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landfall

On a bright fateful morn, Jack Sparrow brings rumors of the Black Pearl and her crew of the damned to Port Royal. In theory, the ship should be no match for the dragon Tempest and his Captain Norrington — but the Pearl harbors a dangerous shadow and a wicked ally of their own. or: potc, but temeraire, multi-chapter wip. sequel to windfall

“Well, well. Jack Sparrow, isn't it?”

Norrington flicks his eyes up. Sparrow pulls his hand free and cradles it to his chest. “Captain Jack Sparrow, if you please.”

“I don’t see your ship, Captain,” Norrington says, and looks about the harbor for dramatic effect.

“Perhaps I’ve got one of these dreadful beasties all for meself, lying just around the cliffs here.” 

He gestures to Tempest, who sets his ears back, affronted and hissing.

“No respectable dragon would ever ride with pirates,” Tempest insists.

“Ah,” Sparrow says, smiling sourly, “but they would. Just because you’ve never encountered something doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist, savvy? Like the Black Pearl,” with a nod at Murtogg and Mullroy, who pale at the acknowledgement. Sparrow continues, smug, “It’s like what all your charts say — here there be monsters, ‘nd all that.”

Murtogg puts in, “The original Latin phrase translates to Here be dragons, actually, so it’s even more appropriate.”

Mullroy elbows Murtogg to shut up. Sparrow pipes up, “Thank you kindly! Your man has a point, Captain. You never know what lies beyond the edge of the map.”

Norrington narrows his eyes. Sparrow is rather insistent on this point, and even raises his eyebrows at Norrington, waiting for someone to ask a question. Norrington says instead, “Enough hearsay. Captain Gillette, I believe this man falls under your purview.”

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