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Jack brewed over the situation that afternoon as he expertly guided the pearl through the clear smooth azure waves.
As he saw it he had three options: Let the girl stay, shake her off at thier next docking, or make her walk the plank and be rid of her for certain.
He was beginning to lean twoards the latter of the three when he felt a warm soft trickle of a breeze behind him, sending his senses reeling but also alarming them. Karinna began to hum. in between her verses, she spoke.
"Jack, this has been marvelous, I'm glad we decided I should stay..." she purred.
Jack cringed. "Captain, Karinna. Captain Sparrow or just Captain."
"You had no problem with me calling you Jack yesterday..." she began to protest.
He held up a weathered hand to silence her, moodily.
"That," he said in that surly drunken voice he used when annoyed, "t'was yesterday. Here I have a job to do, a crew to run. They must respect me, aye? on board, it is ALWAYS captain. Why don't you go back to...doing whatever it is you were doing then, aye?" he ushered her with his hand. "go ON then..."
Karinna felt Jack's resistance growing and set her mind on overdrive.
"Captain" she whispered , sneaking closer to him. He felt powerless again. His hands seemed glued to the wheel. His mind screamed "walk away, curse her, get her out of here, do ANYTHING!" but he instead turned and stared unblinkingly into her face; a face that although undeniably appealing should not, he knew, have this power.
"Karinna," he whispered inaudiably back to her in a quavering voice, one that was rarely heared from the fearless pirate, "Who are you?"
She smirked and sighed, obviously pleased with herself. "Someone very interested in your company." she responded mysteriously.
Jack shook himself clear of the images in his head as best he could. Karinna eyed him coyly and began to hum again.
"What ...what is that?" he asked breathily, eyes wide. It was the first thing that had come to mind, since it seemed when she hummed her song, a lull seemed to come over all thought process he had, intelligent or otherwise.
"Its a song my mother taught me...generations and generations have been singing it." she replied nocholantly. " Captain,.." she nodded ahead of her. "You might want to man your ship." she threw the last part in as an afterthought. She broke away from the trance with a grin and and walked back twoards Jack's Cabain. after giving a victorious hair flip.
Jack growled, infuriated, after the trance had been broken, because it had been there to begin with. But before he could get too angry, Karinna's last words hit home and he turned, as his breath caught in his throat. He gasped as he saw another ship heading straight for them - top speed.. He screamed out orders as fast as he could to his crew and tilted the wheel a full circle away from him. As the other vessel approached quicker and quicker, the crew members began to realize the danger. The opposite ship was creaking as it steered as far as it could. Sweat trickled down Jacks neck in beads as he held the wheel far to the right, clutching the wood so hard he could feel it chaffe his fingers and splinters into the peice of black cloth he wore over his right palm. He clenched his eyes, just as he expected the other ship to hit but just as quick as the danger had come, it had past, and they were sailing in two different directions.
After a moment of shock, Jack huffed angirly but unlike his crew that was all he needed to recover. His compass came out and he concentrated all his might on it, not on the fact that he had just done something incredibly stupid because of a woman he didn't even enjoy the company of anymore.
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That evening at dinner, Jack could tell he wasn't the only one who was uneasy with Karinna.
Elizabeth had joined him and Will in a far corner of the dining hall (Jack had told Karinna to start dinner in his chamber and he'd be in eventually) that evening for supper.
"She's perfectly ghastly twoards me, an improper attitude for the given situation" Elizabeth steamed. "She like I, is a lady geust aboard the ship, and we must accept eacother's prescene, if not take comfort in eachother being with such..." she looked for a polite term to describe the men on board. "...such, - well, being with pirates. However, She makes no attempt to befriend or even tolerate me! and to think, she's not higher class than a peasant girl, acting like she is royalty -- to ME!" she hmmph'ed one last time before stabbing her leg of lamb dignantly.
"Elizabeth, calm yourself, it will be allright. You won't have to deal with her forever." Will soothed.
"Yes, I know, thank you," she sighed. "....Jack, do tell us, how long WILL we have to deal with her?"
"Hmmm?" Jack looked up from pushing his food around his plate, his head resting in his hands glumly.
"Jack..." Elizabeth said, looking at him curiously. "Whats wrong?"
"Nothing, nothing..." he muttered, starting to eat again, giving a fake smile.
"Jack, you don't like her either. Why don't you just get RID of her allready?!" Elizabeth protested.
Jack wanted more than anything to accept Elizabeth's suggestion but it was blantly obvious to him that he could not simply do away with her, and he doubted Elizabeth would understand why. If anything, she would throw a fit, insisting that Jack just wanted the girl and was not in Actuality, literally captivated by her.
"Elizabeth darling, please, do not pursue this." he warned.
She stood up, looking angry. "Mr.Sparrow." she started.
"Cap-"
"CAPTAIN. Whatever it is...just LISTEN to me for a moment, please?" Her voice began to rise into a yell. " I am accompanying Will on this voyage, ALLREADY putting myself in harm's way, I DO NOT WISH to have anything else thrown my way this voyage, and I would GREATLY APPRECIATE IT IF--"
"ELIZABETH" Will said in a very raised (but calm) voice, breeching a yell. Jack had never heard Will raise his voice at his new wife, and was very suprised.
Will cleared his throat as Elizabeth looked at him disbelivingly.
"Sorry, darling. I did not mean to yell. But, I believe Jack has good reasoning behind the situation and I dont think we should push it at this time." he stood up and pecked her cheek lightly, squeezing her arm reassuringly. "For now, just stay around me for most of your time on deck and I will not let her hassle you, allright?" Elizabeth lowered her eyes and blushed, looking slightly ashamed of the way she had acted.
"You're right. I apologize Jack. I've learned, in the past, from some of the most important circumstances --" she gestured twoards Will, indicating the trickery Jack had used to save Will's life, "to trust you and your judgment."
"I'll have no such apology miss," Jack replied, making up for the situation with manners. "But I thank you regardless."
Elizabeth and Will left then, and as soon as they did, Jack rubbed his tired eyes and groaned. He leaned his chair back against the wall, and closed his eyes, letting the motion of the waves lull his troubled mind.
Jack brewed over the situation that afternoon as he expertly guided the pearl through the clear smooth azure waves.
As he saw it he had three options: Let the girl stay, shake her off at thier next docking, or make her walk the plank and be rid of her for certain.
He was beginning to lean twoards the latter of the three when he felt a warm soft trickle of a breeze behind him, sending his senses reeling but also alarming them. Karinna began to hum. in between her verses, she spoke.
"Jack, this has been marvelous, I'm glad we decided I should stay..." she purred.
Jack cringed. "Captain, Karinna. Captain Sparrow or just Captain."
"You had no problem with me calling you Jack yesterday..." she began to protest.
He held up a weathered hand to silence her, moodily.
"That," he said in that surly drunken voice he used when annoyed, "t'was yesterday. Here I have a job to do, a crew to run. They must respect me, aye? on board, it is ALWAYS captain. Why don't you go back to...doing whatever it is you were doing then, aye?" he ushered her with his hand. "go ON then..."
Karinna felt Jack's resistance growing and set her mind on overdrive.
"Captain" she whispered , sneaking closer to him. He felt powerless again. His hands seemed glued to the wheel. His mind screamed "walk away, curse her, get her out of here, do ANYTHING!" but he instead turned and stared unblinkingly into her face; a face that although undeniably appealing should not, he knew, have this power.
"Karinna," he whispered inaudiably back to her in a quavering voice, one that was rarely heared from the fearless pirate, "Who are you?"
She smirked and sighed, obviously pleased with herself. "Someone very interested in your company." she responded mysteriously.
Jack shook himself clear of the images in his head as best he could. Karinna eyed him coyly and began to hum again.
"What ...what is that?" he asked breathily, eyes wide. It was the first thing that had come to mind, since it seemed when she hummed her song, a lull seemed to come over all thought process he had, intelligent or otherwise.
"Its a song my mother taught me...generations and generations have been singing it." she replied nocholantly. " Captain,.." she nodded ahead of her. "You might want to man your ship." she threw the last part in as an afterthought. She broke away from the trance with a grin and and walked back twoards Jack's Cabain. after giving a victorious hair flip.
Jack growled, infuriated, after the trance had been broken, because it had been there to begin with. But before he could get too angry, Karinna's last words hit home and he turned, as his breath caught in his throat. He gasped as he saw another ship heading straight for them - top speed.. He screamed out orders as fast as he could to his crew and tilted the wheel a full circle away from him. As the other vessel approached quicker and quicker, the crew members began to realize the danger. The opposite ship was creaking as it steered as far as it could. Sweat trickled down Jacks neck in beads as he held the wheel far to the right, clutching the wood so hard he could feel it chaffe his fingers and splinters into the peice of black cloth he wore over his right palm. He clenched his eyes, just as he expected the other ship to hit but just as quick as the danger had come, it had past, and they were sailing in two different directions.
After a moment of shock, Jack huffed angirly but unlike his crew that was all he needed to recover. His compass came out and he concentrated all his might on it, not on the fact that he had just done something incredibly stupid because of a woman he didn't even enjoy the company of anymore.
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That evening at dinner, Jack could tell he wasn't the only one who was uneasy with Karinna.
Elizabeth had joined him and Will in a far corner of the dining hall (Jack had told Karinna to start dinner in his chamber and he'd be in eventually) that evening for supper.
"She's perfectly ghastly twoards me, an improper attitude for the given situation" Elizabeth steamed. "She like I, is a lady geust aboard the ship, and we must accept eacother's prescene, if not take comfort in eachother being with such..." she looked for a polite term to describe the men on board. "...such, - well, being with pirates. However, She makes no attempt to befriend or even tolerate me! and to think, she's not higher class than a peasant girl, acting like she is royalty -- to ME!" she hmmph'ed one last time before stabbing her leg of lamb dignantly.
"Elizabeth, calm yourself, it will be allright. You won't have to deal with her forever." Will soothed.
"Yes, I know, thank you," she sighed. "....Jack, do tell us, how long WILL we have to deal with her?"
"Hmmm?" Jack looked up from pushing his food around his plate, his head resting in his hands glumly.
"Jack..." Elizabeth said, looking at him curiously. "Whats wrong?"
"Nothing, nothing..." he muttered, starting to eat again, giving a fake smile.
"Jack, you don't like her either. Why don't you just get RID of her allready?!" Elizabeth protested.
Jack wanted more than anything to accept Elizabeth's suggestion but it was blantly obvious to him that he could not simply do away with her, and he doubted Elizabeth would understand why. If anything, she would throw a fit, insisting that Jack just wanted the girl and was not in Actuality, literally captivated by her.
"Elizabeth darling, please, do not pursue this." he warned.
She stood up, looking angry. "Mr.Sparrow." she started.
"Cap-"
"CAPTAIN. Whatever it is...just LISTEN to me for a moment, please?" Her voice began to rise into a yell. " I am accompanying Will on this voyage, ALLREADY putting myself in harm's way, I DO NOT WISH to have anything else thrown my way this voyage, and I would GREATLY APPRECIATE IT IF--"
"ELIZABETH" Will said in a very raised (but calm) voice, breeching a yell. Jack had never heard Will raise his voice at his new wife, and was very suprised.
Will cleared his throat as Elizabeth looked at him disbelivingly.
"Sorry, darling. I did not mean to yell. But, I believe Jack has good reasoning behind the situation and I dont think we should push it at this time." he stood up and pecked her cheek lightly, squeezing her arm reassuringly. "For now, just stay around me for most of your time on deck and I will not let her hassle you, allright?" Elizabeth lowered her eyes and blushed, looking slightly ashamed of the way she had acted.
"You're right. I apologize Jack. I've learned, in the past, from some of the most important circumstances --" she gestured twoards Will, indicating the trickery Jack had used to save Will's life, "to trust you and your judgment."
"I'll have no such apology miss," Jack replied, making up for the situation with manners. "But I thank you regardless."
Elizabeth and Will left then, and as soon as they did, Jack rubbed his tired eyes and groaned. He leaned his chair back against the wall, and closed his eyes, letting the motion of the waves lull his troubled mind.