How to Be a Proper Sea Dog [Friday, February 18, 2011]

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When the students followed the treasure map (naturally) from the school to its ending point at the dock, they would find a pirate waiting for them as usual.

What wasn't usual was who the pirate was. "Ahoy, mateys!" Jack called from the rigging of the ship warning for random music on the page.... "This is the USS Constellation! She's a beauty, aye? I borrowed her for the day."

If by "borrow" you mean "stole from Baltimore Harbor with a note left behind that said Using for class. Bring it back later. Captain Hook." Jack was so helpful.

"I have but a vague idea of what ye have been learning in a class on how t' be proper sea dogs, so today I will teach you what I feel to be the most effective way t' spend time on a ship that doesn't involve drinking rum. Don't look so disappointed."

He swung down from the rigging. "Everyone grab a rope and get ready to make sail. And sing after me: What do you do with a drunken sailor---"

It was going to be a strange hour, me hearties.

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[capt-maxfactor.livejournal.com]

Confused by the shift in pirates!

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Dolf Wega

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Luke Castellan

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Percy Jackson

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Prince Alexander of Daventry

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Claudia Donovan

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Zack Fair

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Robin

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Nico di Angelo

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Jason Todd

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Kyle Reese

Weigh anchor and set sail!

[capt-maxfactor.livejournal.com]

Grab some rope, pull up the sails, and sing pirate songs!

If you know a different song, feel free to share with the class! Jack loves learning new songs, especially if they are not exactly fit for shared company...

Re: Weigh anchor and set sail!

[seaweed-demigod.livejournal.com]

Percy wasn't so sure about the whole singing thing but he could do the sails. So, maybe he'd just hum under his breath while working with the ropes and the sails.

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[trickydemigod.livejournal.com]

Physical labor, Luke could do. He actually looked forward to getting the exercise. Singing? Not so much. So he'd just pull up sails and not sing and everybody should just be thankful for that.

Re: Weigh anchor and set sail!

[notmyownage]

Claudia didn't know any sea shanties. Well. Traditional ones, anyway. She knew that one about exacting horrible revenge in the belly of a whale.

She didn't know if that counted.

Re: Weigh anchor and set sail!

[puppy_fair]

Zack didn't know any of the songs, but that wasn't going to stop him from at least attempting to sing along as best as he could. And if he just so happened to be making up the lyrics as he went, interspersing them with, "Uh, la la la yadda yadda..."

... Well, that maybe sounded appropriately piratey, considering their fondness for rum, right?

If not, he could probably make up for it by being able to do the lifting of several people. Yeah.

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[robinthefrog.livejournal.com]

Robin didn't have much in the way of weight or strength with which to pull ropes, but he did know a good sea chanty. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-aNQYc_kcY)

We download and copy and bootleg and hack,
Drink up me hearties yo ho!
We use Napster and Limewire and Bittorent too,
Drink up me hearties yo ho!
Yo ho, yo ho a pirates life for me!

Talk to Jack!

[capt-maxfactor.livejournal.com]

Questions like "Hey, didn't I see this ship in Baltimore?" are totally legitimate.

OOC

[capt-maxfactor.livejournal.com]

Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me...

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[didntchewgrass.livejournal.com]

Awesome.

Thank you again!