Drabble: 'Chuffed'

[dwgm]

A hundred words of DMC Jack for the current drabble challenge at blackpearlsails...



~ Chuffed ~

One hundred souls. Three days.

Jones’ words bounced through Jack’s skull as the Pearl skipped along.

Cruelly inflated, of course. Ridiculously grandiose. A hundred souls. To compensate for the loss of his one? Utterly absurd.

And yet… there was this niggling sense of gratification.

One hundred souls.

Well, he was Captain Jack Sparrow.

Of course, there was that sticky business with Bill's lad. All rather complicated, these dealings with Turner. Turners. Though he’d meant well. Mostly.

But with a bit of luck, Will would manage. Family reunion. Key. Escape. All in a day's work.

He'd wager his soul on it.

~.~

Comments

[lilfluffykitten.livejournal.com]

And yet… there was this niggling sense of gratification.

Yeah - I can see how he'd be chuffed about that (mind you, Jack would doubtless take any less as a personal affront)!

Also, you get the feeling that mostly meaning well seems to be how he gets into these scrapes in the first place...

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

you get the feeling that mostly meaning well seems to be how he gets into these scrapes in the first place...

There's the truth of it. A very good observation!