Sweat going down his forehead, knee-deep in water, staff in hand, Yrios pushed his way through the corridor and out to the deck. Just moments ago he had been loafing around on a bench at the ship's lounge until a sudden jerk flung him out of his seat. The people that back then were only confused now screamed and ran by his side as they exited the hall. A big, humanoid warrior had cleared the entrance off, presumably under the command of a woman that moments ago had performed some kind of ritual to summon him. Yrios was uncertain of to what school of magic that spell could belong to, but he had no time to think about it, so much water inside the the ship could only mean that it would start sinking at any moment. That is, if it hadn't already began to. But the mayhem that greeted him as he exited made him come to a sudden stop.

Huge tentacles sticking out of the water and onto the ship, giant crabs creeping up the railing and onto the deck, people everywhere running and fighting for their lives. Suddenly drowning to death seemed like a good idea. But something caught his eye amid all the chaos. The silhouette of a beast he had only seen in books. [b]"Is that...?"[/b] Valefor swung its wings gracefully, fighting the monsters with magic and strength alike. He knew perfectly well that Aeons no longer existed, yet somehow it was there, more alive than ever. His eyes lighted up and a big smile covered his face as he stared at the god-like beast.[b]"Dis is so cool."[/b] Another sudden movement of the ship's deck snapped him out of his daydreaming. Whatever was down there, clinging to the ship was not gonna let go any time soon. Before he could ask anything a clashing sound interrupted his thoughts.

Two giant crabs were aproaching a young couple to his left, one of them clashing its pincers together, aparently sharpening them. The boyfriend was trying his best to protect his girl, screaming and kicking the beasts, barely keeping them at bay. At a sudden moment one of the crabs launched itself forwards, attempting to crush the boy's leg in between its pincers. The crustacean's attack was interrupted by Yrios who slamed his staff against the ground, halting the pincer's trajectory with it. However, the crab grabbed the staff as well, and both Yrios and the crab began to pull it. [b]"Let go already!"[/b] As the other crab approached, Yrios turned his head to the couple [b]"What are you staring at?! Can't you see I'm having a private conversation here?!"[/b] The couple immediately moved away from Yrios as he let go his staff and extended both of his arms, facing his palms to each crab. [b]"Got some fire?"[/b] His hands lighted up and two short bursts of fire shot out of his palms, incinerating the crabs' face as they both squealed and shook their appendages in agony. [b]"Sorry, this is a no-smoking area."[/b] The crab that was holding the staff threw it away in an arch as it convulsed, landing and slowly gliding towards the ship's edge.

Yrios bolted out of his stance and ran towards the staff [b]"Crap crap crap crap."[/b] He dove on the ground, catching it inches away from the edge as he let out a sigh of relief. [b]"Pheew."[/b] [i]"Lenore would be sooo mad if I lost it"[/i], he thought. He stood back up, noticing that he was dangerously close to some tentacles coming out of the water, and ran back to the ship's entrance where he thought he'd be safer and expected to see more action from Valefor.