"Ahh... it's so hot... I feel like I'm about to melt into a popsicle and get swallowed whole by Happy..." On the endless ocean, in a stretch of water made swelteringly hot by strange currents, a ship flying Fairy Tail's flag slowly sailed onward. Aboard it, Lucy lay sprawled on a lounge chair in her bikini, looking utterly drained and ready to die.
"A Lucy-brand popsicle? Sounds pretty gross, aye..." Happy quipped weakly.
"I'm roasting! Why is it so hot? It's already winter, so why is it still this hot...?" Gray looked close to dying of heat as well, slumped limply against his chair, completely naked.
"Gray-sama looks so handsome naked, too..." There was no need to ask who the lovestruck girl with stars in her eyes was. It was Juvia, of course.
"Hey, Gray, at least put on some underwear, would you...?" Loke looked helpless.
"No..."
"Just bear with it, everyone. It's this hot because of the currents around here," Cana explained, fanning herself. "No matter how the weather changes elsewhere, the temperature here stays like this all year round. But I think it should get much better once we reach Wolf Island." That was all well and good, but from the looks of things, everyone would remain limp and lifeless until they reached the island.
"A real man! It's so hot..." Hearing that, Elfman seemed ready to strike a Modeling pose declaring that a real man feared no heat and that he was strong. But he had barely lifted his arm before he wilted again, unwilling to move. Clearly defeated by the scorching heat at sea, he merely muttered to himself, It should be all right for a real man to fear the heat just for a little while, right?
"Shut up, you musclehead. Even if it's hot,