A Conversation for Wind force twelve abaft the Beam

The Bridge

Post 5061

Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~

how very gentlemanlike smiley - biggrin

smiley - pirate


The Bridge

Post 5062

shagbark

~~ring ring~ lookout to bridge. We'd better stop here. My assistant is out swimmibng with the merfolk.

she reports that they are finnish smiley - silly
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The Bridge

Post 5063

Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~

ah, well, she should be safe then

well, almost safe anyway

see, hardly noone understands finnish

not even the finnish smiley - biggrin

helmsman, pull that handbrake and lay to while we wait for shagbark to retrieve her

smiley - pirate


The Bridge

Post 5064

Kes

That should give me time to update the charts.

*Sharpens pencil*


The Bridge

Post 5065

Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~

something like "here be finnish merfolk"? smiley - biggrin

smiley - pirate


The Bridge

Post 5066

Kes

Yes ... also, I'm not sure the Atlantic is in the right place ...


The Bridge

Post 5067

Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~

don't wait for us to help you move it smiley - erm

smiley - pirate


The Bridge

Post 5068

Kes

I thought if I re-drew it ... *pencil scrabblings* ... over here, then our voyage would be much shorter! smiley - smiley


The Bridge

Post 5069

Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~

good thinking smiley - ok

except...

we don't want to arrive in greece before spring smiley - erm

any ideas?

smiley - pirate


The Bridge

Post 5070

Kes

I could draw a sun in the corner of the chart ...


The Bridge

Post 5071

Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~

okay

draw it in the upper right corner and we can call it the sun of york smiley - silly

smiley - pirate


The Bridge

Post 5072

Kes

Would that be the upper-right corner, or the upper-right IIIrd?


The Bridge

Post 5073

Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~

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smiley - sillysmiley - pirate


The Bridge

Post 5074

shagbark

the captain always has the right answer smiley - smiley anyway we now have all crew members on board so we can resume motion.


The Bridge

Post 5075

Kes

Oh good. Standing still is harder than you think.
*Runs round and round the Bridge*


The Bridge

Post 5076

mari-rae

~ring ring ring~

This is the Lookout up in the Pelican's Nest. Where on smiley - earth are we? All I see is the blue sea and some smiley - schooloffish being chased by a smiley - shark.


The Bridge

Post 5077

Kes

*Looks at chart*

That seems right to me. We're definitely at sea.


The Bridge

Post 5078

Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~

::studies the navigators maps carefully::

i think i can safely say that we are at sea smiley - silly

smiley - pirate


The Bridge

Post 5079

shagbark

last time I checked we were off the African coast , but that was some time ago.


The Bridge

Post 5080

Kes

There's a lot of coast around Africa! I wonder which part exactly we are off?

*Looks more closely at nearest piece of land on the chart*

It's called "Our Rockers" ...


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