I'll tell you a tale of the bottomless blue

[touchofcashmere]

Who: Stede Bonnet and you!
What: New Shipmate Shenaniganry
When: End of April, beginning of May
Where: Everywhere
Warnings: None yet



I. Welcome to the World of Tomorrow
There is very little about this new world that Stede understands. It's all baffling to him, some of it downright incomprehensible. So if you see a flickering of lights coming from a nearby room, you might find the gentleman pirate turning the lightswitch on and off again.

"Would you look at that? Amazing! And so bright! You could read all night with something like that. But how does the fire extinguish and go back on so easily? Or burn without heat?" He glances at whomever found him. "Listen... you don't think we're dead, do you?"

II. Sign-ups Here
Stede is a professional at these things by now. He feels disjointed in this strange world and the best thing to do when you're disjointed is to seek the familiar. So he has a deckchair and a little table-managed to procure a pen and paper from somewhere and accosts anyone who passes by.

"Hello! Would you like to sign up to be a pirate? No pay just yet but adventure and glory and a cut of any treasure we come across. You wouldn't say no to some nice booty, would you?"


III. Room-Mate [locked to Gogol]

Somehow or another Stede has found his room, but when he pushes open the door his expectant face falls.

"Please tell me this is a closet."

Then he notices the room is occupied.

"Oh, sorry, is this yours? It's a very nice closet. You could do a lot with it."



IV. Hit him up with anything. He is down for adventure.

Comments

[mooninthewater]

"It's alright. You're new here, aren't you? It's not like you could have known. That said, though, I feel like breaking our necks over our hearts would've been better in this scenario. If just because death doesn't really matter here..."

[touchofcashmere]

"Well that's a bleak way to put it." Death doesn't really matter here? He's not sure that he likes that. "Death matters a great deal to me." He doesn't want to die or want anyone he cares about to die. It's a very delicate balance when you're also a ruthless pirate.

[mooninthewater]

"Oh! No, you misunderstand. Obviously not dying is the ideal, but I mean... when you die here, you come back. On this cruise, I mean."

Should he be telling all the new people this? He feels like maybe they should try and make pamphlets for the newcomers...

[touchofcashmere]

"As the restless undead? Or maybe a vampire?" He doesn't like the sound of either. "I'd rather not do either, if I'm honest."

[mooninthewater]

He shakes his head with a little laugh to follow it up. He supposes that isn't the weirdest leap of logic to make, but it's still funny just to think about. Especially since vampires in his world are just born that way...

"No, no, as in... we just come back."

[touchofcashmere]

"As in...in one piece? No missing parts or unusual cravings?" That seems a bit odd. "Is it possible no one actually died to begin with? It can be hard to tell, you know."

[mooninthewater]

"As far as I'm away, at least. Again, it hasn't happened very often. I'm not eager to go exploring the possibilities. But... it's good information to have, at least."

Having not died yet himself, it's not like he can speak from personal experience or anything, but...

"They were definitely dead, yes."

[touchofcashmere]

"I suppose so. Doesn't make it much better..." He absently rubs his neck. Almost dying is something that's ingrained into his mind-- not even counting being stabbed and nearly gutted.

"But at least it gives you a second chance to get it right?" He doesn't want to dwell on it. "Hopefully it doesn't happen too too often."

[mooninthewater]

"I don't think so. A lot of the people on this ship are very kind souls. I've yet to meet one who isn't." That he knows of, anyway. "So, you know, the only real death I'm aware of was an accident."