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[He's been staring and prodding at the terminal for the longest time, wanting to at least have a basic grasp of its function before fiddling too much with it, though as of right this moment, Barbossa will fully admit (privately) that he really doesn't understand it. Witchery, devilry, some sort of voodoo...He's not entirely sure, and really, given the circumstances, he doesn't really care. What matters is that he's pretty sure it's for communication. And communicate he will.

There are far more important things afoot, thanks to the letter he's tucked haphazardly into the sash around his waist, because in it, the worst is delivered. He cares not for the world, but his ship...That's enough to make his blood boil.

But none of that shows on his face - for now. He's already raged privately, before deciding it is, plainly and simply, false. Instead, he looks more than a little amused at the circumstances, as he taps thoughtfully at the screen with one long, black nail.]

So, it do seem me home managed to get itself blown apart like a dinghy hit with chain shot. Funny, that. [He doesn't believe a word of it, and it's evident in his tone, and the quirk of his mouth.] Ye'd figure there'd be a tad more warning. Trumpets. Horsemen. Jack Sparrow running away from the scene of the crime. Alas, can't say as I remember a speck of any of that.

So what be the truth of it, aye? Did our saviors rapture us from our dying homes, convinced of our purity and contriteness? Be we the lambs before the slaughter? [Hilarious.] Nay, there be more to it than that. And since it seems ye have me at a disadvantage, I'd be thankful for some...Insight.

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What ye are is a fool.

H-hey! No I'm not!!

[SO RUDE]

[Pirate?]

So ye act, so ye are. You've not got the sense the gods gave an insect, and I'll wager ye never will.

Hmmmph.

[Is he pouting? HE TOTALLY IS. Time to go around this in a different way.]

I-I bet you're not even good at being a pirate, anyways...

[Nice try. Reverse psychology comes with the hat, kid.]

Well, no one ever said your opinion had to be the right one. [So not even remotely interesting in puffing up about. Yawn, next.]

[YOU'RE NO FUN, BARBOSSA]

...!

But wait...you definitely aren't. I mean, where are you going to sail now? You don't have your ship anymore...and it's not like there's any oceans around here.

Would that disqualify you as a pirate, then?

Having a ship and being a pirate don't happen to be mutually exclusive, since it do seem to me your thinker be a bit overtaxed. [Seriously, it's not like this is the first - or even the second - time he's found himself without a ship.] What it do seem is that ye think ye may get the upperhand here in some fashion, boy, but that be hard going, as like as not, I tend not to expound upon the particularities of much of anything - up to and including me profession - to those obviously less nuanced in the art of words.

[A pause, and then he lets out a slight groan.]

I'm sorry, I really am, I'm just...I hate it sometimes, you know? Being looked down upon. But...I guess being who I am, I'm just fated to be that way, even by pirates...

I'm sorry, I must have missed the note where I was supposed to care about your feelings.

[This is the look of a guy who is not at all amused by that reaction.]

Do you even care about anything at all?

[He hasn't been this amused at someone's whining in a long time. Thanks, kid, he needs the laugh.]

Maybe I do, maybe I don't. Which it be is no concern of yours.

...

[Mumbles.]

I bet you're really popular among your crew.

Now, now, none of that. No use for sour grapes seeing as ye can't get the rise you be looking for. [Seriously, kid, pirate. You can't really accuse him of anything that'll hurt his feelings.

...Unless your name is Jack Sparrow.]

[And Barbossa goes on top of Sam's "really hates" list. Because you won't react to his sniffling and whining, you won't react to his insults...what good are you, man? Useless. Absolutely useless, no chance for manipulation here.]

Hmmph. Right...

[So don't mind if he just gives a sniff and then shuts the camera off from his end. He knows a lost cause when he sees one.]

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