by Meliva » Tue Dec 26, 2017 11:51 pm
Ellen smiles "Of course not, like I said this ship is quite fast. It was built specifically to be one of the fastest ships on the ocean, of course we are not sailing full speed, I want to try to keep our ship not too far ahead of the Invincible. The CL is fast, but lacks firepower, so if we run into trouble it would be nice to have a behemoth like Jacks ship nearby."
Ellen squints her eyes and frowns. "Speak of the devil, Looks like a navy patrol."
10 ships, flying the flag of the UK spot the CL. the lead one signals it, and a small boat starts coming towards the CL. Ellen tells Brian to show Will to the hidden compartment, and reminds her men of the cover story and straightens her clothes and hair as several officers board the CL. She smiles warmly and says
"Greetings gentlemen, to what do I owe this fine pleasure."
The captain says they are looking for 2 wanted men- Jack Teach and William One-Eye, and they heard they were sailing to Regis. He asks to search the ship and to what the CL's business is. Ellen smiles her most charming smile and replies
Why we are delivering fine Seaglory cotton to Regis, and I believe I saw a ship that belonged to Jack sailing to Neopolis, of course I steered clear of such a dangerous ship led by such a dangerous man. And by all means search away.
As the men search she manages to learn from one of the men that a large blockade is at Regis, and they are refusing to let any ship into the port.
I'm a meanie head! Beware my Meanness