Aboard the Rum Cask

[Chloriosus]

Kastron finally came upon Aunt Pessilys cabin. He searched under the bed, lest she might have hid the body there. There was no one there, however, and Kastron rushed back out of the room, remembering his last experience with beds. He finally came across his father's cabin. Now here was a thing he rarely went into. The captain visited it even less than Kastron did. All things considered, I think it would be pretty safe to say that he hadn't been there in the last seven years. Kastron opened the creaky door. A whole lot of dust that had settled fell upon him, and he sneezed. Quickly, he ran into the room, which was so covered with dust the air was musty. "This", Kastron thought,"this is a lot of wasted space. No way anybody will find me here."

[wingfeather]

Eldor walked aimlessly about the deck whistling a tune he made up called the Barliman's goat, strange song and the lyrics are terrible, I will spare you the trouble.

[Chloriosus]

Kastron was getting very much bored in his father's room. There was really not much but dust. Kastron decided to switch rooms again. He ran back into the galley, when he heard his Aunts footsteps. Oh great, he thought, and took cover in a kitchen cabinet.

[wingfeather]

Once Eldor had finished whistling the forty four verses which were all fifteen lines long, he went below deck and entered the galley, he found it empty, ''this is going to be the boringest trip of my life,'' he sighed. Just then one of the crewmen (Gerenway probably, he had the best eyes) yelled, ''LAND HO!!!''

[Chloriosus]

Kastron almost fell asleep in the soup pot, when he heard footsteps again. At first he thought ontwas some other crewman looking for trouble, but then he heard an ear drum wrecking whistling sound. At first he was sure it was Eldor, but then he remembered that Eldor wasn’t supposed to be alive at the moment. He sat there, waiting. The tune was repeated, with the sour noise, as Kastron called it, not once , but 44 times. Kastron breathed a sigh of relief when the song was over, but then drew together again as the whistler started the same song over again. Kastron didn’t want to go insane, so he rolled out of the cabinet. “FOR THE SAKE OF ALL THAT IS MURDEROUS AND SENSE EATING, STOP SINGING LIKE A RAT SPEAKS!”

[wingfeather]

Eldor stopped whistling and glared at the one who dared insult the way he expressed himself. Immediately he began whistling louder, completely forgetting that he thought the boy dead after seeing him in such a natural place for him as rolling out of a cabinet.

[Chloriosus]

Kastron, rather annoyed at the moment, grabbed a near by frying pan, fully intending on doing his aunts job for her. Then he realized he didn’t exactly take his Aunt as a role model, so he cast the pan aside, accidentally smashing it through a barrel filled with pickling juice, and grabbed a bottle instead, aiming at Eldors head.

[wingfeather]

Eldor ducked quickly, ''wasteful,'' he said shaking a finger as the bottle crashed to the floor and broke into countless pieces of shards.

[Chloriosus]

Kastron glared at Eldor. “On the contrary, point achieved.”, he shot back. “You’re not whistling right now.”

[wingfeather]

''Not really, would you like me to start singing,'' he asked with a sly smirk.

[Chloriosus]

Kastron stared at the grinning Eldor. “Open that mouth of yours, and I will cut out your larynx!” He tried to sound threatening, but the threat sounded very comical.

[wingfeather]

''Oh ya dwarf legs your short little self wont be able to reach this high,'' he said indicating his throat, ''and yes, the lyrics to the song are great.''

[Chloriosus]

Kastron shook his head. "I Know a MUCH better song. And if I do have shorter legs than you, at least they don't look like they came from a jellyfish!"

[wingfeather]

''Jellyfish!,'' Eldor said indignantly, ''surely you can come up with something better than that! Also there is no better song.''

[Chloriosus]

Kastron looked at Eldor. "You're right, jellyfish is a bit boring. Alright then, you sound worse than Weedsworth looks by now. And yes there IS a better song. You just have to much of a spoilt coconut head to know it."