captainhornblower: (Distant)
Captain Horatio Hornblower ([personal profile] captainhornblower) wrote2011-08-04 01:09 pm

Sixth Dispatch - [action]

[Horatio Hornblower possessed a naturally quiet disposition. He preferred thinking to speaking more often than not. He was also often considered to be... "prone to melancholy" if a friend were speaking, "ill-tempered" if described by others. The two traits engaged and furthered one another constantly. When he thought for long periods of time about things that were not an imminent battle, his spirits sank. The worse his mood, the more he thought.

To stimulate the mind and make its burden easier to bear, Hornblower walked. Paced. The length of a quarterdeck suited perfectly, but Hotspur was long out of reach. Even the damned Retribution would have answered, but it, too, was far away.

Instead, he walked the length of a small wooden bridge over and over. That it was a known haunt for a particular pirate had either not crossed the Navy man's mind or had been dismissed. The click of his heels across the planks made him feel more at home. His solemn, focused expression remained unchanged with every step he took and every turn made to walk the path again as his customary hour became three.]

[identity profile] boomchucka.livejournal.com 2011-08-08 10:01 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm six!

[As for Archie...]

I caught him all by myself.

[Because clearly the cure for any type of brooding involves little kids, right?]
simplestgift: (How awesome were you?)

[personal profile] simplestgift 2011-08-08 10:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Rather like a fish! At any rate, Horatio, you are quite correct, but apparently the Malnosso like to send some of their captives back as children. It happened to Sayo, once.
Edited 2011-08-08 22:08 (UTC)

[identity profile] boomchucka.livejournal.com 2011-08-08 10:26 pm (UTC)(link)
I did! He walks too fast.

[And then she's beaming at the two men like this is completely normal.]
simplestgift: (Nose scrunch.)

[personal profile] simplestgift 2011-08-08 10:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[Horatio gets this look.]

[identity profile] boomchucka.livejournal.com 2011-08-08 10:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[Keywords, Gentlemen. Keywords.]

Oh?
simplestgift: (Lt. Snarky)

[personal profile] simplestgift 2011-08-08 10:37 pm (UTC)(link)
...And I was thought to be the corrupter, between the two of us.

[identity profile] boomchucka.livejournal.com 2011-08-09 06:59 pm (UTC)(link)
I can keep an eye on him!
simplestgift: (happy for you)

[personal profile] simplestgift 2011-08-09 07:13 pm (UTC)(link)
It's true, I cannot seem to escape. [Selphie seems to have pulled Horatio out of his head, and that's always approved.] Why don't the two of you run to the bakery for cake?

[Plotting, plotting. For your own good, Horatio.]

[identity profile] boomchucka.livejournal.com 2011-08-12 03:12 am (UTC)(link)
He's gotta come too!

[Selphie looks up at Archie and smiles brightly at the man.]
simplestgift: (Novel? What about Wellard?)

[personal profile] simplestgift 2011-08-12 04:52 am (UTC)(link)
Well, who's going to pace about Jack's marauding bridge in his absence? You'll be fine without me.
simplestgift: (Whatcha gonna do about it?)

[personal profile] simplestgift 2011-08-13 03:52 am (UTC)(link)
It does not appear I shall be missed, Horatio!

[Now go spend some one-on-one time with the bucket of sunshine you so desperately need?]</small.

[identity profile] boomchucka.livejournal.com 2011-08-15 02:24 am (UTC)(link)
Let's go have an adventure before we find it.

[So innocently simple.]

Archie doesn't get cake cuz he's a meaniebutt and won't come with us.
simplestgift: (Snerk.)

[personal profile] simplestgift 2011-08-15 03:30 am (UTC)(link)
I'm a what? [Enh, well, he probably won't depress Horatio anyway, and cake sounds good, so. He's suddenly at your guys' heels.]

[identity profile] boomchucka.livejournal.com 2011-08-15 02:38 pm (UTC)(link)
[Is he expecting eloquence from a child? But she knows that look of disapproval anywhere.]

Sowwy.
simplestgift: (Four times as cool)

[personal profile] simplestgift 2011-08-15 03:46 pm (UTC)(link)
[This calls for revenge. Selphie is going to get picked up and tossed over one shoulder if she's not careful, and carried all the way to the bakery.]

[identity profile] boomchucka.livejournal.com 2011-08-16 02:16 am (UTC)(link)
[Selphie beams at Horatio and starts marching off toward the direction that she thinks leads to the bakery.]

Let's goooooooo!