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[a_pirate_meant_to_be]

[PRIVATE]

*Some rumors come true, eh? Some rumors. Hmm. Some --

...*

[VIDEO]

You mean all this time I've been talking about rumors about stuff in town and I could've been spreading a rumor I was about to get a million dollars instead?! I don't believe this!

Comments

[video]

[awww_yeeeeeaaaah]

....Doesn't a rumor have be...believable?

Re: [video]

[a_pirate_meant_to_be]

I think it's PERFECTLY believable! I'm a Mighty Pirate (tm), you know! Besides, it can't be any less believable than ghost ships in the middle of town.

[video]

[awww_yeeeeeaaaah]

Yeah, but at least people believe in ghosts.

[That's...not...the point, guys....]

[a_pirate_meant_to_be]

You saying you don't believe in a million dollars?

[video]

[awww_yeeeeeaaaah]

I'm saying it wouldn't work because no one would believe anybody suddenly getting a million dollars.

[video]

[a_pirate_meant_to_be]

Allow me to introduce you to a magical thing called "the lottery."

[video]

[awww_yeeeeeaaaah]

Aha, so you're gonna spread a rumor about winning the lottery?

[He pauses, as if thinking about it.]

...Actually, that's not a bad idea.

[Video]

[a_pirate_meant_to_be]

Exactly! See? A true pirate is a clever pirate!

[Video]

[awww_yeeeeeaaaah]

But what if other people start a rumor like that too?

[WHO WILL WIN THIS METAPHORICAL LOTTO?]

Re: [Video]

[a_pirate_meant_to_be]

I'll just have to spread a rumor that I win even harder then!

[Video]

[themortalhalf]

Be a pretty stupid thing to start a rumor for.

[Video]

[a_pirate_meant_to_be]

It wouldn't be for ME.

[Video]

[themortalhalf]

Yeah it would.

You remember where we are?

Re: [Video]

[a_pirate_meant_to_be]

A place where a relevant lack of job experience suitable for 21st century life has me eating cheap packages of noodles most of the week?

Re: [Video]

[themortalhalf]

[That's one of the more horrifying things he's heard today. Cheap noodles taste like shit turned cardboard. He inwardly cringes at the thought. You can find better cheap food than that.]

We're stuck in some kind of apocalyptic Japan. Think the dollar is worth shit here?

[a_pirate_meant_to_be]

Okay, then some sort of apocalyptic Japanese equivalent! Gimme a break.

[themortalhalf]

We use the yen, if you haven't been checking the pay the government hands out.

[How does he not know what Hinoto-ri uses? Tch. Honestly.]

What kind of noodles are you eating? Ramen?

[a_pirate_meant_to_be]

All I know is it had a weird symbol next to it, and that I was getting money. That's kinda all I cared about.

I... think so? I can't really read the packaging very well.

[video]

[plunderbunny]

It's for the best, sweetie. Hearsay is just the kind of thing that can be twisted into something unpleasant rather easily!

[a_pirate_meant_to_be]

I know, sugarmuffin, but it's just so embarrassing I can't seem to get a decent job around here. Nobody told me I'd be having to try to find valid work skills for a twenty-first century post-apocalyptic city when I was looking into career options.

[plunderbunny]

We're here to fight evil, sugarboots! You have more than enough experience to fill a resume with that.

Are you really having money troubles? You know I can help you with that.

[Because, let's face it, she is and always will be the breadwinner in this relationship.]

[a_pirate_meant_to_be]

No no, I'll figure out something! You know me. Why, I'll bet any day now I'll stumble on riches even WITHOUT a rumor's help!

*...and hopefully not lose them all to a short, angry man shaking him over a bridge like LAST time.*

[plunderbunny]

I trust that I'm not going to find wanted posters with your face and a laundry list of broken laws plastered everywhere, yes?

[a_pirate_meant_to_be]

Oh come on, snookums, that hasn't happened for at least six months now!

[risingshepard]

If rumors like that came true, then we'd all be rich at a price.

[Be careful what you wish for, as they say.]

[a_pirate_meant_to_be]

Can't blame a guy for fantasizing.

[risingshepard]

[Or having a few delusions, but whatever floats his boat better. Shepard just shrugs.] What's keeping you from just getting a job?

Not like there's no open spots or anything.

[a_pirate_meant_to_be]

Lack of job experience and a series of unfortunate circumstances.

*Translation: He's clumsy as hell.*

video;

[fools_journey]

Would that be as fun as treasure hunting, though?

[ Well... it looked fun, anyway. Demonic chicken persona aside. ]

Re: video;

[a_pirate_meant_to_be]

It'd certainly be a faster return on effort.

video;

[fools_journey]

True...

I think someone else mentioned, though, that a different currency might be more useful. But why stop at money?

Re: video;

[a_pirate_meant_to_be]

Well, then you want love, and then you want power, and before you know it you're a horrifying rotting zombie pirate with a bad tendency towards kidnapping your love interests.

video;

[fools_journey]

[ Minato tries not to laugh... ]

That would be a pretty unfortunate outcome. I was thinking something a little more subtle.

[a_pirate_meant_to_be]

Eh. Pirates don't do subtle very well.

[fools_journey]

Heh - I suppose not. What about a rumor for a pirate ship?

[a_pirate_meant_to_be]

Now that you mention it, there WAS a rumor a while back about a ship in the middle of town or something. I don't think anything ever came of that though. Nuts.

[fools_journey]

Really? That's a shame. Maybe we could try again with a new rumor about a ship.

[a_pirate_meant_to_be]

I dunno if it'll have the same mystery if I rumor one into existence KNOWING what I'm doing.

[fools_journey]

I suppose that is a detraction...