I don't doubt it. Captain Jack Rackham, by the way. [ Since he didn't ask. He holds out a hand for Usopp to shake, trying to get the measure of him as he does. Perhaps he's a gifted liar – many are, and talking is the habit of a liar. Perhaps he's telling the truth, and fond of laying all his cards out on the table. But damn it, Jack misses the open sea, and he'll take any chance he can even just to talk about it with someone who might know a little of how he feels. ]
Well! Usopp is totally a captain in his heart. Like, deep down. With a little elbow grease, he'll be one sooner or later — and will probably end up having to admit he is, in fact, not the captain. Today is not the day, however. He takes Jack's hand and gives it a firm shake.]
Pleasure to meet you, Captain Jack. Wish it was out on the ocean, but I'll take what I can get here.
[ Ponderously: ] Well, I started in the Navy as a boy. But there wasn't much upward momentum in a system like that, and eventually I left for greener – or, I suppose, more golden – pastures. And yourself?
[ He looks young. Far be it from Jack to doubt someone's capacity for captaincy, but the only teens he's ever seen on ships were cabin boys and swabbies, not captains. ]
[It's not crazy to imagine maybe a Marine would flip to piracy, but... they're so hardcore about their jobs a lot of the time. And a lot of marines really, really hates pirates.]
I was just your average guy born in an island village, dreaming of bigger things. My old man's on a crew — one of the best out there, naturally. He's been out there sailing the seas since I was pretty little, so he's made a pretty big name for himself.
[And while he's still talking himself up a bit, he seems to lean more into sincerity there. He has a complicated relationship with his old man — but he's always wanted to live up to some kind of example. His dad is a big deal, and that's why he couldn't come back to rescue his mother or him from life. That's how it goes. Right?]
Close enough. But like I say, it's all very insular, straight as an arrow. Nobody would dare fall outside the lines drawn for them. And that's no fun for anyone.
[ Usopp's story seems a little sad, actually, reading between the lines. Perhaps Jack's just not being all that charitable, but it's not hard to sniff out someone who feels abandoned by a parent. They tend to wear it very visibly on them. ]
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I don't doubt it. Captain Jack Rackham, by the way. [ Since he didn't ask. He holds out a hand for Usopp to shake, trying to get the measure of him as he does. Perhaps he's a gifted liar – many are, and talking is the habit of a liar. Perhaps he's telling the truth, and fond of laying all his cards out on the table. But damn it, Jack misses the open sea, and he'll take any chance he can even just to talk about it with someone who might know a little of how he feels. ]
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An actual captain.
Well! Usopp is totally a captain in his heart. Like, deep down. With a little elbow grease, he'll be one sooner or later — and will probably end up having to admit he is, in fact, not the captain. Today is not the day, however. He takes Jack's hand and gives it a firm shake.]
Pleasure to meet you, Captain Jack. Wish it was out on the ocean, but I'll take what I can get here.
How long you been sailing the seas?
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[ He looks young. Far be it from Jack to doubt someone's capacity for captaincy, but the only teens he's ever seen on ships were cabin boys and swabbies, not captains. ]
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[It's not crazy to imagine maybe a Marine would flip to piracy, but... they're so hardcore about their jobs a lot of the time. And a lot of marines really, really hates pirates.]
I was just your average guy born in an island village, dreaming of bigger things. My old man's on a crew — one of the best out there, naturally. He's been out there sailing the seas since I was pretty little, so he's made a pretty big name for himself.
[And while he's still talking himself up a bit, he seems to lean more into sincerity there. He has a complicated relationship with his old man — but he's always wanted to live up to some kind of example. His dad is a big deal, and that's why he couldn't come back to rescue his mother or him from life. That's how it goes. Right?]
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[ Usopp's story seems a little sad, actually, reading between the lines. Perhaps Jack's just not being all that charitable, but it's not hard to sniff out someone who feels abandoned by a parent. They tend to wear it very visibly on them. ]
So you were inspired by him?