Professional Pirate

[dying_breed]

A ship needed a Captain. A Captain, on the other hand, did not always need to necessarily be in possession of a ship. Jack had been a prime example of that more times than he'd care to recall. But no matter how many times the Pearl had been pulled out from under him, he had always been adamant about the use of the title.

So, a ship needed a

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[dying_breed]

Jack had left the actual task of spreading the word that there was a crew being assembled to Delirium. It wasn't all that hard a task, and if anyone she approached was scared off altogether, then it was likely for the better.

She probably seemed an odd choice to most, and Jack wouldn't argue the point with anyone if they were to question it, but he did have his reasons for appointing her to the position. As the anthropomorphic personification of insanity, Jack knew that he could trust Delirium to be one thing: completely predictable in her unpredictability. He was aware of what he was getting into and would forever expect the unexpected from her. The last time his first mate had gone and done the unexpected, Jack hadn't been expecting it. Had he been, he may not have ever lost the Pearl to begin with, all those years ago.

On the subject of his mutinous former first mate, the sooner Jack got his belongs out of his quarters and off of the Pearl, the better. That was including, but not limited to, his silly hat and that flea bitten

[curiously_cora]

Coraline knocked before sticking her head in.

"Are you the Captain? I want to join your crew," Coraline said pausing when she realised she was talking to Johnny Depp. A fairly unkempt Johnny Depp but still Johnny Depp. Coraline took a breath before continuing. "I'm an explorer. I know the island backwards and fowards and sideways. I can swim, I can climb, I'd really like to shoot the guns but mostly I'm not allowed near guns. And I've got maps and I'm not squeamish. And I work hard. And Miss Del mostly doesn't scare me. Mostly because she's well... Miss Del."

[dying_breed]

She was capable of spout long strings of words in a single breath, too. Her age might have put him off for a second or two, but Jack did set out on his own at a fairly young age himself, probably not much older than she was now.

"That's all very impressive, but do you have a name?" Jack asked, extending his hand with the sword and pushing the hat in her direction. "And how are you with monkeys?"

[curiously_cora]

"I'm Coraline, Coraline Carter. But I'd consider adopting a sea name if I needed to. For the pirating," Coraline said seriously. She'd thought about Crooked Coraline, Cutlass Cora and Cut Throat Caroline. They were rather seriously good names especialy Cut Throat. "Well, they're okay. They're not my favourites but I don't hate them either. Why? Do you have a monkey problem? I'm good with animals, I work at the vets office."

[endlessdel]

"Ahoy! Alright ye land lubbers, today we will be learnin' all about discipline. I want this ship so clean t'captain can see his beard in t'floor! Sort t' ropes, stow the goods!" Delirium yelled down, standing atop of one of the rails. Delirium put her hands on her hips glaring down at the others. "What argh ye? Bilge Rats?! Step to it! Look lively boys! And ten doubloons to t'person who catches that blasted monkey."

Delirium waited for a moment before giggling looking back. "Too much?"

[dueright]

"Maybe just a tad," Fraser said, squinting against the sun. "But definitely in keeping with the theme." They were on a pirate ship, after all. And judging by the way the captain had been dressed, Fraser could only assume that he wasn't against a certain degree of pageantry and bravado.

[endlessdel]

Delirium giggled, before tilting her head pointing at Tall Mountie Man.

"Argh ye wanting to be on the crew of the most feared Captain on the seven seas?" Delirium asked Fraser grinning at him. "Only I'm supposed to find out if you're suitable. I'm first mate. I'm second in command. I get to wear a hat."

[dueright]

"So I heard. Congratulations to you." Who was he to judge the captain of the ship's choice as his second in command? If her enthusiasm for the new title were anything to go by, he was sure she would do a fine job.

[radical_cowgirl]

Edward was having FUN. Having scampered and swung all the way up to the crow's nest, she could see the whole island. She'd never seen anything like it and she couldn't stop laughing, repeating the fun new words everyone was using!

"Ahoy! Avast! Blimey! Ah-ha! ARRRRRRRRRRRRR!"

She wondered if they could hear her all the way back on shore."

"YO-HO-HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

[dale_cooper_fbi]

It was not Dale's intention to actually join a pirate crew when he boarded the Black Pearl, a ship which had been and gone and was now been again. But it wasn't entirely professional interest either, even though it fell within the scope of what he intended for the IBI. No, Dale boarded the pirate ship because it was a pirate ship, and every man had been a little boy playing pirates, once.

He was careful not to poke his nose too far where it didn't belong, but Dale was at his heart an investigator, and so as he investigated the deck of the pirate ship he looked at, touched and occasionally smelled everything he could get close enough to do so.

[jdick]

"I need a fucking peg leg for this shit," Joe announced when he found Dale again, wishing he had a sword and a hat and maybe a goddamn parrot, too. Even if a parrot would be as fucking annoying as any talking animal might be, it was just what was supposed to be.

"Are you smelling that rope?" he asked, miming slashing a sword.

[dale_cooper_fbi]

"Rum and sweat," said Dale, breathing deeply of the fragrance. Nothing said pirate ship like rum and sweat. "I'm not sure about the peg leg, but we can find you an eye patch if it's that important to you."

[jdick]

"Nah, I'm already deaf, I don't even wanna pretend I'm blind, too," Joe answered with a grin, then came closer to smell the rope, too. Dale seemed to think it smelled pretty damn good and Dale tended to be right about most things. Rum and sweat. Just like he'd said. "So, you wanna become a pirate?"