Nothing is ever simple. That is, of course, a universal truth, but it goes double for Time Lords, it seems.
So, the intrepid, if amateur crew of The Vengeance set sail to investigate the rumored "sirens" of the Caribbean in 1718. They performed admirably (though I must speak with someone about teaching agents and guards the difference between a topsail and a topgallant) and our voyage was, in the early part, fairly uneventful.
We did not, however, make it to the region we were going to search.
We happened upon The Howling Tide, the ship of the notorious pirate captain known as "The Fox", and he wasn't going to take chances about being taken in, so they opened fire.
The Vengeance, however, far outgunned The Tide and we were able to disable the ship fairly quickly. That, however, is where things become strange.
"The Fox", as it turned out, was someone familiar to me. And not from my time under the black.
It seems, so long ago, when the original Vanishing Point fell victim to the cyberiad and was destroyed, the TTC carrying two of my Ordinals, Dracony and Henry was lost in the vortex. We searched, of course, but no sign was to be found.
Somehow, and the details are still very sketchy, Dracony had been deposited in the late 17th century on Earth and had made a life for himself in piracy as "The Fox". Mainly due to not actually knowing who he was.
So I invoked parley, having recognized my old friend, and hoped to determine what was going on. Icie and JennieLynn boarded The Howling Tide with me and, during the discussion with Dracony, a member of his crew got... twitchy and severed my favourite hand, which is now... somewhere in the Caribbean. Under the Code of the Coast, of course, that crewman had to die and Dracony did his duty in that regard.
To make a long story short, Dracony is currently under my jurisdiction on Vanishing Point as we try to reawaken his memory and re acclimate him to New Gallifreyan society.
In the mean time, I am attempting to construct a prosthetic hand...
... with one hand.
A conundrum I must admit.
Father never had to deal with this kind of thing, I'm sure....
