The leaf drifted lower onto the peak of the cap, lazily reaching in the breeze, outstretched with potential, before a burst sent it shimmering over the edge of the chaotic, swirling chasm. It hung briefly in the updraft before flittering away and down into the broiling mists.
"I' not fallin' down thah! I ain' crossin' no bridge! You can' make me, I' not even goin' a go close to the edge, you can all jus' bugger off!"
Captain Hannes van der Klooster turned to look at the naysayer, a swaggeringly roguish young man with muscles bigger than coconuts.
"Jasper, you were the one that demanded we go look for the Zombie Gemerald - now you're the first to-"
"Nonono there wasn' goin-"
"Let me fini-"
"Noone said nothin' 'bout no cha'-"
"Just let me-"
"I ain' goin' near no-"
"IF YOU DON'T SHUT UP I'M THROWING YOU OVER!"
Jasper turned away from the group, sobbing into his hat.
"Right!"
Captain Hannes van der Klooster turned to Sam, eyes gleaming with a piercing, joyful anger.
"That's how you cover a topic without mentioning it!"
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