1st Wave

[tentacruelest]

[Down in the depths of Zero sits a sulking, furious squid creature, wrapping his tentacle-like hand around his communicator. Davy Jones has been looking it over for the past day, and is thus far unimpressed. A way to talk to the rest of the crew? What was the point? They had nothing worthwhile to discuss]


Pardon the intrusion of an old pirate captain, but I believe I've requested to see his grace the Admiral, if he so deigns to get his fat arse off the bridge and address my concerns.

Bah - you think a day's stay in the brig will ease th' way of our voyage together? You think your pathetic lot of untested boys, women and slaves is enough to keep Davy Jones at bay for long? You're more of a fool than I'd taken you for.

And the next bilge rat what comes down here prattling on about inmates and other worlds is the next I mark for death.

Riddick - I name ye. Dean Winchester - I name ye too.

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[insolubleriddle]

Oh, not this again. For once, I'd like public threats to be accompanied by a modicum of intelligent forethought.

[He smiles, clearly more amused than annoyed.]

To save you the time and effort, the death of barge residents bothers the Admiral about as much as your job bothered you.

[tentacruelest]

And what does a land-locked blaggard know of my job?

[insolubleriddle]

You've not been at all quiet about what it is you do.

[tentacruelest]

Yeh consider yourself an expert, then? After an hour's worth of a hundreds-year-old history?

[insolubleriddle]

Presumption looks bad on everyone who wears it, Jones. A few hundred years worth of history is a pittance. [Shrug.]

Knowing of the Admiral's indifference, what will you do?

[tentacruelest]

I will pry this ship from his grasp by any means necessary, and return it back to my familiar seas.

[insolubleriddle]

And when you inevitably fail, what will you do?

[tentacruelest]

I will try again, and again, and again. There is no alternative.

[insolubleriddle]

Eveyones resolve has a breaking point.

[tentacruelest]

And you presume too much.

[insolubleriddle]

Less than someone on their first day here.

[tentacruelest]

Do not think to presume anything about me.

[insolubleriddle]

It's more of an educated statement.

[tentacruelest]

Are you a learned man, Mr...?

[insolubleriddle]

Nygma, Edward. 'Learned' is too limiting a description. I'm also rational and experienced.

[tentacruelest]

A man of many talents.

And do you presume to be part and party to my incarceration as well?

[insolubleriddle]

Which one? First day, and you already managed to exacerbate your situation.

[tentacruelest]

Are you a warden or not?

[insolubleriddle]

Would you really blame me for your own errors based on my role here? For shame.

[tentacruelest]

Are ye a warden or not?

[insolubleriddle]

Emphasis on your question doesn't make me more inclined to answer it.

[tentacruelest]

If yeh continue to insult me, I'll see no reason to continue our correspondence, sir-rah.

[insolubleriddle]

Not a hugely effective threat, I'm afraid, but I am curious about where you intend to lead this conversation.


I'm not a warden.

[tentacruelest]

And yet here you stand. Mocking one who shares the same plight.

[insolubleriddle]

My dislike of stupidity is non-discriminatory.