⛵ ⛵ ⛵ ⛵...(Tour of "High Island")...Continued...
[Last time...]
"Lieutenant Sairrr! You're alright?!" Trayan asked in surprise at seeing her, "Hack gave you a clean slate?"
"He gave me more than that!" Bleujay replied with a roll of her eyes as she sat down and took a plain off the large tray, "Greetings Sailors, congratulations to Officer Trumpman...hats off to ye! Congratulations to Pocketechange and Tamaralovelace ....yer hard work is paying off...it is! Sail oan sailors all!"
"Hear-Hear!" They all cheered in a warm welcome back.
The warm feelings and kind words exchanged between the crew was a cheery scene. But none of them knew what the day would bring, no, not one of them.
(See: @joshuaslane/silver-adventures-captain-joshua-slane-10ap26-there-will-be-fire )
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[On the Silverton…sunrise the next morning…]
Just as the Captain had said the night before, at sunrise the anchor was hoisted and the forward jib and fore topgallant sail were unfurled. It only took a moment for the sails to fill, and the big ship righted itself against the current of the river and headed steadily south upstream...
“Are we going to face-off against the Seneca again?!” Standing Officer Fat-elvis asked anxiously as he eyed the eastern tree line.
“We feel proud! For doing nothing here...except defending our pirate freedom!” Standing Officer Trayan replied in a determined tone.
“I hope you’re right…”
Meanwhile, before the first hour was up, Junior Petty Officer Pocketechange called out from the crow’s nest…
“Yo! Seneca warriors assembling on the east bank!”
”Hoo mony mate?!” The Captain called back from the bridge.
“At least a hundred Sairrr! And another fire is being built!”
The Captain turned to Warrant Officer Lupega…”Station yerself at th
Galley stairs Officer! Ahh needs yer voice to relay orders tae Commander Errisl doon in th’ upper gin deck!”
“Aye-aye Sairrr!”
And with that Lupega dashed down the bridge stairs and stook at the archway.
[Seneca Village….]
“These devils come again!” [Translated] Chief Minetoh bellowed in frustration as Running Fox alerted him to the sighting, “Man the fire arrows! This time finish them!”
“Right away Chief!”
As the river bend now filled with the ominous dark silhouette of the great frigate, the warriors quickly stoked the fire which was brewing on the east bank of the river, just a quarter mile north of the Chief’s Longhouse!
[On the Silverton…]
The Captain watched closely with his longscope as the Seneca laid more branches on the war fire and several archers already were readying their fire arrows…
“Nae thes times Chief!” He whispered to himself as he lowered his scope, “Lupega!”
”Aye Sairrr?!”
“Give Commander Errisl th’ order tae fire cannons one an' two! Tells her tae snuff-oot ‘att fire!”
“Aye Sairrr!”
Not more than fifteen seconds after Lupega yelled the order down to the upper gun deck and all fire and hell belched out of the two forward deck guns!
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📝 Note: "If th' Toor o' High Islain' has caught yer intrest, all o' me stoatin' adventures kin be foond by searchin':
Silver Adventures of Captain Joshua Slane
Oan yer 'Hife Search tool' an' sae forth." 😉 -Keptin
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References: - Pictures from: www.freeimages.com, www.pexels.com, pixabay.com, Hive.blog, World Coin News, Wikipedia an’ www.google.com/maps. Data also loosely interpretted froms: historica.fandom.com, Wikipedia, an' sometimes finely crafted reit from th' author's extensiff personal experience an' such.
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"Confused? Ascared? Seasick? Need tae gab with th' Keptin?- Skelp th' 'Reply' button muckers!" - Keptin
📝 "Remember maties, bein' crew oan th' mighty Frigate Silverton ⛵ is a sure cure fur loneliness! We sail together...ur nae at aw!" 🙌🏼🤝👲🏼🥷🏼👩🏼🍳👨🏼🔧👨🏼💼🧑🏼🎨🧕🏼🤵🏼♂️🤵🏼♂️🦹🏼💁🏼🙋🏼♀️👩🏼🍳🤴🏼👮🏼♂️💂🏼♂️🕵🏼👨🏼⚕️ 😉 -Keptin
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