May 30, 2024 12:52 am
The Captain is pleased with the story. "Very impressive to make an ally out of an enemy and eliminate the greater threat like that."
She pauses briefly, then says, "Since you provided a story, I will answer your question.
"We had a run of tremendous success once I assumed the captaincy. A couple of the crew had difficulties with the new captain being not just a woman, but the lover of the former captain. The main complainant challenged me to a duel and lost badly. We then offered his remains to the seas. The rest quieted down, but several left at the next port. With the remaining loyal crew and new recruits, that success started off well. Unfortunately, after several years of our success we got complacent. During a raid on another long forgotten kingdom, we made off with a trove of treasure. We didn't think much of the paltry opposition at the time and just assumed that they didn't want to risk more lives they were sure to lose. Instead, it was a trap, as the treasure was cursed, even if we didn't know it yet. We spent it freely and widely, which was then spent freely and wildly by whomever we spent it with. We found that if, after a period of time, the treasure was not still in its chest, then whomever spent it would be cursed to never be able to eat and drink again. Well, we could eat and drink, but it did nothing and we ended up starving to death. We then arose as undead. As undead, we found ourselves bound to our ship, unable to leave it. We did spend several years trying to find the treasure to undo the curse, but we were only able to find a little over a half of what we had spent. In time we simply accepted our fate and went with it.
"During the cataclysm, we don't actually know what happened, but at one point we were trapped in a roiling sea, with no control over our ship other than to just hold on for unlife. When things calmed, we found ourselves on this subterranean lake. We have been trying to find a way to get out, but have not succeeded yet, as you can see.
"Who has the next story?"
She pauses briefly, then says, "Since you provided a story, I will answer your question.
"We had a run of tremendous success once I assumed the captaincy. A couple of the crew had difficulties with the new captain being not just a woman, but the lover of the former captain. The main complainant challenged me to a duel and lost badly. We then offered his remains to the seas. The rest quieted down, but several left at the next port. With the remaining loyal crew and new recruits, that success started off well. Unfortunately, after several years of our success we got complacent. During a raid on another long forgotten kingdom, we made off with a trove of treasure. We didn't think much of the paltry opposition at the time and just assumed that they didn't want to risk more lives they were sure to lose. Instead, it was a trap, as the treasure was cursed, even if we didn't know it yet. We spent it freely and widely, which was then spent freely and wildly by whomever we spent it with. We found that if, after a period of time, the treasure was not still in its chest, then whomever spent it would be cursed to never be able to eat and drink again. Well, we could eat and drink, but it did nothing and we ended up starving to death. We then arose as undead. As undead, we found ourselves bound to our ship, unable to leave it. We did spend several years trying to find the treasure to undo the curse, but we were only able to find a little over a half of what we had spent. In time we simply accepted our fate and went with it.
"During the cataclysm, we don't actually know what happened, but at one point we were trapped in a roiling sea, with no control over our ship other than to just hold on for unlife. When things calmed, we found ourselves on this subterranean lake. We have been trying to find a way to get out, but have not succeeded yet, as you can see.
"Who has the next story?"
