#NOT looking forward to having to go back and get all the emeralds i misssed lmao. i got like half of 1s

[un-pearable]

3/4 games down, sonic 3 & my best boy here we come >:3

#excuse my absence as of late i’ve been all in on playing origins with my bro #honestly miracle sonic has a franchise at all sonic 1 is torture /j #they’re all good ass games but the immediate jump in enjoyablity from 1 and cd to 2 is crazy #though partly just being able to do co op only after you reach 2 is part of it in story mode #sonic 2 is so well designed though we did 2player the entire time and it is painfully obvious that 3 was not designed with it in mind while #2 was. anyway what i’m saying is good video games im glad i’m finally playing them :] #NOT looking forward to having to go back and get all the emeralds i misssed lmao. i got like half of 1s #missed all of cd bc i forgot it had them. and worked my ass of getting all seven in 2 only for me to realize i had no idea what we actually #we’re supposed to do with them. but anyway #had fun :] i had a birthday doodle i should post so keep an eye out #hope you all had a fun day for the 23rd! we are pretending nothing bad happened on the 24th <3 happy bday sonic #see y’all soon once we finish 3&K tomorrow :]

[our-wicked-ways]

Chapter 4 - Nyoka Acqua

I felt the sea air sting against my face as I trailed along the railway of the cargo ship, but I didn’t care. Behind us the port of Havana could be seen just over the pale horizon. We were now heading southward towards Columbia and Venezuela. Cuba was nice, I had been there before, so it wasn’t all too new. Though with the country changing up with the trade, it does cause a bit of stress for Mama’s business, but nothing we can’t handle.

I stopped by the starboard side, letting the sounds of the sea wash over me and admire how the waves crashed alongside the hull of the ship.

“Excussse me, misss…”

I perk up at the empty voice from behind me. Like statues stood mama’s right hands and papa’s younger brothers, the twins Flotsam and Jetsum Henrikson. Dressed paired in a steel grey suit, deep emerald dress shirts and a golden tie and pocket square that gleamed against their pale complexion.

“Oh hello there boys. I didn’t notice you were there. What can I do for yah?”

They stared blankly at me with their beady green eyes. “ Your mother...wissshessss to ssspeak….with you.” One said slowly.

“It’sss important….ssshe sssaid.” The other finished.

“Oh-okay, thank you. I’ll be right there.” With a tight smile, I slipped past them and back inside.

The ship was like a maze below decks, it takes a great amount of skill to know your way around. Many a new sailor had gotten lost down here, me on the other hand, I had gotten the hang of all the turns and dead ends. It gave ease to finding my way around now. Flotsam and Jetsam trailed behind me, whispered directions like ghosts. I should have guessed she was in her office, if she wasn’t on deck or on the bridge, she’d be here.

Considering she knew I was coming and how “important” it was that she saw me, I opened the door in lieu of knocking. Before I could close the door, the twins managed to slip in behind me.

Mama looked up from her work n the desk and smmiled proudly, “Ah my beautiful babies!” She stood, her long black dress billowed as she came to us, wrapping me up in her arms.

“Hi mama, they said you wanted to talk with me?”

“Yes, yes.” She let go of me just enough to cup Flotsam and Jetsam’s cheeks in her hands, “Thank you darlings. That will be all for now.”

A ghost of a smile flickered over their faces before they slinked from her grip and back out of the door.

“Is there something up?” I asked, hoping up onto the desk face, fiddling with a pen I found.

“There’s been a slight change in our course.”

“We gonna go back up? Something in the Antilles? Let me guess, we get cheated outta a haul?”

“Not exactly,” Mama came forward and took my hands into hers, “There’s been some news making headlines recently, of one Simba Mwangi from Interpol. In lack of a better word, he’s declaring war on our dark world.” “So what? Mama, he’s nothing, we can take him on.”

“This is different my little sea witch. We’ve never seen anything like this before. WE are going to port in Grand Cayman in the morning, where you are going to fly to Miami, Florida then to London where you will be safe.” I was speechless. I looked back to my mama with a gaping mouth. She sighed and continued, “Don’t give me that look, please. This is for your own good. As soon as this is over, you’ll come home and everything will be alright again.”

“But when will this be over?”

“I can’t tell you, I don’t know.”

“But to go…”

“I know you don’t want to go, I don’t want you to go either. But this is for the best. I do have something for you, I’ve been saving it for the perfect moment. No better time than the present.” Mama let go of one of my hands to help me down and to follow her out of the room. Through the passageways, every sailor and worker snapped to attention as we passed out of respect and Mama’s superiority. We traveled down a few decks and further down until we reached her grand quarters. I took a seat on her bed as she went for a drawer and dug deep.

“There we go. I knew it had to be here somewhere.” In her hands rested a small black pouch, just large enough to fit in her palm, “I’ve had this forever. I can’t even remember how I got it, but I wish for you to have it. Considering it something of home to take with you.”

Gingerly I took the pouch and from her hands and opened it into my own palm. Out slid a bronze sharks eye shell hanging on a thick black string. “Oh Mama, it’s...it’s so beautiful.”

“If you ever need help while you’re gone, this will help you. You and only you, my little queen of the waves. Your safety is the most important thing to me. Not them. Promise me you will put your safety above all of the others.”

“I promise, Mama.”

“That’s my girl. Well, I should leave you to pack,” She began for the door, but I spoke up to stop her.

“You do promise that I will come home when this is over?”

“I promise. It’ll all be back to normal once it is all over.”

I nodded slowly to myself and watched her leave to return to her office. Weighing the shell in my hand, a bit confused by how something like this could help me when I’m in London. I unclasped the string and hooked it behind my neck and felt the gentle weight against my chest. It was comforting to know I will always have a piece of home with me. Against my better judgment to pack, I walked out into the passageways up to the deck, just to feel the Caribbean Ocean breeze against my face one more time.

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