Courtney's Privateers (2006)

[evilbeej]

[Steampunx] Pietro says, "God damn them all! I was told we'd cruise the seas for American gold, fire no guns, shed no tears. Now I'm a broken man on a Halifax..."
[Steampunx] Pietro says, "Hm."
[Steampunx] Pietro says, "Oh the year was twenty and aught-six; how I wish I was in the caravan now! A letter of marque came from the Queen to the stealthiest vessel I'd ever seen; Gottfluch sie alle! I was told we'd cruise the seas for a redheaded girl, buckle swash, shed no tears! Now I'm a fuzzy elf who's in up to his ears; the first of Courtney's privateers!"
[Steampunx] Pietro says, "O hied me forth and cried the town-- (how I wish I was in the caravan now!) for twenty brave mutants, literate, who would make for me the Blackbird's crew; Gottfluch sie alle! I was told we'd cruise the seas for a redheaded girl, buckle swash, shed no tears! Now I'm a fuzzy elf who's in up to his ears; the first of Courtney's privateers!"
[Steampunx] Pietro says, "The Blackbird ship was a beautiful sight (how I wish I was in the caravan now!); she'd a gleaming hull in pristine white, and the dagger on her sails, it cast a fright!"
[Steampunx] Pietro says, "On the Queen's birthday we put to sea (how I wish I was in the caravan now!) We were ninety-one minutes from New York, with propulsion more fleet than ever sought!"
[Steampunx] Pietro says, "At the top of the hour we left again (how I wish I was in the caravan now!). We'd found no redheads, girl or boy, with the fire in their eyes, to be her toy..."
[Steampunx] Pietro says, "Like hell, cried I, I'm captain here! (How I wish I was in the caravan now!) Her Majesty's redheaded girl we'll find, if it costs us Blackbird, soul, and mind!"
[Steampunx] Pietro says, "Ooh, this is going nowhere good."