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Battle Crew Dialectical Journal

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It was a cold winter morning, two vessels at battle, bombs thrown, shots fired, but that wasn’t the only thing that happened on December 22 of 1773, that morning the first mate was calling for the captain to prepare for battle, but the captain did not respond, the first mate checked everywhere, the captain’s bedroom, the cook’s quarters, he was nowhere to be found, but there was one place where he hadn’t checked, the bulkhead, he opened it, it was a very gruesome scene, he was covered in his own blood with a sword in his chest.
The ship won the battle, but they still had one problem to deal with, the captain’s passing. In the bulkhead, they found the first mate’s sword, they also found his watch. The crew took him to court and he plead not …show more content…

This could only mean one thing, he was poisoned and then stabbed as a coverup. The crew had to think long and hard, who would do this? Their question was answered when they found a opium pill beside his body. The only person on the ship who carried opium pills was the ship’s chef, Bobby. They looked behind them and they couldn’t find Bobby, they thought maybe he saw the pill and left when nobody was looking, knowing that they would find the pill eventually. The crew finally found him lurking around and took him to court. The court found him guilty of first degree murder and he was placed in jail for life. The first mate was released from prison and he was so thankful that the crew looked at his body a second time. The only question left to answer was why he would kill the captain. He was very notorious for being a rebel, and although he was a new recruit he found a grudge very quickly and wasn’t afraid to be brute to anyone he didn’t like. He was also good friends with the cooper, and Bobby made the mistake of telling him everything, the cooper finally came clean. It turns out his plan was to become the captain’s friend in order to illude people from thinking he was capable of committing murder, his

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