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"I'll agree to that. Shall we then." he said as he took a step forward twards the ship and a ketle flew by his head missing him by a few hairs. "Lets hurry and get this over with." He said with a slight hint of fear in his voise.

William fallowed him though the vent and double checked the to see if they had been spoted yet. He knew they were coming for them and it wouldn't be pretty when they cought them. "Come on, if we find the control room abe we can ruin their fun alitle and get out of here before we get cought."

[goodnight]

As Fia stuffed the last wisps of her hair under the bandanna, she peered around the bush, making sure the coast was clear. She saw two strange guys, with nothing but boxers on, scrambling into the ship, and looked away quickly. That was a sight she didn't really have to see...

Hopefully, she would pass as one of the Starfish crew...assuming they were recruiting. Unable to stop her shaking, she pinched herself. That helped!

"Alright, I can do this" Fia whispered to herself. With that, she dashed to the shadowy underside of the boat, leaped up to grab the side, and hauled herself up. With her frost ready at her fingertips, she peeked over the railing and checked to see if the coast was clear.

Apparently, the girls had gone off to find those two ragged guys. That was lucky! Fia sighed in relief and climbed on. She needed to learn the floor plan of this ship, and fast.

"No, MuMu!" she cried softly as her furry pet ran off. With an exasperated expression, she took off after him...

Down in the living quarters of the ship, a scantily clad raven-haired woman grinned to herself, idly polishing a knife. She had another bound loosely at her side, tied at the waist to one of the scarce bits of clothing she was actually wearing. The girl was young and beautiful - she had the curves, and clearly knew how to use them. She was dressed in the manner of an exotic dancer from the Middle East, with a dark skin tone to match. Smiling as she admired the shine on her blade, she leaned back in her chair and stared up at the ceiling.

Looks like the fun is about to start...

The girl's name was Lydia. She had joined the Starfish crew some years ago, looking for adventure, treasure, and a good time. Most of the other crew members tended to avoid her, since she kept a rather quiet mystique about herself most of the time, rarely speaking of her emotions or her past. It's not as if she'd joined to make friends anyway, so Lydia scarcely cared about any of this. As long as she could trick men, make some coin on the side, and periodically get a little violent, she was satisfied with the arrangement.

Maybe I should go check things out. See what sorts of people have foolishly tried to invade our home this time.

Flipping her blade around deftly in her hand, she sheathed it once again at her waist. Standing and smiling, Lydia confidently began striding through the halls of the ship and toward the deck.

Makie slowly stepped into the ship. She twirled a bit of brown hair around her finger nervously. This didn't seem like a ride... Heck, this seemed like it didn't belong here at all... Probably because it didnt. But she didn't know that. She just thought the ship looked like a cool ride... Although, it was far from a ride... When she first saw the airship, Makie thought it was some kind of ride, so she went in.

Makie put a finger on her lower pink lip, as her chocolate eyes scanned the area. The coast looked clear. But she was afraid if she moved from the doorway, the door would close and she'd be trapped inside, forced to an eternity of wandering around this place. But prehaps it would be best to check out the place. Prehaps this was a maze and you have to navigate to the middle for a special prize! Yeah! That would be soo cool! A special prize for the winner! If she was wrong, prehaps she'd get into deep trouble... No! No trouble! This was indeed a game! At least in Makie's mind.

With that thought in mind, Makie began to quietly march through the halls, grinning like there was no tomorrow. She continued to walk through the maze like airship, until she came to two bright red doors, and another corridor... Was she to go into one of the doors? She looked up to see if had any signs on the door. Nope... No signs. Makie sighed heavily. Why not turn back before she gets lost? Then she'd definatly be in deep trouble. The brunette turned around, her lower lip pouted. She was lost. Where did she come from? Errr...

Makie plopped down, sitting... In the middle of an airship game/maze thing... It wasn't her fault she was lost though! The corridors all looked the same to her. Maybe she could continue to wander around while marking important check points as she went. That seemed like a good idea. But she was still confused. Makie got up once again, clutching her blush pink gymnastics ribbon in her hand tightly. She took a step and... Makie still felt lost and unsure.

"I-I-Is any one o-out there?" Makie called out weakly, taking a few baby steps. She felt as if she was being watched. Or as if she wasn't alone. The girl suddenly froze on position and crouched down holding her head. She didn't like being alone. She didn't like silence. Then her mind began to play tricks on her, like if you're expecting to hear somthing, you hear it. And so... She heard imagined hearing foot steps, and voices. Makie continued to crouch down, and hold her head as she closed her chocolate eyes shut.

"Wahhhhh... H-Help meee..." Makie mumbled quietly to herself, but loud enough for some one to hear.

Makie sat there just trying to calm herself down. She was was lost. She was hearing things. She was all alone... And she was scared out of her wits. Who knows what might happen next! Something might come flying out of no where trying to attack her! Or maybe some one will come and help the small girl out of the ship. Yes. Some one will be kind enough to escort her out of this weird, and very gloomy place. Makie just kept telling herself to calm down, and then hopefully she might have a clear enough head to.. Well... Get out of this weird thing, place, ship, whatever!

That was when Makie heard something... Or some one. Faint footsteps... Prehaps it was just her imagination? The foot steps seemed closer though... 'Just calm down and don't look up... Don't look up... Don't look up...' The brunette kept repeating it over and over in her mind, like... That little red train! 'I think I can, I think I can, I think I can!' You know that story with the little red train trying to get up to the top of the mountain. Well it was kind of like that! Except Makie was just trying to calm down. Calmmmm downnnnn...

Makie let out a tiny breath, holding her head a bit harder as if to protect herself. Her faint breaths echoed slightly in the seemingly 'empty' place. Despite it's gloomy-ness, and the fact that it seemed in-habited (sp?), it also seemed quite girly and as if it was a home to something. Prehaps if there were more people and less corridors, prehaps Makie would feel more at home and more comfortable. But that wasn't the case. The airship was like a maze, and the small girl was scared. End of story. Back to the present...

CLUNK! FLUMP!

It came from behind her... Makie stopped holding her head and began to stand up. Then came a easy-going 'yo!'. And it sounded like a guy. The brunette, being scared of the sudden hello, tripped up in her feet, making her fall face first into the ground. Luckily, her hands broke the fall, so she didn't hurt her face. At least not that much. "Owwwie..." The small girl let out the smallest groan and rubbed her nose a bit, her hair covering her expression. "That hurt..." She got up slowly, dusting off her mini skirt, and her pink top. Her gymnastics ribbon was still held in her hands though. Finally, Makie took a breath and turned around... Forgetting about the guy for a second... But it didn't take long for the small brunette to notice him.

"Eep!" She said, blushing and immidiatly directing her soft gaze to the floor. "Uhhh... H-H-Hi..." The girl mustered out slowly, taking faint quick breaths. She might as well ask him if her knew the way out. As much as she was afraid to talk to him. Oh wait... Was that him that made the clunking sounds? And was he the one the she might have heard in front of her...? Could he teleport? Prehaps he was a ghost haunting the ship! Ohhhh!!! Scaryyy... She shook off the thought that he might be a ghost or that he mysteriously came from one end to the other without Makie seeing him.

"S-So... D-Do... Errr..." Makie didn't know what to do... Introduce herself? Or ask for a way out? She better be polite, she can't just ask if the man knew the way out without introducing herself. No matter how scared she was. "M_my name i-is M-Makie... Makie Saiyuri..." The small girl admitted, still looking down, her hands slightly trembling by her sides, and her bangs slightly hiding the scared and embarassed expression in her chocolate eyes.

"N-Nice t-to meet y-you..." She said, closing her eyes andsmiling softly as she looked up. She didn't want to look at his face and avoid further embarassment.

Shepard and Gordon stood infront of the massive Airship. Gordon looked in awe as Shepard looke unimpressed. " Its a ship alright. Old but it must still be running. It's hull is warm. Rare to see one made out of metal though. There mostly made out of a strong wood. This must slow or an magically encased metal. " Shepard looking at the ship.

Gordon nooded as he got closer. He backed up and jumped up high doing a backflip and landed on deck. Shepard dod the same thing. " Strange none's up here. It looked like they went inside the ship..I wonder who pliots this. I would love to meet him." said gordon. Shepard just rolled his eyes seemingly not impressed with the darn ship at all.


" Well lets look around. Maybe it's here for show. Like a musem inside or something." Shepard said slowly walking inside. A few minutes later after passing the cabins Shepard ealized he lost track of Gordon. He looked and saw Gordon around the bend. He was holding something red in his hands. " LOok Shepard! I found a slingshot! Its werid and fuzzy but it's cool" Gordon said holding the item up.


Shepard looked at it an gasped. It was not a slingshot but rather...a woman's thong. Yes Gordon was an idiot at times. but this time it might get them killed. " GOrdon! Thats not a sling shot! Put it back!" Shepard said angerily. Sadly he attracted the attieon of three Starfish priates.

" EEK. HES THE ONE WHO STOLE MY PANTIES!" one of them yelled. Shepard grabbed Gordons hand and ran. Gordon who was wondering what it was put the thing on his head.

" Oh then it's a silly hat then?" Gordon said smiling as he put it on. Shepard sighed as he kept running.

" Gordon will you throw that thing away!" Shepard said trying to loose the girls. Gordon shook his head and Shepard sighed not being able to do anything about it now.

Kaida stared at the ship in curiousity and awe. She had never seen anything so big in her entire life; not even her own home. Kaida walked up to the dolphin printed sides cautiously, an evil grin smacked across her face, and ran a finger across the wood, leaving black char marks along the places she made contact. Kaida giggled at her dirty deed as she clutched to a small penguin with a tie she had won at one of the booths. "Ohh...I'm so terrible.." Kaida said to herself loudly, grabbing the attention of a young pirate around the other side of the ship.

"W-Who goes there?" A squeaky voice called out. A young pre-teen girl stepped around the edge of the ship, her hands wringing the hem of her skirt nervously.

Kaida blinked and jumped backward in surprise at the girl's sudden appearence. She turned her head sharply to where the burn marks were. Trying to be inconspicuous, Kaida slammed her body against the wooden body of the ship, lifting her left leg up into mid air to hide the lower parts of the charred wood. The penguin was still tucked safely underneath Kaida's arm; she loved it too much to let it go. Kaida looked like one of the weirdest people alive right now, but what choice did she have...none. "Y-Yes?"

Britani tilted her head at the other girl's sudden posture. She had to admit it was quite funny to look at. Her large eyes scanned the strange girl for a moment before speaking again, her voice growing with confidence yet still high and obnoxious. "Who are you...?"

"Kaida Tsuko!!!" Kaida blurted out, nearly loosing her balance. She shoved herself back up against the ship once she regained was little balance she had. Kaida was such a dunce sometimes it wasn't even amusing; at least to her. However this girl seemed to be enjoying herself immensely.

Britani blinked cluelessly and walked over to Kaida, their noses barely touching. She studied Kaida more closely, looking for anything that would make her seem like a threat. Being who she was Britani didn't find anything wrong with her. "HOMIGAWD I LOVE YOUR PENGUIN!!!!!" Britani chimed in loudly, jumping up and down in a chibi fashion. Her hands were clapping together like a baby seal; she seemed so estatic. "LIKE WHERE DID YOU GET IT?!?!? I WANNT ONNNEEEE!!!" Britani claimed, her voice like that of a spoiled five year old.

Kaida fell over altogether when Britani began screaming incredibly loud; she swore her hearing was never the same after that encounter. Kaida stood back up and looked at Britani with large, creeped out eyes. "Uhh...at one of the booths...I never got your name..."Kaida protested, seeing Britani was about to nearly die from excitement. She had completely forgot about the ship; Britani's reaction was too funny to miss.

Britani stood there with a dazed expression as if unclear of what the question was about. "Hah! I'm Britani!!!" She responded, jumping up and down like an insane child. She was one of those crazy, steriotypical blondes; dumb and ditzy. Britani twirled a strand of hair around her finger as she paused for a moment; thinking of something..whatever it was. "I don't think...that's suppose to be thurr.." She pointed to the long black line that Kaida had set up as a cruel prank.

Kaida held her breath; she needed a lie and fast. "I totally think that...uhh..happened...when..uh..you..fell from the sky...?" Kaida closed her eyes and smacked herself inwardly. That was probably the worst lie she had ever told. Britani would never believe her; Kaida should've given herself up, but didn't. She wanted to how Britani would react.

Britani looked from the ship to Kaida for a few minutes with a befuddled smile. She was trying to figure out if Kaida was telling the truth, and was having major trouble doing so. After the moments of akward silence passed by, Britani clapped her hands together and knocked Kaida to the ground, hugging her. "Homigawd you are soooo totally probably right!!! I'll haveta tell Maxi-sama!!" Britani squealed, getting up from the ground and racing off around the side of the ship.

Kaida laid on the ground mortified. How could anyone believe that..When Britani's footsteps trailed off around to the others, Kaida thought it best for her to get away. She grabbed hold of her penguin and darted off toward the rides and games.