#captain soln

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You say "over the centuries" pretty casually- I mean, yeah things change over time, but you act as if you've seen it change over those hundreds of years yourself??

“That’s simply because I have. We Phantoms are, as Refir previously noted, mostlymade of arcane energy- thus, our bodies work differently, and after a certain point age fails to further change us. In a sense, we are ageless... And since my grandparents and others of their generation moved to a better location, among our community at least, living well into your hundreds if not breaching a thousand is common place. It’s yet to be long enough for anyone to get older than that though.”

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Since you are pirates, what's your favorite thing about it?

“Hm, I would say it’s the thrill of just being out at sea and being with the rest of the crew. You never know what each day could bring, and honestly I prefer things that way.”

“The unpredictability. Home was wonderful, but it’s a small community, and in day-by-day lifestyle, it’s rare things change. I suppose it ended up a bit too stagnant for my tastes... I mean, I suppose the place has expanded over the centuries, but it’s no big bustling city or anything.”

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What exactly is a phantom anyway?

There’s a moment’s pause. It… Wasn’t hard to explain, but it wasn’t entirely easy either.

“We’re… Well, w-”

With that pause it gave someone else time to slide right on over and interrupt.

“Short answer, we are Phantoms. Longer answer, we’re semi-corporeal, vampiric beings, made of arcane energy, with a little bit of chaos and other stuff thrown into the mix.”

Perhaps not the best explanation, but they seem more interested in just being noticed overall.

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So you're what, a vampiric pirate then? Are the rest of your crew like that?

“Any crew member who’s a Phantom, yes. That’s just how our race works.”

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How exactly can you eat magic? Seems a little weird

“Well, we’re already made of arcane energy, so it’s not that weird- that, and basically we’re vampires. We latch onto a target and drain it’s magic power. But, I know some of my ancestors did somehow find a liquid version of it that could be taken straight from a being’s soul. I have no idea how to get such myself, unfortunately.”

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P-prey on others? Are you implying that you kill and eat people?

“Not exactly. We don’t eat people- we eat their magic energy. As for whether they are killed in the process, that just varies on individual. We need them alive to take their magic, but some will kill them afterward, some don’t.”

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Why do you see so well in the dark?

“Because we are meant to be in it, and such ought to be expected. For a creature easily hidden in the darkness, and a creature that must prey upon others, does it not make sense to be able to function in such conditions? Why would we adapt to function in full light, when we have better chances to sneak up on our prey where they cannot see, but we can?”

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Isn't it more dangerous to be out at night?

“Not really. Navy ships can’t see us properly at night, we can see better than most if not any opponents just by moonlight, and the usual monsters of the night do not follow us out to sea.”