Chapter 14: Mermaid Cove! Swim with the Fishes!
The new day began 10,000 meters in Fishman Island. Looking over the prow on the Sunny, Ash wondered if Lapras was okay with Shirahoshi. He stared at the town early in the day while donning his cap. He hadn't worn his headgear since he saved the Straw Hats from the Marines. Pikachu came out of the Men's Room and found Ash looking out to town with his cap on. ("There's my old friend,") he joked. Ash turned to see his Pokémon.
"Morning, pal!" he greeted. "Had a good sleep?" Pikachu squeaked happily. That's when a wail echoed from above. Looking up, Ash and Pikachu looked to see Jimbei and Lapras descending on a bubble. "Lapras!" The two reached the Sunny which the bubble popped.
"Morning, Vice Captain," Jimbei greeted. Lapras wailed happily.
"You too, Jimbei. How did it go?"
"Well, I shouldn't be too surprised when you hear about the princess and Lapras getting along. Even Neptune and the princes had their fun with this young creature." Ash remembered meeting Lapras and wasn't about to hold any of the Transport Pokémon's issues.
"Yeah, Lapras is still a baby. We've had a lot of fun together from the Orange Islands to out here, giving my friends a ride and helping me in battles." Jimbei awed Lapras' age.
"No wonder it's obedient. Actually, it's not a surprise with sea creatures like Lapras to communicate with merfolk." This grabbed Ash and Pikachu's attention.
"Merfolk can talk to fish?"
"Even fishmen have the ability." Lapras wailed to Jimbei's point. This intrigued Ash to make an observation.
"Lapras is a Part-Water, Part-Ice Pokémon. I'm starting to believe that if merfolk can talk to Lapras, other Water Pokémon would work as well." Jimbei recalled Ash's poster and wanted to try his theory.
"It's possible. If I recall, there's a turtle who's part of your Pokémon. Do you mind if I see it?" Ash pulled out a Pokéball.
"Sure… Squirtle, you got a visitor!" The ball opened and Squirtle appeared. It looked up to see Jimbei. The size hindered the Tiny Turtle Pokémon's courage.
"Fascinating… It makes me wonder what other Water Pokémon are in your world." Squritle garbled with Pikachu about Jimbei. Camie and the three fishkids came around to see the commotion on the Sunny.
"Good morning, Beastman!" she first welcomed. The fishkids saw Lapras and Squritle, excited to see more of Ash's Pokémon aside Pikachu.
"Is this a dinosaur?" the merboy questioned. "I can't believe something like this exists!"
"I know!" the fishboy cheered. "It's like history meeting today!" Lapras became a little fearful around the three kids. Ash came over to calm his Pokémon ride down.
"It's okay, Lapras," he assured. "They're kids like us." Lapras wailed, unsure of Ash's meaning.
"It's a little Lapras?" the four-armed girl gawked.
"Right. Lapras on average are twice as big. One even took me and my friends to the North Pole." Camie and the fishkids gawked in awe to the detail.
"Wow, so you'll be growing up soon, right?" the fishboy hoped. Lapras wailed greatly to the idea. That's when Camie noticed Ash's cap.
"Is something wrong with your bandanna?" she asked. Ash scoffed to the idea.
"No, I just miss wearing my Trainer's cap," he explained. "Hadn't worn it since I saved the Straw Hats from the Marines when I first arrived. Same with the rest of my clothes." The fishkids saw the hat and became ecstatic.
"That's a really cool hat, Ash!" the blond girl praised.
"Can I get one?" the merboy pleaded.
"Me too!" the fishboy wished. Ash and Pikachu felt cornered about their new desire.
"There's a problem with that," Ash started. "I won this by a contest where I delivered a lot of postcards to win it. There's not another one of these available." This prompted a voice.
"Looks like this is a job for Fishman Island's fashion designer!" a man sounded. Out of nowhere, an orange starfish appeared. It wore sunglasses, a black tam hat with red and green stripes and a red bow tie. "Pappagu the fashion designer, at your service!" Ash and Pikachu blinked at the starfish that came forward. "So, you're the young Beastman Camie told me arrived on Fishman Island. I expected you to be a little older, but I guess I shouldn't argue with someone who can unleash hell on us." Camie laughed to the introduction. Pappagu climbed on Ash to snag his cap. "Ah… this cap is pretty cool. If the kids are into it, I can work a little magic to replicate the cap design." This interested Ash to see how the starfish could pull it off.
"You can do that?"
"Of course! I'm not Fishman Island's number one designer for nothing."
"Well…" He removed his cap and dressed it on the blond. "If Pappagu can do it, I think I can loan my Trainer's Cap to make you all feel like trainers." Camie laughed, summoning Nami from the women's cabin.
"Camie, morning!" she greeted. "Hey, what's up, Pappagu?" The starfish turned to the redhead with a jump.
"Oh, Nami!" he gawked. "Camie told me about the Beastman and I wanted to see him in person!" Nami blinked before knowing that he wasn't at the gathering yesterday.
"Oh…" That's when she saw Ash's cap, puzzled to its' appearance. "I remember that hat! Ash wore it when he stopped the Marines!"
"That's what Beastman also said!" noted Camie. "The kids like the hat and want one themselves each." Nami chuckled to the fishkids' wishes. Camie now turned to Ash. "My fellow girls in the Mermaid Cafe want to see you and your Pokémon. I called a taxi to bring you there."
"Really…" he pondered. Bursting out of the kitchen was Sanji.
"You're taking Ash to Mermaid Cove?!" he shouted.
"I am, Sanji-Chin," Camie replied. "I might want to see if your pet can some along. After all, he helped you the last time you journeyed to the cove, right?" Sanji gulped to the last time he was at this cove.
'That's right! I nearly died because of what Chopper called a relapse! Well, I will stand to take the advances. No nosebleeds from me!' Sanji stood tall, ready to see the mermaids once more. "It will be fine! My blood will stay in my body!"
"Okay, but let's bring your pet, whether it's for you or Ash." Nami had an agenda to attend.
"You guys have a good time seeing the mermaids," she hoped. "We're gonna find a bank to cash in Ash's treasures. Luffy, Zoro and Usopp will join me." Camie accepted the idea. After Chopper woke, the three boarded the back of a turtle with "TAXI" on its side. After a little while, the turtle stopped by a rocky land with coral reefs growing out of the water and water-like pipes flying overhead. Ash and Pikachu awed the scene in front of them.
"This is the Mermaid Cove?" he believed. Everyone stepped off except for Camie who swam in the water.
"The mermaids are a lot of fun to have around," Chopper explained. "They should appear soon since Camie advised them of our arrival." Ash stepped around before Pikachu heard something within the water.
("Are they here?") he squeaked. That's when scores of young mermaids emerged, different sizes, hair, bikinis and fins around. Sanji's heart eyes peered out of his head.
"Hello, my lovelies!" he cheered as he raced to meet the mermaids. Chopper transformed into his human form and held Sanji back.
"No!" he cried out. "I don't want you to relapse!" A raven-haired, pigtail mermaid with a zebra-stripe bikini came forward.
"I never thought the legendary Beastman would be so young," her freckled face smiled. "And you brought this little cutie as well!" Pikachu leaped down to see the mermaid as a wide-faced blond mermaid swam up to see him.
"I'm not sure who I want to have swim with us, Ishilly," she chuckled as she scooped the Pokémon. "The Beastman or his mouse?" She wore a revealing purple-striped bikini.
"We can have both, Kairen. No need to be suggestive."
"She's right," Ash agreed as he showed the glint. "I'm sure my Pokémon will have a great time." The mermaids saw the glint and became riled up with excitement. A pigtail pink-haired mermaid swam up and grabbed Ash's arm, showing off a purple button-down shirt with the top half of it unfastened. Her fins were yellow scaled.
"There's that smile we wanted to see!" she cheered before pulling Ash underwater.
"Hiramera!" gasped Kairen.
("Ash!") cried Pikachu. Ash looked to see the mermaids swimming around while Sanji cried at the denial.
"Why?!" he whined. "Why does he get the love and I don't?!" Ash swam with the different mermaids, having him be touched on his chest and his flowing wild hair. A minute underwater, Ash resurfaced for air. A mermaid with a yellow flower in her long blue hair sneaked behind Ash.
"We're not done!" she teased with her purple flower-patterned bikini pressing his back. "Everyone wants a swim." Ash took a quick breath before she pulled him back down.
"I think we're getting a little aggressive on him," Kairen sighed. Pikachu could only watch. An orange-haired mermaid with a red bikini and orange scaled fins gave Ash a diving mask and snorkel.
"Good thinking, Lulis," a tanned, raven-haired mermaid with a leopard-skin bikini praised. She dove back in, her multi-red tail appearing on the surface for a split-second. Chopper believed Ash was having a blast.
"At least I don't have to deal with Ash having a nosebleed, let alone one that would borderline death," he studied. "Still… Ash is only human, after all."
"Is that why you deny me fun with the mermaids?" whimpered Sanji. Ishilly nodded to his claim.
"I thought you died after that blood geyser from your nose," she testified. "After all, I didn't want to take responsibility to tell your other crew of what happened to you." Sanji's hearts reappeared as his eyes.
"That's a thoughtful comment, Ishilly! I don't want to see you cry for that!" Ash resurfaced again for air.
"These mermaids are a lively bunch," he chuckled. Some of the mermaids grew flustered to Ash's resurfacing.
"We want him to see us all," Lulis moaned.
"He's not a merman or a fishman," Hiramera clarified. "He's only human." Another pink-haired mermaid tapped Hiramera's shoulder with an idea. She wore a cross-strap red bikini while with blue dots to the upper and lower parts of her fins which were white.
"Leave him to me," she allowed. Lulis and Hiramera blinked to her idea.
"Fillonce?" The mermaid reached Ash before engaging in a long and rather passionate kiss, his cheek protruding slightly by her tongue. The sight awed Ishilly and Chopper but left Sanji in dismay.
"What's that all about, Fillonce?" she giggled. Fillonce peeked to Ishilly with a sneering nod. Quickly, she figured the reason. "Oh… that's the ordeal. I'll be back." Ishilly regrouped with Ash, stunned with a mermaid's kiss. "Let's give you a deeper discovery." She held Ash's hand, his startle apparent.
"Wait-" he yelped before being dragged back underwater. Ash didn't get a chance to breathe as he's carried deeper and deeper. He feared drowning while a few mermaids joined up. They saw Ash holding his breath.
"You'll be fine now," the blue-haired assured. "You don't need to hold your breath." Ash gawked as he let out the air in his cheeks.
"How am I fine-" he gasped before realizing he wasn't drowning. He could breathe while submerged. He changed from terrified to satisfied. "This is so cool… I can breathe down here!" Turning, he found the mermaid who gave him the gift. "Thanks a lot! But why did you stick your tongue in my mouth? The only thing I had this morning was bread and tea."
"Easy," Fillonce replied. "It's the only way to make sure you received it. The best part is… it's permanent." Stoked, Ash laughed to the joy.
"This is awesome!" Adele wrapped her arms around Ash, holding his body tight while Lulis, the blue-haired and a brunette mermaid joined in a group hug, their breasts pressing on his body and his face. The ponytail brunette wore a sunflower strapless bikini and a red pearl necklace while donning shell headphones. She was the first to kiss Ash on the lips underwater.
"No fair, Seira!" giggled Ishilly. She came next to kiss Ash on the lips. Lulis soon followed with her own kiss, then Adele and Kairen. All the mermaids ganged up and swarmed Ash to kiss him all over and he felt overwhelmed, lipstick turning his face into a canvas. They resurfaced and Ash released his Pokémon. Sanji desperately wanted some action but continued to be held down by Chopper. His anger mounted to seeing the mermaids with the Pokémon.
"You know I'm doing this for your own good," the reindeer reminded. "Besides, you don't want to return to Splash and Splatta, do you?" Sanji froze at the names mentioned.
"Not those two!" he freaked. "Anyone but those two!" Ash explained to the mermaids about Lapras and the tale that tugged their heartstrings.
"This little guy got lost from its pod in a storm?" gasped Seira. "Then a bunch of trainers abused him?" Ash nodded to the detail.
"Misty, myself and our Pokémon saw the abuse and took action to stop them," he added. "I've cared about Pokémon so seeing the abuse, I couldn't stand by and do nothing. Of course, I claimed Lapras after rescuing him from Team Rocket." The mermaids cried and some hugged Lapras as comfort while Sanji and Chopper watched.
"I'm so sorry for what happened to you before you met Ash," Hiramera apologized before she kissed the Transport Pokémon on the snout. Squirtle and the blue-haired swam for sometime beneath the surface. They risen to see the rest, including Bulbasaur and Charizard.
"Looks like you and Squirtle are getting along nicely, Mero," another blond mermaid joked. She wore clams as her bikini, a lavender hat with streaks of purple and had bluish-green fins.
"Squirtle seems to like it here, Sora," the blue-haired smiled. Ash reached Camie, still enjoying the fun with the mermaids and now with his Pokémon.
"So many mermaids I've seen," he awed. Pikachu agreed with a few squeaks.
"There's one more you've yet to meet," she listed. "I can go check to see if Madame Sharley will like to meet you." Ash blinked to the name.
"Sharley?"
"She's the proprietor of the Mermaid Cafe we help run. She's also a former fortune teller." Ash awed, interested in meeting her. Bulbasaur barked in curiosity, not knowing Adele coming from behind. She grabbed Bulbasaur and faced him.
"You may be better off under the sun but we would like to see what your world has," she said. Bulbasaur barked some more. While she didn't understand what he tried to say, Adele gave the Seed Pokémon a kiss to the blue spot on his forehead. It caused him to blush wildly. Squirtle cackled to Bulbasaur's reddened face. Sora came by and kissed the Tiny Turtle Pokémon on the cheek. Squirtle gawked and glanced to a smiling Sora. He whipped out a pair of triangular sunglasses and wore them but his head became as red as Lulis' bikini. He retracted his head and limbs into his shell, but a billow of steam held no secret to his reaction. Bulbasaur and Pikachu laughed to the sight like hyenas. In town, Luffy, Zoro, Usopp and Nami found a bank and brought Ash's treasure to it. While they waited for an appraisal, Nami rubbed her hands together.
"Man, how long does it take?" complained Luffy. Usopp groaned to the anxiety of his captain.
"Luffy, it's a lot of gold to examine," he scorned. "It's not all lickety-split." Zoro recalled back before the Straw Hats met Ash.
"Say, didn't we get 300 million from Skypiea?" he reminded. "How are you sure we're getting double now?" Nami didn't answer. The banker came into the room.
"Well?" she asked. The banker held a clipboard.
"I've studied the treasures you've brought today," he informed. "It's a hefty amount. See for yourself." He handed the clipboard to Nami. One look made her gasp. She let out a blasting scream that shook the sea around Fishman Island. Ash, Pikachu and Chopper turned to the sound, knowing the source.
"Nami?!" they assumed. Sanji snickered to the alert.
"Ash, you need to know the differences of types of screams," he scoffed. "See, a lady screams in either distress or delight. What that was… Nami's in sheer joy." Ash, Chopper and the Pokémon groaned to Sanji's detail while the mermaids giggled. Hours passed and Chopper threw Ash a towel to dry up and clean his face of lipstick. Camie disappeared but returned to see the group.
"Ash!" she called out. Ash and Chopper found Camie floating on the bubble. "I told Madame Sharley that you're here on Fishman Island and wants to meet you in person!" Ash and Pikachu blinked as Chopper and Sanji met back up.
"She wants to see me already?" he repeated. Sanji patted Ash on the shoulder.
"Hey, we'll see you back on the Sunny," he advised as he smoked.
"Okay, I'll be back after seeing the Madame." Camie led Ash one way while Sanji and Chopper left on another road. Camie and Ash entered a building where the mermaid turned to a direction.
"Madame Sharley, I present to you, Vice Captain Ash Ketchum," she welcomed. Ash turned to see a large, pale-skinned raven-haired woman in a dark purple hood. She had a dark blue fin with an extra dorsal fin and a white patch on a part of it.
"So, this is the Beastman with the 75 million Berry bounty," she learned. "It amuses me that a mere child has a massive bounty, let alone is a Vice Captain." Ash shuttered at the large but fit mermaid on a recliner.
"You wanted to see me on something?" he asked. Sharley smiled to seeing Ash. Pikachu squeaked to wonder himself.
"You're a Straw Hat like Luffy but I see you as something of a promising human to us merfolk and fishpeople. Camie told me about it when she visited me a while ago." She blew into a pipe but instead of smoke, bubbles came out at the end.
"I don't judge anyone on how they look, same with the Pokémon I come across." Sharley smiled to the claim. Ash turned to find a shattered ball made of crystal. "Former fortune teller? So this was your crystal ball?" Sharley nodded before turning to the other mermaid.
"Camie, could you brew some tea for us?"
"Of course, Madame!" replied Camie. She left to brew tea while Sharley and Ash discussed.
"I was revered for my fortune telling, mainly due to its accuracy. It was a curse. I saw the futures come to fruition. Then came the Straw Hat Pirates and that big mouth, Monkey D. Luffy. When he defeated Hordy and the New Fishman Pirates, he defied my prediction and saved Fishman Island, breaking the curse I had bestowed upon myself." Ash gasped to the heroics, or piracy as Luffy would apply, of his captain.
"I've heard plenty about the battle with the New Fishman Pirates, though it does sound as if I missed out on a lot."
"No need to fret. Now, you and your little critter… I know you're not of this sea-barren world."
"No, I'm a Pokémon Trainer and Pikachu's one of my Pokémon. My goal is to be the greatest Pokémon Master. Becoming a pirate, let alone a Vice Captain to Luffy's crew, was far beyond any thought I had. It just happened to be a simple case of fighting the wrong side." Sharley giggled to Ash's briefing.
"A Pokémon Master… That's quite the sea to cross, though I do see your experience as a pirate aid you when you return to your world." Ash smiled, trusting her words. "Destiny bears a unity of luck and misfortune. Luck for the Straw Hats to overcome my misfortune… Now I can feel grateful to meet a Straw Hat who has the same respect as the late queen." She floated to Ash before giving him a kiss to the forehead as Camie entered with tea. Seeing the kiss, Camie gasped while Ash blushed, almost to the color of his cap in Pappagu's possession.
"Oh my!" she gawked. An hour later, Ash left with new appreciation for the former fortune teller. He and Pikachu returned to the Sunny with a few bags of Hachi's takoyaki. Franky was the first to greet him.
"Hey, how's the Vice Captain?" he welcomed.
"Where do I start?" he joked. Franky laughed, believing he had a great time with today.
"I heard from Chopper and Sanji that you swam with the mermaids at the cove," Brook relayed. "Did you see their panties? I bet I know the colors of them."
"Nah, I actually was given the ability to breathe underwater by the mermaids." Brook and Franky gawked to the news.
"Whoa!" the cyborg gulped.
"That is so unfair," hushed the skeleton. Ash wanted to get back on topic.
"What about the treasure?" he asked. "Did they get a good amount?"
"They did," Franky confirmed. "And Nami's right in saying they got more than in Skypiea." Before Ash could ask for the amount, Nami came storming out to Ash and wrapped him and Pikachu in a squeezing hug. She happily gripped Ash so hard, bones in his muscular frame began to crack.
"Thank you!" she cheered repeatedly. To Ash, the fort's treasure hauled in a lot. Nami's happy praise continued with a flurry of kisses to his face like a woodpecker to a tree. Sanji peered from the kitchen while Luffy snagged the bag of takoyaki. Sanji and Brook whined to Nami's love to Ash.
"Thanks for the snack!" the captain sneered. "I'll take it off your hands!" In one gulp, Luffy emptied out the takoyaki into his mouth. Pikachu wasn't happy to see the captain take and devour Hachi's treats. Nami let Ash up to reset.
"I wish you were older. I would be doing so much with you for making us rich!" Ash awed the effort made.
"What was the haul worth?" he questioned. Nami gave Ash a slip telling the gain made.
604,295,000 BERRIES.
Ash's eyes bulged out to the amount of the fort's treasure. "Wow…" he shuttered. "And that was on one raid!" Nami wasn't done with the rewarding as she picked Pikachu up to kiss, exciting the Pokémon. His cheeks became as red as his electric sacs.
"Where's Bulbasaur and Charizard?" she wondered. Ash reached and threw the Pokéballs, releasing Bulbasaur and Charizard. Nami picked Bulbasaur from the deck. "Since you two helped…" She kissed the Seed Pokémon on the nose, the Pokémon blushing madly. Now her attention was to Charizard. "And this is for your help as well." She leaped and kissed the Flame Pokémon on the snout, shocking him. Sanji gulped to Nami's love to Ash and the Pokémon.
"If she decides to sleep with that lizard tonight, I'm not sure I want to see Nami-Swan pregnant with a baby Pokémon," he shuttered. Hearing Sanji's hypothesis, Luffy groaned to the cook's words.
"Now that's messed up," he groaned. Zoro and Usopp also heard Sanji and became disgusted with the idea.
"Even I have to agree with Luffy on that screwed-up logic," Zoro murmured.
"What gave you that idea in the first place, Sanji?" questioned Usopp. Since Luffy ate the takoyaki, Ash entered the kitchen to make dinner. Night fell once more and while Pikachu and the men slept, Robin's Ojos Fleur appeared. One hand stroke through Ash's hair. In the girls' room, Robin smiled in knowing Ash was in peace.
"He had quite the adventure today," she smiled. "Swimming with the mermaids, inheriting the ability to breathe underwater, meeting Madame Sharley…"
"At least he didn't ask that dumb question that Usopp told me," Nami pointed out. "'Do mermaids poop?' Seriously, Luffy doesn't even try to think."
"True but that's been his person… and now we're loaded to have some upgrades to the Sunny… and even after that, we're gonna have a lot left."
"I know: stylish clothes for us that I think Pappagu could agree on… Usopp wants ammunition for his slingshot and the Sunny's cannons, Sanji wants new kitchenware, cookbooks and ingredients, Chopper wouldn't mind new medical books, Franky wants more Cola barrels and tools for his workshop and Brook hopes to get new instruments and song sheets." Robin knew Nami missed a few people.
"Well, stylish clothes for sure, but also history books. Of course, Luffy wants the best meat Berries can buy, as well as more booze for Zoro. I'm surprised he doesn't get more plastered than he drinks." Nami pondered on one more.
"What about Ash? What would he want?" Robin bobbed her head on one thing.
"Nothing, really… All he wants is our happiness when we find his home world and return him to Misty and Tracey. I may want to borrow the White Hobby Horse for that." Nami snickered to the thought. That's when Robin lost her smile. Nami saw it.
"What is it?" A vision of a past came to Robin.
"It's about Ash and how he reacted to Otohime's assassination. You felt that, right? Luffy and Zoro did."
"You mean when he zoned out and the spike of energy? How could I forget, it happened when I told him how Arlong killed Bellemere."
"So, it's slowly starting to claw itself from hearing these senseless killings. I'm getting awfully worried about him." Nami started to believe Robin told Ash about Ohara.
"Did he react when you told him about the Buster Call?" Robin blinked before remembering early on after Ash joined the crew.
"No… but I believe it was some pity since Ohara did treat me like a monster then. If he did react, it might have been minimal." Nami feared what may come from Ash. Robin thought of a solution. "Tell you what… I'm gonna take him to the Sea Forest first thing in the morning. A little pseudo-mother/son outing could help ease 'The Beast' within him." Nami agreed with a nod and a follow-up idea.
"After that, we'll go shopping for those stylish clothes…" Robin giggled, agreeing to the plan. The lights darkened in the girls' room. In another part of Fishman Island, Team Rocket swam in personal bubbles with the fishmen as they scavenged a condemned area.
"So, what are we here ta find?" asked Meowth.
"He wasn't specific but he said it's important," James shrugged. "All he said was that it used to belong to this Hordy Jones." A silhouette found James and Meowth talking and not doing anything.
"Any reason you're not searching for it?" he growled.
"We're not sure what we're suppose to be searching for." The silhouette growled to the lack of cooperation.
"Jessie's hard at work in finding the Energy Steroids. After all, rumor has it the Straw Hats have returned to the scene of the battle: Fishman Island. When we find the Energy Steroids, our next task comes to form." James and Meowth saluted the silhouette.
"Aye, sir!" they jumped before resuming. They didn't move a step when a steel panel fell. All turned to Chew who stepped off a panel. He found a staircase.
"Chew, is that it?"
"Let's see," Chew pondered before traveling down the staircase with Team Rocket and the other fishmen. At the bottom were two large crates. Chew snagged both before tearing a crate open. Inside were oval pills with a checkered design of red and blue.
"Are dey da Energy Steroids?" mewed Meowth. Chew picked one pill from the crate to show.
"Hordy lived up to his name," the silhouette cackled. "He saved us some if their plans failed." The silhouette's shark teeth showed a grin. "We have the stash. We've got work to do." What plans do the fishmen and Team Rocket have in store for Fishman Island with the newly found Energy Steroids?
TO BE CONTINUED…
(Alright, a little break to do a Halloween one-shot. A real treat to watch a trick.)