"M-Mar-Syl?!" Leroy questioned
"Long time no see, aye straw hat?" She said as she leapt down into the monster that was attempting to get back up…But before it could another Fireworks explosion reverberated outward! Destroying and shattering the glass!
"Heh…Heheh…" He chuckled to himself, but a questioning look came over his face "Are…Are you real?" He asked "Oh sweet baby. Here take this…"
They walked over and pat Leroy on the back, bending forward. She then pulled a- Pomegranate from a pouch on her hip and handed it to Leroy. "Eat. A Pom of Power. It'll get rid of any of those nasty effects. The prison breeds them for any Officers that come in contact with a myriad of the Levels contagions."
"Unfortunately for us and the world. They have a turnover rate of years. Not only do they take for ever to ripen to have any effect, but 90% of them fail to reach maturity and rot." Leroy listened as he pinched the seed and popped it in his mouth. In moments he felt clarity come over his mind. Poms had a neurological effect, easing the mind, stress, and flooding the system with small dose of endorphins while the rest purged the system of any and all toxins and contagions. Poisons, Toxins, Disease thats in the gut, and Sickness as well. Even terminal and chronic issues were eased for a few moments.
A gasp came from Leroys lips, eyes widening! His mind felt clear, and any imagines were flushed away! Even that aching hurt in his stomach and heart of sadness was gone!
"I pop em like candy. But theres only so much that it can do. It'll keep you lucid and focused for a few hours. Well long enough for us to get out of here-" Crash! An explosion sounded out from the far end of the building! The thudding of guards sounded out! Scrapping against the smooth sandpaper like ground also reported!
"Shit! More of those Narcisa's are coming!" Mar-Syl said, grabbing Leroys wrist and pulling him along "A Narcisa?"
"Yeah! Those Mere things! They were part of what you were hearing. They're vocal cords create a unique frequency that causes the mind to hear what it wants! That hole you came in. Must've passed straight through a giant cloud of the Maharaurava Gas!"
"Yeah…Now that you say it…" Leroy said. Thinking back to that mist he went through before getting hit by the weather "That makes sense…" He gave an almost embarrassed smile at just how stupid he felt for falling for it
"Hey don't feel to bad by what you saw. Nothing wrong with it. But Bonney kept repeating the word sparrow. Guess he must love birds huh? Who the hell thinks of Birds when they're hit with a gas to make them see what their heart most desires?!"
"Oh! You got bonny too?!" Leroy asked
"Yeah. You are too fast to catch, so I went after them first. Took me almost an hour to catch you!" Syl revealed.
"An hour?! Fuck me! We gotta go! I gotta get down to the bottom level!" Leroy rushed forward ahead of Mar-Syl
"What?! Why! Hey! I'm the one who knows the way around! Slow down!"
"I need to get down to the bottom level. My brothers down there! And I gotta bust him out before his execution!"
"Huh? Who?!"
"Eudora D. Azar!"
"What?! Second in Command of the Red Beard Pirates?! Yeah hes down there…I think. But we don't exactly worry about those down there. Far to hard to get to and worry about. Very loose tabs…"
"We?" Leroy stopped.
"Yeah, what you think Im all here like a rebel without a cause?" She said swaying her hips "All nice and accesorized Jumper? Nope. Me and Diva with the Ferry"
"No. Not Fairy…Like that." She said. "Well maybe…Plenty of them are quite queer…"
"Anyway! We've been getting a lot of the prisoners who get loose and congregate in a secret place of the Prison. If we can't break out. Might as well make something of it right!" She smiled.
"Well Lead the way then!" Leroy said, letting Mar pass him
"Finally…You're back." Bonney said as Mar-Syl entered into a hollow wall where a bench and a small pantry sat. Bonney and Quinn sat on a bench on the wall. The former leaning on the latter.
"You know usually people like you wouldn't be even in here mister…So I'd watch the tone." Mar-Syl said with a palpable sass and cock of her hip, hand bent in a gesture
"Yeah yeah. Thanks and whatever." Bonney huffed.
"Red Sash?" Mar-Syl looked to Leroy as she closed the door behind them. "Ya?"
"You feel like you'll be good for a…Long walk?" She thumbed behind her to where a dark door way sat. "Uhh…I don't know if my feet can take that. If I walk for too long they start hurting…"
"I'm sure I can carry you." She leaned down "If you're a good boy." Leroy leaned back. "Heh I guess I'll keep you to your word." Leroys cadence in that moment were the same as it always was. Casual, Quick, Zippy, but not rushed. Even when met with a flirt like Syl, he was quick
"Hee~" Syl grinned. "Then lets get going."
They all looked into the Dark door frame "So…What is it?" Quinn was the first to ask with the same bubbly voice as before "Its a Stair case that the Ferry has built for quite a long while. At different points in the prison theres larger gaps in the walls due to pressure from the sea and for stability."
"This Stair Case leads down to 'Shawshank'. A subfloor beneath Erebus a level where-"
"I already know about Erebus and the other levels. Bonney told me."
"Ah. I see. Well. Its beneath there. And we use it to get into the the rest of the prison. This case only goes down so far. So starting at Erebus, one can then take this Stair Case to this level, and then up to the top. Or from Erebus, Down via tunnels and ways from Shawshank."
"Thats…Confusing." Leroy said as they began walking. Mar-Syl using a finger with a sparkler at the end, illuminating the hall in pink as he continue walking down
"Eh. Well it works. Thats all that matters."