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Message: <blockquote data-quote="redknight" data-source="post: 1051256" data-attributes="member: 6796">Part Three(This chapter is told by two old sea salts who are recollecting the events of our intrepid heroes.)It has been a few weeks since the Albatross returned to Pirate Isle. The village went from a quiet idyllic setting to the normal hustle and bustle of a port town. But the absence of Captain Dyne and his crew from hometown had not been uneventful. There was an episode that featured his family and a band of interlopers who threatened to plunder the island of a long lost treasure.At the popular eatery Paula’s Tavern two regulars sit at their usual table to discuss the day’s events. Old Gus and Riley, two old salts, place their orders and discuss the politics of the day:                    ********Old Gus: It’s good to see the ‘ol captain back in town. That fog had the makings of a shipwreck. Riley: Eye. Tis a good thing young William and his friends were able defeat Black Molly and her crew. Was them that caused all the trouble.OG: She took control of the lighthouse and took Ms. Karen and the captain wife’s hostage.Riley: Arrgh. I’d like to see young William try to explain that to his pa. No way of bring back Jed now is there? It happened on his watch ya know?OG: Eye, it did. But Black Molly was a tough customer. So too was her crew of cut throats. William did the best he could. And everything turned out all right. Riley: Black Molly was a tough customer. Curse her dark soul. OG: Akhim…ahh, the big bald one who changed flags during the course of the sail. He went from trying to tap that young Trisha to fighting against his old captain.Riley: Ahh, Trisha the jumper. Last time I saw her she was hopping around the tavern.OG: You would be too if those brutes were trying to take you upstairs. She’s more than jumper you know. She’s one of those spell-using types. Black Molly and her crew got a taste of her magic I’ll tell ya. Riley: And they also got a big taste of steel. Remember that fancy dan? What’s his name?OG: Oh you mean the young kid, Renaldo?Riley: Eye, tis the one. He fought like the devil. Actually I think he did fight the devil. What was dirty dog’s name? Scurvy Pete…that’s it.OG: You mean “the greatest swordsman in the world”?Riley: Ha. Way Renaldo tells it Scurvy Pete was the second greatest swordsman in the world.OG: Arrgh, he showed him some manners he did. Took his healing drought right out the dying man’s hands too. Didn’t spill a blessed drop. Riley: He’s a good man to have in a fight I say. As long as he’s not catching arrows in his back.OG:  You mean what that Sinos Galley did to him? Wasn’t he the one who fell in your oatmeal?Riley: Eye. I tell you that boy is as smart as an ox and strong as an owl. Shooting a friend in combat. He should of stayed in the shipwrights cabin playing with his pencil.OG: He’s not that bad. He actually sliced Scurvy Pete once. Boy has to have some talent.Riley: Arrgh, a lucky strike. What’s the matter? Wasn’t he letting that sea hag escape or did he run out of redpowder to throw out windows?OG: Speaking of William he held his own during the whole thing. I liked how he told Black Molly that she picked on the wrong island. Shows leadership I say.Riley: Baahh…when it counted he was flopping around on ice. He needed his sister to run Black Molly through.OG: With Renaldo’s rapier no less. Maybe she’ll turn out to be the greatest swordswoman in the world?                    ********And so it went back and forth. Two old retired crewmembers debating the merits of the newest of recruits. An endless cycle on Pirate Isle. Will the young continue the legend that Riley and Old Gus help establish in their prime? For that is the age-old question for all crewmembers of the Albatross.</blockquote>

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