(On Vee's boat that's sailing smoothly in the sea towards the next island. Skye puts some boxes of food on the boat's floor.)
VEE
Careful with those…
SKYE
I don't take orders from you.
RYUJIN
We shouldn't be fighting as a crew.
VEE
I told you… I'm not part of your crew.
SKYE
Even if you say that to him… he'll not listen to you. Once he makes up his mind there's no changing that.
VEE
Okay… whatever. As long as you don't touch anything on my boat.
(Ryujin picks up some necklaces.)
RYUJIN
Whoa! Check out this loads of treasure.
VEE
Hey! I told you not to touch my stuff!!
(She bumps his head.)
RYUJIN
Ouch.
VEE
Do you guys even know where you're heading?
RYUJIN
Yeah. Skye tell her.
SKYE
We're going to the Blue Line.
RYUJIN
I'm going to conquer that sea and become the god of pirates.
VEE
Do you even know where it is?
RYUJIN
That's why you have the map. So open it and see where it is.
VEE
…Sure whatever.
(She opens the map and spreads it on the table.)
RYUJIN
What's with the lines?
VEE
Okay, let me explain this to you. You see the Huge mass of land that runs from North to south. That's what we call The Great Divide.
SKYE
Why's it called like that?
VEE
It's the one that divides the world in 2 equal halves…
RYUJIN
So where's the Blue line?
VEE
I'm getting to that… You see the blue line that runs from west to east. That's now the Blue Line.
RYUJIN
So that's why it's called the Blue Line. Because it's blue on the map. That means we can go straight to it. If we just head south.
VEE
That's suicide!
RYUJIN
Why?
VEE
Around the blue line is a line of seas known as the Calm Sea. Its where Sea monsters nest in. Most sailors that sailed to the Calm sea never came back alive.
SKYE
I guess the sea monsters ate those sailors. So the Great Divide and the Blue Line divide the world in 4 equal parts hence we have the 4 great seas. That is the East Sea, the West Sea, the South Sea and the North Sea.
VEE
That's right.
RYUJIN
So how do we set sail to the Blue line if we can't go straight south.
VEE
1st we need a ship. And to set sail to the Blue line we have to go to the Great divide and find a canal.
RYUJIN
A canal?
VEE
There are 4 canals in The Great divide that flows from the 4 Seas to the Blue line. That's our main route if we want to sail to the Blue line.
RYUJIN
I see. 1st we need to find a ship… then we go to the Blue line. Are there islands where we can find a ship?
VEE
There is one. The island's name is Coco island. There's a rich family that owns a ship building company. We can go there and ask for a ship.
RYUJIN
Alright. Set course to Coco island.
(They set their course heading to coco island. Meanwhile, a marine ship that is sailing the sea. The Marine recruits are busy doing some chores on the ship.)
TENDA
That's not how you tie a knot, Johnnie.
JOHNNIE
What do you care…? Leave me alone and do your own work.
(Nick comes in and checks on some knots.)
NICK
Who tied this knot?
TENDA
I… did. Sir.
NICK
What's your name, Private?
TENDA
T—Tenda, sir…
NICK
You did an excellent job, Tenda. Come with me… we have much to discuss.
JOHNNIE
What about me? I'm not fit for this job.
NICK
You can't be a lieutenant if you can't tie a simple knot on a ship. If you wanna be a lieutenant… earn it through your own efforts. Not through nepotism.
JOHNNIE
…
(Nightfall, as Ryujin is trying to fall asleep. He wakes up finding Skye servicing him under his blankets.)
RYUJIN
W-What are you doing…?
SKYE
Nothing. It's just I can't get enough of you Ryu…So let's get started.
(She pulls up her top revealing her boobs.)
[End of Chapter22]