August Writing, Day 22: Familiar Faces
Today, I wrote this dialogue among three characters from Pirates of the Caribbean. This is my second PotC fanfic on LiveJournal, and it's also my daily entry for the august_writing challenge. This entry is a response to the exercise for August 21: "Write a page (or more) of dialog without allowing any character to say more than 5 words per line."
"Eh? ...Where am I?"
"Ahoy there! Come aboard!”
“All right, then...”
“Welcome aboard the Fly - Anamaria?!”
“Do we know each other?”
“We met long ago...”
“Oh, yes, you're 'the whelp.'”
“That's Captain Turner to you.”
“Really? What ship is this?”
“This is the Flying Dutchman.”
“What? How can you be - ?”
“I killed the previous captain.”
“It's that simple?”
“Yes... no, not quite.”
“Well, hello again, mate!”
“Bootstrap? I am dead, then.”
“Yes, you are.”
“What are you doing here?”
“Serving as my son's helmsman.”
“When did he become captain?”
“Twelve years ago.”
“Didn't seem like a sailor.”
“I wasn't, in those days.”
“What changed your mind?”
“Jack Sparrow and his scheming.”
“What did he do?”
“Had me stab Jones' heart.”
“In his place?”
“Exactly.”
“How like him.”
“How is he?”
“He got me a ship.”
“Oh! Congratulations!”
“Thankee.”
“How did you die, anyway?”
“I couldn't give up piracy.”
“Did the Navy catch you?”
“Hell, no! Went down fighting.”
“With who?”
“Other pirates.”
“That's me old shipmate.”
“Good to see you again.”
“You, too.”
“I must ask another question.”
“What is it, Captain?”
“Do you fear death?”
“Don't be ridiculous.”
“Very well. Hoist the sails!”
(Edited to add: When I wrote this, I assumed that Anamaria was on the original crew of the Black Pearl, before Barbossa's mutiny against Jack. If I'm wrong, consider this an AU fic.)
"Eh? ...Where am I?"
"Ahoy there! Come aboard!”
“All right, then...”
“Welcome aboard the Fly - Anamaria?!”
“Do we know each other?”
“We met long ago...”
“Oh, yes, you're 'the whelp.'”
“That's Captain Turner to you.”
“Really? What ship is this?”
“This is the Flying Dutchman.”
“What? How can you be - ?”
“I killed the previous captain.”
“It's that simple?”
“Yes... no, not quite.”
“Well, hello again, mate!”
“Bootstrap? I am dead, then.”
“Yes, you are.”
“What are you doing here?”
“Serving as my son's helmsman.”
“When did he become captain?”
“Twelve years ago.”
“Didn't seem like a sailor.”
“I wasn't, in those days.”
“What changed your mind?”
“Jack Sparrow and his scheming.”
“What did he do?”
“Had me stab Jones' heart.”
“In his place?”
“Exactly.”
“How like him.”
“How is he?”
“He got me a ship.”
“Oh! Congratulations!”
“Thankee.”
“How did you die, anyway?”
“I couldn't give up piracy.”
“Did the Navy catch you?”
“Hell, no! Went down fighting.”
“With who?”
“Other pirates.”
“That's me old shipmate.”
“Good to see you again.”
“You, too.”
“I must ask another question.”
“What is it, Captain?”
“Do you fear death?”
“Don't be ridiculous.”
“Very well. Hoist the sails!”
(Edited to add: When I wrote this, I assumed that Anamaria was on the original crew of the Black Pearl, before Barbossa's mutiny against Jack. If I'm wrong, consider this an AU fic.)