A Mutiny of Pirates: Being an account of the Damn Shames and the search for the treasure of Chalcedon
The Damn Shames, a group of bikers-turned-pirates, find themselves at the center of a search for a legendary pirate captain’s treasure–a quest made deadly by politicians, privateers, and the uncaring vacuum of space.
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DogDog and Dragon exchange a look and a grin. Together they turn their collective smile at Fray. She seems slightly unnerved.
“What exactly did you think we were?” Dog laughs, leaning intimately close to this stranger-celebrity who just offered them a place at her side and who smells, well, delicious. Dog is stalling for time, buying them enough time to assess this offer, decide if it’s for the best, and converse about it with nothing but their eyes and tiny quirks of their mouths.
Dog and Dragon have been married a good long five years now. Dog is sure they could write a dictionary of their non-verbal communication.
Despite learning her intended innocent targets are a bit less than, Fray recovers her composure smoothly. Possibly, Dog thinks, it was an act in the first place. The pirate queen is not to be underestimated. “Ah, I supposed you were hired guns, or something of the sort,” Fray says. “Brigands yourselves, eh?”
“Only when we have to be,” Dragon says with a shrug. “Which isn’t often. But we get the job done. Whatever it takes.” Pitch away, darling, you’re better at it than me, Dog thinks.