texts from last night's deeply regretted rum venture

[groundrules]

DON'T PIRATE AND DRIVE

o1. Nothing settles the Crossing jitters like a bit of liquid courage — and with pirates, sharing is caring. Maybe you took it willing, under duress or subterfuge, or you completely underestimated the potency of what your esteemed sailor companions style the 'Mother's milk — but you are hereby sloshed. Inebriated. Tipsy. Under the weather. Toasting the gods. o2. Top level with one or more of your character's most philosophical, amorous, or otherwise deeply wrong drunken thoughts or observation. Don't leave an empty comment, that makes the wine gods sad. o3. Comment aroundkeep incriminating evidence. o4. Feel free to make any of your threads game canon, just check with your partner too!

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[traaaaaash]

why, what do you want with it?

[somebadnews]

If you can spare a cup, I was really hoping to liquify my insides so I can make a nice meat suit for the next guy.

[traaaaaash]

that bad huh

[somebadnews]

Probably relative to how bad your curse is.

[traaaaaash]

mmmhhhh

i just get sick of it sometimes

sorry owl beast i know you do too

[somebadnews]

[ ...Damn that he has to know now. ]

Your curse is an owl beast?

[traaaaaash]

yeah

no idea where exactly it came from but now it's here

[somebadnews]

So you have a pet. Is it permanently attached to you or something?

[traaaaaash]

no it's INSIDE me

we share an uh

a mind i guess

[somebadnews]

An owl lives in your mind and you have no idea how that happened?

[traaaaaash]

oh i do know how it got in ME

i got glimpses of the before but it's kinda unclear

[somebadnews]

Well I can see how you'd forget things, if you're sharing a brain with an owl.

[ He's going to keep repeating it until it makes sense. ]

Maybe the water isn't such a bad idea.

[traaaaaash]

i mean it was good for the crops so

but honestly

not so sure i want that anymore

idk i had a lot of rum

[somebadnews]

[ It occurs to him this could all just be drunken rambling that has no basis in reality. ]

Sometimes it's the simplest solutions.

[traaaaaash]

i mean i've been living with this for so long i don't even know who i'd be without it i think

[somebadnews]

How long?

[traaaaaash]

about thirty years give or take

[somebadnews]

[ That makes her idea a little less... well, still idiotic, but he can understand the desperation. ]

I suppose it's impressive you can find things you haven't tried after thirty years.

[traaaaaash]

and my mother

and my sister

all trying to cure me... but there is no cure, not really

[somebadnews]

Is that why you turn into a harpy?

[ He remembers things, even when drinking. ]

[traaaaaash]

yeah

it's better actually

i'm in control with the harpy

made sort of a truce with the owl beast

[ She wouldn't usually be even NEARLY this open, but heck, she's drunk, she's stuck in a different universe, and whenever she gets out of here she's not gonna see this weird brat again anyway. ]

[somebadnews]

[ Five really doesn't take advantage of what he looks like very often, because that's weird, but it sometimes surprises him what he can learn if he asks.

And... he really can't help but think of Ben here. Who he normally wouldn't mention, but it comes out anyway. ]

It was like that with my brother. His was tentacles that came out of his stomach, but he never quite got control over them.

At least, not while I was there.

[traaaaaash]

wow that sounds gross

no offense to your brother

[somebadnews]

You have an owl living inside you.

[traaaaaash]

less slimy than tentacles