Chapter 16: Remember
A few days ago. Franklin's View.
"Hey, did you know where Sir Alibaba went?" A slightly younger voice asked me. I turned around and saw a taller man with a friendly smile. He had long hair, and his right hand has a hook. Considering those thieves that invaded me months ago, he must have been a pirate.
"Uh, I don't know... What's your name, sir?" I asked.
"I'm Olba, and I'm a part of Alibaba's Household," he said proudly.
I nodded with a smile.
"The names Franklin Steinherz, or you can call me the Undead Marauder," I wonder why I said that.
He had a large eyes with a large smile from when I said Undead Marauder.
"Undead? That sounds soooo cool. Were you a pirate?" he kind of sounds younger than he looks.
I chuckled to myself and decided to be honest instead of being too show offy.
"Well, to tell you the truth, I liked the name Marauder because it sounded cool. Also, being undead means coming back from the dead,"
His smile was bigger.
"You must have been a cool fighter who fought a really epic battle before you died, right?" he had a really big grin on his face.
Once again, I'll be honest.
"You can say that... but I died when I captured my Djinn,"
Suddenly, I saw him hugging my leg. Was he crying?
"Man, I want to be your Household member now! Being undead sounds so cool!"
I shook my head as I smiled.
"Olba, you should just stay with Alibaba. After all, you have some sort of special connection with him, right?"
"I guess,"
And so, the day past. Olba and I chatted about our personal lives, until we bumped into Alibaba. At the beginning of the next day, Olba visited me prior to his voyage with Alibaba to Sasan(which I was unaware of).
"Hey, Captain Franklin," he said, carrying a bag.
"Captain Franklin?"
"The Undead Marauder nickname made me think that you could be a really cool pirate. But one with morals and fight for what is right," he smiled proudly again.
He ruffled in his bag and grabbed two magic tools. They looked like rapiers, but there was a chain between the root of the blade, and the rest of it.
"Here, I want you to have this," I took it off from his hands. He smiled radiantly.
"You know, a gift from one pirate to another,"
I chuckled from his generosity.
"This can shoot a jet of water. Since you told me that you couldn't swim, I guess this would be useful in case you're drowning."
I nodded. Now only if there were oranges stuck on the blade.
Back to Reality. Oh, here comes gravity. Franklin's View.
I reached behind my waist and found the two Magic Tools Olba gave me. I held both tightly with each hand, but before ascending, I made sure Amelia was hugging me tightly. Since I could barely speak underwater, I lightly kneed in front of me, and I heard someone say "Oof,". Confirmed.
"Hold on tight," I said with a bit of gurgling.
I looked up and activated the magic tool. We jetted out of the deep depths and into the surface in little more than a minute. When we jetted out, we were briefly in midair, and we both saw Emiline, and the others on a Magic Carpet. Emiline grabbed both of us with Gravity Magic and put us on the Magic Carpet.
"Are you okay, Franklin?" Amelia said with a concerned tone.
"Yeah, but if that Kraken or giant octopus is my obstruction to the way out, then I'm going to have to kill it,"
I put the magic tools by my feet and grabbed my scissors.
"Dwell in me, Orobas!" my small scissors instantly transformed into two blades. I put them in scissors mode, and focused my Magoi on my feet to create a short magnetic field. The Magic tools were basically glued onto my feet. I looked behind and saw my party. They all had skeptical faces, wondering what I'm doing.
"Hey guys, take care of Amelia, okay? She's a good girl,"
Amelia's eyes showed thankfulness. Her eyes started to water, and her mouth was quivering. I wonder if she was someone who's bad? I leapt high into the air and dove into the water, boosted by my magic tool's water blast.
When I was descending toward the sea monster, a tentacle was about to grab me, but I cleanly sliced it with a blade. I stopped accelerating when I saw many tentacles reaching out toward the surface. They completely ignored me, but I realized I ignored the situation. The giant mouth was 3x bigger than me, and it was about to consume me. Good thing it ascended to a more visual level, otherwise, I'd have a hard time fighting it. I quickly grabbed its fangs, managing to keep it held with my hand and connected my Magoi with his. Its mouth started to gurgle blood from the massive internal damage I'm giving it. It's time I tried using my Magoi Manipulation with my abilities. I lunged my scissor at the beast and I used all the Magoi I gathered from the kraken and returned the energy in the form of Orobas's Black Lightning. It started to fry him. If I could focus more, then it will die from a bunch of volts surging to its brain. I made good progress, until a giant tentacle grabbed me and threw me down into the dark depths.
Damn you're strong! I thought.
I heard a tearing noise. It was too dark to see, so I used my other senses. I couldn't move my left arm. I put my right hand on my arm, only to confirm its absence. I snarled at the beast and propelled myself with the Magic Tool. My propulsion was suddenly halted. It was slightly dark from where I currently am, so I could see my surroundings quite clearly. I looked at the bottom, and realized my legs were lost. I sighed in defeat and allowed myself to be sunk into the floor of this lake. Dungeons are always dangerous, especially one that involves swimming.
That time that I was about to drown in the river was somewhat traumatizing. I looked under me to see only a deep blue. I suddenly started to struggle out and call for help, but no one came. I was lucky when I hit shallow waters. My heart was racing, beat like a jackhammer, hard at work. Every time I saw the depths of water, I got scared. I was so scared of swimming in deep water. I wasn't so scared today because I didn't need to worry about drowning, and I had a tool that could boost me through the waters.
My limbs didn't grow back, despite my regeneration. Perhaps, I need my lost limbs to be in close proximity. Right, I remember. Emiline was expe
I closed my eyes. I started to silently and dryly weep. I couldn't cry because my tear ducts have stopped functioning, but I wanted to cry. What makes me qualified to be a leader? I'm stupid, I was always forgetful. I was tardy in school, and I lived in fear of my parents. My friends must be worried, and they probably won't even come to save me. Amelia might be blamed for my absence, and they might kill her.
"Altair Saiqa!"
Ramses?
I saw the monster rise out of the water from a powerful tornado. Underneath the beast was the cause of that tornado. Ramses pointed his sword up high and was covered in a Borg. I started being carried by two soft hands. I looked to my savior and saw the beautiful snake girl: Amelia. She smiled brightly as she swam up into the surface. When we reached the surface, she jetted out high into the air and landed on the Magic Carpet. I looked around me while standing on my only arm. The beast was high in the air with tied tentacles. Probably Amihiha tied them. It was still being held high by a tornado, and in front of me was a levitating Emiline, pointing her staff at the giant beast. A large orb of light was formed at the end of her staff. Her robes were swaying to the left by wind.
"Flash Infigar!"
A large beam of brilliant light consumed the Kraken whole. The large beam of light lit the whole cave, but due to the close distance of the light beam, Amelia and Amihiha closed their eyes to prevent blindness. My eyes would get obliterated, so I covered my eyes. As the light beam faded, I opened my eyes again and looked down in shame. I looked in front of me and saw my friends smiling with sad eyes. It expressed... relief. Relief that I'm okay.
"I'm so sorry you guys. I was such a fool to head into it alone just for the sake of helping you guys find a way out," I sighed, feeling useless and weak.
"I pay the price with my limbs, and now I'm a fool," I looked around my body.
"This torn body resembles how useless I am, and how afraid I was underwater. I'm just a coward,"
I closed my eyes, wanting to cry, but I couldn't. I just fell on my chest and planted my face on the flying carpet.
"You're not a coward, nor was that stupid," Amelia said. Suddenly, I could move my left arm again. I stood on my two hands and sat down on my bottom.
My eyes widened as I saw my Emiline and Amihiha with both of my loose legs. Ramses also held the Magic Tools.
"Remember that experiment we did during our time in Reim?" Emiline said with a confident and mature smile,"After she wrapped the kraken's limbs, Amihiha dove back into the 'ocean' and grabbed your loose limbs,"
As I saw them put back my limbs, I felt whole again. In celebration, I did a back flip and landed gracefully on the carpet. Ramses walked toward me with the magic tools in hand.
"Thank you very much girls," I did a formal bow of gratitude.
"Franklin, you're not weak, nor a coward. To dive in to the battle selflessly like that is what makes you a good leader. You're Franklin, the Undead Marauder. The one who survived the Gladiator Ring. Even when you lost sometimes, your influence has caused the other gladiators to empathize with you, and show you mercy for a good fight. You also gave riches to the poor not because you have to, but because you knew they needed it more than you,"
Emiline hugged me, despite my cold body. Even if I didn't have the sense of touch, I could still sense the warmth and meaning through her embrace.
"You're a strong and powerful leader, Franklin, and you're reattached limbs don't change any of that,"
Once again, I felt like crying. Too bad I can't.
Not wanting to leave out the snake girl, I turned to Amelia and smiled warmly.
"Thanks for saving me Amelia," I said, grateful for her rescue and sincerity.
She blushed madly and giggled like a little girl.
"Th-th-thank you!"
I walked up to her and put my hand on her shoulder. She shivered slightly. I wonder if it was from my hand, or was it Goosebumps?
"If you're not planning to kill us, then we don't mind another ally,"
She put her palms on her cheek and looked away. Emiline, and the others shouted "Whaaaat?!" in unison.
"S-sure,"
"But, only if you tell us how to get out of here," I said.
She scratched her head and pondered. She put a finger up and smiled, possibly showing that she remembers.
"Oh yeah! You get the key from inside the stomach of the Kraken, and if you point up to the ceiling..."
She held a mysterious looking object on her tail. My eyes widened from the fact it was a skeletal wing. The waters of the lake started to form waterspouts that pierced through the ceiling. The lake started to drain, and it revealed a circular entrance on the deepest part of the air-filled lake.
"When the kraken threw you down and pulled your limb off, I went in to try and save you, but before that..."
She told me about Emiline's plan to save me, while also getting the key. She dove down deep into the stomach of the Kraken and jetted out before it digested her. According to her, she was slippery enough to climb in and out of the stomach. When she came out, that was Ramses's cue to elevate the Kraken using Andras. Due to being underwater, it took a great amount of Magoi to exert a powerful tornado that could launch an underwater opponent.
"I understand, Amelia," I said, nodding.
With that, Emiline set her destination to wherever that circular portal leads to. I think I just hate water themed obstacles, like that Water Temple in one of my games I was really scared of during my childhood.
3rd Person view. Outside of Goap.
Judar and two of his King Vessels stood in front of the dungeon's entrance as the moonlight shone on the deep blue. The malicious, yet charming Magi stood in front with a mischievous smile on his face. This smile basically said "I want to just destroy this with my withdrawn power,". Kougyoku and Hakuryuu showed no fear prior to their entry, most likely due to their past experience in a dungeon, as well as owning a Djinn. Following Kougyoku was her Household, Ka Koubun, a man in yellow with a green fan acting as his Household Vessel. Hakuryuu lead an army of unimaginable life forms, reflecting his corrupted personality. Many had large cone-like heads with jagged fangs, some had multiple eyes or no eyes at all. Despite their horrifying appearance, they're completely loyal to their King and will only attack only if he wishes them to.
"I say, this dungeon looks quite unique. I have to thank Yunan for summoning this," he looked behind him and smiled confidently.
"Let's go guys, we have aliens to capture,"
With that, Judar casually floated toward the entrance with the King Vessels, their Household, and some dungeon monsters in tow.
Inside Goap. Amihiha's View.
Me and my group found ourselves on ankle-length waters with a thick fog surrounding us. Obviously, something is suspicious around here, most likely giant monsters might come out. There was no door on anything, just an endless field of shallow water.
"Stay close, team," Franklin said as he strafed to his left with his back on Emiline's.
I stuck close to Ramses and Amelia. I think I trust the snake girl now. She says that she doesn't even know how to transform, nor does she think a snake girl could. She seems to have low self-confidence, possibly due to her mutated body.
Reminds me of grandpa's Household Vessel, Mirohina. Ever since she became his Household, she always had that weird looking head.
I heard the water tread from a distance and brandished my coral sword. Ramses brandished his blade, and Amelia covered her eyes in fear. Franklin bent his knees and put his hand on his pocket, Emiline got into a fighting pose.
"Remember, stay close. Don't chase the rabbit," Emiline said.
"Whaaaat?" I replied, confused from what she said.
"Just don't chase whatever's out there," Franklin said.
I looked around and thought to myself.
If this is all mist, then can't we just blow it away with wind magic?
"Hey Emiline, do you know how to do Wind Magic?" I asked.
She shook her head, much to my sadness.
"Okay then Ramses, try to use your wind magic to blow away the mist,"
He nodded to my suggestion and pointed his sword high into the air.
"Blow away the fog, Andras!" he shouted.
A large tornado formed, but it didn't last too long. Ramses started panting. I forgot that he used up a huge amount of Magoi to create the tornado to push out that giant octopus. Even with that effort, the fog continued closing in. Suddenly, I felt something pulling me away quickly.
"Eeyaah!" I shouted.
It was too late for anyone to grab my hand. I saw the rest of the party chase me, but the thing that grabbed me reeled me in fast. I looked at my arms. They were wrapped up by what appears to be a tongue. I looked behind me, a large frog had its mouth open, about to gobble me up. It had small dagger-like fangs. The tongue was too strong, and when it traps me in its mouth, I'm done. I quickly leaned forward and by the time I was close, I bucked my legs as hard as I could. When I kicked its mouth, it was forced to loosen its tongue out of pain. Half of my body was still in its mouth, so I grabbed my coral sword and lunged it at its head. Blood gushed out like what happened to the Rampaging Unicorn when its jaw was forcibly ripped out. This isn't a common sight to others, but in Imuchakk, blood gushing from a dying beast is like finding bread in a market. I pulled out my sword from its mouth and ran back to where I came from.
I ran to the direction the frog was facing as fast as I could, hoping my friends were awaiting me. I kept running and running, and then I think I saw Ramses. His body was partially hidden in the fog, only revealing his dark silhouette. He was all alone for some reason. Why?
"Ramses! Why did you separate from the group?!" I shouted.
He didn't respond. I approached him slowly. I sensed something shady behind that fog, so I put my hand on my sword.
"Ramses? Is that you?"
Suddenly, the man behind the fog instantly transformed. His shaggy spiky hair has turned longer and more straight. There were what appeared to be feathers coming out of both shoulders. His slender legs gained what appeared to be boots and furry pants, with armor protecting his thighs. His curved sword was now an Eastern Kingdom styled sword.
"Only King Vessels are destined to survive," Ramses said with a cold voice.
"Ramses, this isn't you," I said timidly.
He charged at me with wind propelling his feet. He was too fast for me to dodge, so I guarded with my sword. This isn't Ramses. The Ramses I knew didn't have dark grey skin, with jet black clothing. Those red eyes basically show that he isn't the Ramses I knew. I'm not sure how to fight against one in full Djinn Equip, but I'm going to have to try. It must be as hard as fighting a Rampaging Unicorn alone.
Ramses's View.
"Amihiha?! Why do you say that?!"
Right when she saw me, Amihiha just started to express jealousy about how I have a Djinn and mastered my Djinn Equip already. I charged at her because she constantly taunted me with the death of my parents. I wanted to knock some sense into this girl. The loud clanging noise should have awakened her from that, but she still continued to cuss.
"Why do you get to have a Metal Vessel? What's wrong with me?" she tearfully said with anger.
"Amihiha, calm down. You're being absurd," I shouted.
She lunged at me with such speed. I had to dodge it, for a lunge travelling with that speed could break my guard. Also, Amihiha is an Imuchakk, and their strength is as strong as a Fanalis. But strength is useless without skill, and I have a clear advantage. I could defeat her easily, but I have a strange feeling this is the same Amihiha.
I saw her exposed back and kicked her down. She barely flinched. Amihiha turned to me. Her clothing was dark and her skin was dark grey. Her blue eyes were now blood red. She swung her heavy sword to the ground and I reacted with a hop away from it. She continued to throw numerous slashes. From strikes to the legs, arms, body, or the head, I blocked all of them in an instant.
Amihiha.
"What's wrong? Are you just not worthy to be as powerful as us?"
"Ramses! Stop it! Why are you doing this?"
He's only good with a sword. If I can knock it out of his hands, then maybe he might be forced out of his Djinn Equip. We clashed blades, then I kicked his feet. When he was on his bum, a strong gust of wind pushed me away.
"Hah! No weapon is good enough to withstand my sword,"
I got up, using my sword to assist me in standing up.
"Why do you fight? It's a dungeon, so how do you think the first conqueror conquered it?"
My friend gritted his teeth in anger and pointed his sword at me. Wind started to form.
"I'll show you!"
It's no use. I can't match with that powerful wind magic and his swordplay. What do I do? Ah ha! I spotted his arm, trembling in fear. But not in fear of me, but possibly in fear of hurting me? This might be the real Ramses, just a deluded one.
Ramses.
"Why do you fight? Is it because you want to hide how weak you were? You're weak from the start, because you weren't even strong enough to save your parents!"
Dammit Amihiha. You just had to hit me in the heart with how weak I was when my parents died. If this isn't you, then I'm going to have to go to the extremes to wake you up. I'm so sorry Amihiha.
"Amihiha, why do you say such things?
Suddenly, she walked closer to me at a slow pace. I wanted to attack, but at the same time, I couldn't. Amihiha, is that really you? I was trembling in fear of hurting my friend.
Sindria, a few days after their arrival.
I remembered Amihiha and I were sitting on the hill, watching the ocean. Amihiha, finding out about my love of animals decided to talk about the friendly animals in the sea. From where I live, we barely had any interaction with water animals. The only ones I know that live near the water were crocodiles.
"Man, I remember swimming around with dolphins for around 2 days," she laughed at the memory of her younger self riding around with dolphins.
"At first, I thought they're my parents, until grandpa found me and asked them to bring me back,"
I chuckled at her situation, thinking it was a joke at first. When I looked at her, she had puffed cheeks and an angry look on her face.
"Are you serious?"
"Yeah,"
I still laughed. It was pretty cute though. Instead of being angry, she smiled warmly. After my laughter subsided, she began to talk.
"Well... um my real parents, they were exiled right when I was born, so grandpa Rametoto raised me,"
"Oh, I see," I looked at my shins, and then my left arm.
"Hey, Amihiha, I never explained about these bandages to you ever since we got out of that dungeon,"
She looked at my bandages. They were slightly worn from age. I cleaned them regularly, to preserve my memories of them.
"So, um do you hide some sort of battle scar?"
I shook my head.
"The bandage on my arm belongs to my mother, the arm that nurtured me in my childhood, and the ones on my legs belong to my dad, the one who taught me how to stand on my two feet,"
Her eyes sparkled, endeared by the symbolism of these bandages. Too bad I had to ruin her sparkle.
"Well... too bad they died when I was eight," I said, ruining her thunder.
She was saddened by hearing that my parents were dead. She looked away. Judging by this, I'm guessing that she too must have dead parents?
"You're lucky to even have a childhood," she said as she silently cried.
"Childhood?! I never really had a childhood,"
I continued to explain how it was like living in the slums. My parents, though earnest and hardworking, wasn't gaining any progress, and to make things worse, they were ill. They raised me to be moral and fair, but I used those teachings on a thieving career, thanks to my friend, Serket, who was also poor like me and wanted money. After two years of thieving, one of the rivals were ticked with my success and they decided to kill my parents and kidnap Serket. Even when I begged Armakan and Sharrkan, it was already too late. The thieves say they killed her, and her corpse is hidden. Even when they were weakened by the Amun-Ras, I brutally stomped their downed bodies until they cried blood.
"...That's how my childhood was. There were no child toys, there were no playgrounds. Just the clinking sound of gold coins, and the sound of metal clashing with other metal,"
"At least you had parents that still loved you. I never even met my parents. Rametoto isn't actually my grandpa. I just call him that because he's so old and he's very fatherly,"
"It must suck to not know your parents, it may be possible they're still alive,"
"It must suck to have your parents die at such a young age. At least they loved you," she said with a sad tone.
I shook my head. Did she think that her parents didn't love her? I'm not sure if leaving her at the time she was born was even wise. She started to smile, yet her eye brows showed sadness.
"But, now that I'm 10 and I'm an adult, I've learned that I don't always need a parent's consent for everything. And if I worry about family, I always have my fellow tribesmen, grandpa, and even Team FEAR,"
She looked at me, now with a genuine smile on her face.
"They're my family. And no matter how much fights happen, we'll ultimately end up being together again,"
Why does this Amihiha continue to walk toward me harmlessly. Is she trying to drop my guard and kill me? This Amihiha feels like the same Amihiha, yet at the same time, it isn't.
"Is that really you?"
"Why? Why?!"
Amihiha's View.
"S-stay away from me!"
"Ramses, please. I don't want you to hurt me, and I know that you don't mean those words,"
Ramses.
"You're just weak-I don't want you to hurt-you killed-I know you don't-,"
Her voice was swapping between a demonic sounding one, and the actual Amihiha. Is this some sort of illusion? I think large intake of this fog can cause illusions, and possibly death if I intake too much. I'm feeling light headed right now.
*cough*
Amihiha's gray body instantly shifted to her real body from that cough, and returned to its dark form shortly. This is probably some sort of illusion. I ran up to her and held her in my hands.
"Ami, are you okay?"
The dark veil slowly started to disappear, revealing the tall yet young lady. She hacked and cough from the large amount of fog she breathed in. I too coughed from the large usage, but she seemed to be running out of breath.
"R...Ramses, thank you... for not hurting me... too..*cough* much," she took heavy breaths.
I was about to tear up. There's no way I'm letting her die right now. We've only started, and there's no way she'll join the rest of the challengers that attempted to conquer Goap.
"Amihiha, hold on,"
I lay her down on the shallow water and inched my face closer. I remembered I accidentally saw Emiline kissing Franklin once. According to her, she was practicing CPR with Franklin, because he didn't pass the CPR test in Grade 10 or in this case 15. CPR was useful whenever someone passed out according to her. I can use my wind magic and Magoi Manipulation to create normal air. If I can use Magoi in my lungs to produce wind magic and manipulate it to turn soft, then I can offer her clean air.
First, I had to push her chest a few times. I looked away in embarrassment, considering how lewd this action was.
"Andras, produce air inside my lungs," I held my sword tightly and felt a surge of air inside my lungs. The large amount of air replaced the fog.
I inched my mouth closer to her open mouth. Amihiha, I must repay you for protecting my life. Now it's my turn to protect yours.
"Amihiha? Ramses?"
I quickly look behind me and saw Emiline, Franklin, and Amelia, going toward us. The fog was disappearing, so I quickly gave her my air. I tried not to make contact, but I blew gentle air straight into her mouth. I controlled my air so that it wouldn't fume out. I backed away from her to prevent an extremely awkward moment in case she wakes up. She coughed out that nasty hallucinogenic fog. Speaking of which, how was I able to breath fine?
"Hey hey hey, have you forgotten about me?" I've heard that voice before.
I looked behind and saw my Djinn, Andras. His friendly face smiled brightly and his wolf was beside him, panting happily. I was surprised at first, but I put up a welcoming smile shortly. How did he get summoned? Did Emilline summon him?
"Hey Andras, did you save me?"
He patted my shoulder and smiled.
"Of course I did, and if you're asking how I was summoned-"
"Ramses, Amihiha, are you okay?" Franklin shouted.
Andras had a surprised look and looked around frantically. After a few head turns, he scratched his head nervously.
"Never mind that, you're friends await. I will help you later," he said as if he was in a hurry.
The Djinn transformed into a tornado that surrounded both Amihiha and I. The whirlwind blew away the fog, and after the wind subsided, my Djinn was gone. I looked around and saw that the foggy room was just a normal room with what appeared to be frog statues on each corner. It seems that they were dispersing the fog. The room seemed normal; as large as a luxury bedroom in Heliohapt.
"Thank goodness you're alright," said Emiline
"Good thing I don't need to breathe in the fog thanks to my dead respiratory system. Emiline and Amelia were trying to attack me like dogs," Franklin said proudly.
"And he literally knocked sense into us," both women said with bandages on their heads.
"And I hope you guys have a pair of extra clothing!"
Franklin's shirt was absent, and his pants were slightly scratched, also there were stitches on his pants from when his legs got ripped by the kraken. Strangely, his cape was still intact. Franklin, thanks to months of training, has a toned, yet skinny body. Franklin had an upset looking face and crossed his toned yet slender arms.
"I feel like this is some sort of fanservice to an invisible crowd," he said with frustration as he looked away. as if looking at an entire group.
"Fanservice?"
And so, Ramses learned of fanservice from Franklin. But Emiline considered him quite insane, and started to beat the zombie endlessly. Much to her amusement, he didn't feel anything, but he still felt the torture of not being able to move for a while.
The End.
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Nah. Team FEAR hasn't even captured Goap yet, and Judar and his brethr- er Candidates haven't crashed the party. Also, the foggy room and darker versions of the people is a clear reference to a certain game with a certain dungeon we all hate. I mean come on, it's a water themed dungeon, and I have a fear of deep water so I had to make Franklin seem more useless in challenges involving swimming. Thanks for reading, and Review if you wish.