Dreamscape chapter: Five bastards at sea. Chapter two: The Scurvy Dogs.

It had been nearly three hours since the island exploded, Reddit Cam is looking through a pair of Binoculars at the island, with 185 next to him.

Reddit Cam: I can barely see the island, we're pretty far away from there, aren't we?

Reddit Cam looks over to 185, who's just twirling his machete on his finger by its blade.

185: Still upset about you being buddy-buddy with Vernon.

Reddit Cam: So? He was supposed to be the man who would fill my empty spot when I would die or leave, sure enough, he pulled far more than his weight. Not only did he escape with three tanks of innocent lives, he also took down threats much larger than himself, that's what we would've been taught...

185 thinks for a while...

185: Damn it, guess you're right. That f**ker is loyal, trustworthy, and can be reliable. But is he gonna cause problems?

Reddit Cam: Only if you antagonize him. I'm gonna look for some fishing gear, gives me somethin to do than think...

Reddit Cam hands 185 the binoculars, and heads into the ship's storage room, running into UO.

UO: Hey, where the hell do you think you're going?

Reddit Cam: Just trying to get some fishing gear, keeps us fed, and keeps me entertained, cause I don't think anything big is gonna happen...

Reddit Cam continues walking to the storage, where he finds Vernon looking around.

Reddit Cam: You plan on fishin too Vernon?

Vernon turns aorund.

Vernon Logan: Hey Gas Mask, yeah, so far only found two rods, little bait, and a lure.

Reddit Cam: Alright, let's go fishin'

Reddit Cam and Vernon go to the ship's peir, where they attach the bait to their hooks, and cast their lines out to the sea.

Vernon: So, gas mask, you fish?

Reddit Cam: Well I'm not shark, and I'm on the land, so no, I'm no fish.

Vernon laughs a bit.

Vernon: Walked right into that one, but I mean have you gone fishing before?

Reddit Cam: Yeah, loads of times. Used to go out to this one dock with my dear old Отец, every Wednesday somewhere between 03:23-04:25, we'd catch some big f**king fish. The smaller ones we let go, but sometimes we'd give them to the collector on Friday for the Communism divide so we didn't have to fork anything we needed over. They never figured it out, even to this day.

Vernon: Jesus, I wish I had that experience with my dad, sadly he was too busy doing his own thing, so I raised myself. I think I did a good job, despite my run-ins with the gangs, so I'd say my childhood was safe, other than my teen years, god those were chaos living...

185 decides to use the binoculars to watch Reddit Cam and Vernon Logan talk, but he notices something up ahead...

185: what is that?

He zooms in with the binoculars to see better, and he sees a pirate ship ahead.

185: oh shit...

WD is ringing the bell in the crow's nest suddenly, as he saw the boat first. This grabs Vernon's and Reddit Cam's attention, as they pack the rods up, unknowingly catching a fish.

WD: HEY! WE GOT SOME BITCHES AHEAD! MAN THE CANNONS!

Reddit Cam and Vernon rush to the storage room to put the rods back, when Vernon notices the fish.

Vernon: Yo, Gas Mask, there's a fish on the line.

Reddit Cam looks at the fish and takes it off the line, and put the fish instantly in a bucket with water from a boat leak and covers the bucket with a book.

Reddit Cam: We'll worry about the fish later, we got some pirates to f**king kill first.

The other pirate ship collides with the ship, bringing Reddit Cam and Vernon down, cannons can be heard firing on the ship.

Reddit Cam: Come on, let's just get this over with.

Reddit Cam gets up, then helps Vernon back on his feet, they get to the surface where UO is stabbing a pirate in their chest, blood covering his uniform.

Vernon: I'm gonna get on their ship, maybe there's something good on it.

185 quickly jumps on the other pirate ship, Reddit Cam helps Vernon board the enemy ship, then gets himself up.

Reddit Cam: This isn't smart, this doesn't matter since it's a dream, but f**k it, we sail on a pirate ship, that makes us pirates, so let's just f**king be pirates here.

Reddit Cam disarms a pirate of his flintlock and throws them overboard. Vernon heads into the captain's room, where a gunshot can be heard.

Reddit Cam: Vernon I swear to god if you died...

Reddit Cam rushes down to the Captain's room, where there's a dead captain, and Vernon is trying to pick up a chest three times his weight.

Vernon: Gas Mask, I need help with this.

Reddit Cam grabs the other side of the treasure chest, together, they get to their own boat.

Vernon: Damn, so what of the ship?

185 comes back to the ship carrying five different barrels of supplies as the empty boat is heard being blown up.

Reddit Cam: Nice to see our own loot goblin got his nose wet with barrels this time.

185: I couldn't resist.

Reddit Cam: Could you though?

185: F**k you.

185 carries the barrels to the storage room.

UO is trying to get the metal balls fired from the flintlocks out of his arm, he seems to be struggling a bit.

Reddit Cam: Well, we're go***amn pirates now. Only thing we're missing is a captain, a parrot, and a go***amn plan.

The five bastards look at each other.

Reddit Cam: Anyone wanna step up to lead this squad of drooling assholes?

Everyone keeps looking at each other, then everyone looks at Vernon.

185: Why don't you lead us? Show us how good you are at leading.

Vernon: Uh- wha- what the f**k? You just hand the controls to me with that ease?

Everyone keeps looking at Vernon expectantly.

Vernon: Fine, f**k it. I'm gonna take leadership.

Vernon walks to the wheel and starts steering the ship.

Vernon: Alright, 185, you are our lookout because you look like you got the eyes of a sniper, WD, you are our sorter because you might be able to comprehend what's what. UO, you can be the guard since you f**k shit up. And Gas Mask, I want you by my side since we work well as a team.

Everyone goes to their positions.

almost 4 hours pass, and so far, nothing has changed other than the starts in the sky, they're finally out, shining like the deeds everyone has done for another.

Reddit Cam: I haven't seen this many stars since Copper-9, you Vernon?

Vernon: No, for me, there were fewer, there's probably more since you've put yourself in the last place to care for yourself, and somethin tells me that in heaven, God's probably counting your actions and preparing a space for you to sit by his side since you are like his guardian angel.

Reddit Cam: Because I fly directly into people with recklessness?

Vernon: Well, not that, but actually because when you're needed, you come flying in, with either a sword or shotgun to save the lives of the innocent and damn the lives of the corrupt. It's amazing to think you could be an angel from heaven tasked with keeping balance between good and evil, making sure nothing bad happens even if you die.

185 suddenly walks up into the conversation

185: Hey, I don't mean to barge in, well I kinda do, but we need to rest. Anchor the ship and get ready for bed.

Vernon: Hey, you elected me as a leader, so you kinda set that up yourself.

185: . . . f**k.

Vernon: If you think you need to rest, go do so.

185 goes into the ship to call it a night.

Vernon: Anyways, we actually should head to bed... It's very late...

Reddit Cam: Roger that captain.

Reddit Cam and Vernon head into the ship to sleep.