behind some luggage , the wall was ripped apart ! A group of pirates , looking much more like Goblins than men , came rushing in with guns and sabers and began splitting apart the crates . I could tell that they were not members of civilized society . In their greed to look for treasure they smashed open the crate of Brunhilde ' s tiny blob — the one she discovered in Spain . This turned out to be a horrible disaster .
Mistaking the small creature for a jar of jam , perhaps , one pirate stepped straight into the middle of it and it latched onto his leg , dissolving his skin and flesh ! The other pirates rushed to his aid , but the blob digested everything it touched , all organic matter ! It could eat the people , their clothing , the wood of the ship , and my luggage ! Oh , my precious dresses from Harrods ! It was too much to watch , too much ! I leapt forward and grabbed onto one of my best woolen skirts with a matching hat . Cyprien pulled me back away from the blob as it devoured my clothing ! I closed my eyes and buried my face in Cyprien ' s manly chest .
" My dresses !" I cried , but the monster had finished with them and was pursuing the fleeing pirates out onto the deck .
" Okay , Miss Dashwood ," Cyprien said . " We have to do something about this . If we don ' t lure this monster into another crate , the airship is