He's had asthma attacks before. Kind of a pain, but a fact of life. Not even that scare, since he has a rescue inhaler.
It's not here. It's probably downstairs, and if Theo weren't in the middle of making breakfast his uncanny Scott- sense would have already kicked in- but instead, he's downstairs, and doesn't notice until Scott has already tumbled down the stairs.
When he hits his head against the wall, Theo is rushing to his side, but he's already gone.
"Cook it? I don't know. Hey, you with the voice, got anything to say about the shark?"
He puts the coins in his pockets, holds the tent in one hand and the lantern in the other.
"Do you think we'll need the jar?"
"You could put the tent in the jar, if it'll fit. What's the plan, ride the shark out of here?"
"Of course you're going to ride a shark, I don't know what I was expecting. Okay, go ahead. I'll float."
The shark starts swimming towards the bigger Island. It's very tame and doesn't try to drown Theo.
He rides the shark, and soon enough, gets off at the island.
He pats the shark to thank it for a job well done.
The shark does move a bit deeper into the water, but doesn't do anything else. The little mermaid tune is still playing.
Once they reach the sand the pirate's trunk materializes while Theo isn't looking. Scott catches a handful of red dots appearing in the ground and then the trunk fading on back into reality.
The red dots fade once the trunk is all the way solid.
The chest is the same chest they left behind on the islet.
"Oh, we're getting to the thing about the witches? This should be good."
"Right. So witches exist! It's pretty terrible, they mostly eat souls and commune with demons, don't ever talk to a witch. Anyway, a witch made me because she- he?- they were bored. Also as proof of concept. There's a whole long, boring story that I won't get into, since we're on a magical island."
"Magical construct, science experiment, unholy abomination- take your pick."
He reaches out for a second before dropping his arms awkwardly.
"Okay. So I'm a ghost, right? That's what we're going with?"
"That'd be my guess. Whoever designed this probably wasn't planning on both of being here, all of that stuff about ahead injury- I think it was just for you. We can use that."
Nod.
"You stay here, I can probably take a quick tour of the island-"
He pauses.
"I don't think I'm floating, that's kind of disappointing. Why would ghosts have to walk?"
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