’For’ard’ – nicely done. I also enjoyed the example of how to use ‘bad’ and badly’ appropriately with Hick’s status report. Arr, Matey! A well written tale, if I do say so myself.

I’ll fix up the bad/badly when I get a reliable Internet connection again, which won’t be until tomorrow. It’s bad enough doing 30 stories in 30 days. But when one’s Internet connection keeps bouncing, not only can I not post, I also can’t do my research. [grumble, moan, whine] I’m typing this from my iPhone, and Ficly doesn’t quite work properly on handheld devices. [moan, whinge]