Sol's Shine and the Kingdom of Metal

Chapter 2 Arrival In Cobaltia

 After fifteen days of nonstop sailing, Sol awoke to the sound of seagulls laughing overhead. He had fallen asleep near the deck's wooden bow looking up at the sky. A soldier was standing nearby, seeing him awaken. "I wouldn't typically sleep in a spot like that sir but I didn't want to wake you either. Is your back feeling alright? That doesn't exactly look comfortable." With one big yawn and a stretch, Sol got up from the wooden ground. "Good morning" Sol ignored the soldier's question. "It's actually the early afternoon sir." The soldier corrected him. "Close enough." Sol turned around to face the bow to be met with land once again.

"We're going to be docking soon. I would recommend going with the scouting group so we know where to meet up with everyone else that's waiting on us." As the soldier suggested, Sol went down the ship's stairs and went inside and tried to head to the room he had stayed in while traveling. The corridor swayed, suggesting how choppy the waves were but Sol was still better at keeping his footing than he had before. Opening the creaking door to his room, he started looking through his stuff. He had heard that they were going to stop at a town called Cobaltia in the Kingdom of Metal and wanted to find an old map he had brought with him for the occasion, a map that Brook had lent him a long time ago.

"Where did I put it?" Sol said to himself as the room he rummaged through started to look like a mess as he pulled apart every blanket and cover on his bed or opened up every drawer to the nearby desk. He eventually found it after a good five minutes or so but was now greeted by a knock on his door, followed by his sister coming straight into his room. "What are you doing? We're waiting on you, let's go." "On it. Just got what I was looking for." Sol said as he rolled up his map and joined Crystal up on the top decks again.

Soon, the ship docked and the anchor lowered into the water. The scouting team consisted of Sol, Crystal, and four other soldiers. "Remember everyone, we're just trying to find where our meeting is going to take place. We're not here for sightseeing." Crystal said to everyone with them. She was especially referring to her brother Sol and raised a brow, knowing fully well that he would be the most likely to wander off. "Yes ma'am!" Every soldier with them said in unison. Even with the amount of formality, Sol couldn't help but giggle when bird poop landed on the backside of one of the soldier's armor. But no one else saw it, having everyone else give Sol a strange look. "Is everything ok sir?" One of the soldier's asked.

"Just peachy." Sol responded. The young prince unrolled the map he had in his hands and gave it a good look, knowing that his sister only had so much patience to deal with. "So uh... where were we supposed to go? I have this map Brook lent to me awhile back. I figured we can use it here since this is the first time I've been to this kingdom." Sol suggested. Everyone started walking away from the docks, figuring things out as they went. "It's supposed to be a large cathedral with a sea green roof. Although I don't see anything of the sort from where we are now." Crystal admitted, suggesting the idea that Sol was allowed to use the map he had. "Awesome! Let's see then." Sol did his best to examine what he had.

"From where we are now, the cathedral may be in the far top right of town." Sol looked up from his map to see light blue tiled roofs which were nothing like the description Crystal gave. He was also able to notice every other orc going about and living their daily lives, though, Cobaltia didn't seem as lively as Sol thought it would initially be given the mere size of the sea-side town. One orc was able to spot the bird poop along the backside of one of their soldier's armor and couldn't help but chuckle which made Sol smile and chuckle along with him. In an ironic sense that same soldier looked at Sol again with concern. "I know I've said this before but honestly, are you ok?" I don't understand what you find so funny." It was only then that the other soldier's noticed as well and started to smirk, all the while trying to keep themselves from laughing to keep a professional outlook.