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Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats. -H.L. Mencken
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by copacetic
Featuring Pirate Queen Jane Roland.
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Riley stirs in alarm, but it is too late, as the Longwing shakes his massive head and spits more acid in clear warning. Laurence can see her eyepatch now, see the death’s head picked out in rubies with the crossed sabers. She says, almost cheerfully, “You see, I am the Dread Pirate Tharkay.”
Laurence's entire ship stills, the crack of the sails and the roar of the sea the only sounds. The men don't know how to react, their captain neatly and suddenly captive. Laurence looks down, sees her finger on the trigger loosely, and looks back up. “No, madam, you are not.”
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Laurence shakes his head. “Your tactics are not mine. They are unsound, you must see it yourself. You only save the ones you can board. How many ships slip through your fingers? I would have the trade abolished, wholesale. And the slaughter of the crews-”Tharkay narrows his eyes. “They know to fear my name, now. The slavers have to pay double for crew, and I hope that soon it will be triple. Every year, I bleed them dry. Do not prate at me about the largesse and the mercy of Parliament, or of the Florian judicial system. I have had my own taste of your justice, and found it bitter. Every slave I find, I will strike off their chains. Every slaver, I will throw into the sea. Enough of your incremental change, bought in the blood of every slave still imprisoned.”
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Hoist the Black Flag by copacetic for Vespasiana
Fandoms: Temeraire - Naomi NovikEvery normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats. -H.L. Mencken