Pairing: Pintel, Ragetti, Elizabeth
Word Count: 206
Prompt: Plunder for the Broken Compass challenge
A Good Faith Payment
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"Suppose anyone would notice if an item or two so happened to disappear from this 'ere chest?"
"I'd rather doubt it," Ragetti stated, shaking the chest he held in his hands, listening as its contents jingled merrily inside. "Not quite sure if it's a good idea, stealin' from the King, an' all."
"Could be justifiable if we regarded it as a sort of restitution," Pintel offered.
"Like a good faith payment, so ta speak?"
"Aye, I thin' we've dabbled along the lines of decency and honestly fer long enough," Pintel reasoned, looking down at the intricate latch that held the chest tightly shut. "I haven't seen any profit from it as of yet."
"Couldn't have put it better meself, chum," Ragetti affirmed, grinning as he placed the chest down upon a small night table, opening it to reveal priceless treasures that glimmered dynamically within the dimly lit room, almost begging to be plundered.
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Elizabeth returned to her former bedroom with haste, searching for the two pirates she had put in charge of hauling out her belongings.
"Pintel! Ragetti! Step to it! We've got no time to -- " she paused amidst her brigade of commands, eying Ragetti's sparkling neck in confusion.
"Is that my necklace?"