The rowboat rocked steadily as it was pulled upwards towards the deck of the ship, giving Eridan ample time to squeeze out the water from his scarf, though the endeavor seemed fruitless considering the rest of his attire's current state. It felt strange to be on this ship again; the last thing he remembered from this galleon was when he and his former kismesis had captured three especially rowdy trolls, and how disappointed the pair were when they organised an elaborate escape resulting in Eridan's hurt pride. He felt a sort of warm feeling though, like he was experiencing all the memories of black love he and Vriska had up on the deck as their FLARPing characters. Despite his platonic hatred of the Beta spider girl, he felt like reminiscing about the old days of sea faring and adventure with her. After he saw his dear Alpha spider girlfriend, of course. So many irons in the fire for the Prince, and he didn't have the gloves to deal with most of them.

The Thief of Light pulled the small rowboat close to the galleon, and Eridan hopped up from his position as Vriska jumped back aboard to address the crew, who had gathered near the side of the ship. "Alright you sea-farers and land-8lu88ers, and John, looks like we finally got a much sought after crew mem8er a8oard our dear vessel. An old flame of mine, a current flame of one of you, and pir8 extraordinaire, Eridan Ampora!" She slid aside, extending her arms from her well-fitting overcoat and introduced Eridan, who stepped aboard with her. He got a good look along the crew, noticing a few friendly and not so friendly characters among the crowd. There were the fish girl Meenah, a smirk resting on her face and a purple bandana wrapped around her head, and his matesprit Aranea, her arms interlocked and a caring smile upon her face, whilst she wore a beautiful black dress with blue fringes hugging her curves and reaching just passed her thighs. There also happened to be Sollux, a pair of eye-patches covering both his eyes, and Aradia, her usual care free expression giving off her attitude and her relaxing red god tier outfit. A strange human stood next to them, a pair of blue long sleeved pajamas with a long winded hood adorned him, and glasses not unlike the Jake boy Eridan had met a couple sweeps back and messy black hair. He was quite lanky, almost as tall as Vriska, and with caramel colored skin as opposed to the pale that humans usually were. And lastly stood Tavros, In an ever so ridiculous Pupa Pan costume that he used to wear in their FLARPing days.

Eridan gave a wave to the group, and Vriska gave him a slap on the shoulder to grab his attention. "Not quite like the old days of Team Pir8, huh Ampora?"

"yeah not fuckin really," Eridan replied, watching the crew scatter to various smaller groups.

Vriska began to walk away, facing Eridan and pacing backwards, "Hold on right there 8uddy, I got something for you!" She ran off towards the cabin of the ship, leaving Eridan by himself on the hardwood planks of the deck of the ship.

He heard the clacking of shoes on the ship approach him, and turned into a hug and peck on the lips from the shorter spider troll. "Eridan!" She exclaimed, pulling away. "It's such a joy to see you here! I wouldn't've have even imagined the luck we'd have to encounter you all the way out here!"

"yeah i wwas just chillin bein fucked by yet another memory of vvris so nothin outta the god damn usual."

Aranea frowned, gripping the Princes hand tightly. "Hmm, I do wish there was something I could do about these 8ad memories you seem to be constantly experiencing. 8ut this is how the dream 8u88les work, oft using such terri8le memories to initiate you into the afterlife."

"yeah but they didnt fool me this time. figured that out wwith no time to spare cause ivve been screwed around more times than those angles on my planet wwhen they came up against my vvengeful wwrath. but fuck talkin about my memories can i just say howw fuckin ravvigin you look in that pirate dress?"

Aranea gripped the edges of the bottom of her dress, stepped away, and spun around. "Oh! I'm glad you like it! It gets me into the character of Mindfang, and ready for the numerous adventures that aw8 us!"

"Hey asshole!" Eridan heard Vriska say, turning to see her jogging towards them. "Stop flirting with my ancestor for five seconds and look over here!"

Vriska stopped in front of them, and pulled a set of clothes from her inventory that Eridan had not seen in a long time: his FLARPing costume. She handed the set to him with outstretched hands, telling him, "We were actually reminiscing 8efore- well, I was at least- a8out how much of a kick you would've gotten out of all this pir8 stuff. I only thought it fitting that I at least got you prepared for the role! Plus, I'm not going to have one of MY crew running around without the proper attire!"

Eridan grabbed the outfit in awe, and looked up at the Thief of Light. "i uh i had no idea you evven had this still. i kinda threww it the fuck awway after wwe entered the game."

"Well of course I didn't keep it, dum8ass! I remade it along with a lot of other outfits, so you are WELCOME, 8y the 8y."

Eridan nodded, and stripped off his cape, shirt and undershirt, donning his original FLARPing outfit, then replacing his Heelys with his boots as well. His body armour was much lighter than he remembered, but other than that this might be the first positive memory he encountered, because damn did he have some good memories in this outfit. The Violet body armour and cape, the long sleeved jacked, oh boy was that just the damndest memory.

Aranea chuckled, "Well I'll say Mr Kingdom Destroyer, you look very handsome in that get-up."

Eridan smiled. "wwell ms mindfang you look vvery stunnin in that pirate dress."

Vriska placed a finger in her mouth and made a loud gagging noise. "8LEH, you guys fucking sicken me. FOCUS ON THE O8JECTIVE." Vriska pointed to the bow of the ship. "We got a couple last guests to 8reak in."

Eridan gave a glance to where the Thief was pointing, and any threatening look he had was instantly lost, as he laid his eyes on a former fish girl moirail. And soon she too noticed him, a scowl creeping on her face, and the colour draining from Eridan's face. The first time he'd seen her since he killed her, and boy howdy was he not ready.