#ambitiondamned

[ @ambitiondamned I'm so sorry for what's about to happen. ]

“You’re Captain Barbosa, are you not? I’ve been looking for you. I have a proposition for you. It’ll pay well.”

The things I would do to throw Will and Salazar together — Will was a few twists of fate away from becoming so like him, I stand by this.

Thank you so much!! 🥹🥹 I am truly thrilled beyond words that you're willing to read through my rambling, let alone that you enjoy it! Will being one of the biggest characters from one of the most iconic pirate franchises yet never really coming to like pirates is so fascinating to me.

@ambitiondamned liked for a starter.

The girl looks as out of place as she feels, uncomfortably tense as she tries to maintain at least some semblance of personal space - though it was difficult to achieve with the multitude of strange, scary men she had found herself trapped in the presence of.

Her very first foray outside of her tower, and this was how it had ended up? What happened to taking her to see the floating lights? How could Jack have just left her on her own like this? Maybe Mother was right...

❝ Um... H-He's—coming back, right...? ❞

︵‿۶ৎ 𝓐‿ "come, barbossa, don't you start too." this time his concern is valid, though, given that ariel had nearly been caught by another set of pirates who wanted her tear yet again, before @ambitiondamned came and rescued her. she thought she'd done a good job pretending to be human ... but seems she was wrong. looking down at her feet, her toes curl with a heavy sigh and frown. "but thanks for saving me. i appreciate it." she looks up to meet his gaze with the vague hint of a smile, before she's bouncing off to the ship outside.

( cotbp // accepting ) BARBOSSA [ @ambitiondamned ] WROTE: ❝We're all men of our word, really.❞

IF IT HAD BEEN POSSIBLE to truly glare daggers, Barbossa would've been gutted like a wild boar and hung over the fire. The more practical members of the crew had prevented Will from attempting it. Above all, it had been Dalma who'd stayed his hand with no more than a pointed reminder there were greater evils in the world than pirates. There’d been a look in her eye promising to prove it if he harbored any doubts. He did not.

They’d agreed to get some rest, that they would discuss their next steps in the morning, but Will felt if he fell asleep around Barbossa, he would never wake again — nor might Elizabeth. While the others rested, he paced like a watch-dog, committing to memory every uneven board that would put off his footing in a fight. Neither the balmy night air nor the exhaustion beaten into his bones could over-shout his own mind howling at him to stay alert. A howl that grew louder as he stared down this dead man and remembered the exact value of his word.

❝And, all worth only that much, Barbossa.❞ If he could have lit the name on fire as he threw it at him, he would have. ❝What exactly is your word this time? I should think a man who’s cheated death wouldn’t be eager to give it a second chance at claiming him.❞

“Where’s the good doctor?” Patrick tries not to sound panicked as unseen eyes flicker, giving him a glimpse of the brightest stars he’s ever seen, of the ocean floor, of an island he’s convinced must be a hundred miles away. He’s not been able to locate Dr. Kelson through these distractions, and the Captain can’t know the truth. “I’m a might feverish.”

@ambitiondamned said to victoria : ❛ i need to know that ye understand the situation. ❜

she  likes  to  think  that  she  understands.  likes  to  believe  that  the  secrets  of  the  world  have  all  bared  themselves  before  her  like  flowers  blooming  underneath  the  gaze  of  the  sun.  victoria  knows  all  the  things  she  does  for  certain,  and  will  simply  guess  all  things  else,  for  there  is  little  difference  between  certainty  and  a  well-educated  guess  to  someone  who  chases  fairies  and  dragons  in  the  clouds  in  the  sky.

❝  naturally,  i  do.  ❞  is  often  taken  for  a  fool        ⎯⎯⎯       a  ship  and  the  vast  open  sea  do  not  offer  a  reprieve  from  this  fate.  ❝  this  is  a  ship,  yes  ?  that  means  we  are  sailing,  and  you  must  know  that  my  brother  told  me  plenty  about  seafaring.  so  i  understand the matter  perfectly.  ❞