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    Towards midnight, Olive ran about in her room, bouncing off the walls, quite literally.  As she pranced about in her own cozy little cabin, she heard the distant noise of a gunshot.

*Bang!*

“What on Earth are the guards doing!? I understand that they have to do their job and all, but those gunshots are so loud that they could wake everyone up!” Olive grumbled.

Olive sat still for a few seconds, and then grabbed a handful of candy, carefully unwrapping it and shoving it in her mouth. She then stuffed a few of the wrappers under her bed.

“Yum! Who knew that the dining hall gave out free candy at night!?” Olive wondered. 

As she hopped around her cabin, she thought of something that might be somewhat risky, but genius!

Olive searched her room for several of her sister’s belts and her unusual collection of pocket knives.

“Aha! There they are. Finally, these belts will come to good use! Not like my sister wears them anyways,” Olive grabbed her items.

Unfortunately, it was a stormy night and it would be hard to make a grappling hook in the rain. The good thing? Olive was diligent. It took 30 minutes but she was finally able to make a sturdy enough grappling hook.

Olive opened her window and launched the rope as far upward as she could. It hit a handle on a stairwell and latched onto it. Olive grinned, satisfied. She tied the other end of the rope to a chair in her room and tested it to be sure it was steady. Finally, she began to climb. She climbed upward until she was a few feet away from the stairwell.

“Don’t look down… Don’t look down…” Olive looked down towards the distant ocean and gulped, “The ocean is sooooo far down…”

She blinked and looked back towards the stairwell. Olive focused all her energy on getting to the stairwell safely, rather than looking down. With a few confident strides, she finally reached the stairwell. Olive quickly hoisted herself onto the stairs and looked down at the rope. She tugged on the grappling hook a few times to make sure it was still in good condition, and then she sheltered herself underneath the small awning covering the stairwell.

“Whew, that was close! Thank goodness I didn’t fall to my death!” Olive gasped for breath, “Now I’m hungry.”

Olive giggled and then paused, as she heard footsteps approaching. Olive turned and saw a guard coming closer.

“Excuse me young lady, but you need to be in your cabin. Are you lost?” The guard spoke patiently, but Olive didn’t have time for shenanigans.

“Go away! This is none of your business!” Olive yelled at the guard.

“Please dear, it’s danger- OW!” Olive stomped on the guard’s foot and ran.

As the guard jumped about in pain, Olive sat down and slid across the wet floors, unable to balance due to it being wet. As she slid, Olive made sure to watch for any obstacles she could accidentally bump into.

“This is kind of like one of those video games where the character runs from some bad guy!” Olive thought to herself and grinned.

“Let’s go!” Olive shouted with glee, then felt instant regret when she realized that multiple guards were chasing her.

“Thank God I know the way around the ship, I think I know how to get out of this situation!” Olive thought to herself.

As Olive thought about what she could do, she slipped and ran straight into a pole. As she fell and sat still, feeling stunned, the guards caught up with her and one of them grabbed her.

“No, wait! I have a reasonable explanation for this!” Olive tried to grab onto the handles by the stairs.

Soon enough Olive’s hands felt raw and she had to let go of the handles. She grimaced as she was carried back to boring old cabin 257.

“So much for an escape plan…” Olive thought to herself and grumbled.