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"No, squirt, you just got... shorter."

Hagan tried to sound bombastic... but he couldn't force a smile. Or any of that usual large ham attitude. It just sounded like a forced attempt as Hagan looked off to the side. Fortunately, Caelea was distracted by the weirdo chick and her plant skeleton. However, Hagan noticed somebody all curled up and raised an eyebrow. This guy? Or girl? Hagan didn't know but he was going with the guy. The guy was seemingly about to have a heart attack, and Hagan turned his nose upwards at him with his eyebrows furrowed. Hagan wondered what his problem was as he was trying to curl up into a ball. Hagan just jabbed a thumb in his direction and asked,

"... Is he okay?"

However, Penny demanded that they go out and pull the lifeboats but Hagan wasn't super sold on that. They seemed a good trek away from the shore but Hagan would rather get the boat to land... but that wasn't an option because Captain Penn Penn... wasn't an actual captain. Despite the hat. So lifeboats it was. However, Hagan was set on going with Caelea's group - he was a bit hurt that Penny [i]obviously[/i] didn't trust him enough with leading a group but that was fine. Hagan sighed as he decided to go with Caelea.

[quote=Caelea][color=6ecff6]“Let’s get going and ready to get off this boat before something comes after us. Penny can handle it here waiting for the others.”[/color][/quote]

"Got it, squirt," Hagan said as he followed after Caelea. They went to the third deck where the lifeboats were advertised being and while Zoey's bunch went to one side, Caelea's went to the other. Now when Hagan threw the door open he was assaulted by the chilly night breeze... this place was cold as all hell. He regretted wearing a tank top as he shivered but he was a man. Not some little bitch boy. Hagan looked down and saw the [url=https://www.maritimejournal.com/__data/assets/image/0030/954732/varieties/1200.jpg]lifeboats[/url] and man they were bigger than he thought.

Probably big enough so that they only needed to launch one. Hagan walked up to it as he placed a fist to his jaw... He gave it a good look and saw all sorts of locks and other mechanisms. And he didn't know what they did half the time. Good grief... but he saw a lever that said [b][code]Lifeboat Release.[/code][/b] And then he walked over to it.

"Wow, squirt, that wasn't that hard," Hagan softly said as he placed his hand on it. "We'll probably want to be in this... hey, want to hop in there and see if there's a way to drop this from the inside?" He asked Caelea.


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Caelea was trying so hard not to blush... and Odessa thought it was cute. She was almost tempted to tell her not to be shy... but yet she remained quiet as she was forced to admit she was more than a fern. Penny took the leader seat yet again as she commanded the group to find some way to bring the lifeboats down. It was a valid plan but Odessa decided against leaving with one of the two when the call came. She merely stood there with that smile on her face,

"I thought you could use a little company, Penny," Odessa near smugly said, "Strength in numbers, after all."

Though she wasn't the only person who stayed behind, Stacey seemed like he was about to [i]die[/i]. Odessa would have comforted him but she didn't think her attempts would be appreciated. However, Penny's many calls for people to come to the bridge attracted somebody. A nice little mousy girl in a beanie... and she was a talker. She rambled about... stuff? Honestly, Odessa wasn't listening, she just stood there staring at the girl (and if she was paying attention she would have noticed that Odessa didn't blink). 

When she was finished, Odessa slowly walked up to the girl and poked her on the nose.

[i]"Boop."[/i]