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[scourgeofpiracy]

He's been expecting the other shoe to drop since the 'one day's head start' stretched into weeks, then months, and Captain Jack Sparrow remained at large.

So, Commodore Norrington is both unsurprised and resigned to be called in to an interview with one Cutler Beckett, highly-placed in the East India Company.

It could be unrelated, of course. But it doesn't seem likely somehow.

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[bringmethatnpc]

"The pirate and his effects, Commodore." Beckett isn't smiling any more. "All of them."

And then, dry as dust:

"Any further questions?"

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"No, I'd say you've made yourself quite clear." His tone matches Beckett's. "Very well. The pirate and his effects, as soon as may be."

[bringmethatnpc]

"Let us hope, Commodore -- " Beckett is already reaching across his desk for a letter in progress, Norrington half-forgotten. " -- that 'as soon as may be' is very soon indeed."

"Good sailing to you."

[scourgeofpiracy.livejournal.com]

He knows dismissal when it's aimed at him, and he's already turning for the door.

"Good day, Mister Beckett."