Garin stood in the kitchen of the Black Pawkeet preparing festive Halloween treats. On the counter stood a straight line of six jars of Big John's pickled eggs. Each jar, according to the nutrition label, contained about 44 eggs. He probably wouldn't need more than two jars, but some years the West Krawk Island Marina is thronged with trick-or-treaters, and he wanted to be prepared. And rightfully so, for this was one of those years.
For many years the West Krawk Island functioned as a neighbourhood for people who lived in houseboats, sailboats, ships, etc. Trick-or-treating there became a thing in 1984, when about 20% of the households were family homes.
The West Krawk Island Marina was now the Black Pawkeet's docking place when Garin and his crew needed to go on land for supplies and other things. They couldn't dock at the Scurvy Island Marina anymore because they had a problem with Garin and his crew doing laundry in the showers and hanging it up outside. West Krawk was run by a cool lesbian couple who had common sense. Some people live in their boats. What are they supposed to do with their laundry? The marina was not a place of residence for Garin, but he was excited to participate.
Jacques came into the kitchen and saw a pile of things wrapped in aluminum foil. Garin was wrapping pickled eggs in aluminum foil.
"Why are you wrapping pickled eggs in aluminum foil?" he asked.
"For the children." Garin replied.
"No! Have you not embarrassed me enough? You are not handing out pickled eggs as halloween candy!"
"I thought you would like this better," Garin said with disappointment in his voice, "You're always trying to get me to eat healthier. I thought you might like it if I gave the trick-or-treaters something healthy."
"Pickled eggs are not healthy," Jacques said.
"It's not like we have any other choice." Garin said, hesitantly, "I let the crew eat the candy you bought."
"I have a secret stash of toffees for when you stress me out." Jacques said. "I'm going to buy more candy, and those should be enough before I get back."
There was a Wal-Mart nearby. Jacques decided to get the candy from there for he had never been to Wal-Mart before.