The boot was removed from the Black Pawkeet, and it was now in the water again. Garin was peacefully doing some laundry in the marina shower when Jacques came into the room.
"Garin," he said nervously, "The marina people want to talk to you."
"Tell them to wait," Garin said, "I'm doing laundry right now."
"That's exactly what we want to talk to you about," a man said. "Get dressed and come to the office."
The man left the bathroom, and Garin finished his laundry. Garin took the wet clothes to the Black Pawkeet and went to the office. Jacques was sitting in a chair.
"Finally," the man in the office said when Garin arrived. "We can't have you doing laundry in the shower anymore."
He motioned for Garin to sit in the chair next to Jacques.
"Why?" Garin asked, "Because you can't make money off of it?"
"You're supposed to use the washing machines."
"That doesn't answer my question. Why can't I do it in the shower? What's the problem?"
"You use a lot of water, which we have to pay for-"
"Okay, but I pay you 100 dubloons a month for my spot. I can't possibly be using 100 dubloons worth of water."
"You're not paying for the water. You're paying for the spot."
Garin argued with the marina manager for about an hour. He wouldn't listen. He wanted Garin to pay to use the washing machines. Garin eventually told him that he would use the machines. He had an idea.
Next month, Garin and his crew waited for the marina manager and his wife to go home at 6PM, then they took their laundry to the showers. The next morning Garin was harvesting the laundry from the clothesline when the manager stepped aboard the Black Pawkeet. He looked at the many articles of clothing on the clothesline.
"You need to take that down," he said "People don't want to look at your dirty underwear."
"I am taking it down," Garin replied "And it's not dirty. I washed it last night."
"People still don't want to look at your underwear. There are yachts in this area. A lot of the owners are getting ready to go sailing, and looking at strangers' underwear isn't their idea of a good time."
"Not necessarily. Some people might like it."
"I'm trying to run a business here! You're making my marina look bad! First, the customers go into the bathroom and see a pile of clothes, then they go to their boats and see your lace underwear hanging up next door!"
"You think someone's whole day is going to be ruined just because they saw something that they think isn't pretty to look at? If so, those privileged assholes deserve to have their day ruined. Who do they think they are?"
The fight became physical. The manager threw the first punch. Garin was now banned from the Scurvy Island Marina.