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PIRATELAND

An area built over a bay, there is no actual solid ground anywhere to be found in Pirateland. It's a land made entirely of wooden walkways, nets to climb, and of course, wooden pirate ships to explore. And then there are the rides: A pirate ship that swings nearly upside down; bumper boats; a ride that starts out as a Tunnel of Love but quickly transitions into a drunken pirate-themed It's a Small World.

And then, of course, there are the souvenirs to buy in the many assorted gift shops. Flimsy plastic swords, pirate hats, stuffed parrots. Or why not go get drunk down at the tavern?

((OOC: Like with Kittenland, feel free to come up with your own rides and attractions at Pirateland in addition to these ones!))

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Ian laughed along with him. "Ian," he said. "Pirate movies are the best kind." Well, along with science fiction, but they had that on the ship.

"Aside from rides and souvenirs there's got to be some treasure here. How about we try and find it?" Not least because Ian didn't have much money left for rides.

"Sounds good," Devlin agreed. With all the pirate stuff around, there was bound to be some kind of treasure--even if it was some kind of cheap giveaway. It at least would give them some kind of souvenier that didn't cost an arm and a leg. Or a kidney.

"I picked up a map." Ian pulled one out of his pocket. He'd picked up a guide to Pirateland on the way in, but had ended up just wandering around instead, so now it was a bit screwed up.

He opened it up and flatted it out. "Perhaps we could start with the ships," he decided. "They're bound to have some treasure in their holds."

"Definitely," Devlin agreed. "Looks like we can get to some of them by climbing across the nets." It wasn't going to be very comfortable, but he could move his arms enough without pain that he thought at least a slow climbe through the nets would be okay.

"That shouldn't be too hard." He stuffed the map back in his pocket and happily scrambled over the nearest net, stopping partway to look back and check Devlin was following.

Devlin was, taking it slowly so he didn't hurt himself. The next ship wasn't too hard to get to, at least.

Ian was surprised to see Devlin going so slowly over the net. He would expect kids his age to scramble over it without much thought for their safety. "Are you all right?"

"I'm okay," he insisted. "Just a little sore. I got out of medbay not long ago." It wasn't bad enough that he couldn't pull himself over the side of the net and board the ship, though. "Just wanted to be a little careful this time."

"I see." Ian decided he was probably better off living in ignorance about how Devlin got injured. And he seemed all right now.

"We're going to need to distract the pirates." Who were probably employees of the park, but calling them that would take the fun away from it. "Would you rather distract them, or go down into the hold?"

That was probably for the best. It had involved an ugly guy with tentacles on his head. Any story that included tentacles was best left unsaid.

"I'll sneak in," Devlin decided. "That's my specialty." And usually what got him in the most trouble, but hey. Here was an adult helping him be sneaky. What could go wrong?

"All right."

Ian pulled the map back out of his pocket and went up to the nearest to the entrance to the hold. Ian gave him his best smile and said, "Which boat is it? I'm not sure where we are on this map any more, this is such a big place." He turned, forcing the guard to turn away from the door, and waved his map about.

As Ian kept the guard busy, Devlin snuck in. This had always been easy for him, from sneaking into important things like the Null Void Chamber to making trips to the observation tower in the space colony.

There was, indeed, a treasure chest in the hold, filled with various trinkets like beads, glowsticks, and plastic doubloons. It was all cheap party favor stuff, but the real reward was in the danger, not the loot. Carefully filling his pockets with treasure--enough to share, but not enough to get caught--he spotted a couple of candies and slipped them up his sleeve while he was at it before sneaking back out.

Ian kept up the confused and unable to read a map act until he saw Devlin sneak back out. "Did you find anything?" Ian asked, keeping his voice quiet as they walked. They could hardly look at the treasure while they could be seen and Ian looked around for a hidden corner somewhere.

The smug grin on Devlin's face said it all. Waiting until they'd gotten to a shaded walkway with little surveillance, he pulled some of the beads out of his pockets.

"There's more too," he said quietly, "but I want to wait before pulling that stuff out." But he did produce the two swirled lollipops he'd managed to snag, and he handed one to Ian.

Ian chuckled at the sight of the loot, but was careful to keep it quiet. "That's a good haul."

He took the lollipop. He wasn't especially keen on the things, but when Devlin had gone to the trouble to get two of them, he wasn't going to refuse one. He was sure none of the staff here would notice two lollipops going missing.

"What do you say to sneaking in to another ship and putting our loot in their hold?" he said between sucks on his lollipop.

Devlin thought about it for a moment before answering, "Some of it. I saw some of the kids coming back from a parade or something. Not all of them could get beads. They should get some."

He liked making trouble, but ultimately, he liked helping other kids, especially ones who seemed to have it tough like he had.

Ian smiled at Devlin, looking for a moment like a proud parent. "That's a great idea," he said, patting him on the shoulder. "Lead the way."

There was a group of kids on the side of one of the ships. The ones who hadn't been so lucky at getting the free handouts were obvious--they were staying back, hiding their lack of loot from their friends. Leaning over the side of the net, Devlin dropped a couple of beads down to them, along with some doubloons.

Ian leaned over to watch and smiled as he watched the kids excitedly pick up the fallen beads and dubloons. Unfortunately, his parrot wasn't securely attached enough on his shoulder to cope with being turned nearly upside down and it dropped off. Ian reached out a hand to catch it, but he was too slow. "Oops," he said, and pulled back. "The parrot didn't talk much anyway," he said, still smiling.

Devlin watched as the kids found the parrot and immediately started playing with it, their laughter rising up to the nets.

"I think it did just fine," he decided.

"I think the parrot will be happier with them," he agreed. "I think we've done well, and won't be walking the plank today."

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