Birthday post
Happy Birthday
sophiedb! I hope you had a lovely day and have a great party Saturday.
In honour of your fabulous party (which I’m sadly unable to attend), here is a silly drabble:
Chance of a fine thing
Jack Sparrow stared intently at his opponent, a look of sheer concentration on his face. Will leaned over Gibbs’ shoulder to see what was happening.
“Who’s winning” Will asked good-naturedly. Gibbs shushed him. The whole ship held its collective breath as Jack took his shot and smashed his opponent’s conker. A cheer went up on deck, and Jack hoisted his own sixty-twoer into the air proudly.
“I don’t understand,” Will muttered, “It’s only a game of conkers, it’s not important.”
“Young William,” Jack said, strutting over, “When there is a bottle of rum riding on the outcome, everything is important."