meme 001 ✽ the pirate au meme

[ditz]

ARRRRRRRRRRRRRGH - okay, who finished the rum?
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ღ Meme originally from amuse_box but I did add #13 for a wild card. 
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1. Boarded: Your ship has been boarded, and as captain you've been captured! Better hope the other captain gives quarter. Alternatively, it's a nice warm day for a swim. That plank was made for walking.

2. Victory: You've captured another ship! You knew those extra cannons would come in handy. And let's hope they've got lots of swag! Where's the captain? Are you the decent sort, or are you going to rub their face in it for a bit?

3. Swab the decks: You're a cabin boy! It's a good thing you don't mind doing all the dirty work, right? Anyway, the captain's calling; better see what they want.

4. Marooned: For a bit there you'd thought you were in Davy's Jones' grip, but somehow you've washed ashore with the driftwood. As you stare dazedly up from the surf, you have questions. Where are you? And who's that already on the shore?

5. Buried Treasure: Sink me! You've really found the mother lode. . . but you're not the only one. Who gets to take the treasure back to their ship? Better make sure it's you.

6. Rum: Rum, everywhere.

7. Swordfight: It's that person you can't stand! And they've taken your most valuable possession, that one of a kind thing you just can't live without! Better get that trinket back before it and your nemesis are gone over the side forever. Let's hear some swashes buckling.

8. Mutiny: The tack is full of maggots and this drinking water may as well have come from the gutter. There's one person to blame for this, and you're here to make especially sure that they pay for it. The captain does always seem to take the best treasure before everybody else.

9. Kidnapping: Don't they look rather peaceful, innocent even, sleeping so soundly there with their fancy nightclothes and pillows. Brings a tear to your eye, it does. Better take them aboard and send for a ransom.

10. Take a Gamble: Gotta spend your loot somehow, but it must have been the rum that had you bettin' everything at once! You've lost to your hornswagglin' shipmate; what did you lose, and what will they make you do now?

11. Under the Sea: You are now a Mermaid/Merman! That sailor over there sure looks appealing; let's see if you can lure them in with your charms. Don't forget that they can't breathe under water! You do seem to always forget, don't you. . .

12. The Doldrums: Can you say cabin fever? The sails haven't moved in weeks. You're about seeing if your mates can relieve this awful boredom.

13. Wild card. What do. Your choice. It doesn't even have to be here - wait why am I even explaining this to you YOU KNOW HOW THIS WORKS.

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[mr_lawyer_there]

[They drop anchor close to a few ledges jutting out from the cave walls, with some pirates piling into the first rowboat. It is quickly lowered, and they head deeper into the cave.

Phoenix, on the other hand, gets onto one of the ledges overlooking the sea that had entered the cave, sitting down so that his legs dangled over the sides.]

[truthsnomiracle]

[At the same time, Edgeworth's head pokes out of the water. Below the water line, it's possible to make out the fact that his arms are crossed.]

I believe you wished to be the first to ask questions.

[mr_lawyer_there]

[Phoenix adjusts his hat and sighs; yup, that's indeed Edgeworth, from the way he's crossing his arms.]

Okay, I'll start with, "Why did you leave that kind of note?" You could've just taken a break without making everyone believe you were dead!

[truthsnomiracle]

There were several reasons. For one, I didn't wish to be pursued. For another, there was the possibility that I might never return. Finally, I knew that should I return, it must not be as the same merman.

[mr_lawyer_there]

You thought you were never going to return?! [Phoenix is so shocked, he nearly falls off the ledge.]

[truthsnomiracle]

What right would someone like the Miles Edgeworth you knew from a year ago have to return, or even to live at all?! What I practiced... that wasn't justice.

[mr_lawyer_there]

[It definitely wasn't justice - it was more like a coldblooded hatred for crime.]

W-well...it wasn't, but people can change, Edgeworth! Don't say that!

[truthsnomiracle]

[That reaction seems to leave Edgeworth... amused?]

Perhaps I overestimated your skill at deduction.

[mr_lawyer_there]

...What's that supposed to mean?

[I definitely did NOT miss that smug smile of his...]

[truthsnomiracle]

Consider how much I've been speaking in the past tense. Consider as well my current willingness to speak to one such as yourself on such terms.

[mr_lawyer_there]

Y-You know what I mean! Anyway, can you...you know, come back with us and show everyone that you're not dead?

[truthsnomiracle]

Is there a need for my presence?

[Because obviously just making people stop worrying doesn't count, right?]

[mr_lawyer_there]

Well, yeah! Everyone's wondering where you went...how long do you plan to keep this up?

[truthsnomiracle]

Not for much longer. After all, I do believe I've found my answer... I merely await an opportunity to apply it. After all, it wouldn't do to return only to be mistaken for the merman I once was.

[mr_lawyer_there]

I guess you have a point...but what kind of opportunity are you waiting for? Facing me again in court when I have to be more lawyer and less pirate?

[truthsnomiracle]

It doesn't necessarily have to involve you in such a manner, though perhaps you'd learn something important yourself if it did. I only wish to demonstrate what it truly means to be a prosecutor.

[mr_lawyer_there]

"What it truly means to be a prosecutor"...

[truthsnomiracle]

Indeed. My mentor had the wrong idea concerning what victory in court really is. It's not meant for any one person at all.

[mr_lawyer_there]

Your mentor had the wrong idea about a lot of things...

[truthsnomiracle]

While this is true, I cannot honestly claim that I owe him nothing at all.