Imbue, Chapter 4: Struggle for Survival
Imbue, Chapter 4: Struggle for Survival
Foreword from Skulryk
Imbue was a total new experience for me. I had seen Tryst, and just the fact that people managed to come together and dedicate themselves to the IF, and, not only that, succeed with it and manage to finish it was simply amazing. Union I had only heard of, and I plan to read soon. However, Tryst was one I followed, watching but never posting. Once Imbue came along, I told myself I wouldn't miss that oppertuinty, and put myself in, sticking with it. I'm glad I did, because it was a great IF. People managed to stick with it and bring it to an end, and I'm glad I was a part of it.
Cyan dusted himself off, and looked down. "Back up! it's a crocodile..and a pirate?"
Narcy walked up, despite Cyan's warnings, and kicked the pirate in the gut. He groaned slowly, shuddering. Narcy bristled. "I know you..."
The pirate leaned over, and looked up into her face. "N.. N.. Narcy?"
Narcy hit herself on the head with her hand. "I thought I ditched you! Apparently, Captain Poo refuses to die!"
The crocodile thumped its tail on the ground, bringing a cloud of dust up into Poo's eyes. "Please..help me find my friends... whoever you are," he whispered, fainting in the dirt.
But Poo was too fixated on Narcy to hear the crocodile's words. "Narcy, I haven't seen you in ages!" exclaimed Poo, excitedly.
"Get out of my face you two-timing weasel!" yelled Narcy.
"Two-timing? I told you, Narcy. Bonnie the Buccaneer meant nothing to me!" explained Poo.
"Past lovers...geez," mumbled Cyan.
Poo looked around to see a bunch of other people. He looked at Mike's face and immediately recognized him. "Hey, you're the guy whose ships I ro--" Poo stopped, thinking that he wanted to make a good impression. "whose ships I rode. That's it. Rode."
"Eh...? Your face looks so familiar. Aren't you that famous pi--" Mike stopped, thinking that if he falsely accused the stranger, he would lose a would-be friend. "piper. Aren't you that famous piper?"
"Yes, that's right, I'm a pi--" Poo said before being interrupted by Narcy.
"He's a pirate. Ever heard of Captain Poo? That's him right there," said Narcy. Poo was met with stares and glares from everyone.
"Why don't you leave?" asked Cyan. "We don't need a pirate amongst us."
"How about you shut up?" snapped Poo. "No one else has a problem with me, right?" No one answered with a tone above mumbles. "Well, if you don't want me coming with you then I'll have to draw my sword and steal all your belongings like I did with unacat."
"It's OK. You can come with us, Poo," said Mike.
"I suppose he's an OK guy if you've never been in a relationship with him," said Narcy.
"Then it's agreed upon. Poo comes with us. Now, what were you saying, Mr. Crocodile?" said Cyan.
The Strong Watcher was still fainted.
"Charles?" Sebastian asked. "Is that you?" He looked down at the fainted Strong Watcher.
He waved a hand in front of the Strong Watcher.
"Do you know this person, Sebastian?" Venus asked.
"Yeah... he was a Tessie Watcher. I knew him... long ago. Before he became like this."
The Strong Watcher struggled slightly.
"Charles?"
"Se, Sebastian?" the Strong Watcher inquired.
Venus wiped a tear from her eyes. "How touching."
"Now, I'll ask you again," Cyan said. "What did you have to say?"
"I wanted to find my friends... they all disappeared, I fell asleep, and when I woke up, I was like this. A Tessie Watcher in the body of a Strong Crocodile."
"We came across some of our friends. But they're now Tessie Watchers playing Rough and Mr. Tessie Watchers. We left them a while ago. They said they were going to try to get out of here."
"Take me with you!" Charles cried. "I have a bone to pick with that Starman!"
"It's a Starwoman."
Charles the Strong Watcher appeared to blush.
Dan thought to himself, wondering how he could have possibly gotten into a situation where a talking crocodile, a pirate, a thief, a bunch of magic people (including himself), and a famous singer, all get lost in a cave filled with evil robots and pod people. He didn't have much time to think, though, as he found himself chasing all of the above, who had decided to look for the exit without him. Pulling out his Newton 2100, he scrawled a note while running.
"Note to self: When lost in a cave, never lose yourself in thought."
Panting, he finally caught up.
"Oh, hello." Venus said, matter-of-factly.
"You...*pant*...left me back there!" Dan said, a tinge of anger in his tone.
"Oh...yeah. Well, no matter, we have to get out, before we're all transformed into Mooks...!!" Anthadd said, in a normal tone at first, which quickly turned into a yell as he tripped over something lying on the floor.
Cyan helped him up as everyone else gathered around the notebook that was lying on the dusty floor.
Narcy read: "Lesse here...Oh, it's a note from that Orange guy." Narcy cleared her throat and read. "This is it. My experiment's are complete. Within hours, my first test will be over; How this turns outcould change the world, for better or worse..."
"Jeez, look at all these people.." mumbled Luna. "I mean, how are we going to sneak past this aforementioned security without being..."
But before she could finish, loud alarms sounded off everywhere, followed by a metallic voice over the intercom droning, "Intruder escape, Intruder escape, all units on the watch."
"Caught," Luna said, finishing the sentence and pulling out what looked like a black baton from her backpack. "We should run now."
"That'd be a good idea," said Mike, and the entire group sprinted down the dark corridor.
The Konax, acting on remote directions, settled in the bushes near Stonehenge. A large note flashed on the main computer:
Anthadd, just in case you find an escape route but no way to get to it. the control room's up front. ~unacat
Anthadd and his friends walked slowly through the metallic halls of Stonehenge, searching for clues with each step.
"What should we be looking for?" Venus whispered, her voice echoing around the hall.
Charles flicked his tail idly. "I think we should stay on the lookout for note paper, post-its, pencils, anything out of the ordinary."
Meanwhile, Captain Poo had other ideas. As he was walking, he noticed a small package near his foot. Reaching down, he jerked the bow and yanked off the lid.
"Ooo, it's a bracelet!"
"Yoink!"
Narcy ripped the bracelt out of Poo's hand, and fastened it on her own wrist. She held her arm up and admired the sparkling gems. "I must admit, Poo, I don't think this would have looked too good on you."
Poo sulked in the corner. "Well, I'm sure it doesn't do anything cool anyway, like protect you from sleep attacks, or raise your luck. All it is is a Pixie's Bracelet. In fact, I bet I could find something even better behind this door."
The captain motioned to a door near him, and turned the rusty handle. Once inside, he flicked on the light.
"AGEHE@)()($$HHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!"
Poo staggered back, gagging from the stench and the sights. Narcy pushed past him. "You can't be a very good pirate if you can't stand the sight of a corpse, can you?"
She craned her head through the doorway, and looked inside. "Well...but who is it? Probably no one important, but maybe he has cash on him!"
Venus raised her hand, and slapped Narcy across the cheek. "You insensitive witch! There's a dead person in there!"
Venus turned to walk inside, but was stopped by two sharp slaps across the face from Narcy. The two women glared at each other, but Luna pushed herself between them. "Come on, come on, we need to find some clues!"
Anthadd stared down at Orange Kid, who was leaning up against his desk in a room filled with glass tubes. Spying a piece of paper amidst the dried blood, Anthadd moved the limp arm aside.
My name is Orange Kid. I tried to delay death, perhaps forever, but I went too far: I created a monster. Please forgive n
"Created a monster...but who? What did he do?" He rifled through more papers on the desk, searching for an answer. A voice called out to him in the darkness.
"Hey, Anthadd." Charles yelled. "I found one last paper!"
Anthadd and the others ran over to Charles, who was lying on the floor next to Venus, who sat with her hand on his back.
"Read it!"
I have attempted to Imbue one life from another for the first time in recorded history. My two test subjects were an orange Fobby and a boy who was called Tony. Using a formula I have concocted over years of extensive research, I was able to implant the mind of the boy into the fobby. Unfortunately, something went wrong. The two personalities assimilated, and now I am left with a talking, yet absentminded fobby. He has the memories of the boy, yet his personalitiy is somewhat different from a normal human. Almost airy. I will attempt a new project using a stronger model of creature, and perhaps a more mature human. I wonder what has become of Tony the fobby? He escaped my lab several days ago; he will not be able to leave Stonehenge.
"Imbuing one life from another? That's impossible?" Anthadd muttered.
"Well, looks like he just defied possibility, Anthadd. Perhaps this is what happened with the Starwoman?"
"I wonder what's become of Tony?" asked Charles.
"I'm sure he does, too. Fobbies aren't exactly the smartest creatures around..." Dan answered, quickly jotting down the note, along with the other ones the group had found, into his Newton, in case they were needed.
"That's not important, though. Right now, we need to find the stronger being--" Luna was interrupted mid-sentence. "Hey! What was that!" Something had hit her in the shin.
The Fobby, who had been running around confused, was turning arund the corner outside the door just as the group turned around.
"Hey! It's Tony!" Someone said. The chase was on...
"Catch that Fobby!" Sebastian cried.
Tony ran as fast as his short, stubby legs could carry him.
"FOB!" he cried, being picked up.
"I have him!" Venus cried, holding Tony out so he didn't attack her.
"Good going!" Mike and Luna clapped. Narcy just looked on with contempt.
"FOB!" Tony exclaimed again. "Let me go!"
"Do you know who this Starwoman is?"
"Maybe... but it'll cost you... return me to my body!"
"We can't!" Anthadd spoke up. "We don't know where your body is!"
"Then I'll have to take one of your bodies."
"It wouldn't be right," Cyan said, "and we don't know how to give one body to the other."
"Therefore, you're not finding out."
Narcy stepped up, ripped Tony out of Venus' arms and threw him against the lab door. She then walked over and picked Tony up.
"Listen up, and listen well! If you know who it is, and you're not telling us, I will personally force the information out of you!"
"You wouldn't... fob..."
"Oh, I would."
"What was that for?" Venus raised a hand, and slapped Narcy across a cheek.
"What was that for?"
"You hurt Tony!"
"He was withholding information!"
*BANG*
Narcy punched Venus in the shoulder.
"Simmer down, you two!" Charles jumped between the two, serving as a barrier. But then they started punching him. "Hey, stop it!"
"Get out of the way!" the two screamed.
Anthadd and Cyan walked over to either side of Venus and held her arms to her side.
Mike and Captain Poo did the same with Narcy, although it was hard for Poo to hold on, what with Narcy trying to attack him as well...
Luna spoke up. "You two are fighting over a petty thing. Let bygones be bygones. Get over your childish rivalry!"
"I agree," Dan said.
Venus calmed down, and Anthadd and Cyan let go of her.
"I'll tell you... but we have to go to the next room." Tony sounded dejected and resigned.
Only after this did Narcy calm down. She had a smile on her face.
Tony wobbled toward the next room. As he wobbled, he dropped a PSI Caramel which Poo picked up. Narcy tackled him into the wall from behind. "I saw it first!" she screamed.
"What the heck? I picked it up first so therefore I must've seen it first!" shot back Poo.
"I saw it a mile away!" responded Narcy.
"He dropped it just now!" yelled Poo as he he threw the PSI Caramel at Narcy's face. Tony wobbled back in the room and picked up the fallen caramel. "Come on, this way. All your questions shall be answered here," said Tony.
"I can't believe we're listening to a Foppy," said Poo.
"I'm a Fobby, moron," snapped Tony. The group followed Tony into the next room only to find he had disappeared. "Where did Tony go?" asked Venus.
"BONZAI!" yelled Tony as he dropped a cage on the group from above. "Mwahahahahahaha...now I have you right where I want you! FOB."
Luna sighed audibly. "Okay guys, listen up. I hate to be the voice of reason here, but we need to STOP FIGHTING! How are we going to do whatever we were sent here to do by beating each other's brains out!?"
"Well if he would've just let me have the caramel..." grumbled Narcy.
"Grmmph... That's what I'm talking about! Look, we need to make some sort of agreement so that we'll work together! We need a truce on all sides." Luna said, looking pointedly at Poo, Narcy, Cyan, and Venus, causing them to shift in their spots. "I don't even know why you guys are so angry with each other, but I suggest you make up so we can get out of here! Okay?"
The four just nodded.
"Now that that's out of the way," said Anthadd, "we need to get out."
"No chance!" giggled the seemedly brain-washed Tony the Fobby. "You shouldn't have listened to me, mwehehehe! Soon my master will be coming, and she will be very pleased!"
"I think we need to get out of here really quickly," mumbled Dan.
Paula, Jeff, Rusty, and Tsurami had reached Fourside a few hours later. They searched the theater ruins, but found nothing of any use. Then they ran around town, looking for information. Some newspapers claimed that the Tessie Watchers in Winters had mysteriously disappeared. This news worried Jeff, seeing as how the situation at his home was getting worse.
Soon, the group gathered around the Sky Runner, ready to head for Winters. They had decided that visiting the Ando Labo was the best way to determine what to do next. "So, Jeff, are you sure the Sky Runner can hold all four of us?" asked Paula.
"Of course!" cried Jeff. "This model was built really well. As you can see, it came here without any scrapes."
"That's good," breathed Tsurami. Jeff nearly glared at him again, but decided to take it as a compliment.
"OK, then," said Rusty. "Les head out... or in, I reckon." Everyone boarded the Sky Runner and the flight to Winters began.
It took an extra couple of hours to get there, but soon, the group was closing in on the snowy country by means of the flying machine. "All right, coming up on Winters now. We should curve over to the Ando Labo very soon...." Everyone nodded in attention to Jeff. There was silence as the Sky Runner hovered closer and closer to being over the landscape....
Suddenly, with a loud crash, the vehicle banged against something. Everyone cried out in surprise, and Jeff took manual control, trying to steer away from whatever they had hit. He looked at the status of the Sky Runner, and then at the readings of the space around them. "Oh man.... it's a force field. Winters is getting worse and worse."
"Maybe the theater isn't important right now, Jeff," said Paula from her crumpled position on the floor. "You seem to have more trouble at home!"
"D'ya have anythin' to break through the field, Jeff?" asked Rusty.
Jeff bit his lip. "I don't think so. I don't even know how it's being generated or where from..." Suddenly, the radio began to pick up a signal.
"*bzzzzzt* The Bridge will be alone. *whiiiiirrrr*" droned the voice over the radio, and then the signal cut off.
"Someone's cut off Winters? But why?" said TsuramiSea. He reached out his aura to the field. "Mmm... it's not magical, and I don't think it's spiritual." Half-glancing at Paula, he asked, "Can you feel any psychic energy?"
Paula concentrated. "It might be... I think it's a mixture of energies." She opened her eyes and sighed. "Maybe."
Jeff shook his head. "I can't find a weak spot. It's covering the entire landmass as well. We may not be able to reach the lab." He looked at the radio. "What is this Bridge? I get the feeling it's not of an architectural nature."
"And why does it need t'be alone?" asked Rusty.
"Maybe that's the only way it can exist..." mumbled Tsurami, lost in thought. Paula turned the idea over in her mind.
"Why are you attacking us?" shot Cyan. "We were going to help you!"
At the same time, Narcy was muttering for everyone to hear. "Well, well. After this, I can see why you wanted to be so nice to him." Venus just rolled her eyes in response.
"FOB!" giggled the Tony Fobby. "I doubt there's much you can do against the Starwoman. But if I offer you all to her, maybe she'll give me my body back!"
"What makes you think she won't just use your help and then toss you aside?" questioned Dan.
"And besides, your spirits have been melded," Skulryk pointed out. "Even if you get your body back, you'll never truly be the same."
The Tony Fobby's eyes quivered. "Be quiet! This is my only chance!" Suddenly, alarms went off in the nearby room. The Fobby's eyes widened now. "No.. the Starmen! I'd better think of what to do with you people, quick!" He was speaking more to himself than his captives.
The caged group groaned. It wasn't enough trouble that there were Starmen patrolling the base, but there were numerous displaced people desperately trying to regain their bodies as well. As each individual tried to think of solutions and explanations, Tony Fobby was blocking the cage with a small desk...
Suddenly the Fobby fell over in a fit of giggles. "I don't see what's so funny..." Captain Poo muttered.
"Maybe it's your poor excuse for clothes!" Narcy snapped. "What's so great, you little tomato?"
"I *wheeze* can't belive *hack* you fell for it! Why would I work for her? She's worse than the geek who put me like this!"
"So does that mean you'll let us out?" Narcy said, rattling the bars.
"Heck, no. If you prove to me than you have good intentions, and can help me get my body back, then I'll believe you."
Narcy dug her hand through her purse, looking for something to appease the tyrannical Fobby. "Uhm..do you wan a Tic-Tac? They're minty fresh!"
However, Tony was interested in something else. "What've you got there?"
"This?" Narcy pulled out a ruler. "This is a ruler..I ..borrowed from someone."
The Fobby bounced up and down exitedly. "You know Jeff? That's Jeff's ruler! Come this way!"
The Fobby triggered a small switch, raising the cage. "I can't show you the way out of this place. I don't know it, but there's a group of exit mice just across this corridor that can. Just one thing."
"Yes?" Venus inquired.
"Please take me with you!"
Venus wiped a tear from her eye, and picked up the little fobby. "Come on, let's get you some fresh air!"
"Please take my son along. He might seem-"
"JUST GET US OUT OF HERE!" Narcy screamed.
Emerging from the stonhenge base, the group gave a sigh of relief. "Fresh air at last!" Tony exclaimed.
Dan noticed some blinking lights close by. "Hmm? I wonder what that could be?"
Skulryk went over to investigate. "It's all clear!"
Anthadd trudged toward the mini-airship that unacat had thoughtfully forgotten. After a quick glance inside, he walked back to the group, thinking Well, that's all fine and good if we could get past the force field, but as we can't...
"I'm so silly!" cried Jeff.
"What's that?" asked Paula.
"Even if we could get to my father's lab, no one would be there. My father AND Apple Kid are at Saturn Valley! If we go there, then we have two great scientists to help us!"
"All right! Let's turn this baby around!" exclaimed TsuramiSea.
Jeff made a quick turn causing everyone to fly to the opposite side.
"Heh...sorry..."
The Sky Runner flew fine until they crash landed into Saturn Valley.
"BoInG!!! WeLcOmE JeFf AnD PeOpLe!!!!"
"Oh, Jeff what brings you here?" asked Dr. Andonuts."
"Well, we need to look at the DNA of this hair strand," said Jeff as he took tweezers and picked up the hair.
"Hmmm..." said Apple Kid. "Looks as if this hair strand is unusually power-filled."
"That's what we came up wit', but we wanted ta make sure one a you intelligent people thought it was, too!" explained Rusty.
"Oh! So I am not smart anymore?" asked Jeff.
Mike had been looking at a door that was near the exit of the base. He examined it for a bit and discovered that it could be open by using a keycard. Keycard, eh? Mike thought to himself. He pulled the card from his pocket and slid it through the scanner. The door locking mechanism beeped a few times, then magically, the door opened. Mike entered the room to discover... an empty room.
"Interesting," Mike said out loud. He almost stepped out of the room when he saw a console with a few buttons on it. He looked at the console for a few seconds and pressed a button. The console reported that the strength of the forcefield was diminished for 3 minutes. "Interesting," Mike said again, and ran out of the room, and then left the base. He saw the group sitting around, wondering what it is that they should do.
"Hey guys! Let's get outta here," Mike said, triumphantly.
"In case you have forgotten, my admiral friend, we are stuck inside because of a force field," Anthadd said in a defeated-sounding voice.
Mike grinned. "Get on the ship. We're outta here." He climbed on to the airship and started it up. The others climbed on. Mike set a course towards the southwest and brought the airship to maximum speed. As they approached the forcefield barrier, Skulryk said something.
"What are you planning, anyway?" Skulryk asked.
"You'll see." Mike concentrated on piloting the ship. They broke through the force field with relative ease. He then laughed.
"What did you do, anyway?" Anthadd asked.
"I found a keycard a while back. I found a room that was locked. It required a keycard to unlock it. I slid the card through the scanner, and voila, here we are. Out of there." Mike motioned with his hand towards Stonehenge.
"That's great."
"So, where are we going now?" Mike asked.
Suddenly, the main terminal flickered on. "Well, you guys could try picking up me!" It was unacat.
"Hey una, thanks for giving us a lift," replied Anthadd.
"Well, I needed to get the Konax out of Winters anyway, and I thought that you might need some transportation help..."
The group flew to onett to pick up unacat, and they told him about what happened in stonehenge, and he related what it was like to have only purpose. Later that day, everyone met in the main room.
"hey unacat, it's just a bit crowded in here." said Dan.
"I know. this airship was intended for my use only, but when life gives you lemons..."
"okay, let's go over what we've learned so far," started Anthadd, "Orange Kid seems to have started this whole mess. he Imbued the mind of one being to another, presumably creating the Starwoman, who has taken over Stonehenge Base. She has also created a force field around the whole of Winters, which Mike was able to weaken for 3 minutes. Now it seems that she is now trying some experiments of her own, of which include Tony and unacat. who knows what she'll be up to by now?"
unacat then took the floor. "The builder says my house won't be complete for a while, so I'm going to come with you people while I'm waiting. Oh, yes, I almost forgot something..." He took out the tri-crossbow and shot a bolt of pure ice energy at Captain Poo, freezing him for about 10 minutes or so. "Now, we won't be going very fast in the Konax, doubly so because we're just a tad over specifications. maybe we should use another airship instead." unacat then sat down.
SMASH!
unacat staggered back, with a shard of ice in his eye. "Aghh! Gah! It burns! Make the burning stop!" The block of ice arpund poo had shattered, and the shrapnel took no prisoners.
Narcy blew smoke from the barrel of her gun. "I don't care if he IS a moron; you've got no right to put my friend on the rocks!"
She glared at unacat, arching her eyebrows. "Or else you can go through me."
Venus snickered, and Narcy whirled on her. "You want some of this? go ahead, bring it on!"
"Gladly." Venus sharply brought up her knee into Narcy's gut, bringing her to the floor.
"Lucky...shot..."
Venus smiled triumphantly. "Now we need to find an airship."
"Why do we need an airship?" Captain Poo muttered. "We could just rebuild a boat or something."
"Airships are ten times more efficent," unacat stated matter-of-factly.
"I'm not riding in anything you think is efficent, unacat," Poo said, seething.
Anthadd stood between the two. "Poo, for once, is right. An airship would be impossible to build anyway, since we have an incredibly large group of people, and a crocodile with us."
"FOB! Don't forget me! Obb!" Tony said, jumping up and down enthusiastically.
"And one Fobby. Point is, travel by airship is impossible for this many people. However, the Ditel will work. We can use it to look for clues on the Imbuing at the Topolla again. Now stand in a group here--that's it."
Poo felt a warm energy bubble up around him. Just as his arm started to flicker in and out, he shoved unacat out of the Ditel bubble.
"Sayonara, Sucker!"
In a blinding flash, the group took off, leaving unacat alone on his airship.
Anthadd felt his feet touch the ground, and he looked around. "This isn't the Topolla...Ack! This is Scaraba! What was that crazy Ditel charged at?"
Anthadd looked at the Ditel, and sighed. 58%. "I really should have checked that..."
"Vhat is that?" a think accent said. Anthadd spun arround.
"Greeettings. I am vred sssnake. Would you like to work for my shop?"
"No thank you...sir..."
Captian Poo and Narcy looked at Red Snake at the same time, and aprroached him rapidy.
Narcy looked at him, and glared. Suddenly, she slapped him on the back jovially.
"Red Snake! My pal! How goes the fine world of the underworld?"
"Ahhh, miss Narcy, Captain....it has been some time since I last saw you. All goes vell..."
"We seem to be stranded here," Poo said. "Do you mind if I use your private dock? I need to make a small boat to get my crew out of town."
"Certainllyyy...it is not every day I get to see such fine folk as yourselfff...do I recieve any payment?"
Narcy rifled through her purse, but Poo dropped a few coins in the man's hand. "Keep the change, Snakey."
While Poo was out on the docks, Anthadd checked the group into a hotel. Narcy naturally wandered over to a shady lookng man, and struck up a conversation. After a few minutes, the mans eyes widened.
"Miz Narcy? Dat you? You used ta be my best customer!"
"Tell me, Chaz, whats the best weapon you own for fighting aliens and robots?"
"Ey? Aliens? I haven't 'eard a request like that since that blond boy with glasses came through here a few months ago. Yeah, I got some good stuff here. You might wanna try this one: Big Bottle Rocket. She's only a few hundred dollars, but she's a bit heav-"
"I'll take it."
Poo sat out at Snake's dock, wiping his brow. "This is much harder work without any scraps to use. I wish I had someone out here who bothered to help..."
"You called?" Poo looked around to see Charles and Tony sitting near him.
"Wha?--Well, alright. I've never had a fobby and a gator-"
"Crocodile."
"CROCODILE build a ship with me, but I suppose there's a first time for everything!"
"I've been working on the railroad," sang Poo happily as he hammered away at his nearly completed ship.
"So, Poo, what's the ship's name?" asked Charles.
"Uh..." Poo stuttered as his face turned red. "Name? Ships don't have to have a name."
"What was your ship's name before it got totaled? Fob," asked Tony.
"Um...Numcy..." mumbled Poo.
"What was that, Poo?" asked Charles.
"Narcy...I named my ship after we got together," Poo explained. "After that, I got used to calling it Narcy so I just left it at that. I guess we can call this the Narcy II or something,"
After a couple more hours, the Narcy II was completed. The group was more than impressed with the small amount of time it had taken to finish. "I am a pirate, after all. Building ships is my business," Poo said, proudly.
"How did you get the money for all those parts, Poo?" Anthadd asked. "This looks top class."
"Oh, I'm a pirate. I always have money handy," Poo said. "But you can thank Cyan for this. I stole his wallet back at Stonehenge when he wasn't looking."
"Good one, Poo!" exclaimed Narcy with a big smile on her face. "We're outta here, fellas!"