There's one footnote, and that's "barracks". It's simple, it's a place where sailors (or in this case; pirates) sleep.
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WARNING: STILL OC.
"This is a kind island, captain, 'taking care of' simply means I show you around. Here in this town you can walk down the streets at night and not be afraid to be mugged. During the day you can pass any one person and they'll smile at you and say 'good day' with a nod. This place is also dirt-cheap. You'll be able to stock your ship for perhaps another months travel, depending on how you rationalize the food proportions." she paused. "The food is good, and so is the liquor; all at reasonable prices. Now true, the board is a bit pricey, but you have a ship with barracks1, do you not?" she laughed.
"Yes we do." Shanks laughed.
"Then you're taken care of. You've saved about twenty berries a person; and that's the cheapest hotel." she smiled. "So, would you like a tour, maybe a map of the island?"
Shanks' and Ben's stomachs growled just about simultaneously. "A restaurant would be nice." Shanks laughed.
"Right." Suzuna laughed. "Follow me, and I'll take you to the best diner in town." she walked off, leaving the two to follow her. And they did, since they didn't care to be starving while high and dry. She walked about fifty yards before saying anything. "So, it looks like you've all been in a pretty bad storm. Lightening or even a medium sized hurricane?" she asked, trying to look behind herself.
"Yeah, a powerfully strong small hurricane." Shanks answered. "How'd you know?" he asked back curiously.
Suzuna laughed as she did a 180 and walked backwards. "You must be a good captain or have tremendous luck." she said first, kindly commenting on Shanks' captaining skills. "I knew a guy who was a captain. Actually, he let me come on his voyages quite a lot; I mean I was never a crewmate, but I learned just about everything there is to a ship and the sea. So I know a ship that's been hit by something Poseidon dished out." she smiled at them, laughing slightly. "Casualties?"
"None, thank god." Shanks smiled.
"Ooh, top notch capt'n." she smirked, turning back around.
"Where'd you get the swords?" Shanks chuckled at her perky attitude.
"They belonged to that captain about two years ago." Suzuna paused. "He died, and in his will it stated that they be given to me."
"I'm sorry to hear that." Shanks replied.
"Nah, don't be." Suzuna laughed, pulling open the door for them. "What's in the past is in the past. And currently your stomachs are eating themselves alive, so get in there and I'll whip you two up something."
"You're a waitress too?" Shanks asked as he walked into the diner, taking off his cloak and hanging it up on the coat hanger. As Ben got in he walked over to an empty table and sat down lazily.
"Yeah, I have a busy life here." she grabbed her apron putting it on and tying it quickly as she walked over to the bar, leaned over it and grabbed two menus, then walking over to Shanks and Ben handing the menus to them. "So what would you like to drink?" she pulled out her pocket-sized notebook and her pen.
"You said the liquor was good right?" Ben asked
"Yes I did." Suzuna answered politely.
"What kind do you have?" Shanks asked
"Wine, beer, whiskey, malts." she replied.
"We'll have two of the richest tasting wines you have." Shanks smirked at her.
"I'll get right to it, as if I had no one else to serve." Suzuna laughed, pointing out they were the only ones there as she went to the back of the diner to get the wine.
"Funny one she is." Ben laughed.
"She's a waitress and a stevedore; she doesn't have a choice." Shanks laughed too.
Suzuna came back a minute later, with two of the oldest bottles of red wine they had in possession. She set them in the table lightly and then wrote out they had had ordered so far. "Need a bottle opener?" she asked.
"When you've been at sea for three months you learn other ways of opening a bottle without an opener." Ben scoffed smirking as he pealed off the foil and bit down on the cork with his teeth and removed it, making it look ever so easy.
"And don't try that at home, he's had nineteen years of his life practicing that and he's still as stupid as ever." Shanks insulted Ben pulling out his dagger and in a civilized manner removing the cork with a high-pitched popping noise when Ben got a loud pop.
"And how old are you captain?" Suzuna asked as se sat on the table behind her.
"Nineteen in a week. And call me Shanks." he replied. "How about you, since you're so young?"
"Eighteen. Nineteen in about four and a half months." she smiled
"Ah, a snow bunny are you?" Shanks laughed. "I personally like the transaction between summer and fall."
"Well nine months before that your parents were trying to keep warm." Suzuna laughed, mocking Shanks' liking of his birth month.
"Yeah well--!! …" Shanks was having a hard time with witty come-backs for this woman. After all no one really challenged him to mind games like Suzuna had. "No, I'm going to be a gentleman and be quiet." Shanks gave off a sound of disapproval and looked at the menu.
"Then forgive my rudeness." Suzuna took her apron and curtsied as she sat on the table as Shanks gave another disapproval noise. "Made up your minds?" she asked
"I'll have the one pound steak well-done." Ben laughed at Shanks' child ness. Shanks stuck his tongue out at Ben.
"Baked or mashed potatoes?" Suzuna asked writing all of this down.
"Baked."
"Coleslaw or salad?"
"Coleslaw."
"Toast or biscuit?"
"Biscuit."
"All right then. Shanks?" Suzuna asked
"…Pancakes and eggs." Shanks replied.
"And how do you want your eggs?"
"Scrambled."
"Toast or biscuit?"
"Toast."
"Bacon?"
"Crispy."
"Hash browns?"
"Crispy as well."
"Ok. It'll all be out soon." Suzuna stood up and walked into the kitchen.
1 Barracks: rooms for the crew.
See? Easy footnote. I think that these terms are only going to show up when they're at the ship, and if I use the same thing, I'm not going to use another footnote, its annoying. Just look back to the first chapter. Review!