Part 2: The Saul Island toll booth.

: I'm so piratey I can: Drink a barrel o'grog in one swig!

: I drink two before I get out of my hammock.


: Depressing...

Never mind you then. Just a point of info before we go though:

: What drinks do you serve?

: We've got:




: Tell me about :

: Blackbeard's Rum
They used to make it from authentic black beard. Nowadays it's mostly old rope and tar.


: Ugh...

: Peg Leg
It has quite a kick.
I have to keep it in isolation, else it rattles the other drinks off the shelf.

: Texas Medicine
It's a powerful concoction. Not for the faint of heart. Or stomach.

: Admiral Nosehair's Old Unsanitary
It tastes fine, but don't look too closely at the floaty bits.

: Poop Deck
Very popular with yer young party-pirate types.


: 's a girls drink!


: Don't listen to him.


: Cat Guts better not be made from cats!


: Woah Nelly!
Its got that name because of its feline enbravening qualities.


: Wha?


: It makes moggies tougher.
Gives cats guts!


: Oh, ok.
...
Time to set sail.

: Bye now.






The Main Theme:

It appears that an iron gate is barring our way.


: It's all covered in rusted spikes. I cannat move it.
Let me pass, barrier. I'll give you money.
...
It looks like this barrier can't be bought.

Oh well. Time to resolve the situation through peaceful negotiations I suppose...

I long for the moment when Nelly finds a proper cutlass.

: Looks like he got the blues.
...
Ahoy matey!

: Well hello Sweetheart, what can Blind Jimmy Thimble do for you?

: Are you a musician?

: Oh, nothin' so grand, I'm just a fella with a banjo.
I man the toll booth here.

: Have you seen any spoonbeaks lately?

: I ain't seen NOTHING lately.
It's a funny thing though...
I work here all night and all day...


:Yes?

:...from time to time I heard bird squawks drifting from yonder island.

: Really? From Saul island? Hmm...

: That's right honey.

: Will you let me pass?

: 'Fraid not.
I'd love to help you gal, but I can't let you through without a gate pass.

: How can I get a gate pass?

: Truth be told, Baron Widebeard is only soul in Meeth who has a pass.
One time the tourists was goin' across all the time...
... lookin' at all the funny little men over there.
Then 'bout a month ago, the Baron withdrew all the passes.
Ain't that a thing?

: Why would the Baron be interested in the Island?

: Can't say.
People used to say there's a great treasure hidden somewhere on the island.
P'raps he's looking for it.

: So the Baron has the only pass.

: Sorry honey.

: Please will you let me pass then?

: I can't do it.
I need my job.

: Well if I get Baron Widebeards pass... then will you open the gate?

: I guess so, but I don't know if it's safe over there...

: Don't worry Mr Thimble, nothing frightens Nelly Cootalot!

: What's that about funny little men?

: Yeah, I never seen them.
Then a LePer colony sprung up and the tourists stopped comin'.

: A LePer colony?

: An' there was another thing...
The Baron might be employin' a Juju man.

: A Juju man!

: I only know what I heard.
I hear he works black magic near the old Saul mine.

I guess that's all the information we really need. But wait a moment...



: You should always look in a box before rummaging.
That's how most pirates lose their hands.
...
Excuse me... What's in the box?

: Them?
They're mostly my desert island disks, mostly...
blues, a few sea shanties, and some heavy rock.

: What kind of heavy rock?

: Granite I think, but I'm not a geologist.

: Could I take your heavy rock?

: Do you really want it?


: A bit...

: Bye Jimmy!

: Come back soon honey!

This update is shorter than expected because my computer keeps crashing in mid-update.