Pirates fic: Come My Way
Characters: Jack, Tia Dalma
Rating: G
Length: 100 words
Prompt: blackpearlsails "Bundle"
Come My Way
High John the Conqueror for strength. Van Van oil, snakeroot for luck. Black cat bone, too. Goofer dust, for protection. She hums, wraps it all in cloth from a lover’s petticoat.
“Rags and bones,” he says.
She smiles, indulgent. “You don’ want it, give it back.”
He tucks it in his coat, a magpie collecting shinies.
She laughs, low and rich. “A compass an’ some luck. Go see where de wind takes you.”
“Rags and bones.” Pauses at the door, fey grin on his lips.
She smiles in return.
Jack Sparrow.
The wind will blow him back to her someday.
Notes: The bundle Tia Dalma assembles for Jack is meant to be a mojo bag, also called a mojo hand or gris gris bag. The items in Jack's mojo bag I borrowed from basic descriptions of hoodoo herb lore - I have no idea whether a true mojo bag would actually contain this particular combination of items. What little knowledge I have of this hoodoo practice comes from the all-knowing Wikipedia and various other reliable internet sources - to that effect, I apologize if this appears grossly inaccurate and/or offensive to anyone who actually knows what they're talking about :)
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Rating: G
Length: 100 words
Prompt: blackpearlsails "Bundle"
Come My Way
High John the Conqueror for strength. Van Van oil, snakeroot for luck. Black cat bone, too. Goofer dust, for protection. She hums, wraps it all in cloth from a lover’s petticoat.
“Rags and bones,” he says.
She smiles, indulgent. “You don’ want it, give it back.”
He tucks it in his coat, a magpie collecting shinies.
She laughs, low and rich. “A compass an’ some luck. Go see where de wind takes you.”
“Rags and bones.” Pauses at the door, fey grin on his lips.
She smiles in return.
Jack Sparrow.
The wind will blow him back to her someday.
Notes: The bundle Tia Dalma assembles for Jack is meant to be a mojo bag, also called a mojo hand or gris gris bag. The items in Jack's mojo bag I borrowed from basic descriptions of hoodoo herb lore - I have no idea whether a true mojo bag would actually contain this particular combination of items. What little knowledge I have of this hoodoo practice comes from the all-knowing Wikipedia and various other reliable internet sources - to that effect, I apologize if this appears grossly inaccurate and/or offensive to anyone who actually knows what they're talking about :)
Feedback is love!