Terence got up from the bed that Viola had put him on, he yawned and looked around the room. “Eh… It looks like Lucy’s still out…” He walked around the cabin, the floor creaking softly underfoot. Before peeking out one of the windows. “What… the… shell?” He muttered stunned.
(-Meanwhile outside the cabins-)
The engine of an off-road Jeep --somewhere in campgrounds?-- roared loudly, the wheels skidding to a halt. As a door slammed close, the hearty laughter of an elderly woman was accompanied by a familiar voice.
“Granny! Forge and me didn’t get beaten by those kids…” Shaxx said, cheeks red with embarrassment. “They had this custom weapon!”
“Aha HA! Then why’d ya gotta run to my place, with your tentacles between yer legs?” The lady joked, rocking her head back to laugh.
One crab claw sat confidently on her hip as she laughed and hefted Shaxx over her shoulder.
The official looking ranger’s uniform she wore was accented by a bright orange scarf and a pair of dark oversized glasses. Though her hair was white and wispy under the ranger’s hat, it was obvious the crab was only older in age, not in spirit.
“H-Hey! Let me down woman! At the very least let me walk to my cabin without being carried by my own grandmother!” Shaxx began to thrash around on the old lady’s shoulder, apparently not doing a thing to her strong grip.
In time, “Granny” planted Shaxx on the ground with a thump, chuckling raucously. “Head to your cabin?! It’s morning --it's the start of the day! Aren’tcha the Campmaster? It’s time to get yer funnel in gear and wake this camp up!”
Turns out, she was one step ahead anyways. Pulling out a megaphone from the car, “Granny” yelled to the cabins, “RISE AND SHINE CAMPERS!”
Shaxx jumped in surprise, as he looked down to dust himself off. “Holy-! Granny where’d you get that thing?” He asked, looking at the megaphone in one of her claws. Shaxx looked back in the jeep curiously, before looking back at her. He let out a quiet chuckle. “Granny, you gotta teach me some of these things you do.”
The crab-ma chuckled again. “Ahaha, I will squiddo. But breakfast first! We start the day right here at Triggerfish.”