[Voice][public]

[theschmotone]

Dey vants me to keep a log for dis contest, ja? Dot's vhat dis iz de schtart of. I iz Dimo, Navigator of de 4423, und my friends Maxim und Jenka iz coming vith me for our portion of de contest. Maxim lost hiz right hand many years ago, und op until a few months ago, had a nize mechanical vun dot took de place of de flesh. De mechanical vun haz schtopped vorking, zo ve iz going back to Mechanicsburg, our home, to ask our Mistress to give him a new vun, also of flesh. Ve's also going to zee if ve can find vun of our odder friends, Ognian, who ve hazn't zeen in a little over five years.

I haz written a letter to de Mistress already letting her know dot ve's coming, und it should be dere in enough time before ve iz to let tings be ready for us. I haz also chartered a schmall airship to take us as far as de edge of de Badlands, but de pilot of de ship vould not take us farther. From dere, it vill all be on foot, or horseback if ve's lucky und can find mounts. Ve should be back vell vithin de month.

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[voice]

[alastinglight.livejournal.com]

Shinsuke Takasugi. I am a quartermaster on board the 4423.

We might have crossed paths before, at least on the network.

[voice]

[theschmotone.livejournal.com]

Dimo. I iz hyu navigator on dis ship.

[voice]

[alastinglight.livejournal.com]

Our navigator? How interesting.

[Although he does not sound very interested at all - more like, politely DISinterested. Still...]

If you are an old friend of Jenka's, though, I suppose I ought to get to know you better.

[voice]

[theschmotone.livejournal.com]

Trust me. Navigating's de least interesting ting dot I does. Before I got into dot, I vas vun of de Heterodynes' best torturers, among odder tings.

Dere's a reason dot Jenka und me iz such goot friends, after all.

[voice]

[alastinglight.livejournal.com]

Torturers?

[NOW he's interested. And not the least bit intimidated.]

[voice]

[theschmotone.livejournal.com]

150 years of experience.

[voice]

[alastinglight.livejournal.com]

A master at your trade, then?

[voice]

[theschmotone.livejournal.com]

Ho, I vouldn't zay dot I iz a master. Dere's alvays zometing new to learn, after all.

[voice]

[alastinglight.livejournal.com]

Still, more than a lifetime of work in a single profession is bound to put you a cut above the rest.

[voice]

[theschmotone.livejournal.com]

Vell, of courze. I doezn't like to brag, but I even manage to impress Jenka zometimes, zo I must be doing zometing right, eh?

[voice]

[alastinglight.livejournal.com]

You seem to hold Jenka in high regard.

Is she, ah, talented in the art of torture as well?

[voice]

[theschmotone.livejournal.com]

Ve's been friends for a couple centuries now, und ve's been vorking togedder for a lot of dot time.

Ve approaches it different, but yez, yez she iz. [laughs] Hyu looking for a date?

[voice]

[alastinglight.livejournal.com]

Is that what it sounds like?

[So very amused, yes. XD]

[voice]

[theschmotone.livejournal.com]

Me setting hyu op for a goot time vith Jenka vhen ve gets back to de ship? Ho yez.

[voice]

[alastinglight.livejournal.com]

I suppose it wouldn't hurt.

[voice]

[theschmotone.livejournal.com]

Might help, too. Dunno vhat vith, but it might.

[voice]

[alastinglight.livejournal.com]

Oh?

Did I sound like I needed help with something?

[Very, very amused.]

[voice]

[theschmotone.livejournal.com]

Nah, not really. Iz more just of a general ting den hyu in particular.

[voice]

[alastinglight.livejournal.com]

Hmm, I see.