With some grub in our bellies, we pushed onward to adventure!
We stayed along the coast as directed looking for a sign.
Our cohorts had been given a secret message for a special mission.
I had instructed Lady and the Tramp to pick up this message earlier in the day while awaiting our arrival.
Lady led the way as the Pirate Princess, the First Mate, and I followed behind.
The Maiden and X stayed to protect the Tramp who was being helped by a strange vehicle.
But that tale is for the Maiden to tell.
[Authors Note: Boxmasters Dad was using an ECV this trip.]
Our adventure would soon take us across the globe.
Along the way, we stopped for a portrait nicely framing that gigantic sphere between this here Torii of the Orient.
Then, somewhere near the piazzas of Italy, we found what we were in search of
KP marked the spot!
A peasant dressed in purple and yellow gave us two communication devices.
Voices from the device then directed us back to the Orient.
Twas a hunt tasked to us by the Pirates Lords of the Orient!
We split up into smaller groups so we could find the treasure faster.
The First Mate and I headed in one direction:
While Lady and the Princess went the opposite way.
The mission had us scouring the Orient in search of clues.
At one point, the First Mate and I even threw up our hands as we could not locate the special bonsai tree.
Finally, after probably walking past it several times, we found it a corner Ive never been to before.
Next, we had to receive magical signals within the Zen rock garden.
These Oriental Pirate Lords sure did make finding their hidden treasure difficult!
From time to time, we even passed our crewmates as both teams were intent to beat the others.
Drums provided a soundtrack to our adventure as these landlubbers even tried to throw us off course!
We pressed on but ran into some difficulty when a third drummer arrived making the sound deafening as we stood behind them trying to locate the next landmark.
Despite the efforts of the drummers, the First Mate and I were able to decipher the code and re-establish the balance of the elements.
There mustve been some voodoo at work here to knock nature off course so badly.
Soon enough, within the Japanese marketplace we found the culprit a steel machine bent on total destruction!!
We subdued it mere moments before Lady and the Princess arrived to do the same!
To our dismay, the Oriental Pirate Lords did
not leave a treasure behind.
Instead this wench on our communicator thanked us for saving the world.
By now, the Maiden had arrived with X and the Tramp.
Placing the magical devices into our pockets, we decided the heat had paid its toll on us and we tried a Japanese delicacy Kaki Gori.
This frozen concoction was worthwhile but, alas, we were still in search of riches.
So the entire crew headed back to the African coastline with our eyes peeled.
And now who do you think us riff rats, street rats, scoundrels, vandals, and thieves found?
A former thief now with a new crew - a
rich crew.
Hmmmm - this may just work to our advantage after all...
did you take it yourself? Photoshop it? Scan it from another picture? I 
it!
, they definitely make the treasures you take home more fun!
(I know, you'll never answer that one -- at least publicly. 
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