Keepsake

"You know, you're a damn good volleyball player, dude! I didn't think you Kremlings could be so strategic and stuff."

The ape with the shades approached me without a care in the world. Contrary to myself, who was rooted in place. All I could let out was the following in a semi-meek voice...

"Thanks, I... I guess!"

"Come on, man! You won us the game fifteen-to-three! You looked like you were havin' a blast, too! At least show some enthusiasm!"

I promptly hung my head, blushing like mad. What the hell was coming over me? I was on a mission to find out more about this Crystal Coconut thingamajig, yet here I was fraternizing with the enemy! Though to be honest, this guy didn't seem like a bad banana.

I looked up to his shades, the sun shining off of them, "A-alright. Sorry, I'm just being... really really odd for some reason. I-I'm not usually like this!"

"You're nervous, dude. I don't blame you. It's not often we see a friendly krok like yourself, after all." The funky-looking ape then clapped his hands, "Alright, dude! Get over here; I want to remember this moment!"

"Huh?!"

"Hey, Candy baby! Grab the camera from my knack-sack and snap a quick pic, would ya?"

It was certainly a moment to remember. That crazy monkey grabbed my waist and pulled me in pretty close to him. As the, err... voluptuous (for lack of a better word) gal on the other side prepared the camera for a shot, I couldn't help but get in the moment and put my arm around my partner. The other arm involuntarily rose up to plant my hand over my head as I continued to blush like crazy.

For some weird reason, this sort of interaction felt... right.

When I returned to the pirate ship later that day, I shut myself in my cabin for the rest of the night. All I could think about was that day. While I had nothing to report from my objective, I was pretty sure that I gained something much more precious. I pondered this as I stowed away the picture of me and that crazy dude in my coconut container, right next to my belt buckle.

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So hey, I finally drew something on my new hardcover sketchbook! What better way to start off than with one of my wacky fantasies?

Tools: Sketchbook, pencil.

One of these days I want to gather up all the free time I have, sit down somewhere and work on Krill's story adventure whatever-you-want-to-call-it. I've had snippets of it planned for years, but I could never muster up the energy to actually put those thoughts down. I'll consider this one step closer to that goal.

Funky Kong, Candy Kong (not pictured) and the Kremlings are © of Nintendo. Krill is my Kremling fan character. Maybe someday you'll learn more about him!