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SlurpsMckenzie

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Clay's travels upon the Harmony were nearly at its end. The Harmony was nearing the Manta Carlos islands. It was the dawn of day, clouds scattered the sky. Harmony was at most a half an hour away from the port. Clay was still sleeping soundly in the cabin that was provided to him. The cabin wasn't vary luxurious. A bed, a dresser, a small window to the outside, and a small half bathroom. The Harmony wasn't the biggest ship in the sea, but she was one of the smoothest and fastest. The crew numbered around twenty-five. Mostly men but five of the crew were indeed female. They ranged from ages eighteen to sixty. The captain was about forty years old, give or take. His father had owned the Harmony before him as a commercial fisherman. That's all the captain told Clay on his journey here, he kept to himself. The food was alright and while the company was a little rough they were for the most part very nice to Clay. Romanov had paid for the entire trip, and would continue to pay for Clay's tuition.

The captain banged onto Clay's door. *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* Clay jumped at the sound. "One moment!" Clay yelled to the captain. He quickly put on a pair of shorts on the floor, as well as socks and a red shirt than he ran to the door and flung it open. The captain stood there, his imposing figure shadowed Clay from the sun.

"We're close to the islands." Said the captain in his rough voice. He sounded like he smoked cigars regularly, smelled like it too. He held up a GPS to show Clay. Clay reached out to grab it, but the captain yanked it away from Clay's hand. Clay looked at his hand, he didn't put on his gloves. The captain pointed to the tip of the ship and moved to the side to let Clay pass him. Clay bolted outside of the cabin into the warm embrace of the sun. Clay could just barely see the islands from the tip of the boat. He let out a quick sigh from wonder. He had never been out of Ohio but know he's going to a strange new island. The captain walked up behind Clay. Clay smelled him a few feet back, he had just lit a new cigar.

"Pack your things." Clay wasted no time. He ran to his room, put on his gloves, and started to pack his belongings into a orange duffel bag. When that was full he put his stuff into a yellow backpack. The final thing he put into his backpack was a picture of his family. He wouldn't be seeing them for a little while.

The Harmony docked onto a port of the island. The crew started to depart from the ship, probably for shore leave. "Well Mr. Virgo, I hope you have a pleasant stay at the islands." He stuck out his hand for Clay to shake. Clay grasped it and The captain nearly crushed it with his iron grasp. The captain departed from the Harmony as did Clay. So there Clay stood. All by himself on the docks. It suddenly hit him, he had no idea on how to get to the school. Romanov gave him no directions after getting off of the ship. Clay would just have to ask for directions. However, the people on the dock seamed to ignore him. Perhaps it was because of his timidness but everyone he asked walked right by him and payed him no attention. He must have spent at least thirty minutes trying to get directions to the school. Clay sat down on his duffel bag out of frustration. He let out a sigh and looked up at the sun, it blinded him for a second as he looked away.
 

Ghostmaiden

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Aug 4, 2016
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Astrial saw and young man at the docks sitting with a duffel bag and backpack looking disheartened. That must be the one she's supposed to meet here. She thought he looked bummed out. Remembering her first time here and how hard she had finding her way with almost no help made her understand his dejected look on his face. She'd been here just a few days ago going through the same thing and having just as a hard time. She had gotten permission to go and help the odd student that had arrived at the dock so they wouldn't have to go through the same thing she went through. She really wanted to help out the other new students. It also gave her a chance to meet new people one on one cause it was hard to make friends while everyone was already in a group. Groups are very intimidating to her.

She could hear the birds and watch the gulls swoop around in the sky diving for fish. So inviting, the ocean. To swim with the fishes, to dive....right, she was here for the young guy on the dock that looked like he was very downhearted. She checked herself with a once over and walked over to the new guy and stuck out her right hand to shake and held up a welcome sign in the left hand that was all sparkly with glitter paint, and neon letters. She cleared her voice and tried to say clearly, "Hello, you must be Clay. Nice to meet you, my name is Astrial." But it came out as one long run on sentence. She realized her mistake with the way she said it but plastered a smile on her face and decide to ignore her sentence oops. She stood there with her hand out and standing in his sun causing a shadow to cascade over him.
 
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