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Kwazii sat on the floor of the Launch Bay like a puppy anxiously awaiting their parent's return. He even had a leash which Tweak had put on him after he dented the 5th Gup that day with his 'parkour moves'.

"When's he-!"

"Any minute now, Kwazii." Peso held the leash gently as he allows Kwazii to scoot a little closer to the Launch Bay tank.

"I'm begging' this guy to come soon." Tweak mumbled in an undertone, "This idiot's about to drive me nuts."

"Er, Tweak," Peso began meekly, "If you don't mind me saying, I think he's just excited to see his grandfather again, so let's just let him be excited for now."

"Yeah, alright Peso." Tweak finally gave in. No one was willing to fight with Peso after all. "His grandfather better be coming soon though."
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"GRANDAD!" Kwazii shrieked in pure joy and ran into his grandfather's arms.

"Ohoho! Nice to see you, lad." Calico Jack beamed and caught his grandson in his arms, "How've ye been?"

"I've been fine, Grandad. The treasure, where is it?"

"Righ' here." Calico Jack turned around and pulled a large, dusty old chest out of the Gup-R and onto the Launch Bay deck where a giant cloud of dust proceeded to billow all around the room as the bottom of the chest touched the floor and all the Vegimals fainted.

"Oh, dammit." Kwazii coughed, "Can we open this with the crew, grandad, pleeeeaaase?"

"I see no reason not to, matey." Calico Jack winked at him.
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In no time, the entire crew had gathered in the Launch Bay and was staring at the old chest in awe.

"How'd you find it?!" Pinto exclaimed excitedly. Today, he'd decided to don his special eyepatch out of seer admiration of the two coolest pirates in the world standing in front of him.

"Well," Calico Jack began as he say Pinto on his lap and gestured for all the other children to come and listen if they wanted, "I've been searching for this old treasure since I was a wee lad like you. First, I looked at all the old pirates' tales and maps to try and figure out where the treasure lay, and..." Calico Jack continued on with his tale of years of endless searching, monsters that likely weren't real, and the perilous trek to reach the treasure he'd been searching for almost all his life. Everyone was raptured by the elderly pirate's tales until he snapped them all out of it with a slap of the old chest, which instantly broke a hole in it.

"That was convenient." Tweak announced as she put away the pliers she had been planning to bust the chest open with.

"Yarr, what treasure could-" Kwazii stopped as the dust settled to reveal... three ancient looking balls of yarn that looked like they were made of dust themselves.

"Well that's something ye don't see everyday." Calico Jack commented lightly as he bent down to inspect one of the yarn balls, and it crumbled in his paws. An awkward silence settled in the Launch Bay.

"Er- would you like to stay for tea?" Professor Inkling finally asked genially.

"I'd be honored." Calico Jack replied.
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"Oh, looks like we've got another question, or dare, or whatever." Koshi pointed out, jerking her head in the direction of the blinking, beeping tablet. Everyone groaned.

"Please don't let this one be bad." Tweak muttered as she walked over to the tablet, "DAMMIT!"

"What!" The Captain jumped up and ran to the tablet to see it for himself, and winced once he did see it, but read it aloud for his crew anyways, "From @Oxygenitition, I dare the Octonauts to role-swap for a day."

All signs of life in the room stopped. 

"Oh no." Dashi finally voiced what everyone was thinking. Oh no, indeed.

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