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Dec. 20th, 2009 08:05 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
a_pirate_meant_to_beAnd here's Guybrush, at the Sea of Acheron. ...in front of a rather pathetic looking foot-pedal swan boat.
You know, you'd think after so many years doing this sort of thing, I would be used to the crushing disappointment of it all.
....You'd THINK that.
See, this is why you can't trust politicians. Ever.
You know, you'd think after so many years doing this sort of thing, I would be used to the crushing disappointment of it all.
....You'd THINK that.
See, this is why you can't trust politicians. Ever.
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Date: 2009-12-21 05:03 am (UTC)I was really hoping I wasn't going to have to do the whole "clever maneuvering of gullible individuals to reach important goals" thing. Gosh darn it.
He sits down in the boat, and kicks the front of the boat in a pique of ire. The glove box opens, but Guybrush doesn't seem to notice that little piece of paper that has come out of it in his annoyance.
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Date: 2009-12-21 05:05 am (UTC)*Reisen watches for a few moments as it starts to fly out towards sea on a random breeze, and the moon rabbit quickly flies out to snatch it out of the air...*
...
*which results in a rather comedic sequence of the paper barely escaping her and close calls with the water, before she finally snatches it*
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Date: 2009-12-21 05:56 am (UTC)Apparently, he's missed the point. And it's a darned good thing Reisen saved that piece of paper, because it's a deed to a pirate ship called, uh, the Stinky Dugong. ...is that really an improvement?
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Date: 2009-12-21 05:59 am (UTC)It looks like this came out from the swan boat...
*she floats over and hands the deed to Guybrush*
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Date: 2009-12-21 06:57 am (UTC)He takes the deed and looks at it.
You know, gift horses and all that, and I should probably be really happy that this isn't the real deal, and that there's apparently a real ship waiting for me, but...
...The "Stinky Dugong?" What the heck's a dugong?
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Date: 2009-12-21 06:58 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-12-21 07:02 am (UTC)He cleans off the figurehead, grinning -- until he realizes what he's touching and urks a bit, backing away.
Man, those Senators have a CRUUUUUEL sense of humor, though. *shudder*
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Date: 2009-12-21 07:03 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-12-21 07:07 am (UTC)...not that they usually help out that much, but it's a tradition, or something.
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Date: 2009-12-21 07:13 am (UTC)... I'm not going to try to understand how that works.
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Date: 2009-12-21 07:25 am (UTC)Now let's see... where there's supposed to be pirates, there ought to be a nice, piratey town somewhere. And where there's a pirate, there are bored, unemployed pirates itching for a good ship and a good captain.
Neither of which apply in this case.
So! Let's see if this deed tells me where I can pick up my fine... uh, "stinky" vessel, then.
He begins reading it more thoroughly.
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Date: 2009-12-21 07:43 am (UTC)