A sunny afternoon in Esior's cove, at the coast
Are four sylesties:
A small yet ferocious Nytekrie, Halcyone
Sargon, a stoic Qitari
& two Luffoxes, Lyu & Aki.

Building a castle in the sand,
Were Aki & Halcyone.
Under the shade of an umbrella,
Were Sargon & Lyu.

All was fine & dandy-
When dark clouds start to rapidly covers the beach.
A storm was coming.

Quickly they went for shelter,
Huddled together
Halcyone & Aki protecting.
Bracing for the change in weather
A typhoon fast approaching.

The wind howled,
leaves, branches, trees flew.
A distance noise made it through

The storm now passed,
Warily, they take a peek,
A shipwreck
With a captain & their crew!

Who they were, there was no mistake
On their flag, an eclipse.
Lyu exclaimed
"That's the pirate crew, the Hooded Swashbucklers!"

"The Hooded Swashbucklers?" Halcyone asked
"Aren't they like the Robin Hood of the seas?" Aki chimed.
"That they are, old friends of mine!"
Lyu explained, as he trotted to greet his old friends.

An Aeridini glided off the ship, their eyes filled with recognition-
"Lyuuu, it's been so long! How are you?" The Aeridini greeted.
"Good, but how are you & your crew? Not hurt I hope"
"We're just fine! That Kraken did a fair bit of damage, they tossed us into the storm, but we'll manage"

"Good to hear you're all ok"
Lyu replied.
After some introductions, Arezo looked around.
"Ah, we landed at Esiors Cove! Just the place we were heading!"
"Why's that?" Asked Sargon.

"For treasure of course!"
Arezo excitedly pulls out a map.
"See? We found it in a bottle!"

"The X mark is near some rat looking thing-"
"Oh that's the rat rock!!" Exclaimed Halcyone.
"It's not too far from here!"

They walked along the beach,
Reminiscing on the way,
On times with old & new friends, they quickly bonded.

Soon enough they arrive at the rat rock.
The treasure, they hoped, not too far out of reach.

They locate the spot, & so they start digging.
They dug into the evening.
When a *thunk* stopped their movements.

Gathering around, they pulled out the chest.
Breaking the lock, they open the chest to see-

"A piece of paper?" Aki sighed.
"A note, letter of you will" clarified Sargon.
"Well I know-"
"What's it say?" Interrupted Halcyone.

Arezo picked up the note & began to read
"If you were found this using a map, expecting treasure.
You will get it soon enough, I assure you.
In order to get it, I must deem you worthy.
As I take you on a journey..."