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Bidding Buddies
Later that night, Jupiter and Sean talk in the galley about their desire to see Nessa cut adrift, but they don't realize that Nessa is eavesdropping from the galley roof. Sean and Jupiter estimate how much money Nessa may bid on the Royal Pardon, which could save her from being cut adrift, and whether or not Jupiter should try and outbid her. Nessa continues to spy on them and later comments, "The people that are out to get me better hope I don't win, 'cause if I do, they're going down in a heartbeat."
In the morning, as everyone scrubs the deck, Nessa pulls Joe Don aside to talk about the Royal Pardon. She knows Joe Don still has the Pardon after the last Pirates' Court and she hopes to buy it from him. After she tells him that she placed a bid for $6,000, Joe Don says he wants to give her more money. "It's just a nice, fresh face to look at amongst the crew," he explains. "I just don't want to see her go." Joe Don hands her an additional $2,500 in gold coins to add to her bid, so she can put the Pardon far out of reach of the others. As Nessa changes her bid to $9,000, she comments on taking a risk by saying, "You could put a lot of money down on the Royal Pardon and not get a Black Spot and be in the hole, financially. And it's just a gamble you take for a little bit of insurance."
Jay Sways His Way
Now that he is an Officer and is unable to vote, Jay still takes comfort in the fact that he directly or indirectly controls everyone on the ship except for Laurel. When Jay approaches Laurel and asks about how she votes with her heart, she tells him, "I'm not going with what everyone else goes with because they ask me to." As he walks away, she rolls her eyes and comments, "Everything that I hear out of Jay's mouth, I feel like it's a lie."
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