Sixteenth Dispatch - [written]

[captainhornblower]

To the crew of the Britannia:

We sail on the sixteenth as planned.


To interested parties:

Today is the last day I will allow new crew members to sign the muster list. My officers need time to relay important instruction before we sail.

- Hornblower

[In the face of everything? The threat from the Malnosso over this missing member of their own? Charged with unnamed crimes? And a ticking clock for how long they have to obey?

...It's better, Horatio thinks, to be away from the village. He has no place in the politics of this group. What they do is their choice. He will, though, be trying to protect his crew. It's a gamble, but it's one he's willing to take.]

[Filtered, Jilly, 25%]:

[He's slightly learned to filter!]

Miss Jilly,

I would like to request your presence on board Britannia for her maiden voyage.

Horatio

Comments

written;

[captainhornblower]

Yes, Mister Haddock. Britannia will still sail.

written;

[dragoneer]

[But...]

Shouldn't we stay and help out? I mean, there might not be too many of us, but it could still make a difference.

[In what he suspects must be an oncoming battle, the way people have been acting.]

written;

[captainhornblower]

Those who wish to remain are welcome to do so. [Boxed in and with a large amount of people clamouring for action without much consideration for any detail not immediately in sight, considering no variables.

The worst of Cadiz with all the possibility for the worst of Muzillac.] But for those who wish to go, we shall still sail.

written;

[dragoneer]

[It's awhile before he comes back to answer this. He has to think about it a lot, confer with his house mates, even see what Toothless and Kyle think. Knowing what could be at stake, and that if he stayed, he might be able to make a difference...]

I'm sorry, Captain, but I think I have to stay here.