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[There's a lot of shuffling, scuffling, as Ianchus tries to figure out how to do this exactly. Anyone watching would get some close shots of a knitted brow, or some concentrating, half-grins as he adjusts the camera. Okay, the top of his head is clipped here and he's at the rightmost part of the frame, but close enough.]

Hadriel! Is this working? Is everybody alright? I'm Ianchus Cepheos--I may have met some of you already...!

[And suddenly he has to put his hands over his mouth and laugh. He's not one who usually gets flustered, but talking to what seems to be nobody at all is odd for him.]

Ah, sorry, sorry! I'm not used to this at all. But! I wanted to let everybody know that I'm located on the island that holds the orchard and the hot springs. If you're here too, you're welcome to come to my home in the Love housing.

[And his voice grows a little more serious.]

These waters don't look to be the kindest--quite cold--but if anybody would like to learn to swim, I can oblige. I can also offer myself as a fairly competent seaman, though there don't seem to be any ships nor boats around. [He rubs his lower lip in thought.] I have never been involved in shipwrightery, but I can learn quickly. Or improvise.

To reiterate! Please let me know if I can do anything for you, on the island or off!

[Hesitation, and then...]

Oh, and. If anyone know where the Speakeasy went to, please let me know that, as well.

[Ianchus moves to turn off the phone, and...fails miserably. You are treated to his humming and shuffling in the background during his nightly routine until the damn thing runs out of battery.]

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Speakeasy's stuck on the most useless island with the foggy hellscape and Tranquility's temple and his now equally pointless mopeds.

[Bitter? Not Rey. Rey isn't bitter at all.]

Oh dear. Are you there too? Or elsewhere?

...Perhaps we can make a bridge with the mopeds?

There. Was working on the Speakeasy during the move.

[Which she can't say she minds, because being away and not having anything to do on one of the other islands would drive her insane, but she still hates being marooned.]

If that's something that someone could somehow magically make feasible, that'd just be fan-fucking-tastic. We better be getting some sort of bridge soon, anyway.

You've something to drown your sorrows with, at the least.
[Then, with some concern:]

Ah, the alcohol replenishes itself, yes?

[A faint, inaudible grumbling can be heard on Rey's end.]

No, it doesn't. Have made the alcohol myself since we opened the Speakeasy -- with some help with others, anyway. Not the gods.

[Thankfully she had others willing to step up when Rey lost her co-proprietor.]

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Ianchus! This is Curufin. We've spoken before. It sounds as though you're on the East Island. I'm on North Island and am building a sailing boat. I expect to finish it in five or six days. I and my sailing companion Margaery Tyrell will be coming to East Island in search of my brother Maglor.

If you have sailing skills, we're interested. I'm thinking that it's going to take a number of vessels to keep taxiing between the islands, and a number of sailors. I'll be building other boats, and others may be doing the same, and it's possible the gods may provide us with some boats as well.

Oh, and the Speakeasy's on South Island, from the sound of it.

I would love to help! I've mostly had experience on the larger rigs but I've also sailed some smaller, single-sail boats before--I imagine that's what you're thinking of building? I don't imagine much else would be possible.

And...Please, let me know when you visit. I owe you quite a bit for a few weeks ago.

Yes, the first boat will be the smallest, though I'm building it to seat four people at least. I may build another of the same, as my next project, but the third will definitely be a longboat. It's size will depend on how much cargo it will need to bear, and on whether it's going to be used to explore further into the ocean than just these four islands.

I will let you know as soon as we are launched! And no, you don't owe me. Everybody was suffering from those unfortunate losses, and we were all just trying to help each other through a bad time.

Say, do you want to help build the next boat?

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Nevertheless, I acted poorly. [He's cheery about it, but he's not letting that go.] I'll treat you when you get here.

And I'm a better sailor than a shipwright, but like I said, I can certainly haul lumber and hammer! If there is a way I can help, I would love to. I must admit, I'm also interested in ocean travel, but whether we're building for that or for inter-island travel, I would absolutely love to be involved.

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Can you? [learn quickly, that is; he's bad at polite conversation when sarcasm comes so much more easily, and there's a fair bit of sarcasm in it] I've never gotten the impression that ship carpentry was an easy trade to just pick up on a whim.

Oh, it isn't at all! But I can follow directions and carry lumber and hit a nail with a hammer without hitting mine or anyone else's fingers. I imagine that's valuable on its own? [it's okay Law,he tends to default to japes]

Assembly isn't the problem with ships, it's the blueprints.

[sigh. he really really wants to go to sea for real but the cheerful enthusiasm of this guy + Curufin = unsure]

Which I can't help with but I've been at sea long enough to know what not to do.

Are you a sailor, then? I've only been in close company with them, all I learned was so I could help them, rather than how to properly be one. I'm the rough approximation of a cabin boy, I suppose. But your expertise would be highly appreciated.

[There's sincerity there, as well as interest.]

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