“The sky's the
limit.”
Icarus*
Well CJ is over
today so there shall be many shenanigans. And we'll do what we do
every time he comes over, TRY TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD!
Anyway onto the
flash fiction!
Merlin's
Treasure
“I don't
believe it! “Merlin's treasure does exist! I thought it was a load
of baloney but here it is!” Johnathon looked at the piles of gold
and assorted magical artifacts in shock.
“Wait. If you
thought it was a load of baloney why did you come along for this trip
in the first place?” asked the Captain.
“I was out of
a job. And with what you were paying I didn't care if we were looking
for the Ancient Treasure of the Great Moon Snipes,” replied
Johnathan.
The crew had a
large mix of reactions to John. Each based on the individual crew
members own economic standing and sense of adventure. The two primary
things that got themselves into this as well.
“Can't say I
disagree. I joined in for the money too,” said Laura the young
witch. She, along with an older wizard Mario, were brought along to
blow to smithereens anything the ship's guns couldn't handle. Bust
any curses or magical barriers too.
“Hey! I saw
that!” The Captain yelled at James. He was one of the more sensible
crew members as he was currently trying to sneak some of the gold
into his pocket.
James looked
back at the Captain. “But I mean, it's right there! And you're
probably going to stick in a museum or something right? I mean I know
you're a history guy Captain but you're supposed spend it! Treasure
is treasure for a reason!”
The Captain
grabbed some of the gold himself, holding up high for the crew to
see. “Yes it is historic. Personally I think this shouldn't be
called Merlin's treasure. I think it should be called Edward Teach's
treasure. This treasure may all be Merlin's gold and magical
artifacts, but it was stolen by Teach. You know him better as
Blackbeard, and he was the first one to 'pull a fast one' on Merlin
and not end up a toad or trapped in another dimension. Teach stole
this treasure out of the challenge and hid it just to make the man
angry. Our modern technology and magic is what helped us find it.”
The Captain
laughed.
“What is it?”
Johnathan asked.
“Proof that
Teach did this to hurt Merlin's pride.” The Captain then picked up
a golden rimmed blue wizard's hat, “This is Merlin's hat.”
“Um,
Captain?” James looked at the gold in the Captains hand the hat in
his other, “If the whole point is showing the history can't we like
spend most of the treasure and then use 20% or something along with
the hat to show the history. Points the same right?”
The Captain
thought for a moment, remembering also how much he had spent on this
journey to begin with.
“Yeah sure
whatever! You're right James. All we gotta do is make a point of the
history!”
After that the
crew members began pocketing the gold. All except the old wizard
Mario who asked The Captain if he could try Merlin's hat to humor
himself. The Captain humored him and when The Captain turned his
head Mario mumbled.
“Well Teach,
they may put it in a museum, but I finally got my hat back.”
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