[And he catches it, the sudden brightening in the other man's face, and it only makes him smile all the wider.]
Oh, I'm the Captain then, am I? Now there's a change.
[Not that he isn't up to the task-- born in the belly of a ship, having spent much of his life on the water, he knows his way around any number of vessels with the same fluid ease as breathing. Never mind that, even in his fantasies of owning a sloop of his own, he generally dreams up someone else - some lover, or friend - to be the Captain.
For this particular occasion, though--]
In that case, Captain Julian Devorak, glad to make your acquaintance. And if this works as I think it does, and we can dream up anything we please...how about a galleon? May as well go all out, eh?
[He makes a flourishing gesture towards the VR machines with near-startling elan.]
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Oh, I'm the Captain then, am I? Now there's a change.
[Not that he isn't up to the task-- born in the belly of a ship, having spent much of his life on the water, he knows his way around any number of vessels with the same fluid ease as breathing. Never mind that, even in his fantasies of owning a sloop of his own, he generally dreams up someone else - some lover, or friend - to be the Captain.
For this particular occasion, though--]
In that case, Captain Julian Devorak, glad to make your acquaintance. And if this works as I think it does, and we can dream up anything we please...how about a galleon? May as well go all out, eh?
[He makes a flourishing gesture towards the VR machines with near-startling elan.]