Drabble: 'O Fortuna' (Barbossa, Jack)

[dwgm]

The drabble challenge theme this week at blackpearlsails is 'Fortune'. Here's 150 words of pre-CotBP Barbossa and Jack, with thanks to hereswith for editing (twice!) and suggestions.



~ O Fortuna ~

“Stay a moment, lad. Here’s a parting gift for ye.”

Jack, who had barely resigned himself to the plank -- though it did seem to offer more hope than the thicket of swords behind him -- reluctantly turned to face his tormentor once more. “And what’s that?”

“Pistol.” Barbossa waved it about with a smirk. “And a single shot. Yer a good man, Jack, and that’s a hard death. Least I can do is ease yer suffering – provided the sharks don’t get ye on the way in.”

Barbossa’s expression was scornful enough, but there was something at the back of his eyes that looked too much like pity. Jack’s fear, intensified by the sight of the proffered weapon, drowned in a wave of fury. “Fortes Fortuna adiuvat,” he snapped. Fortune aids the brave.

But Barbossa chuckled. “Nay, lad. Fortuna caeca est!* Really thought ye’d learned that before, at Beckett’s hands.”

~.~


* Fortune is blind

Comments

[faeriquene.livejournal.com]

Fabulous! I love your forays into the Jack-Barbossa history. All that bad blood between them, and yet they still work together when they have to, and seem to have at least a grudging respect for each other. That mutiny must have been quite the moment between them - I love this glimpse of it.

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

All that bad blood between them, and yet they still work together when they have to

They do, not so much in CotBP, of course, but in AWE it's evident. Each respects the other's abilities and accepts the untrustworthiness as part of the game. Pirates!

I'm so glad you enjoyed this -- thank you for letting me know.