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

[danglingdingle.livejournal.com]

Nice one!

I, of course, adore how Jack trusts Will to be just fine, with a bit of luck :)

Reminded me of a piece of dialogue between Jack and Will that I like to use for my own nefarious purposes that says a lot about the confidence Jack has in Will.

"That's the Flying Dutchman? Doesn't look like much..."

"Neither do you. Don't underestimate her."

This brightened my day, thanks :)

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

There is no doubt Jack has respect for Will's abilities. It's something that's shown repeatedly, from their first meeting. One could argue that Jack isn't always very nice to Will, but then Will isn't very nice to Jack, either.

Glad you enjoyed this one!