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It was a bedraggled-looking Edward who met them at the Danger Shop that morning, offering no apologies for his absence last week (hangover), but wielding a tired smirk none the less.

"Right, I'd rather do this outside, but unfortunately, we're a bit low on galleons 'round this island," he said. "Now I stole my ship, the Jackdaw, from a Spanish fleet shortly before I came here. The wind was whipping about, and I was stuck in the hold. But my friend Adé, he concocted a plan: he used the oatmeal we'd been given for our breakfast to loosen up the shackles that bound us together."

He punched a button, and the Danger Shop morphed itself into a ship around them - another not far away from them.

"Together, we managed to give them the slip," he said. "We freed a few more good men and escaped our prison. Then we entered the next ship, subdued those aboard," 'subdued' being the PG-13 version of what they did, here, "and took the vessel for our own. We were lucky: a storm was comin' and sank the rest of the fleet before they could tell we'd scarpered."

That smirk was looking a bit less tired, now.

"So today, we're practicing how to enter a ship and take it for yourself," he said. "I want you all to work together, now, aye? Take a cutlass and a gun and hop aboard - or offer covering fire with the cannons."

A beat.

"We'll see how you lot did next week."

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All aboard.

Prince Sidon

Gratuity Tucci

Yang Xiao Long

Uma

Edward: still full-up on stories.

Sidon: still full-up on loving the stories and hanging onto every word.

Oatmeal! To get out of shackles! Fascinated, Sidon tried his best to imagine how that would even work, and, when he failed, he had to laugh, resolving that he's simply have to test it out for himself.

So that should be fun for anyone in the fourth floor common room when he enacted that experiment.

Uma was listening, but mostly she was wandering around on deck, running her hands over the lines and the masts and the railings. She missed her ship. It was in much rougher condition than the Jackdaw, but it was hers.

Huddle together, come up with a plan. As you do, another ship comes drifting up alongside, looking like it's already been battered by cannons...

"Well," said Sidon thoughtfully, "very clearly, I can handle anything that might be best done from the water itself. Anything from a distraction to searching for another way in to sabotage, though that last one might be best avoided if we are trying to take off with the ship ourselves."

"Maybe finding another way in to hit them from behind?" Yang suggested, already analyzing it like they were a team of Hunters hitting bandits. "You're going to want me out front, drawing fire. I make a good distraction."

She loved this class.

"I know how to actually maneuver a ship," Uma volunteered. "I get to the wheel, I can steer us clear."

She had a couple other options up her sleeve, but she wasn't volunteering those unless they were strictly necessary. "It'll probably be easier if we ki--" She glanced at Sidon, the effortlessly noble. "--Incapacitate their captain and then offer them their lives and work if they come peacefully."

"I can work with that," Yang said, cracking her knuckles and looking more than a little bit gleeful at the idea of a fight. "--No one's a pacifist, right? 'Cause there's gonna be some bruises."

And probably a very nasty concussion or two. For people who were not Yang.

Uma snorted. "Not me."

Because ahaha. Ahahahaha.

Because pirate?

"Oh good," Yang said, and this time her grin was definitely slightly on the feral side. "Give me a moment or two to start the party, and I'll clear you a path to the wheel if Sidon hasn't already started one for you."

There are seven sailors aboard, all armed with a cutlass and a gun. The ship itself seems defenseless: its cannons are gone, and several of its sails are tattered.

You'll have to subdue it before it can manage to limp away from you.

Your own vessel comes equipped with two cannons, there are weapons available. Get to the wheel and secure the ship!

Yang was her own weapon, thanks, and as soon as their ship was close enough, she got a running start and jumped the distance, landing on the deck with a loud crack as it protested the force of her impact.

"Hi, boys!" she said brightly, flipping her hair over her shoulder. "Who's gonna be my new best friend?"

He's done this... many times.

Sorry about last week, guys. I lost track of time like woah.

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