Friday, June 21, 2019

You are a pirate. Describe your perfect day.

Despite the long months of being on sea with no land in site, we finally found reprieve from the burning hot sun and the hardtack and gruel by the spotting of an island at dawn. After anchoring the ship and coming to shore we discovered that it was an island full of coconut, banana, and mango trees. The fresh fruit was delicious but didn't compare to the pig that we cooked. With fresh coconut water to drink and roasted pig to eat, we ate until our bellies couldn't hold anymore. For months we have been searching for a new island to call our own. A place to bury our treasure and to hide from the navies that sought to kill us. This seemed like the ideal island, so we set out to explore the island to see what treasures it might hold. While we knew climbing the large mountain before us may take the remainder of the day, doing so would give us the vantage point to see if this island truly held everything that we needed. We began to cut our way into the thick forest being carefully not to stumble upon any snakes or other undesirable creatures. We discovered a small stream that ran to the base of the mountain, the taste of fresh water is something of pure bliss after being stuck to drink nothing but salt water. We filled our canteens in preparation of making the ascent up the mountain. Despite the mountains size, it was very easy to traverse and we quickly ascended to the top. As we stood at the top of the mountain we realized that we had indeed discovered the ideal island to call our home away from the sea. With it's thick lush forest, stream, abundant fruit, and wild hogs, we had a place to which no one would come to disturb us. We could see across the sea for miles and behold all of the goodness that the earth had to offer. We quickly identified a small cove in which we could bring the ship in that would allow us to retreat from the brutal storms that the sea has to offer. It appeared that to the east of the cove that there were a few caves, if nothing else a few rock structures that may protect from any attacks. Off to the west appeared a small area that was flat, while covered in forest, one might think it would be the ideal spot to plant a crop, but we are pirates, and so there will be no planting of fields for us. We began to descend the mountain to bring the ship into the cove. We had cut our way up the mountain and so the path back seemed to be easy to follow, until we were half way down and seemed to need to cut more than when we came up the mountain. Suddenly, we found ourselves cutting into a cave. Odd that none of us had noticed it on our way up. We quickly made some torches and entered the cave and discovered, a chest - a locked chest, that was to heavy for any man to move. The captain quickly pulled out his pistol and blasted the lock. The chest popped open with gold coins spilling out, jewels of every sort seemed to be inside the chest. We had discovered an island full of treasure, a pirates dream come true. 

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