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reverienet2018-07-18 03:59 pm
rickitikitarr) wrote in reverienet2018-07-18 03:59 pm
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voice: un: thomas
So here's something our life here puts me in mind of, often.
In eighteen something something, the Mary Celeste set forth to cross the Atlantic with a hull full of alcohol, with a full crew, a devoted captain and his little family on board.
The ship was found several weeks later without a soul aboard. Nearby Morocco was famous for pirates, but the valuables were still left all in their places. The beds were neatly made. Baggage had not been packed. Food was in the pantry, tables were neatly set, and all the barrels of alcohol were intact- except three or four, which were made incorrectly, and which sat empty, apparently having leaked into the hull.
The lifeboat was missing, and a long rope hung from the back of the ship. Most of the sails were furled. The ship had taken on water, but not nearly enough to be dangerous; more likely the result of having been abandoned.
When the men who found the ship checked the log, the last entry was dated ten days before the ship was recovered. The sailors of the Mary Celeste noted that they had sighted land- there was some evidence that the ship's chronometer wasn't working, which doesn't matter to the puzzle except that the crew may have been disoriented, and may have believed they were closer to Gibraltar or the nearby islands than they were.
What say you?
In eighteen something something, the Mary Celeste set forth to cross the Atlantic with a hull full of alcohol, with a full crew, a devoted captain and his little family on board.
The ship was found several weeks later without a soul aboard. Nearby Morocco was famous for pirates, but the valuables were still left all in their places. The beds were neatly made. Baggage had not been packed. Food was in the pantry, tables were neatly set, and all the barrels of alcohol were intact- except three or four, which were made incorrectly, and which sat empty, apparently having leaked into the hull.
The lifeboat was missing, and a long rope hung from the back of the ship. Most of the sails were furled. The ship had taken on water, but not nearly enough to be dangerous; more likely the result of having been abandoned.
When the men who found the ship checked the log, the last entry was dated ten days before the ship was recovered. The sailors of the Mary Celeste noted that they had sighted land- there was some evidence that the ship's chronometer wasn't working, which doesn't matter to the puzzle except that the crew may have been disoriented, and may have believed they were closer to Gibraltar or the nearby islands than they were.
What say you?
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[He echoes, storing this away, notes about the future.]
There's a good life to be made, winding around the edge of a war. Or at least a good living.
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It ain't even like I'm gettin' paid.
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[Guesses Ricki, with a snort.]
But that makes me glad we've got people like you on board. Community and solution focused.
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... The latter really didn't sit well, with me. So I ain't tryin' it, again.
You tryin' to tell me that you wouldn't be workin' on gettin' everyone out of here alive, if you could?
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[He announces, virtuously.]
I'm going to find a way out of here.
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And no offence, hoss, but if you're tryin' to play the villain you ain't doin' a great job so far.