<div class="floatleft">(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51JuEU6%2B-lL._SX466_.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Devon Black<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Esperanza, Port Royal<br/><strong>Time &amp; Date</strong>: Day 1 | Morning<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>All<br/><strong>Content:</strong>Arrival<br/><hr/><br/>"Aye, Captain," Devon said, almost snapping her a salute.  "Give me a day to learn her secrets and I'll make your lady dance across the waves."<br/><br/>He didn't force his way past her but moved to the other stairs.  There was a smile on his face as he wrapped his hands around the wheel.<em>Sixteen spoke double wheel.  Too right I can make her dance.  Large enough to give me leverage and small enough for a helmsman to handle alone.  Ample places to tether the wheel.  I'll wager a month's pay that she hasn't got more than a hand's span of slack.</em><br/><br/>Satisfied, he moved back to the rail just as the captain let fly with her dagger.  Devon grinned.  He'd seen similar from other captains but nothing so dramatic, nothing with so much flair.  He listened as she spoke, watching the crew eyeing the dagger with avarice.  He had some chance of winning it; his post was not ideal for spotting sails but he had a high vantage point and it was his job to keep an eye on the waves before them.  It was something else he needed to decide to what extent he would search the horizon for the ship she hated so much.  He'd need to get her to describe it in detail, so he would recognize the ship on sight.<br/><br/>He waited as she asked her questions.  He knew what was coming.  Finally she asked it, her ultimate question.<br/><br/><div align="center"><strong>"Will you be pirates with me?!”</strong> </div><br/>When she did, Devon was ready to reply.<br/><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong><em>"AYE, CAPTAIN!"</em></strong></span>he bellowed at the top of his lungs, in a voice that could be heard through a driving gale.  His wasn't the only voice that cried out.  Seventy-odd throats let loose with the same answer.<br/><br/>