Serious: The Aurora Pirates Part 8: Mad Science (Postponed)

James stood up in the crow’s nest, looking around. He hadn’t been up here before, and, in fact, had not really known it was there until today. He decided that he would be spending a lot of time up here from now on. Not only did it have a great view, but he could use it to take naps and avoid working. Oh, the possibilities it provided!

Finally, they were out on sea again. Not that... Atlantis had counted as land, really, but what he meant was that they were out on sea, relaxing again.
In fact, it felt a bit weird. After all, they had just been in a huge war, many people had lost their lives and.... oh, he was so proud of his baby dragon! He had fought so bravely! Such a good boy!
Jake felt the sudded urge to give one of his boneshattering hugs to the small reptile sitting on the reiling next to him, looking at the waves and squeaking sometimes, when a particularly high wave splashed it a bit. Out of fear for his safety, he tried to resist the urge as well as he could, and instead looked at the blue sky. There was barely a cloud around.... Aaah, how wonderful. It made him feel so relaxed...
At that point, he failed to resist the urge any longer and grabbed Immelman, who squeaked in surprise, but then let his adoptive father cuddle him a bit. He liked being cuddled.

James looked down to see Jake giving Immelman yet another hug. The pirate captain shivered slightly.

“I’m glad he doesn’t like me that much,” James muttered. “Not sure I could survive it.”

He returned to staring out to sea, absentmindedly cracking his knuckles. Off in the distance, he could see a green fog. This being the Grandline, James wasn’t too surprised by the sight. Even so, he knew it would probably be a good idea to avoid the fog. He frowned. The really weird part was, he was sure he had seen that green fog before somewhere. He was sure it would come back to him.