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An Open-ended Proposal; The Spanish Main--Tortuga/Port Royal [Complete]

Aug 22, 2006 20:13

On the way back to the little sloop, he made very well sure that a couple necessities were brought along for the trip: From a still-breathing carcass on the roadside he acquired a half-consumed container of rum, then for some unknown reason to the pirate he happened across a little jar of paprika toss on the road which was picked up as well. Any ( Read more... )

jack sparrow, james norrington

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findredemption August 23 2006, 03:38:31 UTC

"You actually kept your word." Norrington, who had found the way into the ship and had been busying himself with studying the strange interior to find out how one was to steer the vessel, glanced up at Jack's return and greeted the pirate with a raised eyebrow. He gave him a skeptical look, both for the fact that Jack hadn't tried to escape, as well as another point worth noting.

It seemed that Sparrow hadn't been particularly successful with his search for men to join his crew. There was no one else following him, unless they were trailing very far behind. Perhaps there were either no willing sailors to accompany Jack Sparrow or they were all too 'preoccupied' elsewhere.

Norrington straightened, leaning slightly against the edge of the button filled panel behind him. He wasn't too pleased with what he would need to do, but there was no other option. Lord Beckett was apparently waiting in Port Royal. Delivering Jack Sparrow and whatever he had in mind was the plan, but how reliable was it? All Beckett really wanted was the latter, ( ... )

ex_abrokenco715 August 23 2006, 05:29:08 UTC

Just as unfortunately, it seemed that a certain little bluecoat had weaseled his way inside the sloop. So much for sneaking past him that way. Instead Jack acted as if he had expected and awaited to return, bowing his head in the most vigorous fashion. “Ahh, Mister Norrington. How kind of you to grace me ship with your fastidiousness.” He strode to the front of the vessel, taking wide and un-linear strides.

“Believe it or not, I’m a pirate of his word.” Didn’t matter that his words were usually manipulated to work to his own advantage, and the fact his was willing to dismiss his word easily enough on the account of his pirate. For the moment, though, he would be a pirate of his word. His word had been that he promised a crew-and a crew he did bring. “Tortuga seems to be a bit short on daft adventurers for the moment. But, I said I would bring us a valuable crew and I am of my word...” A crew, a crew, that he did so lack, but he didn’t exactly come back empty handed. Jack removed the vile of paprika and rum bottle from within ( ... )

findredemption August 25 2006, 23:16:31 UTC

Norrington followed Jack's movements with his gaze. A pirate of his word? Really. Somehow he didn't think that a pirate's word was something one could place much faith in at all. Nevertheless, Jack had not attempted to vanish from Tortuga. The only part of what he had announced earlier that was missing was that he hadn't brought a crew with him, and that wasn't something that bothered Norrington - fewer pirates were nothing to lament over ( ... )

ex_abrokenco715 August 26 2006, 05:50:56 UTC

“Well, as I see it Mister Norrington, Hygiene is a..” He looked the man up and down, cringing as he motioned avidly about the not-so-blue coat, “habit that crew members often find optional rather than... necessary.” It seemed to be the case a while after setting sail from land. Unfortunately they were near land, so coming upon land once more and not having had any hygienic acts committed could wind up in an unusual situation. Unusual situation involving his only crew member attracting flies. “To join me crew you only must have the properties of these items.” He motioned briefly to the Paprika and rum, flailing his fingers just so. “You’re noggin has to be as full as me bottle of rum and yee have to be useful as this little seasoning here.” In other words they had to be daft enough to be lured on his ship and just useful enough for him to Captain them around ( ... )

findredemption August 28 2006, 22:06:24 UTC

The pirate's claim regarding hygiene seemed to state the obvious. Norrington didn't think that he had ever encountered a pirate who seemed to place any great importance on personal hygiene, considering the general appearance of most pirates. Unfortunately, he wasn't really in any position to comment at the moment, either, even if he hadn't forgone bathing and grooming and other things that fell into the category of good hygiene habits as a conscious choice ( ... )

ex_abrokenco715 August 29 2006, 09:16:10 UTC

Well, seemed to be under a bit of pressure to make the decision of a heading right quickly, wasn’t he? Jack looked thoughtful, rubbing his bearded chin to coax an idea of his mind-mostly on how to get the sloop running so he could go ahead and pick said heading to get to unsaid place. Jack picked his feet up off the dash and placed them on the floor, “As a matter of fact, Leaving the wall happens to correlate with that general direction quite nicely, yes.” It was the honest to goodness, truth.

But how to get going in that direction, now, that would be the trick ( ... )

findredemption August 30 2006, 17:56:11 UTC

Norrington sent Jack a flat look in return for stating the obvious. "Really. I hadn't noticed," he replied dryly. He was well aware that the ship hadn't moved even the smallest fraction of an inch. They were still in the exact same spot they had occupied only moments ago, firmly lodged in the wall. Progress in the right direction seemed increasingly unlikely.

How complicated could it be to navigate this ship? He had to wonder how, exactly, the pirate had managed to make his way to Tortuga with it, if he didn't even know how to convince it to move, let alone ensure that it didn't crash through any walls.

"Considering your arrival, I don't think you should be directing that question at me," Norrington pointed out when Jack asked him whether he had damaged the ship. It seemed very possible that said manner of arrival was actually to blame for the current lack of cooperation from the ship. Undoubtedly Sparrow had broken something. Norrington eyed the panel in front of them once more, frowning slightly ( ... )

ex_abrokenco715 August 31 2006, 07:24:46 UTC

It was probably the only time since Jack had been Captain, that he willingly let a crew mate take the helm without permission. Of course it wasn’t really a helm, more than it was several shiny buttons and a shiny silver lever. Maybe the unlucky commodore would strike a bit of luck and get the boat to move. It wasn’t that Jack didn’t have any idea on how to make the little sloop budge, but he was lacking on effective concrete ways of knowing how to get it to move. Last time it was by pure instigated accident, and this time would probably result the same; but if he hit the right buttons this time, surely he would make sure to pay attention enough that it didn’t have to be repeated ( ... )

findredemption September 3 2006, 00:38:43 UTC

The ship had actually responded to the haphazard attempt to persuade it to move. Norrington stared at the panel and its buttons for a moment, as if reluctant to believe that. Relying on luck was rarely wise, but he had to admit that the ship's responding was rather welcome right now, coincidental or not. He let his hands return to his side and glanced at Jack, raising an eyebrow at the pirate's remark. There was little point in continuing to argue over the cause of the 'little problem' that had finally been taken care of, so he decided to save that time ( ... )

ex_abrokenco715 September 3 2006, 15:33:48 UTC

The destination never had been a wall, nor was it intended for the next location. The destination had always been Tortuga-stopping there was the only problem. It would probably hold true for the next place (when he decided of a heading) unless he could figure out how to go about stopping the boat which didn’t involve walls. Perhaps a little more fiddling could reveal how to go about stopping the sloop ( ... )

findredemption September 6 2006, 23:31:06 UTC

No, he was not curious about any methods of pirating. Norrington bit back his response to that question, deciding to let the pirate talk. He had asked him where he had procured his unusual ship, after all, and it seemed that this information was being volunteered now - in a somewhat vague, roundabout sort of manner. Once the whimsical storytelling was stripped away, the answer could have been kept far more concise and plain ( ... )

ex_abrokenco715 September 7 2006, 05:01:29 UTC

Well, that was one way to interpret his story. Jack waved it off with some caveman-like grunt in response. Leave it to a law abiding person to make such wonderful pirating so anti-climactic. hat wasn’t completely correct, though, it wasn’t abandoned, just not watched as well as it should have been ( ... )

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