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Victor arrived at his cabin, and had to go through the hold to get to his quarters. Once he entered, he noticed that it was a bit bigger than the other ones. Someone twice Victor's size could lie down in every way. He had a bed, cupboard, and some medical supplies.

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Trevor followed them to the hold, where they were drunk, gambling, and rowdy. There was a bar and many gambling tables.

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"So would you like to come?" Amadeus continued.

Lupin indicated for a hit. He treated his ace as eleven points.

Cornelia sighed.

"I suppose..." she said doubtingly, getting up, closing the distance between herself and Amadeus.

Cornelia was led to the hold, full of drunks and gamblers, who were all eating and drinking. Amadeus asked Cornelia, "Would you like to buy drinks?"

Lupin holded his cards and smirked. "I'll stay as I am thank you." He said softly.

"If there's water," Cornelia said, not really believing herself.

Lupin stayed at a 19. Roberto revealed a 3 under his card, summing up to 10. He then put down a 3 to get a 13, and then pulled out a jack. He was over twenty one, and gave a doubloon to everyone, and taking back all of the cards.

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"I... eh guess," Amadeus said, "Wouldn't you rather alcohol? We are part of the crew, and will get it really cheap."

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Cornelia frowned.

"I still don't trust this place..." she said hesitantly.

"Really?" Amadeus asked, "The drinks are really cheap here. I would really take the opportunity to drink up here on the ship. Absolutely nothing is happening tomorrow."

"You are very persistent about that!" Cornelia remarked, before sighing resignedly.

"All right, then. Lead the way."

"What do you want there?" he asked, halfway there.

Victor looked inside the cupboard.

The cupboard contained chisels, needles, tourniquets, a mortar and pestle, and a lancet.

Lupin grinned as he took his doubloon. He waited for the next hand.

Roberto smiled also, "Don't forget to put down how much you are betting," he said.

Lupin put down two doubloons.

Roberto dealed the cards, having an ace on the top of his own pile, and a ten and a six in Lupin's.

“Everybody,” Captain Nicolas Blue yelled out, getting everyone’s attention, “We will reach our destination on the twenty third of November, today being the eighteenth. We have an ambush planned on a large merchant ship down in the Bay of Biscay.”

At this point of time, the whole crew was on the deck, listening to Captain Nicolas, he continued, “When the bell rings six times, our French flag will be raised, and all will quiet. Rowdiness will turn to the sound of merchants working the sails. Guns will be reduced by seventy-five percent, and ninety percent of the crew will go in to the hold, ready to come out.” He highly stressed the numbers he gave out. “I need my cabin boys to see if the ship’s hull is high or low, its firepower, and ship type.”

Captain Blue paused, and thought for a moment, “Voices travel far at sea, new recruits. Don’t ask questions while you can see any ship. Ask them inside a cabin, in the hold, the hull, or when there is no ship nearby.”

He went back onto the normal discussion.

“Edward Teach the Fourth, our Sailing Master already knows where to travel, and how to approach it. Once the bells ring once, the guns go off, we board the ship, and we break loose hell.”

A few men cheered, as Captain Nicolas finished, “Though, that will be a few days from now, so relax, drink, and be merry.”

Captain Nicolas stopped his speech and walked into his cabin.

A FEW DAYS LATER OF DRUNKS, GAMBLING, AND SLEEPING.

It was November 23rd, and a bell rung six times, and the ship went completely silent. A French flag was raised up, and guns and crew size was reduced drastically. The boat was put on a different route, which would get very close to the merchant ship.

The cabin boys walked around casually, acting as if they were sailors. Though, they were secretly relaying messages from person to person, until the messages got to the important people. The boat’s hull was low, which meant their load was heavy, the boat seemed heavily armed, etc. All was quiet for sometime.