3rd Wave

[tentacruelest]

[Jones is a deep, deep sleeper but he wakes with the sunrise. Each day is a new, hellish experience on the Barge but he scowls and stomps his way through them regardless.

Imagine his surprise when this morning he opens his door - releasing a small flood of his usual seawater, which, thanks to Maintenance, is contained by a make-shift dam - and spots children running about.

Not the handful of children he knows to be part of the Barge. New ones. And smaller people are easier to bully than full-grown ones.

Resolving to go about his day unbothered by the mechanics of the Admiral, Davy instead storms his way to the mess hall, literally using his claw to forcefully swat aside anyone smaller than four feet]


I'll thank whoever remains their true, full size to keep the vast majority of whelps under control. I've a mind to toss them over the side one by one; no ship is in need of this many cabin boys. No navy is.

Mind your brats. Or I will.

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[tentacruelest]

What happened to yours?

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[little_red_wolf]

My face always looked like this.

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[tentacruelest]

It looks near to be cleaved in two in about five fair minutes.

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[little_red_wolf]

...You're mean. [He seems to have caught Ophion's attention with that comment. The massive snake lifts its head up behind her, hissing faintly.]

My Granny would shoot you.

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[tentacruelest]

Your granny would be nothing to my blade.

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[little_red_wolf]

My granny can beat anyone!

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[tentacruelest]

I'm not going to be intimidated by the likes of a girl's grandmother.

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[little_red_wolf]

She has a crossbow. [And she's just. Really intimidated.]

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[tentacruelest]

How medieval.

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[little_red_wolf]

...No.

It's really sharp.

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[tentacruelest]

I am not intimidated by an octogenarian with a block of carved wood.

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[little_red_wolf]

Maybe you should be. [Hands on her hips.]

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[tentacruelest]

I've yet to see a reason why.

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[little_red_wolf]

She wouldn't like you talking like that.

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[tentacruelest]

Stop talking in circles. I've told you already I do not fear old grandmothers.

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[little_red_wolf]

And I said you should. [Only, clearly she was right and you're wrong.]

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[tentacruelest]

And I do not take seriously the words of little girls with inflated opinions.

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[little_red_wolf]

I don't haveinflated opinions.

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[tentacruelest]

You've an inflated head for certain.

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[little_red_wolf]

My head's normal... [Maybe that's what happened to the blue man, though.]

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[tentacruelest]

You're thinking with a literal mind, girl.

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[little_red_wolf]

...What's that? [Stop confusing her!]

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[tentacruelest]

Have yeh never heard of a damned expression?

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[little_red_wolf]

Like sleeping with the trolls?

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[tentacruelest]

Or the fishes. Yes.