A Warlock Alone, Island Empire solo game

[Scotley]

A couple of local places are eager to provide food services. Soon dog carts laden with food begin to arrive and crewmen work the crane to lift it aboard. Michael finds the smell of fried chicken wafting over the rails. Giuseppe goes off in search of fire arms.

 

[J. Alexander]

Port Call

Michael will then remain at watch till late that evening sy midnight before he turns in so as to give his crew plenty of time to recover and will think about what he wises to do tomorrow, which would be the selling of some of his cargo to raise much needed cash.

 

[Scotley]

Lunch is traditional Dwarven fair. Whole small chickens deep fried in a crispy spicy batter and a mix of stewed mashed tubers including turnips, carrots and rutabagas with onion. Summer ale and a cobbler of seasonal berries completes the meal. Dinner proves to be large stone crocks brought aboard filled with a fiery stew of fresh fish, fermented cabbage and vegetables. The stew is red with peppers and not for the faint of heart. It brings tears to the eyes with its heat, but tempered somewhat by the huge rolls topped with a thickened cream soured with a little buttermilk. Chilled melons serve as a refreshing dessert.

Giuseppe returns at dusk with a brace of pistols, a blunderbuss and a long gun. He seems quite pleased with his purchases and Michael finds them to be well made weapons. He has a stock of ammo carefully packed for safety and a tool kit of cleaning and maintaining the guns. He paid a little more than might be expected but the weapons are an attractive as well as functional set.

OOC: Are you granting any shore leave? The ogres in particular if feeling confined by the ship.

 

[J. Alexander]

Shore Leave

Michael will make it clear to the assembled crew that no shore leave will be granted at this time as the ship is undermanned until the crew fully recovers.....he will then sweeten the sing by having a few more kegs of ale tapped and the promise of a small bonus at the next port of call......

Securing the ship for the evening..Michale will then return to bed just a little after midinight leaving Grond and guiesspie in charge of the quarterdeck

 

[Scotley]

There is some grumbling, but the kegs do the trick for tonight and everyone settles down. In the morning when Michael wakes there seems to be a good deal of activity on board. It seems the lizard folk are starting to recover and move about, while crates of gear are lowered by crane onto the deck from wagons on the quay.

 

[J. Alexander]

Port Call

Seeing things more or less in hand, Michael will eat breakfeast then take a list of the ship's carog and set out with Guiesspie and his pistols, leaving Grond as the cheif protector of the ship while the crew still recovers. He will make his way to a where the ship/cargo brokers congergrate and see about transcting some busienss.

 

[Scotley]

Michael finds Chandar well enough to take his post this morning and a double handful of his marines are fit for duty as well. He reports that he should have a full watch ready for the evening shift. Breakfast is a simple affair of cold porridge set out in a large crock with a basket of apples beside it this morning as Grumbar is remodeling the galley with new equipment and Giuseppe suggests that they might start their quest for customers at a local eatery.

 

[J. Alexander]

Customers

Taking the hint from Guiesspiee, Michael, Guiessppie and two guards will dine at a local resturante for breakfeast. When they finish breakfeast they will set about looking for customers...

 

[Scotley]

After a fine workman's breakfast of ham, eggs and buttered toast at a clean orderly dockside restaurant, the little group sets off for the hall of commerce. A stout attractive building near the port. A half a dozen traders are already assembled in the hall there. It soon becomes clear that all are relatively new to the local port and looking to sell cargoes. None of the local dwarven traders are here and none of the larger concerns whose names are on warehouses Michael passed seem to be using the hall. The real action here must take place elsewhere.

 

[J. Alexander]

An Idea

Seeing the lack of commerce going on MIchael willl ask an official for the branch office of Miners and Farmers Trust......."I need to make several trasnactions before i am ready to purchase cargo's. { Michale will say so that he can be overheard..