Aboard the Rum Cask

[Chloriosus]

"In the water.", was Kastron's logical response. "Are you numbheaded or what? The only fish this here ship is you!"

[wingfeather]

Eldor rolled his eyes, ''I know that you tadpole of a frog, I meant aboard the ship.''

[Chloriosus]

Kastron raised his eyebrows. "A pole of a what?"

[wingfeather]

''Never mind,'' Eldor said, tying the hook to the line.

[Chloriosus]

The two tried fishing for quite some time, but nothing hit the line. They decided to move to the other side of the ship, but they didn't have any luck there either. Presently they gave up, and were thinking of what to do.

[wingfeather]

''Well isn't this just grand,'' said Eldor sarcastically, ''I'm starving and the sea seems to be empty of fish, maybe there will be somthing on land we can find when we get there.''

[Chloriosus]

Kastron nodded. "Maybe if you would jump in the water, we would have fish. 'though ye wouldn't taste good anyhow. Your legs would be all rubber."

[wingfeather]

Eldor's eyebrows lowed at Kastron's, ''I agree,'' he said dryly, ''when do you think we'll reach land?''

[Chloriosus]

Kastron looked at coastline, then checked the wind. "'Soon as the suns' bout halfway up. So probably fourty five more minutes."
'

[wingfeather]

Eldor sat down on the deck and rested his hand on his knee and sighed, ''Wait, did you say wether you were coming ashore?''

[Chloriosus]

"I didn't say nothin'! What's the sense of me going off the ship when I'm just gonna get on again after some hours?" At that moment Emmalinda walked up.

[wingfeather]

Eldor, unfortunately, did not see her walk up for he was picking salt build up from his boots, ''do you ever go on land?''

[Chloriosus]

Kastron could not remember the last time he had been on land but was he going to tell Eldor that? No of course not. "Of course I been on land.", he said scornfully. Emmalinda laughed aloud. "He's lying!", she shouted. "He hasn't been on land since 'fore my birth! He scared of it, cause a merchant gave him a lickin' for stealing and said if he came back, he wouldn't get the chance to come back!" Kastron glared at her. "She be lying! I was on land the day ye came aboard this here ship. Ye can ask the crewmen!" He was desperately hoping Eldor would take his word for it, for it was a commonly known fact aboard the Rum Cask that Kastron NEVER went on land. He seemed to have a fear of it or something.

[wingfeather]

At the sound of Emmalinda's voice Eldor's head snapped, he didn't even hear what the two were saying as he looked desperately for a place of escape. Standing he quickly caught a nearby rope and pulled himself up and away from Kastron's terrifying sister.

[Chloriosus]

Emmalinda was stupid enough to think that he was doing it to get away because she was so beautiful. "You musn't worry Lodrel, its very natural for anyone to be in love with me.", and she gave him her biggest smile, which looked like a psycho grinning.