[video] a pirate's life for me

[hot_mes]

[much as he really should wait and learn more information generally, Law feels like he has enough to go on to make this...declaration. And question. Mostly question but there's some solid plans up in there too.]

Is there anyone present with the capability of building pressurized underwater vessel technology and passable engines from the parts we have at the lab? If not that, what about breathing apparatus for underwater exploration?

Without a submarine, at the very least we'll need a vessel capable of holding up to lengthy journeys and containing supplies for the trip. Curufin, Floki, it's time we got working.

[those who know him well might note the lack of his casual -ya on those names]

I'm sure our hosts will be on this soon enough, but I'm not waiting for them. I'm also not planning on taking the entire city on a pleasure cruise. When I form a crew it will be of the most capable and functionally useful sailors, fighters, and explorers only. And the position of captain is already taken. [S M U G] As is ship's doctor. I could use a navigator so long as their experience isn't solely a set of stars that don't exist here.

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[vocarrah]

Ah, so it's time for this, then? My offer still stands. I'm afraid I can't navigate, but I can haul rope--ah.
...Or will this ship not have those?

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[hot_mes]

I highly doubt we'll have the resources to build a sub, even if I would prefer one. There's probably going to be ropes enough.

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[vocarrah]

Ah, then I'm ready! If you'll have me, of course.

[He has no idea what a sub is.]

[Audio]

[whistlewhilstyouwork]

I'd make a Jaws reference but I'm guessing you wouldn't get it.

[Audio]

[hot_mes]

[YEAAAAHHH uh]

I have no idea what you're talking about

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[whistlewhilstyouwork]

Big shark. Boat's not big enough. Shit happens. It's a horror movie.

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[abyssalarcana]

hope the clouds let up some time out there. have to fly up to get star photos with the phone but theyre still pretty misty sometimes

will be hard to use if its always cloudy everywhere

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[hot_mes]

if they're never visible they can't be used anyway so here's hoping someone has a magnetic compass

[abyssalarcana]

i can fly up and check occasionally. not useless completely

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[so_dark_a_road]

It might be possible to build a submarine vessel, but it will take a LOT more time to construct than a surface ship will. And we'd have to recruit a lot more tech people. I can certainly handle some types of modern tech -- did it in the world I lived in before Hadriel -- but we'd need some specialists.

Personally, I'd go for building the brig sloop you were talking about and try to add some diving equipment. Though where we'd get that, I don't know, unless you want to settle for me and whatever techies we could recruit designing and fabricating some. Again, problem of time.

So, you're the captain, you decide. [ Grin. ]

Oh, btw, I know navigation. I'll just have to make a star map for this planet.

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[hot_mes]

It's less the time that concerns me over the materials and skill. You're right, building a sloop is easier than a submarine because we have the resources at hand, though I did ask your kinsman if any of you were skilled at hammering metal into thinner sheets.

[still. time]

I'm covering all the potential leads before anyone so much as takes a saw to a tree.

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[so_dark_a_road]

I am skilled at making plate metal, as I'm sure my kin told you. And it's not that much of a leap of technology to make sheet metal by rolling or casting. But again, time and materials. I still have a heap of Null bodies in my workshop, which I've been melting down or forging for hardware. But that pile is diminishing. There isn't enough metal left for the hard shell that would be needed for the submarine. We'd be stuck with asking the gods for materials, and we're already agreed on the undesirability of that.

But yes, that is what I would do -- explore all the potential ideas before making a decision.

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[allthecards]

[A plan to get information about the door that doesn't rely on anything from teh gods? That's everyone on the list to ping his interest.]

What's your plan for data collection? Have people swim around and hope for the best?

[Video]

[hot_mes]

I expect to retrieve whatever's at those coordinates. Tangible pieces of whatever it is.

[Video]

[allthecards]

Assuming it's light enough and not buried.

Images and scans may be just as valuable.

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[solase]

What about a ship's magician?

[Hello Law, he remembers you from the last time that you met him over drinks and spoke with him about both being pirate captains. He doesn't recall managing to slip this part into the conversation at the time, though.

He likes being able to surprise people.]

[video]

[hot_mes]

[s'up fellow captain]

And why in the hell would I need a magician?

[honestly he won't turn away anyone with actual seafaring experience, useful or not, but...geez man]

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[synthedick]

I'm better off on dry land, but you might ask Glacius about underwater exploration. He's been doing that for that maps I've been putting together, and could probably make easy work of any pieces deep down.

[The guy is made of ice and can shapeshift, after all, unlike Nick, who is all metal and exposed wiring. And the alien comes with his own gills.]

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[hot_mes]

Understood. I've never spoken with him before. [convenient response to his message, though, thanks Glacius]

Some people have to stay behind, I'm sure. There's no telling what kind of shenanigans could happen here if we all traipse off.

[bythewaves]

I can't do much for your planning, Law - but if you need hands to work, that much I can do.

[hot_mes]

Ah. Thanks. I'll keep that in mind - I don't yet know how big the ship will actually be when it's ready.

[glacius]

I do not need a vessel. And I will find these pieces. Normally I would prefer to do it on my own... [It's how he operated for years and years prior to being brought to Hadriel and he's not fond of trusting somehow he doesn't know very well wit something so important, but...]

... cooperation is preferable to conflict, though. If you can prove your goals are not misguided or corrupt, I could be convinced to aid you.

[hot_mes]

...you're Glacius, I take it?

[what can he say, he doesn't always keep track. But being judged immediately sets his teeth on edge.]

Exactly what kind of proof do you need?

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[boats_n_hoes]

[ See now this sounds interesting, this has Floki's curiosity. Maybe he misjudged Law the first time the spoke of boats and how they should or shouldn't be built. Still, whatever he is needed to build he is one hell of a shipwright and up for the challenge. ]

I gave my word I would work with you on this, Captain Trafalgar Law. And I don't go back on my word... Though, I am very, very curious about some of the things you talk of. Would you have time to explain them to me?

[ He's keen to get to work, he's just baffled at some of the words used, the tech he spoke of. It was all out of Floki's time that was for sure. ]

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[hot_mes]

Of course. If you don't want to do it over the phone, make your way to the clinic. It's where I spend most of my days.