[Magilou, Rokurou, Eizen.....and Bienfu. And with Eleanor's current state. Maybe now wasn't quite the right time? Or, they could take her along too, of course, but. Laphicet isn't sure. They needed more people to crew the ship. Not to mention his need to replace his compass. Which he still hasn't gotten around to doing.]
I've got a couple of people in mind to help that I can call up. And we were going to enlist the original crew to work for us anyway.
["Enlist" being that she'll threaten them into submission. They'll get the crew to man the ship because what does Velvet and the rest of them know about running a ship? Phi and Rokurou are probably the most knowledgeable after Eizen.]
It's probably best that Eleanor's out of it while we go do this, we'll be dealing with pirates and things might get rough. You know how she is about hurting people.
You do? Maybe we could ask with the amulets if anyone else is interested? We'd need to have enough to at least man the ship.
[That is probably his main concern. Having enough crew to man the ship. Otherwise there was no point in sourcing a ship in the first place, right? If they couldn't man it to get it anywhere.
And well, as for Eleanor, Laphicet pouts a little at that.]
She could handle it. She stuck around with us before. This wouldn't be any different.
Yeah, just a couple. And I don't think it's a good idea to go around advertising that we're looking for a bunch of individuals who are willing to look the other way when we do something unsavory to run our ship. Unless you want to get a wanted poster in this world.
[This is why Velvet intends to use the native pirates - basically she's just taking the whole thing over.]
She'll be alright with us consorting with pirates again but I don't think they're just going to hand their ship over to us and work for us without a fight. Sync would probably listen if I tell him not to kill anyone but Veigar's more of a wildcard. Better if Eleanor sits this part out and then when she's awake, she can come along as usual.
W-well, I mean. You guys had posters back home and we still managed? I don't see why or how that would be any different here.
[....yes, he might childishly still be a little jealous on hearing the others talk about those Wanted Posters. But he isn't all that surprised at how she seems to have been planning this for a bit now, either.]
You know she's been in fights with us before. But maybe you're right. She was trying to stop us from taking that ship back home, when you first took me along with you.
We didn't exactly go around advertising for help out in the open. It just happened upon us most of the time. If we tell everyone that we're looking for unsavory sorts who want to join our pirate crew, we'll have a hoard of heroes trying to stop us all of the time.
[This place seems to favor the hero-types more than anything. While she's fine being the bad guy, Velvet doesn't want to fail before they even manage to start.]
Eleanor disapproved of a lot of things we did but had to go along with it because of our deal. [She could technically still order the girl around but...] She won't have any moral dilemmas this way.
I guess. As long as we have enough crew to man the ship, really. But you know it'll probably only be a matter of time before others find out about what we'd be doing.
[So they could probably expect some resistance. Once word might spread, at least. However long or quickly that might take. But again, they're used to that, well enough, by now. Expect it, even.]
That's true. I wouldn't want to upset her or anything.
I'll make sure Veigar doesn't kill everyone. And I'm not really worried about others finding out, I just don't intend to broadcast it over an open channel.
[She does expect some resistance eventually, doesn't care if they end up with wanted posted but that's just part of being a pirate/villain.]
Doing it without her is probably for the best this once.
Alright then. I still feel kind of bad for Eleanor but you're probably right....
[Laphicet's lips purse but he gives a nod. He kind of has to agree with Velvet there. As much as he might not mind getting a Wanted Poster, and is used to the fighting and all. Eleanor has more...ethics? Morals? Than most of their ragtag crew of 'family'.]
[Given his time with them, with Velvet, he already knows it's easy and possible for things to escalate. So he is prepared if he has to, to kill. It's not something he is stranger to, especially given his unquestioning following of any and all orders back when he was with Teresa.]
Right. The ship, once we have that, we'll figure it out.
[She's expecting some resistance so it will likely get worse before it gets better. And that's something she'd like to avoid getting Eleanor involved in. Without Eizen here to reign Velvet back from certain things, there's a chance she'll do something that upsets the exorcist badly.]
What do you think of naming the ship the Van Airtia? [After the Van Eltia, of course.]
Van Airtia? I like it, yeah! I mean. Assuming the others are okay with that name. What if the ship might already have one?
[If it did, renaming it might be better in some attempt in covering their tracks though. Still, he is used to that sort of thing, as odd as that might seem for a boy his age. To be a pirate and aspire to have his own Wanted poster and all.]
Oh. Yeah, I could see him suggesting something like that. It fits.
[Though he does pause then, the air around them seeming to light up when she mentioned that. That this ship even looks like their old one back home. Some might say they were supposed to have that ship all along or something, right? Because of that right there. Phi is just nostalgic and eager to finally do this after sort of idly planning for a while now.]
He was a huge nerd but I certainly won't come up with anything better.
[She supposes that it could have been a worse name - something from ancient history and she would have to sit through one of his little lectures unless he was stopped. Though she won't admit that it would be nice to be able to hear one again right about now.]
It has a similar shape and red sails. I'll take you to see it before we attack it.
If it fits, there's no reason to change it. I like it.
[Still, it would do for now. Unless or until they came up with something else, if they preferred a different name in time. Laphicet gives a nod, agreeing and eager, curious to see the ship himself.]
Alright! Ah, that won't seem suspicious, would it?
I guess that's fair. But you're right. If there's a crowd, we might be alright.
[Velvet herself kind of stands out, and more so if she seems to be talking to air if others cannot see Laphicet, but still. They could manage. No point worrying too much anyway, unless something did happen when they went out to see the boat.]
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[Magilou, Rokurou, Eizen.....and Bienfu. And with Eleanor's current state. Maybe now wasn't quite the right time? Or, they could take her along too, of course, but. Laphicet isn't sure. They needed more people to crew the ship. Not to mention his need to replace his compass. Which he still hasn't gotten around to doing.]
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["Enlist" being that she'll threaten them into submission. They'll get the crew to man the ship because what does Velvet and the rest of them know about running a ship? Phi and Rokurou are probably the most knowledgeable after Eizen.]
It's probably best that Eleanor's out of it while we go do this, we'll be dealing with pirates and things might get rough. You know how she is about hurting people.
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[That is probably his main concern. Having enough crew to man the ship. Otherwise there was no point in sourcing a ship in the first place, right? If they couldn't man it to get it anywhere.
And well, as for Eleanor, Laphicet pouts a little at that.]
She could handle it. She stuck around with us before. This wouldn't be any different.
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[This is why Velvet intends to use the native pirates - basically she's just taking the whole thing over.]
She'll be alright with us consorting with pirates again but I don't think they're just going to hand their ship over to us and work for us without a fight. Sync would probably listen if I tell him not to kill anyone but Veigar's more of a wildcard. Better if Eleanor sits this part out and then when she's awake, she can come along as usual.
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[....yes, he might childishly still be a little jealous on hearing the others talk about those Wanted Posters. But he isn't all that surprised at how she seems to have been planning this for a bit now, either.]
You know she's been in fights with us before. But maybe you're right. She was trying to stop us from taking that ship back home, when you first took me along with you.
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[This place seems to favor the hero-types more than anything. While she's fine being the bad guy, Velvet doesn't want to fail before they even manage to start.]
Eleanor disapproved of a lot of things we did but had to go along with it because of our deal. [She could technically still order the girl around but...] She won't have any moral dilemmas this way.
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[So they could probably expect some resistance. Once word might spread, at least. However long or quickly that might take. But again, they're used to that, well enough, by now. Expect it, even.]
That's true. I wouldn't want to upset her or anything.
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[She does expect some resistance eventually, doesn't care if they end up with wanted posted but that's just part of being a pirate/villain.]
Doing it without her is probably for the best this once.
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[Laphicet's lips purse but he gives a nod. He kind of has to agree with Velvet there. As much as he might not mind getting a Wanted Poster, and is used to the fighting and all. Eleanor has more...ethics? Morals? Than most of their ragtag crew of 'family'.]
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[Even if technically the girl is still supposed to do whatever Velvet says.]
So we'll go get our ship while she's out and get the hard part out of the way.
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[Given his time with them, with Velvet, he already knows it's easy and possible for things to escalate. So he is prepared if he has to, to kill. It's not something he is stranger to, especially given his unquestioning following of any and all orders back when he was with Teresa.]
Right. The ship, once we have that, we'll figure it out.
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What do you think of naming the ship the Van Airtia? [After the Van Eltia, of course.]
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[If it did, renaming it might be better in some attempt in covering their tracks though. Still, he is used to that sort of thing, as odd as that might seem for a boy his age. To be a pirate and aspire to have his own Wanted poster and all.]
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[Part of the reason Velvet was going with the name now, and the other because she's terrible at naming things herself.]
We'll rename it. [Obviously.] The one Eizen had his eye on even looks kind of like the Van Eltia.
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[Though he does pause then, the air around them seeming to light up when she mentioned that. That this ship even looks like their old one back home. Some might say they were supposed to have that ship all along or something, right? Because of that right there. Phi is just nostalgic and eager to finally do this after sort of idly planning for a while now.]
Really? It does?
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[She supposes that it could have been a worse name - something from ancient history and she would have to sit through one of his little lectures unless he was stopped. Though she won't admit that it would be nice to be able to hear one again right about now.]
It has a similar shape and red sails. I'll take you to see it before we attack it.
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[Still, it would do for now. Unless or until they came up with something else, if they preferred a different name in time. Laphicet gives a nod, agreeing and eager, curious to see the ship himself.]
Alright! Ah, that won't seem suspicious, would it?
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[Even though Velvet knows that it technically isn't their fault they aren't here. A shake of her head.]
No, there are a lot of different kind of ships and people coming and going all the time. We'll fit right in.
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[Velvet herself kind of stands out, and more so if she seems to be talking to air if others cannot see Laphicet, but still. They could manage. No point worrying too much anyway, unless something did happen when they went out to see the boat.]