⛵ ⛵ ⛵ ⛵...(Tour of "High Island")...Continued...
[Last time...]
“Ahh knows thaur ur pirates oan 'er…” The Captain replied matter of factly as he lit his pipe and stoked the bowl of tobacco red-hot, “An' Ahh wants ‘em captured…ur deid.”
Trumpman swallowed hard as he gazed out across the dark waters. Pirates were dangerous business. (See: https://hive.blog/sailing/@joshuaslane/silver-adventures-captain-joshua-slane-21ja25-descent-into-darkness )
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[On La Serpent...lower hull...]
Commander Kerrislravenhill led the way down the dark corridor, shining the light into each door that Standing Officer Bleujay opened with a shove of her boot. With pistols drawn and ready, the group breathed heavily as they ran their eyes from wall to wall in each room.
Finally, they approached the sail room and as before, Bleujay kicked the door with the heel of her boot. It barely moved. Kerrislravenhill cocked her head and motioned for Able Seaman Tamaralovelace to come forward and stand on the opposite side of the door.
“Ready yoorselves mates…” Kerrislravenhill whispered as she gave the nod to Bleujay to kick the door again.
Bleujay gave it a stout blow and the sail room door finally swung wide open. In the light of the lantern, the dusty room lit up and rolls of old sailcloth piled high were illuminated. Carefully shining the light from left to right, Kerrisl finally shrugged and the group began to move on down the corridor...
[In the sail room…]
Stank nearly choked as he hid his head under the dusty folds of old cloth when he suddenly felt a movement near him. Glancing right, his eyes picked up the scurrying of two large rats moving over the folds of cloth.
With eyes as big as saucers, he watched with anxiety as they came closer...
‘Rats!’ He thought in dismay, ‘Big ugly rats!’
His eyes stayed fixed on their movement and with every inch they crawled closer, his body grew more tense! Finally the nearest rodent jumped from the folded stack of cloth and landed on his neck!
“Auuugh!” He grunted.
The outburst of terror and a flurry of swatting arms sent the rat scurrying off into the darkness!
Outside...Kerrisl stopped in her tracks, glancing back towards the sudden noise!
"Sail room!" She whispered as she glanced up at Bleujay and Tamara with one raised eyebrow. Slowly…she led the way back to the open door.
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📝 Note: "If th' Toor o' High Islain' has caught yer intrest, all o' me stoatin' adventures kin be foond by searchin':
Silver Adventures of Captain Joshua Slane
Oan yer 'Hife Search tool' an' sae forth." 😉 -Keptin
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References: - Pictures from: www.freeimages.com, www.pexels.com, pixabay.com, Hive.blog, Wikipedia an’ www.google.com/maps. Data also loosely interpretted froms: historica.fandom.com, Wikipedia, an' sometimes finely crafted reit from th' author's extensiff personal experience an' such.
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We'll look for an effective poison to finish off these animals, let's NOT waste weapons and ammunition,or maybe we'll play target shooting with the rats.hahahaha,No pirates, no stowaways, they were rats hahaha, all that arsenal, the strength of @Bleujay's boots that by the way I can't imagine her hitting hard, or maybe she does hahaha.
"Haw! Haw! Haw! Guid analysis matie!" 😉 -Keptin
" Sairrr, shall I send in the Silverton's boarding cats?"
"We may hav tae...keep in touch by spyug Commander!" 😉 -Keptin
hahaha, YOU are always prepared for every situation
I survived many tours and learned a thing or two in each, but always be prepared for as Lord Musashi once said, "It is better to be a warrior working in his garden than be a gardener in a war." ⛩
I've been doing a lot of work in my gardens... It does give me time to think, that's for sure... Beware of Bitcoin... I figure it will drop like a rock, once USCC is announced... USCC will make America, the Crypto Capital of the World...
And I was looking and I did NOT see these animals, well I expected to see pirates, stowaways, what caught my attention is that the women on the ship see the rats and there are NO screams, nothing, this is the feminine representation that every ship should have.
The Keptin has prepared us for this...we are ready.
Where is a cannon when you want one...you know when a fly swatter would do but you are ready for the worst. ^__^
What do they say about sports players...be a tiger on the field and a gentleman off the field....something like that. That is the bleujay policy...of course I am a lady, not a gentleman.
Thank you for the mention @lupega .
Kind Regards,
Bleujay
Greetings Keptin,
Okay..here we are ...how the adrenalin kicks in at such a moment!
Storytelling at its finest...now for the moment we have all anticipated...confrontation! ...are you sure the rats weren't in the Commanders secret arsenal...I would not be surprised.
Okay...that was a good move...I was sure we were going to be shot through the door by the scum.
Sail room...it is!
Until next time....
Cheers!
Take Care Keptin....
"Be canny Lass!" 😉 -Keptin
@kerrislravenhill always has some weapons hidden and enough determination to act
Howdy Keptin
"Ahoy matie! Ahh hiner aw' is weel!" 😉 -Keptin
Vampire Rats!?
"Haw! Haw! Ye never ken!" 😉 -Keptin