Ten Tales: Epilogue
Title: Ten Tales: Epilogue
Author: berne
Rating: PG-13
Characters: Epilogue: Jack, Will
Full disclaimer/AN: Here
Summary: Bill could tell tales of Jack Sparrow that would quiet the most rowdy of children, satisfy the most demanding of whores and silence a whole Tortugan tavern. Ten Jack-and-Bill tales, beginning with their first meeting and ending with the mutiny.
Previous Parts:
Prologue
Tale I: The Boy Who Lived in a Shell
Tale II: The Dragon’s Lair
Tale III: The Witch and the Pearl
Tale IV: The Ice Lands
Tale V: The Sleeping Beauty
Tale VI: Here There Be Monsters
Tale VII: The Knight’s Tale
Tale VIII: X Marks the Spot
Tale IX: The Winds of Change
Tale X: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Epilogue
“You! Sparrow!”
“Eh?”
“You’re familiar with that ship The Black Pearl.”
she ain't just a keel and a hull and a deck and sails, is she?
“I’ve heard of it.”
“Where does it make berth?”
“Where does it make berth? Have you not heard of the stories?”
that would quiet the most rowdy of children, satisfy the most demanding of whores, silence a whole Tortugan tavern
“Captain Barbossa and his crew of miscreants sail from the dreaded Isla de Muerte. It is an island that cannot be found - except by those who already know where it is.”
that's Captain Jack to you, Barbossa, and I'm not such a fool as all that
“The ship is real enough, therefore its anchorage must be a real place. Where is it?”
anchored? no, she wasn't that, either
“Why ask me?”
“Because you’re a pirate.”
scoundrels sure enough, drunken and foul-mouthed more often than not, but they understood the rules
“And you want to turn pirate yourself, is that it?”
“Never!”
dragons, said Jack, tilting his head back to study the steel-streaked sky. dragons and shells.
“They took Miss Swann.”
we'll just have to cut the net from her, lads
“Oh, so it is that you found a girl! Oh, I see. Well if you intend to brave all, hasten to her rescue and so win fair lady’s heart… You’ll have to do it alone, mate. I see no profit in it for me.”
“I can get you out of here.”
ever fancied going to the Caribbean, mate?
“How’s that? The key’s run off.”
“I helped build these cells. These are half-pin barrel hinges. With the right leverage and the proper application of strength, the door will lift free.”
you know that's not why I stay, you know that
“What’s your name?”
the boy studied him for a moment, dark eyes flickering in the candlelight, then said
“Will Turner.”
Jack’s breath caught in his throat.
freedom
Author: berne
Rating: PG-13
Characters: Epilogue: Jack, Will
Full disclaimer/AN: Here
Summary: Bill could tell tales of Jack Sparrow that would quiet the most rowdy of children, satisfy the most demanding of whores and silence a whole Tortugan tavern. Ten Jack-and-Bill tales, beginning with their first meeting and ending with the mutiny.
Previous Parts:
Prologue
Tale I: The Boy Who Lived in a Shell
Tale II: The Dragon’s Lair
Tale III: The Witch and the Pearl
Tale IV: The Ice Lands
Tale V: The Sleeping Beauty
Tale VI: Here There Be Monsters
Tale VII: The Knight’s Tale
Tale VIII: X Marks the Spot
Tale IX: The Winds of Change
Tale X: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Epilogue
“You! Sparrow!”
“Eh?”
“You’re familiar with that ship The Black Pearl.”
she ain't just a keel and a hull and a deck and sails, is she?
“I’ve heard of it.”
“Where does it make berth?”
“Where does it make berth? Have you not heard of the stories?”
that would quiet the most rowdy of children, satisfy the most demanding of whores, silence a whole Tortugan tavern
“Captain Barbossa and his crew of miscreants sail from the dreaded Isla de Muerte. It is an island that cannot be found - except by those who already know where it is.”
that's Captain Jack to you, Barbossa, and I'm not such a fool as all that
“The ship is real enough, therefore its anchorage must be a real place. Where is it?”
anchored? no, she wasn't that, either
“Why ask me?”
“Because you’re a pirate.”
scoundrels sure enough, drunken and foul-mouthed more often than not, but they understood the rules
“And you want to turn pirate yourself, is that it?”
“Never!”
dragons, said Jack, tilting his head back to study the steel-streaked sky. dragons and shells.
“They took Miss Swann.”
we'll just have to cut the net from her, lads
“Oh, so it is that you found a girl! Oh, I see. Well if you intend to brave all, hasten to her rescue and so win fair lady’s heart… You’ll have to do it alone, mate. I see no profit in it for me.”
“I can get you out of here.”
ever fancied going to the Caribbean, mate?
“How’s that? The key’s run off.”
“I helped build these cells. These are half-pin barrel hinges. With the right leverage and the proper application of strength, the door will lift free.”
you know that's not why I stay, you know that
“What’s your name?”
the boy studied him for a moment, dark eyes flickering in the candlelight, then said
“Will Turner.”
Jack’s breath caught in his throat.
freedom