@Eruantien @Shinku⭐Kun @Kagayours
Luna half-shut her eyes in an unamused expression.
"Seriously....?" There was a major lack of 'teleporty' magic in the group. You'd think Death themselves would have to have
some way of getting to their harvests. Either way, she made a mental note to find some method of teleporting in the near future.
Just then, a large anomaly appeared in front of them, conveniently labeled. Yes! Luna absolutely loved this school sometimes. Before Key had even told her to, Luna had already begun to turn the raft and sped towards it, only to suddenly come to a full stop as the water nearby breached.
"Grrrr...." Growling, Luna once again sped straight for it, but it was too late, the opening was gone.
"Oh, come on!"
As Key pointed out the distant landmass, Luna sighed and adjusted course, at a much slower pace. Keeping up all this paddling was exhausting, mentally. Luna replied to Key's small talk with a lack of the enthusiasm she had before,
"Can any of you even die? Killing Death sounds like a bit of an oxymoron to me. I can guarantee you that I can die though, so yes, I'm pretty darn stressed."
Meanwhile, in the distance, a small brown object began to approach....
"Can't ye row any faster? I hav'ta spend one more day on these godforsaken sewer-seas and ye'll be walkin' the plank!"
A plain young man in a tattered coat and pirate hat sat, arms crossed, in a rowboat speeding across the air 20 feet above the water. Likely the plank he was referring to was the entire boat. Opposite him floated a small UFO that appeared to be emitting light onto a similarly-aged young lady, whose elegant appearance directly opposed his. She looked especially out-of-place in the swampy atmosphere, and not the sort of person that was used to rowing boats.
"Then do it. At least I'll finally be rid of you." Miatalin glared at her 'kidnapper', as if she was trying to guilt him into taking a turn rowing. It failed.
"Aye, I'll consider it. Now row faste--" Kayden was cut off by a wheezing cough that lasted a few seconds.
"Arr, of all the space rocks in the stars, why'd ye go pick this dump?"
"You asked me for the most secluded planet in the galaxy. Here we are. It's not my fault if you don't like it." Mia shrugged and smirked a bit, almost like a mischievous genie that'd got the best of her wisher.
"Bah!"
The next 5 minutes were passed in silence, Kayden leaning back in a relaxed position with Miatalin working hard to row the ship forward. The silence was finally broken as Kayden spotted something mysterious. Grabbing his spyglass from the various junk filling the bottom of the ship, he removed the gold cap, extended it and brought it to his right eye.
"Arrr.... Witches."
Luna's first reaction when she noticed a fast-approaching object was to bolt the
other way, but a closer look brought her relief. It wasn't another monster. In fact, it looked to be a person! A guy.... in a flying rowboat. Well, she'd seen weirder before. Arguably.
"Hooooi!" Luna jumped and waved her arms, looking genuinely happy to see him. He was evidence this world might have intelligent life.
"Sir, we could use some directio--" THWUMP! The stranger had instantly whipped out a strange looking gun and shot her with some strange, squishy, white object. Was that a marshmallow?
"Silence, witch! Ye'll not be cursin' me with yer sorcery t'day!" As he spoke, the weapon he'd fired appeared to fold in on itself and slowly adopt a new form: this time a pistol, with a stretched out rubber band already armed and ready.
Luna found herself wearing her unamused look for a second time in a very short period. Okay. She was used to dealing with people less intelligent than herself. She could handle this.
"Fine, no curses. Could you just point us to the nearest town?"
Noticing a terrifyingly familiar UFO shape trying to peek over the edge of the boat, Luna froze, glaring at it.
"The Empire...." she muttered, just loud enough for those on the boat to hear.
The strange pirate must've noticed her reaction, as he turned to see the UFO hovering just high enough to see out of the boat.
"I ordered ye ta stay down, ye infernal frisbee!" He pushed her back down into the boat before returning his attention to the raft-goers.
"I ain't fool enough ta be sendin' four witches straight ta civilization. I tell ye what though: I be willin' ta make a deal. Ye warps me an' me ship somewhere nice with yer witchcraft, and I'll be pointin' ya to the freshest innocent hearts ye'll ever feast on, savvy?" Kayden finished his offer by firing the rubber band towards the raft itself.