Sunny and Coco the RedSunny, like many before her, arrived in Tortuga ready to join a pirate crew.&n
Sunny and Coco the RedSunny, like many before her, arrived in Tortuga ready to join a pirate crew. With the shackles of the old world left behind, this was a fresh start on life. Unfortunately, finding a crew would be difficult, as most captains had enough green sailors aboard their ships already. This surge of new blood meant there weren’t enough boats to go around for all the crew looking for work. After being turned away from many recruiters, she decided to try her luck again tomorrow, maybe after a few pints of ale? Sunny wound up at a tavern called Drunken Rat, a small tavern near the harbor. The Drunken Rat was a dusty old bar with walls so thin you could see the ocean through the cracks. Despite being a run down looking joint, it was still packed wall to wall with adventurers and pirates. “It’s just like the stories!” she thought. After ordering the “smallest” mug of Drunkens Rats Ale she noticed a table with a recruitment sign and a red McCaw watching her from the back. Nobody seemed to be paying attention to the sign or the bird, but it was the only table absent of any pirates. Sunny bobbed and weaved through the crowd to get to the vacant table. As she approached the table the room started to grow silent. Everybody in the room now was looking her way as she stood in front of this parrot. Sunny grew very nervous as she wondered if she made a mistake. After about 15 seconds of silence, a man from the crowd yelled, “give him a cracker”. Sunny realized she still had a few crackers on her from the trip and quickly dug one out. As she slowly reached the cracker towards the bird some of the pirates gasped. The McCaw then slowly stepped forward, gave her a stern look then accepted the cracker in his beak.A loud cheer rang throughout the Drunken Rat as a large bearded man clasped her on the back nearly knocking Sunny over. “Welcome Aboard Matey, ye be one of the Black Rats now” Said the large Man who looked to be the Captain. “Ye be lucky, Coco the Red normally plucks the eye of anybody who approaches him”. Sunny took a large sigh of relief. Not just because she is now free and not just because she gets to keep her two eyes, but because she found a crew.Prints if interested - https://society6.com/bobkehl/prints?sort=newwww.bobkehl.com -- source link
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