I dunno, I've never had them before. [he pushes aside some waves with his hands.] But usually they're a clue that leads to answers from the goddess of the sea.
No...? Or...maybe. It's a long story about Tia Dalma--Calypso--and the Leviathan. It's a ship we wanted to take so we could sail the seas. Kind of like the Howling Rose. But Captain Jack Sparrow said we had to collect these crabs to help repair the ship.
Turns out, Calypso had been using the crabs to help lead us to Shipwreck Cove where the real Jack and the others were fighting and trying to take back the heart of Davy Jones and control of the Flying Dutchman from Beckett who was taking over the seas. She wanted her freedom.
[this probably brought up so many more questions.] Anyway last time the crabs led us to the right place. So if this is a memory, and if the Realm responds to our own memories, I thought maybe...something would happen here, too.
[ she loves you sora but her eyes glaze over at all of those names and she just like, stops listening until the last sentence. ]
There's no evidence to say that doesn't work. Maybe if we collect enough crabs we can take them to like, I don't know, Raven's room. And put a bunch of crabs in his room. That'd be funny.
[ ... ] Oh - shit, I have something to tell you! I forgot.
How're we even gonna get in Raven's room...? [there's a dash of mischief in his emotional bubble so that's not a no, unfortunately. but he's quickly derailed.]
Oh. Then I guess that's okay. [he apparently is fine as long as it means swan still gives him special treatment.] Does Taako know yet? Or. I guess you can't really tell somebody somebody else's team, can you?
Yeah but maybe that didn't count because Swan told you to tell me. [he kicks a bit of water at her playfully. he seems to pick up on that though and he pauses to look at her.]
Okay. I'll talk to Taako myself then...maybe tomorrow or something. [...hm.] Is everything okay?
Hah. I can barely tell when he's listening to me, you're not alone in that. [ she's glad sora likes him, though. everybody should like taako, in her opinion. ]
He's really perfected the ability to tune people out while looking interested, what can I say! [ she's mostly just bullshitting as she wades a little further out to keep out of the emotion sphere, she's literally not paying attention to what she's saying. ]
Okay, well, telling me not to worry isn't helping me be less worried! [the anxiety doesn't really surprise him, and she'll find that his own mood is swinging between worried and a little...disappointed? it's probably fine, sometimes you are a child and get kind of bummed people still don't trust you with adult problems.]
[...oh. see the problem with getting really close to someone and knowing their secrets is that when they forget them and you don't, it's the equivalent of a suckerpunch. maybe it's wrong for him to feel so intensely about it, but it's almost a sharp twinge of equal parts horror and hurt as he stops moving to stare at her.
he doesn't say anything for a moment because he's having trouble processing forgetting such an integral part of herself. it's a sudden kind of panic, too, as if he's just now really understanding the things people can lose.
but in the end, he gives her a half-grin meant to convey something like a joke.]
[ she actually flinches at the suckerpunch of emotion. her eyes stay closed, and she swallows hard. ]
H-hah. Yeah, right? Super weird. [ there's a lot going on in her - reeling a bit from the strength of his emotions, upset from not being able to remember, to grasp the idea. and under that, a simmering rage, a fury like an active volcano waiting to blow - how dare they take this from her. it's a dangerous sort of anger. ]
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[ she's looking around like she's just going to see one crawling through the waves. ]
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Is - is that a riddle? I'm bad at riddles.
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Turns out, Calypso had been using the crabs to help lead us to Shipwreck Cove where the real Jack and the others were fighting and trying to take back the heart of Davy Jones and control of the Flying Dutchman from Beckett who was taking over the seas. She wanted her freedom.
[this probably brought up so many more questions.] Anyway last time the crabs led us to the right place. So if this is a memory, and if the Realm responds to our own memories, I thought maybe...something would happen here, too.
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There's no evidence to say that doesn't work. Maybe if we collect enough crabs we can take them to like, I don't know, Raven's room. And put a bunch of crabs in his room. That'd be funny.
[ ... ] Oh - shit, I have something to tell you! I forgot.
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How're we even gonna get in Raven's room...? [there's a dash of mischief in his emotional bubble so that's not a no, unfortunately. but he's quickly derailed.]
What is it?
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Taako's on your team. [ she says, adjusting her bandana. ] Swan told me to tell you.
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What.
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[ there's a quiet flash of just like, the emotional equivalent of scribbles ] We got distracted.
Swan said it doesn't count since you guys are on the same team, and I already know both of you anyway.
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Okay. I'll talk to Taako myself then...maybe tomorrow or something. [...hm.] Is everything okay?
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Yeah. [ that's it. she goes back to looking for crabs, trying to scoot out of range of the emotionshare. ] You can tell him I told you.
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I will. That'd probably go over better anyway. I can never really tell how much Taako's listening to me.
[this does not bother him, and it's clear that he likes taako honestly.]
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Hah. I can barely tell when he's listening to me, you're not alone in that. [ she's glad sora likes him, though. everybody should like taako, in her opinion. ]
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I don't know if I should say that's good or that's weird, Lup. [siblings????]
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He's really perfected the ability to tune people out while looking interested, what can I say! [ she's mostly just bullshitting as she wades a little further out to keep out of the emotion sphere, she's literally not paying attention to what she's saying. ]
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I'll be sure to tell him that. [screw this, he's actively swimming to catch up with her.] Where are you even going right now?
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no she stops, finally. ]
Away! Out of your bubble.
Don't - get all worried. It's fine. I'm fine. [ but once he's in the vicinity again she's just unease, anxiety and she knows it. ]
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It's just - memory stuff. [ she relents. ] Taako and I had a feelings jam earlier and it sucked. There's nothing I can do about it.
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Does he remember what you forgot?
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He said I was gone for a really long time. That I died? But uh. Nothing. Just static. Sounds fake.
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he doesn't say anything for a moment because he's having trouble processing forgetting such an integral part of herself. it's a sudden kind of panic, too, as if he's just now really understanding the things people can lose.
but in the end, he gives her a half-grin meant to convey something like a joke.]
...guess that would be kind of weird, huh?
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H-hah. Yeah, right? Super weird. [ there's a lot going on in her - reeling a bit from the strength of his emotions, upset from not being able to remember, to grasp the idea. and under that, a simmering rage, a fury like an active volcano waiting to blow - how dare they take this from her. it's a dangerous sort of anger. ]
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