⛵ ⛵ ⛵ ⛵...(Tour of "High Island")...Continued...
[Last time...]
“Commander Kerrislravenhill- I want you up top tonight for the First and Mid watch! Pick five men and arm yourselves!” 🤼
“Both watches Sairrr?”
“Both- I’ll be there too. No rest for the wicked!” Galligan said with a grin as he turned and left.
“Blatch!” Kerrisl whispered under her breath to Bleujay, “And I was so looking forward to curling up in my bunk with an old issue of ‘World Coin News’ tonight!”
(See: @joshuaslane/silver-adventures-captain-joshua-slane-26ja26-double-watch )
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[On the Silverton…main deck…]
Cockpit Officer Kevmcc, Standing Officer Trayan, Petty Officer Daveks and Able Seaman Trautenberk and Kamilla19 quickly followed Commander Kerrislravenhill up the galley stairs with lanterns and muskets. The main deck was quiet and the two usual watchmen were dismissed at eight bells into the ‘Dog’s Watch’. The air was filled with the scent of the river and all around the forest sat ominously quiet except for the occasional call of a night bird or the cry of a wildcat hunting it’s prey.
“Spread out across the ship mates! I want a man on port and starboard, all decks!” Kerrislravenhill ordered as she mounted the bridge stairs.
Commander Galligan was already there, his eyes following the eastern shoreline...
“Evening Sairrr.”
“Evening Kerrisl.”
“Sairrr, do you think there are Seneca outside the village?”
“No doubt about it. With our deck lanterns burning we’re already the gossip of the village! Their Chief will have scouts watching us all night.”
“And if they try to board the Silverton?”
“No one boards the Silverton unless invited, see to that and make sure your men know too.”
Kerrisl bit her lower lip as thought through the implications. Her eyes lighted on the distant village fires and her ears could even hear the faint pounding of drums and shrill yells that nearly blended into the forest sounds. It was eery and unnerving to think that just fifty or sixty feet from either rail of the Silverton could be dozens of warriors watching them!
[Down below…in the galley kitchen…]
Able Seamen Gifu and Calatorulmiop were sitting on barrel tops at a long bench, peeling potatoes. Dogs ‘Doug’, ‘Skye’ and 'Jack' sat curiously at their feet, smelling each peel as it hit the deck boards just to make sure it didn’t have any carnivorous appeal.
“Congrats!” Gifu said as she turned and spat tobacco juice off to her right.
“For what?”
“For not getting picked for double night watch up top!” Gifu said with a slight chuckle.
“Aye, they’ll be lucky to get through the night without one of them getting an arrow in the back!”
The deep boom of a musket split the night air and resounded down through the lower decks like muffled thunder!
“Bloody hell!” Calatorulmiop exclaimed is surprise as he dropped his peeling knife on the floor, “What was that?!”
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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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