Deep Sea Embers Chapter 35: Calm and normal
The sea calmed down.
Alice saw the tentacles fall on the deck, and some kind of flesh and blood debris with powerful power also fell at the captain's feet, and the vitality quickly faded from these flesh and blood, and at the same time, the missing Some kind of behemoth entrenched under the sea around the Township also began to speed up its dive-it quickly escaped from the waters where the Lost Township was at the cost of paying a tentacle as a "price". Is fleeing in a panic.
In the process of this huge shadow diving back into the deep sea, the sea returned to calm at an astonishing speed, and the dark cloud in the sky was completely dissipated.
...that might not be a cloud at all.
Alice looked up at the sky, she still remembered the appearance of the cloud before, she recalled the outline of the cloud when it dissipated, and finally vaguely corresponded to the shadow under the water around the ship before.
The thick cloud in the sky seems to be a shadow, a shadow cast by a giant in the sea in the sky.
The sound of the crackling flames coming from the edge of the deck interrupted Alice's distraction. She hurriedly looked in the direction of the captain, only to see that the captain had returned to his usual appearance, this tall man With a happy smile on his face, he had noticed Alice who was standing not far away, so he waved to the girl to go over.
Seeing Alice walking in front of him, Duncan kicked the big fish on the deck, and his tone rose slightly: "Look, I caught a big fish!"
"Big... big fish?" Alice's expression was a little dull, she looked at the mass of things at Duncan's feet. He stared at the sky with a half-closed posture, and his sharp fangs shone with a metallic cold light between his eyeballs.
With Duncan's kick, half of the eyes on the broken tentacle blinked suddenly, but then all closed.
"Yeah, Big Fish," Duncan said happily, "Look, it's a waste of my time to get this thing up."
Although it's just a doll, Alice still felt as if a "muscle" trembled at the corner of her eye at this moment. She opened her mouth to speak, but she didn't know where to start to correct the topic.
She looked at the "fish" at Duncan's feet.
A large, ugly fish lay there—dark color, cratered skin, odd grayish-white patterns near its fins, bone spurs extending from its head, and a pair of lifeless fish eyes meeting her gaze .
There are also many "small fish" scattered on the surrounding decks.
Alice suddenly lost all expressions and words. She stared at the scene in front of her with wide eyes, at the "fish" lying on the deck, and at these things that were not "fish" a second ago.
Miss doll, who lacks life experience, still doesn't understand what "doubting life" means, but at this moment, she really suddenly doubts everything, she even wonders if she is "dreaming" - that one Tentacles, where did those flesh and blood fragments go?
Perhaps her momentary sluggishness was too obvious. Duncan immediately noticed Alice's abnormality. He raised his eyebrows and looked at the doll: "What's wrong? Is there something wrong?"
"I..." Alice opened her mouth, but just when she was about to correct something, the rules that Goathead had told her before suddenly came to her mind.
On the Homeless, Captain Duncan is the absolute authority, and his words are absolute "facts" - if the real world goes against Captain Duncan's words, then the captain's judgment prevails.
"No problem!" Alice suddenly reacted and said quickly, and then, as if to hide the overly tense part of her tone, she quickly changed the subject, "By the way, Captain, the storm just now was really Scary..."
"Storm? You mean that wave?" Duncan looked at Miss Puppet suspiciously, "That wave is certainly not small, but it's far from being called a storm... But yes, you haven't seen anything. A real storm."
Alice: "...you're right."
Captain Duncan called the storm that covered almost the entire sea a "wave", so it was a wave, and Captain Duncan thought the things he caught on the boat were "fish", and those things were fish.
"...I think you're a little nervous, are you really okay?" Duncan still sensed something was wrong in Alice's tone, he looked at his "crew number 1" with some concern, "Could it be seasickness? Are you seasick?"
"I'm fine, it's just that the boat shook a little bit..." Alice looked at the concerned captain in front of her, but she didn't know whether to feel more at ease or more fearful, so she could only change the subject bluntly. "By the way, what are you catching these...'fish'?"
"Is that even a question?" Duncan suddenly laughed, "Of course it's eating!"
Alice's expression froze for a moment: "...Eat?"
"Otherwise? Didn't you find that the ingredients on the Lost Homes were too monotonous?" Duncan was clearly in a good mood, "I'm going to take apart this big one, stew some of them and roast some of them, and these are a little bit smaller. Salt a little to make dried fish..."
He happily talked about his next plan, but although he was very confident, he was actually not sure whether he would succeed in the end - his cooking skills can only be said to be average, let alone handling such a huge sea fish Experience, and the method of making dried fish only has a little theoretical knowledge, without the slightest practical experience.
But how do you know if you don't try?
The only problem...is don't eat a bad stomach.
Duncan still retained some rationality in the joy of the big harvest. He cautiously looked at the big fish at his feet, guessing whether this gift from nature would be poisonous.
The safest way is to find a hapless one to try it first.
He first thought of the goat head in the captain's room, then instantly ruled out this option, then glanced at the cursed puppet on the opposite side - this puppet was also not feasible.
Alice has no stomach at all.
Finally, he looked at the pigeon on his shoulder.
The pigeon also tilted his head to look at him.
Ai doesn't look like a normal creature, but if you have to find a living creature with flesh and blood on the boat, it seems that there is only this pigeon left...
A moment later, Duncan left the deck with his "harvest"—lunch time was approaching, and he couldn't wait to improve the meals on the Lost Country.
Alice stayed in place for a while, then came to the door of the captain's room.
She didn't intend to come to Goat's Head. Since the last time she saw the "first mate"'s nagging skills, she even had a deep sense of awe for the entire captain's room.
Whenever possible, she doesn't want to take the initiative to step into the door of the captain's room.
But what happened today is so bizarre that she feels it is necessary to consult with the experienced Mr. Goathead to see if this is a normal phenomenon on the Lost Homes.
She didn't violate the crew rules, she just asked about the situation, she shouldn't be taboo.
After hesitating for more than ten seconds, Alice finally gathered up her courage and pushed open the door of the captain's room.
The next second, she was horrified to see that the goat's head had already turned in the direction of the door ~IndoMTL.com~ was staring at it - as if it had been waiting for her to come.
"What's going on outside?" Goat Head said in an extremely rare and concise manner.
Alice sensed something was wrong from the other party's abnormal performance. She quickly closed the door behind her back, came to the sailing table, and told the other party everything she saw.
And after her voice fell, the goat head fell into an extremely abnormal silence - for a minute, it did not say a word.
The wood-carved goat's head couldn't make an expression, but Alice could clearly feel... things seemed to be a bit beyond the "first mate"'s judgment.
Alice became nervous all of a sudden, she leaned forward subconsciously: "Isn't this something that happens normally on the Homeless? Could it be that the captain really..."
"Everything is normal on the Lost Homes," Goat Head finally woke up from the silence, and it answered quickly, interrupting Alice's words as if to plug some kind of loophole for the first time, "Listen, Lost The Township is fine, always fine, and so is the great Captain Duncan!"
"Then...I just see your reaction..."
"Things are a little bit beyond my expectations - but it's because of my lack of imagination and cognition," Goat Head's words quickly became fluid, it seemed to be returning to its usual state a little bit from the surprise, Immediately after that, his mood was clearly running high, and his tone became excited and excited. "Yes, the great Captain Duncan - he should be greater and stronger! There is nothing abnormal, Miss Alice, listen, Business as usual on the Homeless! Let the captain do what he thinks is right and stop talking about this topic...you just need to remember this fact from today:
"There is fish in the kitchen of Lost Homeland, and fish is a delicious ingredient."