The ship is in the middle of the ocean, and the captain tells the others that the fishing fleet has disappeared. The captain tells them that they are in the neighbor island of Caracol, and that he has made contact with one of the island's fishermen. The Captain tells the other men that he is the captain of the ship, and he asks them to put on some clothes. He also tells the men that they have won a game of "legenka," a card game in which one player is a king and the other a peasant. He says that the emperor is known to be dictatorial, but that he does have a trump card, which he can use to negotiate with the peasant.