Just Outside School Gates [all day]

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Barbossa still had a boat, the Heidy Ho III.

Barbossa still had his parasol umbrella to keep him from getting wet. The rain would remove that all-important layer of grime he had going.

Most importantly, Barbossa had a plan. And a sign.

Barbossa's Boatin'!
Helpin' t' get ye around Fandom without drownin'
fer mostly reasonable rats rates!!!!

Singin' be extra!

He didn't mention that he would be singing and they would be paying him to stop.

He put on his most innocent expression--which wasn't terribly innocent--and practiced yowling singing opera as he waited for customers to slog on up.

The two squirrels already in the stern wearing little striped costumes like gondoliers rolled their eyes.

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"Fer a woman wit' a name about water, I be givin' ye me special rate," Barbossa promised with a twinkle in his eyes.

The special rate, naturally, would be more expensive.

He held out a grubby hand. "If ye'd be so inclined..."

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River jumped elegantly into the boat without the need for a supprting hand. She sat down and smiled sweetly at Barbossa. "Why is the special rate more expensive?"

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Barbossa's smile didn't waver an inch. There was not a lot that phased him. "Because I be a pirate, wench. That be how it works."

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River shrugged. "Good business, piracy? I have considered it myself."

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"The best," Barbossa claimed. "Ye be not needin' t' worry about followin' any rules but yer own. Even the pirate code be more like guidelines."

He prepared to shove off.

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About that time, a young blonde wandered near. The hems of her robes thoroughly soaked but she was merrily humming to herself.

When she finally noticed the boat and its occupants, she greeted them with a bright smile and a wave. "Hello!"

No one would ever accuse Luna of having the proper and expected reaction to a torrential downpour.

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"Hello, wench!" Barbossa called cheerfully. "Lookin' fer a mostly reasonable ride t' town?"

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River waved at Luna and smiled back. It was good to see someone enjoying the weather. "Plenty of space," she said.

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Luna looked down at the water as though she had just noticed it was more plentiful than it ought be. "I shall take one seat, please."

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"Then I be givin' ye permission t' come aboard," Barbossa said, holding out his hand.

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Luna took his offered hand and help into the boat, then seated herself. "I would like to stop off at Wonka's, please."

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River looked at her. "Might be under water. Waste of chocolate."

So she wasn't having a very positive perspective on things today.

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"Thar be only one way t' find out," Barbossa declared, putting the oars into the water and pushing off down Loon Drive.

"Now we sing!" he declared, bursting into an incredibly out-of-tune version of "Row, Row, Row Yer Boat."

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Luna stuck her hands in her pockets to look for something and joined in, "gently down the stream!"

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For some obscure reason that particular song had survived some hundred years into the future and a move to another galaxy. River happily continued: "Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, Life is but a dream."

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Barbossa stopped his squawking singing as they rowed past the corner of Loon and Minotaur. "That be the home t' Wilsonnphale, Miz Frizzle 'n the lovely Miz Rose. Oh, 'n the not so lovely Mr. Orpheus," he said, pointing. "I be thinkin' that half th' emo from town be generated at this location. The rest be comin' entirely from Anakin Skywalker." Barbossa snorted. "That man be in serious need o' a wench."

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"Oh? Is he?" River asked curiously, picturing emo generators emanating negative energies over Fandom. Not that she believed it of course, but it would make a nice drawing.

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Luna tilted her head to the side as she listened to Barbossa.

"Is Wilsonnphale a new resident?" She asked innocently.

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"They be a terrifying two-headed schmoop monster," Barbossa said with an overdramatic shudder, rowing past the house. "Thar be the bank," he said, pointing to the flooded building. "Don't be robbin' it. No matter how smart ye be thinkin' ye are--and Miz Parker be thinkin' she be brilliant--or who ye be thinkin' ye were at the moment, the Troopers be not lettin' ye get away wit' it."

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River knew she was very intelligent of course, but so far she'd had no inclinations to rob the bank. "Have ye tried?" she asked the pirate. The accent was contagious.

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Barbossa grinned. "I be preferrin' me treasure more out in th' open," he said. "I'll be wanderin' around later t' see what be washin' up on shore."

The boat turned onto Griffin Way and they floated past Venture Industries. "Thar be another man in serious need o' a lay," Barbossa commented.

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Lei? Luna remembered that word from Arts and Crafts with Mister Dean Professor The Tick. "Is there a flower shop still in the town? Perhaps we could make him one."

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River had the advantange of understanding both meanings of the word, even if she'd got the 'lei' meaning by proxy from Luna's mind. Combining the two would be interesting though. "Who should we send to deliver it?" she asked.

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Barbossa burst out laughing. "I be sayin' some young matey, but I be not knowin' one I dislike that much. Any suggestions, wenches?"

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"I only know a few young men on the island." Luna thought carefully through those with whom she was familiar and came up with one who came to town with some frequency. "I could ask John Connor, perhaps? I believe he is likely to be in town often."