We land at Erumalu a couple hours later. I 'm trying to find a way to get my ass off the ship without either cracking my skull open or twisting my ankle worse, while the rest of my crew does something with some weird looking ' shelled seal-ish things.

'Do you want some help? ' Ace calls from below me, staring up and clearly trying to hide his amusement while shrugging on a long thin cardigan he had in his watermelon looking bag.

I glare at him. 'No! Just let me figure this out ' ' I wonder if I can slide down on my butt..?

I can 't. I slip almost immediately and with a yelp I 'm free falling ungracefully from the side of the ship. I stick my injured foot straight up in hopes of only breaking my back on the way down instead of injuring my ankle slightly more.