Continue the story

marksierra

Sep 3, 2026 at 8:47am

I've been poking around the archives, but can't see any similar game we may have played previously.

Rules? Add a sentence or two - or more. Whatever takes your fancy. Let's try to stay away from politics: there are enough stories on that topic in those threads.

Let's just have some fun ... and see where this goes.

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Talk about delusions of adequacy!

There we all were, aboard the three-masted schooner 'Frying Fiche', anchored just offshore in a little cove we'd arrived at overnight.

I'd driven the crew hard on the voyage there, and now they were all fighting fit - and ready for anything.

The sky began to lighten as the tropical dawn approached ....

Jaytee

Sep 3, 2026 at 9:53am

….. and wishing I didn’t have to return to the crazy life in New Jersey….why oh why did I become a pirate? I love the smell of rain… here in the tropics … and watching the palm trees along the beach…

yahooyahoo

Sep 3, 2026 at 1:49pm

As I dreamed of the pirate life, the crew was eager to make landfall. They were desperate to explore the island for anything to break the monotony of the sea and replenish our rations.

Apollo_T

Sep 4, 2026 at 2:09am

…rations and our coffers.

marksierra

Sep 5, 2026 at 1:47pm

As the sky grew lighter, I noticed ...

Apollo_T

Sep 6, 2026 at 12:48am

THE ROSY DAWN grew fiery red.

marksierra

Sep 6, 2026 at 2:21am

In the reflection of the crepuscular rays, I saw ...

Apollo_T

Sep 7, 2026 at 1:41am

… I saw cause for alarm. “Red sky at night- a pirate’s delight; Red sky at morning- pirate take warning”. The ensuing hours justified my alarm.

joanne

Sep 8, 2026 at 5:10pm Edited

[please - continue! I’m all ears….]

joanne

Sep 18, 2026 at 8:01pm Edited

Can no-one continue th’ Pirate tale???

-Mad Red Tess, cap’n

marksierra

Oct 3, 2026 at 12:30pm Edited

It was only then that the thought struck me - Daylight Saving Time had started earlier that day, and the patriots we were due to rendezvous with must have long since departed!

Well, there was only one thing for it ...

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