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"Haste, make haste without waste--
--If you race full of folly and take the wrong way, you'll find yourself a watery grave."

[It was a low voice that spoke up from between the pages that night, in a contemplative tone that carried the lilt of a childish melody. The few who had met the sailor in person would recognize dampened demeanor, not that he could ever be kept down for long. For everyone else-- the derp was finally speaking up. And he wasn't sharing any notes this time.

With a sigh he spoke up again, this time more pointedly:]

...how many here know how to remove curses?

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You just replace them with stars!

[And here he goes thinking you mean censoring.]

...what?

[The reference is far beyond his grasp.]

What kind of curse?

[He's helped with removing a curse, or two?]

Like what we had last week. I'd like to know so I can better help my crewmen if it happens again.

Uh... You mean how everyone was changing into stuff?

[Silence.]

Well, I have no idea exactly what happened last week, since I wasn't... here... [Then, it suddenly sounds like he's forcing his voice to pep back up somewhat.]

Well, uh... I know that Scurvey Dog said something about it happening every year, no matter what...

[The sentence is spacey, as he speaks in a musing tone.] Maybe... if we ask around and find out exactly what happened... to everyone before they changed, we can start to figure out... how to stop it from happening, again?

[The boy 'wasn't here'. He was the one that asked Dog the question that was answered with a peculiar rhyme that he was also assessing. The tone of it reminded him of a children's song he once heard on his travels, but he found no connection between them.]

It won't help. We cannot stop it, but I wanted to hear if anyone had any success. I had none.

Curses are beyond my limits.

Yeah, you're probably right. If you'd like I could help ask around, though. I could talk to my crew and ask them more about what happened. [Pauses.] I helped end a curse that involved cursed coins turning people into the undead, before. Ironically, it was in a world filled with pirates, too.

[Gives a faint laugh.] But, I kind of doubt it's anything like that.

[There was a soft laugh in his voice.]

Anything's welcome, even if it doesn't amount to much. I'll listen to anything that people want to share.

[He's smiling, and it can probably be heard in his voice. Seriously, this sort of thing was all it took to cheer him up, even a little.]

Okay, I'm on it! I'll start asking around, now.

[Pauses just for a moment.]

Oh, by the way, my name's Sora.

Piers. Thank you, Sora!

[Even if they both were too confused to really help each other, Piers was glad to hear the smile in Sora's voice.]

I am curious about your story too, if you ever wanted to share.

Nice to meet you, Piers!

[Sounds a tiny bit confused.] My story, huh? ...Sure, I guess it wouldn't hurt to share it with you!

[There's no way he could go from beginning to end--unless Piers has AMPLE TIME available. Specific parts, though, are certainly doable. In all honesty, Sora actually would love to tell Piers about some of the cool things he's witnessed...because why not?]

What exactly are you curious to hear about?

[There was nothing in the world but time, in Piers' opinion. It is of little importance to him, but he knew that it mattered to others on his ship-- and other crews on these seas.]

The curse and the coins. How did you break it?

Ser,

I fear that we all fell prey to this curse and had to suffer through it until the end. As far as I know, the only cure for the affliction was the return of the sun. Has everyone on your ship recovered? My crew mates have all returned to their former selves.

-EC

EC-

Mine as well.

I only ask this question because there are other methods of removing such afflictions back in the lands I come from. Of these, a few are within my skills, but they were not enough for what we experienced last week.

That is how I know it was a curse, and I do not want to see my crewmates suffer again.

-Piers of the Alcyone

Edited 2013-11-04 14:15 (UTC)

Piers,

That is very commendable, but Dog said this shall likely be a yearly happening. At least, next time, we shall be prepared. Perhaps this is an indiscreet question, but are you a mage?

-Elissa

Elissa-

Just because the Dog says it will be so does not mean that we should stand down. This is unacceptable for me.

I would also not call myself a mage by any degree. At least, not of a sort that you recognize. I am a sailor who has some unusual skills, little more.

-Piers

Edited 2013-11-07 14:47 (UTC)

I use to know how to break dark magic, but those days are long gone, sorry to say.

Breaking dark magic is outside of my skills. I can break other afflictions, but not dark magic.

It's something that can be done simply by using fairy dust.

Faeries don't leave dust. They put you to sleep and drain your energy, although they can also heal if you can tame them.

Edited 2013-11-04 15:13 (UTC)

I think we're thinking of very different fairies. Besides, we don't drain energy or at least I don't, thank you.

So you're a 'fairy.'

[He's uninformed, but not unobservant. He caught the 'we' there.]

...how do you make dust?

We didn't make dust, we just had it when we earned our Enchantix. But, yes a fairy I am and always will be.

...I understand.

What is an 'enchantix'?

[She sighs, she forgets here things like that are a confusing factor for other people.]

It's what we call a fairy form which is gained when you save someone from your home world. pretty much to the point where you would sacrifice yourself to save them. [A pause.] There were exceptions in this case, but they would be considered incomplete.

[Piers heard that sigh and sympathized-- he had made the same a few times himself, although his experiences left people mystified on every side of the conversation.

Like with Faeries.]

So you were awarded for an act of selflessness.

[He was reminded of a story about a young man who dove from a lighthouse to save a young woman that he barely knew from drowning...]

But, only form? That sounds strange for a Fairy.

It had it's perks compared to the forms we would of had previously. Plus we graduated because of it. [Thought they still go to school there... Yeah.]

[The concepts were strange for Piers' understanding, but he chose to simply accept the strangeness and move along. There were many, many things in this world that he didn't understand.]

Perks, yes. But, ones that you say you cannot use. Have you also found yourself limited since coming to this world?

The obvious answer is yes. I tested my abilities when I first arrived and I can only go so long before my wings pack out. Same for swimming underwater. Its a huge bummer.

It's more than a bummer.

[He always found more questions about these seas instead of answers. It was a current without end.]

It's a pain, but I'll have to learn to adapt to it and all. Which while annoying is a way people survive.

I am aware-- I've never been so limited before, and it is frustrating.

I've had my moments but I do hope you'll adapt.

That will not be a problem. It was a surprise, but one that I should have seen coming.

Then I wish you luck with that.

Something on your mind?

[Why so down?]

[...

He hadn't expected one of his crewmates to answer that question, even if it was with one of her own.]

Why wouldn't there be?

[Ash laughs, low and quietly.]

Fair enough. This place is a trip, isn't it?

It is. [A small smile.] A friend of mine wouldn't be able to contain his excitement if he were here.

I know someone who would have loved the island my last crew wrecked on. All those ruins just waiting for someone to study them.

[Ash was more concerned about what ruined them.]

Edited 2013-11-11 08:23 (UTC)

My friend would be the same. Fortunately, there's much for him to study at home. There's always something new to be found.

[Ruins of majestic civilizations weren't uncommon for him either-- and his concern was similarly on the problems that caused them to collapse in the first place.]

I'm on deck, Ashley. Care to join?

Just a minute.

[It takes slightly longer than a minute, but she finds him shortly after closing the book.]

You called?

[He smiled, glad for the company, and gently snapped the book shut.]

Only because it seemed odd not to.

[speaking to someone who was only a deck away with that book seemed strange to him. Then again, he was entirely unfamiliar with much of the technology that even his crewmates knew. The fully stocked kitchen still amazed him.]

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