Aboard the Rum Cask

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Eldor rolled his eyes at the ignorance of the boy. At Kastron's question he straightened, ''I am known as Eldor Ken-,'' he was unable to finish as the ship pitched hard, throwing Eldor off his feet.

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"Eldorken?" asked Kastron, completely unshaken by the fall Eldor took. "I suppose its a pretty good name. Never heard of one like that tho-" His sentence was also cut off, but not because he fell of his feet. The door banged open once again, and in the frame stood Captain Edgewood. From the looks and smell of him, it was apparent that he had been awake for quite some time now, and that he was defiantly not thirsty. "Kass, ye whale whullober!" He slurred."Ye infernaly useless pile o' uselessness, what are ye doin blow decks' at this hour, ye lazy pilot fish." "I was waitin' to see how long it'd take to get yer melon intuh figurin' out i ain't up there!" Kastron shouted with annoyance.

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''It's not Eldorkin,'' Eldor said irritably, ''it's-,'' but once again he was interrupted, this time by the door banging open. ''Who is that?'' he asked.

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"That'ther's my father", said Kastron quietly to the side. "Do me the favor and down make him mad. He's like a catfish, real smoothy nice if ye dont bother him, but very spiky if ye rub him th' wrong way."

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Eldor raised an eyebrow and nodded slowly at the strange analogy, ''I think I'll pass,'' he answered looking sideways at the captain.

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The captain, needless to say, was severely outraged by Kastron disrespectful reply, and his face turned as red as the sky is blue. "Why you!!!" He grabbed the mop stick that was on the floor and swung at whom he thought was Kastron (he was really more drunk than he thought he was) ELdor dodged to the right, only too see the mop stick coming towards him from a different direction.

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Eldor dodged to his right and quickly sprinted out the door, the captain right on his heals, bellowing something in what Eldor called 'the strange seaman's tongue' Eldor ran up the stairs tying to find a place to hide from the dangerous captain.

[Chloriosus]

He ran up the stairs, the captain right behind him, and Kastron running behind them, not wanting to miss out on anything. "Oh great", he was thinking. About halfway up the stairs, he rushed back down to get something. He had to act fast, for he had an idea of what would happen to the paleface with the strange name if Captain Edgewood got his hands on him.

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In Eldor's mind this was worse than the sword fight with Kastron, at least his opponent then was in his right mind (mostly at least) but this was different. Frantically he searched the surrounding area for something to throw off his pursuer.

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Kastron meanwhile was below deck equally frantic, but he was searching for something. His eyes lit up when he found it. He grabbed it and rushed up the stairs. It didn't take him long to locate Eldor, who was running this way and that, and almost stumbling into various crewmates, who didn't seem to be bothered by the circumstances around. Kastron ran to one of the masts he knew Eldor would probably pass and started shouting. "Ay, Eldorken, over here!" As Eldor passed him, he passed over a certain familiar bucket. Eldor obviusly wasn't so sure what to do with the bucket. Kastron tried catching up to him a bit, whilst still steering clear of his father. "THROW IT AT HIS HEAD, YOU SAP!!!"

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Eldor hurled the bucket behind him, hoping it would distract his tormentor, but to his despair it did not seem to bother the captain in the least. Eldor tried all the tricks he could think of, ducking under some rigging, swinging around the mast, and dodging several crewmen. Eldor continued stumbling around awkwardly on the deck, until he found himself flat on his stomach, tripped by that hateful bucket. Eldor scrambled backwards hurriedly until he felt his back hit the railing. Now Eldor was sure this was his end.

[Chloriosus]

The captain advanced towards him menacingly. He raised the mop stick above his head. Just when both boys were sure Eldor wasn't coming along for the rest of the trip, Aunt Pessilys' voice shouted across the deck. "GIT IN HERE AND STUFF YER FACES QUICK, YE FILTHY CATFISH, 'FORE I FEED YER FOOD TO YER BROTHERS IN THE OCEAN!!!" The captain threw down the mop stick, and he along with the whole crew started going down below deck to get their food before Aunt Pessilys got an opportunity to fulfill her threat.

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Eldor stood shakily and tried to scrape together the remains of his dignity as he slowly walked down the stairs toward his cabin, he was most definitely not hungry at the moment, as I don't think many people would be after having been chased around a ship by a drunken captain. Entering the bedroom he immediately fell face first upon the bed.

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Kastron saw Eldor slink into the cabin and followed him quietly. He wasn't really hungry either, but he figured that he might be later, so before he went into the cabin he snuck into the galley and looked for what food there was. Unfortunately for him, Aunt Pessilys had made soup this morning, so there was no possible way for him to get it into his pockets. He walked back to the cabin and thought about what to say. He sat down beside Eldor. "Thanks for savin' me skin mate." HE was honest with that sentence, even though it had taken him a bit to say it.

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Eldor grunted something unintelligible into the blankets before lifting his head, a strange expression on his face, ''uuuh- ya sure,'' he was unused to people thanking him and this person doing it was especially strange to him.