By joshuaslane on Skatehive
⛵ ⛵ ⛵ ⛵...(Tour of "High Island")...Continued... [Last time...] Across the deck, the red glow of the Captain’s pipe stood out in the approaching darkness. Despite the cheerful response of all crew, the Captain knew a growing sense of gloom was lingering in the hearts of all. ‘Would they get through the night in peace?’ He wondered as he took a long draw on his pipe and let out a large plume of blue smoke in the shape of an arrow that wafted in the breeze and slowly broke apart into nothingness under the glow of the early evening ship’s lanterns. (See: https://hive.blog/pirates/@joshuaslane/silver-adventures-captain-joshua-slane-08ap26-serious-problems ) 〰️⛵〰️ ⛵〰️ ⛵ 〰️⛵〰️ [Seneca Village…early morning…] Big Bear lay shaking on a bed of animal skins in Chief Minetoh’s longhouse. His shoulder was wrapped in wet beech leaves and moss and his face grimaced in pain… “He not live another two days…” [Translated] The Chief whispered to Running Fox at the far side of the room. “What can we do?!”