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Lady Luck Unmoored

“The harpoon, quarrrterrrmasterrr! Skewer their stony hearts!! Arr!!â€?

The triad of sea serpents were feeding on shoals of skipjack tuna when they came upon upon the shark remains. The smell of dead fish roused the three monsters to the surface like serpentine rockets. Jawbones wide and fangs extended, they cleared the carrion straight away and began encircling the frigate, Lady Luck.

Bone-weary, Pirate Pete swam toward his lucky lady as the current carried him away from the ship.

As Pirate Pete drifted deeper out to sea, a small figure manned the whaling harpoon and angled the weapon toward the abdomen of the closest of the ring of vile beasts.�

“Ay, lil’ ankle biter! Slaughter those barbarous serpents! if we survive this adventurre, I’m gonna drown us both in a big barrel of grog!â€?

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