Time of the Year, Again

|A cloudy day.|

The Captain was cleaning the toilet bowl when a passer-by stopped by and yell at him.

“Oi, the Boss looking for ye!”

The Captain looked up and thought it must be someone he knew, but to his dismay, he realized everyone else he knew close had already forsaken the ship long ago. The person stood in front of him, was a new recruit.

“Aye, be right there soon.” Captain replied.

When the Captain entered the room, he was surprised to see two persons inside, the Boss and the Big Boss, together sitting side-by-side. The atmosphere almost resembled an interview session.

“Am I fired?” Captain asked.

“Nay, just the usual letter ye getting every year.” The Big Boss smiled.

“Right, it is always the usual letter with the usual numbers.” Captain thought.

“Big Boss here today just to see the process and ask ye opinion about the ship.” The Boss explained.

The Captain opened up the envelope, read through it and then looked at both of them.

“It’s the same number, nothing unusual.” Captain thought.

After the Boss explained about the letter, he changed the topic to the ship.

“So what do you think of the current situation, do you feel any changes?” the Big Boss with a big glee.

“Hmm, change? What change?” Captain puzzled.

“Ye know, the things that we do lately?” the Big Boss further explained.

“Oh, that thing, hmm, slightly, I guess. I can feel it but I can’t touch it.” Captain said with a grin.

“Actually, we would like to ask ye, what could we do to avoid the same mistake… eh, problem from happening again?” the Big Boss asked.

“Ah, shit happens and ye got no way to solve, eh?” Captain thought.

The Captain thinks for awhile then replied, “Gold.”

“Ey, Gold?” Both Bosses asked at the same moment.

“Aye, I mean GOAL…” Captain changed topic knowing that gold will never be compensated in this ship.

“AYE, goal!” Both Bosses relieved.

|What do pirates want? What do human desires most? Gold or Goal?|