[sweetest damn parrot you ever did see. slightly rough around the edges.]

[brotimaeus]

damn, this place really hasnt changed.
i remember the whores bein much friendlier though, what happened there.
maybe the getup aint doing it for them.
guess i could use a bath or somethin.
lieutenant-commander strider here, reportin in if they didnt already strip my rank and brand me a deserter.
who am i kiddin they probably had that done within a week lets be honest here.
cant get hauled out by filthy fuckin pirates for a decade and come back expecting to be in anyones good graces anymore am i right.
and shit, i almost forgot what land feels like.

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[therecipe]

What has happened there, I wonder? I thought they were being very friendly.

You can be in someone's good graces, I'm sure.

[brotimaeus]

well see about that.
if im still alive tomorrow maybe someones lookin out for me after all.

[therecipe]

I can look out for you.
Do you have a safe spot to stay at?

[brotimaeus]

no offense meant here
but why would you want to be makin an offer like that.

1/2

[callbacks]

[This is not a response. This is in fact a significantly long non-response of silence. Not even Bro's cool parrot comes back. It's as if someone caught the parrot and then made it repeat the message to them about four hundred thousand times.]

you dont even get your parrot back but at least this parrot looks cool like it has sunglasses

[callbacks]

lieutenant commander striders been dead a long time sir
if youre really him
how do you intend to prove it

wow rude give me back my parrot

[brotimaeus]

i can prove it by not bein dead how about that.
what the fuck kind of question is that anyway
and what did you do with my bird i put a lot of effort into acquiring that mangy thing.

no

[callbacks]

if you want it back im going to need some hard evidence that youre the lieutenant commander
if the navy took in every blond asshole claiming to be a strider how ridiculous would that be

[tookthename]

Must have been pretty horrible pirates to keep you for ten years and not kill you when you still call yourself a navy man.

[brotimaeus]

im real good at playin pretend.
whats it to you.

[tookthename]

Just curious as to what crew took you out. That was a good long while ago.

[existechialism]

[the fuck is this flamboyantly orange parrot]

This would be the time where I say something flip expressing my long-held belief that no man with a surname as radical as Strider could ever be killed.
Let's just pretend I said something like that.
Welcome back, asshole.

[brotimaeus]

[Wow what the fuck even is this parrot.]

oh what fresh hell is this.
im startin to feel like my presence was expected.
not that i aint flattered but its putting me at a distinct disadvantage.

[existechialism]

[beauty in its truest form]

It could be said that you've been expected for a while, yeah.
Even that you're late.
Hella late.
Rude, bro.

[callbacks]

[All birds eventually find their way to Dave. He is like a magnet for feathery assholes.]

why am i always the one that ends up looking stupid when the plot finally twists

[existechialism]

I didn't exactly know we were down for a fucking family reunion, either.
Where are you.
I'm coming to get you.
Now.

[fuckincakewake]

u could always b in our good graces cutie

[brotimaeus]

well now.
bout time a guy got a warm welcome in this place.

[fuckincakewake]

a former gentlemen like u looks like hes in a bad way for a drink

Parrot comes back holding a little bag of nuts

[librariansheart]

[A little, ruffled green conure follows along a few minutes behind with a small coin purse containing a few silver and copper coins. It won't stop trying to give it to him before holding out its leg with a neatly written note.]

I'm sorry, sir, but the navy haven't had a presence here in a little under a year. You're unlikely to be able to collect any back-pay or find a naval berth anymore. The HMS Norman Conquest was destroyed in these waters, and many of her crew were lost. I hope these coins might help you find your way.

~S

[brotimaeus]

well, shit.
i was thinkin that might be the lay of things.
thankin you for the kindness miss but i dont need charity.
if im gonna be taking coin ill be working for it
so if you got anythin you need done ill be happy to take this purse off your hands.

[librariansheart]

I understand, of course. I don't suppose you've heard anything about the world outside this island in the last year or two? Or about the silver sextant said to allow safe passage away from the island?

~S

[notinthecards]

English ladies never as accommodating as Spaniards, mon ami. And neither hold a candle to the French.

[brotimaeus]

truer words were never spoken.
you got some good taste.

[notinthecards]

Only the finest for me, frere.

Which means I gave up that some time ago. But I still have a pretty good memory.