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CAPE HOOLERTHUND; THE HANDS OF TIME What does it look like I'm doing
Evening came and the pirates were still in their cells; sitting quietly to themselves thinking on about the terrible fate that was going to be theirs come the following day. A fate that had Mia's heart shattering even more with every minute that went by because it was all her fault. They were all going to be hung and she couldn't stop crying to herself about it. What had she done? She had doomed the pirates to death. They had managed to escape Admiral Krenan's wrath but now they had been caught and that wrath was about to be bestowed upon them and it was all on Mia because she made the mistake of trusting Mathew when she clearly shouldn't have. Not only was she heart broken that he would do that to her but she was disappointed; she felt that with the connection they had that he wouldn't do anything to hurt her but boy was she wrong. And it was in those crying hours that she thought of Peter and missed him so much. What did it mean her failing the quest the time keeper had given her? S
CAPE HOOLERTHUND; THE HANDS OF TIME Grovergane! Mohlenar!
"Quickly after them!" Admiral Krenan shouted as inside the holding cell the pirates started making their way through the hole to the outside, with Mathew right behind them. "Mathew! Mathew!" Mathew stopped and closed his eyes for a moment as he beat himself up inside. He didn't like what he was doing but it was something he just had to do. He didn't like going against his father because that was his father and it was his duty to honour him but he just couldn't stand by and watch him hang the pirates. He had spent a few days with them and had seen for himself that they were not as bad as he always made them out to be. And as for Mia, there was no way he was going to let her be hung, he was madly in love with her, of course he was going to do something. Especially with the fact that he had chosen her over her father; especially with the fact that he had genuinely given himself to the quest and wanted to see it through not just because he wanted to be close to her but because it was for
CAPE HOOLERTHUND; THE HANDS OF TIME It was too close
Morning came and the ship sailed on with haste; headed to the Bara Drayago to reach Capt. Zedarh's island, search his treasure for the kolossimous scrolls and destroy them. Mia was standing by the taff rail of the helm area looking out into the water with a deep look on her face; a face that showed all the different emotions she was feeling in that moment at the exact same time. Heart break and betrayal from what Mathew had done, missing Peter and the wedding she was looking so forward to that never happened, how close they all came to being hung and concern as to whether they were going to be able to do what they were out there to do, if they had what it took to get done what needed to be done. So much was going through her mind and heart that all she could do was just stand there; trying so hard to not let her thoughts and emotions get in the way of the major task at hand but she couldn't help it. She was only human after all and so she was entitled to think and feel a certain way, b
CAPE HOOLERTHUND; THE HANDS OF TIME Batten down the hatches
The following day came and the ship continued to make haste to the Bara Drayago. The helmsman was at the helm getting them closer to their destination with every hour that went by; with the three captains standing with him and looking forward at the vast blueness before them and with the crew men on the deck floor manning the rigging and Mathew standing by the taff rail watching the ocean; looking into the distance with his mind caught in thought about what was ahead their path and if they were going to be able to do what had been tasked to them, about the mess he had left behind in Cape Mackerel and the obviously outraged state in which his father was in and above all his broken relationship with Mia. He had poured his heart out to her the previous night hoping that it would begin to take her back to the way she once felt about him and they could sort of pick up where they left off but she was still the same. She no longer looked at him like she was that close to throwing him overboar
CAPE HOOLERTHUND; THE HANDS OF TIME Time is not with us
"Alright so what's the plan?" Capt. Mohlenar asked. "We can't just go through the ruins without a plan. We need a plan." "And we have one," Mia said. "We're listening." The ship had been brought to a stop so that they could talk about how best the go about the situation that had come up; how to get through the Ruins of Nedrath in one piece. "We just sail through," she answered. "Is that it? Is that all there is to the plan?" Capt. Mohlenar asked. "Us just sailing through?" "Do we need more to the plan?" "Uh I think it would be best if we did because you seem to have forgotten something." "Forgotten what?" Mia asked. "The mist Dalhamavaughn, you know the one that brings out your deepest desires as well as your worst fears, that mist." "I am aware of it." "Great, so how are we going to deal with it? Because from the stories we've heard, many ships have sailed into the ruins . . . And only a very, very few have ever made it out," Capt. Mohlenar said. "I don't know about you but
CAPE HOOLERTHUND; THE HANDS OF TIME I'm not your baby
"Huh gold," one of the crew men said with his eyes widened. "So much gold." "I see it, chests and chests full," another said. The mist had cleared up in a small area and there were two large open chests heaped with shiny pure gold objects; coins, cups, jewellery and so much more. "Don't fall for it. It's not real," Mia said. "Then how come we can both see it?" one of them asked. "I see it too," a third crew man said. "The chests are overflowing with gold. It's everywhere." "Because you all desire the same thing," she answered. "Now stay focused." The ship sailed on and the mist revealed to the captains and the other crew men what their deepest desires were; desires that only they themselves could see unless they both wanted the same thing. The crew men desired chests of gold and women and that was what they saw; chests overflowing with pure gold objects and beautiful women wearing seductive dresses that called out to them, waved to them, blew kisses at them, winked at them and ev
CAPE HOOLERTHUND; THE HANDS OF TIME Your screams are feeding the fears
Sailing on, the mist had consumed three crew men but the rest had passed the temptation and were still alive and on board, and because they didn’t fall for their deepest desires the mist decided to kick it up a gear and bring on their worst fears. That was how the mist worked, if what a person wanted more than anything else in the world wasn’t enough to lure them in then it would switch and try to do so with what they feared the most and it usually did the trick so on came the nightmares.“Ah!” one of the crew men screamed pointing into the mist. He had seen his worst fear and it made his soul turn cold. The mist had cleared up in a small area and there sat the biggest snake he had ever seen; twice the size of the biggest anaconda and black like charcoal. “Snake! Snake!” he went on.Just then the other crew men started to scream as well; the mist had manifested their worst fears also.One of them saw a large tarantula spider the size of a small car. Another blinked and he was alone in
CAPE HOOLERTHUND; THE HANDS OF TIME All hands on deck
The journey continued and they were making good time. What they had left was a day and a half and each one of them hoped that they were going to make it; not only because what they were out there to do was very important but because they were eager for their portion of the treasure, they would have earned it so why not. The helmsman was back at the helm and the three pirate captains were by the forecastle deck looking out into the horizon; taking a little breather from what they had just been through in the mist for it had taken a good bit out of them. “Please, please let us never do that again,” Capt. Mohlenar said. “Agreed,” Capt. Grovergane seconded. “Agreed,” Mia said and they quietly chuckled to each other. “It was a lot but at least we made it out . . . Well, most of us.” “No one said it was going to be easy.” “I know it’s just . . . That was really a lot back there.” “It was,” Capt. Mohlenar said. “They don’t call it the mist of death for nothing.” “Well it was without a
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