AWE: Dead Kraken

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Even before they set foot on the island, the enormous mass that covers one end of the beach like some malignant tumor is impossible to miss. So is the stench of rotting fish and the cloud of gulls and other birds that feast on the huge-ish piece of carrion. As they step off the boats, the pirates busying themselves with the buckets and skins for water, two men stand apart from the rest, watching the dead beast, knowing it for what it is.

Jack and Barbossa look over at the remains of the Kraken, mulling their thoughts in silence. Then, the Spaniard turns his head to regard Jack with a certain curiosity, just as Sparrow starts to walk along the beach towards the immense carcass. Pintel and Ragetti, maybe no more bewildered but less circumspect about it, follow in their wake.

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[pirate_jack]

He glances over at Barbossa, then down and away.

"That's a sad commentary in and of itself."

There's an edged undertone to his words, sharp and biting, and it's bitterly clear that he doesn't like the situation at all.

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Neither does Barbossa. Mind, he enjoys the plotting, the pitting his wits and twisted double-dealing skills against forces so vastly superior, but he would much rather be playing a slightly safer kind of game.

With Jack's gaze still focused on the dead beast and him apparently having accepted the situation, despite his deep dislike of it, Barbossa relaxes a bit, the calculating gaze returning as he finds a safe stereotype to close the conversation with.

"The world used to be a bigger place."

It's not like he believes as much, but to a wanderlust-stricken man like Jack, it'll probably ring true enough.

[pirate_jack]

But at this, Jack shakes his head, disagreeing.

"The world's still the same."

Black eyes meet the dull empty look of the kraken's lifeless stare,

(a bit of myth in a world what all too often lacks it)

and there's an odd certainty in the rough depths of his voice.

"'S just-- less in it."

Jack turns away then, and gives Barbossa a quick, enigmatic look before starting back up the beach.