It’s #piratesunday A Prize and a Gift from Mutiny Metals

I’m just delighted to share a recent Instagram Contest Win with my Steemit Community friends so I slipped on this Retro Vintage styled outfit with a little Gothic twist. I’ll eventually get back to the Pirate stuff later. But for now here’s a little short fiction writing to give this a little dramatic context.

1

“The two Jap cruisers are reported here somewhere.” Pre-Dawn missions were always dangerous; the radio chatter over the roar of the engine seemed welcoming as it helped ease the greener pilot’s nerves. For three of them it was their first time flying in darkness. “Sparks” the rookie was the top of the new crop, confident and even had some flying experience before joining. But now he was frightened as any green pilot and clung to every word of the veteran wing Captain. The field crew proudly painted his plane the figure of a Skeleton Pilot and dubbed him ‘The Baron’ as to the record compared to the well-known German Ace. The crew often tell the new greenhorns how lucky they were to be under ‘the Baron’ one of the best combat records in the advance to Japan.

1

The Captain ‘Baron’ William Farmington routinely checked his gauges again before making another visual check of the bomber squadron’s formation over his left shoulder then pulled out his from his breast pocket his Father’s Lucky Silver dollar. It was an old Peace silver dollar that his father always carried in his pocket for luck. It was a piece left over after the great depression his gramps carried over from back in Oklahoma travelling over to Arizona and was lucky to find enough work.

3

His father secretly borrowed that coin on one of his adventures in Nevada returning to their rented home he flipped the coin back to Gramps “Thanks Pop! Guess What? I just bought our own farm and with cash to spare!” He threw a satchel unto Mom’s aproned lap. It was filled with more cash than we’ve ever seen. Father in his new fancy suit leaned out the window and shouted, “From rags to riches God, I love this country!”

The roar of the engine came back to focus. The gauges hardly moved since his last check. He recalled his last moments before leaving the farm to enlist into the Navy. His father was sad and at the same time proud that his son was gonna swap flying the family Crop duster to the Douglas Torpedo Bomber for the country. He felt his Father’s heartfelt embrace in time that seem to last hours from a lifetime of nurturing. His Father then stood straight, as if he could will into his son every fibre of his confidence and belief into this young man, he shook William’s hand like a man before leaving something behind. “Take the Lucky Dollar Billy; we want our hero back for Christmas.”

1

The radio suddenly filled with panic stricken voices, “Ten O’clock, ten O’clock! Jap Zeros!.....Ten O’clo….” Hot Shells ripped into Foxy’s plane fuselage and canopy. There was no further transmission from Foxy, as his Canopy became filled with flames, his plane disintegrating from the hail of bullets riddling him before tumbling out of formation. He was the first to die. Baron took a quick glance over his opposite shoulder. “Damn, Snap out of it fellas! Break! Break formation!” It was only a moment later one of the rookies, Piper’s also went down in flames .

2

The older torpedo laden Douglass Bombers were no match for the Zeros, “Guppy! Scramble then take the rest of the squadron back into the cloud cover behind us. I’ll have to be the mouse, Break, break, break!”
“But Captain…” Guppy’s voice survives the momentary static burst.
Baron took his plane into dangerous maneuver right into the zero’s gun sights, “Negative Guppy, that’s an order!” The Zeros take the bait!

2

Baron pitched the plane into a roll, bottomed out and dumped the plane’s torpedo. With the dead weight gone the plane felt more nimble as the remaining squadron limped into the clouds and hopefully to safety. Bullets whizzed past his canopy before he knew it. Most rounds safely flew over the canopy, two rounds shattered the canopy’s port side rendering it useless and two rounds smashed into the left side of the instrument panel. He made one more lateral twist before he turned the plane over into another hair-raising dive for more breathing room.

1

1.Picture Source: Against The Sun 2014 Copyright belongs to Goldcrest Films NYC
2.Picture Source: For those we love 2007 Copyright belongs to Toei Distributed Films.
Kimi no tame koso shi ni iku (君のためこそ死にに行く).
3.My own picture.

Show & Tell : Mutiny Metals – Wicked Sick Relics

The Baron has landed! Mutiny Metals latest in the Wicked Sick Relics Line of their specialty bars. With only 300 of these made these may not last long on the shelf.

Number 058 of 300 bars.

Okay, now here’s the Pirate Part!

Kevin may have taken his time sending this over to me right-of-way as he originally promised but delayed it for this reason. “Why the bar didn’t need to travel by itself”, it need a volunteer co-pilot, a piratey co-pilot! He added this bar as an additional gift on top of the prize bar as one of his favorite Instagram followers. And I think he was really impressed with a YouTube video I did for him last year. The Raven's Skull. That is so sweet!

I’ve already purchase from Kevin before but didn’t get his Cool Sticker until now. And what can I say about the Sticker! An awesome set, Check it out! 💕 😘

So for next #piratesunday I might as well finish up a Mutiny Metals Part 2 : The Raven’s Skull

Mutiny Metals Website
Mutiny On Instagram
Wicked Sick Relics on Instagram

Silver with an attitude or …you can do boring….. anything but Boring!

“Et lux in tenebris to serve laboro, sum sicarius” “I work in the shadows to serve the Light, I am an Assassin”