Session 41

You are a pirate

Elena opened her eyes.

Currently, the gale corsair found herself within a quite plain room. Of which, it consisted of four bare wooden walls and a simple carpet floor. While not anything to write home about, it would serve the job nicely.

"So now what?" she thought and made her way to the door, pushing it open.

On the other side, stood Lily. However now, she had broken free of her plush form and taken on a humanoid state. Strangely, this didn't seem to affect her clothes, which had grown to fit her.

"Okay then." Elena thought as she headed through.

"Don't you like my new look, Elena?" Lily joked as her master sighed. "Oh come on, lighten up a little."

The gale corsair took a step forward and looked the succubus in the eye. As much as she did want to lay back and relax, now wasn't the time to do that. Their teammates were somewhere in this crazy multiverse and Elena had no clue at all to their locations. But at the same time, Lily had a good point. Everything up to this point had seemed to be a never-ending train ride of pain and suffering with only a few sprinkles of joy thrown in for good measure. For once in this journey did they have a chance to relax. But the more she thought about it, the clearer the answer became.

"I guess." Elena reluctantly answered as she continued to stare at her partner. "Ready to start the next chapter of our life?"

"Absolutely."

Lily leaned towards her, planting a kiss on her cheek. At the very least, the demon hadn't bit her. With that question answered, a new question formed within their minds. It was the question that many asked quite often within their lifetimes.

Now what?

The duo still had no clue where they were or, how they were supposed to get off of it. And then there was the down time to think about as well. They would both need to get jobs, but what exactly?

That was always the question, wasn't it? Even when it wasn't in that format, that's what it always seemed to be. Always, there seemed to be the illusion of choice. After all, there is always one predestined choice. In the end, it is us who make the choice, not them.

"Great, he's babbling again." Elena whispered and headed towards the door, with Lily following right behind. The two cautiously pushed the door open and allowed the glow to take them in.

Outside, the purple sky and brownish ground were the first things to welcome them in. Next were the variety of anthro creatures that seemed to be going about their daily routines without giving them much of a second thought. In the distance, a honey yellow sea and a bunch of wooden docks called out to them, tempting them with some form of legendary treasure that only they could possibly find.

"Hello?" Lily greeted as she approached a family of lizardmen. "Can any of you guys tell me where I am?"

The lizards gave them a quick glance and continued on their merry way. Elena then walked over to her partner and placed a hand on Lily's back.

"It was worth a shot." the gale corsair explained. "We'll just have figure it out ourselves if no one wants to help us."

That was the most frustrating thing about all of this. They were complete strangers within this realm, tourists in a way. Like most tourists though, they hadn't any plans whatsoever for such a situation. Maybe they had thought their abilities alone would get them through this. Or, they had grown so used to being part of a group that it seemed so weird to just be on their own once more. Whatever the reason may possible be, the two would need to solve it soon. If they didn't, the author would 'make' the choice for them. And who knows what he would possibly choose for them.

Elena and Lily dashed towards the docks, quite ready to start the next chapter of their lives. After that, it was just the simple task of finding the community board and seeing if anything really caught their interests.

"Let's see…" Elena whispered as the two stared at the board. Most of the jobs listed there were mostly part-time or housework for lazy people. As well-paying as those jobs probably were, they just didn't seem like the kind of thing either girl wanted to do. The rest, were requests for seasoned scallywags. Somehow, neither of them were qualified to do. Which makes no sense at all, considering everything the members of Delta had gone through up to this point.

"This doesn't even make sense to begin with." Lily added. "This is for being a pirate. I'm pretty certain any yahoo can easily do that."

Elena's gaze then snapped onto her partner. As much as she wanted to agree with Lily, they couldn't just recklessly choose a new job.

"Fine then." she whispered and reluctantly followed Lily further down the docks. There, a small assortment of ships awaited them, each one of them calling out to be used by someone. So, they found the harbormaster, who turned out to be some large shark anthro. "We would like to buy a ship."

The shark rolled his eyes and sighed.

"Yeah, I give ships to every person who comes up to me and asks nicely." the shark answered and laughed. "Give me one good reason and maybe, just maybe, I'll give you a rowboat to start out on."

Elena and Lily gave each other a quick glance, smiles forming on their faces.

"Yes, yes we do." Elena whispered and pulled her kris out.

Corsair Strike!

The gale corsair charged a few steps towards the shark, knocking him up into the air. She then continued her combo with a series of slashes and stabs, only to drop him into the water. When the shark finally did make his way back onto the dock, he was strangely flashing a smile towards the two girls.

"You passed." the harbormaster explained and handed both of them an oar. "I guess we'll start small for now."

He then led Elena and Lily down the dock, where a small rowboat awaited them.

"This is it." Lily whispered as she took it in.

"I know." Elena answered and took a cautious step onto the boat. Lily followed right behind and sat down by her master. After, they began to row out into the vast sea, ready for wherever the waves would take them…

Notes:

Originally, this was going to just be the teaser for the last chapter. Even then, by the time this chapter goes up, I'll have the next one finished at least.

This next arc is going to be really jumpy. Once we get through the initial five-six chapters, things will smooth out and we'll start seeing the group begin to get back together once more.

And yes, the title is a direct nod to the lazytown song of the same name.

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Next Time: Spirits and conundrums...