COSTASIELLA

Costasiella laid on the deck, with her green tendrils spread like a fan to catch the sun's rays.

DING DING!!

She snapped out of her dozing, ready to fight as she frantically looked around.

"S̸͎̀o̶̰͂ṛ̵̉r̸͍̀ỷ̸̩, Costasiella!" Travis apologetically called from the helm, his hand still on the rope for the ship's bell.

The dragoo slightly relaxed as she looked at her captain. Though she didn't understand his words, she at least understood his meaning. She nodded to him like she understood as she retracted her tendrils, then looked around. Large cliffs with a castle built into the walls loomed above them, with stone piers jutting out from the water. Winged creatures, both giant and tiny, flew alongside and above the cliffs.

She heard Marin start to retract the sails as they neared the port. She focused on the earthen docks, then grabbed one of the main mooring lines. The dragoo spread all of the tendrils along her back and flattened them. With a single flap, she took off from the deck and glided towards the dock, the rope flapping in the wind and brushing the waves.

When she arrived, Costasiella landed on the stone structure and pulled the boat into place. As she wrapped the rope around a mooring point and tied the boat to the stone pier, a grey beastoid approached. The dragoo noticed a silver crystal pendant hanging from his neck that moved with each of his steps.

"Welcome to Havenous. What business do you have here, and how can I help you?" he spoke in a calm tone.

Costasiella looked at the being in shock. "Oh! I can understand you!" She grinned in excitement, glad to finally be able to properly communicate with someone.

"Yes," he fingered the pendant on his neck. "This is a translator charm, it allows me to hear and speak every language, it gives me the ability to speak Universal." He smiled softly, "and that brings me back to my question: what brings you to Havenous?"

Costastiella blinked, then briefly hesitated. "Oh, well, Paragon said we should come here. Horizon would be able to help us."

"Paragon?" His eyes brightened in recognition. "Yes, she is correct in saying we will help you here. How did you meet the lovely white ship herself? It is unusual for her to be absent when people arrive. Usually, she brings people here herself."

The dragoo hesitated, her tendrils drooping slightly. "Paragon couldn't be here.... She... she sank fighting the black ship."

The man's face and ears drooped as if someone poured a bucket of water over his head. "Oh, oh dear." He grievously hung his head.

Costasiella slowly nodded, downcast.

Travis approached, stepping onto the earthworks. "Ȟ̴̬e̵͇̎l̷̼̏l̷̬͆o̶̕ͅ,̸̱̇ ̷͇͘ŝ̸͎i̷̛͜ŕ̶͙," he nodded.

"I'm sorry to hear about Paragon." the Havenous portmaster spoke to Travis.

Travis slowly nodded. "Ť̷̖ḧ̷̝́a̴̧͠ń̷̖k̸͉͝ ̸͚̄y̴̜̓o̴͇͆ũ̶͕.̶͔̿ ̵̖̇S̷͉̉h̷̲̚ẹ̴̓ ̵̰̏l̶͓͠e̴̘͝f̵̱͘t̷̝̒ ̸̜̅a̵̘͋ ̴̰̚l̶͎̍ẹ̴͆t̸͖͆t̸̡͌e̴̟̔r̸͙̓ ̸̯͑s̵̬͘ä̵͜y̷̧͒ị̵̆ǹ̷͇g̷̢̈́ ̷̦̏Q̷̘̀ú̵͍ẹ̶͑e̷̼̒ǹ̵̹ ̵͎̓H̵̤̓o̵̮̓ŕ̷̢i̷̟̊z̸̗̔ó̵̢n̴̻̈́ ̷͘ͅw̴̺̍o̵̺͋u̴͙̓l̵̹̍d̷̑ͅ ̸͕͝b̶͉̐e̸͖͂ ̴͇̃a̵̝͝b̶̟͗l̷̦̋ë̸̩́ ̵̨̕ṱ̵͝o̴͙̊ ̸̓͜h̷̛̩ḛ̵͝l̷̪̈p̴̛͜ ̸͙͒ṳ̸̾s̸̪̔.̴̮̚ ̶̟͐C̵̛͎o̷͇̒u̴̬̍l̸̉͜ḑ̵̒ ̵͇̑w̷̲͑e̸̛̦ ̸̯͌s̸̰̒c̶̨͂h̶̳͝e̶̪͋d̴̤̐ú̸̻l̵̜͛e̸̢̓ ̶̨͝ä̵̤́n̶͈͝ ̸̢͆a̸̫͠ú̴̬d̶̾ͅí̵̮e̵̼͘n̴̛̜c̸̰̎ë̴̹́?"

"Yes, I can contact her majesty." The beastoid nodded. "I will return soon with news." He turned and hurriedly traveled back up the dock.

Is Horizon a Limax? Costasiella nervously looked at Travis but calmed when he gave her a reassuring smile. The dragoo smiled a bit in return, trusting her captain.

Author Note!

The crew made it to Havenous after a long journey! Hopefully Horizon can help them!
Next chapter is going to be longer, I promise!