Chapter 78: Gray Whale
"They are waiting for us, you can wait till tonight," Lesha said while flipping her hair over her shoulder.
"This is your fault that I am this riled up!" I complained as the two of us left the room.
"I know, but you listen better when I make your brain melt out your ears. Sometimes you're almost as bad as a man!" Lesha said to tease me.
"You are evil, and I will figure some way to tease you!" I said, grabbing her sides and pulling her into a kiss before we left the hall and back out onto the ship's deck.
The other girls were waiting with Tim and Corbit, and we went over to them. Both Tim and Corbit looked away from us and back to the other girls who all somehow had fully covered suits, but the four of them still looked cute.
"So, who wants to come in for the first attempt?" Gloria asked as she tied a belt around her waist that had a long rope that ran from a winch that was now installed on the deck.
There were four of them, but they hadn't been there before. I turned and found Braum who was carrying five oversized wine bottles that had fluted tips.
"Why weren't those things on the deck before? I guess they would get in the way, but it seems like a lot of work to have to drag this out each time."
"The hands take good care of the equipment. There are just some things I would pay for, and laziness is one of them. This boat is out here almost every day and in most storms, unless it's a round of water, but then that is the best time to be out!" Braum said with a cheerful smile.
"Where is the other one-eyed guy?" Trinity asked, putting a finger to her bottom lip.
"Stays inside most times if he even comes out, but we don't come out that often. We are specialists, and Jester has us do other Guild-related work, but we still make our rounds and make sure that everything is in good shape. Can't have things break on us or no one makes any money, and these boys all got families to feed," Braum explained.
That made sense, and it must be expensive to pay the workers and keep a ship like this going. Still, I wasn't sure if I should be going in the water, this was a lot of money to waste if I wasn't able to do it.
"I think it would be best to sit this one out until...I figure out how to swim," I said, looking away from Braum.
"I heard you were a mountain girl from over there Tiagelia, no, sorry, Healia. Hard to think this was just over half a year ago. Now, all of the nine great cities' names have all changed to these God's names. Strange times, but don't worry, you can sit this one out, but I'll ask that you run my winch. It has a gear-down system to make it easier to crank, and since I am so big, I need someone to pull me up with some strength," Braum said.
"I will take that as a compliment," I said with a smile.
"You should, you're a tank, so you need to be able to be strong, but you will be a beast after Jester and Kal get a hold of you! BWAHAHA!" Braum laughed out as he pulled his shirt off and tossed it to the side, revealing a large and impressive chest, and Braum noticed me looking. "Oh? Seeing a real man be enough to change your view? Hehe!"
"More like she was sizing you up to her if she could take you in a fight," Lesha said, coming up and taking my hand, pressing upon my shoulder with her chest.
Oh? Was she getting jealous? Now that was something, but she was right, and I wasn't sure if I could beat him. There aren't many men that I won't at least try fighting first before making this assumption, but this guy was more than just muscle.
"Woah lady, don't worry. I am not trying to hit on you woman, I am just used to the stars, so I thought I would make a little joke. Plus, Your leader needs to put some meat on those bones," Braum said with a smile, walking past the two of us.
I turned to Lesha who was now looking down and slightly blushing. She had let go of my hand and now she was fidgeting with her fingers. She looked adorable and I wanted to go somewhere else and just lay in the sun with her pressed into my chest.
"K?"
I napped back to the present moment, and I concentrated back on Lesha who was now grinding, her slight gone.
"What were you thinking about that gave you such a dreamy look?" Lesha asked me, but I took her by the hand, taking her over to the edge of the boat by the railing.
"I was thinking of finding a sunny spot and spending the rest of the day there with you," I said, giving Lesha a quick hug and a kiss before turning to lean out over the railing, and then I saw them.
Like a gigantic pile of mucus that was clear floating far from the shore. I leaned out to get a better look, but then someone yelled a warning out, but I have no idea what it meant.
"GRAY WHALE COMING IN FAST STARBOARD!" Someone I couldn't see called.
"K! Get back from the edge," Lesha tried to cry out, but everything happened so fast that I couldn't react.
The boat was hit on the opposite side from where I was leaning over, making the whole ship tip to the side and the right itself, but I was hanging over the edge. The dip made me lean forward more, and then when the boat was righted, I flipped over the edge, smashing my head on the side of the boat.
Gifts
-- Gift
received Weekly Power Status
-- Power
Ranking 
-- Power
stone