Metanoia

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You ran across the wall before the bounty took a sharp turn, letting you land on the floor once more. With slightly more stable ground, you and Wu started to run forward and deeper into the bounty. You stumbled and grabbed onto a pole on the side of the wall when the ship tilted downwards, a box flying out from the room in front of you. You winced as you watched the box hit Zane and knock him out for a good short seconds, the ship rebalancing.

Stumbling into the room, you were met with many objects sliding across the flooring, making it harder to locate what you needed. Though you hated digging around peoples rooms without permission, you knew what you had to do and ran for the desk. While Wu tried to look for some paper, you dug around through the drawers of the desk, searching for ink.

You were stressed out while doing so, your mind running many blanks as you kept tearing things out of the drawers. Wu was also trying his hardest to search the room as best as he could, but he managed to run up empty handed. You let out a light gasp and your hand dug forward, objects flying out as your gloved hand dug through and grabbed the bottle of ink.

Pulling the bottle close to your face, you nodded to yourself when you read the label, turning over to see face the old man. "Wu, I found some ink-!" You let out a scream when the bounty lurched once more, throwing you onto the back wall harshly. The ink slipped from your hands and crashed onto the wall, painting a spot of it black.

With little choices available to him, Wu tossed and rolled his staff on the wall, picking up the ink and engraving it on the wooden object. One his staff had enough ink on it, he quickly tossed it onto the opposite wall, a pattern showing up on it. You let out a sigh of relief as you landed on the floor once more, now stumbling out into the hall with Wu at your side.

Emerging in the hall, your eyes widened when you saw a hole in the bounty, Kai holding onto a piece of wood while hanging on the outside. Morro was laughing loudly as he used his wind to try and blow Kai off the ship, it slowly working. You were about to question where Zane was when you heard a distorted groan from the side of you, the white Ninja sitting on the ground.

Offering a hand to him, Zane took it and stood up, towering over you as he turned to see where Kai was. "You want the staff? Take it!" Wu shouted towards Morro before tossing the wooden object out of the hole, everyone's eyes widening. Running forward, you tailed behind Zane as you watched Kai start to slip off the wood he was holding onto.

Before Kai could fall, Zane laid on the ground and grasped his gloved hand into Kai's catching him. "Got you!" Zane expressed as he pulled Kai up with a grunt, the red Ninja sitting down onto the wood with a sigh. Everyone stumbled and fell over as the ship took a deep plunge, the ground slowly getting closer and closer into view.

Swallowing a lump in your throat, you covered your head and closed your eyes as the bounty crashed into a tree line. The ride down was bumpy and uncomfortable, everyone being tossed around while you crashed. The whole time it felt agonizingly slow, so when the ship stopped moving and simply groaned, you let out a gasp of relief, taking your hands off your head.

Stumbling over to the hole in to ship, you stood in between Kai and Zane as you peaked outwards and to the forest. "Okay, let's never do that again." Kai groaned out as he leaned onto the side of the ship, Zane giving his friend a cautious look. After a long while, you let out a sigh and rubbed your eyes, a sudden wave of nausea and sleep running over you.

You groggily blinked your eyes opened and turned around when you heard a few pairs of footsteps rushing over. "Ah, just think, if Sensei hadn't gotten rid of the staff, it could've been worse!" Jay shouted outwards, making you flinch at the tone he was using, Nya walking up to stand right beside him. You narrowed your eyes at the flooring as you tuned out the words that everyone exchanged while checking to see if they were okay.