There was a silence as the hotel room door opened, Cani walked into the room.
"I got apples, carrots, bananas and a new weird fruit-" she looks at Yuma who has Boombox lifted in the air by his shirt. Yuma slowly puts Boombox down.
"Back at it again, I see?" Yuma sits down along with Boombox. Cani places her bags down.
"On the way back, I was thinking… We need to find a way to get our hands on a ship. We have some money after Yuma took a few side jobs… wonder how expensive those ships at the doc are?" Yuma shrugs and lays back in the bed and goes to sleep.
"I say, we get a ship, leave soon because the Government's bound to be after us, especially after we took down half of the Admirals" Cani sits down and lays down.
"Don't worry, Iteyi… Nyct may have died physically, but she's still here with us-" boombox shouts.
"How do you know!?" Cani sighs.
"With my Molecule manipulation, I can feel disturbances, even if subtle… Nyct is watching us, now get some rest" Boombox silently looks down.
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Cani walks down the street, looking through her wallet.
"We're only at 10,000 enni left after I spent that money for those fruits yesterday, so that'll put our budget at 9,000, that way we have an extra 1,000 if needed" Yuma exhales, walking down the street with his hands in his pockets.
"Ugh… math" There was an awkward silence despite the large chatty atmosphere of the harbor, Yuma exhales.
"So… Cani… what do you think we should look for in the new ship, since you've already figured a budget" Cani rubs her chin.
"Hmm… that's a good question… I'm thinking for now we prioritize speed since we don't have 3 crews and a grand fleet with us" Yuma nods as he looks at the boats. A mess of ropes, wooden hulls, and furled sails. Stopping at a simple small boat with 2 masts. Only a few decks of space and some cannons.
"What about this one?" Cani exhales, looking at it.
"Up to you, captain" Yuma blankly stares.
"I'll let you decide since you know what'll be better for us" Cani exhales and nods, looking at the one Yuma had pointed out.
"It seems recently refurbished, wonder how much it is" The seller walks over.
"I see you're interested in this beauty? Her name is the Golden King, she's selling for a cheap Ѥ10,000, what do you say?" Cani exhales.
"It's a bit steep for our budget… what's your lowest you're willing to go?" The seller rubs his chin. The wind breezes by, bright white clouds in the sky.
"I Could do Ѥ8,500… but that's it" Cani smirks.
"How about Ѥ8,000 and a few barrels of whiskey?" The seller is shocked.
"You drive a hard bargain missy, Ѥ8,000 coins and some barrels of whiskey it is" Cani smirks and shakes the seller's hand.
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Boombox sits silently in the hotel room. Holding a photo of him and Nyct in a crew for the World Government, both young and innocent. He silently whispers to himself.
"It's not true… it never happened, of course it didn't… you're not dead, I know you aren't!" He slightly starts shivering, hugging himself as he nervously looks around the room for Nyct, but she wasn't there.
"Why did you leave me…?" Boombox covers his face, slamming his hand through the wooden desk.
"Why'd you have to leave!? You were the only one who'd understood me!" Boombox stands.
"I'm nothing without you!" Boombox punches the wall as it crumbles. The echo from his punch slowly faded out as he fell back into the chair, silently crying into his arm.
"I failed you… Nyct" Boombox falls out of the chair and onto his knees, pleading to nothing.
"Please, please…" tears hit the floor as he shakes.
"Don't leave me… I love you" he silently whimpers and cries to himself on the floor. Eventually speaking between labored breaths.
"I-I'll get stronger… I-I'll do b-better!... just… don't leave me… I-I'm sorry I failed you… I'm sorry"