"Closer," Sasayaki whispered.  "Closer you pitiful fools!  You confidence will be your undoing!  You misfortune is our gain, your pain our pleasure, you blood our life!  Closer and closer!  Closer until you perish!  Bahhh hahahaha!"

Isaac smiled, choosing to ignore her bloodlust for an enthusiastic smile.  It wasn't the first time Sass was hangry, and with the lack of fresh meat, she grew particularly aggressive with the thought of newcomers.  "Almost here," he testbed, tucking Sass behind him, "Be good, okay!"

"FINE," she screeched, burying her head in his back.

"Helloooo," a large man bellowed, becoming seeming larger as he approached.  "Might you be in search of ADVENTURE!?"  His thumb shot up to the sky, an act that didn't seem to phase his scruffy companion, only caring about is clever contraption.

Adventure, Isaac thought, I guess I will have to use speech 354 on this one.  "Why yes, good sir!"  His hand mirrored the tall man, with a head easily twice the size of any normal man.  "In fact, what if I told you that by having me along your ship, adventure was guaranteed!"  He shot a glance to the other man, hoping to pull him in, but he was even less interested than when he first passed.  "Imagine a journey full of daring storms, impossible odds, incredible rivals, and the kind of ending that will be remembered for all eternity!"  The man hun into every word, his ears getting bigger, as his nods grew in intensity.  "That's what what you get when you recruit Lucky!"

The man stared, a smiling reeling up his face as the air flooded into his lungs.  "Fantastic!" He yelled.  "When can you start!?"

"Never!" Sasayaki yelled, almost crashinging into the man, only missing after his legs grew like stilts.  "I'll kill you, you big headed freak!  I'll kill you DEAD!  AND IF I don't, his curse will!"

"Curse?" The man chuckled, "Fantastic!"  It was then that he stared down Sasa, weaving through the air in an attempt to escape Issac.  "But first, I will earn the trust of this majestic creature!"

"Majestic," she yelled.  "OHHHH.  OHHHHHH NO YOU DIDN'T MR OVER COMPENSATION."  She lunged at him again, when the man intercepted the chain with his massive legs, rolling around the barren land while performing some sort of workout with her continued resistance.

"It's leg leg day," the man behind him finally said, not offering much more.

"You're not going to regret this," Isaac said with an open hand in front of him.  "And if you want, I can even hitch a ride from the back with my raft."

It was at that moment, for not reason at all, a lightning bolt crashed down from the clear blue sky, completely disintegrating his raft.  "Ohhh well, guess I stay on the ship."  And it was at that moment, when the second bolt came crashing to the rear of the ship, where he assumed the lodging were.  "Fantastic," he smiled.