Wow, lots of response for crewmembers! Don't worry if you didn't apply,
I'll be looking for more people later, so still send me the application
form. I know this is really long, but I tried to give person an individual
bit. Enjoy!
Chapter 3 - The new slightly bonkers crew
The following evening, Jack, Will and Elizabeth settled down in the pub to wait for applicants. Elizabeth stared longingly at the rum, but Will shook his head. Jack however shamelessly ordered three tankards, then drank them all himself in five minutes.
Suddenly the door opened, and one girl entered, looking about excitedly. She looked so hyper Jack immediately assumed that she was a kindred spirit, and called over, "Can I get you a rum?"
"I'm OK," said the girl, coming over and then spotting Will, "Heeheehee." Will raised his eyebrows at Jack.
"Just what did you put on the poster?" he asked. Jack seemed to become very interested in the bottom of his rum tankard. "JACK?"
"Nothing that I haven't heard from those girls," said Jack. Will looked horrified. "That was supposed to be a good thing..."
"So what's your name?" asked Elizabeth, making a mental note to get some perfume from Will before the evening was over.
"Frankie," said the girl, still in a state of excitement, "And I want to be a PIRATE!"
"Well, you've come to the right place," said Jack, "Are you sure I can't get you some rum?"
"No, I'm fine."
"How much have you already had this evening?"
"None." Jack looked shocked.
Another girl came through the doors, giggling at something another pirate was saying. She then spotted Jack Sparrow, ditched that pirate and came over.
"Name?" said Elizabeth. The girl looked around.
"I WANT RUM!!!!" she shouted. Everyone, again, was shocked. Jack got over it quickly, and grabbed a tankard from someone else's table.
"She's only about seventeen!" hissed Elizabeth angrily as the girl started drinking from the tankard like there wasn't second to lose.
Jack looked patronising. "I've been drinking rum since I was about eight, and there's nothing wrong with ME, is there?"
"That's a matter of opinion," said Will, as Frankie made him move over so that there was room for her on his seat.
"Name?" asked Elizabeth again.
"Becky," said the girl, slamming the empty rum tankard down on the table.
"Reason for wanting to go on this ship?"
"Would you like the truth you want to hear or the truth you don't?"
"Uh, the truth we don't."
"I want to become Mrs. Jack Sparrow," said Becky, winking at Jack, who actually looked slightly worried. Even the prostitutes weren't this forward. "MORE RUM!!!"
"What sort of applicants are we getting?" whispered Will to Elizabeth worriedly as Frankie started laughing at nothing at all. Another girl entered and sat down.
"Name?"
"Kathryn."
"Reason for wanting to join the Black Pearl?" said Elizabeth, scarcely daring to ask.
"Because pirates are cool!!" said Kathryn, starting to laugh, "Arrrr! Hi Will..."
Will waved nervously. "Just how well known ARE you in Tortuga?" hissed Elizabeth like an angry goose. Before Will could defend himself, another girl came in.
"I'm Catarina," she said, "Savvy? And I want to be a pirate!"
"Fine," said Jack. Catarina looked at him.
"Hey gorgeous," she said, and sat down next to him. Jack blinked. He ought to hold auditions for crewmembers more often.
Yet another girl came in. "Are we going to get any male applicants at ALL?" said Will exasperatedly.
"Apparently not," said Elizabeth disappointedly.
"Name?" said Jack.
"Jackie," said the girl.
"Oh, neat!" said Jack, "What? I'm Jack... and she's Jackie... hahahaha... You should really drink more rum, Will, it makes everything so funny. Means you would smile once in a while..."
"Which would be good!" said Frankie, Becky, Kathryn and Cat.
"He's so DREAMY when he smiles..." sighed Kathryn.
"He's dreamy ALL the time," pointed out Frankie. While those four sighed, Jackie noticed Will looking worried.
"Don't worry," she said, "I'd never want to go beyond the friend level."
Elizabeth quickly chose her current favourite member of the crew.
Another girl came in. "I'm Cirfia," she said, "And you may want to employ me for my talent at making little fairies from beads."
"That's always useful," said Elizabeth, "Welcome aboard!"
"Can I have some of your beads?" said Cirfia, turning to Jack, "I'm sure you don't need quite so many in your hair."
Before Jack could answer, another girl burst through the doors. She looked older than the rest of them, which drew many, MANY evil glares from them, and walked over.
"Name?"
"Brandi," she said. Jack immediately looked up at the mention of alcohol.
"As in the beverage?"
"Yeah," she said.
"Hmmm... are you of legal drinking age?"
"By English drinking laws!" she said happily, "This is part of the British Empire, right?"
"I think so," said Elizabeth.
"So she can have rum!" said Jack.
"So can I!" protested Catarina and Jackie, "By English drinking laws."
"Brilliant," said Jack, "Drinks all round!"
"Why do you want to join the crew of the Black Pearl?" asked Will.
"Because I'm an adrenaline junkie. I mean, near death experiences, swinging around on ropes, AND I get to see you and Jack all the time? Sounds ACE!" said Brandi, "Oooh, thanks, Jack. And I want to kick cursed pirate ass!"
"How did you know we were going after cursed pirates?" asked Will.
"I didn't," shrugged Brandi, "It just seems useful in the Caribbean."
"Most definitely," said Jack, passing round tankards of rum, even to Cirfia and Frankie, who were the youngest there. Another girl came in, causing Elizabeth to look highly disappointed that there weren't more dashing young men. Jack, however, looked thrilled.
"Name?"
"Yilantri."
"Reason for wanting to be on the crew?"
"Well, I grew up next to the ocean, I'm bored, and you are HOT," she said, looking at Jack.
"What about Will?" said Elizabeth through gritted teeth.
"Too many hero clichés," she said, and shuddered. Will looked shocked.
"But I AM a hero-"
"You're a blacksmith!" said Elizabeth exasperatedly.
"I'm a PIRATE!"
"Hi, um, is this the place for the signing-up to the Black Pearl?" asked another girl.
"Name?"
"Mako."
"Weird name," whispered Elizabeth. A little too loudly. "OW!" she cried as a spoon hit her head.
"Where did that come from?" asked Will. Mako shrugged.
"Anyway. reason for wanting to join the Black Pearl?"
"I have a taste for adventure," she said, "And I want to be near my dear Leggy."
"Who?" said Will.
"You," said Mako. Elizabeth glared at Will. "I love you." Will blinked. Another two girls came running in.
"Sorry we're late - oooh, is that rum?" said one of them.
"Is that Frankie?" asked the other, "FRANKIE!!"
"Alex! Gemma!" squealed Frankie, "Budge up Will, make room for them as well!"
"Uh, I don't think there's room-"
"Well, we'll just have to sit on your lap then, OK hon?" said Alex, plonking herself down, followed by Gemma and Frankie, earning many glares from the others.
"Um..." said Elizabeth, feeling slightly like a tidal wave had washed over her, "So, I'm guessing you want to join the crew as well?"
"Yes," said Gemma.
"Any special talents?"
"I can sing as well as Will is rumoured," said Alex, "Without being a-"
"I'm NOT!!!" said Will.
"What about Gemma?" said Elizabeth.
"Not much," said Gemma.
"Pffft," said Frankie, "She's good at nearly EVERYTHING."
"Can she make bead fairies?" demanded Cirfia. Gemma looked slightly worried.
"Well, I've never tried-"
"There you go," said Cirfia.
"Another bonus with Gemma is that she likes neither Jack nor Will," said Frankie.
"Unlike me," said Alex, grinning evilly at Will, who was watching Gemma with the look in his eyes of a man who sees a lifejacket on a sinking boat.
"So all of you are prepared to do whatever it takes on this ship?" said Jack.
"Yes!" chorused all the girls.
"How far are you prepared to go for the Black Pearl?"
"We'd die for it!" said the girls, eyes fixed on Will and Jack.
"Hey, wait," said Yilantri, looking slightly worried, "Don't you remember what happened when Will said-"
"First we need to find a ship," interrupted Will.
"When Will said what?" said Elizabeth, expecting more hitting-Tortuga-with- a-caveful-of-treasure shenanigans.
"When he said he'd die for you," said Becky.
"Awwww!!!" said Elizabeth, "Will, you never told me!"
"You were too busy being suspicious," said Will, capturing the innocent puppy look very well.
"By the way," said Brandi, "I'm always available, and I don't demand big pink pretty albeit cursed diamonds either."
"I can type really fast!" said Kathryn.
"I can duel!" said Catarina.
"I can be charming, annoying, mysterious, intimidating, whatever, and still maintain the 'innocent girl' look!" said Jackie.
"I can touch my NOSE with my TONGUE," said Becky proudly.
"I can make bead fairies!" said Cirfia.
"I can sing!" said Alex.
"I'm sarcastic and can play the flute!" said Yilantri.
"I can cook!" said Mako, "And throw spoons with scarily good aim!" Elizabeth edged away from her.
"I can stay up all night, sleep for two hours and then go shopping the next day!" said Frankie, "And I make a GREAT cup of tea."
"Oooh," said Elizabeth, impressed. Frankie glared.
"Don't think I'll be making one for you," said Frankie, "YOU STOLE WILL!!!"
"What?"
"He's meant for ME! He just hasn't REALISED it yet!"
"MORE RUM!" said Jack, while Elizabeth pushed her chair away from Frankie, looking slightly worried. "It doesn't matter what each of you can do, we'll be giving you duelling lessons on the boat anyway, for when we come up against the pirates-"
Elizabeth's eyes widened.
"Uh - IF we come up against the pirates," said Jack, "That's what I meant, of course. Come on, we need to find a boat!"
Chapter 3 - The new slightly bonkers crew
The following evening, Jack, Will and Elizabeth settled down in the pub to wait for applicants. Elizabeth stared longingly at the rum, but Will shook his head. Jack however shamelessly ordered three tankards, then drank them all himself in five minutes.
Suddenly the door opened, and one girl entered, looking about excitedly. She looked so hyper Jack immediately assumed that she was a kindred spirit, and called over, "Can I get you a rum?"
"I'm OK," said the girl, coming over and then spotting Will, "Heeheehee." Will raised his eyebrows at Jack.
"Just what did you put on the poster?" he asked. Jack seemed to become very interested in the bottom of his rum tankard. "JACK?"
"Nothing that I haven't heard from those girls," said Jack. Will looked horrified. "That was supposed to be a good thing..."
"So what's your name?" asked Elizabeth, making a mental note to get some perfume from Will before the evening was over.
"Frankie," said the girl, still in a state of excitement, "And I want to be a PIRATE!"
"Well, you've come to the right place," said Jack, "Are you sure I can't get you some rum?"
"No, I'm fine."
"How much have you already had this evening?"
"None." Jack looked shocked.
Another girl came through the doors, giggling at something another pirate was saying. She then spotted Jack Sparrow, ditched that pirate and came over.
"Name?" said Elizabeth. The girl looked around.
"I WANT RUM!!!!" she shouted. Everyone, again, was shocked. Jack got over it quickly, and grabbed a tankard from someone else's table.
"She's only about seventeen!" hissed Elizabeth angrily as the girl started drinking from the tankard like there wasn't second to lose.
Jack looked patronising. "I've been drinking rum since I was about eight, and there's nothing wrong with ME, is there?"
"That's a matter of opinion," said Will, as Frankie made him move over so that there was room for her on his seat.
"Name?" asked Elizabeth again.
"Becky," said the girl, slamming the empty rum tankard down on the table.
"Reason for wanting to go on this ship?"
"Would you like the truth you want to hear or the truth you don't?"
"Uh, the truth we don't."
"I want to become Mrs. Jack Sparrow," said Becky, winking at Jack, who actually looked slightly worried. Even the prostitutes weren't this forward. "MORE RUM!!!"
"What sort of applicants are we getting?" whispered Will to Elizabeth worriedly as Frankie started laughing at nothing at all. Another girl entered and sat down.
"Name?"
"Kathryn."
"Reason for wanting to join the Black Pearl?" said Elizabeth, scarcely daring to ask.
"Because pirates are cool!!" said Kathryn, starting to laugh, "Arrrr! Hi Will..."
Will waved nervously. "Just how well known ARE you in Tortuga?" hissed Elizabeth like an angry goose. Before Will could defend himself, another girl came in.
"I'm Catarina," she said, "Savvy? And I want to be a pirate!"
"Fine," said Jack. Catarina looked at him.
"Hey gorgeous," she said, and sat down next to him. Jack blinked. He ought to hold auditions for crewmembers more often.
Yet another girl came in. "Are we going to get any male applicants at ALL?" said Will exasperatedly.
"Apparently not," said Elizabeth disappointedly.
"Name?" said Jack.
"Jackie," said the girl.
"Oh, neat!" said Jack, "What? I'm Jack... and she's Jackie... hahahaha... You should really drink more rum, Will, it makes everything so funny. Means you would smile once in a while..."
"Which would be good!" said Frankie, Becky, Kathryn and Cat.
"He's so DREAMY when he smiles..." sighed Kathryn.
"He's dreamy ALL the time," pointed out Frankie. While those four sighed, Jackie noticed Will looking worried.
"Don't worry," she said, "I'd never want to go beyond the friend level."
Elizabeth quickly chose her current favourite member of the crew.
Another girl came in. "I'm Cirfia," she said, "And you may want to employ me for my talent at making little fairies from beads."
"That's always useful," said Elizabeth, "Welcome aboard!"
"Can I have some of your beads?" said Cirfia, turning to Jack, "I'm sure you don't need quite so many in your hair."
Before Jack could answer, another girl burst through the doors. She looked older than the rest of them, which drew many, MANY evil glares from them, and walked over.
"Name?"
"Brandi," she said. Jack immediately looked up at the mention of alcohol.
"As in the beverage?"
"Yeah," she said.
"Hmmm... are you of legal drinking age?"
"By English drinking laws!" she said happily, "This is part of the British Empire, right?"
"I think so," said Elizabeth.
"So she can have rum!" said Jack.
"So can I!" protested Catarina and Jackie, "By English drinking laws."
"Brilliant," said Jack, "Drinks all round!"
"Why do you want to join the crew of the Black Pearl?" asked Will.
"Because I'm an adrenaline junkie. I mean, near death experiences, swinging around on ropes, AND I get to see you and Jack all the time? Sounds ACE!" said Brandi, "Oooh, thanks, Jack. And I want to kick cursed pirate ass!"
"How did you know we were going after cursed pirates?" asked Will.
"I didn't," shrugged Brandi, "It just seems useful in the Caribbean."
"Most definitely," said Jack, passing round tankards of rum, even to Cirfia and Frankie, who were the youngest there. Another girl came in, causing Elizabeth to look highly disappointed that there weren't more dashing young men. Jack, however, looked thrilled.
"Name?"
"Yilantri."
"Reason for wanting to be on the crew?"
"Well, I grew up next to the ocean, I'm bored, and you are HOT," she said, looking at Jack.
"What about Will?" said Elizabeth through gritted teeth.
"Too many hero clichés," she said, and shuddered. Will looked shocked.
"But I AM a hero-"
"You're a blacksmith!" said Elizabeth exasperatedly.
"I'm a PIRATE!"
"Hi, um, is this the place for the signing-up to the Black Pearl?" asked another girl.
"Name?"
"Mako."
"Weird name," whispered Elizabeth. A little too loudly. "OW!" she cried as a spoon hit her head.
"Where did that come from?" asked Will. Mako shrugged.
"Anyway. reason for wanting to join the Black Pearl?"
"I have a taste for adventure," she said, "And I want to be near my dear Leggy."
"Who?" said Will.
"You," said Mako. Elizabeth glared at Will. "I love you." Will blinked. Another two girls came running in.
"Sorry we're late - oooh, is that rum?" said one of them.
"Is that Frankie?" asked the other, "FRANKIE!!"
"Alex! Gemma!" squealed Frankie, "Budge up Will, make room for them as well!"
"Uh, I don't think there's room-"
"Well, we'll just have to sit on your lap then, OK hon?" said Alex, plonking herself down, followed by Gemma and Frankie, earning many glares from the others.
"Um..." said Elizabeth, feeling slightly like a tidal wave had washed over her, "So, I'm guessing you want to join the crew as well?"
"Yes," said Gemma.
"Any special talents?"
"I can sing as well as Will is rumoured," said Alex, "Without being a-"
"I'm NOT!!!" said Will.
"What about Gemma?" said Elizabeth.
"Not much," said Gemma.
"Pffft," said Frankie, "She's good at nearly EVERYTHING."
"Can she make bead fairies?" demanded Cirfia. Gemma looked slightly worried.
"Well, I've never tried-"
"There you go," said Cirfia.
"Another bonus with Gemma is that she likes neither Jack nor Will," said Frankie.
"Unlike me," said Alex, grinning evilly at Will, who was watching Gemma with the look in his eyes of a man who sees a lifejacket on a sinking boat.
"So all of you are prepared to do whatever it takes on this ship?" said Jack.
"Yes!" chorused all the girls.
"How far are you prepared to go for the Black Pearl?"
"We'd die for it!" said the girls, eyes fixed on Will and Jack.
"Hey, wait," said Yilantri, looking slightly worried, "Don't you remember what happened when Will said-"
"First we need to find a ship," interrupted Will.
"When Will said what?" said Elizabeth, expecting more hitting-Tortuga-with- a-caveful-of-treasure shenanigans.
"When he said he'd die for you," said Becky.
"Awwww!!!" said Elizabeth, "Will, you never told me!"
"You were too busy being suspicious," said Will, capturing the innocent puppy look very well.
"By the way," said Brandi, "I'm always available, and I don't demand big pink pretty albeit cursed diamonds either."
"I can type really fast!" said Kathryn.
"I can duel!" said Catarina.
"I can be charming, annoying, mysterious, intimidating, whatever, and still maintain the 'innocent girl' look!" said Jackie.
"I can touch my NOSE with my TONGUE," said Becky proudly.
"I can make bead fairies!" said Cirfia.
"I can sing!" said Alex.
"I'm sarcastic and can play the flute!" said Yilantri.
"I can cook!" said Mako, "And throw spoons with scarily good aim!" Elizabeth edged away from her.
"I can stay up all night, sleep for two hours and then go shopping the next day!" said Frankie, "And I make a GREAT cup of tea."
"Oooh," said Elizabeth, impressed. Frankie glared.
"Don't think I'll be making one for you," said Frankie, "YOU STOLE WILL!!!"
"What?"
"He's meant for ME! He just hasn't REALISED it yet!"
"MORE RUM!" said Jack, while Elizabeth pushed her chair away from Frankie, looking slightly worried. "It doesn't matter what each of you can do, we'll be giving you duelling lessons on the boat anyway, for when we come up against the pirates-"
Elizabeth's eyes widened.
"Uh - IF we come up against the pirates," said Jack, "That's what I meant, of course. Come on, we need to find a boat!"