lackadazed Wrote:"I don't know where the extra rations went, but if I find out who took them, they'll be swabbing the deck for a week straight," Captain Lack addresses the crew. "Stowaways? Nay, I doubt that, but if that's what ye wish to say... but do it again and ye'll be keelhauled."
The captain turns to walk away, but stops suddenly at the sight of professorelite. "Ahoy cap'n!" slurs Professorelite as Lack rubs her eyes.
"Weren't ye rather deceased last night? That's it, I'm swearin' off rum for good..."
Xander in on the DejaVu: The Dead Man's Chest
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Xander (professorelite) walked up to her and, before she could react, he was suddenly hugging her! Utterly dumbfounded, she allowed him to embrace her for several more awkward seconds before she suddenly regained her senses and shoved Xander off her, making him tumble off the poop deck.
"What be the meaning of this laddie?!" Captain Lack exclaimed while instinctively drawing her pistol at him.
Her cry drew the attention of all the deck hands. An uncomfortable silence hung over the ship which not even interrupted by breathing; all were too stunned to even remember to breathe.
Everybody could clearly see that she was flushed with red, although no one could not quite tell whether it was in anger or whether she was blushing.
Xander smiled mischievously and got up. A loud sigh seemed to reverberate on the ship as the on-lookers suddenly remembered that they needed oxygen. As quickly as they began breathing again, they stopped once more. Xander was lunging forward to hug the captain again!
CRACK!
The bullet caught Xander mid-flight, instantly stopping him. He collapsed. A circle of men formed around the body as they moved in closer to see Xander laying down on his back with his eyes closed and his hand covering his heart.
"A suicidal lad he be!" Captain Lack finally muttered through her heavy breathing.
Xander opened his eyes and looked around at the astonished crew.
"Boo!" and the circle suddenly became a bigger circle as the scared men leaped back. Xander then quietly lifted his hand from his heart and shown all the men a hole in his shirt where the bullet had landed, but through it only skin shown where a hole should have been. The captain also noticed a slit not too far from that hole where she saw from the stabbing of the previous night.
Bunnylover, who was the only one not on deck while this happened because he had been made a cook to keep him away from the port guns ever since his cannonball 'accident', broke the mood of the scene.
"Ye seadogs better get yeselves down to the galley quick before thee grub is gone! I made ye all some of O?Hanlons stew!"
"Aye, I'll be needin some of that, I be staving... what? You all look like you've seen a ghost!" Xander jested. His joke was at first greeted with silence, but then one cracked and soon the rest joined in laughing. The men still had questions but decided it was best left to be discussed over some rum.
Xander on the DejaVu: The Miracle Explained
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After a few swigs of rum the men finally began to relax around Xander. Before the men could get too drunk, Xander slammed his mug on the table to speak. When he did, it was in a serious tone that seemed very uncharacteristic of Xander they knew.
"Most of ye'all wonder how I lived... some of ye'all are disappointed that I did."
The galley filled with laughter. "Same ol' Xander" they were saying. Then the chuckles died out as they realized that Xander's face was still deadly stern.
"It be true that I be stabbed the previous night, and in truth, I wish I be the one to die instead of poor ol' Icey. As you all have seen, Icey could magically become a turtle. An swell laddie he was, for he would use his magic to save those who've been uncivily forced overboard. And it be that reason that he is now dead... he tried to help me when I was attacked last night."
Xander took off his hat in respect for Icey.
"Ye see, I can tell when crewmembers are not really pirates for I have seen all the seven seas and have been to Singapore. After a day of observation and a night to dream on it I can know for sure if a person's intentions are for this ship or not."
Spaz interrupted, "Err... and how does going to Singapore prove that you know? Logic says that you can't possibly read people's minds with certainty."
"Well, can ye logic help ye survive being stabbed in the chest and shot in the heart without a scratch?" snapped Xander. "There be powers that cannot be explained by logic. Unfortunately for us on board this ship, such powers are present that are of the evil kind. Among us, are men who intend to slay all of us who are not one of them. They know of my talents, which is why they tried to kill me."
Xander continued, "Last night, I was trying to investigate some suspicious shadows moving about the ship that I saw while I was up in the crow's nest. I thought it was a stowway when suddenly I was stabbed in the chest. Arr... I did not see the culprit..."
"As the world began to fade, I hear Icey trying to call for help, only to be taken down as well. I felt me soul driftin' away when a brilliant light drew me back. I saw Icey's soul being drawn in as well. A disembodied voice then told us that it only had enough power to save one of us. "
Xander's voice began sounding even more grim.
"It also told us that it believes there are two evil powers fighting for supremacy on this ship ((remember, two people died non-vote)). Unfortunately, for those us who are not among them, we are caught in the middle of the conflict. Of course, trying to save my own skin, I spoke of my abilities so the voice would pick me. Icey, instead of merely saying his abilities, he said that I should be the one to live because he had no way of really knowing whether the people he saves with his abilities be good or bad. Because of his volunteering, I be here and not him."
"This magic that saved me also prevents me from dying for a few days. However, had I simply told ye'alls, ye'alls would have called me a drunk so I decided to prove that I be telling the truth by getting shot."
Xander winked at the captain. Captain Lack then got up and walked up to Xander and kicked him in the balls.
"That's for scaring me since shooting ya won't work!" she said as Xander fell to the ground, holding himself in pain.