piratejournal | [002 || Written]

[Lea shrugs expansively.]

Roxas and Sora work differently than the rest of us, otherwise we wouldn't be here, right?

[He's being flip, but it's pretty clear what "here" he means and it's not "on a pirate ship in some strange pirate world."]

Let's not worry about messy stuff like time travel and just figure out how to sort this world out. That's what our "job" [complete with air quotes] is supposed to be.

Right. Fair enough, guess now isn't the time to try to figure that out.

[He exhales heavily.]

This world, though... It's different from the others we've been to. We've been here over three months and I still only know of one way to leave. ...Well, two.

And those are?

[Obviously not easy, since they've been here that long. It would take a tremendous amount of power to warp space and time like this, so it would follow that it would take an equally impossible amount to undo it. Beyond anything he knows or is capable of, certainly, though he wouldn't put it past Sora to just pull the ability out of nowhere. Well, that's probably not likely, either, but he hasn't been the most studious pupil when it comes to magic lessons...]

Mm...probably better to start with how you got here in the first place. Did you ever go to Port Royal?

That was more Luxord's beat, but I had to play errand boy there once or twice. Why?

[This place does remind him a lot of that world, but there's something just different enough about it that makes him think they're not the same place. Just a hunch.]

This world is similar. Full of pirates and trade ports, but...minus any Heartless and Nobodies. I don't think the Darkness, the kind that we're used to, has any kind of hold on this world.

[As far as he can tell, anyway. There was one island that had similar creatures, but they weren't the same. This world just doesn't feel like the others they've been to, though.]

When we first got here, there was this...thing. A kind of apparition or something. Later we found out it was supposedly the ghost of Davy Jones. And he's the reason we're here. I don't know how, but he pulls people here. He told us to go look for treasure, or we'd regret it.

[Rolls his eyes, showing just what he thinks of that.]

That's awfully friendly of him.

[Lea mulls the information over. Darkness not having a hold here would probably explain why he can't open corridors, but that's about the only thing it explains.]

So have you all just been following orders like good little pirates or has anyone seen what'll happen if you don't do what he tells you?

[Snorts.]

Yeah, you just wait until you meet our captain. I think we've spent more time causing trouble than anything.

The thing is, apparently that's one of the ways to get home. By finding this treasure of his. But it's in pieces...we're supposed to find all of them.

Oh, fuuuuun. A fetch quest, huh? It's like I really am part of the team now.

[He can get behind causing trouble, that's for sure. He makes a note to introduce himself to the captain when he gets a chance.]

So what's the other way? You said there were two.

Heh, a fetch quest... Yeah. But it's pretty annoying, especially when there's so many of us.

[At Lea's question, Riku shrugs and crosses his arms.]

You just disappear. It's more of an assumption that you end up back where you came from, I guess we don't actually know. But if there's another explanation for the disappearances, nobody's figured it out yet.

Huh. Sounds like something someone should be looking into. You think Davy Jones is just tossing back the ones that don't work out?

[Because that's a lot nicer than what he'd assume.]

He could be. I wouldn't know how to look into it, aside from asking those people if they ever show up again. ...Though, if they haven't gone home, if they're just disappearing and something's happening to them in this world somewhere, then we've got a problem.

Yeah, that's what I'm worried about. I don't know anything about this Davy Jones guy, but I know a lot about getting rid of people when they aren't useful anymore.

[Sometimes getting rid of them personally.]

There is one person we could ask. Actually, I think someone already did but they didn't get a real answer. Maybe that's why people aren't letting themselves worry about it... Anyway, I don't know much about them but they show up in the journal sometimes.

[Pauses.]

Have you figured out the journal yet?

[He fishes out the book. He hasn't really looked at it since he got here. Too many other things going on.]

What, this thing? Haven't even opened it. Is it something important?

Yeah, that.

[Riku pulls out his own matching journal, flipping to the entry he'd just written earlier to show to Lea.]

They're a means of communication in this place. Everyone has one. You write in it, and it shows up in everyone's journal. And you can talk to them, too, and they'll record what you're saying.

[Lea opens his own book and finds the same entry, then flips back and forth through the pages to check the rest of it out.]

That's handy. So there's someone who writes things in here sometimes that gives you clues, is that what you mean?

Something like that. There's this guy who answers one question a week, so it's kind of a matter of making sure you get there first if you want to ask something important. I've never talked to him. ...Her. I think we recently found out it's a woman. But anyway. We could try asking her what happens when people up and vanish.

Sounds like a plan. Heh, look at us making plans. I feel more responsible already.

[It gives him a bit of direction, too. Not going to turn that down.]

[Grins a little.]

She might give you some backwards, utterly unhelpful answer, but it's worth a shot. And hopefully she shows up again before we get swept up in some other crazy thing. It's really easy to get distracted in this place.

Oh really? Losing your focus? No wonder you haven't figured out a way to get home yet. Playing pirates is just toooo much fun.

[Not that he's not thinking that maybe he needs a badass pirate outfit himself, but he's not going to tell Riku that.]

Sure, fun. Especially when entire naval fleets are trying to kill us, or did you forget about that already? Not everyone who ends up here can fight like us or summon chakrams out of thin air.

[AKA it isn't all fun and games.

...Just mostly. >.>]

What? That wasn't even the fun part? No wonder you're distracted.

[He pushes off the rail and stretches.]

Guess it'll be up to me to keep an eye on you kids.

[Raises an eyebrow, then grins a bit.]

...Maybe that was a little fun. But still, we can't take them too lightly. They captured some of the crew awhile back.

[Slight pause.]

Not me, though. You really don't need to keep an eye on me.

Oh really? Seems to me you get yourself in just as much trouble.

[Sure, Riku is probably right, but there's no reason to let him know that.]

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