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“LETS MOTHER FUCKING GOOOOOOO!” Violet says skipping and hopping all the way back to The Spaghetti Monster. “This is going to be soooooooo epic!”
Plank meets Zenzeroni and Violet at the gangway “Violet happy. Plank happy!”
“YOU’RE DAMN RIGHT I’M HAPPY WE ARE ABOUT TO CAPTURE SOME SHIPS! Plank where’s Lucky?”
“Lucky widdle.” Plank points over to Lucky who is leaning out over the side of the ship whittling what looks to be a little figurine.
“Lucky get over here!” Lucky glances up from his work and meanders over to Violet.
“What’s up?” Lucky asks.
“So here’s the deal we are playing Capture the ship.” Before Violet can continue on Lucky throws his whittling materials aside.
“Oh hell yeah!”
“Zenzeroni we have NEVER lost capture the ship before and I don’t plan on starting now. Although this is by far the most ships we’ve ever played with. Drumstick is usually our go to guy for taking other teams' banners but Zenzeroni that’s your job now.”
“I don’t know if that’s a good idea Violet. It’s hard for me to pick things up sometimes.”
“You can wrap your noodle arms around the banner, it will be fine! Trust me!.”
“I will try I guess.”
“You won’t try. You will SUCCEED.” Violet says with determination in her eyes.
“Succeed” Plank repeats.
“Plank you take up your normal position as the best banner guard in the game.”
Plank crosses his arms “No one get past Plank.”
“That’s right. Lucky you get the high flyers and runners. If we need you on attack we will give you the signal.”
“Roger” Lucky gives a short salute.
“What signal is that?” Zenzeroni asks.
“SMOKY! GET OVER HERE!” Violet yells across the ship.
Smoky who had been in the Captain’s Quarter studying maps emerges looking a bit tired “What the hell do you want Violet.”
“WAKE THE FUCK UP IT’S CAPTURE THE SHIP TIME” Smoky’s sleepy appearance disappears in an instant and jolts awake appearing at the side of Violet.
“I thought One Eyed Larry banned capture the ship after–.”
“I guess not. You are in the normal position of being the main attacker.” Smoky nods already knowing his role before even being told it.
“If you can get the banner great but a lot of the focus will be on you I assume so hopefully we can lure all that attention to you and let Zenzeroni slip through the cracks.”
“What abot you Violet?” Zenzeroni asks.
Violet gives Zenzeroni a mischievous smile “One word. Chaos.”
Back on The Flying Lasagna, the buzz of excitement fills the air. The teams from each ship board the ship with banners in hand all looking confident and nervous. Violet strides up to a few of the bros from The Frostbite and begins trash talking them. The gangways are all connected to each other and anchors are lowered so the ships don’t float out of reach. The beautiful calm seas and still wind provide a juxtaposition to the chaos that is about to ensue a mere minutes from now.
“I would hope your captains or representatives have filled you in on the rules and regulations of the game at hand and if not, well, I hope you enjoy my company.” One Eyed Larry says from his perch at the top of the Crow’s Nest. He is flanked by the referees for the game Drumstick, Verona, and Frenchy who are all equipped with binoculars and a ridiculous looking orange hat.
One Eyed Larry gestures to them “These are your three referees. Anything they say you MUST follow. I will be keeping tabs on the game and the referees to make sure no shenanigans are going down. They will be both up here watching from afar and in the action especially as the game occurs in the bowels of the ships. Take a look around you at the people, pirates, enemies, and friends who will be participating in today's festivities. Alliances are allowed although they often don’t work. Let that be my warning to you all. I know you are tired of listening to my voice so you have five minutes to hide your banner and at the sound of The Flying Lasagna’s horn the game will commence!”
Everyone scatters to their ships as fast as they can to go hide their banner. One ship, The Cheeseroll, boldly places it in the center of their main deck. Next to them four of the five crewmates of The Frostbite are gathered at the stern of their ship where they are in talks with members of The Breakfast Eater likely discussing terms for a temporary alliance as the start of the game is often the most important and no one wants to be the first to have their banner stolen.
“So what’s the plan? Where are we going to hide the banner?” Zenzeroni asks.
Plank swipes the banner from Zenzeroni looking the most serious he has ever looked before “Plank hide banner.”
“Plank wait!” Violet says stopping Plank as he begins walking below deck. “Maybe we should hide it somewhere else. Rebel and The Flying Lasagna know where we hid it last time if we do it again they may come up with a better strategy.”
“Plank. Hide. Banner!” Plank storms off and down the stairs into the bowels of the ship.
“I’m glad we got that settled then” Violet sarcastically says.
“I’ll go see where he puts it,” Lucky says jogging off to catch up with Plank.
“Hey noodle arms!” The voice of Matty Ice yells from his own ship. Zenzeroni looks over in that direction to see Matty Ice gesturing slicing his throat while staring at Zenzeroni. “You ain’t goin’ NO WHERE!”
“Zenzeroni let’s focus” Violet nudges Zenzeroni to get him to pay attention to her. “So here’s what we are going to do.”
“Hey Zenzeroni” This time it’s Sammy’s voice coming from The Frostbite. Zenzeroni’s attention once more wanders away from the plan of attack “Look forward to you joining our team when your ship is captured!”
“Zenzeroni we need to fo–” Violet is cut off by the sound of the horn coming from The Flying Lasagna. The game had begun and The crew of The Spaghetti Monster didn’t have a single plan.
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“LETS MOTHER FUCKING GOOOOOOO!” Violet says skipping and hopping all the way back to The Spaghetti Monster. “This is going to be soooooooo epic!”
Plank meets Zenzeroni and Violet at the gangway “Violet happy. Plank happy!”
“YOU’RE DAMN RIGHT I’M HAPPY WE ARE ABOUT TO CAPTURE SOME SHIPS! Plank where’s Lucky?”
“Lucky widdle.” Plank points over to Lucky who is leaning out over the side of the ship whittling what looks to be a little figurine.
“Lucky get over here!” Lucky glances up from his work and meanders over to Violet.
“What’s up?” Lucky asks.
“So here’s the deal we are playing Capture the ship.” Before Violet can continue on Lucky throws his whittling materials aside.
“Oh hell yeah!”
“Zenzeroni we have NEVER lost capture the ship before and I don’t plan on starting now. Although this is by far the most ships we’ve ever played with. Drumstick is usually our go to guy for taking other teams' banners but Zenzeroni that’s your job now.”
“I don’t know if that’s a good idea Violet. It’s hard for me to pick things up sometimes.”
“You can wrap your noodle arms around the banner, it will be fine! Trust me!.”
“I will try I guess.”
“You won’t try. You will SUCCEED.” Violet says with determination in her eyes.
“Succeed” Plank repeats.
“Plank you take up your normal position as the best banner guard in the game.”
Plank crosses his arms “No one get past Plank.”
“That’s right. Lucky you get the high flyers and runners. If we need you on attack we will give you the signal.”
“Roger” Lucky gives a short salute.
“What signal is that?” Zenzeroni asks.
“SMOKY! GET OVER HERE!” Violet yells across the ship.
Smoky who had been in the Captain’s Quarter studying maps emerges looking a bit tired “What the hell do you want Violet.”
“WAKE THE FUCK UP IT’S CAPTURE THE SHIP TIME” Smoky’s sleepy appearance disappears in an instant and jolts awake appearing at the side of Violet.
“I thought One Eyed Larry banned capture the ship after–.”
“I guess not. You are in the normal position of being the main attacker.” Smoky nods already knowing his role before even being told it.
“If you can get the banner great but a lot of the focus will be on you I assume so hopefully we can lure all that attention to you and let Zenzeroni slip through the cracks.”
“What abot you Violet?” Zenzeroni asks.
Violet gives Zenzeroni a mischievous smile “One word. Chaos.”
Back on The Flying Lasagna, the buzz of excitement fills the air. The teams from each ship board the ship with banners in hand all looking confident and nervous. Violet strides up to a few of the bros from The Frostbite and begins trash talking them. The gangways are all connected to each other and anchors are lowered so the ships don’t float out of reach. The beautiful calm seas and still wind provide a juxtaposition to the chaos that is about to ensue a mere minutes from now.
“I would hope your captains or representatives have filled you in on the rules and regulations of the game at hand and if not, well, I hope you enjoy my company.” One Eyed Larry says from his perch at the top of the Crow’s Nest. He is flanked by the referees for the game Drumstick, Verona, and Frenchy who are all equipped with binoculars and a ridiculous looking orange hat.
One Eyed Larry gestures to them “These are your three referees. Anything they say you MUST follow. I will be keeping tabs on the game and the referees to make sure no shenanigans are going down. They will be both up here watching from afar and in the action especially as the game occurs in the bowels of the ships. Take a look around you at the people, pirates, enemies, and friends who will be participating in today's festivities. Alliances are allowed although they often don’t work. Let that be my warning to you all. I know you are tired of listening to my voice so you have five minutes to hide your banner and at the sound of The Flying Lasagna’s horn the game will commence!”
Everyone scatters to their ships as fast as they can to go hide their banner. One ship, The Cheeseroll, boldly places it in the center of their main deck. Next to them four of the five crewmates of The Frostbite are gathered at the stern of their ship where they are in talks with members of The Breakfast Eater likely discussing terms for a temporary alliance as the start of the game is often the most important and no one wants to be the first to have their banner stolen.
“So what’s the plan? Where are we going to hide the banner?” Zenzeroni asks.
Plank swipes the banner from Zenzeroni looking the most serious he has ever looked before “Plank hide banner.”
“Plank wait!” Violet says stopping Plank as he begins walking below deck. “Maybe we should hide it somewhere else. Rebel and The Flying Lasagna know where we hid it last time if we do it again they may come up with a better strategy.”
“Plank. Hide. Banner!” Plank storms off and down the stairs into the bowels of the ship.
“I’m glad we got that settled then” Violet sarcastically says.
“I’ll go see where he puts it,” Lucky says jogging off to catch up with Plank.
“Hey noodle arms!” The voice of Matty Ice yells from his own ship. Zenzeroni looks over in that direction to see Matty Ice gesturing slicing his throat while staring at Zenzeroni. “You ain’t goin’ NO WHERE!”
“Zenzeroni let’s focus” Violet nudges Zenzeroni to get him to pay attention to her. “So here’s what we are going to do.”
“Hey Zenzeroni” This time it’s Sammy’s voice coming from The Frostbite. Zenzeroni’s attention once more wanders away from the plan of attack “Look forward to you joining our team when your ship is captured!”
“Zenzeroni we need to fo–” Violet is cut off by the sound of the horn coming from The Flying Lasagna. The game had begun and The crew of The Spaghetti Monster didn’t have a single plan.
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