Ship Of Fools Session 6 – The Dark Side of the World
Hours after the insane captain Bryce Touglas caused the Duquetimme to be destroyed in a terrible storm, the crew comes to. The storm still rages, supplies are missing, and numerous crewmen are injured or nowhere in sight. Marshall Yaeger finds a strong forest canopy to spend the night under.
The crew looks out the next morning to see supplies and portions of the Duquetimme which have washed ashore. Imperative is placed on recovering everything from the ruined ship and trying to complete the mission. They must still establish a trade hub and be ready to deal with the possible landing of the Mikado Star should they have survived the storm.
They were in for a 3 month tour, but now they find themselves in for the long haul on this uncharted desert isle. They must find a way to make do and finish their mission, but it will be an uphill battle. They must make the best of what they have.
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United We Stand Session 3 – Boats and Beauties
Following their discoveries from the previous days, our intrepid trio makes plans to investigate the hidden sections of the mine. Agnes gets out bright and early to go in with the Sheriff, but the Sheriff is called aside by a tolling bell signaling the weekly mail barge.
After a brief interchange wherein it is discovered that the town has nothing to pay these couriers for their goods, it’s revealed that the less socially inclined member of the village has a number of items that are will sell for great value. An hour later, the Sheriff finally meets with Agnes, whose anger towards him is cut short by a great booming off in the distance.
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Ship of Fools Session 5 – The Parting of the Sensory
After much trading and intrigue with the Xexorian vessel and the Sultan they met, the crew is working to avoid the massive storm coming their way. They begin to sail due south, even further off course.
Meanwhile life on the ship slowly settles back into routine, with all of the crew dealing with minor problems that have cropped up. Edouard drafts a new ship’s cook assistant, Yaeger fails miserably at sneaking into a locked room, and Leon, on his way to visit the Captain, finds Isae’s previous ‘suitor’ attempting to engage in lewd behavior. Leon attempts to show the man the error of his ways.
Unfortunately, knife fights in the middle of the ship about a woman don’t tend to go over well with authority. Needless to say, tensions on board are high, and are only going to get worse.
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United We Stand Session 2 – A New Regime
As the sun rises on the village of Grikafa, so does a new leader to a position of power. Agnes Mikhail finds strange men in red suspenders knocking on her front door, and when she lets them in, she finds them led by a man known only as Hassim. He asks for a number of foodstuffs and her store’s only hunting rifle. She resists, stating that none of this makes any sense right now, but Hassim claims that they will need to share all of their resources and eventually parts with the food and weapon.
Agnes leaves her house in frustration, walking around the shoreline and throwing rocks to alleviate her rage at this man who barged into her house and took her things, claiming that they will be needed by the rest of the town. After tossing the first stone, a strange sight on the other shore catches her eye. A group of men, armed with clubs and guns, stand ready with barges. As they begin yelling demands across the river, Agnes realizes her life is going to be much less simple from now on.
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Ship of Fools Session 4 – The World at Large
Believe it or not, but hiding a young woman on a vessel full of sailors all barely capable of completing their own ship duties is easier than it sounds. Leon continues to protect Isae, as more and more sailors continue to fail recognizing her as anything less than the captain’s cabin boy they forgot was on board to start with. At least one of the crew is too concerned with the contraband he smuggled out of the Degrading Lands to care.
Erstwhile, two new sailors find a place and purpose aboard the ship. Quessy and Garou, two refugees recovered from the Degrading Lands, assume their duties with grand vigor. Quessy, an enternainer. Garou, moving man sized barrels over each shoulder. The Degrading Lands were indeed kind to the Duquetimme.
There’s a new ship on the horizon. This one, however, waves a neutral, foreign flag: a trade vessel of the distant desert land of Xexoria seeks a meeting at sea . . .
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