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Jack Sparrow ([personal profile] bottlearum) wrote2013-10-31 12:22 am
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77. Ink (b)

The first time Jack crossed the equator, it doesn't count. After all, he'd only been a few hours, maybe a few days, old -- it was hard to tell when, exactly, due to the typhoon that had hit during their voyage from India to Madagascar.

The second time, Jack is four and he gets an ear pierced. The piercing is red and it's all Jack talks about for days, grin stretched wide and happy across his face.

It's not until much much later that he gets the customary tattoo of a turtle onto his back. It fits in nicely with the other tattoos streaked across his body, covering his back and spread around his sides to his chest, on his upper arms and on his right forearm.