Intro Log: April 2015

[highseasmods]

WELCOME NEW CHARACTERS!
Have an intro log for the month of April!

Who: Any and all new characters, as well as anyone hanging out on or around Isla Empieza!
Where: Near the fountain in the town center.
When: New characters will arrive around April 9th! The log is good for as long as you need it.
What: You've just been dropped on your head in a weird new world. Time to figure out what the heck is going on!
Status: VERY OPEN.

Spring has arrived in Empieza! The days are cool and occasional thunderstorms growl through the night. If the citizens of Empieza seem more anxious than usual, it's because of the pirates that aggressively roam the streets, hunting for fresh meat -- either for shanghaiing or sport. If you don't wish to be coerced to sail under the flag of Ammon the Bloody, it's best to stay out of their way.

Feel free to throw your characters here if you need a place for them to get situated and start figuring things out! Start new threads, tag into others, meet the people who might just become part of your crew! Older characters will be in and out, too, depending who is on the island at the current time.

HAVE FUN! And welcome to High Seas!

Comments

[childofreim]

I am new! I just arrived!

[Though it's probably quite likely that he'd still be like this after several months. He tends to get a bit enthusiastic.]

I'm Titus Alexius, Great Priest of Reim.

[Oops, the whole title came out again. Not that he sees why it might be bragging. Instead he's drawn himself up to his full (not at all impressive height) and is beaming.]

[anelegantmyth]

[Titles...yeah...she remembers the good old days when she used to introduce herself with a title. Man does time fly. ]

Pleasure to meet you Titus Alexius, great priest of...whatever that last part was. I'm Cynthia, quartermaster of the HazMat crew. Have you joined any crews yet?

[childofreim]

No, I haven't. Are we really expected to sail ships ourselves?

[He doesn't know the first thing about that. He's only ever been a passenger and that was only once or twice. He usually has no need for ships if he wants to get somewhere.]

[whitedragon_abs]

[Looks over at Titus after hearing his name, before he has looking at a stall selling shirts]

Oh, so you're that kid I was talking about magic with.

[childofreim]

[He looks wary for a moment, considering he had two different talks about magic and one went far more disastrously than the other. However, this seems to be the one he spoke to only briefly. The dumb one.]

I guess I am?

[whitedragon_abs]

[That's okay, he thinks you're an arrogant kid. But that's okay, he's willing to forgive that because kids eventually grow up. So he offers a friendly smile]

How you doin'?

[childofreim]

Quite well! There's a lot to see on this island!

[That's where his priorities are, really. He spent a very long time chasing crabs on the beach and watching fish in the shallows. He's slightly disappointed, though, that aside from the tiny whales he's just traumatized, the animals seem more or less like the ones he's familiar with.]

[whitedragon_abs]

Yeah, I didn't really see much last time I was here.

[Buys a holy figurine, looks at it, and then bites the head of, chewing thoughtfully] Hmm not bad.

You find a crew yet?

[childofreim]

...no?

[Did that man just eat a figurine? Surely that can't be good for his teeth.]

[whitedragon_abs]

[His teeth are fine. He flashes a smile, showing sharp canines, as he finishes eating the figurine and buys a bunch more.]

Any one offer yet? If not, I think the HazMats might be a good fit. We have a bunch of magic users.

[childofreim]

Do you?

[He brightens immediately at that. That would definitely make his life easier!

Then he sobers up a little. There's an important thing he needs to take into consideration if he's going to choose a crew. He pulls out his journal and opens it to the entry he made.]

This man...is he on your crew?

[He points to the conversation he had with Marco. It's very important that he not be on a ship with that man.]

[whitedragon_abs]

[Sting frowns as he reads the entry. For all he's convinced is too set in how his world's Magic works, he can't help but feel that in this case, he might be right. "Fate" doesn't play a big part in his world, and mostly thinks Marco is right in saying love is what holds the world together, not fate. But still this line of questions bothers Sting]

No, Marco's captain of the Spades. He and my captain don't get along, but his son is part of our crew.

[childofreim]

[Well, it's good that they don't get along. That's a point in their favor. However...]

His son? Why doesn't he sail with his father?

[That's an equally important question. If they have their differences and have chosen to follow different crews, that's one thing, but considering how Titus' own "mother" used him as her spy, he can't help but be suspicious of what might be a similar arrangement.]

[whitedragon_abs]

It was something to do with Roxas', that's his son, boyfriend I think. They didn't get along.

But don't say anything about it, Roxas is still torn up about Lea disappearing.

[childofreim]

Oh! I talked to Roxas...

[He didn't act like a dangerous crazy person bent on destroying the world in any way. So there was hope there, at least.]

I can quite understand why someone wouldn't get along with Marco, though. These beliefs of his are very, very dangerous. I can't stress enough how dangerous they are.

[anelegantmyth]

Well, no. You're free to get your own ship or to just join a crew.

[She gives the boy one good look over. He didn't seem...dangerous? Maybe a possibly threat to her patootle's sanity, but that could easily be fixed with rules and a designated hiding area on the ship.]

I know, my crew should have a opening.

[childofreim]

Oh? What sort of ship do you have?

[Not that he really knows enough about ships to be asking, but it seems like a question that's worth finding out the answer to.]

[anelegantmyth]

A navy boat. Fast, secure, with the best captain anyone could ask for.

[Plus a strangely huge collections of chickens, some dragons, pokemon and only one woman. But whatever, details.]

[childofreim]

Navy? Are you soldiers, then? For what country?

[Not that he knows anything about the political situation in this world, but it seems like a prudent question to ask.]

[anelegantmyth]

No no, I'm not navy. If I was, you'd probably be captured, or dead.

[She wasn't really sure. Cynthia never really thought about what her life would be like if she was part of the navy.]

I come from the region of Sinnoh. I was a champion there. Here though, I am a lowly quartermaster for the pirate crew known as the HazMats, and we have a navy ship because... we were lucky enough to acquire get one. For free. Yup.

[She couldn't really tell him that they out right stole it. Arceus knows what he'd do.]

[childofreim]

Why would the navy give a ship to pirates?

[That doesn't make a great deal of sense. It takes a second to sink in what it might mean.]

Did you steal a ship from the navy?! They'll have your heads for that, won't they?!

[No one takes kindly to pirates. He knows that there are pirates that aren't horrible villains like out of adventure stories, of course, but that doesn't change the fact that piracy is illegal.]

[anelegantmyth]

Weeell...they'd still be after our heads even if he didn't do anything illegal. Plus my captain and his first mate are slightly boneheaded and enjoy stealing ships whenever they feel we need a new one. Luckily they don't always feel we need a new one so this is just our third ship.

[Wow Cynthia, way to sell your crew to a newbie.]

But as a new comer yourself, the navy would target you sooner or later. So might as well join a powerful crew now...while she's offering.

[childofreim]

Why are they targeting outsiders? Wouldn't it be wiser to try to find a way to send us back?

[It doesn't make a whole lot of sense to him, but he's well aware that politics doesn't always involve the wisest decisions. He's just come from a very important summit that achieved more or less nothing because of the egos involved, after all.]

[anelegantmyth]

Well kid, understand that there is a way to send us all back. We all know it, we're ll working towards it. But, it's possible that they don't like us because, by working to find a way home, we're also...kinda working for Jones. I find it best to just not question the logic of this world. Pretty much everything here doesn't make sense anyway.

[childofreim]

[He's really going to have to figure out who or what this Davy Jones is. Everything seems to revolve around him, but no one seems to be able to explain adequately what he is or what he can do. It truly does sound to Titus like some strange sort of Dungeon and the more people talk about it, the more that theory is reinforced. It would make sense, too, for the people of this world to be working against them trying to reach Jones if that's the case.]

I think I have a way to make sense of it, but it's going to take some investigating!