Your Majesty
Have found a way to incorporate Merry, Maria AND Jack into this story together yet there will still be a serious lack of romance here because it's good to have a few stories where Jack stays single! Merry and her accent return as she torments poor "Gibbsy"! Read on and REVIEW DAMN YOU ALL!
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"Merry you told me you used to live in Spain. What was it like?" Maria asked as Merry finished fixing a hole in the bottom of one of the long boats.
"Spain? Ah Spain was alright by most standards." Merry replied wiping her hands on a rag. "Easy to make money there, I had me share of riches and jewels more then once Maria and lost it just as quickly. Done deeds so great they're still talkin' about me over in their seaside taverns."
"Really?" Maria asked sighing as though dreaming of such feats that people would still be talking about them after sailing to the New World.
"Aye, but don't ye go thinkin' about Merry doin great heroic feats of strength and valor, I'm a pirate not a saint ye'll remember." The bronze skinned woman sat down beside Maria.
"Is that where you got that tattoo?" Maria asked pointing at Merry's right arm. Merry traced the long tattoo, running her fingers over the long rope coils that ran down her arm to end with a noose tattooed on her right palm.
"Aye, I got this after I changed me name t' UnderGallows. That was after my fifteenth attempted hanging I believe." She thought about it still tracing the noose thoughtfully.
"Or perhaps it was me thirteenth venture under the gallows. It grows right hard to keep track ye understand. Why Jack himself only met me at a hanging. My twenty fifth t' be exact after I sunk the Lonely Star with the crew of the Blood Crescent. I don't remember what Jack was doing there but I managed to talk my way out of that noose pretty easy and saved a number o' respectable pirates in the act." She smiled as she remembered. "But none o' that compares to m' banishment from Spain." She grinned but there was sadness in her eyes. "Now THAT is a tale Maria!"
"What happened?" Maria asked curiously.
"Ah, I was fifteen at the time ye see and just after me thirteenth escape from the noose when I signed on with this frightening old bird called Medusa Scason. She was a powerful hand of the Prince ye see and workin under her gave me easy access t' take a look see at this fine specimen of a man." She winked at Maria.
"I was well, a scrape goat really. My uncanny nack fer getting m' behind out of trouble made me an ideal for her plans and most o' me "crimes" were things me own employer framed me for. Right happy I was though, everytime I pulled myself out of a rough scrape I became her temporary favorite and I got t' see the love o' me life." Merry sighed and her vision clouded over.
"We're coming up on Tortuga, get ready t' dock!" Jack shouted suddenly from the hull.
"Ah, this be a tale for another time aye?" Merry finished standing up and dusting off the seat of her pants. "I'll tell ye the rest after I work the kinks out of me system and satisfy me lust for a good gallon o' rum and a good man. What say ye t' that?"
"No!" Maria demanded greatly desiring to hear the rest of Merry's outrageous tale. "Please finish your story."
Merry laughed. "Your as impatient as Scason ye know that? Could never wait fer a good story t' play out and that m' lady was her undoing. So ye best mind yer manners." She began to walk away. "I'll finish me tale all in good time Maria. Just wait."
~ At the Helm
"Yer getting to like the lass?" Jack asked. "I happened to overhear ye telling her about Samuel. Ye never even finished that tale with me."
"There be a reason for that cap'n Sparrow." Merry replied her brows knit as she tied a knot.
"An' that would be?" Jack asked.
"I don't trust ye." Merry said simply.
"Really now?" Jack asked more then a little surprised at this answer. "Why ever not?"
"Just a feelin I have cap'n. Nothing personal ye understand. I don't trust Gibbsy none either but that be for m' own reasons." She paused and wiped her forehead. "That an just because I don't like him."
"Well Merry, I hope whatever drove ye away from Spain clears up. That locket ye're always holding in yer pocket looks like it was given with more then a bit o' love." Jack clapped her on the shoulder and walked off.
Merry smiled and slipped her hand into her pocket to touch the heart-shaped golden trinket. "Ah Sam." She said sadly as she traced the name carved onto the cover. "I miss ye so very much."
~ GASP!!! Merry has a love interest!! And an unfinished love story! Let us see how this progresses shall we? R&R savvy?
Have found a way to incorporate Merry, Maria AND Jack into this story together yet there will still be a serious lack of romance here because it's good to have a few stories where Jack stays single! Merry and her accent return as she torments poor "Gibbsy"! Read on and REVIEW DAMN YOU ALL!
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"Merry you told me you used to live in Spain. What was it like?" Maria asked as Merry finished fixing a hole in the bottom of one of the long boats.
"Spain? Ah Spain was alright by most standards." Merry replied wiping her hands on a rag. "Easy to make money there, I had me share of riches and jewels more then once Maria and lost it just as quickly. Done deeds so great they're still talkin' about me over in their seaside taverns."
"Really?" Maria asked sighing as though dreaming of such feats that people would still be talking about them after sailing to the New World.
"Aye, but don't ye go thinkin' about Merry doin great heroic feats of strength and valor, I'm a pirate not a saint ye'll remember." The bronze skinned woman sat down beside Maria.
"Is that where you got that tattoo?" Maria asked pointing at Merry's right arm. Merry traced the long tattoo, running her fingers over the long rope coils that ran down her arm to end with a noose tattooed on her right palm.
"Aye, I got this after I changed me name t' UnderGallows. That was after my fifteenth attempted hanging I believe." She thought about it still tracing the noose thoughtfully.
"Or perhaps it was me thirteenth venture under the gallows. It grows right hard to keep track ye understand. Why Jack himself only met me at a hanging. My twenty fifth t' be exact after I sunk the Lonely Star with the crew of the Blood Crescent. I don't remember what Jack was doing there but I managed to talk my way out of that noose pretty easy and saved a number o' respectable pirates in the act." She smiled as she remembered. "But none o' that compares to m' banishment from Spain." She grinned but there was sadness in her eyes. "Now THAT is a tale Maria!"
"What happened?" Maria asked curiously.
"Ah, I was fifteen at the time ye see and just after me thirteenth escape from the noose when I signed on with this frightening old bird called Medusa Scason. She was a powerful hand of the Prince ye see and workin under her gave me easy access t' take a look see at this fine specimen of a man." She winked at Maria.
"I was well, a scrape goat really. My uncanny nack fer getting m' behind out of trouble made me an ideal for her plans and most o' me "crimes" were things me own employer framed me for. Right happy I was though, everytime I pulled myself out of a rough scrape I became her temporary favorite and I got t' see the love o' me life." Merry sighed and her vision clouded over.
"We're coming up on Tortuga, get ready t' dock!" Jack shouted suddenly from the hull.
"Ah, this be a tale for another time aye?" Merry finished standing up and dusting off the seat of her pants. "I'll tell ye the rest after I work the kinks out of me system and satisfy me lust for a good gallon o' rum and a good man. What say ye t' that?"
"No!" Maria demanded greatly desiring to hear the rest of Merry's outrageous tale. "Please finish your story."
Merry laughed. "Your as impatient as Scason ye know that? Could never wait fer a good story t' play out and that m' lady was her undoing. So ye best mind yer manners." She began to walk away. "I'll finish me tale all in good time Maria. Just wait."
~ At the Helm
"Yer getting to like the lass?" Jack asked. "I happened to overhear ye telling her about Samuel. Ye never even finished that tale with me."
"There be a reason for that cap'n Sparrow." Merry replied her brows knit as she tied a knot.
"An' that would be?" Jack asked.
"I don't trust ye." Merry said simply.
"Really now?" Jack asked more then a little surprised at this answer. "Why ever not?"
"Just a feelin I have cap'n. Nothing personal ye understand. I don't trust Gibbsy none either but that be for m' own reasons." She paused and wiped her forehead. "That an just because I don't like him."
"Well Merry, I hope whatever drove ye away from Spain clears up. That locket ye're always holding in yer pocket looks like it was given with more then a bit o' love." Jack clapped her on the shoulder and walked off.
Merry smiled and slipped her hand into her pocket to touch the heart-shaped golden trinket. "Ah Sam." She said sadly as she traced the name carved onto the cover. "I miss ye so very much."
~ GASP!!! Merry has a love interest!! And an unfinished love story! Let us see how this progresses shall we? R&R savvy?