Unwanted Affiliations

[fierce_marauder]

[ Hervey is sitting on the side of the fountain, looking mighty exhausted. His right hand is covered in what appears to be ink, but you can just make out some purple-green bruising under the black smears. The pirate's cheeks also appear to have been smudged with the ink, although those marks are a little lighter. ]

How do they keep putting up all these damn signs?!

[ Next to him is a pile of wood with words painted haphazardly onto them, but it's hard to make out what they say considering most of the wood is broken into a variety of splintery, small pieces. ]

Geez, we should've just killed them or thrown them into jail or something! Next time I see them, I'm definitely taking them in...

Stupid Jeremy, could've easily happened to him but I just had to go and be the man...

Comments

[fierce_marauder]

More like a botched quest now! Y'know, the ones Moana listed?

You take one?

[what_a_pain]

A quest, huh? Which one did you sign up for?

I did...

[fierce_marauder]

The one with the 9999 potch reward that everybody said was dodgy, but I thought was value. Now these guys are running around shouting 'n painting my name everywhere! I'm a pirate, not some kinda' vandal!

[ He's ranting a bit. ]

Well, which one did you get?

[what_a_pain]

Guess that saying "too good to be true" is right sometimes. Should I ask what happened?

It's an investigation for someone.

[fierce_marauder]

Don't even. I never wanna' think about it again! Unless somebody buys me a drink, at least.

What, is that the love one I saw up there?

[what_a_pain]

Yes, it's that one. What are you smiling about?

[fierce_marauder]

Wouldn't have taken you for the love investigation kinda' guy!

So c'mon, who're you investigating? Who's the lucky guy or gal?

[what_a_pain]

You'd be surprised how often people want that kind of stuff looked into..

I can't tell you. Client confidentiality and all.

[fierce_marauder]

Aww, man.

Fine, just tell me. Is it absolutely insane, or maybe just a little sweet?

[what_a_pain]

What do you mean?

[fierce_marauder]

The person askin' for the investigation! Are they completely bonkers about it or is it, y'know, pretty cute?

[what_a_pain]

Crazy. They gave me so much to find out... It's a pain!

[fierce_marauder]

Heheh. Maybe I'll look into one of those quests if it pops up again, sounds like a lotta' fun.

[what_a_pain]

If you enjoy all the work involved, I guess.

Ever think of changing career paths?

[fierce_marauder]

Only for a break sometimes, y'know? But I ain't got a career here, so I guess I'm free t'do whatever I want!

What about you? Sounds like you need one.

[what_a_pain]

It doesn't matter much. I'd love to just enjoy life and do nothing if I could, but..

[fierce_marauder]

... but you gotta' make a living.

You should see how the hell that Caesar kid is surviving. Is he getting paid to manage the castle?

[what_a_pain]

Now there's a position I'm not jealous of.

[fierce_marauder]

At least he's got a servant and everything...

[what_a_pain]

That is a nice little perk now that you mention it. Usually I'm the one being who's being slave driven.

[fierce_marauder]

Wish I had a servant. Stupid Dario, he should've been the servant of all of us, not me!

Did you used to have a partner? Back at home, I mean.

[what_a_pain]

Me? Yeah. Her name's Sagiri. We go way back.

[fierce_marauder]

Ahah, lady friend, huh?

[what_a_pain]

It's not like that. We just understand each other. [He did perk up faintly when talking about her.]

[fierce_marauder]

Sooo, more like a sister sorta' deal, then?