Havana And The Aftermath

The Beginning
When River was eighteen, and they took over from the recently deceased Jim Lester as captain of the Morbid Eel, they took to the role like a duck to water. However, upon their first meeting with the equally as new captain Sebastian Kijek, a rivalry was instantly established.

That rivalry only grew over the years, and their crews continued to despise and hate each other; both captains continually trying to one-up each other in terms of conquests and acquisitions.

The Storm
Eight years later, both crews find themselves in Havana, Cuba.

The Retribution are chasing down a Finnish merchant - Laukkanen — whom Sebastian has a personal grudge against. Meanwhile, the Morbid Eel crew are just coming off an excellent ambush of a navy ship, and are therefore enjoying a night debauchery of Havana, including the many taverns and whorehouses in the area. River in particular is especially enjoying the whorehouses, and flirting with the multitude of barmaids.

However, a storm disrupts everyone's plans, keeping both crews trapped in port for three days. Both pirate captains are pissed off at this fact, but more angered by the fact that now both their crews are confined to the same space and they have to spend more time than they want with each other.

On the third day, River is frustrated. They pace around their room, thinking over what they could be doing right now, until they've had enough, and return downstairs to the taproom, much to Sebastian's displeasure. He now has to interact with the irritatingly flamboyant captain, instead of focusing on his now outdated charts and maps and plans.