Two days had passed since Jack's encounter with Mr. and Mrs. Turner, back at Port Royal. He awaited them impatiently, that morning, staring off the aft side of the boat, onto the distraught island of Tortuga. For such a wonderful place, it was quite a shithole. He contemplated this, with a slight ancy feeling in the pit of his stomach. He was itching for some kind of excitment. He'd been sitting about the boat for one morning too long, even with it just having been that morning.

His eyes quickly drew in the sight of the deck. The crew of the Black Pearl were lounging about, as if they had a day off. The boat wasn't in harms way, and they all had time to kill waiting for the Turners.

Jack finally got up with a sigh, grabbed his bag of gold, and his hat, and hopped over the edge of the boat, onto the dock below. "I"M GOING ASHORE. MR.GIBBS, I TRUST YOU'LL KEEP CONTROL" he yelled back to Gibbs, and saluted him, before swaggering away in that oddly endearing way. Gibbs watched the captain in confusion from above. "AYE CAP'N." he responded. "BUT WHAT IF WILL AND ELIZABETH ARE TO ARRIVE?"

"I THINK YOU'LL BE ABLE TO MANAGE THEM MATE. JUST TELL THEM I'LL BE BACK AS SOON AS POSSIBLE." Jack knew he could trust this fine man, unlike Barbossa, who had never quite been a perfect first mate. And he appreciated that. He smiled tohimself, thinking about his luck with the people he had met since he had his first mutinous crew. It was over now, though, he reminded himself, as he waltzed between the brawling drunkards and oversized whores. Now, there were no curses, no betrayl, and he could concentrate on other things such as women and ale. However, there was some thrill in adventure. "But" he thought to himself with a grin "I could still find meself adventure here...in a way."

Into the tavern he went, walking to the beat in his own head, and sat promptly down on a bar stool. "Mr. Carrington. Ale please" he said, jingling the bag. Just then a hand touched his shoulder as the bartender turned away. instinctivley he reached for his pistol, turning sharply. He was pleasantly surprised. a young woman, not over 20 stood behind him, obviously not a whore, but neither a proper woman like Mrs. Turner.

"...well ello, dearie" he said, giving her the once over, slowly.

"Sorry if I gave you a fright 'ere captain, just wanted to meet the man behind the myth, aye?"

"....So you've heard of me." was his delayed with a mysterious grin and a nod."

'S hard not to I reckon, 'specially in these parts" she said, flashing her teeth in a big smile., and fluttering her eyelashes.

Jack felt his senses start to arise. "Well lass, how bout's you tell me that name of yers and I buy you a drink, mabye clear up any of those myths, savvy?"

The girl sat down and brushed her golden hair out of her face gingerly, making sure to rub her leg against Jack's. He looked down at her leg and back up at her face, almost questioning her, with a smile.

"Name's Sandrine. But everyone calls me Karinna. twas my mother's name, and my middle name."

"Ah, you're mother's passed on then? I'm sorry..." Jack said.

an odd look passed over Karinna's face and Jack could almost see it in her soul. He opened his mouth to question the subject, but Karinna quickly distracted him by resting a hand on his thigh.

"..oh!" Jack said coyly.

"Lets not speak of such things now, aye? lets focus on what we're both thinking..."

not more than twenty minutes later, Jack was unleashing lust of three weeks a'sea onto the girl, who was obviously enjoying it as much as he was, which seemed to be more than he'd ever enjoyed it before. It would've perplexed him had he not been so caught up in the pleasure, how it could be that a normal girl like this could cause the reaction he had--he honestly believed that had his life been threatened, then and there, he wouldn't have been able to stop. Karinna could tell he felt this, which aided in her satisfaction and pleasuring of Jack. She called out his name sensually as thier bodies collided in a rythmic motion, digging her nails into his back. He gasped and continued his welcomed assault, as well as he knew how. less than 5 minutes later both lay spent and breathing heavily next to one and other.

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"Jack" she said, after he had eventually gotten up and made his way to the heavy wooden door.

"aye?" he turned back.

"Come back to me again, will you?" she asked.

"Aye, with a day like that it'd be hard not to." was all he said. he winked, bowed, took off his hat, and twirled his hand, before staggered away. "Goodbye for now, Miss Karinna. It was lovely darling." and with that he went back to his ship humming and singing.

"Yo ho, yo ho, a pirates life for me."

Karinna watched him stagger away from the window. An unsettling smile crossed her face. "Yes Mr.Sparrow," she smirked. "I'm sure you'll be coming back to me again very soon."

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"Jack!" he spun around, eyes wide. The voice had come from behind him, about a 5 feet from himself, which was about 6 feet from the Pearl.

"Who goes there?!" he demanded.

"Its me, Will!" William Tuner appeared out of the darkness, his tall muscular frame casting a shadow upon the dock, hair pulled back as normal, with his bloody stupid blacksmiths tights shinging white even in this blackness.

"Ahh Mr.Turner. So good to see you. and Your bonnie lass...?"

"Aboard. I just went into town to search for you. we were beginning to get worried."

"Worried? About me? Son, have you not forgot, I'm Captain Jack Sparrow?!"

Will patted Jack on the back with a roll of his eyes and continued on.

"aHhhh watch it,!" he yelped, eyes crossing and eyebrows furrowing in pain. the scratches on his back stining. He thought Karinna had drawn blood.

Will turned back to him suspciously. "What was that about?" he asked.

Jack chuckled, not afraid to show off his appeal. a coy smile latched onto his lips. "A lass I met today was quite taken with me. A little too taken with me, I'd say."

"oooh, another one" Will said sarcasticly, as Gibbs lowered the ladder. He assumed the girl had perhaps hit him or attacked him like those in the past.

"No, honestly dear William, take a look for yerself!" he stepped closer to the light of the ship and took off his jacket with pride. Will pulled the back of his shirt down and his eyes widened.

"Jack, you've got bloody marks all across your back, did she not try to kill you?" he asked.

"Ah, far from it my boy." he winked at Will. Will stared back at him unblinkingly.

Jack looked taken aback."Have you and Elizabeth actuallly....." he started, frowning slightly, leaning in and out of will's face.

now it was will's turn for surprise. "Ok, bad question. How about you and...any girl, mate?!"

Will looked slightly embarassed. "Elizabeth is my only girl." he replied stubbornly.

"But I geuss she's just as she seems on the outside, eh? A little too stuffy and highstrung for my liking I'd say."

"How dare you!!" Will looked like he could get mad, but Jack knew he was just bluffing. He waggled a finger in Will's face.

"Ahh boy, you know I just be kidding ye. Best not to believe everything a pirate says." he winked and hopped up the ladder, onto the ship. Will stared angrily up at him from the ground.

"Coming up, then?" Jack's dirty sea whipped face taunted down to him as he pulled the ladder up a bit.