ch.2 Make Your Mark on the Dotted Line [Action]

[not_a_codfish]

[Backdated to early this morning]

[As the residents awaken, they find a large note nailed to the front of each of their doors, written in a stylized script, with the first word of each paragraph starting with a large, illuminated letter:]

To all those residents who are in need of employment, who seek adventure, and who are willing to sail under a pirate's flag:

Your presence is requested in the lobby of Cair Paradisa, on this morning of September the 18th. Today I am holding a recruitment for my crew, and am seeking all those of mettle and courage. All are welcome. Trials and refreshments to be held in the lobby from Dawn till Dusk.

Your Fellow Prisoner in Paradise,
Captain James Hook

For those of you who are early risers, there seems to be a certain pirate captain bustling about the lobby. At his direction, the castle ghosts are rearranging some of the tables and laying out a spread of food. Hook sits himself behind a large wooden table with several large papers in front of him.

On these papers, the rules of recruitment are stated:

All those here undersigned agree to follow their captain, one James Hook, and obey his commands. To each man here undersigned, a percentage of all profits of this venture will be doled out in measure of his position.

Positions available:
OFICERS
First mate:
Second Mate:
Third Mate (Boatswain):
Quartermaster:

MEN BEFORE THE MAST


[ooc: feel free to sign up just to troll Hook, but I am also looking for people to help me with a certain venture I'm concocting. see paradisaooc for more details]

Comments

Dictated forever

[onlyanapple]

...And sail where? On the imaginary sea?

[wagers]

[Vriska will be the first to show up! Enjoy your young alien girl in an outfit resembling something like this. Hey, when it comes to pirating, she goes all out. And watch, she has the ambition, too.]

Look no further for a worthy candidate, captain! You've got a ruthless gamblignant here, right before your very eyes!

[Bonus points if she's in character, right?]

Dictated

[not_a_codfish]

Hmmm you sound very like the Journal’s voice, when I did first arrive... Mr. Book I presume?

Alas, I shall not be sailing with this crew, but embarking on a business venture of a more landlocked nature. I have plans to build an establishment in the town proper, and I cannot accomplish such a feat alone.

[not_a_codfish]

[Well, imitation is the highest form of flattery 8)]

Welcome, Welcome. And is there a particular position you wish to sign for, miss...?

[Hook pauses for her to give her name

[wagers]

[She'll stand to attention, too! Maybe even give a salute?]

Serket, captain! Vriska Serket, at your service! And I will have nothing short of First Mate, my good sir! [Puffs out chest, ye!] Check my credentials, I have them!

[not_a_codfish]

[Credentials? Hook is interested!]
Oh ho, A lot of spirit, that's good. Let's see them then!

[onlyanapple]

[Pause] Okay we're still doing that, sure I'm the book.

Unless that business venture is some sort of pirate-themed brothel, I'm not interested.

[not_a_codfish]

[Hook is confused...] I take it you are not the book then?

Well, not just a brothel...

[onlyanapple]

No. I've never been the book. Congrats on figuring that out me heartie.

...But it does have a brothel? And access to alcohol?

[not_a_codfish]

Ah... [Hook normally would take offence to being deceived, but Crowley has taken interest in his business enterprise]

But of course, it wouldn't make a good gambling den without the little amenities, would it?

[onlyanapple]

Sorry to disappoint. [He's really not]

Okay, you could consider me somewhat interested. Though I'm not a big fan of steady employment.

[not_a_codfish]

Where's your enterprising spirit?

[onlyanapple]

Hell own it and they're not big on sharing.

Written

[jimfromit]

Pirates you say?

[He's both amused and yet...curious at the same time.]

[wagers]

[She'll draw a sword from her side, one which was concealed by her overcoat, blade firm in her grasp.]

I've learned this after many sweeps of dueling the weak! Many fell to my force, destroyed in my wake!

[And here comes the sword swishing!]

[not_a_codfish]

[Hahaha. I see what you did there 8)]

I see. Well, you are still more than welcome to sign on, sir. By-the-by, what is your actual name?

[not_a_codfish]

[Hook looks amused.]

Splendid, splendid. Well then, Miss Serket, if you sure you are willing to sign on with my crew, Leave your mark on his paper, under the position you desire. After all applications are made, I will decide on positions. [proffers the sign-up sheet]

Written back

[not_a_codfish]

Why yes, pirates indeed. I'm glad my invitations made it out to the residents on time.

I plan to fashion some semblance of a crew here, and, with their aid [read as "by their labors"] I hope to erect a most profitable establishment in the town proper.

[onlyanapple]

I won't be expected to keep regular hours will I?

Crowley. Anthony Crowley. [That's not his actual name, but it's the only one he's willing to give anyone in Paradisa]

[not_a_codfish]

Oh, of course not, Mr. Crowley. If we were on a ship, perhaps more discipline would be required of my crew, but in this enterprise I believe a more... shall we say lax approach will suffice.

[i.e. I don't want to be the one trying to kick all those demigods, wizards, and protagonists out of their bunks every day]

[not_a_codfish]

Ah, it comes with being a pirate I guess...

But the next-to-free labor isn't the only reason I am undertaking this effort. I hope that the resulting place of business will provide not only a source of income, but also a gathering place of the castles... less than perfect residents.

You sound like the intelligent sort. Would you be interested in aiding me in my little project?

Arrgh, sorry did not mean to do that...my tablet pc is being an ass.

[jimfromit]

Shucks...flattery gets you everywhere.

Well at least with me it does.

Although...tell me I wouldn't have to wear any sort of uniform?

I understand compleatly

[not_a_codfish]

No, no. I doubt I could get anyone here to wear one even if I did require it.

Re: I understand compleatly

[jimfromit]

Good...I admire the business strategy but the fashion sense of your traditional cohorts leaves a little something to be desired.

What business place did you have in mind exactly?

[not_a_codfish]

Oh, you don't know the half of it, good sir.

I plan to acquire some land in the town to build a... recreation hall of sorts. Gambling, drinking, carousing; the sort of appetites that the common folk oft find amusing.

In my brief time here there are two qualities that nearly all here posses: The first, a constant need for entertainment. The second, a distrust of the castle.

I suspect that by building a place outside the castle for residents to go to find entertainment, or at the least distraction from boredom, I will be able to gain some measure of standing here.

But, where are my manners. I do not believe I have learned your name.