The crew had eventually reached Crescent Isle. It was still the way Vyse
remembered it, empty. Well, almost empty, except for the two men that were
there, one tall with a long beard, one short with a shorter beard. They
introduced themselves as Brabham and Izmael, an engineer and a builder.
Apparently, Glider had told them about Vyse, and they offered to upgrade
The Delfinus, and to make a base. All for the total of. 100,000 gold! Aika
and Fina almost had to scrape poor Vyse's jaw off the ground. One hundred
thousand gold was not easy to come by. Scott agreed to stay behind after
Vyse scrounged up the doh to pay the two geezers, while Vyse and Co went
off to find a way to Yafutoma.
And there he was, for many days he helped Izmael build the base. And every night, he sat out on the peak of the island, looking out into the ocean. Constantly thinking about Belle. It was hard for him to take his mind off her. Sure she was younger than he was, but she was quite. developed for someone her age.
"Her body didn't have so many curves as most women my age." He said to himself. "She was just so cheerful. How does she do that?"
Scott sat there, thinking. Izmael built him a sleeping quarter, but he never used it. He would always slept in a tree somewhere in the forest. Where he would always look up at the red moon.
"Please." He thought. "Please moons, bring her back to me."
"I wish we were looking at the same moon right now." He said to himself, just like Fina had said.
Little did he know, she was. Clara's ship was heading towards Crescent Isle, to drop Belle and her friends off so they could be gunners on Vyse's new ship. Belle was standing out on the deck with her friends, just staring at the red moon.
"Alright, tell me," One of her friends said. "Have wither of you seen and dreamy guys around? Belle?"
Belle just sighed, a small smile on her face.
"I wonder where he went. I wonder who he was." She thought to herself.
"Belle?" He friend asked, waving a hand in front of her face, trying to get her attention. "Earth to Belle? Hello?"
But she was caught in her own fantasy.
Not long after that, Belle had gotten to Crescent Isle, but Scott never noticed. He was asleep the whole time Clara's ship was there. It wasn't long after that, which Vyse came back and the base was all finished. He even came back with more crewmembers. Another builder (Kirala), another cook (Urala), another sailor (Robinson), another jester (Merida), another delegate (Moegi), another helmsman (Don), another engineer (Hans), and a lookout (Tikataka). They were all mostly from Yafutoma, some were from Ixa`taka, and Don was from Esparanza. Scott was happy (in his own little way) to see all the people. He was right at the docks to greet them all. But he was distracted as he saw Belle. He wanted to run over to her and hug her. But of course, that would have been too forward. Instead, he kept his distance, as much as he liked Belle, she still needed to earn his trust.
He was happy to find out that Vyse hired her as a gunner. Though he didn't really see her as the type to be a gunner in the first place. But he was ready to support her every step of the way. All in due time of course. But when he found out that Vyse was taking her with him on The Delfinus, he helped himself aboard.
They were heading towards "The Land Of Ice" under the purple moon. Everyone had one heard of that place, but never actually seen it with their own eyes.
"I don't know." Scott said, walking towards the deck with Aika. "I mean can we really find it?"
"Sure! Vyse has sailed around the world before, not too long ago. Finding a big chunk of ice won't be as hard as that!" Aika responded.
Scott laughed a bit, opening the door to the deck, letting Aika through first. He was a man who followed Enrique's code on how to treat a woman after all. When he stepped out, he looked around. It wasn't so bad, just getting gradually colder out there. But he heard a big thud and suddenly got a very large amount of pain in his foot. He looked down to see that a cannon ball had been dropped on his foot. He sort of stared at it for a minute, like the pain hadn't gotten to him right away. Then he pulled his foot out from under it, holding it and hopping around.
"Ow ow ow ow! Damn it, that hurts!" He yelled, getting all the frustration out.
"Oh! I'm sorry, I'm so sorry! I didn't mean it, it was an accident!" He heard Belle say.
He slowly let go of his foot and brought it back down on the deck. It was throbbing with pain, cannon balls are heavy you know. (How heavy exactly?) He looked down at Belle, who was still apologizing. Now, if she were someone else, he would have turned him or her around, bent him or her over and gave him or her a swift kick in the butt.
"Please forgive me, I'm such a clutz!" Belle said, bowing in apology over and over again.
Scott blinked, trying to follow her movements again. He shook his head a few times, but it was no use. He got dizzy, his eyes were spinning, and he fell backwards onto the deck. Belle looked at him and immediately began helping him up.
"Oooh no! I'm sorry again, oh, you must hate me now." She said, in apology, yet again.
He stood up with her help, and shook his head again.
"It's alright Belle, honest, you can stop apologizing now!" He said in sort of a beg.
"Yay! Thank you! Yay yay yay!" Belle exclaimed, jumping up and down real fast.
Scott arched a brow, watching her for a minute, then put his hands on her shoulders and stopped her.
"Anymore jumping and you'll dent the deck." Scott laughed a bit.
Belle sighed, now being calm. She looked back up at Scott again.
"What's your name anyway?" She asked, hiding the fact that she really REALLY wanted to know.
"Oh. it's Scott."
"Scott." She thought, staring into space for a minute.
"Uh, hello?" Scott said, blinking a few times. "Earth to Belle, hello? Belle?"
"Oh sorry." Belle said, snapping out of it. "I just think it's a real nice name. That's all."
"Well, thanks." Scott said, a little sheepishly.
But then they looked over at Aika, who was laughing non-stop. Scott narrowed his eyes, and Belle giggled a bit. Scott looked at Belle out of the corner of his eye. The smile on her face made a slight smile appear on the corners of his lips.
But The Delfinus suddenly slowed down, just quick enough to make Belle lose her balance. Scott caught her and kept her from falling, all the while looking off the side to see what it was. It appeared to be some huge spider, a monster flying in the air. Everyone began to run back into The Delfinus, but Belle tripped and fell. She got up to her hands and knees and looked at the monster. He eyes widened as an attack from it was coming straight for her. Scott noticed this and ran back to her, diving at her and knocking her out of the way. There was a big explosion at the area it hit, they looked back to see a big smoking dent in the ship. They blinked and looked at each other, then panicked and ran full-speed back into the Delfinus.
After Vyse had defeated the big spider. thing. Everyone went back to his or her normal business. But Scott decided to help Belle with the cannon balls. He figured he'd make sure she didn't drop any on anyone else's feet. She looked over at him and smiled.
"Thanks for saving me before." She said, though she sounded shy at that moment.
"Ah, no problem." Scott said, smiling back at her. "I wasn't gonna let you, of all people, just get hit with some sort of freak explosive. You're just a bit too special"
Scott then blinked when he heard her friends go "Ooooh." He narrowed his eyes in an annoyed fashion. Belle was blushing furiously, but looked away from everyone as she continued working on the cannon balls.
It was a while until Vyse and Co got out of the Ruins in The Land Of Ice. Then they began sailing back to Crescent Isle again. All this moving back and forth was causing Osmar (merchant) to get furious. But all the others didn't seem to mind at all. Vyse, Aika, Fina and Enrique certainly didn't. They got to do all the adventuring. And Scott figured, the more time with Belle, the better. But he also found himself gradually getting closer to the rest of the crew too. He found he could actually talk to Vyse, Aika, or even Fina without hesitating anymore. They had truly earned his trust, and to him, he had earned their trust as well. He even got to fight some battles and help Vyse and Co out most of the time then. It was the best time he ever had.
When they got back, Vyse, Aika, Fina and Enrique went to have a meeting. Scott stayed with Belle at her shop, standing across the room from her. Her friends always looked over at him and then at Belle. Then they'd giggle and look away. It annoyed Scott a bit, but he noticed it wasn't making Belle feel very happy. So he watched for the next time they turned and looked at him.
"Something funny?" He asked when they looked at him.
"Um, no." They both answered at the same time.
"Does my being around Belle amuse you?" He asked again.
"Umm, uhh." The girls stuttered.
Belle giggled, "Leave them alone Scott."
Scott turned, facing Belle and chuckled, "If you say so."
"Now help me make the cannon balls so we can blow away the Vuluans." Belle ordered.
"But Belle, last I checked." Scott tried to explain that they weren't going after the Vuluans.
"Pleeeease?"
"Hmm. how can I resist those eyes? Alright, fine."
"Yeah! Thanks!" Belle said, jumping up and down really fast.
Scott watched her again, then got dizzy, and then fell over.
So Scott went along with Vyse and Co to The Maw Of Tartas, merely because Belle was going too. Though she was really disappointed that they weren't going to blast away the Vuluans, he was happy, only because he got to spend even more time with her. And he really wanted to help defeat the Gigas if the occasion came by.
They successfully defeated the Yellow Gigas, and celebrated a little. Then headed back to Crescent Isle to do more planning. They found that they had to retrieve Fina's old ship from "Old Sky" way below the clouds. And that wasn't going to be easy. No one had ever been down in "Old Sky." Most say it's completely dead, and very muddy. But they needed to be able to get down there, and Enrique said that De Loco was going to build a ship that could make it. So they decided to steal the plans.
This time Scott and Belle waited behind at the island until Vyse and Co got back.
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And there he was, for many days he helped Izmael build the base. And every night, he sat out on the peak of the island, looking out into the ocean. Constantly thinking about Belle. It was hard for him to take his mind off her. Sure she was younger than he was, but she was quite. developed for someone her age.
"Her body didn't have so many curves as most women my age." He said to himself. "She was just so cheerful. How does she do that?"
Scott sat there, thinking. Izmael built him a sleeping quarter, but he never used it. He would always slept in a tree somewhere in the forest. Where he would always look up at the red moon.
"Please." He thought. "Please moons, bring her back to me."
"I wish we were looking at the same moon right now." He said to himself, just like Fina had said.
Little did he know, she was. Clara's ship was heading towards Crescent Isle, to drop Belle and her friends off so they could be gunners on Vyse's new ship. Belle was standing out on the deck with her friends, just staring at the red moon.
"Alright, tell me," One of her friends said. "Have wither of you seen and dreamy guys around? Belle?"
Belle just sighed, a small smile on her face.
"I wonder where he went. I wonder who he was." She thought to herself.
"Belle?" He friend asked, waving a hand in front of her face, trying to get her attention. "Earth to Belle? Hello?"
But she was caught in her own fantasy.
Not long after that, Belle had gotten to Crescent Isle, but Scott never noticed. He was asleep the whole time Clara's ship was there. It wasn't long after that, which Vyse came back and the base was all finished. He even came back with more crewmembers. Another builder (Kirala), another cook (Urala), another sailor (Robinson), another jester (Merida), another delegate (Moegi), another helmsman (Don), another engineer (Hans), and a lookout (Tikataka). They were all mostly from Yafutoma, some were from Ixa`taka, and Don was from Esparanza. Scott was happy (in his own little way) to see all the people. He was right at the docks to greet them all. But he was distracted as he saw Belle. He wanted to run over to her and hug her. But of course, that would have been too forward. Instead, he kept his distance, as much as he liked Belle, she still needed to earn his trust.
He was happy to find out that Vyse hired her as a gunner. Though he didn't really see her as the type to be a gunner in the first place. But he was ready to support her every step of the way. All in due time of course. But when he found out that Vyse was taking her with him on The Delfinus, he helped himself aboard.
They were heading towards "The Land Of Ice" under the purple moon. Everyone had one heard of that place, but never actually seen it with their own eyes.
"I don't know." Scott said, walking towards the deck with Aika. "I mean can we really find it?"
"Sure! Vyse has sailed around the world before, not too long ago. Finding a big chunk of ice won't be as hard as that!" Aika responded.
Scott laughed a bit, opening the door to the deck, letting Aika through first. He was a man who followed Enrique's code on how to treat a woman after all. When he stepped out, he looked around. It wasn't so bad, just getting gradually colder out there. But he heard a big thud and suddenly got a very large amount of pain in his foot. He looked down to see that a cannon ball had been dropped on his foot. He sort of stared at it for a minute, like the pain hadn't gotten to him right away. Then he pulled his foot out from under it, holding it and hopping around.
"Ow ow ow ow! Damn it, that hurts!" He yelled, getting all the frustration out.
"Oh! I'm sorry, I'm so sorry! I didn't mean it, it was an accident!" He heard Belle say.
He slowly let go of his foot and brought it back down on the deck. It was throbbing with pain, cannon balls are heavy you know. (How heavy exactly?) He looked down at Belle, who was still apologizing. Now, if she were someone else, he would have turned him or her around, bent him or her over and gave him or her a swift kick in the butt.
"Please forgive me, I'm such a clutz!" Belle said, bowing in apology over and over again.
Scott blinked, trying to follow her movements again. He shook his head a few times, but it was no use. He got dizzy, his eyes were spinning, and he fell backwards onto the deck. Belle looked at him and immediately began helping him up.
"Oooh no! I'm sorry again, oh, you must hate me now." She said, in apology, yet again.
He stood up with her help, and shook his head again.
"It's alright Belle, honest, you can stop apologizing now!" He said in sort of a beg.
"Yay! Thank you! Yay yay yay!" Belle exclaimed, jumping up and down real fast.
Scott arched a brow, watching her for a minute, then put his hands on her shoulders and stopped her.
"Anymore jumping and you'll dent the deck." Scott laughed a bit.
Belle sighed, now being calm. She looked back up at Scott again.
"What's your name anyway?" She asked, hiding the fact that she really REALLY wanted to know.
"Oh. it's Scott."
"Scott." She thought, staring into space for a minute.
"Uh, hello?" Scott said, blinking a few times. "Earth to Belle, hello? Belle?"
"Oh sorry." Belle said, snapping out of it. "I just think it's a real nice name. That's all."
"Well, thanks." Scott said, a little sheepishly.
But then they looked over at Aika, who was laughing non-stop. Scott narrowed his eyes, and Belle giggled a bit. Scott looked at Belle out of the corner of his eye. The smile on her face made a slight smile appear on the corners of his lips.
But The Delfinus suddenly slowed down, just quick enough to make Belle lose her balance. Scott caught her and kept her from falling, all the while looking off the side to see what it was. It appeared to be some huge spider, a monster flying in the air. Everyone began to run back into The Delfinus, but Belle tripped and fell. She got up to her hands and knees and looked at the monster. He eyes widened as an attack from it was coming straight for her. Scott noticed this and ran back to her, diving at her and knocking her out of the way. There was a big explosion at the area it hit, they looked back to see a big smoking dent in the ship. They blinked and looked at each other, then panicked and ran full-speed back into the Delfinus.
After Vyse had defeated the big spider. thing. Everyone went back to his or her normal business. But Scott decided to help Belle with the cannon balls. He figured he'd make sure she didn't drop any on anyone else's feet. She looked over at him and smiled.
"Thanks for saving me before." She said, though she sounded shy at that moment.
"Ah, no problem." Scott said, smiling back at her. "I wasn't gonna let you, of all people, just get hit with some sort of freak explosive. You're just a bit too special"
Scott then blinked when he heard her friends go "Ooooh." He narrowed his eyes in an annoyed fashion. Belle was blushing furiously, but looked away from everyone as she continued working on the cannon balls.
It was a while until Vyse and Co got out of the Ruins in The Land Of Ice. Then they began sailing back to Crescent Isle again. All this moving back and forth was causing Osmar (merchant) to get furious. But all the others didn't seem to mind at all. Vyse, Aika, Fina and Enrique certainly didn't. They got to do all the adventuring. And Scott figured, the more time with Belle, the better. But he also found himself gradually getting closer to the rest of the crew too. He found he could actually talk to Vyse, Aika, or even Fina without hesitating anymore. They had truly earned his trust, and to him, he had earned their trust as well. He even got to fight some battles and help Vyse and Co out most of the time then. It was the best time he ever had.
When they got back, Vyse, Aika, Fina and Enrique went to have a meeting. Scott stayed with Belle at her shop, standing across the room from her. Her friends always looked over at him and then at Belle. Then they'd giggle and look away. It annoyed Scott a bit, but he noticed it wasn't making Belle feel very happy. So he watched for the next time they turned and looked at him.
"Something funny?" He asked when they looked at him.
"Um, no." They both answered at the same time.
"Does my being around Belle amuse you?" He asked again.
"Umm, uhh." The girls stuttered.
Belle giggled, "Leave them alone Scott."
Scott turned, facing Belle and chuckled, "If you say so."
"Now help me make the cannon balls so we can blow away the Vuluans." Belle ordered.
"But Belle, last I checked." Scott tried to explain that they weren't going after the Vuluans.
"Pleeeease?"
"Hmm. how can I resist those eyes? Alright, fine."
"Yeah! Thanks!" Belle said, jumping up and down really fast.
Scott watched her again, then got dizzy, and then fell over.
So Scott went along with Vyse and Co to The Maw Of Tartas, merely because Belle was going too. Though she was really disappointed that they weren't going to blast away the Vuluans, he was happy, only because he got to spend even more time with her. And he really wanted to help defeat the Gigas if the occasion came by.
They successfully defeated the Yellow Gigas, and celebrated a little. Then headed back to Crescent Isle to do more planning. They found that they had to retrieve Fina's old ship from "Old Sky" way below the clouds. And that wasn't going to be easy. No one had ever been down in "Old Sky." Most say it's completely dead, and very muddy. But they needed to be able to get down there, and Enrique said that De Loco was going to build a ship that could make it. So they decided to steal the plans.
This time Scott and Belle waited behind at the island until Vyse and Co got back.
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