10th Wave

[tentacruelest]

The cacophony of noise here is growing worse. Stow your bleating, lambs, or I'll cast yeh overboard to fill your jabbering mouths with seawater.


[Never mind that they're not even sailing over water at the moment. Jones can understand English, but is speaking in Scots Gaelic]



[Private to Sylvanas]

If yeh would oblige me a moment, m'lady..? I've something you might like to see.

[Private to Bush]

Yeh've been quiet, Warden. Plotting something?

Comments

Private

[shakenandlimp]

I might be, but I'm not. It's very flattering you think I'm so badly missed, though.

Private

[tentacruelest]

Not at all flattering. You are bound for better things. Things forever closed to creatures like me.

Private

[shakenandlimp]

You positively sound like you like me, at times.

Private

[tentacruelest]

I've been forced to serve many a cruel master as heartless as myself. You are...I would not say soft.

But you are a cut above your typical meandering brood of drunks and tyrants.

Private

[shakenandlimp]

[Bush cannot be sure if he is being lead down the path, or if that is something like honest.]

I'm still setting you to cleaning the heads for what you've done, so don't grow too fond.

Private

[tentacruelest]

I once had a man instruct me to murder my own pet. Cleaning the heads is undignified, but honest. I suppose I should count myself lucky yeh aren't in a hanging sort of mood.

Private

[shakenandlimp]

We'll have to have more sea-room between us and that other barge before I find myself in that mood over such a little thing.

Private

[tentacruelest]

Arthas and Riddick will come wandering back for their revenge soon enough. Do not interfere.

Re: Private

[shakenandlimp]

I won't stop you from dueling, but Lord, do it with a second and the same choice of weapons.

As for murder, it's my duty they don't, whether you like it or not.

Private

[tentacruelest]

Arthas had his fair chance. I was unarmed whereas he possessed knife and sword. I am not permitted weapons.

You're liable to get caught in the middle and killed for your foolishness.

Private

[shakenandlimp]

If you arrange a formal duel I'll provide weapons and your second. A real duel, not brawling.

Private

[tentacruelest]

I don't think a formal duel is much for either of us dishonorable men. We take what we like and damn the rules.

Private

[shakenandlimp]

Even as it's inconvenient. Well, you are devoted to being badly civilized. Even if you ain't very practical.

Private

[tentacruelest]

Civilization has never done much by me. I prefer savage freedom to the chains of civility. Look to the last port if you think I'm joking.

Re: Private

[shakenandlimp]

You are putting as much effort into keeping that lack of civilization as any gentleman ever put into his wardrobe, you know .

Private

[tentacruelest]

And you have yet to give me a reason to attempt to act civil. I am not one to integrate back into society after lifetimes at sea.

Re: Private

[shakenandlimp]

I was only observing, Captain.

Private

[tentacruelest]

Lack of civility is my nature now. It is not an act. You see things that aren't truly there, Bush.

Re: Private

[shakenandlimp]

Lucky I've got you to tell me how it really stands, then.

Private

[tentacruelest]

Only if I aim to open my heart to you. A thing which has never worked in the past.