Today's OneWord: Mythic

The captain's epic tales at sea were of nearly mythic proportions, almost to the point in which I expected her to start saying she confronted two Kraken instead of just one. We were all sitting at the table together, trying desperately to keep our plates steady, the ocean beneath us causing the ship to rock erratically and threaten to spill our hot food into our laps.

"Wait until you hear her story about fighting giant squids," her first mate whispered to me, giggling as she drank greedily from her stolen rhinestone-rimmed goblet.