I keep with the absences don't I?
Well, there was a death in my family, which sort of doesn't put one in the mood to be funny. However, attempts to cheer up involved many viewings of Pirates of the Caribbean, which in turn reminded me how absurd Sues are, which eventually made me ready to come on back.
So, here I am. And here's a Sue.
TITLE:
Of Ravens and Sparrows This wasn't clever the first time someone thought to do it. It becomes successively stupider every time afterwards.
CULPRIT:
TelikoSUMMARY: "With Her Ship Sunk And Her Neck In A Noose, A Young Pirate Lass Is About To Be Hung, When She Is Saved By A Slurred-Speaking Man! A MeJack Fic! Chap. 4 Up!" Every. Word. Capitalized. Someone, help me.
BEST LINE: "Unfortunately, she was awakened not to a keg of rum flowing into her mouth, but a musket poking her in the boob." I originally had a silly pirate insult ("liver-eyed ninny") here, but this...well, I just couldn't resist.
THE VERDICT
It's a short drop and a sudden stop for you.
NAME: Raven Shallowbane I was going to give her an extra egg just for the name, but then I decided since it was no Red Ariel Truelove or Saberjess or Alpha Jessie Iceflake, I couldn't in good conscience do so.
EYES: "deep brown eyes"
HAIR: "Her Hair was a deep black, and came to an end just above her bum."
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: "V-cut cream-colored top which covered her arms but exposed her stomach. Her pants were a lot like his, only a bit baggy-er, and darker. Her boots were black, and folded over a little." *sigh* A pirate brand on her right arm.
OH SO SPESHUL POSSESSIONS: A ship called the Swifteye, which, like all ships belonged to Lady Pirates has sunk. We've been here before, haven't we?
OBNOXIOUS AND/OR IMPLAUSIBLE ORIGIN: A Lady Pirate who was apprehended by the British Royal Navy on her way to Tortuga and sentenced to death.
OBNOXIOUS AND/OR IMPLAUSIBLE CANON CONNECTIONS/AFFILIATIONS: Mr. Gibbs. Left big toe.
SOOPER SPESHUL ABILITIES: none
THE "PLOT": So, Sue's in jail. She has a stupid accent. She kicks the guard who comes to take her to the gallows in the jewels and runs off with his gun. She is recaptured very soon because she's really stupid. She's about to be hanged when all of a sudden Jack swings in on a rope and saves her for no apparent reason. They return to the Black Pearl and check each other out. This involves really long uninteresting descriptions of them both. I manage to be thankful that the author doesn't capitalize the first letter of every word in the story. Though, they continue to do so in the author's notes.
Anyway, the next chapter is really about nothing at all. Sue has apparently slapped Jack off camera, because all Sues must slap Jack. It's one of their laws. She and he talk and I get a headache trying to understand what they're saying. Eventually I determine that Jack is taking Sue to Singapore to get her a new ship. Still, for no apparent reason. There's some kissing.
The next chapter is really short and makes no sense. There's something about Sue hitting Jack and him looking like he's going to cry. Then there's some random flashback about something or another. Then there's a six line chapter that's just some swatch of stupid conversation. It continues the endless repetition of the word "pervert" in this story.
NOTES: No logic. No plot. Nothing that resemble any characters I know. NEXT!
EXCERPT:
Bad Accents, Ahoy! Oh, and benevolent!Jack.
The wooden deck of the Black Pearl seemed to slip from under Raven’s feet, causing her to slide from one side of the deck to the other. Raven sat up, wondering way she was laying on the deck of a ship.
Where the bloody ‘ell am I? Her mind wandered and remembered the events of the day, but failed to recall why she was sprawled out on the deck. She sat for a good handful of minuets, but still couldn’t remember.
……… Ah, the ‘ell wit’ it…Where did Jack get teh? Bringing herself to her feet, she regained her sense of balance, then set off toward the Captain’s quarters.
Jack leaned lazily in a chair, his feet propped on the small table in his quarters. Intensely aggravated by Raven’s slap of affection, Jack had gone to his rum bottle for guidance. He could always go to rum whenever anything went wrong, no matter what it was. He knew that the rum would always understand his slurred-speech, that it always had the right medicine for whatever plagued him.
Rum was his all-mighty healing source.
And best of all, he knew it would never slap him across the face. Ok. I gave the author points for this. It really is funny.
His eyes suddenly shot upward as Raven pounded on the door, pleading to be let in, for the cold night air was creeping out of its hiding. Jack saw this as the perfect chance for a little fun.
“’ho is it an’ what do ye want?” Jack said in a mocking tone to her, a grin slapped across his features.
“Its bloody cold ou’ ‘ere! Lemme in!”
“Why ye want in ‘ere? Go warm yerself with me crew, they like ye too!”
“’re ye crazy?! Those sick ‘ole men ‘ill beh dead b’fore the stars ‘ome out!”
“Aye…they may be sick ‘n old an’ what not, but I ‘ear they ‘re good lovers!” Jack uttered a snicker, unaware of Raven’s quick wits.
“So, ye ‘ould rather let all yer crew ‘ave meh then keep me to yerself?” Before the question could echo along the deck, Jack had unlocked the door, sucked her inside and locked the door behind them.
“So…meh charm ‘ventually got to ye, aye?” Jack turned to face her, but found her soaking up the remains that lie in his rum bottle. “Aeehhh! Yer drinkin’ all o’ meh rum away!!!” He held his head in his hands, “I’ll beh out o’ rum’ b’fore we ev’n reach Singapore!” Raven’s eyes lit up, and she quickly forgot about rum or the bottle she was holding.
“We’re goin’ teh Singapore!?” She leaped at Jack, tossing the rum bottle behind her, causing it to smash against the wall. She clung to his arm like a small child, hopping up and down and squealing. “I ‘aven’t been teh Singapore fer soooooooo long! They ‘ave so many things ter buy t’ere! I can get meh a new Cutlass…some rum….maybe a new pair o’…’ey….” She glared up at him. “Why are we goin’ teh Singapore?”
“Does it real-eh matter luv? If yer this ‘appy I mean…why should it mat…”
“What are ye goin’ ter do wit’ meh? Ye don’t go ter Singapore fer no reas’n, Jack.”
……
Silence. Jack didn’t even bother to point out to Raven that it was ‘CAPTAIN Jack’. He simply stared at her, a blank expression on his features.
Finally, his slurred yet smooth voice broke the silence.
“What’s yer name lass?”
“Raven…”
“Well, Raven, ye asked meh ‘fore how I ‘ad gone ‘bout rescuin’ ye. Ya see, I ‘ad just came in ter Port Royale teh check up on meh friend Will, ‘e’s a eunuch an’ all, so I feel sorry fer the lad. I was just about ter Will’s settlement when me eye landed on teh saloon, I figured a bit o’ rum ‘ouln’t hurt, so I stopped in. While I was enjoyin’ teh company o’ the natives, I ‘eard some o’ em talkin’ ‘bout a pirate lass who was captured an’ about ter be hung. Knowin’ where they tend ter hang pirates ‘round ‘ere, I ran meself breathless an’ saw ye spit in meh friend the Commodore’s face, ‘ood aim by the way, an’ then ye were dragged to the noose. Teh rest was…er is…” His eyes look confusedly around the room, “self ev’dent.” He flashed a cheesy grin, once again flashing hid golden teeth.
Raven nodded her head slowly up and down in agreement. In an instant she was on top of him, grasping his shirt collar, what little there was to grasp anyway. “That don’t explain WHY we be goin’ ter Singapore…an’ that’s what I want teh know now!” Her eyes narrowed, suspecting that he was going to sell her for other men’s ‘pleasures’ so he could rack up a hefty sum of shillings.
“’EY!!! Easy there lass…if ye want ter know that bad, I’ll tell ye.” His mud-colored eyes met hers. Her blazing, rage filled eyes against his calm, gentle ones. “I was hopin’ ter surprise ye, but I see yer not really teh patient type…when I ‘eard teh lads talkin’ ‘bout ye, I ‘eard em say that teh Navy sunk yer ship. Now, bein’ a Captain meself, I knew what teh anger ‘avin’ yer ship taken away from ye feels like, so I figured that after I saved ye, we ‘ould sail ter Singapore an’ see ‘bout getting’ ye a new ship, savvy?”
The second the words ‘New ship’ came out of Jack’s mouth, Raven had began to beam. “A new ship?! A NEW SHIP!? JACK!!!! YE ARE SO KIND!!!” She then slammed her face down and dug her lips deep into his, That sounds sort of painful. her arms wheedled under his back to embrace him and pull him closer as they were engaged in a lip-lock. Jack, who sat simply shocked for awhile, quickly returned the gesture. He wrapped his arms around her and also pulled her closer, which allowed him to weave his tongue into her mouth, further lifting his already aroused emotions toward this beautiful pirate lass.
When Raven felt Jack’s hand beginning to slip into her pants, she realized what she had just done. She quickly drew herself from the kiss and the grasp of Jack Sparrow, flying backwards into the table. Her back landed with a strong ‘Thump’, which shook the table and caused more rum bottles to go crashing onto the floor. She began to spit and wipe her mouth with the back of her hand, cursing in-between wipes and hacks.
“Damnit women! Ye start ter let yer feelin’s fer meh show then ye break more o’ me rum bottles!! What in bloody ‘ell is wrong with ye?!” Jack glared at her with a cocked eyebrow, his beard dangles wildly waving around from the sudden lift of his body.
“Ye….Yer right…..somethin’ is wrong with meh…I just don’t know what that be.” She sat up slowly, a saddened look jumbled with her features. “I’m sorry Jack…”
“Captain Jack, luv.”
……
“I’m sorry…Captain…” Raven felt her face flush a deeper shade of red then it had already been as Jack came over and sat by her on the table, placing a loving arm around her shoulders.
“It’s alright luv…I’ll get me crew ter clean it up…” His finger slid up from the bottom of her neck to her chin, turning her face towards his, leaving inches between their noses, “Pet…”
As he moved in to kiss her, she shoved him off the table and sent him spilling into a heap on the floor.
“I’m sorry that ye are such a pervert!”
Jack simply grinned and stared at her,
“Sorry lass, tis me nature.”
Complete and total randomness.
“Oh I bet it is mate…” Raven stood proudly over Jack, who still sat crumpled in a heap on the floor.
“’ey, ye be the one who s’arted it!” He pointed accusingly at her as he stood, brushing off his pants and glancing at the broken glass on the floor, inches from where his bum landed. “Ye be a lucky lass that me rear ‘as none o’ that in it…”
“I was ‘appy, and ye be the one who kept doin’ it! Ye pervert!” Raven flew at him with her hand, slapping him across the face once more. Jack’s head simply went with the slap, the rest of his body sat still.
“Ye really like ‘ittin’ me, don’t ye lass?” His head slowly turned back to face her, his eyes appearing to be on the brink of tears.
Raven drew her face close to his, her ‘mad-as-hell’ eyes staring deep into his dismal pair. Now nose to nose, her eyes ceased to blink, or even stray from his.
“Only when ye deserve it, pig.” She held her position, not shifting an inch. Her enraged glare continuing to gouge into his melancholy gaze. It was then, when a piece of her past came back to haunt her…
“Mommy! Mommy! Look what I finded!” Young Raven dashed across the beach, waving her arm around franticly. “It be purty!” She ran into the loving embrace of a tall, dark woman. She remembered the long, black hair…so much like her own.
“What did ye find love? Treasure?” The woman gleefully smiled upon Raven, kissing her cheek. She wore a shirt similar to Raven’s, but bore a long skirt which was torn and appeared faded.
“Aye! I looteded it I did! See?” Raven held in her tiny hands a single black pearl, which she had proudly stolen from a fiddler crab. “It be purty and dark like ye eyes! See mommy!” No Response. The little girl slowly lifted her head, “Mommy?”
She looked up and saw sad, mud colored eyes.
“Mommy needs ye to run love…run…”
“Love? Ye alright?” Jack shook Raven’s shoulders, disturbed by her vacant brow. “Ye still wit’ me love?”
“Run…” Raven’s lips barley parted to squeeze out the word. Her daze of memory suddenly faded as Jack prodded her forehead.
“What did ye say?” He cocked an eyebrow, confused by her mumble.
“Tis nothin’…ummm,” Not wanting to explain herself, she quickly looked around and changed the subject, “Where will I be sleepin’?”
This is an entire chapter.
Jack's features shifted into a look of utter enjoyment. I'll 'ave some fun wit' this lass yet…
"Sleepin'?" His head spun from side to side, his droll gaze finally landing on Raven. "Why in me bed, o' coarse…"
"Don't ye dare start up that shit again…ye know damn well I ain't sleepin' wit' ye!" Raven's eyes seemed to regain their fiery blaze, and Jack knew damn well not to mess with that.
"I didn't say wit' me in it love…" He noticed Raven lowering her head, attempting to hide her blushing face. "Now who's teh pervert aye?"
"Ye are such a condescending ass…" She looked up at him with a grin, attempting to hold back her laughter.
"Com day shittin' what?" Jack spread out his fingers, starring at them as if they contained the answer to his query. Raven burst out in a fit of raging laughter, knowing that the night would be long and sleepless…