[voice] now you're just some zombie that I used to know

[thetruehistorian]

The dead seem to be rather lively as of late, but I wonder how the living are faring? I certainly hope you haven't run into someone you used to know. It'd be unfortunate to finally be reunited with someone you lost long ago, only to have to brutally murder them with your own hands.

Is anyone planning on attending the Great Race this year? It's quite a spectacle. If last year is any indication, you'll even get a chance to pay Davy Jones your respects in person, maybe prepare a thank you gift for his generosity in allowing us so many visitors as of late.

[Robin giggles at this, the horrors of the night seeming far away in full daylight.]

Let's make up a wishlist, perhaps if we all work together we can manage to send a message. If you could give any gift to our undead benefactor, what would it be? I think a knife through his blackened, beating heart would adequately show my gratitude. What do you think?

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[voice]

[youhearthebells]

Damn, Lady Robin, that's quite a mouth you got there. I kinda like your style.

[ahem]

As for the race...not us. At least, I don't really see the point but I'll ask my crew. We didn't do so hot last year, and things are a lot crazier now.

[voice]

[thetruehistorian]

I don't recall swearing...

[Her tone had been curiously bemused, but returns to its normal caliber quickly.]

Maybe it'd be fun to swing by and watch the start of it, anyway.

[voice]

[youhearthebells]

Maybe so. But all Jones did last year was, what, appear? I remember the ghost ship passin' us near the finish line, though.

The festival, now, that was a good time. I suppose I wouldn't mind another party, even if we just had one. It'll get the stink of zombie out of the sails.

[voice]

[thetruehistorian]

Maybe he's building up to something. He's emptying his locker each night after all, and he was briefly freed. If he's going to do something big, the Great Race would be the best time to make it known, don't you think?

[voice]

[youhearthebells]

Huh. Hadn't thought of that.

Which begs the question, is it a good idea or a bad idea to be in the front row of that audience?

[voice]

[thetruehistorian]

[If only he could see her grin.] That depends on whether you're the type that thrives in difficult situations or not. It certainly wouldn't deter my captain.

[voice]

[youhearthebells]

Heh! Yeah, but your captain's in a class by himself.

True, I been a lot more cautious lately, as captain of my own, but thriving in difficult situations is what I do. Gan Xingba shrinks from no challenge.

[myfayevalentine]

Sure...

So long as after you're done with your knife he is treated to an eternity of suffering and humiliation...

[thetruehistorian]

What do you think happens to the slave master when his whip is taken from him and he's left alone amidst those he's trodden on for so many years?

[myfayevalentine]

Hmph. That's the least the bastard deserves.

[thetruehistorian]

Precisely.

[Faye can probably hear the bright grin through her voice.]

How would you do it, if you could? Take his proverbial whip, I mean?

[myfayevalentine]

I would have to spend a suitable amount of time creating a whole programme of events designed to utterly terrify him and cause him the greatest pain.

[thetruehistorian]

The sun is shining and the zombies are gone, for now. How much time do you need?

[myfayevalentine]

However long it takes to find the bastard. That's all. I'm ready to fight. And to win.

[Voice]

[fierybluebird]

I think I love you even more than I did yesterday.

[Voice]

[thetruehistorian]

Is that so? Or is it perhaps that the love you felt yesterday has simply been rekindled? Emotions are such flighty things. How would one make a scientific measure?

[A giggle. She might be teasing, judging by the tone of her voice. But she might also be deadly serious underneath the flippancy.]

What gift would you give?

[Voice]

[fierybluebird]

Now now, my love for you cannot possibly be rekindled, because it never dulls down to a point of cooled embers, yoi.

And I would give him revenge. On all the worlds he wants, but right back at him, eh? [Marco, of course, sounds as flighty and deadpan as he ALWAYS does for all things, not really changing much in tone between expressing love or revenge. They're much the same to him after all.]

[Voice]

[thetruehistorian]

A pity I only manage to stoke it when we're far apart. That's an interesting gift. Altruistic, almost. Does your hatred for Jones run deeper than his hatred for all the worlds in all the universes across all existence? If not, I'd dare say he's getting the better end of the bargain.

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[fierybluebird]

Not so.

It takes most of what very little self control I have around you in person to keep from shouting it to the world.

[......................................]

[Doesn't he do that a lot anyway?]

And should you ever want something more, just whistle.

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[fierybluebird]

Well, seeing as he gave me an opportunity to meet you while Ace was my captain, an opportunity to even have Ace as my captain -- headaches and all, and certain other brothers by my side, it's a different sort of agenda I have in mind to begin with.

But have you seen all the dead he's toying with? [HE ASKS LIKE SHE IS NOT CURRENTLY SURROUNDED.] I think if anyone's going to be out for revenge, it's much more them on him than anything I can individually do, aye?

[Voice]

[thetruehistorian]

[WELL IT'S DAYTIME SO SHE'S NOT??? But his point is well taken.] Indeed. So you'd turn him against the worlds, then set the worlds right back against him. Seems almost like reality. Do you think your crew could spare you a few days?

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[fierybluebird]

[Just happy tail mode. THEY FUCKING BETTER BE ABLE TO SPARE HIM--]

[But no all right.]

[Let him think for real.]

[voice]

[thatched]

A knife? That's a little obvious, isn't it?

[he's teasing albeit trying to be nice. It's not as hard as it usually is]

[voice]

[thetruehistorian]

Perhaps, but there's a reason for it. What would you offer?

[voice]

[thatched]

Oh I don't know. Let me think on it. Though I prefer suffering to death. Anyone can die. Pain lasts much longer. Perhaps even years if you do it right. [and it would be retribution for what he's done to them]

But tell me your reason.