[Jack's tone is harried--a tad breathless.]

Dr. Maturin. If you are safe, notify me of the fact as soon as you are able.

If you are...injured.

Stephen. Please call.

[There's a shuffling sound and the creak of a door opening, the thud of it closing; the call ends just as the distinctive noise of metal on metal rings into the speaker as a sword is ( Read more... )

[A few feet of water? Jack could've easily dealt with that. But this flooding is too much to bear. (And at least he and Stephen  can swim.)

Today seems like a good day to finally use that strange device to initiate a call rather than answering one or letting Stephen do it, so today, on your phone, a more than slightly damp Captain Aubrey's ( Read more... )