The Fools Compass

The Fool Part 1

Come now, as I tell you the story about a gang of pirates that struck fear into those who dare lay eyes on them. It all began like any other day at the docks, ships lined up one by one, pirates grabbing supplies, visiting stores, docking ships. But one stood out, a black boat with bright red sails, curious one young man climbs aboard, but before he can peak his head up he hears something, the clicking of a gun "you have 12 seconds to get off my boat" the voice said sternly "woah woah woah" said the young man raising his arms "I can explain, your boat looked so cool, and maybe thought I could join your crew" the young man said nervously "sadly it's not up to me if you can join, it's the captains call, get your ass up here and go talk to him" said the voice, the young man climbs aboard where he sees a pirate, his hair brown like the leather of a book, he looked around 29, his pants had two holsters, one for his gun the other his sword, his boots weathered from years of travel, one eye missing, his face clearly annoyed, his shirt stained with liquids no one wants to know. "The names quince, and word of advice, don't get on the captain's bad side" the voice said giving the young man a death stare "thank you but i hardly get on peoples bad sides, I'm Silas, nice to meet you" the young man said shaking quinces hand. Quince leads Silas to the captains quarters "captain, this man wanted to talk to you" quince said greeting the captain to Silas, the captain's face, when not covered by a beard showed a tanned face full of scars, he looked around 52, weirdly the captain looked kind behind the scaring, his captains coat full of patches of different leathers, his boots looked brand new, his pants were also full of patches of different fabric, but he didn't carry a holster for a gun, nor did he carry a sheath for a sword. "Oh, hello young man, may I ask your name?" the captain said in a weirdly kind voice "hello! I'm Silas nice to meet you sir" Silas said excitedly "now Silas why did you come to speak to me?" the captain questioned "oh I wanna join your crew!" Silas exclaimed "now Silas I'm gonna level with you. You're gonna need to prove your worth, i can't have dead weight on a boat" the captain said gently "well I can read? Not many people can do that, that and I can navigate. I'm really good with maps" Silas exclaimed "that could be useful, we've been needing a navigator" the captain pondered "how good would you say you are with a compass?" the captain questioned "I'm great with a compass, heck sextant too, tell me where you wanna go and i can lead you there" Silas said confidently "great, Quince you have a new friend" the captain said with a big smile "fine, come on let's get you a weapon" quince said in annoyance. Quince leads Silas down to the armory "Listen, I'm gonna be honest. If it were up to me, you would be off this boat. So please don't act like we're friends. Because I hardly know you" quince said in tone too serious to be joking "uh yes sir" Silas said nervously "alright let's see here, because you're new I think you'll do fine with a dagger" quince said handing Silas a sheathed dagger "thank you" Silas exclaimed "let's get you acquainted with the rest of the crew, the walk upstairs to see a man climb aboard, he had a long coat, skin that was burnt by the sun many of times, two guns side by side, and a bit of a longer hair cut "as you can see here we have our boatswain, Sam, he will be in charge of most of us while the captain is busy" quince explained "quince, why is this guy on our boat" Sam said reaching for his pistol "put your guns down idiot he's a new member, this is Silas" quince explained sternly "oh, I see. Welcome aboard the hell-ship Silas" Sam exclaimed while shaking Silas's hand "next up is Marlik, he's our medic" quince said introducing a man with brown hair, a plague doctor mask, he had two syringes on each shoulder assuming to quickly heal crewmates. Right as Malrik got up he took out a syringe and was about to stab Silas in the neck but quince grabs Malrik's arm "restrain yourself dumbass, this is the new member, Silas" quince said in a weirdly stern tone "fine. Welcome aboard" Malrik said while walking away "if I may ask what exactly you guys are searching for?" Silas questioned "we're trying' to find this gods treasure, I think the captain said it was the flesh god's treasure?" quince explained "...and is that not even somewhat concerning" Silas asked both concerned and confused "meh I've seen worse jobs, besides the captain's old aint like he'll be around the next couple years. It's the least I could do" quince said in a softer voice "that seems a bit kind of like pirates" Silas said with suspicion "I should've let Malrik stab you" quince threatened "please don't he scares me" Silas mumbled, pretending to forget what quince said.