"It was a clear, sunny morning the day we lost the ship," Isaac began. "We'd been at sea for weeks, nearing Atteka, when it got a little less sunny. Mostly because of the cloud of smoke rising from the far end of the deck.

"'What's going on back there?' I shouted from the cabins, waking to the sadly quite normal smell of something burning. Having a Mars Adept like Garet on board meant we were all pretty used to it, though the smoke still tends to spell trouble.

"Garet's reply was less than comforting. 'I'll... just be a minute! Dang it!'

"I stormed up the stairs to the deck, still in nightclothes. 'Garet, what-'

"'It's fine, Isaac, honestly! Just some stupid Needle Eggs!' he answered. Because, y'know, everyone needs to be attacked by poisonous, superpowerful sea urchins first thing in the morning. I made my way over to Garet, hacking away at the sea monsters whenever I had to, and realized that the entire back end of the ship was already soaked in monster guts.

"Babi was going to be pissed, but I didn't care.

"'Ivan, Mia, a little help here?' I called. Ivan was somewhere up in the crow's nest, most likely, and Mia... somewhere. She usually popped up wherever. Some days I still think she's got some warping powers like Alex..."

The tension was almost audible as Mia glared at Isaac.

"...Okay, okay, not like Alex... like you have the Teleport lapis. Better?"

"... I suppose." She replied, with an icy hint to her voice.

"Right. Now, where was I...?" Isaac shook his head for a moment, then continued. "So, Ivan and Mia came pretty quick, and we were all doing our best. Unfortunately, fighting monsters and maneuvering in shallow waters don't really mix. Cue the entire ship crashing into a sandbar because someone wasn't steering.

"It didn't help that, somewhere along the way, Garet managed to set the deck on fire.

"Several almost-crashes later, we had fought off most of the blasted Needle Eggs, Gillmen, and Shell Spirals, but the boat was trashed. As the last of the monsters fell, we were exhausted, exasperated, and - judging by the map - nowhere near land.

"Is this the good bit?"

"Yes, Ivan, this is the good bit."

"We were sure we had found some good strip of island to stop on, just to rest and maybe find supplies, so I helped steer us toward it.

"'Is it just me,' Ivan asked, 'Or are we... tipping?'

"'We're on a boat, Ivan. We're constantly tipping,' Mia commented.

"'No,' said Ivan. 'Not just normal tipping. Like we're tipping... forward. Like we're fall-'

"Mia swore. I don't think I'd ever heard Mia swear before, so it was kind of weird, but let me tell you she's got one dirty mou-"

"Shh!"

"Fine, I'll leave that out.

"We all rushed to the front of the ship to see... nothing. The edge. Gaia Falls.

"I don't entirely recall the next bit. There was some shouting, and Garet screamed like a little girl - You really did, Garet, don't deny it!- and everything was chaos. Oh, and the ship was still fully ablaze in the background. I remember something about a frying pan and a djinni, and then the boat was sinking..."

"Right. Let me take over from here, Isaac. I do remember that bit."

"Alright, I guess..."

"Good. Anyway, the boys got knocked out when we hit the water, so I had to freeze them and walk home via ice bridge. And Garet did scream like an idiot."

"I did not, I'm-"

"You did. I heard you. End of discussion."

Garet grumbled a bit but didn't reply.

"... and that, ladies and gentlemen, is how we managed to sink and utterly destroy a Lemurian ship," Isaac finished. Piers stood off to one side in shock at the unspeakable crime against ships and humanity as Felix grimaced in silence.

Jenna leaned in, grinning. "So you really-"

"Yup," he replied.

"On fire?" she queried.

"Yeah."

"Aw, man..." She sighed. "I was going to do that!"