Rackham the Red woke up early in the morning from a strange sound he didn't recognise. He had been living on this island for the last five years by now and knew the sound of every rock, tree, branch, leaf and wave in his heart. This was a different sound, nothing he heard before and it irritated him. He put his garbs on and headed out in the early morning light. The sound came from down the docks, where the ships were lined up, the water was somewhat calm but still he heard the slow and muffled sound from something hitting the hull of the Shallow rider. At the stern of the ship he found the item, it was a strange coloured bottle with a note attached to it. "Handle it with care Throw it in the air Aim it at the foe See them all go" Rackham studied the bottle for hours, trying to figure out what it was or what it did, one thing he was sure of he would not want to do with it was to throw it in the air. Samuel Cutlas came by in the afternoon together with Aya Mikhuq they wanted to discuss some serious matter with a fisherman who refused to pay his taxes. Rackham wanted to know more but first he went upstairs to get his notebook to write down who this fisherman was. When he came back down the two pirates were gone with the bottle. Just as Rackham were to put a curse on his own stupidity for leaving the bottle he heard a big loud bang from inside of the jungle, where the pirate camp were located. Hurriedly he ran out towards the location and found the two dumb pirates stand frozen as statued watching the entire pirate camp burn with a bright and strong fire, much stronger than a normal one. What in the seven seas have ye done! He roared at the two men. They had thrown the bottle at the fire pit in the middle of the camp and it had exploded and now the camp were more like a war zone than a camp. Fine lads, since ye be so smart and brave, now head over to Temple island and find the old alchemist, maybe he know what this bottle was and can tell you how to make me a new one, or a hundred of'em. And don't ye dare to come back empty handed, if ye do I will see that ye dance the hempen jig before dawn. The med hurriedly went down to the docks and set sail over to Temple island in search for the old fool called Archibald. The two pirates landed their ship at the newly build light house before they started to explore the island After some search they found the temple and as they approached its center the old man appeared from the shadows. The two pirates explained their situation to the old man. The two men quickly entered the portal the old man had opened and found them self, as he had said, inside a ring of fire, hot fire. Samuel took a deep breath and tried to dash through the fire pillar, he didn't come far, his flesh got burnt in a blink of an eye and he quickly garbed himself in a death robe. Aya who had seen the flaw in Samuels plan waited for a pause in the fire cascades and leaped over the lower flames before they picked up again. He snatched the book and leaped back and back into the portal Archibald had opened. Archibald held powerful knowledge indeed and managed to revive Samuel from his zombie like state and soon the two pirates were on their way again. Archibald told them that only the mages in Buccaneers den held the knowledge on how to make oil cloth, so he sent them there to find out their secret They quickly went back to their ship and set sail towards Buccaneers den to see the mages The mages weren't eager to hand over their secret book about oil cloth so the pirates needed to persuade them the pirate way. To celebrate their "victory" they headed to the Buccaneers brothel to get something to drink and maybe a women or three to bring home but the news spread fast and they were met with reluctancy from the bartender and the waitresses. To refuse a pirate his drink can be painful and sometimes lethal, hopefully the new staff at the brothel will learn from the old staffs mistake. The two pirates were happy and sailed home with their newly learned knowledge to bring good tidings to their captain.
