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[crotchroses]

[Today's broadcast is a simple one. Apologies for the spam!]

If I had the materials to produce wine, I would do so immediately.

[private to ALL THE NATIONS (except Germany):]

I want no part in any conflicts here. There is too much at stake. I understand our histories and the differing timelines that add further complications, but as they say, there are bigger fish to fry.

We don't have to work together. In fact, the idea is a little appalling, though I would not be opposed to it. But let us at least try not to leap straight into war.

Let us build our respective areas and watch over our citizens, if we have any on this planet.

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[private to ROSEMARY:]

I am in the hospital. If you would like to speak with me in person, that is fine.

[private to ARTHUR:]

Shut up.

I have something to tell you. Will you visit me here in the hospital or are you still glued to Amerique? Either way I will discuss it, whether in person or on the phone, but in person is preferable. That way I can reintroduce your face to my glorious fist if need be.

What will it be, Rosbif?

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[OOC NOTE: TAKING A NAP. WILL BE BACK IN A FEW HOURS HOPEFULLY UNLESS I JUST PASS OUT ALTOGETHER.

OOC NOTEX2 COMBO: He's in the DISCEDO HOSPITAL just sulking so if you want to visit, you can!! Doesn't matter if you're a nation or not, he likes company! :) ]

Comments

[crotchroses.livejournal.com]

... There was quite a lot of fighting. It was a very rough life unless one had enough money to retire and then did so. Ah, and even the medical practices were crude at best! A ship's carpenter would serve as the surgeon.

And of course the... ... the rats.

[fierybluebird]

I think England mentioned that.

[Arches an amused eyebrow.] Not a fan of keeping cats or dogs on deck?

[crotchroses.livejournal.com]

Euh... It is less the rats themselves and more of what they carry, which is the sickness on fleas.

More mouths to feed. Some ships had them, but not all could. A merchant does like to keep his ship as efficient as possible.

[fierybluebird]

Even then. Rats would eat a lot more than a cat or dog.

[crotchroses.livejournal.com]

It's true, but everyone has twenty-twenty hindsight.

And animals on board might catch disease from the fleas too...

[fierybluebird]

I'm just thinking how we did things. My old man had a giant dog named Stefan. Lots of species have diseases that can pass between each other, like the Avian flu. But a lot more diseases can't be, eh.

But it's understandable. It took my world awhile to figure out scurvy too.

[crotchroses.livejournal.com]

Euh. Do not remind me. I miss the days of my old empire, except for diseases and discomfort on board common vessels. The king's ships? Not so bad! Ah, Marco you are making me nostalgic.

[fierybluebird]

Hah, is that a good or bad thing?

[crotchroses.livejournal.com]

Something like both, I think! I would be crazy not to miss the days of that empire, but... holding up such a vast expanse can become tiresome to any nation. And then you risk death, and are always busy fighting wars and doing paperwork. The colonial era has gone out of style with us anyway.

[fierybluebird]

Aye. You're perhaps one of the only people who associates all the paperwork with piracy. You must have been a first mate.

[crotchroses.livejournal.com]

Non! As a nation the paperwork came with the package. It always does.

[fierybluebird]

Ah, I see.

I wonder if I really am Whitebeard's nation sometimes... [Distant grin.]