Captain Elizabeth Turner (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
try_corsets) wrote2007-09-21 12:34 pm
try_corsets) wrote2007-09-21 12:34 pm
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Elizabeth will say this for the Brethren Court: once war is declared, they approach the matter with all the fervor they put into arguing against it. Boisterous and determined, they descend to their ships to make ready for the coming battle, all too aware that the enemy is probably already lurking outside the safety of Shipwreck Cove.
Not Elizabeth. The recently elected (by popular vote) Pirate King stands outside the meeting hall, waiting for Jack to emerge.
It's time, she thinks, that they talk.
Not Elizabeth. The recently elected (by popular vote) Pirate King stands outside the meeting hall, waiting for Jack to emerge.
It's time, she thinks, that they talk.
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Said with quiet realization. Jack remains still, watching her.
"Seems he found his redemption after all."
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(It's too late to earn my forgiveness)
At last she takes a deep breath and turns, returning his look. Her eyes, no longer stormy with hurt and anger, are cautious and sad in the dim light.
"It seems so," she allows.
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And then Jack grins, sudden and wicked, and takes a sideways step around her and toward the far door, drawling,
"Now if there's nothing else, I've a ship what needs seeing to, if she's going to be sailing off to battle--"
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A moment later, she thinks better of it.
"Jack," she says slowly, "is Will all right?"
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"Only one way to be sure, now isn't there?"
Jack flashes her a maddeningly knowing grin, and quickly ducks out the door.
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Tomorrow will tell.
Parlay.
Thoughtful, she lets the idea simmer amidst the annoyance. She has all night to make ready. There's time to have another look at the Code, if Captain Teague can be convinced to show it to her.
And she can, Elizabeth thinks with a grim smile, be very persuasive.