Chapter 10B Curiosities

Here Josh is not put on the look-out, or on crow's nest, he is on watch on the ship. When landing... sailors and pirates would take turns to go to shore. Some of them were left on board to keep an eye on the sails, the rudder and the ship itself to keep it safe.

One never knew... somebody could try to attack, commandeer and steal the ship or the treasure away. So apparently Josh is on the first turn of watch.

But you'll see that he'll get to go to shore on the second turn while usually he should have gone on the third turn, the night one, for a particular reason that I will explain in the next update.

The clog came from the upper deck. Cat takes the clogs off only when he climbs hand-over-fist... He then jumped down like he did that one time he gave the hairband to Feetsie.

Kes is in a very good mood. Even so her behavior gets more and more confusing. Why? Because she is a human being. When it comes to Cassandra things cannot go the usual, obvious way, it's because of her upbringing mainly.

I'll write a long P.S. at the end of this post to clear some things out a little better.

Do you know what focaccia is?

It's a type of flat bread - I could not draw it flat here otherwise it would have looked like a brick.

So I shaped him more elongated and round almost like a panino...

in some places, in the South, focaccia can be oval shaped.

Why does she have two? Is she really upset?

I'll tell you at the end of the post.

I need to clarify one thing about wedding proposal now.

Wedding proposals did not exist. Particularly a man would not go and ask to the girl he wants, he'd go and deal with the closest male relative whether she likes it or not.

Cassandra has been given an option that is unheard of: a man offered himself as a husband to her directly.

That's why she goes "what?" "what?" "what?" and when she thinks: "why did he propose" she does not use that word on the contemporary meaning of wedding proposal. She means to say "why did he propose himself as a husband?"... again she is doubting herself, hence the shallaling answers "of course, he likes us".

The first time this FFFF happened... they were fighting over marriage.

Only the first time he was telling her that nobody would ever want to marry such a spinster... now he is the one proposing.

Both times Kane passes by and does the "put a sock in it" thingy.

If this were to be an adventurous comic... this event here, this image, would mark the end of a saga. I end here a first arc for Wes and Kes which marks the conquest of familiarity. If their first FFFF fight marks my first plot point where everything is lost and the pursue begins, this second FFF marks plot point two where everything is found (but the pursue doesn't completely end). Wes has gone from black to white in less than 3 months, now he has to start a new arc which will help him develop his personality further.

We are approaching our first rite of passage and this chapter marks a second, big behavioral milestone.

It wasn't water... what was it then? What Pea was about to dump in the sea... is the content of the bucket the girls use as toilet! So... poor Josh!

Tonno is bald so he is moping.

Jacopo and Jules don't want to get a haircut from Pifo because they think about Rose and the poor doctor.

Still I do believe that if he were a real person today... Pifo could be Lady Gaga's hairdresser! XDD

The doctor's new hairdo... uncovers his neck. So okay... it wasn't even and one strand of hair was still very very long and he needed a proper look... but... Did she get distracted thinking too much... did she do it on purpose... or were her hands hijacked by the shallaling thingies?

Fact is now the neck is right there... at eye level... lots of drooling to come.

Castalia does not understand what Kane is talking about and believes he is waiting for her boobies to grow up.

The fact she does not understand the topic of his sentence.... proves the man right and that's why he thinks that his wait shall be pretty long.

Even though she has Lio for a sister (whose influence is maybe more obvious on Callista)... Castalia was raised by 3 nuns and spent most of her life focusing on making swords.

She is basically clueless and would need one of those explanatory fable about flowers and bees, I'm afraid!

There are two questions to be answered here: will you marry me and are you saying you'll never marry me.

Now Kes just said she will never say "yes". But if she answers "yes" to the second questions... she is denying what she just said: "I will never say yes". Anything else she says, even if she were to use another word or another sentence, would still be either negative or affirmative hence she has no way out.

She accepts a wedding proposal by saying "no". That will become very typical of Kes.

P.s. about Kes.

The Doctor is becoming very good at understanding what is going on with his girl. He might not get everything right but he knows what he feels and she definitely sends him good vibes. Besides... Cat and Foxy have figured that out too: Cassandra says one thing and does its opposite. Pea had told us so too.
The reason why he did not snap right away at Josh, in this chapter, is that Kes' reaction is simply nonexistent.

If she were to slap him or cling to his neck then he would be worried... but she completely snubbed the man for food. She knows her priorities: food over boys... most of the times.

Let's analyze this: Kes slapped the doctor for a pat pat on her butt. At that point she was little by little learning to trust him - he was taking good care of her and they were talking - and that pat pat on her butt almost broke her hear. So disappointed she was... would she run away in tears if she didn't care?

When they kissed she clung to his neck and fell asleep in his arms meaning to say that he managed to gain her trust again and things were getting sweet.

When he pushed her away, after the haircut, she threw stuff at him and broke his head and she was heartbroken again. Again he had to gain her trust... but their relationship and proximity level had already shifted. If you think about it he undressed her and all she gave him was a pinky-up-evil-eye... the Kes way.

Eventually she let him fall asleep in her arms. When she didn't want to be kissed she put a hand on his mouth but still pushed with her whole body against his.
Their level of intimacy is rising and building up. How do you get so close to someone you don't care for? You can't. Especially if you are not a "physical" person.

Do you ever see her hug Cat or Foxy even though they are good friends?
Do you ever see her hug Pea even though they are so close?

When it comes to Kes... she may as well say "yes", "no", "I'm a evil strawberry from outer space" and would make no difference... all you have to look at it's her gestures and behavior.

She had 2 focaccia bread with her: clearly one for her and one for the man who never has breakfast. She definitely would have found a contorted way to give him his.
If she wanted to just run away and distract him she would put both focaccia in his mouth. Or she would just run away keeping both of them.

That's how she is. She is complicated and that's what makes her funny and fun for me to draw. But Cat and Foxy are right... she is a sweet girl. She'll be adorable in a contorted way for a while... until she understands that she does deserve a shot at happiness just as much as Pea whom she deems superior. Right now she is fairly scared, approaching independent thinking, approaching a rite of passage... and all by herself!