The sailor spun around, gazing at the horizon. A split second later, he had morphed and was soaring into the mess hall.
Caina and Charon could hear the captain's roar...
"What the $#%@ is it this time, Kyrin?! It better be a good excuse. None of this trying to get out of swabbing duty, got me?"
"It's good, Captain," he squeaked. "There's a storm coming. A bad one."
The meal was abandoned and a hoarde of sailors rushed onto the deck.
"Why wasn't this seen before?" demanded the captain. "It came into sight during the beginning of lunch break, by the looks of it... oh."
High atop the crows nest lay a mass of feathers that was the sleeping lookout, soon to be awakened by the captain's bellow,
"Wake up, boy! There's a storm coming and you would have slept through it!" He glared. This wasn't the first time that the phoenix had fallen asleep on the job- fortunately for him, he wasn't usually caught.
"Everyone get the ship ready. This isn't going to be a mild one. You eight..." He gestured to Myrii, Talon, Charon, Caina, Yamna, Siz, and Rai. "Get below decks."
"But sir," Raishilliah protested, "I have handled some storms. I.. I could help out."
"No. This is a arwyri storm. You're going below. Those kind aren't for anyone except experienced sailors."
She reluctantly trudged below, followed by Yamna and Siz, who didn't look particularily afraid.
Edited by: [url=http://pub30.ezboard.com/brpgww60462.showUserPublicProfile?gid=raishilliah>Raishilliah</A] at: 12/30/03 7:41 pm