The Five Kings: First Step

Hopian 35 - We Meet Again

Last chapter, the trio managed to successfully make it off of Adesia's ship with the loot in tow, however it turns out that most of the treasure was fake and Adesia knew their plan all along. Now, they plan to head towards the next trial site to dock ashore until Karia is recovered.

Seric's P.O.V.

"🎶 Yoho, yohoho, hoho! Sailing across the Hopian sea, drinking all there is we see! After alllll tommorow we've got places to be! 🎶" King Metallica sings a slow but catchy melody as he stands atop of the small rectangular junk room and dances around it.

"Keep it going!" I yell up to him out of boredom as I continue to pull the joystick back, driving our small ship according to the map application on Karia's tablet.

"...That's all, you shouldn't be greedy you know pal! Now who wants to hear a story?" He says as he calms down, hopping off of the roof and landing in front of me onto the pure white floor without even bending his legs.

"Yeah sure, what ones have you got?" I ask ignoring his comment as Karia's already taking a quick nap in said room so I'm pretty bored just watching a GPS.

The door to the junk room then suddenly opens, "Honestly, I get woken up by a song and it can't even be a good one." Karia says as she walks out slouching with messy purple hair and wearing her classic short sleeved purple shirt with a black diamond pattern on it, as well as a pair of navy blue jeans and purple sneakers.

"Oh, sorry. I thought you wouldn't be able to hear us." I reply with some guilt, but with some gladness as Karia can now whip us up some breakfast- well if she's in the mood to at least.

"I know you just got up but uh, could you please make us something to eat soon Karia?" I ask trying to sound as kind as possible.

"You may have seen some one legged chefs before but have you seen any with one arm? No can do, you guys are gonna have to make something." She responds as she leans off the side of the ship and looks into the sea, hanging her bandaged arm to the side to make a point.

"Uh, but we don't know how to cook..." I reply nervously as I take my hand off of the joystick and stop the boat.

"Oh please everything I've made so far is simple. Just check out one of my recipe books and bam you're done." She replies not even looking back at me.

"But..."

"Sounds like it could be more fun than a story! Well maybe not one of MY stories but anyways come on Seric it's gonna get hot out here, OW!" King Metallica yells in excitement as he runs over a few feet to the outdoor mini kitchen area and digs through the wooden cupboard under the water system until he pulls out the dusty hefty soft covered recipe book.

"Ooooo, Fillet Mignon, Caviar, Lobster... wow! These are all oiling up my mouth! Oh wait, I forgot I'm not one of those crummy older bots, YASHASHASHA!" King Metallica says with a laugh.

"Yeah they're pretty nice, but a band of misfits like us has no chance of affording any of those." Karia says with a small laugh as she walks over to us.

"These," Karia says as she points to three different bookmarks sticking out of the heavy book, "are what we can make."

King Metallica then flips to each of the pages, until he flips back to the first one with a confused face "Fish, rice, fish, rice, oh bread- these are all basically just things that come from water!" He says with disappointment as he looks back at Karia.

"Deal with it, it's not like you eat anything in the first place." Karia responds in an annoyed tone as she yanks the book from his hands.

"I so can, can, can! Did you not see me chugging some delightfully sweet but bitter ale back at the party?!" King Metallica responds with his hands on his hips.