Pirates of the Caribbean: The Price of Freedom

gotten a new baldric for his cutlass, one with a fancy silver buckle.
Jack rummaged through his sea chest until he pulled out two large
rectangles of silk. One was white. He’d need it to be allowed to
approach Shipwreck Island for a parlay. Otherwise, the cannons
mounted on the cliff walls would make short work of his Pearl—and he
couldn’t have that. He’d sacrificed too much for this ship. He intended
to sail with her for a long, long time. Rather like a marriage, he
supposed.
The other rectangle he withdrew was his own flag. He was still
refining it. Against a black silk background, a white skull was shown in
profile. In the upper right-hand corner, a red sparrow took wing. Very
classy, Jack thought, proudly. Though the workmanship can’t possibly
compare to Amenirdis’s. Should I hoist it, in honor of the Pearl’s
maiden voyage? Jack shrugged. Why not?
Carrying his flag, he went back out and strolled the weather deck,
making sure everything was in order. When he was satisfied that all
was shipshape, Jack went over to one of his hands, a burly black man,
whose speech patterns reminded him a bit of Chamba.
“Good morning, Kwame.”
“Mornin’ Cap’n Sparrow. It be a joli day, yes?”
“Extremely joli,” Jack agreed. “I thought it would be nice to run up
me flag on our maiden voyage. Will you do the honors?” He handed
Kwame the folded black silk.
“Aye, Cap’n!”
Jack headed back up to the quarterdeck. He got there just in time
to see his flag ascend to the top of the mast, and flutter there, black as
ink and bold as brass. Seeing it, Jack nodded. Turning to Domingo, he
smiled. “I’d like to take her for while.”
The wind had picked up, whipping Jack’s unbound hair across his
face, into his mouth, and eyes. “Stand by, Domingo,” Jack said.
Reaching beneath his sash, he found a small, folded bulge of fabric,
and tugged it free. Esmeralda’s red bandanna.
Jack faced into the wind, and, as his hair blew back, he wrapped
the bandanna around his head and secured it. “There! Much better,
don’t you think?”
“Sí, Capitán!”