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Five times James Norrington thought like a pirate.
1. He is young - has only been a lieutenant for a few weeks. The political winds have shifted, war has been declared. "Sail ho" and the flag flown by the merchantman has the crew excited. He gets caugh up in the excitement, finds himself smiling like a wolf at the thought of the prize money that will be his share. He is young. It's hard to blame him.
2. She was supposed to be his. His wife. He loved her, he deserved her. More than that blacksmith boy ever could. And was he not well within his rights to take her? She had given her word, he could make her keep it. Nevermind a girl's childish fantasies about pirates. She would become used to being his wife and the mother of his children. All he had to do was take her. It was simple, easy, tempting. But if he did, what kind of a man would that make him?
3. He has lost everything. His ship, his men, his rank. The letters are sealed, sent - there's no way back. No way forward either, that he can see. Where to go? Where would that damn Sparrow go? It comes to him in a whisper, late one night, and he thinks, "Well, why the Hell not?" The next day he takes passage for Tortuga.
4. It has been an insane fight, three men fighting each other over something as ridiculous as a key. It has felt as if part of him has been outside of himself, making snide comments about the insanity of it all. Three men fighting over some mythological chest? A mill's wheel? Strange sea-creatures? Madness. But then he finds himself at the boat, alone for a moment. The boat with the letters of marque (and what strange madness of Sparrow's, to have not left those aboard the Pearl, but who is he to complain?). Somehow, he manages to take in the state of the boat as he fumbles around and when his eyes fall on the jar of dirt, something adds up. Take what you can. He does.
5. The wedding festivities are dragging out. There has been dancing, dining - now both children and adults are entranced by the Laterna Magica show that is just a small part of the good Governor's present to his beloved daughter and son-in-law. James stands to the side, sipping his wine. To the other side of the crowd stands a certain pirate. Their eyes meet. Jack smiles. James hesitates for a moment, then nods in the direction of the maze. Jack grins, the flickering light reflecting in his gold teeth. James puts his glass down and starts walking. Enough of dreams - this time he'll take what he can and give nothing back.
1. He is young - has only been a lieutenant for a few weeks. The political winds have shifted, war has been declared. "Sail ho" and the flag flown by the merchantman has the crew excited. He gets caugh up in the excitement, finds himself smiling like a wolf at the thought of the prize money that will be his share. He is young. It's hard to blame him.
2. She was supposed to be his. His wife. He loved her, he deserved her. More than that blacksmith boy ever could. And was he not well within his rights to take her? She had given her word, he could make her keep it. Nevermind a girl's childish fantasies about pirates. She would become used to being his wife and the mother of his children. All he had to do was take her. It was simple, easy, tempting. But if he did, what kind of a man would that make him?
3. He has lost everything. His ship, his men, his rank. The letters are sealed, sent - there's no way back. No way forward either, that he can see. Where to go? Where would that damn Sparrow go? It comes to him in a whisper, late one night, and he thinks, "Well, why the Hell not?" The next day he takes passage for Tortuga.
4. It has been an insane fight, three men fighting each other over something as ridiculous as a key. It has felt as if part of him has been outside of himself, making snide comments about the insanity of it all. Three men fighting over some mythological chest? A mill's wheel? Strange sea-creatures? Madness. But then he finds himself at the boat, alone for a moment. The boat with the letters of marque (and what strange madness of Sparrow's, to have not left those aboard the Pearl, but who is he to complain?). Somehow, he manages to take in the state of the boat as he fumbles around and when his eyes fall on the jar of dirt, something adds up. Take what you can. He does.
5. The wedding festivities are dragging out. There has been dancing, dining - now both children and adults are entranced by the Laterna Magica show that is just a small part of the good Governor's present to his beloved daughter and son-in-law. James stands to the side, sipping his wine. To the other side of the crowd stands a certain pirate. Their eyes meet. Jack smiles. James hesitates for a moment, then nods in the direction of the maze. Jack grins, the flickering light reflecting in his gold teeth. James puts his glass down and starts walking. Enough of dreams - this time he'll take what he can and give nothing back.