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Captain Davy Jones ([personal profile] tentacruelest) wrote2013-11-25 12:08 am

9th Wave

[Spam, taking place before he's abruptly rescued by his warden]

[Down on the pier in the seedier part of town lies the carnival part of the fair, locally known as the freakshow. Here lie bearded women and conjoined twins and all sights horrifying to the general public of the late 19th century.

And in one tent, shoddily constructed and guarded by a red-faced barker charging a nickel a head, sits what's being billed as the Crustaceous Man.

And inside sits an ill-tempered cursed Captain, waiting out this irritating turn of events in sour silence]
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[personal profile] myironeyes 2013-11-25 08:16 pm (UTC)(link)
[There's a slightly undignified squeak, followed by some sputtering, followed by silence from outside the tent. Then Marsh glides in, glances around with small, birdlike tilts of his neck. Then he sits down beside Jones without a word.]
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[personal profile] myironeyes 2013-11-25 08:28 pm (UTC)(link)
I considered a flying escape, but that seemed likely to draw even more attention.

[Definitely not checking on you.]
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[personal profile] myironeyes 2013-11-25 08:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[Mildly, letting the claw bump him, blank spike-heads turning toward Jones in a way that might be described as askance.]

I'm not wanted out there, either.
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[personal profile] myironeyes 2013-11-25 08:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Not really.

...I was silent.

[Until Jones asked him questions.]
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[personal profile] myironeyes 2013-11-25 08:57 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm baffled that you have any attachment to it.
notdreaming: (did I do something wrong?)

[personal profile] notdreaming 2013-11-26 04:24 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, dear.

[ She had actually been confused about what the exhibit actually was. Because surely they wouldn't allow for humans to become deformed show off deformed humans like some sort of abstract art.

But hey, that sure is the sexist octopus man. ]


I can't say this is what I was expecting. [ She will not smile she will not smile smiling would be rude and make her a bad person she will not smile ]
notdreaming: stare, neutral, sad (innocent eyes)

[personal profile] notdreaming 2013-11-26 04:26 am (UTC)(link)
Or you'll what? Call security? On little old me? [ She gives her best, most innocent look. It goes shockingly well with her blue dress. ]
notdreaming: frown, angry, annoyed, sassy (well SOMETHING happened)

[personal profile] notdreaming 2013-11-26 04:30 am (UTC)(link)
It's not really you that's entertaining so much as you hiding in a tent, selling your body to passers-by.
notdreaming: stare, neutral, sad (rapt attention)

[personal profile] notdreaming 2013-11-26 04:35 am (UTC)(link)
I thought the barge made accommodations for non-humanoids in ports.
notdreaming: stare, neutral, sad (I was eating that)

[personal profile] notdreaming 2013-11-26 04:37 am (UTC)(link)
Probably because you keep causing trouble.

[ She ain't sayin', she jus' sayin'. ]
Edited (THOSE TWO KEYWORDS ARE NOT EVEN CLOSE) 2013-11-26 04:37 (UTC)
notdreaming: stare, neutral, sad (I love babysitting)

[personal profile] notdreaming 2013-11-26 04:43 am (UTC)(link)
[ She shrugs, ever so lofty. ]

It must have happened when you decided that my gender makes me insignificant.
notdreaming: stare, neutral, sad (what did you just say to me?)

[personal profile] notdreaming 2013-11-26 04:46 am (UTC)(link)
I would be hurt if I couldn't literally kill you with a look.
notdreaming: stare, neutral, sad (ready to fight)

[personal profile] notdreaming 2013-11-26 04:48 am (UTC)(link)
[ She crosses her arms. Okay, so she is a little hurt, but only her stupid pride. ]

If you hate it so much, why don't you go back to the barge?
notdreaming: stare, neutral, sad (feeling hunger)

[personal profile] notdreaming 2013-11-26 04:50 am (UTC)(link)
Do you still have your phone?
notdreaming: stare, neutral, sad (but what does it mean?)

[personal profile] notdreaming 2013-11-26 04:52 am (UTC)(link)
[ She just shakes her head. He's in a prison of his own making. ]

You've retained a surprising amount of pride for a tourist destination.
notdreaming: frown, angry, annoyed, sassy (well SOMETHING happened)

[personal profile] notdreaming 2013-11-26 04:55 am (UTC)(link)
You have about thirty-something tentacles coming out of your face. Isn't that worth something?

[ She likes being mean to mean people. ]
notdreaming: stare, neutral, sad (babysitting not procrastinating)

[personal profile] notdreaming 2013-11-26 04:58 am (UTC)(link)
[ She closes her eyes and lets the thing shatter over her. It doesn't leave so much as a scratch. She's been soaking up some rays. ]

Feel better?
notdreaming: stare, neutral, sad (I don't really get it)

[personal profile] notdreaming 2013-11-26 05:13 am (UTC)(link)
Then that was a pointless waste of a perfectly good stool.

[ She turns to leave, picking splinters out of her hair. She's poked the bear enough for today. ]
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[personal profile] myironeyes 2013-11-26 05:16 am (UTC)(link)
[He stands, smoothly, then carefully and deliberately pries the claw open with his other hand. It's slightly awkward - not a lot of leverage - but he has more than enough strength to do it.]

This qualifies? With the gawpers swishing in and out?
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[personal profile] myironeyes 2013-11-26 06:11 am (UTC)(link)
[It's a little difficult to give Meaningful Looks without eyes. Marsh settles for a long, blank stare, then a silent nod. He releases Davy's claw and sits down again. He promised Nathan he'd meet him on the Midway later, but he wants to hide away for a little longer.]
Edited 2013-11-26 06:11 (UTC)
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[personal profile] myironeyes 2013-12-01 12:18 am (UTC)(link)
[He lifts one shoulder in a slow shrug. He doesn't care, at least not here, where he is merely a curiosity. At home, everyone knows too much about what the spikes mean - or what they meant.]
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[personal profile] myironeyes 2013-12-04 04:33 am (UTC)(link)
[He keeps his silence. He isn't actually trying to sleep sitting up, but it would be an easy mistake to make.]
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[personal profile] myironeyes 2013-12-04 09:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[Marsh bristles and huffs defensively like a very put-upon bird.]

...do you want me to talk or not?
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[personal profile] myironeyes 2013-12-10 09:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[A small scowl, a pause, and then a nod.]

I will. In a little while.
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[personal profile] myironeyes 2013-12-18 06:12 pm (UTC)(link)
[A twitch of a half-smile, which he mostly hides while bowing his head, silently acquiescing.]