A warship sailed into a lagoon like a queen, a pack of Orcas accompanied her as she glided over tranquil waters but stayed behind as the ship neared the shallows.
[System: congratulations captain you have discovered a secret cove, this will be your ship's home port, shoose one
A] Pirate haven
B] secret hideout
C] native village
D] vacation villa
Your choice will create a permanent change in the game world]
"Oh my" 210m said, he walked to where Janice was talking with Halia and described the message, they decided to let everyone vote for what they wanted.
The ship stopped about 100 meters from the sandy beach and Odacious informed them the reefs were too shallow to continue without a navigator or some map to get the enlarged ship in and out of the shallows, since none of the NPCs had that class they lowered the smaller boats and rowed to the beach.
In the clear waters they could see the elaborate coral castles that housed a multitude of colored fish surrounded by giant algae and weeds. As they drew nearer the beach the corals changed to rock formations and then to clear soft sands before they hit the land.
Slom decided he wanted to use one of the boats and try to find a path so the ship could get closer to the beach. The other NPCs took the opportunity and went scouting in the jungle or soak some sunlight on the beach and decks of the ship, this was a payed vacation for all of them, they were officially working and gaining credits while at the same time there were no actual players around that they had to serve and follow their orders.
A small group decided they wanted to climb the mountain that was visible from the ship so they dropped some credits for machetes and exploration gear and entered the jungle where it looked a little thinner in the south side of the beach they landed on and vanished in the dense folliage.
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As a group they voted to create a native village and the huts were peaking through the jungle at the northern part of the beach, a totem pole with sea creatures was topped by a crowned Orca and the NPCs started taking on native life jobs of cannoo fishermen, pearl divers and jungle hunters while others just used the native skimpy attire to play in the sandy beaches.
Looking into the water got 210m relaxed, he could see the schools of fish swimming among the algae and he just let the idle routine continue rowing, not caring for the mapping or anything else, he started thinking about what to do next, being captain was a problem, he didnt care that much about pirate stuff and he knew they would soon be the focus of quests for players to find and attack them as they were drawing a lot of resources from the game system.
Over 40 active NPCs burning credits with no player to actually pay for it was not something the system was going to ignore for long, even their "player" character was benefiting from the freebies and not actually playing the game as intended, he had no idea what a ship player character was supposed to do but sitting idle in the middle of an unnamed island was probably not it.
He was startled from his thoughts when something at the bottom of the sea caught his eye.
[System: Quest initiated, you have seen the sunken galleon while exploring the deep seas, you are now able to inform players of its whereabout and guide them to the location where they can find the lost treasures of ancient kingdoms, extra credits will be granted when players take on this advanced quest if initiated by NPC.]
The sunken ship seemed to be full of life, surrounded by giant squids and a platoon of sharks was making its rounds in the water just above its broken masts, every now and then a shark, he recieved a list of possible treasure that could be found inside and around the ship, and some of the pieces were truly worth going on this adventure.
[Whisper: Odacious another ship is coming I got a message to prepare for battle with a list of quests i can give player crewmembers /Whisper]
[Whisper to Odacious: 210m I am coming back /Whisper]
Slom could see the silouet of a ship on the horizon, it looked bigger than even the leveled up ship they had and it was growing bigger fast, he also spotted a group of ratmen rowing a dingy towards the Player ship and couldnt fathom a reason for deborah to do something like that, not wanting to give the secret for whisper to a possible traitor he didn't use the newly found long distance comunication to find out.
The captain boarded the ship and recieved a multitude of quests to give to players that wanted to run a sea war campaign, he sighed as he read through the message, it seemed like he could never catch a break since this whole ghost ship thing started and decided to try and save what he could from his soon to be lost freedom and riches.