What the…? What on Earth is going on? Oh, goodness gracious where am I?
[There's the sound of frantic pacing, and then a small, rather unmanly shriek as Nathaniel looks through the porthole.]
A ship? A ship? I don't remember getting on a ship! And I certainly wasn't drunk last night, so this can't be some sort of awful mistake… Oh Lord! Have I been
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Tell me, what is it that you were studying? There might be someone on-board who can continue teaching you, or books on the subject in the library.
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There's some things you--you have to be careful of, but--b-but there's help if--if you want.
My name's Herz. If you're ever hungry, come to--t-to, uh, deck 10. Me and my friends run Sergei's Bar and Grille and we love to--to cook. Just ask and we'll--we'll make you something.
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In any case, it's a pleasure to, ah... meet you, Herz. My name is Nathaniel Ireton. Are we truly safe here, when we've been kidnapped and are being taken God alone knows where for an unknown purpose?
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The first mate Kage opened the restaurant for us cuz no one was using it. We wanted a kitchen to-t-to work in and he gave us one that was, y'know, vacant, I--I guess.
And, um, as--as for--for being safe...
Yeah. Yeah, it's pretty safe.
[That's what he'd want to hear--what Herz would want to hear--his first day on the boat.
It's a lie, though.
And Herz can't lie his way out of a wet paper bag.]
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[Now, Nathaniel is extremely easy to deceive, but even he has some idea of when he's being lied to, especially if the liar is bad at lying. In a case like this, however, Nathaniel will take any reassurance he can get, even if it is obviously false.]
I... I'm glad to hear it. Why, if there were dangerous happenings aboard... naturally I am concerned for the women, of course, not myself!
[Lie. And Nate is about as good at lying as Herz is.]
Uh, I suppose this is a foolish question, but there wouldn't by some chance be anything around this place that could be used to defend ourselves in case such a situation arose? Or, perhaps, some safe haven?
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