He grunts as he hefts the basket up onto his shoulder, dark lashes fluttering as he looks up at the sun. There's about another hour of sunlight left. If he takes this back, goes into town and grabs some booze, he'll have just enough time to sit down and relax as the sun sets over the horizon as he gets so drunk that he passes out till noon the next day. 

That's his version of one damn good night. 

He saunters back across the docks, going up into the ship with a smile on his face as he sees Jacob still mopping, “Jake! You crazy old bastard, go out and relax! Have some fun.” He pats the old man's back as he sets the fruit down. 

“Ohh, I'm too old for that cap’in.” Jacob smiles up at him, his old hands trembling as he grips the mop, “Patchy here can probably dance better than me.” He says with an old chuckle, reaching up to pet the blue and green bird. Patchy trills happily, closing his little beady eyes. 

Nico huffs, smiling fondly. Jacob’s been too old to be of any technical use for this crew for years now, but the blond simply can't let go of him. He's just an old soul, and a good one at that, “How about this Jacob? I go into town and get you some of that smooth caramel booze you like and we can sit up here and drink the night away…”

Jacob clasps his hands together after he sets the mop back in its bucket, old blue eyes shining as he huffs a laugh, “You'd do that for me Nico?”

“Damn right, I would.” Nico pats the older man's back, walking him over to sit down on the stairs, “I'll be right back, quit working yer ass off when everyone else goes out.”

“I’ve got to. A man takes care of his ship.” Jacob nods curtly, and Nico chuckles softly as he makes his way back down the plank. 

He got the booze with no problem- and the girl in the shop was certainly putting on a show with her pheromones as he took the cold beverages from her hands. He smiled at her, but didn't want anything more to do with her. He might be a pirate but that doesn't mean he'll sleep with just anyone- and she certainly wasn't what you would necessarily call a catch. Not that she wasn't pretty but she uhh… wasn't clean.

He is about halfway back through town when a man comes plummeting out of an alleyway, rolling across the ground before laying limply on the ground. Nico blinks, looking down at the bloody mess of a man before him before glancing into the alley. 

His eyes catch on three other men in the alleyway. There's two other guys- ones burly and tall, towering over the other two men. The second is about the same size as Nico, arms held out in front of himself as he bounces around in a circle. 

The third is smaller than all of them. He's not tiny, but he couldn't be more than five foot seven. His blazing blue eyes narrow as he bares his teeth at the other man, dark brown bangs falling in his eyes as blood drips from different gashes and cuts on his face and neck. 

Nico blinks again, looking down at the guy in front of him as he stirs to life, slowly pushing himself up, “You little dickhead!” He yelps, reaching out and grabbing the knife that had slid out next to him before running back in, tripping once in a stone, “I'm gonna fucking kill you!”

The “little dickhead” must be the smallest man, his sharp, mean, blue eyes jerking towards the man with the knife with this bloodthirsty kind of vengeance in his eyes, “I thought I told you to fuck off!” He snaps out, and Nico flinches as his fist flies out in the opposite direction in which he's looking, caving in the circling guy's nose in an instant, making him drop like a sack of potatoes before flinging his body at the guy with the knife. 

Nico raises his brows as he jumps on him, the guy with the knife squealing as his hair is grabbed. The smaller man presses his feet tight against his chest as he uses his hair for leverage, steering him straight into the wall with a loud crack. The man's hand drops the knife as he screams out in pain, grappling at his arm as the brunette lets go of him and he slides to the ground. 

“Alright shorty…” The big burly guys uncrosses his arms, stepping over his friend with the broken nose and fucked up face as he makes it towards the small guy, “That's it, I'm bored now.”