Drabble: "Nothing!"

[dwgm]

A drabble and a half of Gibbs, from a scene in DMC, written for the current drabble challenge at Black Pearl Sails.

~ Nothing! ~

"Nothing!" he says -- shivering in his boots, his back 'gainst the doors to the Great Cabin. Well, I knew that for a lie. Jack's an odd duck, but he ain't a coward, not that I've ever seen and I've been with him, off an' on, for a good many years. So this nothing was sure to be something, something real bad.

He told me the next mornin'. The Kraken! And his deal with Jones. Beckett, and the slaves, and the Pearl before she was the Pearl, burning in the night -- the hot metal Beckett had laid on Jack's wrist was nothing to that pain.

He says to me, "You tell the others, Josh," and he didn't have to ask twice. I felt for him, aye, and I was a mite concerned for the rest of us as well. But what a tale! Had sea turtles beat to flinders.

 

~.~

Comments

[erinya.livejournal.com]

LOL, I love how pleased Gibbs is with the potential for a tall tale, despite his worry. I ♥ him (and you!) and his voice is perfect here.

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much! Gibbs does set great store by those tales of his -- I loved it when Pintel stole his thunder in AWE and Gibbs gives him that Look.

OT: I hope you are feeling well tonight. :))

[erinya.livejournal.com]

I love that scene too!

(I'm doing okay, thanks! My back is starting to hurt a bit more, so I'm going to try to go to the doctor in the next couple of days and get a chiropractic referral...)

[djarum99.livejournal.com]

I can just see Gibbs' eyes lighting up at the storytelling possibilities. I love the idea that even he doesn't know all of Jack's secrets. Lovely little thing, this - thank you!

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

Gibbs does love his stories, and I'm sure Jack knew he'd put just the right spin on it. *G* Very happy you enjoyed it! Thank you for commenting.

[davybabyjones.livejournal.com]

Loverly ficletlet, that. The Gibbs perspective never fails to entice..

Might I inquire as to where you found the picture you cropped your icon from? I'm certain I must have seen it *somewhere* before.. It's a drop-dead-perfect shot.

Many thanks (and kudos. The M&M-flavoured breed.)

-Crumpit

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

Thank you! The Jack & Parrot pic is from MidnightIcons. The Gibbs drawing is honorat's.

Mmmmm.... Kudos!! ;)

[torn-eledhwen.livejournal.com]

That's so very Gibbs. :)

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

That's what I thought. *G* Thanks for reading and commenting!

[compassrose7577.livejournal.com]

Aye, 'tis a fine mornin' when ye rise to find a fair bit 'o postin' from yon geek_mama!

We'll not be a'tellin' all our secrets, for thar be a gainly few, but bit o' drabble be a welcome sight to these old eyes! I've kent ye've chewed a might, what bein' all concarned with our delicate senses and all, and we're in yer beholdin'!

Now Jack, 'e's not here at present, which is a good thing, becuz I a'been carvin' 'im some tortoise shell combs...mebbe 'e can finally do a bit o' somethin' with that wind-tossed snarl he calls hair.

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

Arrrr! It be too early in the morning fer too much Gibbs!speak. *G* I'm very happy you enjoyed my 150 words of nothin'! Thanks for takin' a peek at it!

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

Thanks! One can just hear him talking, sometimes. He's such a great character!

[woolymonkey.livejournal.com]

So perfectly Gibbs. I love 'Jack's an odd duck'!

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

Jack as odd duck: well, he is, as you so recently observed in your highly entertaining Jacks/Barbossa fic. So glad you thought Gibbs right here. Sometimes I can just hear him talking. *G*

[hendercats.livejournal.com]

Excellent Gibbs - dead on perfect (is he hiding in your spare room?)! *bounce*

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

is he hiding in your spare room?

Wouldn't that be fun?! I could feed him pancakes (and rum), and he'd tell me stories all day!

So happy you enjoyed him in this. *G* Many thanks!

[artaxastra.livejournal.com]

*G* I'll bet Gibbs makes a good story of it, too! Jack was quaking in his boots indeed!

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

I think Jack likes Gibbs' propensity for creating legend from fact. Very happy you enjoyed this! Thank you for commenting.

[cmgacrux.livejournal.com]

Lovely drabble! I ♥ your Gibbs.

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much! I'm glad you enjoyed it.

[sunshine304]

That was a great drabble! The end is spot-on, and you really bring Gibbs to life! Lovely!

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much! I'm very happy you enjoyed it.

[jenthegypsy.livejournal.com]

Yay! *applauds*

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

*bows*

Thank you, my dear!

[otherhawk.livejournal.com]

Heh, that's a perfect Gibbs voice, me likes a lot.

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'm happy you thought him in character!

[captaintish]

Very nice! Great to see some new writing from you, even just a drabble. Love how you worked in Jack's backstory -- I wonder if we can consider that canon, since they didn't actually put it in the movie. Maybe it'll be in a deleted scene! I want some deleted scenes -- for DMC and AWE.

But what a tale! Had sea turtles beat to flinders. -- *grins* Great line!

[berne.livejournal.com]

I love this! Gibbs' voice is spot-on.

[honorat.livejournal.com]

Yay! Gibbs as Jack's spin doctor :D I've often said that any experience can be entertaining if one consider's its value as a story to tell after one has survived it. Lovely drabble. You do a great Gibbs.

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

Thanks, missy! So happy to see you out and about. I hope the little one is well, and you, too.

Gibbs as Jack's spin doctor

Precisely what I was thinking when I wrote it. Gibbs is the best. *G*