Jim, who was leaning as far away as possible from his captain, had to quickly write himself as the Roche suddenly deicide to give the him the reins. "W-well cap't, let's not..." Jim started, suddenly stopping himself as he remembered Braziliano's warning.

" What was that, Jim me friend?"

"Well cap't why not let your first mate take the role, or at least the boatswain take this job? I am not saying, sir, that I am not pleased 'n honored that you gave me this task, but the men..."

Before Jim could finish his sentences, Braziliano cut him off again, "Well if you feel that way about the job, I will buy ya 'nother round!" The captain led the man into the tavern and called out to the barkeep," Hey Sam! Buy me 'n the crew two rounds of rum, we need be celebratin'! Jim is taken o' the ship before we leave fer Port Royal!" As his captain was making the announcement, Jim looked to Sam with a worried expression on his face and lipped [i]I'll have water, please[/i] to the barkeeper.

After making his desperate plea, Jim made a show of tripping forward and falling to the floor, deliberately spilling the drink in his hand on the way down splashing the two patrons in front of him. Jim quickly hopped up off the floor, brushed himself off, and apologized to the two women who happened to be sitting in the splash zone. Then, the pirate turned to his captain and said, "You best be goin' and making yourself merry while your on vacation sir." After Jim watched Braziliano wander off to wherever his drunken mind deemed necessary, he began. " All fellow men of Captain Roche Brazziliano's crew, as cap't just informed ya that I'm in charge for the time being. Our job is to make sure the ship is full of supplies for our trip t' Port Royal, understand. Now, tonight I'll let y'all follow cap't's orders and make yerselfs merry tonight, but make sure you're all at the merchant hall by dawn t'morrow, and make sure the rest of the crew knows this too." Finally, the stressed man found a table and, after taking a deep breath, he sat down and put his head in his hands.