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"Could we just maybe have a little bit of fun before we talk?" Jack asked, almost pleadingly as I shut the door.
I looked over his way and found him rummaging through my things. I smacked him and said, "I don't want to have fun. I want to talk."
"What do you want t' talk about, love?" he asked, setting down the book he was flipping through and turning his full attention on to me.
"Why are you still alive?" I asked.
"Because I'm not dead," Jack replied, the faintest hint of a smile was on his face.
I groaned. "But you're supposed to be dead! Davy Jones came to my ship looking for you. He said that he was taking you to the locker."
"Davy Jones is taken care of, love," he said.
"I'm not even going to ask how," I told him.
"Most people do," Jack informed me. "And it's a bloody brilliant story. I could tell it t' you if you want."
"I'm not interested."
"Then what are you interested in?"
"Your proposition, if there even is one," I said bitterly.
"Oh, there is one," he assured me. "I've got the key to get what both of us desires most in this world.
I became silent, letting him continue on.
"Immortality."
My interest was piqued, but I tried to not let it show. If I did, Jack would walk all over me and make things harder later on. "Is that so?"
"Yes, love, it is," Jack breathed, letting his mind wander off. "Immortal Captains Jack and Elsa Sparrow; enjoying life on the sea- and each other for all eternity. The open sea and me; how does that sound?"
"The sea part sounds great," I said, resisting the urge to smile.
Jack frowned. "Fine then, I'll find some other captain to give immortality to."
"Go ahead then," I told him. "The door's right behind you."
He remained in his seat. I could see his brain working, trying to figure out some way to get me to come along on his quest for immortality. According to the frown still fixed onto his face, he didn't have any ideas.
It was another minute or two until I finally spoke. I had chosen my words well to make sure they didn't damn me.
"Alright, Jack," I finally said. "I'll go on your quest with you."
His face brightened. "That's most ex-Wait! What's the catch?"
"My first condition is that I retain complete control of The Prevailer at all times. It has only one captain: me," I said. "My second condition is that you tell me every single thing that you know about this 'key to immortality' that you have."
"Is that all?"
"Yes."
"I agree to your conditions, Elsa, love," Jack said. "The key to immortality is big, made of iron and is hidden on my person." He smiled. "Savvy?"
"Tell me more about the immortality," I told him.
"I'm sorry," he said. "You wanted to know about my key, not how to get to what said key unlocks, nor about what said key gives you upon opening its lock."
I groaned. How could I have let Jack trick me again? It was impossible to deal with this man. I reached for my bottle of rum. A little rum in my stomach would make me feel better and probably dumb me up to his level. However, instead of drinking a little rum, I downed the whole bottle.
"If you want the information you want from me, I'll tell you," he said.
It wouldn't be that easy. "What's the catch?"
"You have to find my key," Jack said. "Once you find the key, love, I'll sing like a bird."
I might've been half-drunk, but I wasn't falling for it. "Sorry, I'm not going to fall for it," I told him.
"Then how are you going to get my key and the information you need?"
"Don't you worry about that, Jack," I said. "Now go scrub the decks like a good pirate."
"I am a captain!" he shouted. "I'm not going to scrub the decks!"
"It's captain's orders."
Jack folded his arms over his chest, looking like a displeased five year-old. "I'm not doing it."
"This it's down to the brig with ye," I said.
"You wouldn't dare," Jack told me.
"Oh yes, I would."
Is Elsa getting annoying or pushy, or is there anything else about her that you don't like?
Is Jack still in character?
Anything else you want to make comments on or tell me?