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Twenty-one Bells: [ACTION/VOICE]

[Archie has barely been around town lately, but he does appear in town this afternoon, dashing about to various shops and stores and picking up various one-use items and lots and lots of groceries. He seems to have one thing on his mind.

Later, he'll sit at the fountain and send out the voice message:]

This is Mr. Kennedy. If anyone is in need of me, I shall be at the beach house for most of the week. You can reach me there or on the journals.

Moreover, Mr. Hornblower and I are wondering if anyone would be interested in helping to build a ship. A sloop-of-war, to be specific, with room and ports enough for eighteen or twenty-two guns. I cannot claim we have a practical use for itm besides exploration, but it would be something to do. We have the plans drawn up, and all we need is enough hands to make it possible. We would be grateful for any help at all.

[After this, he'll be walking back to the beach house, where he's been babysitting Jack Sparrow since yesterday.]

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None other. [A polite nod.] Mr. Kennedy, if you will. [He'll tap the papers against the ball of one thumb, just a sign of mild nervousness rather than impatience. He's somewhat particular about who he's on first-name basis with.]

Got it. [Franky doesn't really care whether or not he knows his first name - he'll come up with some annoying nickname soon enough.]

Anyway, if those are the plans [he gestures towards the papers Archie is holding] we should start going over them.

[Archie sits at the fountain and passes over the papers.] Tell me what you think, and how many we'll need to build it.

[Franky takes the papers and spends a few minutes going over them. They look decent enough, and it's clear they put effort into it. Not bad for someone who's never built a ship before.]

It looks good, but if you want it to go super fast, you should think about having it be cola-powered. [Yup :|]

The wind will be fine, sir.

[... Well, that's just boring! But whatever, it's not Franky's ship, so he'll go with it.]

Right, well, if I was working on my own I could probably build something like this in a couple of weeks. [No, he isn't kidding.] But with my help along with a few other people that know what they're doing, we could cut that time down to maybe a week.

What? [He's being totally serious, man.]

[Archie very nearly accuses him of being a liar...then remembers one of his good friends is a tiny woman who can bend iron bars with her bare hands.]

All right. We'll see. I'll contact everyone and we'll start work as soon as possible.

Well, your plans look good enough [even if he still thinks it would be more efficient if it was cola powered], so just let me know when everything's ready to get started.

What do I need to have ready by then?

Ahh, just make sure you've got all the materials and enough people to help get it started.

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You do everything you'll need to build your own ship, don't you? [Franky hopes he does. Not that he would have much trouble sorting everything out, but it'd be foolish to plan on building a ship without knowing what materials would be needed to put it all together.]

Coming up with the lumber is part of what we'll have to be working on. [But he's curious. If his ships run on cola, should he ask...

No, he doesn't think he should.]

I know the materials. What sort of equipment?

We'll be able to work something out. [After all, it isn't as if there's a shortage of trees in Luceti. As for the equipment...]

Well, we'd need hammers, nails, augers, drawing knives... [He goes on to list the rest of the equipment they'll need, also making sure to list them as plural. It wouldn't be very practical to only have one of each when there's more than one person working on the ship, and also a chance that they could lose one of them. Spares are always a necessity.]

[Archie quickly jots everything down.] I'll be sure to have everything ready. Thank you, sir.

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