The drum-roll filled the humid air that would so often build steadily throughout the day, intensifying until it seemed as crushing as the sea, only to be defeated when night finally fell.
The ferocity of the heat, however, did not prevent the Ladies and Gentleman who now stood silenced with awe, from congregating in their heavy, fashionable attire.
At the abrupt signal of the silenced drums, the Executioner pulled the lever that would send the four quivering men to their deaths.
"Pirates, ye be warned!"