New friends, new catastrophes

[seadevil]

Who: The crew of the Katabami
Where: At sea, Manila Island
When: After departing Isla Empieza after the battle and covering events until the end of the month
What: Catch-all log
Warnings: Foul language, excessive dumb
Style: Any
Status: Closed to crew

Itinerary
- Meet and greet for new crew
- MANLY STORIES
- Visiting Manila so our more studious crew can get their research on and your esteemed captain can piss the moths off
- THIS COLD CURSE THING

EDIT: The turkey is now officially named Lord Buffalo Toritaro Stuffington, "Twitchy" for short. Feel free to make use of this.

Comments

[wavemotiongunner]

[It was a burden. The way she was looking at him made him uncomfortable. He didn't want people feeling sorry for him. So he changed the subject.]

What's it like where you're from?

[harbouredheart]

Ah, well... civil war wages, and a series of natural disasters have beset the country. Without an undisputed Emperor backed by the Mandate of Heaven on the throne chaos afflicts the land. We... on the morning that I was taken from, His Majesty -- Cao Cao's -- forces were to fight the last battle in the war to secure the throne and put an end to all the disasters, ushering in a new reign peace.

[Just talking about it makes her feel homesick. It distresses her not to have been there; she sounds and looks as unhappy as she feels about it.]

I do not doubt that His Majesty was victorious and took his rightful place as decreed by Heaven's Will... but I...

[She drops her head and swallows thickly, her mouth curving downwards in misery. She's clearly heartbroken; the notion of having abandoned Cao Cao makes her feel sick to her stomach.]

...I should have been there. I should be there, now.