Raija and the other pirates held a feast to celebrate their victory in the huge and ornate Redburn Ballroom of the Prospero. Sunny was invited since she was a new recruit.
The pirates served lohilaatikko (salmon casserole), kaalikaaryleet (cabbage rolls stuffed with rice and meat), makkara (grilled sausages), and many other Finnish specialties made from food they had stolen from the Prospero's kitchens. They drank coffee, vodka, and glüg (a spicy drink made with wine, rum, and brandy).
Sunny was fascinated by the new recipes, but she avoided the alcohol and tried to keep alert for a chance to turn the tables on the pirates. When she had told her brother "Errol" she had meant, "I will try to find some dramatic, swashbuckling way to escape and rescue you."
"We need to teach you some pirate phrases," a pirate named Jenni told Sunny. "We don't use them often among ourselves but they're useful for impressing people who don't believe you're a real pirate otherwise."
"Shiver me timbers," said Sunny, showing off a phrase she already knew.
"That's a good one for expressing amazement," said Jenni. "Here's one you say to encourage your pirate comrades: 'Yo ho ho, me hearties'."
"Ho ho ho, my hearts," Sunny tried to repeat.
"No, it's 'Yo ho ho, me hearties'," the pirate replied. This time Sunny was able to repeat it correctly.
"You can also say 'Dead men tell no tales', which is great for scaring victims," said Raija, coming up with a box of short ropes. "But now I want to show you how to tie our trademark knot, the Devil's Tongue. It's an extremely strong, useful knot, especially for binding prisoners."
Sunny was quite familiar with the knot since Violet had often used them in their adventures. The Baudelaires had climbed up and down an elevator shaft using a rope of neckties fastened with these knots. But Sunny pretended she had never seen it before and she was deliberately clumsy as she tried to follow Raija's instructions.
"Need practice," she said.
"You can keep the box of ropes to practice on," said Raija, which was just what Sunny was hoping for.
The F.F.P. were feeling the effects of all the celebratory drinking they had done, and soon retired to bed. Sunny was locked in a room on the secure Black Guinea deck. Jenni was supposed to watch over her, but Jenni had imbibed too much glüg and she swiftly fell asleep.
Sunny rapidly tied the short ropes together with Devil's Tongue knots. Jenni had taken off her shoes; Sunni tied one of them to the end of the rope for a weight. She swung it up through a small open porthole and pulled herself up.
Sunny could just fit through the porthole. She braced herself there and looked around. The next porthole over was also open. She decided to risk the chance that it would lead to freedom. She swung the rope over and got the shoe to catch inside. She tied the slack end of the rope to the porthole hinge.
Even though Sunny was an excellent rope-climber, going hand-over hand from one porthole to the other was tricky, especially with the wind and the waves crashing against the hull of the ship. She was breathing hard when she pulled herself into the other cabin.
"Who's there?" came a wheezy voice in the room. It sounded like a man's voice, fortunately, not an F.F.P. member's voice.
"Who you?" Sunny called back quietly.
"Don't be afraid, it's only me, Captain Sham," said the voice.
Sunny gave a start. "Olaf?" she asked fearfully.