Back to town

Some of the younger crewmen, energized by the Captain's speech, race to lead the way back to the town. The middle of the pack take turns carrying the heavy chest full of doubloons. You find yourself at the back, walking alongside Captain Blood and an injured man whose shoulder had been hit by a bullet during the fight.

The high spirits of the group turn into a brooding silence as you retrace your path through the jungle. Following the loose trail of fallen branches and foliage, hacked at by your machetes on the way in, it's difficult to not feel paranoid about the mutineers reappearing.

Your thoughts are preoccupied with the mutiny itself. How was a thug like Caesar able to plan this secretly? How many crew members were in on his plan? Only a half dozen had ambushed you in the clearing, but nearly two dozen had gone with Caesar when the crew split up. Were they all in on it? Had the mutineers already killed any dissenters in that group? You lose yourself in the spiral of questions until Captain Blood nudges you.

"Caesar will be expecting the men we killed to meet him at some rendezvous point—not in town. Since he thinks they're bringing the treasure chest, he'll definitely wait a while before he thinks to sail back to the city. That should be long enough for us to hit the docks and buy the first ship we can find." You nod your head in agreement.

Soon, the group finds itself at the outskirts of the jungle. A dirt path leads into town, and then to the docks.

"We can't just sit in town with that treasure chest," Will points out. "Town full of pirates, they'd all start scheming at the first sight of it. A few of us should go into town to grab provisions and medicine, then find a ship we can buy at the docks. The rest of you stay here and guard the gold until we're ready to buy the ship and leave."

"I need new clothes..." Captain Blood mutters under her breath, looking down with a grimace at her torn pants and the makeshift bandeau wrapped around her tits.

You could go with Will and the injured crewman to buy medicine and food. Or you could accompany the Captain as she buys a change of clothes. Or you could try to sneak away and visit the brothel one more time before departing.

Note from the author: It's a little ironic that I followed that intermission message with a year and a half of no updates. Worry not, as I am finally back with brand new chapters! Leaving likes on all the chapters and favoriting the story actually does give me those good brain chemicals and motivate me to write more, so shoutout to everyone who does that. You can talk about the story in the CHYOA forum thread for it. Hope you're all enjoying the story so far!