I leave you people alone for just a minute look what happens, everything's gone to pot! (OPEN!)
The Pearl had moved.
The Pearl was no longer in the Swamp. Or. Wait. Jack couldn't be sure. He'd sat cowered under the window in his captain's quarters, fingers on the window sill, and periodically pulled himself up to peek out of it.
When last he'd seen it, The Black Pearl had been happily moored in the bay. Which Jack could not explain. He'd yelled for Zoe when he started to notice the changes, and asked her if she had any idea 'why the world was goingk all manner of bendy-like.'
Zoe had not had any idea.
Running a hand through dark hair, Jack stood in the middle of the City, near where he knew there had been a fountain or a monument of some kind. It was notably, as it were, absent. He scratched his head.
He withdrew the compass from his pocket and set his jaw, sighing. Ah. Ah ha. The needle pointed to his right.
"Tha's interesting," Jack said, smirking. "Tha's very interesting."