audio | un: workstormit

[bravelyrunsaway]

( toward the evening, in a lackadaisical manner, Licyn tackles his immense dislike of magic, which is what these searing pendants are, to offer up...

... not terribly much, but he has to start somewhere, being off contract and not able to speak with those who he might contract with in order to get back to whatever disaster Rillin was left facing. therefore: )

Evenin', loves. Had myself a bit of a gander between the ships, in all the chaos we've been up to or trying not to die of. Noticed a few things. Not sure if they're telling anything more interesting than mermaids and cursed seas and wailing dead and a whale of an island swimming off, so here we are.

( his smile is practically audible now. )

Our lovely lady Pariah is so new you can smell the paint and oil of her finishing. Meanwhile, a certain scent I've encountered before is lurking around on our adoring matron the Queen Zanyra. Any of you familiar with drugs taken to calm the mind and set you dreaming? Our Queen is lightly taken to the flower dreams.

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un : dappled peals of the parted seas (voice)

[beitangmoran]

Well, they're pirates. One would assume their trade is not of the legal kind.

Re: un : dappled peals of the parted seas (voice)

[bravelyrunsaway]

Theft, certainly, raiding ships, but using dreaming drugs at sea seems less wise than whatever rum we're carrying.

[beitangmoran]

Are you sure they're using them and not just transporting them?

[bravelyrunsaway]

The nose knows, love. They're none of them heavy users, or the one using is not inclined toward heavy use, but it's there, and not old.

audio | @taken for granite

[rumorate]

... So the Pariah is a new boat and the Zanyra is on drugs?

[She's just making sure she got the pieces right. Her head is killing her and she hasn't gotten fresh air in a minute.]

[bravelyrunsaway]

( he smiles, which precedes a laugh and a slap of his hand against his thigh. )

Exactly so, love! Simply put, that's the truth as I know it.

[rumorate]

[Well, at least she's amusing someone.]

Is a new ship a bad thing? I haven't really spent a lot of time around boats.

un: protector izumi | audio

[fushichou]

...You can smell this ship is new even with all the ocean smells?

[Kanesada sniffs loud enough to be heard.]

Huh. Anyway, the only drug I can think of off the top of my head is opium. Are they smuggling?

[bravelyrunsaway]

I've a gift for it, you might say. Isn't terribly friendly at all times, but you catch an interesting note or two. Great as a tavern trick.

( sounding cheery about this, though really, he can pick up far too much as a wolf at times. most is simply not useful. )

Smuggling, perhaps, I wouldn't find it a surprise, but there's also at least one person partaking on the regular, in a light, flirtatious sort of way. Not deeply sunk into the drugged dreams yet.

[fushichou]

Yeah, I guess if your nose is that good, you get whiffs of some nasty stuff sometimes.

[He thinks of the stable back at the Citadel and all those smells that come with caring for horses. Most notably the manure. And that's without a super sniffer! Kanesada shuddersbatnthe thought of smelling it even more strongly.]

Shit, though, like...once you start with any of that stuff, you're just bound to keep going.

audio; un: dr.mccoy

[biomed]

You're smelling it because they're using it. Smoking it, steeping it, whatever.

( He pauses, his voice softer, slightly muffled when he finishes, )

The captain of the Pariah's made a habit of it as well. I suggest none of you get wrapped up in that business; an opiate addiction is the last thing anyone needs.

[bravelyrunsaway]

( he tsks with his tongue against the back of his teeth, though any body language that might have gone along with it is irrelevant over audio. )

Looking to drown in dreams faster than they drown in the sea. The man was hardly sane beforehand, he's not going to become more sensible as the drug's lull him deeper.

[biomed]

No, ( he agrees. McCoy has a little compassion for them though, )

But I can't say I blame them, if this Crossing is as terrifyin' as they believe. Some folks choose any escape over none.

audio; un: man's greatest treasure

[reparo]

[She turns the audio on after the lengthy pause, while she connects some dots.]

Are you saying the Queen smells of opium?

[bravelyrunsaway]

That appears to be what we're agreeing this dreamer's drug should be called, love, so yes. More than that, with what our comrades are informing us on even now. What fun!

( so dryly, dryly stated. hearing that the Pariah is captained by an addict in addition to the Queen Zanyra's use is not his favourite moment of the day. )

[reparo]

It's like they opened an encyclopedia to look up the word 'pirate' and decided to do everything exactly like that.

video; un: owl lady

[traaaaaash]

Oh yeah, the pirates are all getting high at night. We know. Why, you interested?

[bravelyrunsaway]

( he chuckles, a deep, low sound. )

In nightly activities, certainly, but I prefer my dreams being lulled by a sense of exhaustion from personal efforts made on another's behalf. A bit different than their highs, I imagine.

( he doesn't imagine at all; addicts are addicts. he's seen all kinds, and it's not where a smart mercenary goes, or else he's controlled by a substance, not by any notion of his own. )

Mm, but this we, how many of us did know? I'm hearing surprise in these voices, and fun as it would be to think they're all in my head, love, I recognise they're not.

[traaaaaash]

Okay, so maybe it's just me, if the others are all ignorant of what people do at night.

[ Some of them do seem quite sheltered. Not Eda's business, though. ]

un: qishan (voice)

[silverneedles]

Is it unusual for pirates to partake? Such drugs can be useful when dealing with pain.

[bravelyrunsaway]

I wouldn't know, I work the lands, and the perhaps more legal but still not entirely loved side of things. What level of pain are these men in to wish to dull it gently, and with captains not looking to where that steers?

[silverneedles]

It ranges, for the few I have managed to assist. Some in tremendous pain, seeking relief from incurable troubles, and others simply need assistance sleeping.

audio; un: dickmon

[reaction]

You think someone would have thought to warn us about that island on top of the big ass giant whale? Totally almost died there. ( bit of an exaggeration since it's not that easy to kill a vampire, but he was pretending to be human next to a guy called jim, so getting back to the ship was definitely a bit of a pain. )

Also, at this point, I'd prefer any kind of smell to the stink of the crew aboard this ship and all that... fish. ( instead of being able to turn off his humanity, there should be an option to be able to turn off his sense of smell at any time he wants. that would be super handy. )

[bravelyrunsaway]

I can lend you an orange to start peeling, have your nose tingling in all different ways.

( he chuckles, though he's curious to the degree of wondering if this person's nose is more sensitive than an average humans, or far more sensitive than that. or to what extent it mattered, as long as no one was coming after him as primary target for some yet to be known reason.

possibly being a storm-struck asshole, but that seemed thin. all the nonsense of these ships in their piracy and the follower who'd burned and then been... there still, that Concord, and yet people were still largely being sensible.

unlike the island this person's mentioning. )

The whole island felt wrong long before it moved. Not one bird, insect, anything. Nothing healthy is as silent as that whole place was. Crediting these people with knowing anything about it seems a bit of a stretch, love. They'd have been laughing when we were scrambling back.

( he sounds amused by this, since he is, and it masks how deeply unnerved the whole island left him feeling. ships aren't a preferred habitat of his, but when compared to the island? even the dead crawling around, or haunting around, was better, largely because the bodied ones died, and the haunting ones couldn't do anything but be loud. small favours. )

[reaction]

Mm. Should've suspected something was amiss, but what can I say? I was a little desperate to get off the damn ship. ( he literally jumped at the opportunity to go stretch his legs. ) Next time though? I'll be extra careful. ( it hadn't sunk in until that point that he was in some strange world. funny how that is. )

Have you been here long?