TBAY Stoned!Harry

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No: HPFGUIDX 38680

It's a balmy day in Theory Bay where the Big Bang destroyer sits at anchor. 
There being hardly a swell, Eloise (who suffers from sea-sickness) feels it's 
safe to roll out a steamer chair and has just setled down with a good book 
when she becomes aware of a sudden flurry of activity on deck. The crew are 
suddenly engaged in furious activity, swabbing the deck, polishing portholes, 
burnishing the cannons. The other passengers all suddenly seem to remember 
other things they have to do and disappear. 

The reason for all this activity soon becomes apparent: striding purposefully 
along the deck comes Captain Cindy, bearing a roll of parchment and a large 
paddle, symbol of her Toughness. She's muttering under her breath. Eloise 
can't quite catch what she's saying, mu.......mutton, is it? How kind, thinks 
Eloise. Beneath that Tough exterior, Cindy's really a sweetie. That parchment 
must be the lunch menu. Fancy the Captain bringing it round herself.

Eloise looks up, innocently.
"Hello, Cindy."
Cindy fixes her with an intent gaze. Eloise isn't sure that it's friendly. 
Cindy finally articulates clearly what she's been muttering under her breath. 
It isn't anything to do with lunch.
"Mutiny? Me? Look, it wasn't my idea to move the Snapetheories out. I might 
have helped a bit, but you can't honestly ........I mean.... I thought you'd 
cut a deal with Dicentra....didn't you?"

Captain Cindy, it appears, has been on one of her periodic cabin inspections. 
She unrolls the parchment. 
"Look", she says, with an unpleasant gleam in her eye, "Proof!"

Eloise takes the parchment, which does indeed contain an unfortunate 
reference to 'taking over' the Big Bang. It is unquestionably in Eloise's 
handwriting. She was even careless enough to sign it.
"Oh.......," falters Eloise. "But I didn't mean......"
Cindy clearly isn't impressed by this show of eloquence and starts to finger 
the paddle impatiently. Perhaps it isn't a symbol, after all.
"This is *MY* ship...." thunders Cindy, coming still closer. 
Eloise clambers backwards of the steamer chair and begins to back towards the 
rail.
"Of course it is, Cindy...err...Captain."

Cindy is eying the kayak tied up along side meaningfully. Eloise gets the 
message and dives overboard. Never a strong swimmer, she goes under and 
swallows large quantities of sea water. Surfacing for the third time and 
flailing about uncontrollably, Eloise is afraid she is about to meet her 
maker, when suddenly a figure comes strolling nonchalantly across the water.
"Hello," he says, "Guess who?"

Stoned!Harry hooks Eloise out of the water and into the kayak. She takes the 
paddles and rows furiously to the other side of the Bay, where she is helping 
Diana to move into a small, tasteful gothic castle with sea views. All that 
roaming from ship to ship carrying her cannons was getting too much for her. 
And the champagne kept spilling.

Eloise
who has realised that she did indeed carelessly post those incriminating 
words doesn't want to lead others astray.
Are we really still squashed in that kayak, or have we been welcomed aboard? 
I'm a little unclear.

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