‘ButtFaaAAAace!’ called Atticus Van Tasticus.
Hunched over his treasure map, Atticus used his finger to follow the dotted line, mumbling absently to himself, ‘Across an ocean, to a mysterious island, and on again.

What a fantasticus journey ahead.’
He looked across the deck of The Grandnan and smiled at the thought of it.
‘ButtFaaAAAace!’ he hollered again.
‘Cap’n?’ said First Mate, leaping to his side. ‘What is it, sir? Can I be of help to yers?’
She was craning around Atticus, trying to get a look at the map.

‘Maybe, Mate,’ said Atticus. ‘It’s about this Map of Half Maps, and since Buttface was the one who put it together from the other half maps, I was thinking he’d be best to tell me more about it.’
First Mate leaned in and squinted, before standing up so she could squint from a fresh angle…

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