Rescue from the Impress - Tabor Tropics

After the Imress sank, Jimmy built a paddle-boat to rescue himself, his sisters and their goods. After days... or maybe hours of paddling, they finally reached land...

Jimmy shouts as he jumps on the firm land: "We are shafe, shishtersh!" He looks around. "And I shink I been here before!"
Two men are near a bar at the docks. A Free and a slave...

River: "Greetings, Master"
Jimmy approaches the two men and recognizes them "Tal, Shir! Greetingsh, boy! Oh, I knowsh you!"
River: "Greetings, Mistress, how might I help you?"
Susanna: "I shink I will shusht shit shere."
River: "Can I bring you anything, Mistress?"
Susanna: "Not yet, boy."
Franziskus raises his eyebrows as he sees the strange vessel arriving at the shores, two of the people looking familiar "Tal!", he answers the greeting. He looks from the people to the 'boat', then back "That's an... intersting vessel to ride the ocean you got there!"
River: "Can I get you anything, Master? Mistress?", he asks.
Susanna sits at the low table feeling a bit queasy from the boat ride.
Jimmy beams proudly "Shank you! I hash builded it!", then his face gets serious again. "Our ship - she Impresh - shinked. But we could shave ourshelvesh and our goodhs from she wavesh!"
Cessillia asks cautiously "Do you hash any.... " her eyes linger of the freeman for a moment "larma shoosh?", she asks the boy, nudging her brother forward to introduce her to the handsome gentleman
River: "shat... that was very lucky, Master"
Jimmy looks at the man closely, then at the slave, then around, then back to the man "I shink I hash been here before. Shish ish Tabor, ishn't it"
Franziskus frowns as he hears, that the mighty Impress sunk - if he understood the accent right. "I'm sorry to hear that! But lucky that you are safe now!"
River: "It is Tabor Tropics, Master"
Franziskus nods in agreement to his slave "Aye, this is Tabor Tropics. I seen you before, I think...."

Jimmy nods: "Aye.. me ish Shimmy, sheshe are my shishtersh - Sheshie and Shushie!"

~ Another man arrives with the ferry ~

The Man: "Tal all"

Franziskus smiles "Ah, well met.. again then, Shimmy, Sheshie and Shushie!", then smiles as another man jumps from the ferry "Tal, Gorka, if I remember it right?"
Susanna looks at the handsome man by the bar and unconsiously straightens her skirts.
Jimmy shakes his head and speaks very slowly "No! Ish Shi-mmy, She-shi and Shu-shi!", then looks at the arrived man "Tal, Shir!"
Gorka: "Yes"
River: "Greetings, Master", he says greeting the master that arrives.

Gorka: "Any merchant here?"
Susanna looks up at the half dressed man and gulps at his manly body.
Franziskus looks a bit confused and then remembers and beams "Ah! Right! Forgive me! Jimmy, Cessy and Susie, right?", then turns to Gorka "Aye, I am here. What do you need, Sir?"
Cessillia smile at both of the gentlemen, her hand moving to her hair gently pushing it up, then straightening her dress frowning at the salt marks from their journey, before blushing demurely at the gentlemen.
Gorka: "I'm Gorka, farmer in Northen Tabor"
Cessillia smiles at both of the gentlemen, her hand moving to her hair gently pushing it up, then straightening her dress frowning at the salt marks from their journey, before blushing demurely at the gentlemen
River: "Might I help you, Master?" He looks at the giant of a man that is standing before him.
Jimmy smiles at the stranger and introduces himself again "Well met, Gorka. Me ish Shimmy of she clan of Bloch. Sheshe are my shishtersh - Sheshi and Shushi"
Gorka: "Very good! Greetings, Ladies" With a look at Cessillia: "Nice clothes, lady"
Franziskus smiles at Gorka and points to a barrel next to him "Have a seat, Gorka! What do you need?"
River: "Mistress, would you like to sit? I shall bring you your juice."

Franziskus then snips his fingers to his slave "Maybe the shipwreckers are hungry, my lil sunshine. And bring a rence-beer for Gorka!"

Gorka: "I find a merchant to sell my products"

Jimmy licks his lips then asks his sisters "Are you ash hungry ash me, shishtersh?"
Cessillia looks at the low seats, then the barrels, then the low seats again, and cautiously sits, trying to gather her skirt around her to try to prevent diplaying her ankles
Franziskus: "What are you selling, Gorka?"
Gorka: "Meat, milk, ramberry, tospit" He turns to Jimmy: "Are you a warrior, Jimmy?"
Jimmy shakes his head "No, I'm shusht a shepherd, Shir", then he whispers with his sisters, while the merchant negotiates with the other man.

Cessillia thinks for a moment "Shome shoup woulds'sh be good, and wouldsh help shettle your shtumok my shishter"
River: "Yes, Mistress. We have sul or carrot mistress?"
Susanna: "I would like shul pleashe, shlave."
Cessillia scratches her chin, then blushes as she realises it is the time of the week she needs to shave "Shul alsho pleashe"
River: "Yes, Mistress"
Jimmy counts his coins then asks the slaves in a whisper "How mush ish shome shoup and shuishe and a piesh of bread?"
River: "That is one silver and 65 TS please, Mistress"
Susanna turns to Franzi: "Did my brosher tell you what we wanted to trade, Shir?"
Franziskus shakes his head: "No, I thought you wanted to eat and drink first"
Jimmy almost faints as the slave charges a silver tarsk for the soup "What?! I didn't want to buy she whole shul-fieldsh!"
Cessillia nods and looks longingly at the soup "Ish shorry, we cantsh afford to pay shat"
River:"I miscounted. It's 1 copper and 65 bits". He hangs his head shamefully. "Forgive me, Mistress." Then looks over his shoulder at his master and bites his lip.
Cessillia pats her heart softly checking that it is still working "Oh, shat'sh fine, I've heard she greensh shay, a good shock occashionally ish good for the heart"
Susanna: "Ish alright boy, mishtakesh happen."
Cessillia fumbles around in her back, and finally locating her purse counts out 2 copper coins hoping that is correct, and being ignorant of the correct treatment of slaves holds them out in the palm of her hand for the boy to take from her
River: "I will bring your change mistress", he says, still ashamed of his mistake. He puts the coins in a small box behind his counter and returns to Cessilia with some copper bits. "Your change, Mistress"
Jimmy: "You hash enough coinsh, shishtersh? I hash coinsh too"
Cessillia: "Shank you, little one"
Jimmy looks at the table - empty before him "I don't get shul-shoup? and bread? and shooshe? How mush ish shat?"
Susanna sips at her soup, enjoying the delicate flavour.
Cessillia smiles at her brother "I'sh sold a few piesh brosher, sho many lashy Mistreshesh on she ship who did not know how to cook"

That moment a woman with her slave arrived to trade with the merchant. They listened for a while in silence, then one after the other Bloch fell asleep right there at the docks of Tabor Tropics. Waiting for the opportunity to trade a bit with the merchant too before they find a way back to the mainland to continue their travel....


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A bash and a tame - now dead - tabuk

Good shcribe... you shcribe down what I shay... What? A copper bit eash word?? She shailor taked only one copper tarshk for she whole shide! What? He wash a shailor, but you ish a shcribe? Who caresh? Oh, it'sh really time I learn to write myshelf! I can already she lettersh from A to E... Sho, ish only five more or sho to learn! What? Ish mush more??? Oh my!

Why are you writing all shat down?! Shtop shat! Do you shink I pay you for all you write. I shaid shtop! Good! Now writesh!

Ish shaturday today, sho it wash bashing time. I shrubbed and shrubbed, and when I wash finished and all she dirt wash off and my hair wash washed, my shishtersh shaid "Oh, shere'sh a handshome man under all shat dirt!"

What you mean 'Shey are right?' What do you know?! You are a man. Do you hash a nishe shishter or daughter maybe? Why are you writing shish too? I ashked YOU! Oh well... Write!

Sho shey alsho shay, I am shtill vertically shallenshed. I hash no idea what shey meansh... What? You mean shey shink I'm short? Oh, what do you know?! I don't pay you for shpeaking, shusht writing. Sho write! And shtop shniggering!

Sho, while we shtill waited to make tradingsh wish shat mershant in she tropicsh and shen to find a way to come back to she mainshlandsh, I wash ekshploring she osher landsh around. I found a tame tabuk in a land in she easht... I shink Tabor Mountainsh or sho... I could pat it'sh head and shcratsh it behind it'sh ear. Shen it dropped dead. I wash devasht... devisht... very, very shad! But tonight we will have nishe tabuk roasht to eat!

My shisther Sheshi hash catshed a wild verr and now shinksh she can ride to she mainshlandsh. Shatsh shilly! Verr cannot shwim!

Fine! Shat wash it. How mush do I owe you? What?! Can I pay you in verr sheeshe?

Jimmy: "Hey shere, tabuk!"
Jimmy pats the tabuk on the head and scratches it behind it's ears.
Jimmy: "You are a tame onesh, huh?"
Jimmy: "Oh don't diesh!"
Jimmy: "ooopsh!"
Jimmy: "shtand up!"
Jimmy: "pleashe?"
Jimmy cries and quickly runs away.

Trading on Kamba Island pt 2

~On board the Impress~

Impress Ship's Bell 2 shouts: Now arriving to Teletus. If this is your final destination, please prepare to disembark. Five Ehn before departure to Tabor East

Jimmy : “Greetingsh, shleepy shishtersh!”

Susanna : “Greetingsh my brosher and shishter.”

Jimmy : “While you took your beauty-shleep, I wash bishy. I hash she goodsh for Kamba!”

Susanna : “Ohh you are shush a good boy, Shimmy.”

Jimmy hugs his younger of two sisters tight.

Susanna pulls her brother really tightly and kisses his forehead proudly. “Give me a hug, my shishter.”

Cessillia yawns "It'sh not my fault you keepsh buying dreshesh shat I hash to wash.... four hoursh shat one lasht night took. What had you been shitting on?"

Susanna: “Well if I am to get a companion I hash to look good"

Cessillia draws her sister into a hug

Susanna looks over at the new dress lying on the bed. “Musht have been in tabor my shishter.”

Jimmy tries to hug his resistant oldest sister, but gives up as she worries too much about her hair.

Cessillia smiles and kisses her brother's cheek pulling Jimmy’s head against her ample breasts "Shush a good boy to looksh after your shishtersh."

Jimmy takes a look out of the window, searching the horizon "Are we shere yet?"

Susanna: “I don't shink sho, my brosher.”

Cessillia: "I did not hear she captain".. Then scowling at Susanna "... unlike lasht night....."

Susanna blinks innocently at her sister .. "I have no idea what you mean, dear Sheshi”

Cessillia hums softly unconvinced

Impress Ship's Bell 2 shouts: Now arriving to Tabor East. If this is your final destination, please prepare to disembark. Five Ehn before departure to Shendi.

Jimmy sings to his sister's humming, looking out the window again, just interrupting for "Are we shere yet?" Jimmy pricks his ears "Oh, I shink I heard she captain"

Susanna listens to the bell and the captain announcing the next port.

Jimmy: "I go and take looksh.”

Cessillia tries to look out the window, grumbling slightly at the dirt on the windows "Shere ish a shity, I am not shure whish one, shall we go down to she deck?"

Jimmy shouts up to the man on the wheel: "ARE WE SHERE YET?" Jimmy looks to his sisters "Man on wheel shaysh we anchor shoon. I go and takesh cratesh and bagsh. You... shusht look pretty "

Susanna: "Shat ish good my brosher, I need to get back on dry land."

Cessillia smiles "I shink I can do shat" Cessillia pats her hair, and fluffs up her dress a bit.

Susanna: “Maybe I shusht put shome more colour on my eyesh?”

Cessillia nods "Yesh, I shink sho"

Susanna: “I shee land." Susanna says pointing out across the Thassa

Jimmy takes the bag with cacao powder and puts it over his shoulder, then tucks the two heavy crates with flour and sugar under his arms. He turns to his sisters... "When we getsh attacked you hash to grab my bat, caushe I hash she armsh full!" Jimmy waits till the ship anchors, his nose itching he tries to rub it at his shoulder-scarf

Cessillia fluffs her dress feeling her kitchen knives and rolling pin "I am shure we will shink of someshing if attacked."

Susanna pulls her skirts around her, and readies to step up onto the gang plank

~On Kamba Island~

Cessillia smiles, then notices her brother's scarf for the first time "Jimmy, are you shtarting to getsh a cold?" she asks with concern. Cessillia picks at her brother's scarf with concern, and taking his chin moves his head from right to left "I hopesh yoush not getting shick, itsh shat shilly captain making you have to takesh anosher bash on she ship ishnt it?"

Jimmy: “Lead on, Shishtersh... I follow you... wish sheshe heavy cratesh... heavy, heavy cratesh. Ah, here it wash!"

Susanna: “Can you manage shat load my brosher?

Cessillia: "Yooooooo hoooooooooo, little laaaaadddddyyyyy" she calls out

The Lady: “Greetings"

Jimmy lets the crates fall to the ground with a bang, then adds the bag with the cacao and wipes his face with the arm of his shirt.

Susanna turns and smiles as a familiar voice wishes them greetings. "Ah greetingsh, dear Lady."

Jimmy turns and almost falls over the crates "Oh, greetinghs, Lady" Jimmy points to the crates and the bag "We bringed you she goodsh!" Jimmy bounces to relax his muscles after he carried all the crates and the bag alone from the docks to the stock house

The Lady: "So nice to see you all again and I see you brought the goods." She smiles.

Susanna pushes her brother forward resisting the temptation to spit on her sleeve and wipe the dirt off his face.

The Lady takes out from her purse a shiny silver coin "Whom to give this to?"

Cessillia hisses to her brother "Shtand up shtraight" and tries to straighten his hair a little

The Lady: Looks at the boxes and sack with the items not bothering to look in it trusting they are good people

Jimmy nods and points to the crates again "Yesh... ish 100 shugarsh and 100 shaltsh and 100 cacao... all grinded"

Susanna nudges her brother closer to the sweet Lady,

The Lady: Smiles "I guess you are the one." Offers the coin to him

Jimmy stumbles closer to the Lady, pushed by his sister. He holds his hand out palm upwards "Shink... oopsh... don't push me!.... ish me!"

Susanna stands back and whispers to her sister, "Shey would make a lovely couple"

Jimmy rolls his eyes hearing his sisters whispering behind him.

Cessillia whispers back to her sister "Ah, could you imagine sheir children?"

Susanna: "Sho pretty, shix dark like her and sheven lighter like him"

Jimmy a bit worried takes a step back and whispers to his sisters "She drawing her bow, I shink she don't like me." As the woman runs away for a moment ((crashed)) he continues "I shink she musht shearsh money firsht"

Cessillia smiles "I am shure she doesh my brosher" then nodding to her sister "Naw, she is young, at leasht twenty shildren"

The Lady: Blushes "Im so sorry just got my first bow, haven’t really figured out how it works really", she chuckles.

Jimmy takes the silver tarsk offered from the Lady with a smile. He bites into it as he has seen it other merchants doing, without any idea what it's good for... maybe good luck or something. Then he puts it into his money-pouch and points to the crates again "I put it shomewhere for you sho you don't have to carry? Shey are heavy!"

Susanna positively beams at the idea of all those babies. "Shesh ish very shkinny shough." she whispers, "We would have to fatten her up"

Jimmy smiles and pats his slingshot "Me can shoot wish longbow...", he starts proudly "... but I rasher take my shlingshot. Ish better for herding verr. Shey don't like it, when I shoot arrowsh at shem!"

Cessillia frowns "I will needsh shome more butter shen" she whispers back

The Lady smiles at the man as he takes a bite of the coin not knowing what it is good for maybe he is hungry she thinks, hear the ladies talking about babies and starts to get nervous. "Well you had done so much already you all must be tired"

Susanna smiles brightly at the Lady from behind her veil. "Oh he ish very shtrong my dear. Shimmy help she shweet Lady to move the crates."

Jimmy looks at the crates, trying to figure out the letters... but knows only A-E yet and T and Z... So he turns to the Lady "Do you hash shalt? Shalt ish good for making meat lasht long in wintersh!"

The Lady walks closer to the crates almost stumbling on her new bow tries to lift one crate up and can’t even nudge it "well ehm guess I do need help" looks at the man: "We do have salt, but not sure if there something left somebody came and almost bought a lot of it already""

Jimmy turns to his sisters "You need shalt for cooking too, shishtersh?" and right on cue his belly starts to rumble again

Susanna: "Yesh my brosher, I need shalt sho shat I might cook she dinner tonight."

Jimmy jumps to the Lady and helps her with the crates, lifting them easily in spite of his small stature.

The Lady: "Would you like to see the port? Maybe something to drink eat?"

Jimmy: "Oh, would love to, but our ship shoon will leave she harborsh again. I shink my shishtersh can make shomeshing to eat on she ship"

Susanna : "Did you getsh the shalt, Shimmy?"

The Lady: smiles "Very well you are all welcome back anytime"

Jimmy shakes his head to Susi "Ish the Lady shtill looking, I shink" He lifts up the crate he just had lifted before for the The Lady and shakes it. "Sheemsh shere ish a bit in shere, but don't know what." Jimmy again tries to read the label, but only can read the "A" and the "T"... he mumbles to himself very slowly "Shaaaaaltttttt" and nods "Yesh, can be shalt!". Then blushes in the hope that his sisters didn't notice that he secretly tries to learn to read and write as surprise.

The Lady walks closer to the man wondering what he is doing looking like he talking to the crate, odd man she thinks. “Are you alright Sir?"

Jimmy nods, a bit puzzled and worried at the same time. "Oh, I shought you ashked me to move she cratesh!? Shorry, shometimesh I hash problemsh to undershtand she shtranshe akshent you shpeak"

The Lady tries to hide a giggle at the man’s comment "Is ok, I have the same problem sometimes. Do you need some salt?"

Jimmy then shrugs and claps his hands to undust them - as if that would help anything! - "Yesh, at leasht shome for she cooking of my shishtersh. Oh... no... not shat I'm cooking my shishsthers!" - giggles a bit embarrassed "Sheir cooking of me!" he corrects himself, not sure, if that was right now or not

The Lady giggles

Susanna smiles and ruffles jimmy's hair, "Even you could not eat shat much Shimmy"

Jimmy: “Maybe at leasht a shmall crate. Shat will be enough for she pashash back.”

The Lady: "Oh very well let’s see if we have some salt left"

Jimmy grins to his sister "I shaw a male shlave today who shaid he ish eating like a tarshk... and I shaid shat you shaid she shame about me all she time... and he wash mush shinner shen me!"

Susanna makes a pfft noise. "Shweet brosher, a male shlave.. who ever heard of shuch a shing. "

The Lady climbs up the ladder and takes a look inside, hears the man’s comment to his sister starts gigles almost falling of the ladder

Susanna: "Well my brosher if our bishnesh ish complete we should go back to she Impresh"

Jimmy: "Anywaysh... I shink I'm shtill growing." - He looks up to his 2 head taller sisters and adds mumbling "...I hope!" Jimmy puts the bags of salt into his backbag "Oh, how mush do you get for it?"

Susanna lifts her head hearing a bell sounding in the direction of the dock. "My dearsh, I shink shat wash she Impresh."

The Lady: "Takes the coins from the man this is just right 30 tarks"

Jimmy looks at the docks and worries as they seem to already set sails "Oh, we should hurriesh"

The Lady: "it was nice seing you all again please come back soon"

Susanna: "Are you shure we cannot purshuade you to free companion our dear Shimmy?"

Jimmy: We hash to go now. I wish you shafe pash, Lady." - Then turns to his sisters "Better run now shishstersh!" glad that he has a reason to interrupt his sisters' match-making

Susanna smiles at the Lady, "We shall be back shish way again ... shink about it. He ish a good catch"

The Lady just gives an awkward smile to the Lady and points to the ship "think captain is leaving now"

Jimmy gives the lady a last warm smile before he turns to run to the ship. “Uh oh! Run, shishtersh, run!"

Cessillia smiles and waves as they hurry to the boat

Susanna: “Shoft pathsh, dear heart," Susanna calls as she hurries after her family

Jimmy shouts: “CAPTAIN! CAPTAIN! WAIT FOR USH!!!”

Jimmy helps his sisters on board right before the pull in the planks. "Whew! Shat wash closhe!"

Susanna smiles at the captain from beneath her veil and flutters her eyelashes

~Back on the Impress~

Susanna: "Too bad she washn't looking for a hushband"

Jimmy: “Pah! Too shin!”

Cessillia stumbles coming off the gang-planks and says somthing very un-lady like, though is pleased to note the captains face flush

Jimmy: “Did you shee? She couldn't even lift a crate shat wash almosht empty! She never can lift a verr!” Jimmy sits down on the railing and catches breath from the running, then pulls his kalika from his back and starts to play the tunes of the ancestors

Susanna leans against the side of the ship. "Yesh maybe she wash too shin."

Cessillia nods "Our brosher deshervesh shomeone shuitable, like coushin sheshelly"

Susanna smiles as her brother sings and plays to entertain them

Cessillia smiles at how talented their bother is, then hops up and sits next to her brother, and places her head in her hands as she thinks of how much she misses their village, the tune from home making her a little home-sick

Susanna: “Are you hungry my brosher?”

Jimmy nods without interrupting his singing

Cessillia rummages in her bag, then with a confused look on her face says "I have a hardboiled egg"

Jimmy: “Do you need shalt for cooking, shishtersh?”

Susanna: “Not right now dear heart, I made shome shoup before we left. I shall go and get you shomeshing to eat my brosher." She turns to Cessillia "Are you hungry, shishter?”

Cessillia nods "Yesh, I shink I could do wish a shnack"

Susanna checks the fire is lit and searches for a dish to spoon the soup that she made into. She puts three plates on to the table and serves up the soup.

Impress Ship's Bell 3 shouts: Now arriving to Kasra. If this is your final destination, please prepare to disembark. Five Ehn before departure to Port Jad

Cessillia smiles "Shul shoup?"

Jimmy regrets a bit, that he filled his belly with all the snacks, so he would only be able to eat one bowl of the soup... maybe two.

Susanna walks back to her family and smiles finding them looking out to sea. “Dinner ish ready .”

Cessillia hops down of her perch

Susanna: “Come and eat before you bosh getsh too shin. Help yourshelf to bread, my brosher! You too, shishter."

Jimmy smiles a bit apologizing to his sister "Oh, I shusht had a shnack... I didn't know you were cooking, shishter..... But shish looksh fine... I tashte a bit... or two"

Susanna: "Shere ish roast tabuk if you are shtill hungry."

Cessillia ‘Umphs’ as she settles on the cushion "I shwear shish floor ish getting lower"

Jimmy: “Where you got tabuk-meat, Shushi?”

Susanna: “I bought it in Tabor, brosher, and I roashted it in shat oven over shere.”

Jimmy looks around "Oh, shere ish an oven!", then looks to his oldest sister and raises his eyebrows "Piesh?"

Cessillia smiles looking up, "Shey hash an oven?" Cessillia smiles "Piesh!"

Jimmy shrugs and opens his belt a bit more "Oh, shere'sh alwaysh room for shome roasht!"

Susanna breaks off a piece of bread for herself and makes a sandwich with it for herself, having given all the soup to her beloved siblings. “I have shome ramberry candiesh shat I made earlier, if you want shome, Shimmy.”

Cessillia belches loudly looking round quickly to make sure no one heard, then whispers "Sheshe shailorsh, sho rude, no mannersh" she says covering for her wind

Jimmy cuts himself a big piece of the roast. While he rips off another piece of bread: "Oh... it wash shusht a little shnack. Two pieshesh of sheeshe... and two shlishesh of bread... she hard boiled vulo egg... and a larma... oh and a pieshe of pie....”

Cessillia frowns,"Not enough for a growing boy"

Jimmy : “Sho... almosht noshing!", he explains with a grin and puts the big piece of roast between two slices of bread.

Susanna drinks her milk and gives a loud belch

Impress Ship's Bell 3 shouts: Now arriving to Port Jad. If this is your final destination, please prepare to disembark. Five Ehn before departure to Lydius

Susanna nods approvingly as her brother says he is not hungry then makes a huge sandwich with the roast tabuk. “Sho my brosher, did we make a profit today?”

Jimmy with thick cheeks chewing with half of the sandwich at once in his mouth reaches for his money pouch and empties it on the table... the small pouch, not the big one he has hidden between their luggage

Susanna: “If you have finished I will clean up"”

Jimmy flush the big bite in his mouth down with a big sip of the milk, wipes his lips with the arm and places the other half of the sandwich on his plate for later. He starts to count the coins.... "Sho... shat wash shree timesh 14 KT for she goodsh....”

Susanna: “Have you finished your milk, Sheshy?”

Cessillia looks at the coins on the tables sighing softly that there are a number of copper coins but almost no silver. She drinks her milk quickly holding the goblet out to her sister "Shank you, yesh"

Susanna collects all the plates together and takes them over to the kitchen. She piles the goblets on top

Jimmy: “... and shere wash shree timesh 5 KT for eash of ush for she passash...”

Cessillia tutts "Shere ish not mush for Sushi'sh dowry.... shink she captain would ashhept sho little?"

Jimmy:  "... And I shelling shome goodsh on she osher market....”

Susanna:   “Ohhh a guesht book!”

Jimmy: “Sho we now hash....." - he counts "... 11 ST, 56 KT and 83 TS. Plush she 20 ST I hash in she osher poush of courshe"

Cessillia nods "She captain wouldsh wantsh a gold coin to take Shushi?" She looks round her brother at their sister "Maybe a dishcount ash shey hash been....... talking a lot"

Jimmy: “I hope to shoon hash a gold tarn for eash of you.”

Cessillia smiles "I doubt even you could find a man big enough for me, my brosher" her brow creases for a moment when she thinks how that sounded

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Susanna : ash i can't read or write I got the shailor to shit down and write shish for me. My shishter Sheshy and brosher Shimmy enshoyed she trip very mush and will ushe she shipsh again. What? Shust write what I shay .. yesh ekshactly ash I shay it. I am paying you to do shish sho shit share and do ash I shay.

Jimmy looks over his shoulder, noticing his sister talking with their "scribe-sailor", then turns to Cessy "What ish Shushi doing?"

Susanna after she had dictated the sailor an entry to the guestbook puts the dishes away and stores the left over food and leaves the sailor sitting by the guest book scratching his head and staring at the page in wonder. "Shtupid shailors, he shaid I had a funny acshent. Me! Noshing wrong wish my acshent, ish shere?"

Cessillia looks puzzled, "I am not shure... a shailer would mean we needsh lesh of a dowery?"

Susanna plonks herself down on a cushion pouting

Jimmy thinks "Hmmmm... but shailor can't give ush a free pashash"

Cessillia blushes a little "Well, you do lishp a lishle Shushi"

Susanna: “I do not, i shpeak proper I do.”

....

Last Day in Tabor

~ Early morning in Tabor,

Jimmy meets a slaveboy in the Tropics ~

Jimmy as his sisters are still snoring leaves the ship in the very morning. Enjoying the early morning sun he travels around the different markets of Tabor, searching for more baking goods for his sisters and for other goods to trade with. In Tabor Tropics he meets and old drunken man, who doesn't react. Then a slave boy approaches...

Jimmy: "Oh, greetingsh,kashirush!"

The Slave boy frowns seeing Ol' Grumpy fast asleep when there is a customer to be served and kneels smiling "Greetings Master, may I assist you?"

Jimmy: "Me wantsh to buy shirty shaltsh or sho... But Old man here shleepsh. Me guesh he drunk. He shmellsh like shul-paga... and he shtinksh!"

The Slave boy blushes "He lost his wife and children, Master. My Master has taken pity on him despite the cost and tries to help him recover, we try to make what we can at this trading post to support his poor free man who has seen so many hardships in his centuries of life"

Jimmy nods and frowns, although he doesn't even understand half of the strange accent of the slave. Then he points to the stall with salt: "Me don't want take out one shalt after she osher. Need a bigger bag... or shack! Sho? Can you make me shirty porshonsh in ashack?"

The Slave boy frowns scratching his chin looking the master up and down "Such a quantity would be very expensive, Master"

Jimmy: "Ish... hmm... shirty multiplicated wish 1 copper...ish...." He counts on his fingers"...Ish many! Me hash money! Many coinsh!" He beams proudly and pats his full money pouch.

The Slave boy smiles sweetly: "I think that can be arranged, Master. Do you wish for it to be delivered to a port for you, or......" Endy's eyes glisten at the mention of coins and he tries to avert his eyes from the Master's hip "...or do you wish to carry it?"

Jimmy: "Me can carrysh. Me'shshtrong." He slaps his chest "Me ish shon of peashant. Working hardon sher fieldsh every day and caring for my verrsh!"

The Slave boys miles looking at the Master's muscles. "We could do with more strong Masters like you, Master - the fields her grow fallow through lack of care and harvesting"

Jimmy looks left to the jungle and right to the snow-hills. "Fieldsh?"

The Slave boy points over to the residential farm lands "fields" though currently snow covered of course

Jimmy nods "Aye... when you shay sho". He shrugs.

The Slave boy smiles"Let me check, there may be a sack big enough in the storage"

Jimmy nods "Me waitsh!", then gets distracted from the snack-bar.

The Slave Boy drags a bag carefully having counted it twice. "It wash shirty..." - He blushes bright red -"Thirty jars you required Master?"

Jimmy looks at the chocolate lebkuchen.He takes one in his hand and sniffs at it. Then nods to the slave, then licks on the lebkuchen. As he feels the chocolate on his tongue, he smiles:"What ish shish?" He carefully nibbles at it "Mmmmmm, Ish good!", then takes a big bite.

The Slave Boy smiles."A very special treat, Master, good for putting a spring in yourstep", he says as the Master jumps around whilst nibbling the treat.

Jimmy: "Shpring in my shtep?",he asks puzzled, stops chewing.

The Slave Boy smiles "Make you jump for joy, Master"

Jimmy nods understanding. "Will tell my shishtersh to bake shat too!". Then he looks down to the sack "Sho, ish shirty?"

The Slave Boy carefully opens the top of the bag to show the Master: "Shir.... thirty jars, yes Master"

Jimmy nods and keeps the second half of the lebkuchen tucked between his big white teeth to have his hands free to take the pouch from his belt and count the money. "phhhhhooooooo....ipppphhhhhhh.... phennnnnn..... phwenty.... hmmmmmmmm...... phow phany phrrrr?" He never learned to count further then 20, as they only have 19 verr at home.... plus averr-herding sleen....."

The Slave Boy looks blank for a moment. "che..... Ten Master"

Jimmy: "mmmhmmmmmm". He nods and in the nod accidently bites through the lebkuchen. His eyes following sadly the lebkuchen falling to the ground. He takes a deep breath and swallows the last bite, then counts the last 10 coins on his hand.

The Slave Boy frowns at the crumbs falling to the floor, but decides that at least the snow sleen will get well fed.

Jimmy takes a rep cloth from the counter, his fingers sticky from the chocolate he tries to wrap it around the coins with some difficulties, as the cloths decides to stick to his fingers. "hmmmmmmmmm..." He finally manages to wrap the coins into the cloth and gives the lil pouch to the boy "Here! Shirty!"

The Slave Boy smiles and pushes the salt bag towards the Master, and carefully takes the cloth bag tucking it in with the stones in his pouch "Thank you, Master, I am sure you will find our salt some of the finest available"

Jimmy nods and reaches for the bag, shouldering it easily "Ish good for cure meat"

The Slave Boy smiles and nods "The best, Master"

Jimmy: "Me wish you shave pash and may your verr alwaysh find grash!"

The Slave Boy frowns as he hears the captain behind him calling for last passengers before setting sail.

The Slave Boy grins back at the Master "May your meat always be fresh and salty"

Jimmy looks a last time sadly at the crumbs of the lebkuchen on the floor, then takes a deep breath and hurries towards the boat.

The Slave Boy smiles and waves a farewell to the Master.

Jimmy back in Tabor East on the ship puts the salt to the other goods he gathered for trading. Then decides to take anap, until his sisters wake up....

~ hours later in Tabor East,

Susy and the bakerof Tabor

Jimmy wakes up ~

Susanna stands talking to a lovely well dressed woman, welcoming her back to Tabor after her long absence. Sadness fills her eyes as the woman tells her that she is the baker, finally returned to her home city. Susanna looks at the lovely table and all the hard work her sister and herself had done in the kitchen, baking fresh new products for the occupants of Tabor ... now for nothing. "Oh well" she says to the lady. "We wash only here till she ishe melted anyway." She looks up seeing her brother and sister finally awake and coming towards them.


Jimmy after a long sleep, dreaming partlyof his beloved verrs, partly of being a mighty tarnsman riding one of those big birds, crawls on deck. He looks around and calls for his sisters:"SHUUUUUUUUUSHYYYYYY! SHEEEEEESHIIIIIII!" He walks to their temporarymarketstall, blinks and rubs his sleepy eyes "Oh, shere you are, shishter!Where ish Shessie?"

Susanna rolls her eyes at her brother's uncouth ways. "...ish Shimmy," she says turning to greet him."Sho you finally deshided to get up."

Jimmy lays his head aside, noticing just now the woman in the dimmed light of the bakery "Greetingsh, lady"

Bakerwoman looks to the unfamiliar man and offers a small nod. "Tal, Sir."

Susanna wets her apron and wipes her brother's face, moving the dirt from his cheek.

Cessillia grins and yells "Jimmy, Shushi!" and waves happy to have finally found where the captain dropped them off.

Susanna pulls Jimmy to her side. "Shay hello to she nishe lady Shimmy."

Jimmy tries to duck under his sister's hand, bouncing and fidgeting around "I shaid hello! And hush! It wash along nite wish shat nishe Bysheway!""

Susanna: "He sheemed very nishe but sheemed to have a very bad ashent."

~ The bakerwoman left,

Jimmy, Cessie and Suzy on the docks ~

Jimmy: "Greetingsh, Sheshie!"He counts the coins on the counter "Oh, we made shome shalesh!"

Susanna: "Ash she lady baker sheems to be back, I shoposh we should move on." Suzy smiles at her sister ."Did you shleep well shister?"

Cessillia smiles and grins happily, the mean captain having claimed he had dropped them off at an island again due to the smell of Verr from Jimmy.

Jimmy inspecting what they sold:"Not mush sho... only a shlishe of bread... one of eash shinsher breadsh...and a candy-cane..."

Susanna: "Well every little helpsh,Shimmy dear."

Jimmy: "shat's only... "- he counts the coins " shree coppersh"

Cessillia sighs "Not even a shack of flour here for shat"

Jimmy looks worried as his sisters earlier words finally reached his sleepy mind "Sho, shat wash she baker?". He takes a deep breath considering the many goods he bought for the many, many pies his sisters were baking. Especially the butter... Then he looks for a long time on the counter "Well... I can put it all into she cratesh and we move on?"

Cessillia sighs "But shere where sho many handshome malesh here!"

Susanna nods and nods in agreement with her sister.

Jimmy: "Sho, we pack all in,shishtersh?"

Cessillia strokes her chin "Ah well, maybe she pies will shell well elshwere"

Susanna sighs sadly "Well, we knew it washent going to be forever,"

Jimmy: "Sho many piesh!"

Cessillia nods "but not quite 'tomorrow'" she sighs

Jimmy: "But I didn't shink it wash sho shoon!", he complains as he starts to careful pack the pies and other goods into the crates.

Susanna helps her brother, packing up the jars of candy. "Shtill," she says sadly. "I hash fun cooking it all. And we can shell it elshewhere."

Jimmy as he finished putting the stuff into crates grabs the now heavy boxes and carries them carefully to the ship. A bit panting he returns to his sisters "I better empty she shelf?"

Susanna: "yesh"

Cessillia nods "Yesh, we cansh always cook shome piesh on the ship"

Susanna looks around sadly thinking how empty it looks now. "Aye, I likesh to travel anywaysh"

Cessillia smiles "Shere willsh be osher bakeriesh, osher shingsh to cook, my shishter"

Jimmy packs all the things from the shelfinto crates and leather-bags.... mumbling "one for Sheshie... one forShushie... one for Shimmy... one for Sheshie..."

Susanna: "Ish shame ...". Shelooks sadly at the blackwine stall. "Sho many handshome men here," she says reminiscing about the very handsome merchant she has met the day before.

Jimmy hands each of his sisters a bag, giving them all the good stuff for cooking, as he's sure, his sisters will always take good care of his tummy... which right that moment is rumbling a bit.

Cessillia smiles "thanksh you,Shimmy"

Susanna takes the food from her brother.

Jimmy: "I shink shat ish all, shisthersh"

Susanna hoists her bag on her back,"Ish enough, my brosher"

Cessillia smiles "Shank you, brosher"

Jimmy: "Well, shishthersh... I shinkit ish time.... She ship sheems to be free in she morning, shaysh she captain." Then to cheer his sisters up: "New advenshuresh!"

Cessillia: "New shalesh!"

Susanna nods: "New advenshuresh, my brosher"

Cessillia: "...... new men!" She blushes slightly at her thought being spoken out loud.

Susanna giggles. Then the three of them walk on board of the ship, waiting for it to set sails to new lands, new adventures, new sales and... new men.