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[There is a rustle of papers, before an unfamiliar voice speaks up.]

Tell me about this journal. What is it really?

[There's a pause and a small grunt before Roxas' voice comes through.]

I don't know anything about it.

How about that...interesting tattoo of yours? Hm? [There's another beat of silence.] Aren't you hungry kid? [Another few beats.] Got nothing to say? What a shame. Bring him for execution as a worthless pirate.

[There is a click, the sound of a manacle being opened so they can move him, but it's a mistake. It's followed with a scream and then chaos. Another click can be heard and the sounds of a scuffle. The book hits the ground and there's a few other cries. The silence comes full force and there's a smear of blood on the journal as it's picked up and half shoved into a pocket. ]

[The respite is short because they're banging the door in. The sounds of angry shouting, gunfire and the clang of metal clashing fill the air unwittingly. Footsteps on the ground and a smug voice takes over.]

You're surrounded. Give up and die a much less painful death.

[Roxas scoffs. Surrounded? Please. Anyone near this base would see all at once an explosion of light, accompanied with the screams of people who dare stand in his way. Before the litany of escape is over, an onlooker would see another explosion of light and finally, smoke rising as he gets out of the building. He pulls the journal out of his pocket again, fingers smearing more blood on the pages.]

Lea. [Roxas is breathing hard from exertion.] I'm not sure where I am.

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I can stay alive. You can count on that.

[....a short time later...]

Oi, Roxas! We're sending Toothless and Hiccup for you, it'll be the fastest. Can you do anything to flag 'em down from the air?

[Flag them down? He has to think about it.]

I don't know. I can set off some fire and lightning, if that will help.

[But it's not going to do much for hiding his position.]

Fire's good, set something on fire. [as if he hasn't already] They should be able to see it when they fly. I'm gonna have 'em check the bases nearest Port Chance, since I don't think the Navy'd have gotten ya that far.

Okay, I'll set more of the building on fire. They should be able to see that.

Good! They'll bring ya back here, no problem.

[which probably won't stop him from pacing the deck of the ship until they get back.]

Yeah, okay. I'll see you soon then.

Captain Gan Ning, I respectfully suggest a temporary alliance to attack two different bases until we know for certain which island it is. Likewise, my crew has a healer who can help.

[He could very well be overstepping a line since he usually leaves this utterly up to Ace, but he will kick Ace overboard if Ace even thinks of saying no.]

[....interesting.]

Where're you located, Marco? How far out from Port Chance did you guys get?

Permission to protest a really stupid idea, Captain.

[oh, hello Lea]

I know, I know. Toothless can get there faster than anyone at sail. I just wanna know if one 'o their ships is actually closer.

You better hope it isn't, or we'll have more trouble to deal with than just getting Roxas off the island.

...I know! Trust me, I know.

[he has no idea how to make these books private but look, being on the same ship is super effective. Jingle jingle, here he comes]

This about the Navy or about Marco?

Long story short? Both. I know exactly what he wants to do and we don't need that on our record.

[He's got his journal open so he can keep an ear on Roxas, but he keeps flipping pages to see if there's any chatter among the Spades.]

Not that he won't do it anyway, but we don't need to help.

Lucky for all of us, I think we're too far outa range to sail to any Navy bases. Toothless'll be faster.

You're talkin' to a captain who earned himself the reputation as the most feared pirate of the Jiangdong the hard way, though. I ain't afraid of launchin' an attack - so long as it gets us anywhere. I know this ain't like back home I can't just haul off and attack anything that moves.

I'm no pacifist myself, but there are times when you go in and burn everything down and times when you're better off if no one ever knows you were there. Roxas kinda took care of the first thing, so it's a second thing kind of situation.

Nah, I know. I'm with ya on that. I've had strategists tryin' to beat some sense into my head for years, a little of it might have actually stuck.

He got himself out, that's the hard part. Now we just gotta whisk him out of there before it gets worse.

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We're heading south at the moment as we received a tip for my brothers in that direction.

South, huh? We're still in the east...sorta. Found the Tartle. We might be too far away to attack anything, so I'm sendin' the dragon.

...kinda reckless to just dive into a fort without knowin' who's in it, no?

[not that he has a problem with recklessness...quite the opposite. But getting captured again? No thanks.]

Do you have any idea who my captain is?

My job is just to try to make sure he doesn't declare war on the world alone. Stopping him is impossible, and not worth it, and it's going to happen either way, so the least I can do is provide him backup and try to make escape routes for the people he decides to send along the way.

Portgas is that bad, huh?

I've had enough of war, though. I just wanna be a pirate. And right now, I got this little voice in the back of my head that sounds just like Lu Meng, tellin' me to hold off and send the dragon to get Roxas. Much as I want to blast in there, sword swingin', it'll still take days of sailing in any direction to find him, and that's if we knew where to go.

[Rolling his eyes. He can smell Lea all over this.]

I said a two-pronged attack. Roxas doesn't remember there being any other prisoners held there, but I wouldn't doubt it. Given that he's blowing things up himself, he could use someone to take heat off him in other places, understand?

Lea was spoiled in his previous pursuits. He could pick and choose to actually avoid enemies. Tell him to get his head into the real world already. We're surrounded, and the bases are not so isolated from one another that reinforcements won't come pouring in if one asks for help. Distract the other bases, and they won't be able to, understood?

Do what you want Captain, but if we're simply going on our own way it won't be anymore organized, aye?

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Oi, what does this have to do with Lea? This is my decision, and I made it a few minutes before you even spoke up. I already told Hiccup to get his dragon ready to ride.

It sure sounds like a good strategy, but we're days away from the nearest base - by sea. It ain't the numbers, it's the timing. I just want him outta there, that's it.