Twinhook Pirates First Mate Gregor/Identity Story

Identity Story

Speaker	Dialogue

Twinhook Pirates First Mate Gregor	Oh, man...
	Air sighed out of the sofa as the child rested on its cushion. He lifted his legs and placed his leather boot-wearing-feet on the desk.
	As soon as he sat down, everyone around him began busily going through the contents of their pockets...
Twinhook Pirates First Mate Gregor	Hm? Ooh, that one looks good. I'll try that cig today.
Twinhook Pirates Nervous Pirate	Yessir!
Twinhook Pirates First Mate Gregor	Gotta light, anyone~?
Twinhook Pirates Perceptive Pirate	Here it is, sir!
	One of the nearest sailors quickly ran up to the child with a lighter.
	The child motioned with his chin as though he'd grown accustomed to this royal treatment and let his underling light his cigarette. He breathed in a lungful of smoke.
Twinhook Pirates First Mate Gregor	Hoo... This ain't so bad. Which port didya snag this from?
Twinhook Pirates Nervous Pirate	We found it from one of our 'guests'. If you wish, sir, we could...
Twinhook Pirates First Mate Gregor	Nah, don't worry about it. Don't want them to get a heart attack and bite it or anything. This cig'll get old soon anyway.
Twinhook Pirates Nervous Pirate	Understood, sir.
Twinhook Pirates First Mate Gregor	Well, anyways...
	The child flicked the ashes on one of the pirates' hands, who'd been standing there with open palms like a human ashtray. He took a sweeping look at his crew, drawing another heavy hit from the cigarette.
Twinhook Pirates First Mate Gregor	Right, time for a morning assembly. How are our side jobs doing? Let's hear some reports. Starting from you. Yeah, you there. To my left.
Twinhook Pirates Nervous Pirate	Yes sir! We of the Mermaid Perfume department have captured ourselves a new species of Mermaids, and...
	As soon as the child gives his order, the crew begins listing the state of their respective departments.
	Sales figures from various products such as Mermaid perfume, ice cream, et cetra... Different numbers and statistics went in one ear and out the other.
Twinhook Pirates First Mate Gregor	... Hm, well. Okay.
Twinhook Pirates First Mate Gregor	So it's all shit, then. Am I wrong?
Twinhook Pirates Pirates	......
Twinhook Pirates First Mate Gregor	What's wrong? Cat got your tongues? C'mon, I'm not trying to blame anyone here~
Twinhook Pirates First Mate Gregor	None of them's our main moneymaker anyway... So let's get to our actual business.
Twinhook Pirates First Mate Gregor	... How are our 'guests' doing?
Twinhook Pirates Handy Pirate	We currently have a total of 6 guests in our lodgings, including the one we snagged recently.
Twinhook Pirates First Mate Gregor	And how many customers do we have, looking to get our 'guests' back?
Twinhook Pirates Handy Pirate	We currently have two in active negotiation, sir. They say that one of them's pretty loaded, and came from one of the Nests...
Twinhook Pirates First Mate Gregor	Whoo. Nice~
Twinhook Pirates Handy Pirate	Oh, and, and one thing of note for one of our guests, sir.
Twinhook Pirates Handy Pirate	We managed to snag somebody sent from... some company. Apparently, a Team Leader of sorts. Maybe we can really milk this one dry, sir.
Twinhook Pirates First Mate Gregor	Oho, a Team Leader, eh? Now that's a catch.
Twinhook Pirates Handy Pirate	Seemed a bit... green for a Team Leader, but I don't believe that to be of much concern, first mate. Sir.
Twinhook Pirates First Mate Gregor	Aw. Yeah, you did good work~
Twinhook Pirates First Mate Gregor	Sorry about all the trouble, guys~ Having to listen to a lowly first mate in the Captain's absence... Sucks, don't it?
Twinhook Pirates Pirates	Not at all, sir!
Twinhook Pirates First Mate Gregor	Naw, I understand~ Sigh. Hook, that bastard... Used to be a lot more reliable when we sailed the high seas... But as soon as we're docked, poof! Gone, off to drown in that fairy wine or whatever.
	The child grumbles in a half-joking, half-serious manner, but none of the crew laughed nor moved. They stood stiff and still like new recruits.
	They were awfully rigid for pirates, but...
	They had a good reason to be.

	And that... was why this man of such casual, seemingly laid-back disposition was the first mate of the pirates.
Twinhook Pirates First Mate Gregor	Look here, now!
??? ???	Aaahhh!!
Twinhook Pirates First Mate Gregor	Oh~ Don't freak out, now. Thrash about a little too much, and I just might slip and take your whole noggin clean off. If something so unfortunate were to happen... well, don't blame me, 'kay?
??? ???	... Gulp.
Twinhook Pirates First Mate Gregor	Now, lookee here~ My future guest~
Twinhook Pirates First Mate Gregor	This here is called a pistol. With a little POW!... you can get a new hole to breathe out of. Why don't you say hello to my little friend? You know, taxes make it one expensive friend to keep.
Twinhook Pirates First Mate Gregor	Ooh, don't you nod your little head too hard. I messed with the trigger mechanism... and now it's really a hair-trigger.
Twinhook Pirates First Mate Gregor	So I'd like you to answer with a blink~ Not that you've got much to say.
Twinhook Pirates First Mate Gregor	From now on, you'll be our 'guest'. You've got rich friends, rich family, hmm?
??? ???	……
Twinhook Pirates First Mate Gregor	Yeah, just like that. Just blink. Chill with us here until your friends get here with the ransom, 'kay? Play nice, and I won't kill ya. Ain't that nice?
Twinhook Pirates First Mate Gregor	Not gonna blink? Eyes too dry? Want some eye drops? Still got some fight in ya, is that it?
??? ???	N-no! Not at...
Twinhook Pirates Nervous Pirate	... Gulp.
	With him doing this to every new guest in front of the whole crew, how could they not be afraid?
	Maybe this 'Captain Hook' knew this child's talents. Maybe that's why the child was left to take charge in the Captain's absence.
	Captain Hook didn't seem to mind how annoyed the child was, though. Probably didn't even care to find out.

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