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May I come aboard (in whatever capacity I can, since I haven't quite thought through my character ideas yet), Cap'n [@TheIratePirate]? Don't worry, I'll lose the skirt and the pretty hair before I arrive. You'll never know a woman was aboard. :cool
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Nothing I'd like more than to welcome you on board [@Lady of Lore]!

Considering the stories of [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Bonny]Anne Bonny[/url], [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Read]Mary Read[/url] or even [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ching_Shih]Ching Shih[/url], the artifice might not be necessary, and people may yet live to fear the Petticoat Pirate! In fact, there probably is a way to get to that without any subterfuge.

Additional potential lore:

Following ill treatment at the hands of Captain Lawrence G. Hamill, the crew of the mail packet HMS [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermes]Hermes[/url] (a fitting name if any) bound for the colonies mutinies and takes to piracy. Amid the general panic on board, one of the heated topics of discussion among the crew is what to do with those sailors loyal to Hamill and the passengers, among which are women. It may be best that the crew knows from the start, as they might associate a stroke of good fortune with your presence rather than discover that the source of their misfortune was a woman in their midst... :lol

Btw... I do have an idea to make her extremely useful, if you'll have a suggestion.