Zane was always known for getting his backside into trouble; somehow, someway he would get himself into a bad situation. On today’s agenda, he had been stashed away upon a ship heading onto the mainland that was Canelux. He needed a free ride and most ships weren’t going to let someone like him ship out with them. So he did the logical thing and hide inside a barrel.

But there were some problems.

For one thing, he wasn’t aware of what part of Canelux they were going to port at. The second, and the most important part after he was discovered, was that he was on a pirate ship. Nothing like having several swords pointed at your throat to start the day. Quickly Zane surrendered and was brought up onto the deck where the captain, a middle-aged man with a quick temper, stared daggers onto the young man.

“Hey, Capt. Where…we going?”, he spoke with a nervous smile.

“Shaddap, boy! You know who ya dealin’ with?”, the captain spoke with a cough before he lit his pipe and took some quick puffs of it.

“You know, smoking might be bad for your health.”

A quick gesture from the captain and a punch to the gut later, Zane quickly fell quiet.

“That’s a good lad. Tell me why you are abroad my vessel.”

Zane coughed as he tried to talk through the pain. “Well, I need a ride to the mainland. It seemed like a good idea at the time, bucko.” This time he took a punch to the face before he was dropped onto the ground. “Ah, you’ll see land again, but once we reach Vilpamolan, we…”

“Whoa, whao, whao.” Zane groaned not only from being these pirates’ punching bag but also from realizing that he was heading to the wrong place. Hell, he was heading towards the worse place imaginable. “Dammit. Say Capt, let’s head someplace else…Heard Mamlak is good around this time of year. Or maybe Adeluna?”

The captain ignored them as his promise was fulfilled the moment they could see that they were approaching land. “Sularia? Don’t you wanna have some pretty women on your arm before your years catch up?”
“Shaddap, boy. Don’t care who ya are, but you might fetch a pretty coin once we set anchor there”, he replied, much to his captive’s dislike.

Well, fuck.

It was hours before they reached the infernal city and the crew marched off the ship with poor Zane being dragged about like some kind of cattle. Gods only knew who the hell would want to buy him. Even worse was what would he be used for? Well, once they got into the heart of the city, Zane decided that he wasn’t going to find out the hard way and once the pirates got too damn comfortable in their guard, the lad bum-rushed one of them and scattered in the midst of the confusion. He would have loved to seek out help, but this was like the one place in all of Canelux that not only didn’t give a damn about troublemaking, but it thrived on it.

So that’s all he could, was run until he managed to elude them enough for him to seek out shelter in a rather overcrowded tavern.