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::And yet to no such luck. As with most people obsessed with their problems they lack the detail to see the smaller intricate designs in the weaves and fabrics of existance. For example, the nanite plague infecting Gaia' oceans over the last year and a half...the silvery hue the water had begun to take. These things were missed as currently all Terran was likely looking at was his hopeful demise.

There was no way he could have expected what he recieved. With a sudden rushing sound the wave came crashing down. Terran wouldnt find himself crushed, though for a moment he might feel like he was tossed into the spin cycle of a washing machine. He was being knocked against several surfaces and none of them were wet.

After a few seconds of blacknesss and mindless spinning, the ride came to halt and the waves could audibly be heard relaxing. About then the lights came on, or rather, the prison Terran found himself in became transparent. For all intents and purposes he was in a bubble several hundred feet below the surface of the water. Silvery machinated fishes could be seen swimming by and the oceans surface could be seen gently churning above.

The bubble felt glass, and infact it might have been. Though all that was definately known was that there was transparent bubble surrounding them man giving him just enough hieght to stand.

And then he came. From the bubble itself came a voice. It sounded a bit like the voice of a child, innocent yet intellegent. It was obvious who it was speaking too at this point.::

Being. What is your function?

"Sorry, kid, we can't take you any further."

Athan was at the prow of the boat, staring over the vast expanse of the Ocean. From where Aedin's waters ended, about a hundred yards in front of the boat, there was a thin silver line that began to make up the...water?

"What the hell is this, anyway?"

"Dunno. We haven't been able to send tradeships past this point for quite some time. Kind of a pain in the a**, really. Didn't you hear that the King was worried this was going to affect our own waters soon?"

Athan furrowed his brow, staring down at the waters in front of their boat. He was fairly upset. He had spent the majority of his funds chartering boats back and forth between the main continent and his homeland, and now this happened. He really had been gone for awhile.

"Alright, well..."

Athan looked to his right, then ducked back into the belly of the ship. When he emerged, he had the two family heirlooms, Kel'Drin and the Mercurial Greatsword, strapped onto his back, and the Chaotic Sword hooked to his waist. A dufflebag was thrown over his shoulder.

"Guess I'll just go there myself."

"Look, Athan. I know you miss all the adventure over there, but this is suicide. Our biggest ships couldn't make it past that metal sea! Somethin's changed the fish there, boy, they'll take you down the moment you enter their territory."

Athan didn't say anything. He threw his duffle into one of the spare lifeboats, then loaded up some water and food. He entered the boat, then looked back to the ship's captain.

"How long of a trip is it?"

"Rowing? You can't be serious."

"How long of a trip is it?"

"It'd take three men a couple months to row that far. Listen to reason, boy! You won't make it."

Athan ducked back into the ship's galley, emerged with a couple more bottles of water, and then loaded a fishing rod into the boat for good measure.

"Just do me one last favor and you can head back. Lower this boat."

Athan hopped into the lifeboat, looked to the rather distraught captain, and waited.

"...Lower the damn boat."

And with that, the captain retired to his quarters while a few crewmen came to lower the life boat. Before he hit water, the captain came back and tossed something down to him. Athan caught it, then looked at the round object. It was a compass.

"You want to go west!"

Athan nodded, then severed the ropes from the main vessel, and started rowing.

He really had a long ways to go, but he'd be damned if he didn't make it.

(A Pirate's Life for Me~ The Aventure of the Pirate King-- continued)




And lo' and behold, a spark would ignite indeed, small at first, but furiously growing until it lit the torch and illuminated the darkness with light.

And with that light came the horrible screeching once more, as the sound of parting air gave way to the sight of a not so normally large bat.

An extremely red-eyed ugly, stinking bat.

And it was attracted to the light.

Sutiiven walked along a small spit of sand that separated great cliffs to his one side and the sea on his other. It was a pleasent day, and he was walking along chatting idly with another man that appeared about his age.

"Ahhhh... I tell ya, this is the life." said Sutii, putting his hands behind his head and looking out into the ocean.

"For humans like yourself maybe. I prefer the mountains and skies myself." calmly replied the boy's travel companion.

"Hey, just because you can fly in your true form..." grumbled the swordsman.

"Dragon jealousy, perhaps?" cooed the polymorphed Silver Dragon happily.

"Bite me, Ornisk."

"Don't tempt me."

"What's taking Dame so long anyways?"

That was the true purpose of the man's standing there - he had challenged his friend to a fight. Though as he thought about it, challenging a lightning elemental to a fight on the beach wasnt the smartest move. Oh well, that's life.

[1] "ERK-!"

Sutiiven didn't jump, but he was startled slightly. His face then grew slightly exasperated.









Despite being a Silver Dragon, Ornisk could be a little cheeky at times. Ah, the joy's of being young still...

Sutii turned around, and knowing that Dame would probably already be starting the fight, he drew his twin blades and began the charging process himself.

"Yeah, he's a dragon. A Young Silver Dragon, to be exact. Nice travel companion, but, uh, can be a bit of a trickster despite the usual rep of Silver's being more of a serious type."

"I think I have a Bronze Dragon in the bloodline somewhere."

"Anyways, let's get this fight started already." said Sutii with a smirk, shifting into an en-guard position.

[2] "... I'm not sure whether I should take that as a compliment or what. Just be glad it's not in my nature to hurt people."

"You gonna be standing there yackin' the entire time, or are you gonna give me some room?"

"Oh right, sorry."

The dragon then walked a short distance away to watch the fight idly.

Meanwhile, Sutiiven was already trying out some new tricks.



With a quick muttering of some words under his breath, the weapons became alight with energy.

"Now I won't have to worry about the Silver becoming a lightning rod - "

"Say what?"

"Not you, you idiot..."

"Oh."

" - AND it adds to the damage. Just like back in HoH." said Sutiiven. "You wanna take first strike or do you want me to?"

[3] Distractions we're a pain - fortunately, Sutiiven had kept his eyes on Dame the entire time - one did not need to look at someone to talk to them. He smirked, and easily blocked the weapon with one blade, then came straight down with a counter attack using the open weapon. Only a few people had faced Sutii with dual weilding swords before, but he was a force to be reckoned with - especially when the swords were flaming.