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Challenge: Luck(y) Charms
November 9, 2005

By Felaine
November 11, 2005

~ Superstition ~

The pirates thought it would be easy, once the shaman interpreted the chest's hieroglyphics; told them how to break their curse. Each man knew the tavern or brothel where his coins changed hands.

But they weren't where the pirates had spent them, not a one. Sailors passing through the islands had wanted the Aztec coins as lucky charms, as talismans to protect their ships from pirates, of all the rat-brained superstitions. The coins had spread with the winds. As well try to replace the same leaves on a tree once they were scattered by the winter storms of England. But Barbossa's men had no choice except to try.

By Cymbeline
November 11, 2005

~ Birds of a Feather ~
Sequel to Sunday Promise

It would have been humorous had it been any other situation. Gibbs had spent all day attempting to talk some sense into the bird and it would have none of it. In defiance it now sat up on the crow’s nest with the man’s flask as its ill-gotten prize.

“Infernal critter, no sense into that feathered head,” he grumbled.

“Why not just climb up there after it?” Anamaria suggested

“I’d break my neck up there, heights and I don’t exactly see eye to eye,” he said in a lowered breath.

With a resigned look she scaled the rigging and soon returned with both the bird and flask. The latter of which, she tossed back to its grateful owner.

“Seems the bird is willing to oblige now” She scratched the back of the parrot’s head and returned it to Cotton’s shoulder. The old man gave her a wink and a smile.

He raised an eyebrow at Anamaria. “That easily eh? How is it you know how to commune with it?”

“Simple, birds are like women, there are only a couple of ways of arguing with them.”

“And?”

“And, none of them work. But we came to an understanding.”

Gibbs gave her a confused look.

“Take a few swigs out of that lucky flask of yours and perhaps it will make sense.”

“That it might…that it might,” he muttered as he walked away.

Anamaria looked up at the darkening sky and knew that success the next day was going to take more than lucky flasks and willing birds.

By Honorat
November 11, 2005

~ Here's Luck To You: Parts 1-6 ~

By Geek Mama
November 16, 2005

~ For Luck ~
Sequel to 'Sunday Dinner'

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