justicereigns | [ voice ] Confiscating Pirate Ships, hello new feathers, teaching self-defense

Hello new feathers and old.

First off, I'm Captain Smoker. [Those who know otherwise can point out that he's a commodore, and that it doesn't even matter in this place.] I teach kickboxing, basic self defense, and jitte for anyone who would need it. I can also help spar against swordsmen if they're looking to expand their skills. Every so often a draft goes out taking people at random; kids and civilians alike, so even a little bit of practice can help. There are other self defense classes being taught so I'm sure we could work something out between teachers and create a formal schedule if need be.

Secondly, there's a lot of discussion about putting together a more permanent form of police or watch group to deal as first responders to threats to the village. Since that doesn't seem like something that will get worked out too easily, I'd like to suggest making a safe haven of the barracks. Anyone who can't or doesn't want to fight could safely put there in emergencies and defenders could keep watch.

On a different note; Jack Sparrow I'm confiscating your ship. Your previous acts of piracy here in Luceti have shown you're not to be trusted with one. Now let that be a lesson to other would-be pirates here.

[ooc: yeah, no, even Smoker doesn't expect that to work so feel free to tell him to fuck off. He just promised to give it a try, and he misses beating up pirates =\ Anyways, please do yell at him for overstepping bounds, though he really won't give a fuck.]

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Hn.

And thus you think should be left in possession of a ship which he will undoubtedly use for the same purposes as always?

You asked me why I believed he could redeem himself. The ship? She's another matter entirely. She's also half-named after my mother. So forgive me if I feel a little possessive and don't exactly take kindly to having a stranger get loud-mouthed about confiscation.

Hn. I promise no harm will come to her -- the ship, but I'm not giving up on the matter.

However, since you feel so strongly, I will refrain until I have proof that he's still actively committing acts of piracy. Will this suffice? [He meant to say it far less insultingly, since he actually is pretty impressed by her attempts, he's just... an insulting kind of jerk.]

...It'll do.

[ and because this is jack they're talking about? ] If you do confiscate her? Hand the proverbial keys over to Admiral Norrington. He's a navy, anti-piracy kinda man. Uber-lawful. And he looked after the Joanna Joyce when Jack was sent home.

I have someone who wants to actually improve the ship.

Since the ship is personal to you, talk to a turtle named Donatello, tell him I sent you.

My biggest condition is that it can't be used for Blackbeard's gain.

I'm not convinced that Jack's as in cahoots with Blackbeard as he likes Blackbeard to think.

[ donatello. hmm? this might work out okay. ]

Neither do I, and that would be extremely foolish on Sparrow's part. Blackbeard is not a man to be taken lightly and he does the double-crossing, not the other way around. He killed the strongest man in our world, a man who would be more than capable of destroying this whole island if he were here. Taking Blackbeard for the buffoon he acts as is would be the same mistake thousands of others have made.

So maybe Jack doesn't get who this Blackbeard really is but ignorance is a two way street. [ implying, perhaps, that jack is more than what he projects. ]

I've underestimated one pirate in my life, I don't ever intend to make the same mistake again, Miss Summers.

It still doesn't change the fact that the last time Jack was in possession of a ship he teamed up with Blackbeard to sail it on the lake and pillage Luceti.

And the ocean is quite a bit bigger and more hazardous, it hardly needs the added danger of pirates running amok.

You do realize he's been sent home since then, right? Lived a whole other two years? Has changed?

And you think that he's suddenly stopped being a pirate? I've seen hundreds of pirates claim to stop, but whenever big trouble starts again, there they are.

Once a pirate, always a pirate. I'll send the people Sparrow robs from your way then.

[ooc: Starting with the Gilbert thread down below.]

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