Storm of the Ages

One Piece: Guided by a Curse

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One Piece: Guided by a Curse

"We could just jump so hard, that the island would flipped!" Issac explained, legs crossed in his thinking position. "And then we could right the gravity up, or maybe the world would come sinking down!" He thought about the best way to go about plan number 57, but was beginning to see that Sasayaki was losing interest. "It's brilliant, right? RIGHT!?"

The ground rumbled below them, mischief likely on it's way. "Finalllly" Sasayaki moaned, reeling up and getting ready to intercept whatever was on its way. "It's going to be a biiiiiig oneeee." Suddenly, the earth gave way, dropping Issac down, still in his thinking pose, and on top of the hardheaded man that was so impolitely hurled towards him. Sasayaki anchored the ground with her tail and wrapped them both, swinging the two into the ground with a thud. "Annnnd captured," she finished.

"Hey," Issac breathed, stroking the cool chain, "looks like those fishing lessons weren't a waste after all!" Issac turned around as the chain loosened, sitting on the man's hips and looking down at his traumatized face, his eyes bloodshot and staring into distance like he had seen things beyond this island. "Hey," Issac introduced himself, "how hard do you think it would be to flip and island?"

"Ohhhhh. Myyyyy. God. Will you get off this damn flipping plan," Sasayaki screeched.

The man cranked his head to the two, eagerly debating the merits of Issac's new plan. "What the hell is wrong with you. Do you have annnnny.. ANNNNYYY IDEA who I am!"

Sasayaki and Issac shared a look. "Someone that doesn't know what soap is?" Sasayaki guessed, causing Issac to reel up an courious finger that matched his 'Ohhhhh' face.

The man stood up, shaking the two off, and finding his composure. He was unremarkable at first sight, his face scuffed from the journey and his hair curled in ever which way. On his back he wore a turtle shell, with miniature versions clinging to his elbows and knees. His eyes were angery, but glazed like an overworked toddler. "I am Chozu, the great turtle warrior, and my defense impenetrable! I am a proud member of the Crush Pirates, lead by the fiercest of warlord in all of the land!"

"So you guys sit around and talk about girls and stuff?" Issac wondered. "Like, who is into who, and stuff like that? I mean, I don't really have anyone that I am crushing on, but I think that could be fun!"

"Can we talk about things we love to cut?" Sasayaki added, not quite as oblivious as Issac, but twice as cruel.

His frustrations escaped in a huff, Chozu taking a defensive stance. "Crush as in smash, break, compresses, annihilate; all of things that I will soon be doing to you! If that crazy man above was your captain, then I will be glad to show him how pathetic his crew is."

"He's right, and he is going to win," a stranger declared, almost uninterested in her own words. She was sitting to the side, like Issac had been previously, but with a certain lack of care for anyone and anything around her. On her shoulder rested a miniature bear, curled up and sleeping, its head snuggled against hers. "You can try to beat him, but I'm never wrong," she sighed. "So just run so I can watch the warlords fights, okay?"

"This bitch," Sasayaki hissed, giving her patented glare.

Issac stood up, smiling with a passion he hadn't felt since he left home. "Thanks for the advice," he told the girl with a grin, "but I can't loose if the captain is testing me! You might want to back away, though, because when I fight, just about anything can happen to anyone," he smiled, unsure of what surprises were in store.

"Finally," his trusted blade screamed, coiling in his hands and taking the proper position that was almost forgotten to her. It had been months since they had fought for real, the other competitors seemingly incapacitated at the declaration of battle, but someone was able to stand before them, ready to feel their wraith once more. "Shall we sing our song?" she asked.

"Only if he's ready to listen," Issac grinned, blood rushing through his legs as a raging beat infested the battlefield.

"Uhhhh, okay?" the girl quested from the sidelines, unsure of why the man still tried, and why he was still standing. Slowly the beat pulsed through her, and she felt a sensation that had eluded her in all of the years that she had been alive. She gazed at the man, STILL STANDING, and tried to remember what her captain once told her. "Is this," she paused, fixated on the man, a bizarre aura surrounding him, "uncertainty?"

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Name: Jewel, aka Miss Fortune

Age:23

Motto: Whatever

Race: Celestial Dragon

Abilities: Lucky Lucky fruit - a fruit bestowing the user with the incredible luck.

Weapon: Aegis, a small bear that consumed the shield shield fruit, making the small pet able to transform at will into a living weapon to defend her, even when she doesn't ask for it. Aegis is very protective of his master, and can't stand the thought of any harm coming to her. Jewel would even say that he is overprotective, and can over react to imaginary danger.

Bio - Jewel has been blessed with good fortune her entire life, being born into nobility. Her life was set in stone, every piece carefully planned out by overbearing parents, to the point that no surprises remained. This fortune drove her into a deep depression, one day peering down the red line, a drop so far that she couldn't even see the ground. At that moment, she noticed a fruit beside her, and couldn't help but to eat it, hearing that legends that certain fruits held cursed devil's inside them. After consuming the fruit, Jewel leapt from the red line, plummeting to the ground, only to caught in a bubble, gently lowering her to the ground. Her luck would only continue to grow, winning the loyalty of a pet bear that could take the form of a shield, and even an armor bear when half transformed. Craving adventure, she joined a notorious pirate crew, sure that danger would find her, but the captain took to her like her own daughter, since hers has since ran away. Some would call her the luckiest girl alive, but Jewel would disagree. Her luck, in her own words, is the worst curse imaginable, and Jewel spends every moment of her life trying to break that curse.

Personality: Jewel spends most of her day mopping around her ship while others and the world pamper her with gifts and admiration. She hides the fact that she is a celestial dragon because revealing her true identity would only cause more misfortune. She gets everything she wants, which causes her not to want that thing. Imagine a popular emo kid that can't ever be hurt. FEELS BAD MAN!

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The world was collapsing under his feet, and Issac could feel that he would not be long for this world if he didn't act immediately. "Sasa," He yelled, grasping the bladed end and hurling it into the rock. The blade sang as it dug into the earth, cutting through like it were paper. "Too strong," he followed, the pitch and intensity reeling down to a pleasant tone on the ears. The blade caught rock, and not a moment too soon, as the rock beneath him gave way, falling upward into a blue sky. Issac's grip slipped, and the clumpsy pirate was sent sliding to the end on the chain, grasping sasayaki by her blunt head.

"Uhhg, do you mind," he moaned, particularly sensitive about being touched when not on her terms. "Are you trying to pet me, or something?"

Issac ignored her complaints, waving in the wind like a proud flag, and enjoying the view. "I think I understand this curse," he proclaimed, rocking back and forth on the chain in an attempt to gather some momentum. "Hey, can I get some help?" he asked with a smile."

Sasayaki let out a warning grown as the swings intensified. She was used to a certain level of mischief from her master, but it never made the situations any more tolerable. "Would you like a fresh drink, or some new holes to bleed out of?"

"Just swing me," he laughed.

Sasayaki let out one last protest, before flailing Issac around like a ball on a string. She aimed to make him regret his life choices, but Issac only laughed as she swung him faster and faster. "Is this what you wanted," she screeched, her steel shivering. "Is this what you think is a good time?"

"Annd," he started, wraping a section of the chain around his arm to get a better grip. "Realease!"

Sasayaki quivered, as the force of her protest shot down the chain and into her blade. The earth split in two and the moment the swing hit the peak, the two were sent free and flying towards the center of the mass. The worlds shifted, and Issac flipped with the fluxuating gravity, almost making a perfect landing before hitting the rock face first with a slip of his toes. "Cooool," her muttered to the dirt.

"What the hell," Sasa yelled, her head probing the rocks with a sweet melody. "Are we?"

"Right side up, on an island that is upside down!" Issac exhaled, almost too excited to breath. "The gravity stream took us all the through the island, but isn't strong enough to penetrate the solid spots!" Issac paced back and forth, watching the free ruble float up to an infinite sky. "We are so lucky to be alive!" he proclaimed.

"But we are stuck on the wrong side of this damn rock, with no food, no water, and no more friends." She reminded him, always having a talent of spotting the harsh ground to his floating dreams. "Congratulations, we found a prettier rock to starve to death on!"

"We are just on the upside down, and need to find a way to the downside right!"

Sasayaki moaned, dreading the new onslaught of brilliant plans that would be required to make it to the next hell. "Shall we start over from number two, or just keep adding?"

"Plan number 2, he had already begun, peering our to the sky above the storms. It was a vast world, and seeing what lied above reminded him of home, or the sky islands before they fell. Issac wanted to reach them once more, to let the streams of gravity catapult him into the sky and land on the milky white of the cloud sea, but life would not ever so simple. Returning to the sky was one of his ultimate goals, but that was not would that would some so luckily.

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Bighead collided with the ground after a magnificent leap, trembling the island and the very touch of his massive legs. He froze for a moment, his attention focused beneath the ground itself. "Good boy, Lucky! It appears you are not a disappointing soul, yet you are still untested in combat." A rock rolled over ahead of him, revealing a man that had been sleeping underneath. "Excuse me young sir, could I ask a favor of you?"

The man's eyes, cold and uninterested, lazily peered at the captain. "Can't you see I am trying to catch some sleep. This fight has gone on longer than expected, and I just become a monster if I don't get a full 23 hours."

Bighead laughed, a mockingly monstrous laugh. "Sleep is for cowards," he declared, "A soft escape for those too feeble to face the MAGNIFICENT DAYLIGHT!"

The captain struck a nerve, forcing the man to his feet. "Feeble!? I'll have you know that I have the strongest defenses this world has ever seen! No creature in the world has ever scratched this iron skin of mine, and if you think oth-"

"Magnificent," he captain interrupted, grasping the main in growing hands. "You will become the perfect metric for my new crewmate!" He raised his arms to the sky, growing in length and width, and then jolted himself into the air, shifting his size from his arms to his legs while tossing the stranger directly into the ground, all whilst yelling, "CANNONBALL!"

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"Is it weird that I'm a little turned on?" Sasayaki whispered to him while Klank stormed off. Her chain snaked down to look at her broken form, rubbing her head against the mangled copy. "So sweet, so inoccent, so.. soo.. soooo broken!" She reeled up and glared at Klank. "What carnage! The perfect little asshole, and I can't wait to tear you apart like you did me. Do your limbs snap so musically when the crack free?"

"I think he likes us," Issac added, smiling towards him. "A few more fun adventures, and we'll be best friends, I just know it! Isn't that right, captain."

"Right indeed, Lucky my boy!" he said with a massive grin. "Klank puts on a tough show, but he just loves fixing things!" The captain's tone changed, with his hand on his shoulder. "That boy," he sniffled. "That boy is going to fix the world!" The sniffles turned into his signature laughed, his hands moving back to his hims in a heroic pose. "Magnificent!"

Sasayaki turned to sierra, the small white haired child, while captain and Issac were sharing yet another heartfelt moment. Her cold steel glared at the girl when she so nonchalantly mocked her. 'Bitch is gonna get cut,' she thought to herself, her chain shivering at the idea of her delicious cold blood running down her bladed end. "Run along, Snowcone," she screeched, catching Issac's attention, "But your days are numbered, child of ice. Do not forget that it will be me that shall take the LAST DRIP of rotton blood from your pitiful corpse."

"Sasa," Issac tugged. "What did we talk about?"

Sasayaki sulked down, collapsing her chain on his shoulder. "No murder rant.." she whined. "But I'm just soooo hungry."

Issac smiled, looking at the upside down world, and imagining how it could change his outlook on the future. "You really think there isn't fresh blood to be shed, here?" The magic around the island was unique, plants forming in places where light couldn't touch. He had spent enough time on enough island to know what was a natural occurrence, even on the grand line, and what was caused by a devil fruit. He could feel the pull of gravity fluctuating with every step, and knew that the effects would not last forever, and the captain felt it too, which is what had him in excited, looking over his new island to conquer. "Now then, let's grab some food," he declared, heading towards the fresh stash that the white haired child left. "She is always thinking about us!" he smiled, with a crunch into the only apple that managed to survive the wreckage. He prepared himself for another bite, when the remaining food began to float into the air like little ballons, picking up speed as the pummetted upwards to the sinkhole."

"Fantastic," Bighead yelled, intercepting on of the falling fruits before fighting his way back to the island. "It appears we will be fighting the clock, my dear boy. What other surprises have you brought us!?"

Issac shrugged his sholders. "Cool stuff?"

"We mustn't wait a single moment longer," the captain declared. "Onward, to glory! I shall prepare a workout for you all that will certainly push those new bodies to their absolute peaks!"

The captain dashed forward, into the island in a manor that inspired Issac. He hadn't felt this energized since he started his journey, and Issac couldn't even imagine in what way these new challenges would prevent themselves. "Plan number one," he reminded Sasayaki, who was still sulking in hunger, "prove to the world that I am the luckiest man alive!"

It was at that very same moment that Issac felt the ground cave in beneath him, barreling down into the world with the vicousness of the captains chest and shoulders days. Issac hated chest and shoulders day.

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A woman appeared from the wreckage, covered in the black powder that erupted from a shattered barrel. Her arms were scuffed and beaten from a series of accidents over the several days, but her limbs continued to work as if they were unharmed. Below the waist sprouted a brown scaled tail that matched her hair, wiggling itself free of the iron ring that originally contained the barrel. "Ohhhh no, just forget about me again," she huffed, bouncing her way to a clearing on the island and looking up. "Don't worry, my sweet captain," she declared, a sparkle of admiration lingering in her eyes, "I will make sure nothing happens to this crew. I will protect you all, and in doing so, steal your heart!"

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"Man the helm, release the sails, full speed ahead, or whatever," Sasayaki mocked, her chain fully extended and wavering in the storm. The sea had been nothing but back to back storms since they departed, driving the entire crew into overdrive as Issac cluelessly lead them through. In fact, it was on several occasions that the other had accused him following the weather, but truth be told, Issac was just spinning the wheel around to feel the satisfying rotation of the shipwright workmanship. "Get the lead out of your ass Klank," Sasa continued, always finding the worst time to piss him off." Klank didn't respond, he was too busy, but he had on several occasions threatened to use her steel to reinforce the ship.

"It could be worse," Issac noted, causing everyone on the ship to stop what they were doing momentarily. They had been sailing with Issac for 3 weeks now, and it was well known that certain words were triggers that you had to be ready to diffuse at a moments notice. "At least the mast is still standing this time."

"Mother fucker!" Klank screamed, a step too late to save the mast from falling. The luckily, the captain had caught the large section of wood, and began to bench the mast. "You," Klank scream at the captain, competing with the storm, "Put it back, you know chest day isn't until tomorrow. You," he directed towards Sasaaki, "If you're not going to help, then shut hell up. Annnd you," he said with a hard point, followed by a long drawn out pull of a fresh cig, "What did we talk about earlier?"

Issac looked to the sky, trying to recall from the arsenal of "suggestions" that he received in the last few weeks. "Don't talk about the ship while you're still fixing it?"

"Don't talk about the fucking ship while I'm still fixing it!" he emphasized, with a long drag before he got back to work. He was a strange character, that was for sure, but no one could fix a ship as fast as the rest of the crew could break it. It was clear that the man loved what he did, and being on the ship would only make him a better builder, but the stress of dealing with four walking disaster might have drove him crazy from time to time.

No problem, he thought to himself, knowing that anything else would get him caged for the day. Instead, Issac went back to spinning his wheel, back and forth with the waves that seemed to cut through any major problems. Spinnnnn, he thought to himself, enjoing the storm just as much as the captain, who was now laughing at the sky, the rain pouring down. It was crazy for sure, but not as crazy as Siera seemed to be about food. Every ounce of anything that could be eaten was tucked away near her, the ice protecting it from the elements. There was something slightly off about her, but she could find a grain of salt on the underdeck of a passing ship in 3 seconds flat. He watched her briefly, before looking forward again. Spinnnn

"Clearing ahead," Sasa yelled, her unique abilities aiding to the crew as the long range scout that other would kill for. "The storms about to break, but the ocean seems to to be missing ahead."

"Missing?" the captain yelled, "Excellent! Take us there!"

"Yes sir," Issac replied, not letting the others hold him back. "Whatever's ahead, I'm sure it's not as dangerous as this storm!"

It was just then that the storm broke, revealing a giant sinkhole in the ocean. Clyde thought they would be going in, falling downwards to certain death, but the ship was traveling the other way instead. The captain stood at the front of the ship, his large head mounted proudly on the front, laughing as the ship began to fall upward. Issac held onto the wheel, only releasing it when he realizing that the gravity was being warped around the island. "Woah," he said to himself, watching the world spin as the ship spiraled upwards to a large rock mass that blocked out the sun. "I think, we're safe," he declare, just before the ship started to wobble uncontrollably. If there was unmistakable sound he had learned on his adventures, it was the sound of a ship reaching his limits, and it came just in time to crash into the island.

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Issac felt awful, knowing that his brief sentimental notions caused the others harm. He had lived with the curse for his whole life, but subjecting others to the madness that he survived daily was another storm. "My apologies," he said with a bow. "I did not mean for you all to become entangled in my plans." Sasayaki swayed back and forth anxiously as the others found their way back to the ship. For the most part, he let her be her own person, being alone for so long, but Issac knew even untrained dogs eventually had to learn their manors when taken inside. He wrapped his arm to the base of her chain, reeling here in. "And she is sorry too."

"Don't tell me how to feel," she screeched, trying to tug away like an overtired toddler. "I'm. Not. A. Toy."

"Never," he said with a smile. "You're the only friend durable enough for me to keep, and I'm sorry I had to curse you with self-awareness." He felt the chain loosen, sulking down over his shoulder, the head of the chain snugly across his back. "I don't know you, but I want you, all the more for that." He started.

"Words fall through me," Sasa joined, he previous hostility easing with every word. "Always fool me, and I can't react"

Issac smiled again, wondering what a world without her would have been like, even though it was looking like that would was more and amore possible with the new arrivals. Despite them all, he couldn't imagine abandoning his troubled child, not even if it cost him everything; Issac just kept smiling as the took them both. "And games that never amount, to more than they're meant, will play themselves out."

Just as the chouse hit, he could feel the massive hands to the strange new captain on both of their shoulders and join in with low bellow of an overgrown mouth. "Take this sinking boat and point it home, We've still got time, Raise your hopeful voice you have a choice, You'll make it nowwwwwwwwwwwww."

"Brings be back," Bighead said with the manlyiest single tear that seemed to catch ever ounce of sunlight. "But a man needs adventure! A man needs to roam the sea free! A man doesn't have time sunday morning brunch!" Bighead turned to Issac, picking him to his level by the shoulders. "Do you know what's in brunch, Lucky. Do you know!? It's all carbs! ALL OF IT! WHERE ARE THE GAINS?" He shook, clearly reliving some hidden baggage. "Nowhere," he finally said, putting him down. "Nowhere."

Issac didn't know what a carb was, but was just happy someone called him by his chosen name. "Dam right, cap," he nodded eagerly. It was then that he noticed that the deck was quickly emptying, the others getting to rest after their dramatic entrances. He couldn't know for sure, but he suspect that he might like these new crewmates, and their unique quirks, but Issac needed to see them alive long enough to get attached. "No what, sir."

Captain Bighead smiled, clearly having a plan in mind. "If you're strong enough to keep such a powerful weapon in line, you're strong enough to steer this ship." He pointed to the rear of the boat, seemingly pieced together after a series of unfortunate events. Klank wan't to stock up, so bring us somewhere safe," he smirked.

"Somewhere safe," he nodded. "Right, I can totally do that." Issac couldn't be truly believed that if he had tried hard enough, he could get lucky and find the perfect island to prove his worth. He dodged the slippery sections of the deck as he made his way to the helm, softly resting his hands on the new burden. "Somewhere safe," he said one last time, turning the wheel with no map, no point of reference, and no idea how to operate a ship of that size.

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Meanwhile, back on the island, a mysterious woman appears. The island is deserted, with the exception of a single bottle and a note attached to it.

"Got the milk, but I just realized that we didn't have any glasses. Going to store to find something really amazing. Can't wait for brunch with your sisters.

Always yours,
Snugglebear Bighead II"

The woman looks to her ship, a silhouette of characters watching from the shoreline. "Still playing hard to get, I see." The milk breaks in her hand, cold fluid running down as she grins. "I do love our little foreplay, but it's time to come home, Snugglebear."

One Piece: Guided by a Curse

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One Piece: Guided by a Curse

Everything was as it should have been, and it seemed the world has deemed these companions, much like Sasayaki, unfortunate enough to travel with. "Sasa," Isaac yelled, "It's happening."

Sasa looked up the new girl, keeping what he believed was stern eye contact while wiggling the bladed end back to Issac's back holster. "Plan 478, if you will Lucky"

She used his name, his chosen name, letting him know that she was serious. Isaac reeled in in the chain, leaving just enough of her to peak out beyond his shoulder. With a few long strides and skillful jump brought him to the side of the ship. When he turned around he felt the captain's eyes soon him, waiting to see what came next. "I don't know if I can do this."

"Shhh," she whispered, drifting between both ears as she talked. "You're a sentimental kind of guy! Is there really nothing that can make this real?"

She wad right, the island was his home. Although he may have been alone, that made it special in a way. His heart, his blood, his soul; it had all been spilled onto the land, and he suddenly felt the surge of nastalgia flood him. "I am going to miss this place," he finally admitted, staring at the land where so many plans came to life. "I don't think I can leave."

A surge of wind caught the sail, the chain that held the anchor severed in the crash. "Take that nerds!" Sasa yelled, followed by the diabolical laugh that he had grown to love. "It's my ship now," she screamed, before a large shadow appeared above her.

Isaac smiled, knowing what was to come. For the only thing that could ever jump that high was an overly zealous man that never skips leg day.

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"Closer," Sasayaki whispered. "Closer you pitiful fools! You confidence will be your undoing! You misfortune is our gain, your pain our pleasure, you blood our life! Closer and closer! Closer until you perish! Bahhh hahahaha!"

Isaac smiled, choosing to ignore her bloodlust for an enthusiastic smile. It wasn't the first time Sass was hangry, and with the lack of fresh meat, she grew particularly aggressive with the thought of newcomers. "Almost here," he testbed, tucking Sass behind him, "Be good, okay!"

"FINE," she screeched, burying her head in his back.

"Helloooo," a large man bellowed, becoming seeming larger as he approached. "Might you be in search of ADVENTURE!?" His thumb shot up to the sky, an act that didn't seem to phase his scruffy companion, only caring about is clever contraption.

Adventure, Isaac thought, I guess I will have to use speech 354 on this one. "Why yes, good sir!" His hand mirrored the tall man, with a head easily twice the size of any normal man. "In fact, what if I told you that by having me along your ship, adventure was guaranteed!" He shot a glance to the other man, hoping to pull him in, but he was even less interested than when he first passed. "Imagine a journey full of daring storms, impossible odds, incredible rivals, and the kind of ending that will be remembered for all eternity!" The man hun into every word, his ears getting bigger, as his nods grew in intensity. "That's what what you get when you recruit Lucky!"

The man stared, a smiling reeling up his face as the air flooded into his lungs. "Fantastic!" He yelled. "When can you start!?"

"Never!" Sasayaki yelled, almost crashinging into the man, only missing after his legs grew like stilts. "I'll kill you, you big headed freak! I'll kill you DEAD! AND IF I don't, his curse will!"

"Curse?" The man chuckled, "Fantastic!" It was then that he stared down Sasa, weaving through the air in an attempt to escape Issac. "But first, I will earn the trust of this majestic creature!"

"Majestic," she yelled. "OHHHH. OHHHHHH NO YOU DIDN'T MR OVER COMPENSATION." She lunged at him again, when the man intercepted the chain with his massive legs, rolling around the barren land while performing some sort of workout with her continued resistance.

"It's leg leg day," the man behind him finally said, not offering much more.

"You're not going to regret this," Isaac said with an open hand in front of him. "And if you want, I can even hitch a ride from the back with my raft."

It was at that moment, for not reason at all, a lightning bolt crashed down from the clear blue sky, completely disintegrating his raft. "Ohhh well, guess I stay on the ship." And it was at that moment, when the second bolt came crashing to the rear of the ship, where he assumed the lodging were. "Fantastic," he smiled.