The trio had a party that night after getting their tremendous loot from the Imperialists.
The party lasted all night. Tee didn't agree to any alchohol though, which was a little disappointing. After the party, Zoey was a mess and Rythian was still surprisingly sober. Rythian and Tee took the drunken Zoey back into the cabin and put her into the hammock.
"Have I ever *hic* told you how I *hic* have a crush on you?" Zoey mumbled which shocked Rythian.
Wow, she must be really drunk He whispers to Tee who had a smug smile when he heard her say that.
Zoey had a massive hangover the next morning. She wiggled herself into her boots and slowly struggled towards the door, at the door, she heard numerous sounds of crates and barrels being put down, people talking and whumps of sails.
Walking outside, she found the Enderbane docked next to a Man-O-War which donned a pirate flag that had a different styled flag that had a skull with two hammers crossing it. But what caught her attention was the place.
"Wow, Tortuga is so swish!"
"Good morning Zoey, how are you?"
"Not okay, I feel like I had been hit on the head with a hammer."
Rythian chuckled.
Rythian walked to the starboard rail to meet the gangplank that was being extended towards him; catching it, he fitted the two hooks over the rails and slid the small ladder out of its sheet, throwing it down so the end was resting on the deck.
"Is that safe?" Zoey leaned over the rails. "It seems a bit risky without rails."
"It's not that bad," He turned and extended his hand to her, "Come on."
Taking the offered hand, Zoey mounted the gangplank and followed the captain across the gap, trying her best not to look down the long drop below. Tee was behind them, with his tail held out for balance. Stepping down on the sturdy planks of the dock, Rythian used his free hand to shake with the harbormaster who had come to greet the new arrivals.
"We'll be here for a few days at most." Rythian informed the harbormaster, who marked it down in a little book. Turning to his crew, he laid out the plans. "Today we'll see if any of the others are around and say hello; one of them might even know something about the mushroom island you're looking for. Tomorrow we can look for maps that we may need for an extended journey."
"Here, Zoey." Rythian hands her a pair of goggles.
"My own goggles?" Zoey took the goggles from him carefully.
"Now you're really part of my crew, and everyone will know it." There was warmth and the slightest measure of pride in his voice. He had spent the last last few nights working on the goggles to get them ready. "Those goggles will let everyone know that you're a sky pirate, and the mark on the strap near the right lens will tell them that you're part of my crew."
Turning the goggles, Zoey saw two violet eyes on the strap, they matched the eyes on Rythian's cloak and on his mainsail. Turning it again, Zoey found an embroidered red and white mushroom near the other lens.
"That's your personal mark, those goggles are yours and yours alone. Tee bears a pistol on his and I've got an Eye of Ender on mine. The lenses on those goggles are treated to protect your eyes if we have to sail in a storm."
"Thank you!" She wrapped her arms around him in a hug."These are so awesome!"
Tee grinned as his captain's face reddened slightly, and then watched happily as the girl hung the goggles around her neck, situating them so that they sat on top of her scarf."I'm a real pirate now!" She exclaimed in delight.
