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Catch Up on Previous Chapters:
Start From the Beginning: Chapter 1
Most Recent Chapter: Chapter 19
“FUCKING DAMMIT ZEN! You can’t be letting them get in your head!” Before Violet can continue her thought the sound of someone on a zipline comes from above them as they watch Matty zip all the way from his ship to their ship. “You son of a bitch!” Violet shouts at him as two more people run down the gangway.
Lucky runs up the stairs just as the two crew members of Matty Ice’s party reach the end of the gangway. Within seconds the speed of Lucky is no match for them and they are both tagged and sent back to their ship. Matty Ice, on the other hand, was elusive. With Lucky distracted by the two crew members on the ground, Matty slides down the Crow’s nest and dashes down the stairs out of sight as Violet fails to keep track of him and Zenzeroni stands in stunned silence.
1 minute later the ship is quiet as Violet and Lucky wait on the main deck for Matty to emerge. When he does, he is without a banner. Plank had tagged Matty and he was angrily stomping his feet all the way back to his ship. As he passed Violet she grabbed her imaginary balls and stuck up a middle finger at him.
“I’ll be back. Just you wait you little b–” Matty catches himself “--eautiful person.” Violet’s beaming smile follows him all the way back to his ship but as soon as reaches it she turns to face Zenzeroni and the rest of her team. It appeared that the squad had survived the first assault but shouts of excitement and disappointment filled the ship making everyone acutely aware that the game was still going on.
“I stole some orange hats from One Eyed Larry’s quarters. If we put these on and keep our heads down they may not notice that we are actually participants and just think we are one of the refs.” Violet passes out the hats to Smoky and Zenzeroni who both put them on. “Let’s head out before anyone notices!”
“Good luck Lucky” Smoky gives Lucky a wink.
“You know I don’t need it” Lucky responds back with a smile.
Smoky leads the way followed by Violet then Zenzeroni as they head to The Flying Lasagna where everything is completely quiet. No one seems to be defending the main deck and Violet gestures to Zenzeroni and Smoky to head downstairs as she veers off and heads toward the Pinot Noir. Smoky puts his finger to his lips signaling to Zenzeroni to stay quiet. He does so as they walk cautiously but confidently down the stairs still dressed the best they can as refs. Reaching the first level below deck Zenzeroni and Smoky split up Zenzeoni taking the left side and Smoky taking the right. After a short minute, they find nothing and continue down another level. Now deep within the ship, Zenzeroni sees the banner and goes to grab it when a hand comes out from behind a corner and tags him.
“Not so fast honey,” Rebel says emerging from the shadows.
“Shit!” Smoky says running before she can catch up with him.
“Come by anytime!” Rebel mockingly says blowing Smoky a kiss as he continues running with Zenzeroni walking dejectedly back to his ship. As Zenzeroni makes his way back to his ship the horn of the Flying Lasagna goes off and One Eyed Larry’s voice comes through a mega horn “The banner of The Breakfast Eater has been successfully captured by The Frostbite!”
Angry yelling comes across The Spaghetti Monster from The Frostbite “WHAT THE FUCK YOU BETRAYED US YOU BACKSTABBING TWO TIMING SON OF A BITCH” The booming voice of Tommy says.
“You heard what One Eyed Larry said before the game, never make alliances.” Sammy smugly says.
Despite Tommy’s anger he still wanted to be on the winning side and now focused on defending his new ship, The Frostbite along with the rest of his team. Things were not going well for The Spaghetti Monster crew. While Zenzeroni sulked in despair, Violet and Smoky both came rushing back from other ships without a banner having been tagged. It seemed as though Operation Orange Hat had failed.
A sort of cruise control falls over the ship. After The Breakfast Eater’s banner was taken there was a lot of back and forth with crews forming an attack plan then getting caught and having to reevaluate. Zenzeroni tried time and time again to steal the banner from various ships to no avail. Zenzeroni was midway through trying his luck for the third time on The Pinot Noir when The Flying Lasagna’s horn sounds and One Eyed Larry’s voice echos across the fleet “THE FROSTBITE HAS TAKEN THE FLYING LASAGNA’S BANNER THERE ARE NOW FOUR TEAMS REMAINING.” Zenzeroni distracted by the announcement is tagged by one of the crew members on the Pinot Noir and mindlessly walks back to his ship but as he is doing so Florence, one of the captains for the Pinot Noir runs past him brushing him out of the way with the banner from The Cheeseroll.
The horn goes off again and One Eyed Larry makes the announcement of the capture. Back on The Spaghetti Monster, the team is getting worn down. Plank has been doing a lot of the heavy lifting below deck and Lucky has been running up and down the ship stopping people who have successfully grabbed the banner before Plank could stop them. But unlike The Pinot Noir and The Frostbite, The Spaghetti Monster crew had not succeeded in capturing another ship's banner leaving them without extra crew members to distribute the workload. The split up strategy had clearly failed but so had the group strategy. The team had been unable to come up with a plan due to the constant attack from The Frostbite crew who have been coming in constant waves since they have 15 crew members at their disposal. In a brief lull, Lucky takes Zenzeroni aside dripping with sweat “You remember how you snuck on The Flying Lasagna before we left Disappointment Island?”
“Yes?”
“Do it again”. Lucky shoves Zenzeroni forward. Zenzeroni takes one questioning look back at Lucky before jumping off the side of the ship and into the tranquil sea.
Start From the Beginning: Chapter 1
Most Recent Chapter: Chapter 19
The Book of Zen
Chapter 20: Operation Orange Hat
“FUCKING DAMMIT ZEN! You can’t be letting them get in your head!” Before Violet can continue her thought the sound of someone on a zipline comes from above them as they watch Matty zip all the way from his ship to their ship. “You son of a bitch!” Violet shouts at him as two more people run down the gangway.
Lucky runs up the stairs just as the two crew members of Matty Ice’s party reach the end of the gangway. Within seconds the speed of Lucky is no match for them and they are both tagged and sent back to their ship. Matty Ice, on the other hand, was elusive. With Lucky distracted by the two crew members on the ground, Matty slides down the Crow’s nest and dashes down the stairs out of sight as Violet fails to keep track of him and Zenzeroni stands in stunned silence.
1 minute later the ship is quiet as Violet and Lucky wait on the main deck for Matty to emerge. When he does, he is without a banner. Plank had tagged Matty and he was angrily stomping his feet all the way back to his ship. As he passed Violet she grabbed her imaginary balls and stuck up a middle finger at him.
“I’ll be back. Just you wait you little b–” Matty catches himself “--eautiful person.” Violet’s beaming smile follows him all the way back to his ship but as soon as reaches it she turns to face Zenzeroni and the rest of her team. It appeared that the squad had survived the first assault but shouts of excitement and disappointment filled the ship making everyone acutely aware that the game was still going on.
“I stole some orange hats from One Eyed Larry’s quarters. If we put these on and keep our heads down they may not notice that we are actually participants and just think we are one of the refs.” Violet passes out the hats to Smoky and Zenzeroni who both put them on. “Let’s head out before anyone notices!”
“Good luck Lucky” Smoky gives Lucky a wink.
“You know I don’t need it” Lucky responds back with a smile.
Smoky leads the way followed by Violet then Zenzeroni as they head to The Flying Lasagna where everything is completely quiet. No one seems to be defending the main deck and Violet gestures to Zenzeroni and Smoky to head downstairs as she veers off and heads toward the Pinot Noir. Smoky puts his finger to his lips signaling to Zenzeroni to stay quiet. He does so as they walk cautiously but confidently down the stairs still dressed the best they can as refs. Reaching the first level below deck Zenzeroni and Smoky split up Zenzeoni taking the left side and Smoky taking the right. After a short minute, they find nothing and continue down another level. Now deep within the ship, Zenzeroni sees the banner and goes to grab it when a hand comes out from behind a corner and tags him.
“Not so fast honey,” Rebel says emerging from the shadows.
“Shit!” Smoky says running before she can catch up with him.
“Come by anytime!” Rebel mockingly says blowing Smoky a kiss as he continues running with Zenzeroni walking dejectedly back to his ship. As Zenzeroni makes his way back to his ship the horn of the Flying Lasagna goes off and One Eyed Larry’s voice comes through a mega horn “The banner of The Breakfast Eater has been successfully captured by The Frostbite!”
Angry yelling comes across The Spaghetti Monster from The Frostbite “WHAT THE FUCK YOU BETRAYED US YOU BACKSTABBING TWO TIMING SON OF A BITCH” The booming voice of Tommy says.
“You heard what One Eyed Larry said before the game, never make alliances.” Sammy smugly says.
Despite Tommy’s anger he still wanted to be on the winning side and now focused on defending his new ship, The Frostbite along with the rest of his team. Things were not going well for The Spaghetti Monster crew. While Zenzeroni sulked in despair, Violet and Smoky both came rushing back from other ships without a banner having been tagged. It seemed as though Operation Orange Hat had failed.
A sort of cruise control falls over the ship. After The Breakfast Eater’s banner was taken there was a lot of back and forth with crews forming an attack plan then getting caught and having to reevaluate. Zenzeroni tried time and time again to steal the banner from various ships to no avail. Zenzeroni was midway through trying his luck for the third time on The Pinot Noir when The Flying Lasagna’s horn sounds and One Eyed Larry’s voice echos across the fleet “THE FROSTBITE HAS TAKEN THE FLYING LASAGNA’S BANNER THERE ARE NOW FOUR TEAMS REMAINING.” Zenzeroni distracted by the announcement is tagged by one of the crew members on the Pinot Noir and mindlessly walks back to his ship but as he is doing so Florence, one of the captains for the Pinot Noir runs past him brushing him out of the way with the banner from The Cheeseroll.
The horn goes off again and One Eyed Larry makes the announcement of the capture. Back on The Spaghetti Monster, the team is getting worn down. Plank has been doing a lot of the heavy lifting below deck and Lucky has been running up and down the ship stopping people who have successfully grabbed the banner before Plank could stop them. But unlike The Pinot Noir and The Frostbite, The Spaghetti Monster crew had not succeeded in capturing another ship's banner leaving them without extra crew members to distribute the workload. The split up strategy had clearly failed but so had the group strategy. The team had been unable to come up with a plan due to the constant attack from The Frostbite crew who have been coming in constant waves since they have 15 crew members at their disposal. In a brief lull, Lucky takes Zenzeroni aside dripping with sweat “You remember how you snuck on The Flying Lasagna before we left Disappointment Island?”
“Yes?”
“Do it again”. Lucky shoves Zenzeroni forward. Zenzeroni takes one questioning look back at Lucky before jumping off the side of the ship and into the tranquil sea.
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