Didn't Exactly Think That Far Ahead

I was on a boat loaded with explosives waiting for the pirates to pull up along side it. This was in my own opinion a brilliant plan. Where as trying to just burn their ship would probably be successful, it would not be anywhere near as fun. The ship itself was pretty garbage, I mean I wanted to blow up a pirate ship, but I didn't want to spend a lot of money (the black powder alone was quite the expense!) so the sails barely could carry the wind, the rudder couldn't keep the ship straight and I had no crew. Honestly I was surprised the pirates wanted to board my ship to begin with, but I guess the prospect of hitting an easy target was too much for simple minded moron pirates. I mean I did put out false info I was a cheap merchant hauling back a bunch of goods on the cheapest boat possible without guards. I only hoped I hadn't put it on too thick.

And I hadn't, the pirates had fired a shot to get me to stop (something I was all too happy to do because it meant I could stop fighting with the damn ship to actually go where I wanted it to). They were terrible pirates though, the "warning" shot they fired almost went right into my hull which would have sunk the damn ship (if not blown it up), they also seemed to have trouble steering their ship entirely it took them three passes to even get it lined up to board. Their boarding ropes were equally a horrible affair as they missed over and over again until I actually had to help them land and hook me in. They were the worst pirates I'd ever heard of.

"YOU?!" The tone was accusatory by the fat pirate who waddled over the gang plank to pillage my ship.

"Me." And then I lept overboard tossing a gout of flame as I went. It exploded the ship and took the pirate ship with it. The explosion tossed me like a child throws a rock. I hit the water hard and barely managed to stay concious. And I so wanted to be there for watching the pirate ship burn in the afternoon sun. It was only while I was trying to stay afloat in the middle of the ocean no other ship nearby I thought I had no way of getting back to port or an island. I had not at all thought that part through.

"Well Shit." Another fantastic Lorentino plan come to fruition.