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    I cose a hedron.

    What's a hedron? she wondered as she waited for her crew in the galley. They hadn't covered hedrons in corsair class, nor at the captain collegiate, and there had been no mention of such at the collectors carnivals she attended.

    Her Majesty was sitting on a cushioned chair, one leg crossed over the other, at one of two rhombus shaped tables; she admired the recent staining of the mahogany wood. Her servants' work had improved tremendously since the beginning of their comfortable, posh voyage aboard the Gate Crasher.

    The climate of Muhir was a little chilly these days, and so she had recently taken a hot shower. She was wearing a black silk robe, her sky blue hair wrapped in a white towel with a stylish print of a smiling hump back whale; it was a design she recently designed in collaboration with Quartermaster de Berry. As soon as they found some treasure, her crew would launch its clothing line!

    But that was not what this meeting was about.

    A costly red and gold tea set was placed on the tables. Steam rose from the freshly made premium green tea. It was a fine drink to begin their morning with; Her Majesty required her crew to keep up with themselves and their appearance.

    This particular meeting was inspired by a strange astrological event the crew witnessed only last night! It appeared that twenty constellations had colluded over the seas of Muhir, an event that anyone with a degree in pirateology could recognize; she had such a degree and intended to share!

    A once in a lifetime chance. They were sure to have competition; the three whaling vessels they had been stalking since yesterday evening would make the perfect warm up. There was nothing like violently saving poor, cute marine animals from annihilation to get the blood pumping. . . or spilling, for that matter.


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    Re: I cose a hedron.

    Stomp. Stomp. Stomp.

    Heavy steps full with purpose and conviction heralded the approach of one Conner Masters, Savior of Dolphins and Friends to Animals Everywhere. Usually, he was content to remain on deck, conversing with the seagulls and munching on dried spinach leaves in favor of dreary meetings, but now… the significance of yesterday’s astronomical lineup called for seriousness. Therefore, he made sure to show up for the meeting with timeliness and vigor.

    He swept into the galley with all the grace of a true, dashing gentleman, his slate gray hair bound up in a swashbuckler’s bandana and his red and gold trimmed British coat flaring dramatically around him. It was unbuttoned, open to expose his trademark dolphin-bestowed scar, one that he made sure to polish at the crack of dawn with fine oil and creams. Yes, the First Mate of the Gate Crasher and Her Esteemed Majesty needed to make sure his most splendid feature remained steadfast in all its glory.

    “Your Majesty, I have arrived!” Conner announced his obvious appearance, completing it with a sweeping bow and twinkling, brown-eyed grin.

    Wasting no time, he presented twin bowls of fresh spinach to be shared among the other crew members - a healthy vegetable to ensure their strength for the rest of the day. He set down one for each of the classy tables before examining at the gleaming wood to be sure that it had no flaws needing to be carefully sanded away. Satisfied that it looked like new to match the tea set generously provided by Her Majesty, he chose the appropriate seat at the end of the other table.

    His impatience showed in his final sharp movements; he could hardly contain himself, for he knew of the trio of whaling ships, and the mere thought of them called up both choking grief and fiery rage. He was sure this meeting would address the matter, and the sooner the others arrived, the sooner they could set to saving those beautiful creatures… in style!

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    Hm? The supremely anointed swabber of decks, Lady Da, already sat at the table, staring intently - and seemingly frustratedly - at the teacup placed before her. Three minutes ago, when she had wandered like a stray cat into the conference room, she had reacted with surprise and glee at the presence of tea. Five minutes from her entrance three minutes ago, she would finally work up the courage to drink her tea again -- in sips, this time, since about one minute ago, she had taken a violently large gulp of the tea, only to scald the roof of her mouth, her throat, and leave her staring intently - and seemingly frustratedly - at the teacup placed before her.

    If she seemed only halfway present, it was because her lips moved in rhythm with another world; perhaps a world that moved inside her, visible in only in a tongue that worked desperately to fight through thirty-two white knives and hammers. Her fingers poked and prodded at the side of the teacup, pushing it further and further from her, but drawing it back selfishly with a look around the table if it got too far away. Her gaze would linger, particularly, on her Majesty - whose lordship she accepted unquestionably, if only because she had nothing more important to do.

    But did it linger on her Majesty? Or on her Majesty's towel? When Conner arrived, Lady Da tried to make herself look as small and invisible as possible, physically shrinking down beneath the level of the table, only her eyeballs and a poof of black hair to indicate that approximately four minutes ago, she had wandered like a stray cat into the conference room. She had done that, right? Lady Da checked to make sure she still existed.

    Check. She hadn't even needed an icosahedron to roll that one.

    Her eyes found the towel again, and from where her nose sat perched on the lip of the table, she spoke with a voice that would be more muffled than not, more silenced than loud. "That's a big fish, your Majesty..."

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    Re: I cose a hedron.

    Okay, so she was a little late. Alright, maybe a little more than just a little late. She could tell as soon as she rounded the corner and heard a few of the muffled voices from the meeting room that others had arrived already and she was in fact, indeed; late!

    She couldn’t have helped it though, to be quite honest! It was all Ziren’s fault, you see. The little bugger was now presently tucked into the crook of her arm, and he was calm, but that wasn’t the case not even five minutes ago. You see--not even five minutes ago-- Ziren was scurrying all about the confines of her room aboard the Gate Crasher and proving to be a difficult, pesky little beast as she scampered around after him and tried to scoop him up.

    “We’re going to be late, Ziren!” she had told him, had reminded him several times as the squeaking little ball of fur continued to race around. “Her Majesty is not going to be happy with you when I tell her you’re the reason behind our tardiness!” Ziren had been warned.

    But that was all in the past now! When she came upon the doorway to their meeting, she slid past the corner quietly, a sheepish smile spreading to her lips and touching her lashes. A slight blush blossomed in her cheeks as she looked to Her Majesty and admired the lovely towel that she recognized to be the design she herself and Her Majesty had worked on together.

    “Oh, your Majesty! Its beee-a-uuu-tiful!” she nearly squealed with delight and gave Ziren a light squeeze in her grasp as she took a seat at the table for the meeting. Charlotte de Berry smiled warmly to Her Majesty, and then to one Mister Conner Masters, and then of course to the lovely Lady Da. It was in hindsight now that she thought of what she would have been doing if Ziren hadn’t decided to break into a mad dash earlier before the meeting; she would have been up on deck, of course, enjoying the view of the vast openness they sailed on, and would have deviously daydreamed of bringing a wonderful viciousness down on those terrible whalers they had been after for a few days now!

    “I apologize for our lateness Majesty, but Ziren decided upon an awful time to play tag. It’s all his fault!” She eyed the ferret that lay sprawled along the crease of her elbow and narrowed her eyes only halfheartedly at him. Ziren maneuvered his head over Charlotte’s arm and squeaked once at the surrounding crowd.

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    Re: I cose a hedron.

    Hmph! How dare the rest of the crew stand up Her Majesty? She had several planks, each engraved with rather chic patterns, with their names on them! No matter; only those gathered would benefit from her pirateology. After staring at First Mate Conner's pleasant body, a treat that never aged her interest, Her Majesty dipped a dainty hand into the bowl of spinach and began snacking modestly.

    In all of her life, Her Majesty had never thanked anyone, but her gratitude was always apparent in her glossy lips.

    "It is a big fish. We have similar big fish to save today, too, Ladida," Her Majesty informed, pronounced her name in a sing-song manner that raised the pitch of her voice, albeit pleasantly. Everything about Her Majesty was pleasant! She was very forgiving, too.

    "I accept your repentance," she replied to Ziren's squeak instead of Quartermaster de Berry's apology. Too cute to punish and the ferret had become something of a mascot during their voyage. Ferrets inspired fear in every whaler's heart.

    "Now, I have called you here today to explain the predicament we find ourselves in. After we deal with the whaling vessels—don't forget, our attack is scheduled for one hour from now," Her Majesty clarified, then took a sip of her tea. "The stars have aligned and, to our fortune, we are in range of their blessing! This is the day we've all been waiting for. The cozy hedron—excuse me, do any of you know what a hedron is? According to my pirateology professor, we're supposed to cose the hedron when it appears.

    Yes, that's right, a hedron will appear in these waters this afternoon," she preemptively answered the unasked question. "A dangerous hedron, in spite of its coziness, or so I hear. And hedrons are known for their treasure. Plentiful treasure. Treasure of the likes none of you have imagined so far!" Her Majesty's eyes glittered as she imagined the collection of couture that was waiting for them inside of the hedron.

    "I've concocted a plan to reduce the risk from the hedron , gentle-crew. After breakfast, we shall gather all of the blankets we can find, and once the foul, whaling shark-fodder is captured and made to walk the plank, make the hedron even cozier than it is. Perhaps this will placate it and allow us passage without harm to our hearts' desires! Our wishes, our dreams, realized at last!"

    Another sip of tea.

    "Questions? I am open to suggestions to help the hedron achieve supreme coziness."


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    What indignity – only two others had arrived! Already Conner was planning the punishments of those so rudely absent. Those present, of course, would be rewarded with the most fashionable outfits to date once he could find the latest sales. Laxity would not go unnoticed, but neither would promptness. He sat up straight and maintained an air of cool composure as Her Majesty began to speak. What a voice! Polished, no doubt, by the spinach he was so honored to present her.

    He could hardly compose himself after Her Majesty’s announcement, however. The tea did nothing to calm his restrained enthusiasm. His fingers thrummed the table as one foot tapped impatiently on the floor, and as soon as he was allowed he endeavored to show his vast knowledge of hedrons.

    “YES!” he nearly shouted, triumph clear in his voice. He shot up from his seat, clapping a hand to that amazingly-scarred chest. Tea cups rattled on the table as his feet slammed against the floor. “A hedron! It is white, with a long neck, and feathers all around! And, Your Majesty, a vicious beak and savage eyes! A massive bird is what we shall cozy, Your Majesty, after we sink those accursed whaling ships!” Eyes sparkling with barely-contained excitement, Conner ended his declaration with a flourish, one arm flinging out to point at the great horizon beyond the Gate Crasher’s walls.

    He didn’t quite realize he was thinking of the wrong word with the wrong pronunciation, but what did it matter? Minute details were unimportant! Heron or hedron (whatever that was), cozy or not, it would grant the crew unlimited access to what must surely be a vast and beautiful collection of the finest silks and crystal-spun wedding veils… not to mention money to buy the most fashionable of shoes.

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    "Ten men did deck a hedron for the purpose of a queen,
    although twelve men were told, 'Do deck a hedron nicely, if you please.'
    The seventh man did help the hedron,
    while the sixth man hexed the hedron
    and the fifth one pent the hedron up (he thought it was obscene).
    But me? I cosed the hedron, cause I was twenty times as keen."


    Lady Da twittered to herself without seeming purpose or reason, keeping the noise to a minimum and generally observing the proceedings with a wide-eyed complacency. In her head, she pictured the men in her rhyme trying to dress up the great and terrible bird that Conner described. For some reason, all of the men in the rhyme were dressed the same - in uniform, because they served a queen! - and they fumbled and tumbled about as they attempted their monumental task. At this thought, she laughed out loud, forgetting all about the big fish that the Queen had mentioned earlier to set the little lackadaisical Lady Da on the edge of her seat.

    She pointed at Conner while she laughed, "But at least they have a soft pillow to land on, right?!" She continued on without regard for reason or understanding, prattling as only the truly inspired or the babblingly mad can. "I mean, it takes at least ten men to deck a hedron under normal circumstances, although that might take days. To cose a hedron would take at least twice that many men, and if the hedron is out in the middle of the ocean, then how do we keep men from falling into the water? And you never know how many smaller polly hedrons will follow in the wake of a single hedron's course, do you!?"

    She stared at him imperiously, still pointing her finger with a wide-eyed and righteous stare tattooed on her face, as though she had just brandished logic as her chosen weapon and arrived at the other side victorious. Her breast heaving momentously, she whispered coolly, "Do you?"

    Her eyes did not leave Conner, nor did her finger.

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    Re: I cose a hedron.

    Sure, sure, she was absolutely tickled pink with the news of treasure that they would be setting out to get after all of this, but her true passion lie with the promise to deliver swift justice to those dastardly-dealing whalers that they were hunting down! Jewels and coins were one thing, but the triumph and satisfaction of destroying the whalers and ensuring the survival of the whales were the tasks at hand important to Charlotte de Berry!

    Her own eyes sparkled at her Majesty’s news, but the ingredients for her own were much different than that of her Majesty’s.

    Ziren on the other hand, seemed only concerned with the fact that her Majesty forgave him and still found him adorable. The ferret wriggled around in Charlotte’s hold and voiced his opinion to her Majesty in a string of squeaks and grunts. Charlotte’s hand came to pat down on the ferret’s head gently. “You be good now, Ziren. We’re going to be saving whales soon” she reminded the ball of fur that seemed to be so animated in her arms.

    Her Majesty went on about this hedron and Charlotte looked on as Conner excitedly spoke of it as well, defenseless tea cups becoming victims, and in the aftermath left in a rattled state. Their clattering sent Ziren into squirming, but Charlotte kept a good hold on him and continued to listen to Conner, and then to Lady Da as she joined in. Anything that involved animals, Charlotte was elated to help out with! If it was a cozy hedron they wanted; a cozy hedron they would get! But first! The whalers had to be dealt with and the whales had to be assured their safety. Charlotte de Berry was fully ready for her hopes and dreams to begin coming true—saving all the animals in the world!

    She glanced at the whale on her Majesty’s towel wrap that she had helped her design and smiled to herself. The whales of the world need not worry today; today their salvation came! “Let’s go save the whales! And then we can find this great white bird and make it as cozy as possible!” she nearly sang.

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    Woosh. The ocean's currents swept Finnigan in its embrace, and he felt free, free as a dolphin! Tiny fishes zipped sneakily around him, checking out his finely scaled figure with exaggerated stage winks and a flash of herbivore teeth. Those pesky pests! He drifted onto the surface, and peeked around for any sign of sharks. Zero, check! Rising out of the waters with a pump of his powerful arms, or rather, fins, he soared high into the air, and for a moment, just a moment, thought he was a seagull. But nothing can compare to the life of a mermaid! The sun's coruscating beams splattered on his tail, where shiny scales sparkled and shone like shards of polished gold. Oh, how BEAUTIFEROUS!

    "Ahhhhh."

    Then a familiar voice woke him from his reverie, and Finny, the ever sharp dresser, flattened the frilled fringe of his multicolored skirt. Whipping his gaze around to catch sight of Charlotte, the cookie he was nibbling on dropped onto the table. Thump. Despite the ear being bitten off by now, the shape of a ferret's head was distinguishable… and oddly ominous. Clearing his throat as a nervous fit overtook him, he scooted closer and closer to Charlotte, or more precisely, the little critter sprawled on her arm.

    "Loooong time no seeeeeee, little buddy."

    The words slipped silkily from his lips, which he smacked with emphasis as he eyed Ziren. The bland taste of vegetable has long dulled his taste buds. How wonderful it would be to sprinkle some herbs and spices on that rodent and roast him on a rod! Clicking his tongue as he fixed the pink mermaid hairclips in his blonde mane, he saluted to Her Majesty.

    "Sorry for not speaking up earlier, Your Majesty. But these..." He dumped a handful of Ziren cookies in front of him, "were just so delicious!"

    Smiling like a Cheshire Cat, he leaned closer to Charlotte.

    “Share? Traaaaade?”

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    A vicious beak and savage eyes, oh my! Her Majesty was titillated even further by Lady Da's conciliatory Poem Wax, which she spread vigorously across Connor's terrifying revelations with that vivifying verbal spatula of hers.

    She could practically feel the hedron's feathers on the back of her neck. Or maybe that shiver was from their mermaid entering. S/he was always a little lame, not quite understanding vegetarian principles. Her Majesty sighed and reluctantly intervened in what was going to become a disastrous affair.

    "I hope those are reduced fat cookies, Fin," she said and slid a bowl of spinach towards him/her. "Nobody on this ship can even afford to gain an oun—oh, what's that? Toss me Je—I mean, the tweety bird shaped one, if you will, please." After s/he did, Her Majesty wrapped it in spinach and promptly decapitated it with her first bite. "

    "Besides," she asked, "don't mermaids eat fish food? You know, algae, sponges—don't you dare put my loofah in your mouth, Fin." Yes, with her degree in pirateology, she knew much about mermaids. Fin was definitely a mermaid, but Her Majesty couldn't help feeling something was off about Fin's mermaid-hood. Hm. What could it be? "I suspect you've finished scrubbing the barnacles off the underbelly of the ship?"

    No matter, because a miniature cannon ball ripped through the ceiling of the galley approximately two seconds after she asked the question, and fell onto one of the tables, fracturing it.

    Her Majesty took a long, calming sip of tea. Her designer furniture, ruined. She plucked a note attached to the cannonball, itself no larger than one of her dainty feet, and read aloud.

    "Cease and desist? Our vessels are armed to the teeth? Well, well, well! It seems like we're under attack. So which one of you buccaneers would like to board the whaling ships, and which one of you would like to shoot at it with our cannons?"


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    Re: I cose a hedron.

    Conner eyed the Lady Da suspiciously. Was she challenging his knowledge of hedrons? Unacceptable! He straightened to his full height, puffing out his chest and making sure that his magnificent scar showed clear and fairly twinkling in the galley’s light. Once he judged himself to be looking like a true subject to Her Majesty, he cleared his throat and said,

    “I do, in fact, my lovely Lady Da.” He flashed her his most charming, manly smile, then threw up his hands in exaggerated exasperation. “Hedrons lay eggs too, you know! Three to seven! So we must be prepared to cozy these other smaller hedrons as well! As for keeping ourselves afloat… fear not, for I am a friend to dolphins. Surely, they will heed my summons and aid us in our mission!” Didn’t she know that it was none other than a dolphin that had given him such a lady-attracting scar?

    Conner was about to relate his dolphin-knowledge when Fin spoke up – so s/he was here, after all! Excellent. Like Her Majesty, Conner was fairly uncertain about Fin’s nature. Dubious, even, as to the mermaid’s origin. But he specialized in fish and underwater mammals, porpoises and walruses, seals and penguins, not mermaids. Thus, he dismissed his suspicions as usual and grabbed a few cookies to give him enough energy to raid the approaching whaling boats.

    Speaking of…

    “I WILL!” Conner almost screamed, almost cutting off Her Majesty’s last few syllables. He suddenly dashed toward one table and leaped, landing firmly atop it, almost knocking several teacups astray and upsetting a few dishes. From his belt he unleashes his scimitar and flourished it rather flamboyantly, tracing silver arcs in the air. “I shall board their ships all at once and demolish their whaling equipment and save the crabs! WHO’S WITH ME?!”

    Conner didn’t even wait for an answer. Instead, he promptly jumped off the table and rushed out the galley, almost running straight into a wall in his excitement to free the poor finned captives held upon the ships.

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    Like a statue grazed by a Stalowihtz's Statue-Liquefying Laser, Lady Da slumped out of her cool and decisive posture back into one that placed her nose at the very lip of the table. "Oh, I guess you do at that." Hm. It seemed like she could just never get ahead in this bustling world of fashion, high piracy, and whaling. What was a girl to do? She sipped her tea, for starters, her wide eyes regarding Finnegan's wake with no small amount of confusion. Her other hand, unseen beneath the table, held her deck-scrubbing rag, which swabbed at the underside of the furniture with absentminded fervor. This, aside from making the underside of any given object on the ship the cleanest, also produced a nigh-imperceptible squeaking sound, which would seem to come from Finnegan.

    How positively rude. Almost as rude as running into a wall! Or particularly large fish (who had no regard for smaller fish, you see)! Or certain island natives who thought it was a good idea to don certainly flamboyant hats and laze about!

    Then Her Majesty started in with the pirate and war talk, and Lady Da regarded her personal hero with all the awe and wonder of a small child, still wet behind the ears, watching a soldier traipse lackadaisically off to conquest. Petals of the orchid whirling through the wind, celebratory trumpets blaring brazenly like brass elephants; that's how going off to war went, right?

    Lady Da, in her infinite wisdom and nigh-infinite capacity for distraction, did not volunteer herself for any duty, but instead began to hum a victory march beneath her breath, uplifting to the extreme, although it invoked serenity more than bloodthirst. It was roughly timed to the intermittent squeaks that ushered from Finnegan's general vicinity, almost certainly a reaction of his fishy-parts to prolonged air exposure.

    And she watched Her Majesty with wide eyes, playing Her anthem as she did.

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    The small thumping sound of the first cookie dropping on the table caught Charlotte’s attention momentarily from her concentrated fixation on Her Majesty and Her words. Charlotte peeked down to the cookie—which happened to be in the shape of a very familiar, loveable ferret—and noticed its ear has been chomped off! Narrowing her eyes a bit at the outer corners, she raised a brow and glanced over to Finnigan. “A ferret cookie, really?” But it didn’t take very long for Finnigan to show the true colors, smiling a toothy grin and moving ever so closer to Charlotte and Ziren, eyeing Ziren like a crazed mermaid…merman? “You misplace one small hair on him Finnigan, and I will eat you!” As if backing her up, Ziren gave Finnigan ‘the crazy eyes’[sup:39rldfee]1[/sup:39rldfee] and bared his little sharp teeth at him, while inadvertently causing the cute little pink bunny ears that Charlotte had attached to his head to wriggle and twitch. “I’m sure mer-creatures taste wonderful in the morning” she concluded under her breath with just enough volume for Finnigan alone to hear.

    As always, Her Majesty seemed to break the tensions with her charm. It seemed to come so effortless from her, and Charlotte smiled easily in Her Majesty’s direction and felt relieved when she ate the cookies Finnigan made and hoped Finnigan would follow the lead. In fact, she would have one of the cookies as well! “They do look yummy—“ she noted absently as a hand reached out and pulled one to her, whereupon she set to nibbling straight away. Ziren stretched around in the corner of her arm some more, throwing a quick dart of gaze to Finnigan now and again making sure that sneaky creature didn’t get him!

    And then of course, the cannon ball came. What morning was complete without a surprise cannon ball hurling through the ship and smashing a table? Ziren was startled, naturally, and sprang up in Charlotte’s arms—he even actually gained some good air—before spiraling out of control back onto the table top, out of Charlotte’s reach, and released a bunch of frantic squeaks as he scurried about the table disoriented. Charlotte rolled her eyes, not at the ferret you see, but at the cannon ball and its message that Her Majesty read aloud. Stupid whalers, they would pay for sure! Now not only for their dastardly deeds delivered devilishly to the defenseless whales, you see, but for their poor regard and respect for the lovely furniture as well!

    By now, Ziren was scurrying somewhere about the area of the table between Lady Da and Finnigan, and confusedly returned the squeaky squeak noises that seemed to be coming from Finnigan’s direction as replies. Even though it seemed Conner had beat her to the punch so to speak as to volunteer adamantly to board the whaler ship, Charlotte stood as well, furthermore charged by Conner’s outcry for other volunteers, and threw a fist into the air. “I AM I AM! I WILL I WILL!” Like an excited child who knew the answer to a question in a classroom, Charlotte waved her hand around, unclenching and re-clenching it into a fist to prove her emphasis. “We shall rush upon their decks like a storm they’ve never seen! We will rock them—“ she began, chuckling almost aloud at her own humorous wit as she side-glanced from Conner, to Her Majesty. “—Like a hurricaaaaaaaaane!!!!!!” She grinned, gave the air one more fist pump like a champion, and frolicked toward Conner. “Lets show those whalers that we will NOT tolerate their murderous whaling! AND LETS SAVE THE CRABS TOO!” She realized Conner wasn’t going to wait for her, as he sprang off the table like a frog and made a break for the doorway of the gallery…that was until he almost pretty much ran straight into the wall. Charlotte cleared her throat, pausing, and allowing the man to right himself again before setting forth to follow him once more.

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    Re: I cose a hedron.

    "Of course, Your Majesty! If I gain weight, how can I fit into these skirts...” He trailed off, eyes brimming with tears as he fingered lovingly the frills and laces that made up his skirt. But his sorrow was short-lived, for at the mention of Je-- the tweety bird cookie, Finny bounced with such exuberance that he nearly flew out of his seat and hit the roof. Okay, maybe that was too much of an exaggeration. "That's my masterpiece, Your Majesty! Just look at the details!" He stared with tender awe at the remaining tweety bird cookie on the table, as an artist would after completing his life's greatest work and lacquered it to be shipped off for an exhibition. The striking blue eyes, the receding hairline, with what little hair remaining a strange, fiery orange that whispered against the slightest of breaths...

    But it seems Her Majesty has some culinary talents! How could she know that by wrapping the cookie in spinach, it'd bring out wonderful bursts of flavor? Oh, they must cook together for the rest of the crew! It was when Finny was lost in the mist of a daydream that a cannon ball smashed through the ceiling to land on one of the tables. The only thing signifying what had passed through his mind was the faded gleam in his eyes, often found in men with dashed dreams and broken backs. Oh, emotions are so fickle. But his love for Ziren shall never die!

    Speaking of Ziren-chan, that little critter is just too cute. Perhaps Finny is delusional, but the expression deemed 'the crazy eyes' seemed more like 'the squinty eyes'[sup:1x6pd5sm]1[/sup:1x6pd5sm]. Instead of evoking any dreadful feelings of fear, Finnigan felt his love for the ferret to have increased. His face reflected such: eyes glazed in admiration, lips trembling with the weight of the loving words formed, begging for a chance to be released. But love must wait, for war is at hand!

    "I will put on my battle costume!" Springing out of his seat, the (wo)man flipped his mane of blonde hair before hurrying out the door. Of course, Finny didn't forget to grab Ziren along the way. Drastic times calls for drastic changes, and pink bunny ears will simply not do!

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    Re: I cose a hedron.

    Her Majesty sighed. Their quaint vegetarian breakfast was ruined. She stood up and turned toward her room, intending to get dressed before joining her crew.

    "Ladida, would you be a babe and fix this mess?" Then she left.

    [center:rpmmih6u]__________[/center:rpmmih6u]

    She arrived on the deck to observe the situation, but she was met with a rather strange sight. That was not a whaling vessel. If her pirateology degree had anything to say about it, the whaling vessels were the ones in ruins on the ocean surface. Had her crew acted that fast? Her Majesty had dressed in record time.

    But that wasn't it.

    "Interesting."

    And that was all that could be said about the scene before them. A dark elven slaver ship, approximately one hundred times larger than their own vessel, towered above them. It was quickly enclosing. Drow boarding parties littered the deck, shouting in Undercommon. She didn't understand a word of it. Undercommon wasn't a pretty language, and Her Majesty disliked unprettiness.

    It was strange, because they all knew dark elves didn't sail. Dark elves didn't even come above ground. What was going on? And why were they battling a giant, white heron? Cannons were going off, but the giant, white heron dodged effortlessly as it swam around the two ships.

    Several smaller, black herons followed suit. The sea was filled with birds.

    "Interesting, indeed. Crew, I'm stumped. This was not how I imagined my breakfast ending, but while their crew is distracted by that hedron, the hedron we are here to make cozy no less, we should definitely open fire before they get close. . . someone take the cannons, please, if you will. Someone else, gather all the blankets and pillows and come with me. We'll make this hedron feel cozier than its ever felt!"

    Her Majesty hurried to the helm, and began steering the ship. Their ship was faster than the drow slaver vessel, so they maneuvered around it and away from it quite easily. She intended to place them as close to the hedron as possible, but avoiding the cannon fire made it difficult. It all depended on how quickly her crew could disable them.

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    Whoever wants to shoot cannons, or shoot at dark elves, or otherwise control them and dictate a few of the specifics, feel free to narrate those events. I'd prefer not to micromanage.


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