Yes, Bob was a simple fool who never ever had a chance to find someone like Lase before especially when his times in the sea can be counted with his fingers...on one hand! That certainly is a lot of time to know what a body of a fur seal meant and she had the body of a human female too. Anyone could have made that mistake. Now with the way she was acting like a spoiled little girl Bob was feeling very emotional. Very, very emotional but it was not a bad thing because a person of his ego actually liked that a person would make a poem about him even if it was bad. Let the name Bob Barton spread through the sea as he would say. When she was done with her shouting Bob quickly stood up in a standing ovation saying "oh, but you do need something. Water maybe? The effort you made must be really exhausting." No longer Bob wanted the company of Lase, it was now a matter of pride. Lase was not the only one who could fight with words.
"Maybe after another story..." Bob said but how will he begin. What would he tell about? Another story about that Siren that Lase did not tell him about even if she promised? No that would not do. She should be bored about those by now. How about something to do with the land. Yes that might work especially when there are more chances of her not even knowing whether it was the truth. It was going to be the awesome story "...about how two children escaped the terrors of a haunted house in Zeltiva?" It was one of those nightmarish situations that always haunted Bob and "it all started when a evil little girl who really loved ghosts suddenly made the decision to explore that house" to try and challenge the Bob who was falsely boasting that he already went through it himself. "The boy had no choice really since the girl was blackmailing him into doing it." She really wanted to make his friends hate him a lot just because she could. "Don't you think that was bad?" Bob asked hoping to get some sympathy for the main star of the story.
No need to bore Lase with the details of the blackmailing "and soon the two children reached the house. It was the normal type of house anyone could find in Zeltiva except that it looked really, really run down and old." How did Bob know that? Because he was there of course but he was not going to mention that yet. "When the both of them finally went in after more blackmailing, they found it was abandoned too." They both should have left right away but no. "The girl was a budding criminal and just continued in through the darkness until they reached a room. I guess you could say it was nice with all the books about but you won't be able to see the words in there." You could only do it outside with the only book you had for your prize. More importantly "there was nobody else in there, really" and what was Bob trying to do? He was building up to the fact "because...ghosts have no bodies!"
And because they have no bodies "he wanted a new one and took over the girl. He knew that the boy wouldn't try to do anything to her" because he would have been paralyzed in fear. Unfortunately Bob did not want people to know that part of him so instead he said that "the brave little boy stood still as the monstrous ghost used the girl and a sharp, sharp object..." that he could not tell in the dark besides all the pain "...to start drawing all over his chest. However he gritted his teeth and tried to talk to the ghost to let them go free." Begging more like it with a lot of apologies thrown in but it still got the same effect that "the ghost only laughed in the creepy voice of the girl and continued on with his work." Bob could not take it anymore and started throwing books and using reimancy on the girl but he could not possibly tell Lase that. He would seem like a monster. Curses, he had to get this far to realize the flaw he did not plan for so well? What can he say?
Nothing beats making up stuff on the spot like "the boy in the end promised the ghost one thing if he would let them go. Anything it wanted and then it released them to go home. It was a good thing the boy's uncle was a doctor too so they both were able to get treatment pretty fast." The truth was the promise was a nice waterball to the face which nearly turned the girl into another ghost. That would have been a better thing to happen because "the boy ran into the girl again in the forest while she was trying to make some stew. Trying to forget about the horrible incident and the blackmailing which led to it" not! "The boy decided to try and to help the girl make her stew" with a lot of attempts at sabotage with revenge in mind and it ended up like anyone could guess if they knew the truth. "For his efforts the girl decided to throw the stew at him and storm off without even a word of thank you." Yes that was the end of the story as it would seem. What was Bob trying to do?
"What I am trying to say is that this scut-minnow..." and whatever else insults which seem the best that Lase could do, disappointing because she could make a better effort like Bob when he "...wants to say that he is sorry" and would like to make himself not turn out like the bad guy she has been screaming to everyone on the ship. Not because he likes to be the good guy but because bad guys get killed and have no friends to help them. Bob was always in the market for people to swindle, women to bed, friends to use... Getting back to the point Bob said "I know how it is to help people only to get scarred for your efforts." Bob had two very distinct ways of proving it too. One when he pulled out his glove which exposed his hand that was missing two fingers but he did really make any sign to show that one. The proof he wanted to show was when he pulled his shirt to reveal the scar on his chest which "I got this from a ghost you see." The one in the story that he just shared earlier. Hopefully that would do something because if it did not then Bob would be justified in making very bad stories next.
"Maybe after another story..." Bob said but how will he begin. What would he tell about? Another story about that Siren that Lase did not tell him about even if she promised? No that would not do. She should be bored about those by now. How about something to do with the land. Yes that might work especially when there are more chances of her not even knowing whether it was the truth. It was going to be the awesome story "...about how two children escaped the terrors of a haunted house in Zeltiva?" It was one of those nightmarish situations that always haunted Bob and "it all started when a evil little girl who really loved ghosts suddenly made the decision to explore that house" to try and challenge the Bob who was falsely boasting that he already went through it himself. "The boy had no choice really since the girl was blackmailing him into doing it." She really wanted to make his friends hate him a lot just because she could. "Don't you think that was bad?" Bob asked hoping to get some sympathy for the main star of the story.
No need to bore Lase with the details of the blackmailing "and soon the two children reached the house. It was the normal type of house anyone could find in Zeltiva except that it looked really, really run down and old." How did Bob know that? Because he was there of course but he was not going to mention that yet. "When the both of them finally went in after more blackmailing, they found it was abandoned too." They both should have left right away but no. "The girl was a budding criminal and just continued in through the darkness until they reached a room. I guess you could say it was nice with all the books about but you won't be able to see the words in there." You could only do it outside with the only book you had for your prize. More importantly "there was nobody else in there, really" and what was Bob trying to do? He was building up to the fact "because...ghosts have no bodies!"
And because they have no bodies "he wanted a new one and took over the girl. He knew that the boy wouldn't try to do anything to her" because he would have been paralyzed in fear. Unfortunately Bob did not want people to know that part of him so instead he said that "the brave little boy stood still as the monstrous ghost used the girl and a sharp, sharp object..." that he could not tell in the dark besides all the pain "...to start drawing all over his chest. However he gritted his teeth and tried to talk to the ghost to let them go free." Begging more like it with a lot of apologies thrown in but it still got the same effect that "the ghost only laughed in the creepy voice of the girl and continued on with his work." Bob could not take it anymore and started throwing books and using reimancy on the girl but he could not possibly tell Lase that. He would seem like a monster. Curses, he had to get this far to realize the flaw he did not plan for so well? What can he say?
Nothing beats making up stuff on the spot like "the boy in the end promised the ghost one thing if he would let them go. Anything it wanted and then it released them to go home. It was a good thing the boy's uncle was a doctor too so they both were able to get treatment pretty fast." The truth was the promise was a nice waterball to the face which nearly turned the girl into another ghost. That would have been a better thing to happen because "the boy ran into the girl again in the forest while she was trying to make some stew. Trying to forget about the horrible incident and the blackmailing which led to it" not! "The boy decided to try and to help the girl make her stew" with a lot of attempts at sabotage with revenge in mind and it ended up like anyone could guess if they knew the truth. "For his efforts the girl decided to throw the stew at him and storm off without even a word of thank you." Yes that was the end of the story as it would seem. What was Bob trying to do?
"What I am trying to say is that this scut-minnow..." and whatever else insults which seem the best that Lase could do, disappointing because she could make a better effort like Bob when he "...wants to say that he is sorry" and would like to make himself not turn out like the bad guy she has been screaming to everyone on the ship. Not because he likes to be the good guy but because bad guys get killed and have no friends to help them. Bob was always in the market for people to swindle, women to bed, friends to use... Getting back to the point Bob said "I know how it is to help people only to get scarred for your efforts." Bob had two very distinct ways of proving it too. One when he pulled out his glove which exposed his hand that was missing two fingers but he did really make any sign to show that one. The proof he wanted to show was when he pulled his shirt to reveal the scar on his chest which "I got this from a ghost you see." The one in the story that he just shared earlier. Hopefully that would do something because if it did not then Bob would be justified in making very bad stories next.
