With ease the mighty ship avoided a long and hellish journey to the watery grave, but the storm was picking up, lightning crackling across the sky with ominous flashes of doom upon the nightmarish, gargantuan waves battering the ship and sending it swaying to and fro. Nearly did Carmen go to her own ultimate fate at the fury of Neptune, losing her footing momentarily as she descended the mast, a bit of a jolt to her heart it was, but quickly she grabbed hold of the wooden pegs and made her way down, glaring towards the seas with equal anger in her eyes as the oceans who dared to drag them under. "Damn the gods...." She muttered under her breath, a blast of thunder exploding over the ship. That sure got their attention.