contentwithoutcommand: (Salute)
Lt David Long ([personal profile] contentwithoutcommand) wrote2013-07-20 10:45 am

Third Tackle : written

July the twentieth,

It has been some time since I've opened this book. I confess, I tend not to think about it often; it is too unlike anything I am familiar with. However, I will endeavour to use it more often.

I am still in possession of the sloop-of-war Britannia. [Thank goodness he's writing. He'd have never been able to contain his overwhelming relief. For two months, he's been waiting for the admiral mentioned by Buffy to provide him with an official writ, taking that command away from him.] I have made a great deal of progress on her maintenance.

However, I should like to take her out to sea soon. Until I am able, I will not know how she handles.

By her size, I should estimate that she would support a full complement of one-hundred-and-twenty souls. ["Men," he manages not to write. He's learned enough about women here to be cautious.] However, for a basic jaunt and not a war-time assignment, she would only require perhaps twelve to manage her properly.

There is no form of currency here, or I would offer pay. I am open to negotiation for the price of the labour, though. I will meet what I can.

D Long, commander, R.N.
godbent: (Lost My Music)

[written]

[personal profile] godbent 2013-07-21 02:04 am (UTC)(link)
[Perhaps a little nostalgia makes her say-]

A favor in the future's my price

- Haruhi Suzumiya
godbent: (Seriously I cried a little)

[written]

[personal profile] godbent 2013-07-21 11:24 pm (UTC)(link)
To be decided in the future, unless you don't like that.

- Suzumiya
godbent: (The muddy depths)

[written]

[personal profile] godbent 2013-07-21 11:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[Hah]

Do you have any skills other than seamanship?
godbent: (And here we go again)

[written]

[personal profile] godbent 2013-07-22 09:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[Jeez, and those two aren't very useful in a world where she's writing in Japanese. In that case]

Then I'll do a freebie.
greenjacketed: (♖ bells inside my head ring)

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[personal profile] greenjacketed 2013-07-22 10:50 am (UTC)(link)
I'll go.

--R SHARPE

[ maybe this way the brother might look more favourably upon his suit. if he's lucky. ]
greenjacketed: (♖ but your soul you must keep)

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[personal profile] greenjacketed 2013-07-24 05:06 pm (UTC)(link)
As for the cost of my labour -- [ he hesitates and it shows in how long he lingers. ] I'm a simple soldier. I do not need much.
greenjacketed: (♖ you're a dead man obidiah)

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[personal profile] greenjacketed 2013-07-25 09:48 am (UTC)(link)
Brandy suits. [ arack suits better, but with other considerations in mind he doesn't want the man to think he's too slovenly. ]
greenjacketed: (♖ feelin' crazy)

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[personal profile] greenjacketed 2013-07-29 11:17 am (UTC)(link)
I should warn you -- my experience at sea is limited. But I did once drill the sixty-six marines on the Pucelle under Captain Joel Chase. We saw battle on the sail home from India.

[ he'd only been an ensign, then. but already older than your typical ensign. and far more battle-worn. ]
Edited 2013-07-29 11:18 (UTC)
greenjacketed: (♖ give me hope in silence)

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[personal profile] greenjacketed 2013-07-31 12:16 pm (UTC)(link)
...Will Miss Long be joining us for any voyages? [ ... ] Strictly as a passenger, I mean.
greenjacketed: (♖ he left his sash in badajoz)

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[personal profile] greenjacketed 2013-08-09 11:56 am (UTC)(link)
Understandable, Commander.