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So You Want to Be a Pirate!, Wednesday, period two

"Arr, ya filthy landlubbers!" Duke greeted at the top of the class — still a couple minutes late, though this time appearing in the rigging, leaning casually amongst the ropes, rather than stumbling in the door after being pushed by a moose.

Never let it be said that Duke was unwilling to commit to a bit.

"Look at the grubby lot of ya! Hardly a one come prepared to sail these seven seas!" He dropped to the deck in front of the students with a stumble he very quickly turned into a swagger. This week, he looked every inch the pirate, from his tall, shiny leather boots to his long hair kept out of his face by a bandana and a hat. He tipped said hat back on his head as he strode across the deck, one hand on the hilt of the cutlass on his belt, surveying the students and occasionally nodding or nudging them into line. "Why, I be almost afraid to call any one of ya my crew." He leaned in close to one of the students with a scowl, then straightened again and smiled. "But only almost."

He kicked one of the crates dotting the deck, causing its wooden sides to collapse in a heap and reveal a pile of cloth in a wide variety of colors, cuts, and states of repair.

"In the crates and barrels and — aye — at least one treasure chest around ya, ye'll be finding the sorts of garments ye'll be needing to be a proper pirate on this ship. Ya got yer vests!" He drew his cutlass, pulling a long, vented black vest from the pile. "Ya got yer jackets! Yer puffy shirts, yer tatterred pants — or skirts if those be more yer fancy! Hats and boots and bandanas galore and aye —" He turned dramatically as he reached the edge of the deck again. "Yer eye patches." He pulled his own patch out of his pocket and held it aloft. "Ye'll be wantin' one of these when it's time to go below-decks. But we'll be coverin' that sort of thing at a later date."

He gestured to the door leading into the ship behind him. "For those of ya with a modest disposition, thar be changin' rooms below decks. But I warn ye, there ain't much privacy in a ship's berths.

"If'n ya already came prepared to class in the proper attire, or find your outfit quickly, I'll ask that ye lend a hand to yer shipmates. A pirate crew must be fierce! It must be fearless! And most importantly, it must work as a team, or we'll all be meetin' in Davy Jones' locker, see if we don't!" He waved the cutlass again grandly, then hopped up to sit on top of a handy barrel. "When ye're all finished, we'll be havin' us a little fashion show, so we can all admire our new, rebellious sartorial choices. Now hop to! Or ye'll be walkin' the plank instead of the catwalk!"

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Making rebellious sartorial choices

Del.

Prince Sidon (and Vette!)

Nell Ingram

Theron Shan

Jack

Evie

Elisabeth Scrivener

Arrrr.

Delirium was bouncing on her toes because she'd come to class prepared for this! Her outfit today consisted of, from the bottom up:

Square-toed boots made of peacock-blue sharkskin, enhanced with brass buckles across the ankle and brass frogs up the side - which were, of course, shaped like actual frogs. Socks were visible between boot top and the just-under-knee cuff of her pants, one leg had little pirate skulls in eye patches and bandannas, the other was patterned with clockwork gears and pistons. The knee-pants were red and white striped with some black skull lace around the hems and contained enough yardage that should it be required, they could probably be sacrificed and cut into a new sail for the mast. If she jumped from the crow's nest, they could double as a parachute. An iridescent purple leather belt was double wrapped in a loose cross around her waist, the buckle a silver stylized dragon head. Leather loops on the belt held pouches, a pistolet (Nerf), a cutlass, a leather tankard and a pocket watch. The shirt was mint green and embroidered with little gold squids, the front of it puffed along the buttons with an entire froth of cream lace. The ascot at her neck was bright orange and the pin was a matching copper squid. The jacket was purple ombre, starting at almost white at the neck cuff and becoming midnight violet at the hem, done in an embroidered motif of pirate ships and skeletons and swords. Today's hat was a bicorn style felted hat tie-dyed a rainbow of hues. Little pyramid biker studs were tacked around the edge. Delirium's eyepatch was made of silver mesh with a Jolly Roger on the front.

She loved this class. Loved. It.

Ahhhh, of course. Sidon should have expected there may have been at least one lesson regarding the topic of fashion and clothing, because there always seemed to be at least one, didn't there? He understood it, of course. Naturally, the topic of clothing would be of signficant interest for cultures that put as much emphasis on clothing as the ones represented by this school, but still. Sometimes, it all seemed a bit...excessive.

But, he couldn't be too bothered by it, really, because it would still be rather fun, and it was hard to be bothered by anything when there was an adorable, albeit angry, little bluebird on his shoulder, accompanying him to class. Even in her current state, he doubted Vette would like to miss their pirating class, and he came prepared, and rather fittingly, he thought, for the class, with a bolt of cloth draped rougishly over one arm in case of a mid-class transformation emergency.

He might not wear clothes, but he still knew what was up for those that did!

"You know, you've already got some nautical accessories going," Duke said sotto voce. He'd counted Sidon on his mental list of 'already visibly pirate-y'. "And -- even a bird. Which is vaguely on theme." Even if the bird wasn't a parrot. "If you want to, like, just grab a hat or something, we can call that good."

Sidon chuckled a little, feeling incredibly grateful for the consideration to his natural piratical design features. "I shall at least make an effort," he offered ~~since the ping was already made lol~~, "to see what might be suitable for a Zora pirate in this particular instance, though, I assure you, the bird shall be the most piratical detail of all, because this bird is actually Vette!"

. . .

"Of course she is."

. . . . . . . . .

"Does she do that a lot?"

The Vette-bird on Sidon's shoulder made a grumpy little chirp, and Sidon could only regard it with the most beatific look of pure admiration.

"Not often, no," he said fondly. "And thank goodess for that, as I'm sure we all much prefer her usual form. It should be cleared up in a few days, but, since we have this class together, I figured there's no reason she should have to miss it unless she wanted to."

What Duke got from that was that this had somehow happened more than once.

Which . . . sure thing. Thanks, Fandom.

"Well. Glad she could make it. I . . . hope she has fun, I guess."

There was a pirate dress code? Really? Jack wasn't sure whether to be disappointed or amused. He was leaning heavily toward amused.

Evie had no issues finding something suitable to add to her leather and boots so she looked more like a pirate.

She was pretty sure that the pirates she knew would not be as amused about today's class as she was.

Uma and Harry would probably never be caught in some of this stuff.

Clothing options are entirely moddable, within the framework of "could possibly be interpreted by someone as being piratical". Go nuts.

Ahhhh, yes, and herein was the trouble, wasn't it? His body was already designed to be perfect for seafaring, and the concept of clothing would do nothing but hinder him.

Boots? Why, they would cover his claws, which worked well to help him with his footing and maintain his balance on deck.

Breeches? Why, they would have to fit either over or under his skirtfin, which would be terribly awkward and uncomfortable.

Shirts? Well, those particularly billowy and blousey ones did have an appeal to him from an aesthetic standpoint, but a shirt would cover the gills on his chest and sleeves would crush his shoulder fins!

A hat? Well. He did find a rather dashing hat that he managed to perch on his head in a way should stay put! And he'd found a tiny little one for Vette as well!

Since the hat was blue and his adorable, precious "parrot" companion was blue, he then figured he could do a little more by giving himself a newly swashbuckling blue sash and a belt with a little more swish to it than his current one, and then contemplated whether or not the elastics or strings on any of those eyepatches were lengthly enough to account for being worn by a Zora prince.

Evie, of course, had been paying attention to her big sibling. She didn't think he needed any of the costuming to add to his dashing presentation. So when she saw him perusing the eyepatches she immediately realized the issue.

"I can alter one for you if you really want one? That way it fits you perfectly and isn't annoying."

"Oh!" Sidon couldn't help regarding his latest little sibling with a bright and eager smile at such an offer. Can you, Evie? That would be absolutely marvelous! I can't help but feeling as though it would be just the thing to really take this whole ensemble up to the very next level, don't you?"

Evie grinned and pulled out a small leather roll from her bag. "I most certainly can and it will be the perfect final touch for your ensemble." She held up the roll. "My sewing kit. I never go anywhere without it. Pick the patch you want and I have it fitting you like a princely accessory shortly thereafter."

"Spectacular!" Sidon laughed, pumping his fist with a newfound enthusiasm for eyepatches, and it didn't take him long before he had one to hand over to Evie. "What of this one?" he proposed. "Rather fetching, is it not? Do you suppose you could find some way to also add a little touch of blue to it, as well?"

He was going for a bit of a theme.

....within the theme.

"Pirates wear fluffy hats?" Look, Jack was utterly at sea here. What was the purpose of the feathery silliness, Prince Sidon? Really?

"Well," Sidon tiltied his head thoughtfully, giving the hat another considering look as he turned it over in his hands, "I suppose they must, if such a fluffy hat could be found in a chest filled with things that I suppose one might expect a pirate to wear."

"Wouldn't blow off, though?" Jack put a red one on his head, and felt absolutely ridiculous. "And then you'd have to swim for it?" He paused and said, "I don't think I can swim."

"If you find yourself with a fluffy hat, Jack," said Sidon, beaming down at him, "and it blows off into the ocean, there's no need to worry! For I can swim, and quite marvelously, too, so I will fetch it for you in an instant! But I think it might be wiser to merely find a hat that fits well, and so only the fiercest of winds may snatch it!"

"A valid point, your highness," Jack responded, because he ended up trying to match Sidon's tones after talking with him only about five minutes. "And thank you in advance, should that happen. Maybe a chin strap?" That would help, right? And not make him look like a five-year-old playing dress-up?

Nell had read all sorts of stuff about pirates and was happy to use what was there to make a suitably bright pirate-y outfit. She put it on right over her shirt and skirt so there was no worry about changing in privacy or anything.

Then she looked around to see if anyone else needed assistance.

Theron basically picked a more piratey version of his own outfit. Boy was not a fashion plate.

Jack had no idea what 'pirates' wore. None. So he was going for things that would cover up bits of clockwork, like high boots-- a pain to try to pull on-- large gloves, and a really big scarf.

Hey, it probably got cold one the water!

Or walk the plank. That is also an option.

Del was going to be strutting around - and hopping, and skipping, and trying not to just burst into a plethora of singing frogs with glee - all around the deck of the ship, including along the plank.

Both sides of the plank. Down to the end, around the end, along the bottom, and then back again.

"Alright, alright," Duke called with a laugh once she'd walked the bottom of the plank. "You are clearly fully on trend. Come on back now." A beat. "Arrr."

Del walked back up to the top of the plank and beamed. "Arrr! Can I look in the boxes too?"

"Sure thing, hon. Have a ball."

Well, if Delirium was going to go ahead and walk under the plank, Sidon was quite tempted to finish his catwalk with a spectacular dive off of it, but he did have a small bluebird of a girlfriend perched on his shoulder (with the cutest little hat) to account for, and so he would restrain himself from the temptation, as he showed off just how nicely the addition of a jaunty hat and a few sash and buckle could really tie the theme together.

Maybe Duke would let him take a dive off the plank afterwards, when everyone was finished and he'd had a chance to set Vette safely aside.

Far be it for Duke to stop him from having a swim. Though he wasn't sure what was actually down there in this hologram classroom.

"Very nicely color coordinated, Sidon. Ye'll be the best-not-dressed zora pirate on the seas."

He's just discovered that one of his barrels is actually full of apples, and is examining one of them closely, trying to work out if holograms are edible.

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