No sooner had the mustached man left than Ned moved across the cabin and locked the door. Glancing back at the demoness and the boatswain Ned sighed.<br/><br/>"Boatswain you ruined the surprise." Ned said this as a sulky rebuke. "Here I was planning on getting drunk and merry then blurting out the whole going after the pearl and wealth thing. Now how am I gonna spend my evening? Getting drunk and not blurting out a horribly kept secret? Oh well not much to do about it now besides drink and think of some other not so secret secret I can blurt out to my crew whilst swimming in rum." Ned hummed to himself as he sauntered over to his chair and sat on it, the old wood creaking slightly under its new burden. Not one second had he sat back down then there was a knock at his cabin door. Growling Ned stood up and stalked to the door angrily unlocking the door and violently opening it.<br/><br/>"What!" If the sound of his voice didn't give off his anger the scowl set on his face did. The man Ned had sent off earlier stood trembling before the ire of his new unknown captain and raised the bottle of rum as if it were a shield that could save him from whatever wrath this new captain might incur. At the sight of the bottle of rum Neds face quickly lightened, a broad smile covered Neds face as he delightedly snatched the bottle from the man using his teeth to uncork it before taking a long drink of his delicious rum. With the chagrin and horrified wonder of the man Ned drank the rum as if it was water denied to a dehydrated man. When Ned pulled the bottle away from his lips with a satisfied sigh a frown crossed his face looking at the bottle and  swishing the liquid inside Ned made a dissatisfied grunt, how unfortunate that only half the bottle remained. Glancing at the bottle then at the man then briefly at the two pirates in his cabin he looked back at the man again.<br/><br/>"Well where is the other bottle?" Ned asked impatiently as if there should have been more rum. "I said bring back some rum not just one tiny bottle. Now hurry off and don't come back until you have some rum." Without a second glance Ned walked back into his cabin closing and locking the door behind him. Walking if not a bit tipsily back to his chair Ned plopped onto it with a sigh and took a swig of rum turning his attentions back to the demon and the boatswain. After a moment of thought Ned reached into Rina's shirt and retrieved the two journals. With another swig Ned walked over to the desk dropping the journals on top of the misshapen pile of paper. Grabbing one of the knifes Ned took another swig of rum and walked back over to the demoness deftly cutting her free of the rope. Sitting back on his chair he took another swig and frowned at the near empty bottle.<br/><br/>"You know the more I drink rum the shorter it seems to last me. Now as to what you say Boatswain with the kitty in his lap." Ned snickered to himself before continuing. "I think you are right fighting a flying ship would be a hassle worth avoiding. About this rotting captain you speak of I assume he is some famous pirate or other but that is of no matter to me. For I am much more legendary in a non legendary way then he." Smiling to himself Ned finished off the last of the rum and tossed the empty bottle on his bed before turning back to Rina.<br/><br/>"So whats your take on all this my assumedly loyal demoness. Should we use this rotting captain, ally with him, fight him, or perhaps you have some other more interesting ideas. Do tell I always like interesting ideas." Ned leaned back in his chair annoyed at the man for taking so long with getting him some rum. For a brief second Ned wondered how Francine was doing then snapped himself back why should he worry about a bloated fish. Turning his attentions back to the two in his rooms Ned smiled deviously.<br/><br/>"I think it would be wonderful if we could take this flying vessel for our own for then we would not have to compete with it but it would be ours and others would have to compete with us. I would much rather be the competed the the competer." Ned chuckled as he waited for a reply.