"Alystar, your shift," Alystar blinked up at Tac's tired face. "Morning right?"
"Yeah."
"Good… Erin ran out of pills… I had to take his shift too."
"I'll see if there's any ginger ale in the galley before I take the wheel."
"Tried that, can't keep it down long enough for it to help. Claud's waiting for you, something about docking."
"Beautiful, isn't it?" Alystar asked when he caught Claud staring at the lights of shore so far away. "Lower the throttle, we just want to coast in or we'll slam into the dock without the proper hands."
"Why do I have a feeling we're going to be swimming to shore?"
"Not swimming, but that looks like Italy, we can slip in under the coast guard if we bail out on one of the lifeboats."
"We're just going to bail on this thing?"
"In short, yes. Kill the throttle; I'm going to find the anchor catches…"
"There should be a switch somewhere up here to release them."
"Don't touch anything until you've killed the throttle," Alystar grabbed the boy's arm when he reached for something.
"Oh, yeah, oops," Alystar shook his head and went over to pull back the throttle.
Alystar grumbled to himself as he rummaged around below deck, trying to get the anchors to drop. The switches on the main controls only prepped the process and he knew nothing of technology to figure out the next step. What he did know was how to manually deploy them, he just had to find the hooks that weren't allowing the chairs to feed out.
He jumped when he finally got the anchor to drop, the loud rattling threatening to deafen him. "One down…" Well, at least he knew where to look now.
"Erin and Tac are both waiting in the boat, Erin's out cold."
"Good… seasickness gets worse on smaller boats."
"Need any help?" Tac asked as Alystar set the boat to start over the side.
"Shouldn't, it's all motorized. Love modern times," Alystar smirked as he looked over the lowering switches, all it should take is a flip of a switch and he could hop in the boat to ride down with them.
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"All ashore," Alystar smiled, they had made it to dock just before the sun could give them away.
"Thank God!" Erin was out of the boat, trying to keep what little contents left in his stomach where it was.
"Mind you."
"Woe," Erin suddenly toppled after setting foot on steady land.
"Step… That's why sailors always seemed drunk…"
"Yeash, no wonder, you gotta be drunk to stay upright…" Claud was a little better, though he kept swaying to try to keep balanced even when the ground didn't.
"Tac?" The young woman was sound asleep; she had been soon after they had started the motor.
"I'll carry her, if you boys think you can get the bags."
"Uh… yeah… but if you hear a crash, you might wanna stop and wait…" Erin was currently taking the luggage Alystar was handing over the side. The boy swayed with the extra weight and slammed but first onto the ground with the bag on top of him, "Oof…"
""Alright, Claud, can you get these two?"
"Sure," Claud grabbled them but quickly set them on the ground for fear of an incident like Erin's.
"Here comes the fun part," Alystar carefully picked up the sleeping young woman; she shifted toward him as if sensing any other would send her falling.
"Wait, if we're bumbling around like a couple of new born kittens…"
Alystar was off the boat and onto land before the boys' fear for Tac's safety could be vocalized. "Ugh," he closed his eyes, feeling himself try to sway. It quickly stopped as his body 'reset' itself for the stillness of dry land and he smiled before continuing on. "You boys coming? The cabs should be running."
"Huh?" The boys looked at each other before, "Hey! Wait up!"
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"Siame in Italia, sí?" The cab driver had been parked, sipping coffee, when the man suddenly appeared, holding the young woman.
"Sí, Italia," was all he could say as two boys suddenly followed after, both rolling heavy looking luggage behind them.
"L'hotel più vicino, dove?"
"Sulla strada. Tre blocchi, a sinistra."
"Vi occupereste di un prezzo iniziale?"
"Sicuro." The driver flicked the unlock and the trunk catch, the boys disappeared behind the vehicle before he could offer assistance.
"Shotgun!" Erin cried and hopped into the front seat as Claud rolled his eyes.
"American?"
"Yes," Alystar answered as he carefully got in, Tac sitting in his lap due to lack of room.
"I thought your Italiano was odd."
"Haven't spoken it in forever…"
"You know English, good. Where are we going?"
"Hotel, Erin, I asked him to take us there."
"Oh, okay."
"We'll rest before we continue on. Where can I find a train station?"
"Train" Next town has the main junction but our station is a few miles east of here. We only get four passenger trains a day, just warning."
"Thank you for the warning sir," their stop was up and the boys quickly jumped out to retrieve the bags as Alystar carefully got Tac out. "Here."
"No, I could never take for suck a short ride. Keep it Signore Esorcista, I pray you good luck." The trunk snapped shut and the cab was off before the boys could even get the bags to the curb.
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"Esorcista?" An elderly housekeeper came up the them once they entered the building. "Sono spiacente. Abbiamo soltanto una stanza disponibile. Ci è un'università americana che bording con noi."
"She said American right?"
"Yes, I did. There is a school trip with us right now. Only one room left open. May hap you would like to go to another for rest?"
"We will be fine, they should be leaving for the day soon anyway, yes?" The woman nodded at Alystar's question.
"Oh, dear, no they may not… The instructors warned of a free time, the weekend is theirs to do with as they please…"
No worries, we will not be disturbed. As long as the room has a couple of big beds that is more than enough."
"Why, yes it does… Alright, if you insist…" The woman looked nervous, though it could have been caused by Alystar's smile.
"Bed," Erin and Claud were already jumping into the one closest to the window, scrabbling to get shoes off and under the covers.
Alystar chuckled softly and layed Tac in the empty one, carefully pulling the cover across her. "Hey… Aren't you going to sleep?"
"Yes," he answered as he moved the bags away and secured the door. "A gentleman never shares a bed with a lady unless they ate wed." He pulled one of the chairs out from a small table to recline back in it until he leaned against the wall. His legs propped up on the table for support.
"Old fashion… but Tac will appreciate it."
"Not to mention, she won't tear you limb from limb…" Claud yawned even as Alystar gulped.
"Yes, well, goodnight," he reached back to close out the dawn with the heavy window curtain.
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Alystar was startled out of sleep by a blast of loud noise. He landed on the floor before he even realized he had jolted awake. "Ceea ce in numele lui Dumnezeu se intampla?!"
"Signore Esorcista, I warned you," Alystar was out the door, heading toward the noise, the housekeeper trying to calm him down.
"It is not your fault," he smiled, as calmly as he could at the following woman, she gasped and stopped following before he reached the room responsible.
Taking as calming a breath as he could, Alystar pounded on the door to be heard over the music. The music lessened just enough to hear the man opening the door laugh, "Whoa!" He started when he looked up at the very annoyed stranger. "Little later of Lemuria, don't you think?"
"Considering that your music is loud enough to wake the dead…"
"Oh, speaks English!"
"At the moment, barely. Kindly keep the racket down! The children and I just got to sleep."
"Jeez, sorry dude, we'll keep it down."
"Thank you," Alystar growled before leaving to go back to bed. "Damn brats…" He grumbled as he righted his chair, taking no notice of the three half awake youths watching when he sat back to fall back to sleep.
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"Signore Esorcista," there was a soft knocking at the door around mid-afternoon.
"Hmm?" Alystar opened the door, still a little groggy from having to sleep in a hard chair all day but otherwise coherent. "Yes?"
"I wanted to thank you for silencing that ruckus earlier… You did not hurt them, did you?"
"Hurt?" He rubbed his eyes, now he was awake. "Of course not. I assure you Madame; though I may look the part, I am not a violent man. They just needed a reminder that they weren't the only ones here is all. Have you seen my companions?" Alystar just now realized he was the only one in the room.
"Sí, they are downstairs, giving the cook fits," she smiled kindly so he knew it wasn't anything to worry about.
"Thank you, I will be down shortly," she nodded at him before going about her routine.
Romainian
Ceea ce in numele lui Dumnezeu se intampla= What in God's name is going on
As for the rest. Ugh… Krochan translates the important for the kids so do I gotta? LOL
As for Lemuria. It's similar to a Roman Day of the Dead