Gyarrr, me hearties, I do be back. I been quite busy these last few months. Gettin' put back together don't feel too great. Still be hurtin' a lot, but it's good to be gettin' me hands on some more work now.

It be me first week back in the ol' Ninja Stronghold o' home. Things are quite different from how I did leave it though. We don'na be havin' anyone o' experienced leadership left here no more, with all me brothers 'n sister ninja off to foreign lands. Things be rough sail'n now. We be nothin' left but a wee skeleton crew o' the inexperienced 'n untrained now. I should'a been overseas right now meself, if'n it weren't fer me poorly timed injuries.

Sigh, the fragile plans o' mice 'n men do be subject ta the cruelest o' twists it does seem.

Well, since we do be so understaffed 'n under-equipped, we do be stretchin' what we got near to the breakin' point these days. Workin' many hours these days, often in the chilliest o' settings. I din'na even have gloves fer me chilled hands on me last mission. A lot o' equipment do be gone, sent to those on the front. Preparin' last night, I did manage ta scrounge up an ol' kit that did have some well worn gloves stashed inta them. Even found a layer o' stab-proof 'n bullet resistant cloth, so I'm buildin' back up to what I once had. Good thing I stashed away some spare gear in some hidey-holes, I'm not as bad off as some o' the newer recruits here do be.

But as any good ninja will tell ya, if ya can find one, adversity weeds out the weak, 'n reveals the keen minded. We'll see what we have left here by the end o' the month, and then the next. The ones that survive this will truly be worthy ninja!
A Stone Named Boy "Me Pirate" Tired - 190 days, 6 hours, 13 minutes ago

The trip I do be on didn'na last as long as I had anticipated, fer it was done cut short. I be back, n' with a broken neck n' a broken jaw, ya'd be allow'd ta think I wouldn'na want ta go out no more. But I do. Oh me dearies, how I wish ta be back out there where I can be in the thick o' it again. The Clan do be ready ta sideline me now, n' leave me behind ta educate the new recruits comin' in ta replace all our losses. None but a few o' the original crew be left now it seems, n' I be left wit' nothin' but nightmares n' a burnin' desire ta head back inta war, despite me injuries. I would rather be on the front lines then be have'n nothin' ta do but dwell upon the pain. But I guess I shouldn'a complain, fer I be alive after walkin' through the valleys o' the dead. Someday this young blood o' mine will cool, n' I'll be able ta appreciate the things I do have. I just don'na want ta be left behind...
A Stone Named Boy "Me Pirate" Tired - 249 days, 3 hours, 29 minutes ago

Gyarrr. Greetin's ta all ya lads 'n lasses who still know this ol' sea dog do exist. To those o' yea that did send me the "pet" after me last tale, I thank ya from the bottom o' me salty heart. I did see 'em, n' appreciated 'em, I just didn't have the means ta respond ta them.

When I did join this here website, it did be outta desperation ta take me mind off'a me work. It had been consumin' me, a job you be on 24 hours a day, 7 days a week will do that ta ya. I wanted a place that do be silly, 'n light hearted. There t'was a man, like a brother ta me, who did use this site ta talk ta people who were such people. So I did come aboard, and fer a brief time, shenanigans were had by some n' I did find some'in ta relax with.

Then a world o' hurt did descend upon us here. Death, destruction, n' despair did ride in. I did know what I was ta be gett'n meself inta when I became a Ninja fer me nation, I can'na say t'was unfair fer these things ta happen ta us. We do be called upon to sacrifice fer the greater good; ta give ourselves ta ensure justice fer the weak 'n defenseless. And despite what stands before me now, me hearties, I can'na say I regret me decision.

I have been told that I am ta be promoted, and given command o' me own squad o' Ninja. But there do be so few o' us left from the original Clan. I've been told that we are ta be combined wit' another Clan that has been as decimated. Despite this, we will still only number three quarters o' what one Clan did before. And undermanned, under-armed, 'n under-supplied, we are ta be sent back inta the heartland o' evil, itself a realm o' chaos 'n war. But we can save people there, protect 'em 'n buy 'em the time they be need'n ta escape. So we will go, fer that be our purpose. I do be turnin' 25 in February, 'n I do be wonderin' if I'll even make it ta January in one piece.

If ya be celebratin' any important holidays this winter, I'd like ya ta do somethin' fer me. When ya be with yer friends 'n family, take a moment, and step outside when it be cold 'n dark. Let the cold seep inta ya, 'n an yer eyes grow used ta the inky night. Gaze upon the stars 'n think o' us who gave our everythin' in tha hope ta make the world a better, safer place. The people who did suffer greatly, 'n seen terrible things, all fer hope.

Then, go inside, where it be bright 'n warm, 'n filled with laughter, 'n ya ferget about us. Be happy, 'n rejoice in life. Celebrate yer peace. Don't ya dwell upon the cost o' freedom, we didn't march inta Hell's embrace so ya could all mope about, or ta be worship'd as heroes. We did it so ya could live life 'n be happy.
A Stone Named Boy "Me Pirate" Tired - 266 days, 5 hours, 26 minutes ago

Gyarrr, me hearties, I be back, after months o' dangerous work in da field as a Ninja. I did walk 'n sneak in da lands o' evil. So much time away. We did suffer another death among the team as well. Such hard times we be livin' in. I'd regal ya with a tale o' danger n' dashin' heroes come ta save the day, but I be exhausted me hearties, n' low o' spirit. So I'll be take'n me leave now.

19Nov09 Edit- We did have another casualty today. Sigh, it do be a bad year fer us.
A Stone Named Boy "Me Pirate" Tired - 289 days, 6 hours, 32 minutes ago

Thank'ya fer all the messages an' comments ya all do be leavin' fer me. I do be need'n sleep now though, an' I just would'na feel right not dedicatin' enough time ta answer all me messages at once.

Tis been a right hard couple o' weeks me friends. We been sufferin' attacks from the sneakiest o' the sneaky. Ta infiltrate a Ninja Clan, ya got ta be as hardcore as one can'na possible be an' still be human. They din'na even wait fer the sun ta go done. Daytime, nightfall, sunrise or sunset, they have been prob'n our defenses, unrelentin' an' silent. We done suffered deaths an' injuries this month, as well as damage ta our pride. But we learn, an' we adapt. Soon we will rise again, an' the ones who be left will be even better Ninja fer it!

Also, I did pick up me new shipmate. I don'na have a name from her yet, but I am sure she'll be givin' me one as soon as we get on ta know'n each other.
A Stone Named Boy "Me Pirate" Tired - 342 days, 19 hours, 33 minutes ago