Oooooohhh, that is NASTY! Very nasty! I like it! *evil finger taps* I can work with this very well mwahaha though perhaps in a slightly different manner (nothing VERY bad, I promise, but it'll still be good xD) 

will hopefully get you a post soon, that sounds like a good plan! :D
EDIT: in the interest of planning out the flow of this post so it doesn't seem rushed...when abouts did you want them to get to Manus? I don't wanna imply that they're getting closer if you wanted to have it go on a bit longer haha :)