Onward to Adventure!

The wind filled the sails of The Eagle Parrot as it cut through the open sea, finally free of the cursed docks. The crew...new and old; had settled into their roles, but not without a few....adjustments.

Elara stood on the deck, arms crossed as she watched Darius attempting to teach Lyle how to properly read the ship’s navigation charts. Lyle, despite his confidence, had spent the past hour flipping the map upside down and squinting at it like it was some ancient riddle.

“This doesn’t make sense,” Lyle muttered. “Why do we need degrees and knots? Can’t we just go that way?” He jabbed a finger at the horizon.

Darius groaned, rubbing his temples. “Because that’s how we don’t end up stranded in the middle of nowhere, genius.” He tapped the map. “You said you were a navigator.”

“I am...just not the kind that gets hung up on numbers.”

Elara smirked. “You mean the kind that guesses.”

Lyle scoffed. “It’s intuition.”

Darius rolled his eyes. “Yeah? Well, your ‘intuition’ nearly had us sailing straight into a reef this morning.”

Lyle waved a hand dismissively. “That was just a miscalculation.”

“A miscalculation that would’ve sunk the ship,” Elara added.

Darius exhaled sharply, closing the map. “Alright, we’re going to try this again.” He turned to the rest of the crew, raising his voice. “Everyone, listen up! Since half of you are new and apparently can’t tell port from starboard, we have a test tomorrow.”

A collective groan rose from the crew.

“A test?” Lyle scoffed. “What is this, a school?”

Darius grinned. “No, but if you fail, you’ll be swimming back to shore.”

Elara smirked, watching as the crew grumbled and got back to work.

Tomorrow was going to be interesting.

If you missed yesterday's entry: "Shipmate Names" 
Written for: "Daily Flash Fiction Challenge" 
Prompt Words: Write a story that includes the line: “We have a test tomorrow.”
Word Count: 292