#is the pirate beanie a one piece reference

[bluevelvetea]

I'll just leave this here with absolutely zero context (...yet!)

Credits to @kebuyo for being my main inspiration for this project and enabling me to draw this very cursed piece of akam art

[astralibrary]

yooo @junk-thrillz​ i was your @pnatsecretsanta​!!! among your mentioned likes were the school store four + collin, ocean aesthetic and magical girl au’s, so i made the five of them into an ocean themed magical girl squad!

there’s a cover for their theoretical manga (+ a textured “realistic” version for fun), and then a few “screencaps” of the anime adaptation from the infamous Hijack Arc, in which the monster of the week captures jeff and turns him against his teammates, who then go on to save him through the power of their unbreakable friendship, in true cheesy anime fashion ❤

this was a lot of fun to put together, i hope you like it!!!

(also, not every concept i brainstormed made it into these final pieces, so here are some extra thoughts and such under the cut :3)

even though i feel like cody is more typically associated with blue, i made him pink because he’s the leader of the team and everyone knows the leader is always pink!!!

i gave each individual member their own ocean-related theme, so cody’s is a pirate captain, because it’s a leadery type of role. his weapon is a cutlass as a nod to canon but it’s pink and magical and fun instead of murdery bc this is a G-Rated Funtimes AU,

collin is blue simply because that pink + blue duo am i right ;)

he has a sailor theme, so he’s got a cute lil hat and sailor uniform flourishes on his outfit (the collar, the double stripes, etc)

his weapon is a harpoon bc idk that’s sailory right. even a lil bit

jeff gets orange/yellow because he’s the funny lovable one!

i wanted to give one of them a sea creature theme, so jeff’s theme is jellyfish, which is reflected in his headband and the like, puffy side part of his dress there? it’s a little abstract but hopefully u get the picture kgjdkfjd

his weapon is lil bombs (but Magical), mostly because i thought it’d be a fun reference to the hitball arc... u know, round ball-shaped objects being thrown.... etc

violet is purple because.... i could not resist i am sorry it’s so GOOD

i struggled with her theme, i admit... but it ended up being kind of piratey, but more crewmate than captain? she has that little tied sash around her waist, and the skull bow hairclip is meant to reference a skull and crossbones, which tbh i feel like fits w her general aesthetic anyway so like? it works imo

her weapon (not pictured unfortunately) is a blunderbuss (funny pirate gun)

and finally, lisa is green, because... well she was the last one i assigned a color ghdkfjdkgj i think under normal circumstances she absolutely would’ve been purple bc she’s just got that Vibe u know, but since i wanted to give it to violet so bad i went with green for lisa. i think it suits her tho? it’s kind of a seafoam green, to be a little more oceany hehe

her theme is like, the beach, seashells, etc. the swirl in her hair reminds me of a conch shell so i just kinda. stuck one right in there. and then a few other things like bits of coral and sand dollars and pearls as added decoration

she also has some netting and a few shells around her waist to sprinkle more of her theme throughout her design

her weapon (pictured in the first fake screencap) is a Sick Trident that she looks rly cool holding iajs,

also, their normal everyday clothes have little nods to their transformed outfits! not all of them made it into that third fake screencap but here are the concept sketches!

violet: a skull & crossbones hairclip to reference her skull bow hairclip

jeff: a pair of orange headphones to reference his headband (they should have that jellyfish pattern on them too but i didn’t draw that)

cody: a pink beanie with a little gold feather pin to reference his pirate hat

lisa: a bracelet with a sand dollar and some pearls to reference her hair decorations

collin: a navy blue bowtie with little white stripes to reference his sailor theme

finally, some extra bits i came up with while brainstorming the kind of universe this would all take place in:

the premise is sort of like pnat in that it takes place in mayview, but instead of spectrals and spirits there are magical girl squads who fight monsters (same as the ghosts & spirits basically) to protect the town. rather than mayview being simply overrun with spirits, it’s disproportionately attacked by them, ergo the need for magical girls

the ocean team isn’t the only squad around; another one is made up of the activity club (max/isabel/ed/isaac), who i was thinking would have a steampunk theme? and then i was toying with the idea of the jang being another team, but i hadn’t really thought as far as to what their theme would be

just for fun, the ocean team has a magical pirate ship they can fly around on, and the steampunk team has a magical train they can ride around on, not unlike the ghost train (just like, more steampunky)

the reason there can be multiple teams without everyone stepping on each other’s toes is because there are different types of monsters to fight. i don’t know exactly what differentiates them, but each team’s specific brand of magic only affects certain types of monsters

the journalism club consists of suzy, who is investigating the identities of these mysterious magical girl squads (bc Of Course no one is able to recognize them once they’ve transformed), collin, who is frantically hiding the fact that he is in fact a member of one of these squads, and dimitri, a former member of the steampunk team who left for unknown reasons and now does everything he can to throw suzy off their trail. neither collin nor dimitri know of the other’s true identity (for sure, that is. dimitri has A Hunch)

so yeah! i haven’t had too much time to elaborate on the idea, but that’s what i managed to come up with! again this was a blast, au’s are so fun ;w;

ANYWAY that was a lot of rambling lol but!!!! i hope this is as fun for u as it was for me! happy holidays!!!! 💖💙💛💜💚

[mwolf0epsilon]

Pirate’s Cove EM400 “Jerry” Headcanons

Since you guys seemed to be so fond of my Simon post I thought I might as well share a few notes and headcanons I have of our favorite hivemind, the one and only multiple and many, Jerry!

Lets start with a few notes I have on Jerry, starting with the very first one that talks with Kara, Luther and Alice, which I shall refer to as the “Alpha” Jerry. One of the things I noticed when I was watching Jacksepticeye’s playthrough, was that this Jerry seems to suffer ptosis as well, but after studying the eyebrow of the affected eye, I realized it’s more likely that it might just be frostbite damaging the facial “muscles”, paralysing them slightly. It seems quite plausible, considering EM400s are canonically one of the oldest androids still standing, having been released in 2028. That’s right people, the Jerry’s are 10 years old! That’s ancient for a machine, specially such a commercialized piece of tech like an android! It’s very likely that they aren’t well equipped to deal with the cold, but because older tech can sometimes outlive newer tech, it’s not too unlikely that the Jerrys could survive being frozen and thawed several times before properly breaking down. In other Jerrys the frostbite damage is more apparent in their eyes, the Jerry that has similar scarring to Ralph even seems to have a nearly closed left eye. Another thing I noticed about the “Alpha” Jerry, is that in a few instances a lighting glitch makes it seem like he has a golden tooth, which I found quite hilarious considering the theme of the amusement park they took care of. Here’s a closer look at the notes above:

An important note here about Jerry’s overall design and age, is that because the Jerrys are so old, they are very likely some of the less refined androids out in Detroit. They were meant as entertainment interface and customer service, and very likely as a hidden security system. By conjoining the “conscience” of the EM400s as one singular personality/entity, the amusement park they worked at was under constant vigilance and people would be none the wiser because these measures were hidden in plain sight, behind a facade of cheery optimism. The Jerrys are also some of the most squishiest android because they have extra padding on their bodies which was likely meant for offering comfort to children through hugging. After Pirate’s Cove shut down and the Jerrys were abandoned and left to the devices whomever stumbled upon their only home, it’s very likely that whatever struggles they went through helped them deviate. But in thinking about this, I began to wonder...If they’d deviated why didn’t they just leave? It was clear they were in trouble and exposed to harsh weather, so why not seek refuge somewhere else? The statement above is the answer. The Jerrys are old, 10 years old in total. They are not socially refined androids. They are there to man the rides, sell food, run carnival games, and watch over kids while remaining positive in a very child-like manner themselves. So child-like in fact, that I very much doubt they are psychologically developed enough to behave like grown adults. The only “Jerrys” that seem to behave in a more grown-up manner are the android costumer service at BP, where Markus gets Carl’s paints, and a few AP700s we see in Jericho that share the same face as the EM400s. This is because they themselves are not EM400s. It also makes sense that the Jerrys might only know how to behave like kids. Their job as child entertainment units meant that they interacted with children more often than adults, and had a better grasp of their emotions, because it was in their programming to do so. After deviating and staying in isolation for so long, it’s painfully obvious that the Jerrys have had no other frame of reference than their basic knowledge from observing kids running around Pirate’s Cove...And it likely makes them some of the most genuine androids in the game. They immediatly imprint on Kara, Luther and Alice and offer them a spark of happiness despite being in very poor condition themselves. At the recycling camp and at the border, they are so happy to see their only friends and will do anything to help them, just like an innocent and trusting kid.

Even their movements are indicative of their more child-like behaviour:

Ok, all notes aside for now, here’s at least three personal headcanons I have of the EM400s of Pirate’s Cove:

The Jerrys’ owner was a kind old man who’d spent most of his life working for the navy and traveling the world. During his retirement, he set out to create Pirate’s Cove and even bought the EM400s and connected them to one another himself...The man was very fond of his inquisitive boys, whom he lovingly called Jerry. He saw them as family;

The Jerrys weren’t abandoned, their owner simply died from illness. No one was interested in buying an aging old park, so the Jerrys were left undisturbed for a while...Confused at the absence of their owner and the children, the Jerrys initially maintained their routine and kept the park going like they normally would... until the rides began to collapse from disrepair and the cold, and the bad humans began showing up to cause them harm... The only ride that still functions, the carousel, was their owner’s most prised possession and so the Jerrys did everything in their power to keep it going, even sacrificing a few of their own biocomponents to maintain it;

There were many Jerrys in Pirate’s Cove, but now only 11* remain. While they are all Jerry, people have taken to calling them by nicknames as a means to not confuse themselves when talking to one or more of the Jerrys. Alice was the one to give them most of their nicknames. List of Jerry nicknames:

Jerry 01 “Captain” - Golden Tooth Jerry with the Lazy Eye

Jerry 02* “Jerome” - Zlatko’s Jerry(The Blue and Black android)

Jerry 08 “Scabs” - Frostbitten Jerry with facial scarring

Jerry 13 “Twitch” - Missing an arm, jumpy, has several nervous ticks

Jerry 16 “Chatterbox” - Voice box damaged by the cold, stutters and loops

Jerry 41 “Beanie” - Wears a beanie, lives in Canada with Jerry 44

Jerry 44 “Buddy” - Wears scarves, lives in Canada with Jerry 41

Jerry 45 “Blank Slate” - Prefers to have his skin deactivated due to extensive damage

Jerry 54 “Hotstuff” - Missing patches of skin in his arms, likes wearing aprons

Jerry 56 “Sweetz”- Smells of popcorn and candy floss at all times, has a small facial scar

Jerry 58 “Fidget”- Non-verbal, has really "loud" body language and heterochromia

(*Zlatko’s blue and black android shares the same voice actor as the Jerrys and it seems very easy to take an android from an old amusement park, so I have decided that the poor fellow is one of the Jerrys but has remained disconnected from the hivemind for quite a while)

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[guissepiprince]

Album 3 Production

With my concept and costumes all sorted out it was time for me to dress up and take the photos of myself for the third album cover. Above are most of the photographs I’ve taken. There are a total of 10 figures on the cover, so that is 10 different costumes and 10 different photoshoots. For each costume there is an average of 15 photos. This stage of production took quite a long time. Below are the final photos I used for each costume that are used on the final artwork.

1. This costume is the version of me I am now. I always want to be myself so I thought it would be good to include that on the cover as it is a dream of mine to always be able to be myself. 

2. These robe costumes are a bit more subtle in there meaning. In this one I have a sort of an adventurous and strong look on my face. It represents how I would like to be brave, strong, fearless and adventurous in whatever career I take on. 

3. In this robe outfit I have a more peaceful look on my face. This figure represents peacefulness and tranquility. I hope that in whatever career I have in the future I am feeling peaceful and wholesome, mentally, physically and emotionally.

4. This robed version of me is very happy. This of course simply represents happiness. It is very important to me that I am happy with whatever I am doing. Not only career wise but in all aspects of life. It is my biggest ambition and dream to be happy, that is what I want most in life. 

5. As a child as I explained earlier I wanted to be Batman. So I included it in the album cover as that was a career ambition of mine for many many years and still is today. 

6. Like my dream career as Batman, this ambition is still somewhat alive for me. For this outfit I wanted to wear a raspberry beret that I have to reference the Prince song from this album called ‘Raspberry Beret’ but alas the beret couldn’t be found so I used a red beanie instead.

7. For about 7 years I played AFL for my local club, the Yeronga Devils and in my early years of playing I wanted to become good enough to become a professional and play for my favourite team, the Brisbane Lions. So here I am in Brisbane Lions footy gear.

8. This outfit is graphic designer attire. Basically clothes I wore to Tafe and still to this day continue to wear to Tafe, those these days I feel like I wear even more casual to Tafe now. I am using an Apple Mac computer, which are industry standards in the graphic design industry so the connection is rather clear.

9. I remember at one stage in my life I thought it would be a good career path to have no job at all and be homeless.

10. Pirates essentially live the perfect life, the only problem is they’re a bit rude and disrespectful to others. None the less as a child and even as an adult or whatever I am now I wanted to be a pirate. To live on a boat on the seas, discovering new lands and having wacky adventures whilst rebelling against the norm. What a life a pirates life would be. A dream, a dream...

After taking all the photos and selecting the best for each of the figures I then had to construct the stairs/pedestal type structure for them to stand on. As I couldn’t find a similar structure to simply photograph and use for the artwork I was forced to create my own using clay, supplied by my reliable pal Tracey. Thanks Tracey. Above are some progress shots the the structure coming together.   

This is the finished pedestal structure that the figures are standing on in the final artwork.

I then photographed the structure so that I could put it onto the computer along with all the other elements to put together the final artwork for the third album.

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Upon completing the main artwork for the cover I then created this handmade fully custom typography to use for the album artist and album title. This was then placed on the album cover to create the finished artwork.

[skitscratched]

Hat - Chapter 2

Summary: Roger get’s his first (second) mate.

Chapter 2 - Gol Arc: Serendipity Siver

What? Don't you think that getting shot constitutes as an excruciatingly painful ordeal?

Haaah? What do you mean "Suck it up, you're a Hat"?! I'd like to see you get shot and call it anything less than traumatizing.

Well screw you too! I don't know why I made you such a jerk.

Oh you have something else you want to say? LALALA I'M NOT LISTENING.

Alright fine. What is it?

Huh. That's actually an intelligent question.

So, the thing is, it turns out that the way I was "seeing" the world was actually Observational Haki. It makes a weird amount of sense too. I am incapable of seeing with any sort of vision, but Haki is Willpower and though I do not have a body, I most certainly have Will. It is what keeps me aware even though I am supposed to be inanimate and non-sentient. After explaining it to him, Roger and I were able to figure out the basics of all three Hakis.

Speaking of whom, Roger was the tipping point. I finally realized that this world is the world of One Piece and that I was his infamous straw hat, now Hat. Though, how would I have guessed that? The only things I ever heard about were the marines and pirates and the large amount of sea travel used as the primary mode of locomotion. I mean, there was that one time where Beanie had me within a meter of a map when he was giving directions to a traveler and mentioned the Grand Line, but I thought he was talking about a really thick line on the paper that indicated an area to go around.

...Okay fine. I really should have noticed earlier.

ANYWAYS, The two of us traveled alone for a while. Roger hitched a ride from ship to ship. He was determined to finish traveling through all the Blues within the next two years. Apparently, he already scoured the North, and East Blues. The two of us met in the South and the West was his final travel point. And then he told me that he wanted to travel the Grand Line.

:: No. ::

"Aw come ooon!" Roger whines in the cargo hold of the latest ship he managed to worm his way onto. "It'll be fun!"

:: The last time you said that Roger, you dived head first into a pit of carnivorous, gigantic squirrels. No. ::

"Ah, that worked out fine." Roger dismisses. "We got a lot stronger from that too."

:: No. ::

"It'll be an adventure…" Roger tries to entice Felix.

:: I reference the event prior. No. ::

"Are you afraid?" Roger needles. "Is that it? Did the tales of the Grand Line we heard frighten you away?"

:: Roger, you more than anyone else should know that I fucking loved those stories. All that hilarious death and destruction… No. The reason I refuse to let you just go and traverse the Grand Line is because you want to do it with nothing more than a fishing boat and the two of us. If you do that, we'll both die. Or rather, you will and I'll find out if Hats can die. ::

"Oh, is that all." Roger easily brushes aside Felix's concerns. "We're plenty strong. We can totally handle it."

:: We have a basic grasp of Haki by sheer luck and can take on most of the people we might encounter on the Grand Line, yes. But the Grand Line is a sea that will kill a fishing boat with no problem. The only way that it might, emphasis on might, survive is if we reinforce it with Haki and even then, one of us will have to maintain it at all times, which neither of us is capable of doing. That's not even mentioning the weather. ::

"The weather?"

:: On the Grand Line, weather can change at the drop of a hat, pun fully intended. A ship would have to be able to withstand harsh and violent weather. We would also need a Log Pose not to get hopelessly lost in there. ::

"A Log Pose?" Roger pauses and asks, "And how do you know this stuff anyways?"

:: I'm a Hat that can think and you're questioning my knowledge, now? After all the times I used it to help us? No. Forget it. Don't answer that, I'll never understand your lines of thought. How I know it doesn't matter. The point is, we're nowhere near ready to traverse the Grand Line. Ask me again when you have a boat and at least one crewmate that's strong enough to survive. ::

"Strong enough?" Roger prods the brim of his Hat. "Felix? Felix? Don't ignore me!"

The door to the cargo hold opens and a curiously blank faced sailor steps through. He actively ignores Roger's wave hello, picks up what he came for, and firmly shuts the door behind him.

"...I blame you for this."

Sigh.

Roger frowns. "Yeah. Okay. Thanks anyways." The ridiculously buff and tattooed guy walks off, fully intent on achieving his dream to be a seamstress after conversing with Roger. "Man, why is it so hard to find a strong guy with a ship." Roger complains aloud, gathering weirded out looks.

:: Because it's not going to be that easy. You're probably going to need to get a ship first, and then recruit when you look more capable than you do right now. And how many times do I have to tell you! Just send your thoughts at me! Do you want someone else to think you're cra- you're insa- you're hearing voices? You don't need talk, just thi- well actually, that might explain a lot of things. ::

"Oh, Ha Ha." Roger rolls his eyes, takes off his hat and spins it on his finger. He walks towards the docks, trusting his friend's advice. "You're absolutely no help. "

:: Stop spinning me! ::

"Never." Roger freezes. "Hey, do you feel that?"

:: Feel what? I can't feel anything with the way you're turning me in circles! ::

Roger dashes off, still spinning his hat around his finger. He skids to a stop once he sees a blond haired man lounging in a boat and drinking a flask of some kind of drink. The sea breeze blows across Roger's face and carries with it the strong scent of alcohol. Roger's grin nearly splits his face. "He's strong!" He crows, absolutely ecstatic. .

"Heeeey!" Roger calls out, waving the hand that had his Hat in it at the man, heading closer to talk. "That's a nice ship!"

The man shrugs. "I stole it. My house burned down so I'm living here."

:: Asshole, stop spinning me already! ::

"Fine, fine."

:: ….Huh. Now that I can sense him, you're right. He is pretty strong. ::

"Strong enough to go to the Grand Line?" Roger thinks hopefully.

:: ...Mm. Maybe not the New World just yet, but he'll be able to handle most of Paradise. All of us would need to become Haki masters to handle that; or in his case, learn Haki and then master it. ::

"Yeah? And what's your name?"

"Reyleigh."

"I'm Roger!" He says cheerfully! "I think we were destined to meet, Rayleigh!'

Oh you have noooo ideaaaa.

Rayleigh jerks his flask from his mouth slightly, skeptically. "Destined?"

Roger beams and offers, "Do you want to turn the world upside down with me?"

"Huh? The world?" Rayleigh looks at Roger both stunned and amused at once. "Hahaha. Who are you and where are you from? Go away!"

Roger ignores him. He never took no for a first answer. Most of the time he never even took it for a final answer. "Your ship is small, but it looks like it can endure storms if you handle it right. It's perfect for us to set sail in!"

"Us? Set sail?" Rayleigh asks, narrowing his gaze, outraged. "Don't decide for me! Why should I join you?"

"Like I said," Roger rolls his eyes, intent on bulldozing over Rayleigh to get him to join them. "To turn the world upside down!"

He hops aboard the ship and gives Rayleigh a cheeky grin. "Alright, let's set sail, Rayleigh!"

"When did I ever say I would join you?!" He yells, getting up for the first time and pulling Roger from the sails. "And stop messing with my ship!"

"Ho?" Roger tilts his head. "So you care that much about this ship then?"

:: Roger, I can hear what you're planning - you're thinking too loudly - and I fully support this idea. Go for it! Make him want to join us by annoying him until he starts to see it as his responsibility to look out for you. I could sure use the help. ::

"Nyahahaha!" Roger laughs and turns and points a finger in Rayleigh's face. "Then, I'm taking this ship! And if you want it back you have to join me!"

"Who said you could just take it?" Rayleigh asks darkly, glowering at the audacious man before him and raising his fists for a fight.

"Me." Roger gives him a confident look. "You're strong, I can feel it, but I'm much stronger."

:: Eh, that's a bit of an exaggeration, isn't it? You'd be… about 60 percent likely to beat him in a fight without Haki. Haki is the ultimate cheat. ::

"That still means I would win!"

:: No, it just means that you're more likely to beat him. ::

However, I don't doubt that, win or lose, you'll get him to join us.

"You bastard." Rayleigh growls. "Fine, if it's a fight you want, it's a fight you'll get."

Roger smiles. "That's the spirit! Then how about I up the ante?" He taps his chest with a finger. "I'll give you a clear shot. If you can hurt me, I'll leave and won't bother you to join again. If you can't then you'll join my crew!"

:: You're seriously going to use Haki for something like this? Well, I suppose it's not completely unreasonable. We do need him, but really? I know you're a sore loser, but to resort to something he absolutely cannot beat… ::

"That arrogant?" Rayleigh smirks running a hand through his hair, confident that he was being underestimated for his lounging earlier.

"Nope!" Roger instantly denies. "I'm just know you won't be able to win!"

Rayleigh carefully considers the man before him. On one hand, he had the sheer gall to say his punch will do shit against him, and that's just not going to fly. Rayleigh knows he's strong and he won't stand for being disrespected like that. He doesn't really want to follow anyone either, but.. What this guy said about turning the world on its head… When he said it, it sounded more real than anything else in the world. And really, what has he really got to lose? He's been drifting from island to island for a while and he can't deny he's getting bored. It might be interesting to see what someone like him could accomplish.

"If you win,-" Rayleigh starts.

"I will!"

"-then I will join you on the condition that I can leave whenever I want." Because he's not stupid and he's not going to agree to someone else's terms when he's the one being challenged.

Roger opens his mouth.

:: Wait! What would happen if he leaves a few minutes out to sea and strands us without a boat or supplies? Change the condition to- ::

"Okay, but you have to make sure I have at least five other crewmates, a ship and supplies to survive until the next island before you do." Roger counters as instructed. "You can't leave before that."

"Eh." Rayleigh shrugs. "That's fair. So we doing this then?"

"Yep!" Roger spreads his arms. "Come at-"

Rayleigh strikes before he finishes speaking, but it wouldn't have changed a thing. A moment later and Rayleigh is rubbing his fist as he stares with shock at the fading black on Roger's chest. "A Devil Fruit?" Rayleigh mutters.

"Nope." Roger shakes his head. "It's called Haki. But that's not important right now. You're joining my crew right?"

"I guess I am." Rayleigh muses, a faint smile on his lips as he relaxes again. If nothing else, he might be able to get this guy to teach him how to do that before he leaves. "So where exactly are we going 'Captain'?"

"Before that, you have to meet our other crewmate." Roger takes his Hat off and proudly presents it to Rayleigh. "Meet Felix."

:: Rooogerrr… What are you doing? I know you can hear me! You can't just turn off the Voice of All Things! ::

Rayleigh stares at the Hat. Then at Roger. Back to the Hat. "Did I just agree to join a madman?" He mutters to himself.

"Hey!" Roger protests. "I'm not crazy! Here, I'll show you!" He slaps his straw Hat on Rayleigh's head.

:: Hey! Be more careful when handling me you bastard! ::

Rayleigh adopts a freaked out look on his face. "What the fuck?"

:: Oi, no need to worry. You're not going insane. I'm just the Hat on your head. And yes, I'm fully aware of how outrageous that sounds. Hey, maybe you really are going mad and I'm just trying to keep you from getting the help you need to get rid of me. ::

"Don't chase him away when we just got him!" Roger argues. "At least he didn't try to immediately destroy you!"

:: If he tried to do that, I would have crushed him. We both have that one after all. And I'm not forgetting the fact that you revealed what I was without asking me first! I'll find a way to get back at you for that, so help me Goda. ::

"What kind of crazy did I just get pulled into?" Rayleigh asks himself, about five kinds of done right then.

Regardless, Roger answers anyway with a laugh and a brilliant grin. "Only the best kind!"