking]

No one's dead, no. It cost us an arm and a leg to get the ship repaired.

[Which happens to be the thing that pisses her off the most. All that treasure that the crew found, and most of it had to go towards making sure the ship was back at 100%.]

Talk to Grell. We probably couldn't replace a lot of her junk that got wrecked.

[fierybluebird]

Okay, I'll make sure to get her a bouquet of flowers if Dave doesn't beat me to it.

[Voice]

[redcinemareel]

Leave it to her to make a valid point. [She's quite proud of her crew, even if they didn't win the race.

But she's still gonna give them a hard time later. Maybe.]

You know what kind of flowers I like. Whether or not Dave beat you to it, send some anyway!

[Voice]

[fierybluebird]

A couple dozen roses for the lovely lady and her lovely crew coming up, Red.

[Voice]

[redcinemareel]

[Wistful sigh.] You really know how to treat a woman well~! I should really send a gift over for your crew.

[Voice]

[fierybluebird]

Oh no, you're too kind. Just knowing you are safely returned is its own present, surely.

[Voice]

[redcinemareel]

Nonsense! I insist!

[Voice]

[fierybluebird]

Well, you know how my Captain is about meat. Should you find anything exotic enough to pass Banica's tastes, I'm sure Ace would also love it. [But not people please, because Marco is scared of dealing with Ace going cannibal.]

[Voice]

[redcinemareel]

I'm afraid Miss Banica is not with us, or this world, perhaps.

[But human meat could be healthier??]

[Voice]

[fierybluebird]

Damn.

My apologies, Red.

[Voice]

[redcinemareel]

There's no need for apologies. It's the way of life, isn't it?

[Voice]

[fierybluebird]

Sometimes, but it doesn't always make it better, eh.

[Voice]

[redcinemareel]

I never implied otherwise.

[Voice]

[fierybluebird]

True.

Are you still on a sky island?

[Voice]

[redcinemareel]

We are, yes. It's rather nice here. A bit hot, with the lack of clouds above us to cut the sun's heat, but the breeze makes up for it.

[Voice]

[fierybluebird]

Glad to hear you're enjoying it.

How are the locals?

[Voice]

[redcinemareel]

Surprisingly welcoming. It's refreshing! [She has to laugh a bit at that. If they only knew who they were dealing with.]

Are you planning a visit here?

[Voice]

[fierybluebird]

If only I could my fair lady.

Alsas, I'm searching for our missing nakama, and we cannot afford to lose any others right now, eh? Perhaps in the future though.