We have to recover that map!

"Daffy" <daffy889.RemoveThis@imalga.net> wrote in message
news:37ufo3F5hsf2oU1@individual.net...
> Was this stopped because of what I said? There's still hope for it yet,
> don't give up!
>
> ...
> A day without The Triad is like a day without sunshine...

*sleep-deprived Triad finally get/s through enough of their backlog to get
as far as aglami once more*

....once more into the... something... *only fail to fall down because
they're already sitting down; yawns* ...sleeep...

>>> Hours later, the ragged crew of pirate jedi, or whatever they were
>>> trying to be, stood at attention under the leadership of their
>>> captain, Captain ... ... ...
>>
>> ... ... ... Ghul. Admittedly, he was tied to the mast, but the best
>> leaders are those that you don't have to listen to if you don't want
>> to--and if you do, and the decision was wrong, mutiny is a lot easier
>> than in some other cases.
>>
>> "Ryt! RYT! RYT ULG BLAH UR--"
>>
>> *krak!*
>>
>> As water began to fill the hold, his 'crew' laughed among themselves
>> and bailed it out as it came, telling in-jokes and eating... well,
>> something that could only be classed 'edible' because humans were
>> plainly swallowing it, after much chewing indeed.
>>
>> "Nuw! Uz habd tu bi beri, BERI KAYRFUL! Der ambd rokz un eedur zyd
>> der, deeb rokz, agh uz needi tu zteer da flot-r ryt bitween demz, ur
>> elze--"
>> *krak*
>>
>> "GAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH! ZUMASH GED ULG UFF OGH HEER!"
>>
>>
>> ...the main problem with stowing away in the hold is how wet it can
>> get. The solution? Hammocks. However, it can be difficult getting
>> them close enough to the ceiling for people to walk beneath and
>> neither look up or accidently skewer one with a random sharp
>> implement.
>> ... ... ...
>
> "Where should I put this box of sharp implements." called Daffy, carrying
> a box of assorted dangerous looking objects through the hold.
>
> "On the ceiling." replied Krista. "That's where we're putting all the
> stuff we don't want."
>
> Daffy considered this for a moment, then seeing no other logical way of
> doing it, he threw the box straight up and jumped out of the way before it
> could come falling down on top of him. A groan was heard coming from one
> of the two strange lumps on the ceiling, the same strange lump that now
> had a cutlass stuck into it.
>
> "Nice cutlass," Daffy said, looking in the direction of the groan, and he
> pulled it from the lump and put it in his belt.
>
> Daffy admired his new cutlass as he walked back up onto the deck, where
> Krista and Orin were arguing about something with Pixel hiding in a nearby
> corner. Pausing for a moment to watch, he decided that stopping wouldn't
> be a good idea, and continued walking. As he walked past the mast, Ghul
> started yelling something incomprehensible and pointing over the side of
> the ship. Daffy looked in the direction that Ghul was pointing, and was
> amazed at what he saw.
>
> "Uh... everyone? I think you should take a look at this..."
>
> .........

....he sea serpent rose from the waves, crustings of silver and gold hooked
by the barbs of its scales, a mouth opening to reveal bones and treasure
caught between giant, carnivorous teeth... giant, yet relatively small eyes
stared at the ship below it with malevolent hatred and greed, and with a
great thrash of its unseen tale, the monster hurled itself at the wooden
structure floating beneath it.

"GAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH! KUD ULG FRII AGH GIB ULG ASH LUSK! KUD ULG FRII
AGH--"

In the hold, Rupert groaned again.


[Random question: If one doesn't even fully understand others' in-jokes,
then how can one hope to accurately represent them/their words and/or
actions?]

--
The Triad
User of 'Thingamajig!'
Refractor Dragon -=(UDIC)=-