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Since Friday's 300-word deletion and negative net word count, I've made progress. Net words: +225, total: 76739.
The merchant ship our heroes have taken transport on was boarded by pirates!
The apparent leader of the band demanded their cargo manifest. Luisa showed him on a handheld tablet. Disgust turned his mouth downward. “What self-respecting merchant runs their ship so empty?”
Luisa’s eyebrow twitched downward. “We’ve had a string of bad luck over the last year. That’s not exactly a secret. We can only afford a small amount of cargo at the moment,” Luisa answered. She had agreed not to mention their passengers. They weren’t, strictly speaking, cargo, and wouldn’t be listed on the manifest. “It’s small loads until we have enough credit to buy more.”
The pirate was undeterred. “I see you have refined cobalt and whiskey. We’ll take one barrel of each.”
The merchant ship our heroes have taken transport on was boarded by pirates!
The apparent leader of the band demanded their cargo manifest. Luisa showed him on a handheld tablet. Disgust turned his mouth downward. “What self-respecting merchant runs their ship so empty?”
Luisa’s eyebrow twitched downward. “We’ve had a string of bad luck over the last year. That’s not exactly a secret. We can only afford a small amount of cargo at the moment,” Luisa answered. She had agreed not to mention their passengers. They weren’t, strictly speaking, cargo, and wouldn’t be listed on the manifest. “It’s small loads until we have enough credit to buy more.”
The pirate was undeterred. “I see you have refined cobalt and whiskey. We’ll take one barrel of each.”
