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piratejournal2014-01-09 07:42 pm
maskedtyrant) wrote in piratejournal2014-01-09 07:42 pm
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[text] - WELCOME MESSAGE
[Sometime at midnight, at the dawn of January 10th, new arrivals to Empieza (should they open their journals to the most recent page) will be greeted by friendly red letters that take up nearly half a page: ]
HELLO NEW ARRIVALS
[The rest is...honestly a lot less than Codi would have liked to write concerning this place, but there's only so much she can do with the more concerning new posts happening around them. If anyone has any questions, they can always ask.]
[In the meanwhile, she tries to be brief.]
You may be wondering where you are, or what you're doing here! The short of it is that you've been kidnapped by a pirate named Davy Jones, and the only way we know of to get out of here is to search for shards of a red gem known as the Piedra Roja, which are scattered around. Supposedly, if we put them together, we get a wish of some kind--and I don't know about you, but I think we would all like to leave.
Your first order of business should be to check your pockets. If you have any, you should find a good amount of local currency there; use it to buy a room at one of the local inns on Empieza, which is the island where you are, some food and clothes if you need them. At night, it would be a good idea to look for signs to the Blackwater Brig--the shopkeep, Miss Margie, is extremely helpful and has a lot of useful items up for purchase.
If you haven't run into them already, Captain Dave Strider and Leon will be around the island looking for new arrivals such as yourself. They are there to help you and make sure you stay safe. In roughly three days, you will see an entry from someone called Scurvey Dog. DO NOT ask her questions--she will not be helpful, especially if you ask her things that we can answer instead.
From there, I would normally suggest searching for a crew by writing in (or speaking at) this journal, but for the time being, DO NOT REPLY TO ANY SUSPICIOUS JOURNAL POSTS. There's something weird going on with a few people and we're still trying to sort that out. If you have questions, this is a safe place to ask them. Your safest course of action right now is to stay on Empieza until we find out what's going on.
Wind in your sails,
Dakota Perkins and the Welcome Committee
[And as this is technically signed by the group--by Codi's hand, of course--she expects them to jump on any questions that are missed by her watchful eye. It is a group effort, after all!]
HELLO NEW ARRIVALS
[The rest is...honestly a lot less than Codi would have liked to write concerning this place, but there's only so much she can do with the more concerning new posts happening around them. If anyone has any questions, they can always ask.]
[In the meanwhile, she tries to be brief.]
You may be wondering where you are, or what you're doing here! The short of it is that you've been kidnapped by a pirate named Davy Jones, and the only way we know of to get out of here is to search for shards of a red gem known as the Piedra Roja, which are scattered around. Supposedly, if we put them together, we get a wish of some kind--and I don't know about you, but I think we would all like to leave.
Your first order of business should be to check your pockets. If you have any, you should find a good amount of local currency there; use it to buy a room at one of the local inns on Empieza, which is the island where you are, some food and clothes if you need them. At night, it would be a good idea to look for signs to the Blackwater Brig--the shopkeep, Miss Margie, is extremely helpful and has a lot of useful items up for purchase.
If you haven't run into them already, Captain Dave Strider and Leon will be around the island looking for new arrivals such as yourself. They are there to help you and make sure you stay safe. In roughly three days, you will see an entry from someone called Scurvey Dog. DO NOT ask her questions--she will not be helpful, especially if you ask her things that we can answer instead.
From there, I would normally suggest searching for a crew by writing in (or speaking at) this journal, but for the time being, DO NOT REPLY TO ANY SUSPICIOUS JOURNAL POSTS. There's something weird going on with a few people and we're still trying to sort that out. If you have questions, this is a safe place to ask them. Your safest course of action right now is to stay on Empieza until we find out what's going on.
Wind in your sails,
Dakota Perkins and the Welcome Committee
[And as this is technically signed by the group--by Codi's hand, of course--she expects them to jump on any questions that are missed by her watchful eye. It is a group effort, after all!]
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We don't know a whole lot about Davy Jones. He's only shown up once, to the 'first' group of people who he kidnapped...oh, four months ago? Five? Two months before I arrived, anyways. Anyways, all he said was that he wanted us to look for this Piedra Roja business and deliver it to him for some crazy reason or other. The locals have some theories about him being a ghost or magic entity or something. Other than that he makes himself scarce.
It is a lot, but you seem to know most of it! You're in better shape than most of us were. I guess the only thing I'd advise you against is getting on a boat right now. The Witch is doing some weird things to crews right now--making them really paranoid over nothing. I wouldn't trust joining a crew until we figure out what's going on there, or how to make them better.
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Well there's a relief, I'd hate to think I had that much more to get caught up on.
[Pondering over her suggestion there was another way he could take to the seas and minimize the likelihood of running into an affected crewmember]
.. Or I could set out on my own.
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I didn't get rich by playing it safe. I've made my success by being smarter than the smarties and tougher than the toughies. It'll take more than a witch to stop ol' Scrooge McDuck. [Though he's still thinking more of Magica Despell when he thinks of witches.. and diabolical as Magica may be she had her limits] Which ship is that now? I might as well look into all my options.
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The Sinewave is one of the safer ones, though. Some of the other crews go out of their way to stir things up, but we're mostly just interested in getting treasure and shards and getting out of here.
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[He committed the name of the ship to his memory.] It doesn’t sound like our goals would clash in the slightest. [He was interested in treasure himself] You claim the Sinewave is one of the safer ones... do you think there are any ships that should be avoided?
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