Chapter 1: Negotiations and Plundering
The sea breeze played across Meg's face as she steered the ship into the harbor to wait for her co-captain, Katherine, Kate for short. They were the captains of the Black Pearl II, and they had a decent-sized crew of females who had either always dreamed of being pirates, or had always dreamed of showing up male pirates.
Captain Kate, previously called Katherine Turner, was on the shores of Tortuga, meeting with Commodore Jack Sparrow, Kate and Meg's boss. Sparrow had a fleet now, and was discussing with Kate the percentage of plunder he would get from her ship, the most successful of his fleet. She could now give him a larger percentage than the previous 25%. Kate had left Margaret, or Meg, as she preferred, in charge o the ship and crew.
"50%," Sparrow argued.
"35%," Kate replied calmly.
"45%," Sparrow lowered his demand to the queen of the seas (not to mention negotiations).
"35%," Kate repeated.
"40%, no lower," Sparrow said.
"35% maximum, Commodore," Kate said sweetly and persuasively.
"35%, then, girl, you drive a hard bargain," Sparrow said, trying hard to boost his ego at this time when he was beaten by a girl( if you can call a seventeen year old female 'girl'). Sparrow smiled.
Kate got him to sign a new contract, and then went back to her ship. She informed her crew of the new plunder percentage, and the crew cheered. Only a 10% raise!
"Now, girls, let's go do what we do best... plunder!" Kate yelled to her crew. "I've heard of a ship heading due east carrying French finery, which we need to go to a certain ball on Thursday on the shores of Pennsylvania, in my home-town."
The sea breeze played across Meg's face as she steered the ship into the harbor to wait for her co-captain, Katherine, Kate for short. They were the captains of the Black Pearl II, and they had a decent-sized crew of females who had either always dreamed of being pirates, or had always dreamed of showing up male pirates.
Captain Kate, previously called Katherine Turner, was on the shores of Tortuga, meeting with Commodore Jack Sparrow, Kate and Meg's boss. Sparrow had a fleet now, and was discussing with Kate the percentage of plunder he would get from her ship, the most successful of his fleet. She could now give him a larger percentage than the previous 25%. Kate had left Margaret, or Meg, as she preferred, in charge o the ship and crew.
"50%," Sparrow argued.
"35%," Kate replied calmly.
"45%," Sparrow lowered his demand to the queen of the seas (not to mention negotiations).
"35%," Kate repeated.
"40%, no lower," Sparrow said.
"35% maximum, Commodore," Kate said sweetly and persuasively.
"35%, then, girl, you drive a hard bargain," Sparrow said, trying hard to boost his ego at this time when he was beaten by a girl( if you can call a seventeen year old female 'girl'). Sparrow smiled.
Kate got him to sign a new contract, and then went back to her ship. She informed her crew of the new plunder percentage, and the crew cheered. Only a 10% raise!
"Now, girls, let's go do what we do best... plunder!" Kate yelled to her crew. "I've heard of a ship heading due east carrying French finery, which we need to go to a certain ball on Thursday on the shores of Pennsylvania, in my home-town."