Tatiana, Jack, and Will had just shoved off from Tortuga. The
water was calm as they started their journey, and they hoped it would
continue. Jack stood at the wheel and Will sat beside him examining his
sword.
"Perfect weather, isn't it Jack?" Will asked, along with a few other
things, but Jack was barely listening. He was busy staring at Tatiana who
was silently walking along the starboard side.
"Hey, Tatiana!" he called to her, cutting Will off in the middle of a
sentance.
She turned around and looked at him.
"What?"
"Don't be such a stranger to me, come over and sit down," he said,
guesturing toward a barrel that sat on his right.
"But you are a stranger to me," Tatiana mumbled as she stalked over. Jack
didn't hear that. She placed herself on the barrel and looked Jack in the
eyes. " Now what?" she asked.
"Well," Jack answered, looking off to the horizon, " tell me about
yourself."
"What do you care to know?" she asked in a bored tone.
"What you've been doing in Tortuga all this time."
"Well, as you know, my mother died right after I was born, so I was sent to
live with an insane woman named Mrs. Ogmand and her three insane children.
Let's just say they weren't very nice," she said, looking at Jack and Will
who were about to ask her a question, but let it go after she said that. "
So, anyway, I stayed with her until I turned nine or ten, I'm not sure
which, but after that I ran away from there, got a job in the bar and lived
in the backroom. I think I've seen you at the bar a couple of times," she
said, smirking at Jack.
He smirked back in a guilty sort of way and said, " It doesn't sound like
you've had all that much fun."
"No, it doesn't," Will agreed as he put his sword away.
Tatiana shrugged. She hated it when people felt sorry for her. "So, now
it's your turn," Tatiana said, "tell me your story."
"Alright, well, let's see..." Jack said, quickly checking his broken
compass.
Jack and Will both told their stories in one story, pretty much. Telling about the whole Black Pearl and cursed gold incident. Will went on to tell about getting married and having a son, while Jack told about going off for adventure and not much happening for two years until his crew left him and he found out about Tatiana. "Now, THAT is my idea of fun!" Tatiana said, looking at Jackand throwing her hands up into the air, " apart from the whole looking-for-an-annoying- brat thing." "Nonsense," Jack said, unnessicarily checking his compass again. After a moment, he said, uncomfortably "So I suppose you want to know about your mother," Jack said, closing the compass lid gently. "No, not really," she answered, shrugging. Why should she? "Really?" Jack asked, he was very excited about the fact that he wouldn't have to explain things to her. "Really," she answered, raising her eyebrows. Will decided to change the subject. "So, Jack, how long are you planning on staying in Port Royal?" "As long as it takes me to find a purpose," Jack answered. "Hey," Tatiana piped up from by over on the barrel. Jack and Will looked at her, waiting for her to continue. "So, you need a purpose," she said, "and I think I can help." "I'm listening." "I heard over in Tortuga, " she continued, "that a crew is after the opal of the gods, or at least I think that is it's name. It's over in a cave that is not connected to the ocean floor, so it floats around. The opal itself can give the owner some sort of powers. I'm not sure what," she said in an answer to Jack's expression. " but it's priceless. The other crew isn't planning to leave for it for another month or so, because of the storms that are created over near the place where the island is currently situated," "Which is where?" Jack asked, growing more excited. "This is why I figure you'd be able to find it. It's about 200 miles east of Isla de Muerta. Isla de Muerta is the only landmark." "I like this," Jack said, a mischevious smile at his lips. "I knew you would," she answered with the same smile, and that was freaking Will out a bit. " I like it, too," Will said. He was clearly excited to have another chance at adventure. "We'll have to beat the other crew there," Tatiana said, "but it would be very stupid to go before at least three weeks is up." "I know......" Jack answered. But then it struck Jack. The only other people alive who knew where Isla de Muerta was was his old crew. "Tatiana," he said, suddenly turning around from the wheel to look at her. " did you see anyone from the crew who planned this adventure?" "No, " she answered, shaking her head, " they were in one of the back rooms of the bar and I was listening at the keyhole. Why?" "No reason...." he said as he looked back out to the ocean and checked his compass yet again. He was just thinking that the adventure was going to turn into a reunion from hell............
Jack and Will both told their stories in one story, pretty much. Telling about the whole Black Pearl and cursed gold incident. Will went on to tell about getting married and having a son, while Jack told about going off for adventure and not much happening for two years until his crew left him and he found out about Tatiana. "Now, THAT is my idea of fun!" Tatiana said, looking at Jackand throwing her hands up into the air, " apart from the whole looking-for-an-annoying- brat thing." "Nonsense," Jack said, unnessicarily checking his compass again. After a moment, he said, uncomfortably "So I suppose you want to know about your mother," Jack said, closing the compass lid gently. "No, not really," she answered, shrugging. Why should she? "Really?" Jack asked, he was very excited about the fact that he wouldn't have to explain things to her. "Really," she answered, raising her eyebrows. Will decided to change the subject. "So, Jack, how long are you planning on staying in Port Royal?" "As long as it takes me to find a purpose," Jack answered. "Hey," Tatiana piped up from by over on the barrel. Jack and Will looked at her, waiting for her to continue. "So, you need a purpose," she said, "and I think I can help." "I'm listening." "I heard over in Tortuga, " she continued, "that a crew is after the opal of the gods, or at least I think that is it's name. It's over in a cave that is not connected to the ocean floor, so it floats around. The opal itself can give the owner some sort of powers. I'm not sure what," she said in an answer to Jack's expression. " but it's priceless. The other crew isn't planning to leave for it for another month or so, because of the storms that are created over near the place where the island is currently situated," "Which is where?" Jack asked, growing more excited. "This is why I figure you'd be able to find it. It's about 200 miles east of Isla de Muerta. Isla de Muerta is the only landmark." "I like this," Jack said, a mischevious smile at his lips. "I knew you would," she answered with the same smile, and that was freaking Will out a bit. " I like it, too," Will said. He was clearly excited to have another chance at adventure. "We'll have to beat the other crew there," Tatiana said, "but it would be very stupid to go before at least three weeks is up." "I know......" Jack answered. But then it struck Jack. The only other people alive who knew where Isla de Muerta was was his old crew. "Tatiana," he said, suddenly turning around from the wheel to look at her. " did you see anyone from the crew who planned this adventure?" "No, " she answered, shaking her head, " they were in one of the back rooms of the bar and I was listening at the keyhole. Why?" "No reason...." he said as he looked back out to the ocean and checked his compass yet again. He was just thinking that the adventure was going to turn into a reunion from hell............