chapter iv - the vast wide open

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art: james williamson's 'schooner'

grim land, dim land, oh, how the vastness calls
far land, star land, oh, how the stillness falls!
for you never can tell if it's heaven or hell,
and i'm taking the trail on trust;
but i haven't a doubt
that my soul will leap out
on its wan-der-lust.
- robert w. service

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"Charlie... Charlie are you- are you baby?" Schlatt teased the blonde man .
"Oh my god..." The man with the green shirt huffed.
"Charlie? Charlie come on-"
Charlie continued breathing heavily.
"I'm fine-" the blonde cried.
"I'm here to hel-"
"No! I'm not fine!" Charlie interrupted the brunette, "I'm BABY!"

Schlatt, Carson, Cooper and Travis all erupted in a roar of laughter, whilst the man had a mental breakdown.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the ship, Wilbur spoke quietly with Connor and Ty. Phil looked out at the sea, fixing the boat sails ever so often and orientating. Joko stood around with Poke and Ted layed, probably seasick.

"Do you ever just... smash your hand through your wall out of anger, bro?" Joko asked Poke, drowsily, as if he had more monster energy than Charlie. Poke, with his surgery mask, literally poking a stick at the wooden floorboards, shook his head out of boredom.
"Huh. Odd." The dirty blonde waved his floral shirt, squinting at the sun.

"Why is it so goddamn hot?" Ted cried out, in visible dramatic pain. Holding his head, he swayed. "We're only about a kilometre away from Wil's island, it's like the border from Canada to America... my fucking god!"
"Canada is literally just cold America" Phil added, chuckling. A few people sniggered, Ted in too much pain.

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[ irl switch ]

Plugging in his white earphones through his beanie, the man marched frantically towards the metro. Looking to his sides, he stepped onto the platform, running into the vehicle at the last moment.
"Pardon me... Excuse me, sorry!" he exclaimed, alarmed. Finally after an amount of struggle, he reached the end of the crowd inside.

The people cleared within seconds of the metro arriving at the next stop. Soon, he was left to his own machines.

Switching on his phone, he slid up and unlocked Instagram.
"bored. ask me a question."
Wil typed, dragging a question sticker on the cover of the train image and uploading it.

"Next stop; Liverpool Street Station." He gleamed with glee, nearly there.

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