Shiver me timbers! Here be a pirate meme!

[jackdaws]

(Pirate AU Meme)

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1.  Boarded:  Your ship has been boarded, and as captain you've been captured!  Better hope the other captain gives quarter.  Alternatively, it's a nice warm day for a swim.  That plank was made for walking.

2.  Victory:  You've captured another ship!  You knew those extra cannons would come in handy.  And let's hope they've got lots of swag!  Where's the captain? Are you the decent sort, or are you going to rub their face in it for a bit?

3.  Swab the decks:  You're a cabin boy!  It's a good thing you don't mind doing all the dirty work, right?  Anyway, the captain's calling; better see what they want.

4.  Marooned:  For a bit there you'd thought you were in Davy's Jones' grip, but somehow you've washed ashore with the driftwood.  As you stare dazedly up from the surf, you have questions.  Where are you?  And who's that already on the shore?

5.  Buried Treasure:  Sink me! You've really found the mother lode. . . but you're not the only one.  Who gets to take the treasure back to their ship?  Better make sure it's you.

6.  Rum:  Rum, everywhere. 

7.  Swordfight:  It's that person you can't stand!  And they've taken your most valuable possession, that one of a kind thing you just can't live without!  Better get that trinket back before it and your nemesis are gone over the side forever.  Let's hear some swashes buckling.

8.  Mutiny:  The tack is full of maggots and this drinking water may as well have come from the gutter.  There's one person to blame for this, and you're here to make especially sure that they pay for it.  The captain does always seem to take the best treasure before everybody else.

9.  Kidnapping:  Don't they look rather peaceful, innocent even, sleeping so soundly there with their fancy nightclothes and pillows.  Brings a tear to your eye, it does.  Better take them aboard and send for a ransom.

10.  Take a Gamble:  Gotta spend your loot somehow, but it must have been the rum that had you bettin' everything at once!  You've lost to your hornswagglin' shipmate; what did you lose, and what will they make you do now?

11. Under the Sea:  You are now a Mermaid/Merman!  That sailor over there sure looks appealing; let's see if you can lure them in with your charms.  Don't forget that they can't breathe under water!  You do seem to always forget, don't you. . .

12.  Enemy from the Deep:  What was that?  Did you feel that?  An unseen enemy is about to take this ship swiftly to the bottom of the ocean.  Giant squid, enormous whales, sea serpents . . . hope you make it.

13.  The Doldrums:  Can you say cabin fever?  The sails haven't moved in weeks.  You're about seeing if your mates can relieve this awful boredom.  And hopefully find some food and water.  Don't squabble over it, now.

14.  The Brig:  Something you did has gotten you imprisoned in the very depths of this ship.  How long until you see your next meal?  When you see who put you here again, you'll make them pay.  Hold on, maybe there's someone else here too.

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Make up your own!  Arrrrr!
 meme by tropospheres and pandarosi

Comments

[belaying]

[And if he happens to take notice for a moment that she is, indeed, no boy, well...He has, after all, always been appreciative of the female form, figuring it's rude not to acknowledge what is so blatantly put in display.

But he checks any thoughts that are sure to be considered inappropriate almost immediately, as there's still work to be done and it's a poor captain (even for a pirate) that puts his own selfish needs and wants above the crew as a whole. After all, he has a cure for all that ills for himself aboard. They do not. And thoughts would turn to mutiny with a swiftness that would snap a man's head around, should Hector not keep that at the forefront.]

Well, that be a start. [He purposely doesn't sound very hopeful. Or optimistic.] But there be nothing but water around us, and there'll be times - should you be fit to the task, that is - that I'll need me heading with no stars and sun in sight, and you'll have to know how to find it.

[That's the way it was put to him, all those years ago, so that's the way he's going to put it to her, because it's true. When a storm is raging and he's too busy trying to keep both ship afloat and men alive, he won't have time to do anything but demand that heading, and to demand to know how far off course they've been blown.

But, despite the put-on dubiousness he displays, he is still the gentleman pirate, and offers her an arm to lead her to the helm, where he's tacked the charts down on the binnacle with all manner of ship flotsam.]

Once you know how to do that, love, I guarantee you'll never find yourself lost again.

[psalmed]

You realize in Court you would be considered fortunate enough. I am well read. I speak four languages. I know how to use a sword. But here you are scolding me for not knowing how to navigate on a ship.

[But she sounds amused, rather than put out. She accepts his arm as he escorts her. She has striven on this trip to be gracious. Polite. Useful. Something to endear herself to Captain and sailors alike because she is not entirely certain Hector would not toss her off the ship completely if she began to become a problem.

As for the charting, well, she believes she can learn it and the skill might be quite useful if she is to spend more time on the sea.]

Then I shall strive to earn my keep, monsieur. But I doubt I shall be able to rely solely upon such a skill to find the path I am set upon.

[Her fingers might be stroking the beads of her rosary, against her skin under the thin fabric of her shirt.]

Perhaps I might teach you something after you retire to your quarters. For it to be a fair exchange, of course.