The Warubozu Usagi

At midnight

In Omihachiman city, Shiga, Japan

The crew of the Black Flea parked the Baby Black Flea near Lake Biwa, in Omihachiman, to explore the Hachiman-bori (canal), the fully reconstructed Azuchi Castle of Oda Nobunaga, then to go shopping. They never made it to the shops. It's nearly 10:00 pm.

S: Warui, this is your fault.

WU: Come on Syvil. We all agreed to take the boat to the wetlands.

S: I distinctly recall saying, “I don't know, Wu-chan, this seems like a really bad idea, maybe we should just stick to the Hachiman-bori area.”

WU: But you agreed on it.

S: Only because you got Red and Shoko to agree to do it and I didn't want to be the one you'd blame.

RP: To be fair, I only agreed because Cap really wanted to go explore the wetlands and I didn't want to say no.

SM: I thought Red wanted to go and I didn't want to say no to him.

WU: Well look on the bright side, the snow and the moon make it easy to see where we're going.

S: (staring with angry face at Wu-chan) But we're LOST.

WU:(looking back Syvil with big eyes) And how is it that our navigator can't find her way back?

S: (angrier look) These maps are wrong!

SM: I hope Meri is fine being all alone this long in the Baby Black Flea.

RP: Cap, you're cleaning the poop up.

WU: (pointing to bright lights in the distance) Just follow the lights.

S: (big sigh) That doesn't work. The canals don't go straight back, silly. They feed all the ag fields in the valley. Call the police for help.

WU: Who, me?

S: Yes, you. You got us into this.

WU: Okay I tell you what, we'll follow my intuition for the next 30 minutes and if we don't reach the main canal, I'll call the police for help.

RP: Sounds good, Cap.

SM: Mmm, okay.

S: Fine.

Two hours later, after going into Lake Biwa and going around in circles, the crew of the Black Flea has found their way back to town, just before midnight.

WU: Yatta!

S: Baka! We took longer than 30 minutes and we went around in circles.

WU: (pointing one finger up with a big grin) Just once! That was exciting, wasn't it?

SM: Could have been worse, we could have lost power on the boat in the middle of Lake Biwa, and drifted to the middle of the lake.

RP: Oh yeah, that would have been bad.

WU: But we didn't! Are we lucky or what?

The crew is walking back to the Baby Black Flea.

S: I'm telling Meri it was your fault. She's going to resent you for a while.

WU: Nah, she loves me. I'm her papa.

Door opens and Meri is barking excitedly and jumps onto Wu-chan.

WU: No, no! Oh gawd, Meri, how did you get yourself covered in poop?

S: (laughing, then gagging) Eww, this smells so bad! Come on Shoko and Red, we're getting a hotel room for the night while Warui cleans up the ship and Meri.

WU: Guys, aren't you going to help?

RP, SM, S: Nope.

WU: Guys. C'mon. Guys? Guys? You're coming back, right? Please? Oh gawd.

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— The Warubozu Usagi