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On the docks, a disheveled, motley, and weatherbeaten group of about a dozen swabs stood in a ragged line-up. All of them were collected by Mr. Gibbs who kept true to his word about finding a crew for Jack.
"Feast your eyes, Cap'n. All of 'em faithful hands before the mast. Every man worth his salt, and crazy to boot." Mr Gibbs spoke.
"So this is your able-bodied crew?" Will asked with disappointment laced in his voice, which Jack ignored.
"You, sailor!" Jack spoke loudly, picking a random man out of the line-up.
"Cotton, sir." Gibbs offered.
"Mr. Cotton, do you have the courage and fortitude to follow orders and stay true in the face of danger and almost certain death?" Jack spoke confidently, but there was no response from Cotton. "Mr. Cotton! Answer man!" He pressed, his tone changing to show his annoyance of being ignored.
"He's mute, sir." Mr. Gibbs interjected. "Poor devil had his tongue cut out, so he trained the parrot to talk for him, no ones yet figured out how." Gibbs explained.
To prove Mr. Gibbs' point, Mr. Cotton opened up his mouth, showing his partially severed tongue. (Y/N) winced slightly at the sight, burying her head into Will's shoulder as she tried her hardest not to throw up.
Jack made a face of disgust, stretching his own tongue out before turning to walk off. He deliberated for a moment and pulled back to Mr. Cotton. "Mr. Cotton's... parrot, same question!"
The parrot who sat on the shoulders of Mr. Cotton squawked loudly before talking. "Wind in the sails! Wind in the sails!"
"Mostly we figure that means yes." Gibbs explained.
"Course it does!" Jack said as if it made perfect sense, turning to (Y/N) and Will. "Satisfied?" He questioned.
"Well, you've proved they're mad." Will snarked.
"And what's the benefit for us?" A voice from the end of the line-up called out.
Jack walked towards the end of the line, squinting to see who was hiding underneath the hat. He pulled the hat off of the persons head once he reached them, revealing a woman with dark skin and brown hair.
"AnaMaria." Jack said as her hand came up to meet his face in a seemingly unprovoked slap.
"I suppose you didn't deserve that one either?" (Y/N) teased, still in a mood with Jack after what his plan was last night.
"No, that one I deserved." He replied honestly, bouncing back up from the slap immediately.
"You stole my boat!" AnaMarie yelled.
"Actually." Jack countered, only to be slapped by AnaMarie again. He made a face of pain before brushing it off with a shake of his head and turned back to the woman, his cheek now reddened. "Borrowed! Borrowed without permission, but with every intention of bringing it back to you!" Jack argued.
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Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
FanfictionBook 1 Captain Jack Sparrow X Fem Reader This book is based of the Disney film series of Pirates of the Caribbean Blacksmith Will Turner and Former Pirate (Y/N) (Y/L/N) team up with eccentric pirate 'Captain' Jack Sparrow, who was (Y/N's) former Cap...