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Runali ate happily and watched as her crew enjoyed themselves. The feast was amazing and the music was pretty jovial. It didn't take long for even some of the soldiers to join in on the fun. There was one familiar song that the musicians played and she sang along with them- pausing more than often to eat. Until she decided to hum along instead.

In the midst of the party, Marcos had finally come to a decision about his life. Being a slave for most, if not all of his life, he didn't think pirating would cut out for him. At least not right away. 

[I]"I still need to find myself. I don't think it would be wise for me to do something so drastic...." 

Runali nodded in understanding. "You go ahead. If you think that's what you'll want to do, I'm sure the King and Queen wouldn't mind the help. Though I'm sure being a soldier in this town shouldn't be so hard. Heh, now that it's getting back to normal." 

The two shook hands and Marcos nodded. "It was an honor to be a StarDusk pirate." 

"And it was an honor having you. Now, let's enjoy this party!"[/I] 

"Recipes? Of course, of course! This was all made by the finest chefs!" The Queen lead Nolan off towards the kitchen for him to get as many recipes as he wanted. And on the other side, one man challenged Luro to a drinking contest- despite the little game he proposed. 

"I bet I can out drink you. No one ever wins against me!" A little crowd formed around the two, while two of the maidens decided to supply them with drinks. Runali only laughed and shook her head. "Never challenge a pirate- especially not Luro to a drinking contest." She wondered how that would turn out. 

While Ray and Danny were munching away, the King happily told them to take some of the food to go. That was before he started pulling things in front of them for the two to taste. Those two would definitely end up full to the point where they'd explode. Haru walked around making sure everything stayed orderly like any good assistant would and he kept an eye on the princess. 

After Vivi had finally deduced how she remembered Kai and he shared stories with her. He did disappear long enough to be able to share some stories. The girl listened in excitement only to run up to Runali. "I want to be apart of your new crew! I was in Mister Kai's but he says that his is gone." She whispered the last part as if it was a secret. Runali laughed and patted her head. "Sure, you can be an honorary StarDusk. We'll even come and visit to share stories with you." Well that excited her, and not long after she was swept away to be taken to bed. 

Another song was played, but this one was a little more upbeat and nicer to dance to. Which, that's what the captain did. She was even asked to dance by one of the younger soldiers. "Oh, sure."

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As the party started to end and everyone was as drunk as they wanted to be and full as they could be, everyone began to depart. It wasn't just the castle that had a party, but the entire town in honor of finally being rescued from being imprisoned by pirates...Ironically enough, thanking pirates for saving them. The royals offered them rooms to stay in, but the captain denied hers. She would have much rathered sleeping out on the Coral Pearl. She also wanted to check on the ship. It was going a couple of hours since she had seen it, and she had heard that it had been damaged pretty bad. 

"Do what you like, just be at the ship by morning." 

Runali wandered the quieting streets to the ship. She took a leisure time, only because she was half asleep and ready to relax on her ship. Until out of nowhere, some flyer smacked her in the face. She made a noise of annoyance, but decided to look at the paper anyway. 

[I][center][b] Annual Tournament [/b]
In the town of Utsukushī!
Test your strength fighting people (and mermen) from around the world! 
Winner takes [b]$200,000[/b]
-Rules to enter are available in town- [/center][/I]

It was a tourist town. Luring people far and wide to cover visit. While Runali had no interest in entering the tournament, the picture of the town looked very picturesque. It was most definitely a tourist town. "Hm...maybe we should head that way next. It looks nice." They'd do a search of the waters for Kai's flag and then head that way. It couldn't be too much trouble. It seemed people only went with interests of minding their own business, so it was perfect.