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.

Comments

[princelingofpuzzles]

Sarcasm just makes your mistake more blatant.

[tentacruelest]

Sarcasm masks my utter disdain for this place and its residents.

[princelingofpuzzles]

It doesn't seem like you're trying to mask that at all.

[tentacruelest]

The mask has been worn thin.

[princelingofpuzzles]

Maybe if you were nicer, it wouldn't be.

[tentacruelest]

Maybe if the world had been nicer to me, I would feel inclined to be more generous to its people.

[princelingofpuzzles]

The world isn't that great to me, but I don't go around punishing people for it. [Yet.] You should just target the responsible people.

[tentacruelest]

Come to me when you're a fair bit older and can still say that.

[princelingofpuzzles]

I don't think I'll be on the boat that long.

[tentacruelest]

Think again, boy.

[princelingofpuzzles]

Maybe you should follow your own advice once in awhile.

[tentacruelest]

And maybe you ought to scamper off before I give you a tanning you won't soon forget.

[princelingofpuzzles]

The other adults aren't going to let you flail your shortcomings at children. Why don't you pick on someone your own size?

[tentacruelest]

There are none my size, and the children are particularly annoying.