#he drops a leaf while going into his massive stash and the rats become Obsessed and chew a hole thru the chest where he stores it

[the-dog-watch]

We’re always laughing about the time Jack got Stephen’s sloth irresponsibly drunk in HMS Surprise (Debauchgate) but we don’t talk enough about the time Stephen accidentally got the entirety of the ship’s rat population coked up in The Nutmeg of Consolation.

#stephen maturin #aubreyad #jack aubrey #the nutmeg of consolation #hms surprise #he drops a leaf while going into his massive stash and the rats become Obsessed and chew a hole thru the chest where he stores it #and we know its a massive stash bc in a previous novel he goes to an apothecary and pulls a ron swanson while theyre in sweden #‘good day. i require all the coca leaves you have.’ #‘wait. i fear what you just heard was ‘give me a lot of coca leaves.’ what i said was ‘give me all the coca leaves you have.’ is that clear #everyone in stockholm was straight edge for a whole month bc of dr. stephen maturin #god bless him #he does good everywhere he goes