scourgeofpiracy: (facing Beckett)
scourgeofpiracy ([personal profile] scourgeofpiracy) wrote2006-10-17 01:15 am

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He has a room, above the bar, but he's out of it as much as he is in at present. Either working on the Pearl or, as now, just walking the lakeside and trying to pretend it's a real shoreline, and it's salt water he smells, not fresh.

Sometimes it even almost works.

[identity profile] scourgeofpiracy.livejournal.com 2006-10-18 06:07 pm (UTC)(link)
"And I... come from the same world as the Captain. It might help if I explain I was once a Navy officer."

A crooked smile.
called_lioness: (Glistening Eastern Sea)

[personal profile] called_lioness 2006-10-18 06:16 pm (UTC)(link)
"Ah. It does at that," she agrees, and clasps her hands together behind her back as she looks at the ship on the lake.

"It's different when they're pirates from one's own world."

[identity profile] scourgeofpiracy.livejournal.com 2006-10-18 06:20 pm (UTC)(link)
"I've always tried to follow the rules here", he says sombrely. "But even when the rules of one's own world don't apply... friendship is not always possible."
called_lioness: (looking out at the water)

[personal profile] called_lioness 2006-10-18 06:23 pm (UTC)(link)
"Understanably. There's some for whom I've considered breaking the rules more than ones," she says, mildly.

She doesn't, on first glance, look like she could do much harm even if she did choose to break the rules, admittedly.

[identity profile] scourgeofpiracy.livejournal.com 2006-10-18 06:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Not unarmed, perhaps. But he's not stupid enough to believe no woman from any world can learn to fight, armed or otherwise.

He smiles ruefully.

"I've drunk with Captain Sparrow more than once. Here."

It was never with Jack on the outside, even after his fall from grace.
called_lioness: (Braids)

[personal profile] called_lioness 2006-10-18 06:28 pm (UTC)(link)
"Far more than I'd do if pirates from a world of mine appeared," she admits readily. "Or others of a different way of life."

She looks back at him and smiles, kindly. "You try, then, don't you?"

[identity profile] scourgeofpiracy.livejournal.com 2006-10-18 06:29 pm (UTC)(link)
"Things have changed", he said simply. "In more ways than I can easily list."
called_lioness: (Default)

[personal profile] called_lioness 2006-10-18 06:59 pm (UTC)(link)
"For the better or the worse?"

Grey eyes look at him inquiringly before she laughs, a little, and looks away. "I'm sorry, sir. I'm inclined to be curious."

[identity profile] scourgeofpiracy.livejournal.com 2006-10-18 07:00 pm (UTC)(link)
"I don't recall seeing curiosity on any standard list of sins", he says, with a touch of amusement in his voice.
called_lioness: (Default)

[personal profile] called_lioness 2006-10-18 07:06 pm (UTC)(link)
"No, but it does tend to be deadly at times," but she's grinning. "Not a large concern of mine, really, but I do tend to it without thinking and then at times suspect I've caused offense."

[identity profile] scourgeofpiracy.livejournal.com 2006-10-18 07:09 pm (UTC)(link)
"In this case, I assure you you haven't."

He did jump on a distraction from the original question awfully readily, though.
called_lioness: (o rly)

[personal profile] called_lioness 2006-10-18 10:04 pm (UTC)(link)
So he did, and she lets him, still smiling a bit. "Were you in the Navy for very long?"

[identity profile] scourgeofpiracy.livejournal.com 2006-10-18 10:07 pm (UTC)(link)
"Twenty years", he tells her a little wistfully. "From midshipman to commodore."
called_lioness: (Kinda Thinky)

[personal profile] called_lioness 2006-10-18 10:08 pm (UTC)(link)
"I've never met a commodore before," she says with not a little amount of respect.

Not in London, anyway.

"An honor, then."

[identity profile] scourgeofpiracy.livejournal.com 2006-10-18 10:11 pm (UTC)(link)
He smiles slightly, looking out over the lake.

"A former commodore, at least. But I suppose that's better than nothing."
called_lioness: (looking out at the water)

[personal profile] called_lioness 2006-10-18 10:28 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh. I'm sorry," she says, softly, and looks at her hands.

[identity profile] scourgeofpiracy.livejournal.com 2006-10-18 10:31 pm (UTC)(link)
"It was hardly your fault", he tells her after a moment's silence.
called_lioness: (Default)

[personal profile] called_lioness 2006-10-25 07:01 pm (UTC)(link)
"Well, no," she agrees and smiles over at him. "But I still am."

[identity profile] scourgeofpiracy.livejournal.com 2006-10-25 07:05 pm (UTC)(link)
"And I thank you for it", he says sincerely.
called_lioness: (Default)

[personal profile] called_lioness 2006-10-25 07:08 pm (UTC)(link)
"And how should I best address you now, then?"

[identity profile] scourgeofpiracy.livejournal.com 2006-10-25 07:10 pm (UTC)(link)
He gives that a moment's thought, then smiles.

"I think James would suit, perhaps."
called_lioness: (Default)

[personal profile] called_lioness 2006-10-25 07:12 pm (UTC)(link)
"Far simpler than Commodore, too," she says cheerfully and offers him a hand.

[identity profile] scourgeofpiracy.livejournal.com 2006-10-25 07:13 pm (UTC)(link)
"Simpler and more accurate, it's nothing but advantages."

He takes her hand and bows over it, just slightly.
called_lioness: (She had a very merry face)

[personal profile] called_lioness 2006-10-25 07:20 pm (UTC)(link)
And she drops a bit of a curtsey--slightly too formal, for a moment, but old habits die hard, harder than old memories, and she laughs.

"For the best, then. Have you been here long, James?"

[identity profile] scourgeofpiracy.livejournal.com 2006-10-25 07:31 pm (UTC)(link)
"I've been in and out for... perhaps a year or more. More recently, just in... a few months, that."

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