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The sky is cool, grey, and occasionally misting, but that just means when you are working hard you can keep warm enough.

And there is certainly plenty of work to be done. The deck of the Black Pearl has been cleared off, with debris and pieces that are large enough to reuse stacked carefully. All over is the gleam of cut and exposed wood, the splintered edges cut and smoothed in preparation for patching sections. One mast has been cleared of charred and torn sails and rigging, the canvas and rope set in one area to work on before it can be sent back up.

One of the current priorities, however, is fixing the stern section of the ship, the back wall of the captain's cabin, that took some of the worse damage from the kraken-

Scottish autumn nights can start to get chilly, afterall.

Party thread style, slowtimes more than welcome.

Date: 2006-09-28 03:23 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] prone-to-panic.livejournal.com

"You could, but I reserve the right not to believe it."

He sits on the edge of a nearby hatch, arms crossed over his knees, regarding him steadily.

"I do know the relative value of 'nothing' after all."

Date: 2006-09-28 03:34 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] politestpirate.livejournal.com
Wellard snorts, giving Archie a wry look.

"Do you remember Captain Sparrow mentioning the Dread Pirate Roberts (http://prone-to-panic.livejournal.com/18094.html?thread=363950#t363950), sir?"

Date: 2006-09-28 03:41 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] prone-to-panic.livejournal.com

"Quite well. That was a memorable night, after all."

He raises an eyebrow, waiting for the lad to continue.

Date: 2006-09-28 03:46 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] politestpirate.livejournal.com
"Apparently he met Roberts here, at Milliways. And he's helping repair the ship as well."

Wellard eyes the planks on the deck.

"His name is Inigo Montoya."

Date: 2006-09-28 03:49 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] prone-to-panic.livejournal.com

"Really now?"

There's a small pause, and a faint frown.

"A Spaniard then, I've not met him."

And if his tone has grown a bit more clipped, it's not entirely his fault.

Date: 2006-09-28 03:58 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] politestpirate.livejournal.com
Not Archie's fault, and Wellard quite understands the tone.

He sighs.

"... He's from quite before our times, I do believe. Not his fault at all, sir."

It is addressed to the both of them, really.

Date: 2006-09-28 04:05 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] prone-to-panic.livejournal.com

Mildly:

"I've not yet met a Spaniard that did not want to either kill or torture me."

He sighs softly.

"Still, there's a rule about no business in the bar. I suppose this would fall under that category."

Date: 2006-09-28 04:11 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] politestpirate.livejournal.com
"'Least he's a pirate as well?" Wellard offers, then shakes his head.

"He apologised, but even so, he didn't really know what he was apologizing for." He frowns, though it is more due to himself loosing his temper and making any vague apology even needed.

Date: 2006-09-28 04:15 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] prone-to-panic.livejournal.com

"An apology's no good unless one knows what one is apologizing for."

He tilts his head a little.

"Though if he was willing to apologize, perhaps we should be willing to put aside our own irrationality?"

Which is to say: Archie would probably have reacted very smilarly.

Date: 2006-09-28 10:44 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] politestpirate.livejournal.com
"I wasn't quite about to tell him about how his future countrymen took over the Renown." Wellard mutters.

Took over the Renown and ended up killing them both.

A deep breath, and Wellard nods.

Date: 2006-09-28 07:05 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] prone-to-panic.livejournal.com

"I didn't say you had to. Easy enough to be vague about such things."

He heaves a small sigh and looks out across the misty lake.

"I'm not about to go spouting that I was kept in a damned hole of a Spanish prison for over a year while they flogged me nearly to death and later threw me in a little hole for a month. Especially wen it's not implausible that that garrrison could have been run by his... grandson or something. Still, it isn't quite fair to hate him for things that he didn't do, and hadn't even happened yet..."

Date: 2006-09-28 08:20 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] politestpirate.livejournal.com
There are some things that actually do not get spread about on ship. The various histories of senior officers is one of those things, usually. At least on such subjects as this.

So, this is the first Wellard has heard about Spanish prisons and Archie Kennedy.

".... sir?"

Date: 2006-09-28 08:22 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] prone-to-panic.livejournal.com

Archie blinks at him for a startled moment before resuming his glaring at the horizon. He'd honestly thought the lad would have heard something like that.

"Ah. Well... now you know. it'a hardly the worst that's happened to me."

Date: 2006-09-28 08:37 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] politestpirate.livejournal.com
A wince, and Wellard looks back down. "... my sympathies, Mr Kennedy."

He takes a deep breath, then exhales slowly, looking out to the lake as well.

"Seems more and more that it wasn't the actual war that was the most dangerous thing with being in the Navy. At least the battles were... straight forwards. Almost simple."

Date: 2006-09-28 08:39 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] prone-to-panic.livejournal.com

He snorts softly.

"There's a lot of truth in that, lad. In battle, at least you could identify your enemy, had the meand to kill him. The rest of the time... it wasn't so easy."

Date: 2006-09-28 08:45 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] politestpirate.livejournal.com
"Specially when they're supposed to be..."

He sighs, and rubs at his eyes.

"At least things are quite better here, even with all that tends to happen. Only memories now, which doesn't change them, but... hopefully fades them."

Date: 2006-09-28 08:49 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] prone-to-panic.livejournal.com

He smiles sympathetically at the lad.

"Some memories never quite fade, but... time does make them easier to deal with. And yes, this is a better place, though still not without it's dangers. You have to watch out, or something awful might happen. You might fall in love."

His smile turns a bit ironic, meeting Svava was the best thing that's happened to him.

Date: 2006-09-28 08:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] politestpirate.livejournal.com
Wellard facepalms, blushing.

"Should I mention your thoughts on that matter to Mrs Kennedy?" He mutters.

Best defence, and all of that.

Date: 2006-09-28 08:57 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] prone-to-panic.livejournal.com

"Women are wily creaures, Mr Wellard, make no doubt about that. If you wish to avoid them entirely, the best thing would be for you to take yourself back to the Navy. Otherwise..."

He shrugs

"I suppose you could try making yourself as unappealing as possible."

He doesn't sound convinced that even that would work on a determined woman. Or a crazy one.

Date: 2006-09-28 09:12 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] politestpirate.livejournal.com
Wellard snorts. Milliways far has the Navy beaten with the presense of the fairer sex- even if they were blasted hard to figure out at times.

He eyes Archie (cheeks still quite red). "Well, there's quite no way to go back to the Navy, so little enough point to such a thing, isn't there?"

Date: 2006-09-28 09:14 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] prone-to-panic.livejournal.com

Archie sighs tragically.

"No... So I just suppose you ought to make the best of it."

You can do what he did, and marry the first girl you happened to kiss when you got here. Oh, wait...

Date: 2006-09-29 02:21 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] politestpirate.livejournal.com
Wellard gives Archie an amused Look.

"And not like there's a lot of time, with working on repairs and whatnot."

Date: 2006-09-29 10:57 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] prone-to-panic.livejournal.com

Archie eyes him.

"Believe me lad, there's always time."

He may be smirking, just a little.

Date: 2006-09-29 06:57 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] politestpirate.livejournal.com
Wellard rolls his eyes. (This part of the teenage attitude may be deliberate. Maybe.)

"If you say so, sir."

Date: 2006-09-30 08:34 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] prone-to-panic.livejournal.com

Archie is immune! See how his good nature is not phased by teenage attitude!

"I do say so sir, aside from cloistering yourself off away from any of them, you simply have to angle for one that you like to spend time with. Pretty doesn't hurt either."

He may wink. Perhaps it is Wellard's imagination.

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