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Tue 15th Aug 2023 04:36

Fliegende Orcas

by Bricky von Wallenstein

Es ist schön hier. Sie open ocean ist an interesting place, especially when you can see it. Sie previous experiences some of us have shared on zis specific ship are nicht what Ich would care to remember. Bogbean und Ich were entertaining ourselves with kleine games. Sie one she likes to play ist called “patty cake.” (Ich weiß nicht warum) Ist seems similar du another game zat Ich remember… eine kleines Mädchen in a vibrant yellow dress, jumping und laughing as she kopiert sie arm movements of eine beautiful Frau with long red hair… sie seemed so happy und filled with joy. Ich was brought back by sie sounds of a scuffle? Ich peered around sie carte und saw Drexla at sie Ballista being roared at by quite sie enraged Rot Eelfolk with a massive hook. Before Ich could act, sie First Mate spoke up, ordering us not to engage zis individual as he was “part of sie Crew.” Ohh vell, Ich instead turned around und let Bogbean know zat it wasn’t a serious matter. Bogbean on sie other hand was not so easily convinced und ran past me und called meinself a “dummy.” (Wie unhöflich) Ich quickly follow only to sehen sie Rot one thrown overboard und Drexla was being attended to by Tobias fur some minor cuts. (Warum so ernst) However its seemed zat sie scuffle at sie font of zie ship meant zat no one vas at sie rear of sie ship attending du sie important parts. Varanus was schell en correcting our course before wie would have slammed into sie shore, however not without looping sie ship around with an unusual amount of turns, but what du Ich know of sailing?
 
We continued on with sie voyage, several of use deciding to craft oder create supplies while V spend most of his time directing sie ship, to think zat directions to ein random location would be zu difficult. Ich decided to try und ease sie tension between meinself und Drexla by providing her with most of sie “primal” essences zat Ich stumbled upon, she seemed quite appreciative fur zem zat she fabricated ein upgrade fur Bogbean’s Blabe to make it better at “damaging constructs und things” (Mangelndes Vertrauen festgestellt) To take mein mind off sie deliberate preparations to defeat meinself, Ich had observed Tobias “channeling” himself into ein kleine essense not dissimilar to sie ones Ich found on sie trail. Finding meinself wanting to create just as sie gut Doctor would want, Ich tried to replicate it. To mein surprise Ich was able to create zwei cryastals, one with a distinct gold color. Ist ein quite sie discovery, und zie fact zat Ich can nein longer hear to sie complaints of Lincoln in mein kopf suggests zu many possibilities. Was sis a viable alternative to mein current predicament? Kann Ich sustain meinself without tearing pieces from sie Menshen? Ich will have to try, fur meinself, fur meine freunden, fur Bogbean. Sie thoughts were halted by sie arrival und assault of Fliegende Orcas, ein phrase zat Ich never thought was possible. Sie seemed fixated on trying to snatch us und drag us below. Being low on reserves Ich decided zat now was as gut as any time. Ich attempted to consume sie crystal und to mein delight felt as if Ich had been given ein “Rundumservice” like zos back at sie Castle. Sie Groupe was quick to respond, Bogbean hurled her sickle at sie Orcas und surprisingly it returned to her hand? Luna brought shards of lightning down upon our flying foes and Drexla speared sie Orcas with ballista bolts. Everyone was pitching in, when Bogbean decided she wanted to taste sie Orcas, leaping up und landing on one of der backs. Sie whale had oder plans. Ist starting twisting in sie air as it flew higher und higher until Bogbean lost her grip und fell to sie deck. Ich wish Ich could have caught her, but at least she was not hurt too badly. Ich ran over und got her on her feet, und zen Ich saw it. Sie deck around use was suddenly getting dunkler. Ich looked up to see einer der Orcas falling from sie sky, down upon us. Ser was nein time to think, just act. Schutz Protokalle. Ich grabbed Bogbean by sie shoulder und hurled her away. Ich saw her surprised face as Ich felt everything break…
 
Sie dunkler was not as welcoming zis time, fur this was ein kalt reminder of how it felt to have ein wall fall on du just Tage on sie job. Ich still hear zem, craving through sie bricks. Ich was awaken to kind meinself in sie lower decks of sie ship, sie few there seemed happy und disturbed by mein Leichenreparatur. Bogbean seemed ein keine different, which Ich schell discovered in her attempts to save mein existence she accidently didn’t line everything up right. (Es gibt nichts zu vergeben) To show mein appreciation, Ich gave her mein last crystal. Ich let her know it was ok as Ich no longer needed Lincoln. Luna was far worse fur wear, she had aided in mein recovery und had paid quite the price. Both of her legs had been damaged, und with her permission inspected them to assess sie damage. (Defekte Komponenten sind keine wertvollen Komponenten) Ist ein relief zat she should make ein full recovery.
 
Now with Luna below on sie mend we set about sie task of removing sie Orcas from sie ship as both had perished on board. Ich told sie others zat Ich could move sie Orca und told sie rest to brace zemselfs. In retrospect Ich should have check to see if sie oders had fully heeded mein instructions. Fur after Ich commanded sie Leiche Orca zu roll off sie ship, Tobias, sie Horse und Captain Varanus all flew off sie ship! Ist was quite sie struggle to recover Tobias und sie Horse but we did succeed in sie end. Sieg!
 
Now was to matter of getting to shore, while we discussed sie best way to depart und travel, sie Captain decided sie best way was sie direct way und went straight fur shore, but failed to notice a huge sandbar on sie chosen path. (Narr) Drexla used sie opportunity to show off more of sie inventions und creations. Lowering sie carte und horse while using Bogbean as sie leistung. Bogbean even carried Luna down to sie sandbar. Sie abilities und kindness of meine freunde continues to verblüffen meinself. After making it to shore, Tobais took lead und almost got us lost, again, und Ich thought he was from sie region. We also became aware of ein additional member as Miguel was hiding und consuming sie ration in sie carte. Ich think sie Groupe would have killed him if not fur sie unfortunate situation of mein servitude to sie Kobalde. We continue on only to come across ein destroyed carte, sie remains of Kenku littered sie scene. We did find ein egg, und after Tobais gave sie remains a proper burial, we continued on. As we march on behind sie carte Bogbean was on meine shoulder kicking her feet und making single finger gestures at Miguel, Ich am lucky to have such a Freunde.