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[bringmethatnpc]

Everything in Panama City had gone mostly according to plan, a rare happenstance for the pirates in this motley crew, and the more superstitious among them spent the first few days on board their new vessel debating whether this meant good luck or bad, fair wind or foul.

The Spanish ship they'd stolen isn't large or particularly pleasing to the eye, being in need of some new paint and wood maintenance, but it's seaworthy and swift before the wind, and most importantly, well-stocked for a long voyage.

And a long journey to Singapore it will be.

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Re: Below deck

[pirate-gibbs.livejournal.com]

"Your friend Tonks...she is your friend, right?...she's a witch too, if I'm understanding things right. Does she have any sense of Tia Dalma beyond what we do?" He's sure no one trusts Tia, but he still trusts her more than he does Barbossa.

Re: Below deck

[badinlatin]

"...Honestly? I ain't got a clue; never thought to ask." Wry bit of a smirk. "No one ever credited me with much forethought now and again.

"And yes, she's a witch in a far different sense o' the word than whatsoever I grew up with."

Re: Below deck

[pirate-gibbs.livejournal.com]

"Then you must be a pirate after all. We on the whole have never been particularly known for our planning skills." Excepting men like Barbossa and legends like Henry Morgan, who are rarities.

"How do you mean? There's no witchcraft in the future?"

Re: Below deck

[badinlatin]

"Not really -- I know there's magic; Dora's actually a far-gone relative o' my pilot back home. Witchcraft is more something backwater moon villages accuse each other of so's to keep feuds going."

Re: Below deck

[pirate-gibbs.livejournal.com]

"Ah. I can see the difference. Most of the time, when someone is accused of bein' a witch, it's nonsense and grudges. But I never doubted such women were real. And the tales of Tia are...well, seamen used to talk of her to scare each other when we weren't talking of pirates." Gibbs smiles ironically.

Re: Below deck

[badinlatin]

Mal thinks of the smile that Tia gave him when he first had arrived.

And of the animals in jars he couldn't really recognize.

"I can understand why, frankly."

Re: Below deck

[pirate-gibbs.livejournal.com]

"But still, we have no choice in the matter. Not if we want Jack back." He sounds a bit weary, worn down by forces larger than he making him do what they want, again.

Re: Below deck

[badinlatin]

Mal eyes Gibbs for the first time, trying to get a bead on him.

"What's your connection to Jack? Why are you going after him this bad?"

Re: Below deck

[pirate-gibbs.livejournal.com]

"He's the captain. And a good man." It seems that simple.

Re: Below deck

[badinlatin]

(" -- You're on my crew. Why are we still talkin' about this?")

Mal can't help but grin. "Perfect answer."