"whoa whoa whoa! nobody said anything about making bjork anything! i refuse to take part in holding her down while you go at it." erich shakes his head."no way,no how!"

erica considers for a second and takes a pair of handcuffs out of her pocket."lets do it.i call dibs on her wardrobe!"

"yeah.it cant be that hard to find. we buy a starmap from some shady guy in downtown Reykjavik ,it should only have bjork's house listed.how many other icelandic stars can you name?" erich says excitedly.

erica pipes up."pixie is from iceland."

"no she isnt.natalya'b boobs must have gave you a concussion,pixie is from finland." karoliena says while pouring herself another white russian. "anybody else want another?"

"so like i was saying," erich continues and nods for another white russian. "we buy the map,find bjork's house and rock the fuck out of her before she releases icelandic super hounds on us.sorry tony. if need be,we let the dogs have chloe. she is the most disposable out of us."

karoliena brings tony another white russian. "i ran out of fxings,it's mainly just vodka."

erich thinks for moment."sorry tony....unless we feed ada to the dogs.it has to be chloe.it wouldnt be fair to the people who arent chloe or you to not feed chloe to the dogs."

erica smiles at sam widely."it will be so much fun...unlike the poor sea turtle who is going to eat that can you threw overboard and fucking die."

erica looks crushed"but its just a poor sea turtle,he dont know any better! he is just minding his turtle business."

erich considers for second. "sorry,erica.i'm with sam on this one. sam could be doing the world a favor.that sea turtle could grow up to be gamera. then what? one lone can coulda saved tokyo,but nooooo ,erica wanted to save the turtles."

"oh,because i'm japanese,it has to be gamera? that is such bullshit." erica looks pissed.

"in his defense,japan does seem to have the market cornered on large monsters."


the duke glides to a halt beside a dock. the whir of the the ships docking servos is deafening,but soon subsides.

Nichole drags herself on to the deck. "Where are we?" She asks through a yawn.

erica gets up off the floor,where she seemingly passed out. she grabs a bottle of vodka and a lighter,then heads back to the depths of the ship to her room and natalya.

Erica stands in her room for a second,looking rather perplexed. She sighs and puts her bottle down. She slowly walks outto join Natalya. She stands a comfortable distance away. " miss natycakes? What's wrong?" Erica looks out over the water.

Erica inches slowly over until she is standing beside Natalya. She puts her hands on the rail and looks over to Natalya."....good morning....can I hold one of those?" Erica motions to th cigarette.

Erica smiles over her shoulder at Natalya. She reaches back to touch Natalya's cheek. Erica takes a drag off the cigarette and coughs slightly ." Damn these things are harsh." She presses her back into Natalya." Yes,it's so beautiful out here. I love it. It makes living on a rusty old ship worth it." Erica takes a deep breath. " what's wrong natycakes?"

Erica shakes her head." I usually never smoke cigarettes unless I'm around people who do. I can smoke weed all day long,but tobacco is harsh." She giggles and brings Natalya's hand to her lips and kisses it. She looks up at the sea and smiles. " well..." Erica starts." Earlier you pushed me away....you never have done that." Erica try's not to sound as hurt as she feels.