Monday, 30 September 2019

**2015 REVISITED** Tuesday Tails ~ The Extraordinary Voyages of Cap'n Basil Blackheart & His Motley Crew ~ Part V

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Featuring a rerun of our bonkers time travelling pirate adventure

The Extraordinary Voyages of  Cap'n Basil Blackheart and his Motley Crew 


The Crimson Revenge

**2015 REVISITED** Tuesday Tails ~ The Extraordinary Voyages of Cap'n Basil Blackheart & His Motley Crew ~ Part V ©BionicBasil®

Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrr and greetings wunderpurr pals

Welcome to the 5th episode of our fabulous pirate adventure rerun, and just in case mew missed anything, here are the links fur last 4 epically epic episodes:

Part I  ~  Part II  ~  Part III ~ Part IV


A quick recap from last time...


"Well, I'll be damned!" Horice exclaimed. 


"Aye, that should assuage thee bloodthirsty beasties," Horice agreed relaxing. "That was a mightily cunning plan Cap'n Basil, arrrrrrr!"





"Horice?" I asked suddenly.

"Arrrrrrr Cap'n Basil?"

"What year be this?"









Part V 

 A Case of Crabs & The Secret Pagoda

"And Action!"

I sat fur a while and pondered our predicament.  We were in fact in 1683 & a bit, just as I had suspected from the journals of  'The Secret World'  by Dr H. P. Sawce.

I looked down the beach to see the rowboat and its three occupants spilling out onto the soft, golden sand. Smooch looked a little wurse for wear, but all things considered, it could have been a true tragedy. I watched him amble parallel with the softly lapping waves for a few minutes. He was almost skipping at times but then out of the blue, he leapt into the air with a shriek. I jumped to my feet faster than mew could say 'who drank my niptini?' and careened towards him.

"Smooch," I cried, waiting for another drama to rear its ugly head. "What's the matter?"


He spun around and beamed at me, a most toothy display for sure. "I found my bandanna!" he squealed with delight, waving it wildly in the air. "I thought it was gone forever, but I found it!"

My heart which, after all that had happened thus far in a single day, had been running constantly in nitrous mode, suddenly relaxed as if all the air in my sails had just gone poof, and I plonked down on the sand with a heavy whumph. My mind whirling with all manner of thoughts 'How were we going to get home? The P.A. will be panicking as were missing! Would we effur see Mewton-Clawson again? etc... etc...'  The responsibility of our predicament weighed on me more heavily than The Great Pyramids of Giza.

"That's pawesome," I said suddenly taking a breath. "It'll be dry in no time if mew put on the rocks over there," I pointed up the beach.

Smooch pootled off up the beach towards the trees and Horice.

Parsley and Snowie followed him and a few minutes later I joined them, to find they were drinking coconut milk supplied very kindly by our new Heffle-lump furiend. Parsley was lapping it up in fact, guzzling would be a better description.



"That be very kind of ye Horice, but I'll just be sampling the coconut milk.... arrrrrr," I replied.


"What on earth's the matter?" Snowie asked.

"Bad nuts," he spluttered. "Bad nuts! Puh! Puh! Puh!"

"Mines delish," Parsley said as he took another slurp. 


"Aye, it'd be me pleasure Cap'n Basil," Horice said as he beckoned Smooch with his trunk. "Come here little one, I be making ye a tasty treat... arrrrr,"

I sighed heavily and cast my gaze towards The Crimson Revenge as I sipped my refreshing beverage and waited for an escape plan to formulate in my mind.

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"Humphrey, mew are soooo lazy," Amber chided as she tossed a crab overboard. 


Amber was bristling. "I wish I'd been part of the landing pawty," she muttered to Posie.


"Instead, we're here with Mr Good-fur-nothing-lazy-pants and we're stuck doing the all the graft while that lump is reclining in his hammock," Amber sniffed with annoyance as she threw a lobster back into the sea.

"Humphrey, your crabs are effurywhere, for fluff's sake do something with them," Posie sniggered.

"Well, that's what happens when mew frequent taverns of ill repute with very low hygiene levels," Amber roared with laughter.

Humphrey snorted with irritation. "Cats can't get crabs."

"Well, either my eyes deceive me or I'm hallucinating that we've got a whole bunch of them on board," Amber shrieked with hysterical laughter and fell off the beam she was sitting on.

"And it's much wurse for mew,"  Posie added. "Because mew've got a real bad case of lobsters too!"


"Right mew two, I've had enough of this," he growled marching across the debris-strewn deck. "I was having a supurr relaxing time and mew two just ruined it."



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"Aye, that be a most hospitable offer of hospitality," I answered. "What about Humphrey, Posie and Amber?"

Parsley who had been watching The Crimson Revenge through my telescope spoke. "They'll be having a great time, no stress, just a bit of cleaning up... if fact they're all just standing on the deck staring out to sea right now probably just enjoying the view, they've no idea how good they've got it."

I took the telescope and checked fur myself, not that I didn't believe Parsley, it's just that I like to always get a second opinion.  I lowered the telescope, collapsing it and placing it in the secret pocket in my hat. "Effurything looks pawsitively shipshape on board, so let's go crew." 

We set off and the jungle was dense as we traversed it sat o'top Horice's back.  His gait was rather lurching and jerky but nevertheless, we could cover more ground this way and it was safer, as who knew what could be lurking in the vegetation.

It was quite some time before we reached our destination and to be honest, the local scenery was rather breathtaking from our vantage point, it was most refreshing; much akin to a full recharge for the soul.

Horice lumbered between two stone pillars and we emerged into the most delightful tropical oasis.



We rounded a particularly leafy corner and the strange glittering orb appeared in front of us in a bright halo of sparkling light.

"Whoa," I breathed. "Horice what be thee twinkly ball o'er yonder?"







"What be that blood-curdling cry Horice?" I enquired trying to pinpoint its location.


I lifted my head and opened my mouth to taste the scents on the air. "Guys purrlease give me some room," I asked and then realised the Heffle-lump hadn't answered my question, so I tried again. "Horice what be that dreadful noise?"


"Cap'n Basil, that be Amsted, worry ye not," Horice answered. "He just be upset, as... well ye'll see for ye-selves soon enough."






Snowie nudged me. "That's what all the wailing as about then."



Smooch snickered and I elbowed him to be quiet.


Amsted stared wide-eyed at me, then at the claws and then at Horice and gulped loudly.


Amsted paused and then gingerly proffered his trembling hand. Parsley leaned in, pinpointed the offending, pain-inducing slither, gave Amsted his most charming and reassuring panther smile and then in one fell swoop his paw moved at lightning speed.


The orangutan stared at his finger, then at Parsley and grinned in a way that would have made mew want to run for the hills and hide for a furry long time, it was that scary.

Amsted roared, but this time it was with sheer delight. "Thank ye kindly little, black, furry creature," he smiled. "That tiny thing has been the source of much grief for so many moons and ye just whipped it out in a thrice."

"My purrleasure!" Parsley grinned sheathing his lethal claws.

Horice seemed furry purrleased that his furiend was feeling better. "Amsted, we should go to thee pagoda as there be something that Cap'n Basil needs to see post-haste!"

I jumped down quickly followed by Smooch and Snowie who were keen to explore this beautiful place. Smooch hurtled off one way and Parsley the other while Snowie sat with me and perused all the pretties.

"They are such heathens," Snowie murmured.




"Children," chided Snowie. "Behave, we're in someones else's house now."

Parsley and Smooch gave us a sheepish look and then grinned wildly at one another.  

"Later dude," Parsley smirked.

"Oh mew can betcha black fur on it mate," Smooch replied.


We approached the temple and I must say it was very impressive. There was a huge glittering sapphire on the front of the main tower and I made a mental note to ask Horice about it later.

Smooch had reverted back to heathen-child and kept popping up behind all manner of things, much to Snowie's acute irritation.


 I took my sword off and propped it up against the wall as we entered through a tall, carved archway and emerged into the darker inner sanctum with a beautiful lily pool at the centre. It was decorated with lions, so this met with my approval straight away, but what caught my eye was the orb.


"It be Horice's bath-time, he hates saltwater."

Horice's trunk broke the surface of the cool, azure pool and blew a spray of water playfully into the air. 

"Arrrrrrrr," was all I said in response as we headed towards an alter and the glittering orb from earlier.


The orb seemed to be bluer now and it pulsed softly.  Amsted beckoned me closer.



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Meanwhile, back on The Crimson Revenge; Humphrey, Posie and Amber were riveted to the deck, like three furry statues as they watched in total, pant-wetting terror as the water frothed and boiled.  



Humphrey screamed. Posie Screamed. Amber screamed.

The entire deck resonating with one giant scream.




Humphrey stared at the monstrous tentacles and then at Amber and Posie. "This is soooo, sooooo, sooooooo bad," his voice was low and trembling. He took a deep breath before answering. "Abandon ship! Abandon Ship!"





How will Posie, Humphrey and Amber get away from it?

What will become of The Crimson Revenge if they abandon ship?

OMC Basil, that sounds like some really big secret, are mew really ready fur that kind of commitment?

And what's that name of that fancy resort mew're staying at?

Does it have a 7 or 8 star rating?

And what's the room service like? 

And here's some from our fab buddies way back in 2015:






Kitties Blue also wanted to know:



If mew have any questions feel free as to ask!

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To find out what happens next, click the link below for the continuing tension and to see what on earth is going to happen next, mew'll neffur believe your eyes!  


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Cap'n Basil & the Crew of The Crimson Revenge

Signing out until the next time... ARRRRRRR

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