"What's that over there?!" Jack shouted, drawing our attention to the water over the starboard gunwale of the Pearl. Just as quickly, he did it again, this time racing over to the port side. I smiled as Terraverse began fading in Up Is Down. We ran from one end of the ship to the other. The Pearl started rocking ever so slightly, then gradually gaining a larger moment as we ran in resonance.

On one of our runs from port to starboard, I slipped down belowdecks and drew my Cutlass from my side and my wand from my left sleeve as Barbossa shouted to unstow all cargo and cannons. I parkoured around the decks, slicing stow ropes and dodging sliding rum crates until the ship was swaying wildly. Sliding and jumping back across the hold, I ran back to the stairs between decks, then had a crazy idea. It was Captain Jack Sparrow-worthy, even. I ran back up to the two co-captains, who were still running about from side to side. I grabbed a banister and held on as my end of the ship swung near the water, then caught Barbossa's attention with a simple "Captain!"

"Aye, Mr Dresden?"

"How well can you bail the Pearl's bilges?"

"What sort of relevance does yon subject have with flipping me ship upside-down, defying all common sense?"

"Well, water is the heaviest thing you can put on a ship! How well can you bail? Hand pump, machine pump, buckets?!"

"The Pearl be fitted with flaps in her stern, lad."

"Autobailers! Excellent! Let's open up the starboard gunports!"

"For what reason would I risk sinking me own ship?"

"Water is the heaviest thing you can put on a ship!"

"Aye, lad, ye said that afore, yet methinks that would send the Pearl to Davy Jones in a madman's attempt to-"

Barbossa paused as he suddenly realized what I was trying to do.

"Aye, lad! OPEN THE STARBOARD GUNPORTS!"

The ship rocked even further as some of Tai Huang's men and I started opening up all the gunports on the starboard side of the ship, letting water in that side of the ship as it rocked. Our plan seemed to be working, as with each lilt, the ship tipped further and further aside. Back on the deck, I felt the ship sway wildly and finally tip over, plunging us all into the warm water of Davy Jones' Locker. The sun sank below the horizon, and everything flashed green for a split second. Out of instinct, I expected the same burning pain I got whenever I was hit with the Killing Curse, and tensed my muscles appropriately.

No curse came, however, and instead of getting struck by lightning, I felt all the water above the ship's deck start flowing down to a point at the ship's waterline. The ship broke through the surface, and we emerged in the Caribbean as the sun of a new day rose. Once we had gotten down from various points on the ship, Barbossa ordered the gunports to be closed and the autobailer flaps to be opened. No sooner than he had finished the order did Jack draw a pistol on Barbossa.

"I'm the captain on me ship, mate."

"Keep it in mind that I be captain on the Pearl too, Jack, and infighting is punishable by death as per the crew's code of conduct," Barbossa said, drawing a pistol on Jack.

"I'll not have ye harm my cap'n," Gibbs said, pulling a pistol on Barbossa as the other did the same.

"The Pearl belongs to the Pirate Fleet of Singapore now," Tai Huang said, pulling a pistol on Gibbs as Gibbs and Jack pulled pistols on Tai Huang.

"Now, now, I do believe we've got a Brethren Court to assemble," I said, pulling my 9mm and my wand on Tai Huang and Gibbs. "And we need all nine Pirate Lords there, alive."

The four in the standoff pulled their triggers, then laughed as Gibbs said "Wet powder". They then looked to me as I put my weapons away, not even having cocked the hammer or raised the wand.

"Waterproof cartridges" was me reply.

God, I'm even starting to speak like a pirate.