When a young woman’s boyfriend pressures her into getting a tattoo and a mobile tattoo artist arrives, the adventure begins, me hearties! In this narrative short, a modern-day pirate is forced to choose between lining his wallet or acting with integrity. Piracy takes many forms as each character struggles to navigate their relationships, desires, and self-worth. Agnes Varda once said, “If we opened people up, we’d find landscapes.” Pirate’s Ink explores such landscapes for three very different characters. The narrative tracks our fallible, if lovable, protagonists as they grapple with their values, their histories, and their sense of self—all in a world that is turning out to be at odds with what they think they desire.