Ships’ Logs: Beyond Museica, Part 6
The continuing saga, continued, continues. Continued from Ships’ Logs: Part Five.
Date: March 16, 2007
Categories: Nonrandom Craziness
Thursday, 25 April 2024
Life, the universe, pies, hot-pink bunnies, world domination, and everything
The continuing saga, continued, continues. Continued from Ships’ Logs: Part Five.
Date: March 16, 2007
Categories: Nonrandom Craziness
Wohoo! First post!
Now, what’s that about a ship?
Oh yeah! First post indeed! Where is everybody?
dude, the thread was started mere minutes ago. patience!!!
Hi fellowmuser. Read the other threads to find out what all this is about. Or go here for the condensed version.
Now that the war is over, I’m going to treat my crew to a nice pleasure cruise in the Blueberry Sea. We could all do with some rest, and that ocean is Museican territory and pierate-free. We might stop at Biskup, capital of Pwt, or New Goldentoad, famous for its fondue fountain. We will now sail south until we reach the Filling River. Once we get there, we will sail upriver, then downriver when it branches into the Blueberry Sea.
4- I know! I have been on the blog, and all of a sudden, there are new posts on the recent posts thingie for a new thread! WOW…
Yes, I’m moderating from the National Press Club. Exciting, isn’t it?
4- SORRY! I didn’t know.
5- Thanks!
Is Museica the same thing as Peaceful Pie Planet? (Ask Shadowkat)
9- They are linked, but not the same thing. Some of the PPP countries are part of the Museican Commonwealth.
Well…….technically, the PPP isn’t quite like Museica, especially since the PPP4 thread has pretty much become a Soccopelli thread…but, yeah………:puzzled:
My bad, that face was supposed to be this one: I always get that wrong.
6- Yay! *stretches out* Ahh… nice to be not at war, for a change.
pc can we go to the south pole?
14- After the cruise.
Ahh…
Can we go to MY country? (What’s it called? I already forgot)
yeah!
VEGAS BABY! WOOHOO!!!!!!!!
Ahem – I’ve been sick sick sick and unable to get to the computer. So I’ll just pretend I didn’t miss the greatest battle for a long time *SOB*. That makes me mad.
Anyways…
~~SHIP’S LOG~~
Huzzah! We have defeated Skylartooth’s army. Congratulations Canix on taking the villain. i’m only sorry you beat me to it. Cheers!
I just spoke with the other Majik folk and they have captured Allgebruh II ! They’re holding him in a cell right now, tickle-torturing him into revealing secrets. It’s working jolly well.
hello necromancer. >80
um…….. necromancer, are you a captain? i seem to remember a post from you about a ship called the Wraith or something… or was that someone else? if you are, indeed, a captain, can I join you crew?
Tickle-torturing…works every time…
A cruise sounds absolutely magnificent.
We have reached the mouth of the Filling River.
this is perfet!no pierats .no muitys.no danger!
Hypermoocow, why do you keep saying VEGAS BABY! WOOHOO!!! at every thread?
Whose army may I join?
In the meantime, Phoebe the Phisherperson, unbeknownest to all, had settled in a nice, comfy cottage at the mouth of the Filling, and was lounging comfortably in a lawn chair, munching on a leek out of her new garden. She’d had the genius idea a few days ago to stretch a great big fishnet as far across the Filling’s mouth as she could go. Now, whenever she went for a swim, she’d bring along a sack and load a couple fish into it, and then let a few go. Most fish knew to avoid it – they’d all had their mental health improved by the dumping of mysterious nuclear waste upstream a little bit – but hey, that was natural selection for you.
Phoebe had no idea that two battling ships were sailing towards her fishnet as she gnawed on her leek.
27-sorry but right now it’s peaceful here.
(Thanks, MfA)
So there were two ships heading towards her fishnet, even if they weren’t battling.
T.N.Ö. Lïlbrö the Dictator-Queen of Höt Pïnk Bünnÿ Länd , I am indeed a captain, and I would love it if you would join my crew. Kagcomix is our other member – I’m on my way back to Rewthlatikopution to pick him up.
~~SHIP’S LOG~~
Attention!
I, Captain Necromancer, would like to express to her crew and to all other sailors that she has serious plans of turning mercenary.
Yes, you heard me right – I’m going to break away from Museica and roam the seas, looking for a job. I’ve got a worthy ship, LIRs to man it, and a craving for adventure. Since Museica’s not in a war, I’ll just go find one. That pays.
T.N.Ö. Lïlbrö the Dictator-Queen of Höt Pïnk Bünnÿ Länd and Kagcomix, I understand if you wish not to sail under my command, but I plan to go to where no person has gone before, and it could be jolly good fun, so you really should come along.
So long then.
Oooooooooooooooooo! Who’s crew can I join?
Fine w/ me, necromancer, but the jolly old PM’s will go blinking berserk.
~
We just collided with a fishing net stretched across the mouth of the Filling. I see a dwelling on the north bank. Who set it up? It could be a harmless Uranian Phisherperson, but it could also be a land pierate, capturing ships and forcing them to pay his/her toll. Let’s find out.
*yells* WHO SET UP THIS NET?
Prarilius, may I join your crew?
Sure, fellowmuser. Go ahead. Choose a position, and if it’s occupied, help out. You get a salary of 10 Myoozes a week, three pentagonal meals (square meals are just too boring), and a cabin with your choice of furnishings, plus the opportunity to see the world.
It’s very fun! Prarilius’s shpi, The Black-Footed Ferret, has survived many a battle. I’m Quartermaster. Speaking of which, I really need to get some new uniforms. The one’s we’re wearing are in horrible conditions, and if we’re going to criuse we should have clean ones at least. Anyone have a preference on colors?
332 – iwanttobeamuffin, you may join the crew of The Wraith. We’re mercenaries!
I just stopped at Rewthlatikopution and picked up Kagcomix. I’m still waiting for his answer.
So, here’s my crew list.
The Wraith
Necromancer – the capitan (moi)
Kagcomix – first mate
T.N.Ö.
iwanttobeamuffin (now to be known as Muffin)
a reminder to all – LIRs are Large Intellegent Rodents who man my ship.
This fishing net is quite odd. And where is the Phisherperson?
Hello everyone! This cruise is awesome! But I have a question. Could we go after the treasure that was mentioned a long time ago that I tried to go after but everyone in my ship deserted me? Wow. That was a long sentence. I’ll go check out the clues we have if you are interested.
THANK-YOU! THANK-YOU! necromancer! you saved me from that aweful isle! now can we get on thing straight although i’m pleased as punch to be the first mate and will lovingly accept a mercenary position, but i don’t think i can continue if you keep calling me a “HE”. heh. sorry if i look and act like a boy but i’m actualy (audience gaspes) A GIRL! you would know that if you read my posts on likes/dislikes. anyways: ON WITH THE VOYAGE!
36-green !
Um…what do I do?
42- Last I heard, you were my gunner.
43-Ok, so where are we going?
44-we’re crusing now and then later we will go to the south pole.
30- thanx.
to be perfectly honest, i don’t care if we become mercenaries. roaming the seas looking for war sounds just fine to me. ONWARD!!!!
~~SHIP’S LOG~~
Huzzah! So then, we sail south/southwest, in search of pay. Mind you, this is dangerous work – the world South is unknown to us. But not for long!
I have stocked the ship with supplies, using some treasure I found aboard as payment.
Crew, pick your cabins and make yourselves comfortable. Make sure you hurry before the LIRs take the best.
Also, you need positions. First mate’s already taken by the female Kagcomix, but there’s still cook, gunner, coxswain, quartermaster, carpenter, etc. I’m a pretty good cook, but not the best, as you’ll see after tonight’s meal (slightly burnt breadsticks, spaghetti, and lime Jell-o)
You need to pick out your weapons. The armory is filled to brimming, so let’s thin it out a bit, shall we?
The skies are cloudy after a light rain, but I’m sure they’ll clear up.
The South is mostly unknown. A huge, tropical continent called Dor takes up a lot of its area, but virtually nothing is known about Dor itself. Its inhabitants are warlike lizards.
i shall be quartermaster, and i think i shall claim the cabin on the left half of the ship, the one that’s sort of to the right of the funny mark on the wall.
oh quick question- are these like old ships, or space ships, or…?
Ahoy, Necromancer! Seems like ye’re the coxswain ’round these parts, and ye’ve got some seaworthy hands!
I’ve come in this handsome pinnace with a proposition for yeh!
Avast, scallywag, don’t be thinnin’ out that there armory if ye call yehself a mercenary! Ye be formally invited to bring a spring upon her cable, to Pie Isle! I see I’ll be needin’ aid in dealin’ with the natives, and I hear ye be lookin’ for trouble and pay!
If ye’ll take me up on the offer, once ye’ve belayed ye riggings and cast ye achor, load up the wherries and head to shore, where I’ll be ready to provide ye with me rutters concernin’ Pie Isle.
Fair winds!
50 – these are old ships, the kind with masts and cannons. Our ship is a barque – a small, three-masted ship, made for, if I recall correctly, 90 people and 12-14 guns (I can’t quite remember)
~~SHIP’S LOG~~
We have received an offer from an immigrant to the new Pie Isle. He was recently attacked by a blow dart when he rather stupidly *tee hee* goes calling out to an island he knows nothing about *tee hee*. A word to the wise, dear – never ever trust a random megaphone you happen to find lying around. *tee hee chortle* You never know if it’s friendly or not *snort*. The island I mean, not the megaphone.
So…
I want to know how much this immigrant is willing to pay and what exactly he wants us to acheive. In the meantime we shall forget my plans for the South and shall travel to Pie Isle.
Q: Which way is Pie Isle? I’m afraid I missed the adventure when it was discovered.
Also, could someone tell me about the HPBs? I know about them, but I admit, I’m not the foremost authority on them.
dor sounds neat!
52- ok thanx.
It would seem that Pie Isle is inhabited by some rare, perhaps primitive, perhaps alien, species of HPB, who are extraordinarily docile. There are not any good visuals of them, except a few fuzzy photos previously thought to be of Bigfoot (see MUSE article on Flo and other hominids).
But it’s not the HPBs I’m worried about. It appears that there are hostile natives, maybe hominids, maybe not, who would rather not let anyone take over the island. One of them hit Dot Keet with a knockout dart, which is definite proof of hostlility.
Note: Since my pinnace (look it up if you don’t know what that is) has already departed, this message to Necromancer is being sent by a newly but also randomly found megaphone. sorry, I can’t help but trust them! This megaphone is magical and makes my voice heard on The Wraith.
Greetings!
FIRSTLY, I am a girl. I suppose I should make a profile so people will know this. Although I did mention my gender on the Romance/Relationships forum.
53 ( “I want to know how much this immigrant is willing to pay and what exactly he wants us to acheive.”)- Well, I’ve left this to be determined as of yet. I know it’s vague, but here’s the deal so far: I can’t face these natives alone, so I’m enlisting your help as mercenaries. We can work out our main goal once you get here and we start exploring. Regarding pay: like I said, it’s still hard to say. But we’re equally in this together now, so we split everything, and later, we’ll make all decisions concerning Pie Isle together.
57: good summary
Keet out!
58- thankyou.
Pie Isle also seems to have a sort of megaphone generator, which includes both normal and specific megaphones that are spit out at regular intervals in random locations. After the natives have been dealt with, scientists will no doubt wish to examine this strange phenomenon, as well as any others that are discovered in the process of exploring.
As Necromancer rightly pointed out, one can’t always trust the megaphones one finds lying about. Who knows? Perhaps these megaphones are being created by the natives, or the supposedly benevolent HPBs, with harmful intent? I advice any visitors of Pie Isle to be wary of any megaphones they find lying about on a beach until we learn more of the source of these random appearances.
Is the Black Footed Ferret the only ship that has not turned to piracy?? If so, I fear for the safety of our country.
And what about that mysterious toxic waste?
60 – we’re not pierates, we simply work for pay. And what toxic waste are you referring to?
~~SHIP’S LOG~~
We have arrived at Pie Isle and have already come ashore in some boats. We must find more jellyboats, as they are very useful (previous thread). I have caught a glimpse of these HPBs you speak of, and I must dispute with you their color. I do think they are rather more of a magneta or light maroon than pink.
So, these HMBs appear to be a variation of the HPBs. We cannot assume that they are alien, but we must study them further. I suggest that a few of the crew set up camp somewhere inland, near a bunny colony. The camp must be made very secure, something like a miniature fort, for we do not know what else lies out there. Take a few LIRs with you, as I’m sure some of them are eager to come ashore.
As for the hominids, the crew must be on their guard at all times. Those who go to study the HMBs should set up cameras on their way to camp. We’ll get feedback from those cameras back on the ship, and you’ll get it too.
Well, this certainly isn’t the war I was looking for, but it may be exciting!
P.S.: Sorry if I seem slightly British today – it’s just how I’m thinking right now.
Wow. I’m lost. Okay. What I got was that we’re going to explore an island with mysteriously dangerous megaphones. Is that right? Can I come? Can cheesy come to?
(61) That is totally OK! Bristish are cool. I like their accents.
Something terrible has happened. I shall relay the story as quickly as I can.
We went to the island and set up camp. We weren’t allowed to go out alone, so Cheesy and I went out together to explore. Cheesy went off into the trees for a while, presumingly to go to the bathroom. Next thing I know I here a loud exclamation and is lying uncontious on the ground. Not just that. He’s PURPLE! Apparently he touched a megaphone and the megaphones spread the Purple Urple Gurple Disease (P.U.G.)! We must somehow find a cure! We MUST save Cheesy!
Could any of you guys help me?
The P.U.G. illness is horirble! however, I am a ship’s doctor. you must feed Cheesy icecream, mashed potatoes and tofu burgers. Also, admisister this medicine every 1.34528 hours. exactly. *hands over bottle*.
Beware the magaphones!!
61-Sorry!
46-Heck yes!!! That sounds sweet!
sup Dot Keet? welcome aboard! looks like we got ourselves a boat full of women mercenaries! YAY FOR US!
I congratulate the crew of The Wraith on its safe landing on Pie Isle. The adventure has begun!
Welcome to the new immigrants, kiwimuncher, Cheesy, and Ruffled Grouse! By the way, Ruffled Grouse, where did you formerly serve as doctor? Have you jumped ship? Your assistance and expertise is much appreciated; Pie Isle welcomes all refugees!
***IMPORTANT*** All further explorations of Pie Isle will happen on the “Chronicles of Museica, Part the Fourth” thread, because that’s where this all started. And, well, we’re not on a ship anymore.
Darn HTML codes. Sorry ’bout that; it wasn’t supposed to be all italic. The link works, though.
Okay, it’s better now. Disregard post #69.
Where are we going?
kiwimuncher, I thought you were on Canix’s ship! When did you join my crew?
Ruffled Grouse, you’re not an immigrant, are you – just helping Cheesy? or am I wrong?
Shadowkat, are you part of my crew?
and where has Canix got himself to?
Gah! I’m getting confused.
iwanttobeamuffin: we are now on Pie Isle, a new island soon to be populated by Museicans, the bloggers who live on Museica. I guess we’ll be spending a lot of time at the “Chronicles of Museica, Part the Fourth” thread (see post 69 for link)
That goes for everyone else.
72- Canix is still around, but he is simply enjoying the cruise around the Blueberry Sea and not posting much, if at all. Canix likes talking about himself in the third person. He will keep doing it until everyone is fed up with him and stuffs a wombat or other sundry Australian mammal down his throat. Or maybe he won’t. But you can be sure that Canix will do this once in a while at least.
Canix thinks that now would be a good time to visit Frosting isle and Biskup, capital of Pwt.
Prarilius (what are you?), what spots are open? How *gulp* big is my cabin? Not *gulp* too small, is it?
Argh. I hate HTML.
Canix can think of only two positions, coxswain and cabin boy/girl. You choose how big your cabin is, as long as it’s not bigger than the ship.
Does anyone need a midshipman? I mean, midshipgirl?
I’ll be something else if anyone’ll take me on.
Canix already has a midshipmole, but Canix will take Alice on if she is willing to be coxswain. Now Canix must find out what a coxswain is…
The Coxswain commands the captain’s barge. Aboard the Ferret, that translates to the jellyboat.
Alice, you can be my midshipgirl! (What is a midshipgirl?) You can join my crew, the crew of The Wraith. We are a crew of mercenaries (all female so far) who are currently scouting out Pie Isle, an island recently discovered that seems to be inhabited by violent hominids and gocile Hot Magneta Bunnies (HMBs).
Have you been following along with the plot, or do you need a summary?
Or shall you join Canix’s crew? They are part of the Navy of Museica.
I split off from that a few days ago and went looking for pay.
Alright! That answered a lot of my questions, actually. Is coxswain the same as boatswain?
No.
1 : a petty officer on a merchant ship having charge of hull maintenance and related work
2 : a naval warrant officer in charge of the hull and all related equipment
Canix will change the position for his convenience. Aboard the Black-footed Ferret, the coxswain is in charge of the jellyboats.
Canix is getting too arrogant for his own good. Canix will stop talking in the third person after this post.
Sorry, when I said “No” I was answering my own question, “Is coxswain the same as a boatswain.” The above descriptions are from websters dictionary. The full entry is this:
Main Entry: boat·swain
Variant(s): or bosun also bos’n or bo’s’n or bo’sun /’bO-s&n/
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English bootswein, from boot boat + swein boy, servant — more at SWAIN
1 : a petty officer on a merchant ship having charge of hull maintenance and related work
2 : a naval warrant officer in charge of the hull and all related equipment
Here’s coxswain:
Main Entry: 1cox·swain
Pronunciation: ‘käk-s&n, -“swAn
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English cokswayne, from cok cockboat (a small boat) + swain servant
1 : a sailor who has charge of a ship’s boat and its crew and who usually steers
2 : a steersman of a racing shell who usually directs the rowers
But you’ll still stop talking in third person?
Oops, I shouldn’t say things like that to my captain. Sorrysir.
Canix – Do I call you Captain, or Sir? – What’s a -oh, nevermind, just looked at post 84? And what does a cabin person do?
I think my cabin will be… as big as my room. ‘Nuff said.
What’s a jellyboat?
(86) Jellyboats, which evolved from jollyboats, enter the saga in Ship’s Ships’ Log Logs: Beyond Museica, Part 1, beginning with comment #132, then picking up in earnest from comment #151.
47- I’ll be cook, as those burnt breadsticks were a bit rubbish. (No offense) Meal suggestions anyone? Also, I would like the cabin right by the stairs and the galley. Thanks!
Do we have to wear stupid napoleonic-wars-type-hats? If you don’t know what I’m talking about, go rent a Hornblower movie.
What are we currently doing?
86- I think a cabin person… umm… I’ll go look it up!
Main Entry: cabin boy
Function: noun
: a boy working as servant on a ship
I assume a cabin girl would do the same thing.
I wear a napoleonic-war-type hat, but you don’t have to.
We have arrived at Biskup.
Thank you, sir!
Where’s Biskup?
Help! Is there a map or something?
Biskup is on Frosting Isle, which is in the Blueberry Sea, which is in Pwt, which is in Museica, which is in the Musiverse. There is a map here, but it’s a little small. Look for my key to the features in the later posts.
I’m sorry if I insulted your fashion sense earlier by calling those hats “stupid.”
Sincerely.
72-No, I’m part of Prarilius Canix’s crew, and sort of part of Dot Keet’s crew, and I also have my own ship, the Iron Rose, of which the crew is me, myself, and I, and that’s all, sorry for seeming selfish, but I already have too many things to take care of, here.
A SERVANT?!?!?!?!?! I am way too smart for that. I’ll be the coxswain.
I will wear… a pi symbol hat (yes, I am a geek, I know), some nice Crocs, a t-shirt that says I AM A NERD AND PROUD OF IT, and khaki pants. Presumably most of the time, except on (possibly nonexistent) wash days, when I will wear a one-piece pajama… thingy. With feet.
I am such a geek.
72-I’m just helping Cheesy, I’m still the Doctor on the Black-Footed Ferret.
96-oh, yes… footed pajamas are marvelous!
so we are doing what?
96-I love it!
My outfit consists of slick pleather khaki pants, knee-high dark brown leather-like boots, a poofy-sleeved white blouse, underneath a dark brown leather-like button-up vest with those little pocket-thingies. My hair is down, but is kept off my face by a wide gold-colored headband. I’m also wearing 1.5-inch-diameter gold hoop earrings, and I carry a simitar (sp?) in its scabbard at my left hip. Oh, yeah…I’m hot.
99- Nice outfit.
100-Thanks!
Hmm. I gues we don’t really have a chance of all being inthe same uniforms, then. But alright, I gues it is my job…
*whips up desk with paper and quills*
Aright, everyone on the Black-Footed Feret, if you want to order a uniform see me. I’ll try to get them deliverd as soon as possible, but who knows, apearal might be hard to find when it’s thought up by musers.
Hmm…
So we’re describing outfits now, are we? I dress like Art, on the cover of Piratica.
On second thought (and on looking at the cover) make that Piratica II. I am adept at fencing.
That means, so my trusty online dictionary tells me, highly profficient. Did I spell that right? Darn it, I can’t figure out how to make firefox check spelling. Grr.
102- I might want to order a uniform… What do they look like?
103-One “f”, I believe.
So, do-gooders…
Have a nice time with your adventures. If you ever miss me, I’ll most likely be on the Pie Isle thread, as it is where my current job is.
If I ever miss you, I’ll post here.
I’ll be back soon. I hope. I love this thread, so I couldn’t stay away too long.
And have fun with the uniforms. My crew doesn’t have one – we’re too kewl to have those (oh, what now, huh punk?). Haha, just kidding…
Canix, you’re an awesome capitan.
? ) Arr!
106- Thanks. We’ll see enough of each other to keep up our friendly nautical rivalry, right?
105- Yeah…
I think I’ll order a uniform…
We’ll miss you, Necromancer!
106-Byez!
Well, now that cheesy is saved I am happy.
Cheesy is happy too! Cheesy:Bleepy!
But now I don’t know what to do. What are we doing? Where are we going? What new adventure awaits us?
I think I will make some dinner. How about some fresh fajitas and fried icecream? Wow. I’m really in a Mexican food mood!
104- I asked a while ago what people wanted a uniform to wear to look like, but no one responded. So now I’m just writing down whatever people want to wear(they choose) and ordering it. That’s part of what a quartermaster does, I believe.
All uniforms ordered will arive with two spares and special soap that will get any stains out. All clothing is waterproof too.
106- I guess I missed that part.
Also I’m not sure who else is on The Black-Footed Ferret so I’m a bit lost.
o.k.! I would like mine all red!
112-Ah! I want to try fried ice cream so badly!!! But I can’t…at least, not right now.
Could my uniform be light blue, please? I would like calf-length pants, a blouse, a jacket, and a froody hat.
117- Sure! So far I have:
tmfa- all red; standerd uniform
RG- all blue; calf-lenght pants, blouse, jacket, hat
Let’s see, I want to dress like Dido Twite. That would mean a midshipman’s uniform.
i want to wear….. 3/4 sleeve blue and orange shirt and tan cargos
fellowmuser-Ah, look what we’ve started! (Mostly you, but, well…)
i don’t like uniforms. They make it so you have to wear the same thing everyday. As ships cook, I am perfectly fine with my assorted aprons. Gurgle. What can I say in this conversation. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
I know!
Pie Attack!
122- No. We are not starting that again! Actually, you can if you want to, because:
a) I am not on your ship.
b) I am not on this thread really. Just reading it. Technically I am on pie isle. So long!
123-Nice…:lol:
Okay, we will visit the fondue fountain of New Goldentoad, and then our cruise will be over and we’ll go to the South Pole. Sound like a plan?
125- Yeah. What are we going to do in the south pole?
Canix! Inspired by your recent post on Pie Isle thread, I decided to visit.
So you’re going to find a way through/around Dor? Sounds like a plan. I was planning to go there, but you do the honors!
113 – um, no. A quartermaster is kind of like a Union Leader; they are elected by the crew to make sure the captain is fair, as well as run trials, and deal out punishments.
But that doesn’t mean you can’t call yourself one!
We will explore Dor, the infamous “Dark Continent” of the Musiverse, by land or sea. Right now, however, we are stocking up on chocolate in Pwt. We will sail for Dor as soon as possible.
The Bunny Crisis is over, and we are sailing down the Filling River to the Eastern Sea.
Hey, the South Pole! Cool! Am I still welcome aboard your ship (the name of which escapes me at the moment), PC?
Of course you’re welcome, Shadowkat!
~
April 2. We have a strong following wind and we are sailing south along the coast. We just passed New Cat. South Museica is approaching. I will give a description of it from this and past voyages.
South of Aeiou is mostly burnt crust, with mountains on either side. Rivers of sugar and cream flow down the mountains to the sea. The wasteland goes on for thousands of miles, but in the extreme south there is coniferous forest. Farther along, there is snow-cone tundra, which forms a continent where Antarctica used to be. This continent is part of Dor. Dor proper is a large peninsula about the size of Australia which juts up into the Gulf of Dornavenk. It is full of rainforest, precious stones, valuable metals, and unfriendly reptilian natives. We hope to get more information about this peninsula.
how do you prenose it?
Prenose???
It seems that the penninsula would be a good place to get some exotic fruits for some fruit pies. Why don’t we go on an expedition to find some of these tasty treats?
When are we going to navigate Dor?
Necromancer, if you don’t remember me, you said I could join your crew on Pie Isle. I was just wondering what I could do to help.
~
Apr. 5. We have passed into frozen seas south of Museica. Supplies are running low. We have to cut across the Isthmus of Baker to reach the Gulf of Dornavenk. We must figure out a way to transport the Black-footed Ferret across 7 miles of flat land.
~
A great portage!
139 could work, but we’d need lots and lots of people. Where could we get them?
140- Hire them, maybe?
Yeah, but who could we hire? Pieislians, maybe?
132-Hm, we need some coffee…
I’m sure the Piites can help…we’re having a meeting to decide what to do tomorrow…I can bring it up, if you like.
142- I wouldn’t know. I’ve only been to Pie Isle once, and only for a few seconds.
Happy (early) birthday, captain! *pies*
Maybe some LIRs could help. The Pie Isle people would probablly be willing to help too. But we should promise to help them too, when they are in need of assistance.
Some native LIRs have volunteered to help in exchange for one of the jellyboats. I will give them the Cloudberry.
All uniforms have arived. They’re in that trunk over there, labled. You can get them yourseves, I think I’m going to take some time to relax…we are cruising, after all. Or we were. But until we get to Dor I’m going to nap…zzz…
Alright, this thread is dying…help me save it, people!!!
146-That’s good…now we just need to get organized.
I want to, but how?
I’m not sure who-all is on The Black-Footed Ferret, besides Prarilius Canix and me. Oh, and Jadestone, apparently.
And supposedly we’re going to try to navigate Dor, but no one’s here, so I guess not.
I’d help, but I’ve never been here before.
150- Then I’ll get you started. The LIRs have agreed that they will accept a captain aboard the Cloudberry. If you help, I’ll grant you that position. You would be commanding a small, single-masted boat with a crew of ten large, intelligent rodents. The boat has the added advantage of being hard to see from more than twenty feet away and being able to sail up to thirty feet in the air (both virtues of the cloudberry jelly that it provides an endless supply of.) The jelly is also edible. I’m sorry it’s a small boat, but if you can find some hidden treasure (common in these waters), you will be able to buy a bigger ship and hire more crew. I suggest digging around the shores of Crouton Isle, which is in the Eastern Seas. We once found a map that indicated that the treasure of Captain Llangwitchartz was hidden there.
The portage was successful. I paid the LIRs with lots and lots of the Lirish currency that we captured from Blackberrybeard on our first voyage. We have reached the Gulf of Dornavenk and are sailing for Dor.
Wow! Sorry! Due to spring break I have been basking on the beach instead of joining you guys in our interesting adventures. Waz up?
Okay! I get it! We’ve hired some LIRs! Now what do we do? Can we follow them to try and find the treasure? Will we go to the exotic penninsula to discover some new native fruits for my food recipes? We might be able to dive under the ocean and find otherwordly allies like a group of friendly sea monsters. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. I think I’ll just make breakfast. How many of you are hungry fo rfreshly baked cinnimon rolls?
I’m posting my position up there when I’m on this thread, see? That way other people know who I am, on what ship.
I’ll say this on Name Changes too, but it seemed appropriate to say it here.
154-Mmmm, I’d go for ’em!
155-Like my name? Lol.
Come on guys! What do you want to do?! Will we…..
A) Follow the LIRs to get the treasure
B) go to the exotic penninsula
C) visit some sea monsters
D) other
I read the condensed version, but it didn’t explain what was happening here. As I am too lazy to go back and read the previous threads, could someone give me a summary of what has happened on these threads?
Um, erm, I haven’t been here very long, but I could tell you that Prarilius Canix’s ship, The Black-Footed Ferret, has just been portaged over the Isthmus of Baker (don’t ask, I’m only quoting). Eventually we may navigate Dor, a region that has never before been navigable, but then again, we may not.
Necromancer has left the thread. (A very long time ago, but that’s the only thing that I know about other ships.)
E2MB is captain of a jellyboat.
Let’s go to the exotic peninsula. There are navigable mango mangrove swamps all around the coast. We must be armed, because although it has fantastic wildlife and precious metals, Dor also has unfriendly tribes of Large Intelligent Lizards (LILs).
154- Mmmmm, yes!!
160- I’m up for it! Whee! *reads pie sling-shot* Mangos, yum.
Large Intelligent Lizards?!
Cheesie: Bleep!
Cool!
WOW! These are the most delicious mangos EVER! They would make a scrumptious mango turnover! With icing! I love icing! Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
i don’t see any signs of the LIL’s. Is that a good thing?
163- It could be good (they haven’t noticed us) or bad (they have, and are waiting to ambush us).
~
Apr. 19. We are rowing down a narrow channel between the great buttresses formed by the mangrove roots. It is very gloomy, humid and hot. Most of Dor is like this, except for a mountain ridge that is covered in cloud forest and runs down the peninsula like a backbone.
I notice large oysters attached to the mangrove roots. Strange. Maybe they have valuable pearls in them.
Ugh, what an atmosphere. Pant pant.
THeir pearls can’t be as valuble as these mangoes! Wow! Have you not tried one yet? But they do look kind of cool. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. Is that a green tongue sticking out of them?
Look out, Kiwimuncher. I just saw one of the oysters stick out its tongue and slurp down a large bird.
… I don’t think those are oysters, Captain. One of them just looked at me…
*springs out of an oyster* Hi, everyone! Can I join your expedition?
They don’t seem to be normal oysters, at least. How did you get into that oyster? Have their pearls refracted energy into some sort of teleportation field? If we figure out how it works, we could be rich…
I don’t know how I got in there, I just did. It was completely involuntary. I was sitting at home, innocently thinking, when I came into this cramped larger-than average oyster. What would I do, other than spring out of it?
I wonder if there are other MBers in the oysters.
I think it must be some teleportation field. Do you remember exactly what you were thinking at the moment you came in, Glassboro?
Perhaps he was thinking of some really juicy mangoes!
I know that right now I’m thinking of some really juicy mangoes.
I think that I’m going to collect some mangoes to make some mango turnovers.
174-176: Please, don’t mention mangoes.
*hides in scarred shame*
177- Why on earth in Museica not?
oh thats were the sinkhols lead!
that should be sinkholes
Sinkholes? What about them?
Mangoes are okay…but I like peaches more. Sorry, that was kinda random, but it was pretty much all in the last few posts on the thread.
Ooh, peaches…*drool* Hey look! A whole branch full of them! Kinda suspicious, but they smell so good…
174-176 – I thought you were a kiwimuncher, not a mangomuncher.
I forget what I was thinking about. There was some kind of mind-wipe. However, come to think of it I may have been thinking about really juicy mangoes.
185- Ahh, tha hapens to me many many times. Unfortunatl, this process seems to double durring testing time. Or in the middle of converations.
Now I feel like eating a peach.
But we don’t have peaches.
*cries*
181-the sinkholes near the museian court house!
I thought I would try a long name for a change.
Let’s take one of the oysters into the ship and study it. Perhaps we can figure out how to synthesize a teleportation field. That would revolutionize transport around the globe and beyond it.
Wheee! tis’ found the thread again!
I need to get going, I’ve tried before but it didn’t work out. OoooooooooooKAY, man the ship with… Who wants to be in my crew? I’ve got room for 4 crew members.
My ship, the Moozer112 sails the first of May. My previous blog names will fill any spaces left unfilled by that date.
I guess that I’ll try to get a place on it. Any places on the Moozer112?
Glassboro, you are First Mate. It’s April 26. 4 more days to get spaces.
Can I join?
Can a person be on more than one ship? ‘Cause I’m already on The Black-footed Ferret.
Welllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll.
Anough about mangoes.
Though those turnovers were pretty good if I do say so myself.
(194) I really don’t know. Though it might get confusing.
So, these strange teleporting oysters. Let’s set up an investigation of them and……………………………………….
Cheesy:Bleep?
Bleep! Bl-Bleep Bleep! BLEEP!
(Where is kiwimuncher?!)
Bleep! Bleepy Bleep Bleepen Bleepers!
(She touched the oyster and suddenly disapeared!)
Bleeppppppp Bleep?
(What will we do?)
Bleep Blepen Bleepy?
(How will we be able to tell where she’s gone?)
Wow. Where am I? Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. Most interesting. I seem to have teleported on top of…………………..
Gulp.
A giant cow’s eyelash.
*Faint*
Rescuing Kiwimuncher is now our top priority. We need to get to wherever that oyster teleports people.
Great. We’ve lost someone now. Come to think of it, I was sitting on a giant cow’s eyelash, thinking about delicious mangoes, when I came here. I think that the oyster was supposed to be a two-way oyster, so she went there. Any help?
Well, now if she just thinks about mangoes, she should get back the same way. Right?
She should, but can we be sure that we will? Maybe we should think about a giant cow’s eyelash.
Sorry, Alice, I don’t take people already on a ship. Stay with me, Glassboro.
201- Alri-
Hi, kiwimuncher!
This is kind of scary. It’s a long way down to the giant cow’s nose. I hope I don’t fall.
Yeah, pity ladders can’t think. Alright, everyone, including Kiwimuncher should think about the-*vanishes because he thought about the place that they came from*
Oh dear. Only one left. Ahh!!!! Must. Not. Think. About- Ahhhg!! Nonono must-must- SING!! Yes!! LALALAOHHOOLALEETEDA…*continues*
(((in back of mind)))ohdeari’mtheonlyoneleftohdearwhatshouldidothisisratherinconvenientnowisn’tit
201 – That is evil!!!!!!!!!!!!
Please, I need a crew!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I’m still here. I haven’t thought about…
*vanishes*
This cow’s eyelash is rather large. I’m looking down, and I can see where we are, though.
Wow. We are outside the Museican courthouse in the Muse Statuary Gardens. I think we’re on top of the 100-foot-tall statue of Bo.
Oh, good. That means the eyelash won’t collapse under us.
207- You’ve got me.
206- How is it evil?
Okay. I am calm………….AHHH!
Well. Since everyone is now on the giant statue of Bo’s eyelash. How do we propose to get off?
I have no idea. Think of mangoes, maybe?
why is every one thinking about mangooooooooooooooooooooooooooos!
great! now I am right out side the court. there is a ladder a few feet over. here let me get you down!.
hmm, maybe thinking about that fruit is a good idea. I like… *vanishes**appears in a market that sells mangoes*
208-I’m confused…what did you do?
Hmm, I wonder where Glassboro went? Mangoes taste good. I like mang-
Where is this? I am in a mango tree. But where?
I really like mangoes…
The ship’s doctor has returned! Bo’s eyelash? Wow. I was suddenly transported here from nocomputerland!
Oh No! Everyone is thinking about a fruit that I refuse to think about because everyone is getting stranded in places with the fruit that I refuse to think about. Wow. That was a mouthful.
How will we be able to find each other? Okay! I have an idea! Everyone think about the “Blackfooted Ferret” and we’ll all materlize there!
Oops. I meant matralize.
I think you meant materealize materialize.
*thinks*
Yay! It worked! I am now on the Black-Footed Ferret!
Black-Footed Ferret… Black-Footed Ferret…
Am I here? Yes, I am!
*Thinks about how nice it would be to be back on the Moozer112**vanishes from mango tree and appears on the Moozer112*
Oops, I was in a store. *vanishes from store and appears on the Moozer112*
I am outside the court with a ladder to get people down from bo’s eyelash. I wish I was on the black footed ferret.
go to ship.
Ah! People coming back!! *moves ship away from oysters* *hgs returning people* They don’t transport you if you’re not to close… I think theres a relationship between how big hey are and how far away you should stay…
Yay! Now that we are all together again…………………..what shall we do next? Should we explore more of this amazing island or should we high tail it out of here?
Explore!
Yeah, let’s explore, but let’s take some of the teleportation pearls in boxes of nullite, which will keep them from affecting us.
Moozer112 crew list:
Captain, Koko du Pelle.
First Mate, Glassboro.
Cook:Blackblogger.
Lookout: alan
Guy with a long and fancy name: Supermuse, who is posting under a long and fancy name to make the moozer112 sound important. Ship’s log will be in green.
(229) I’m confused.
Well, let’s get those pearls in the nullite! Wait! What’s that?
Some strange noise i coming from the swamp!
“Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrr ARrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr GRgrarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!”
Wow. That’s strange.
Cheesie: Bleep! Bleepen Bleepers! Bleepy!
Hmmmmmmmmm. Cheesie says that the Gr things that we can’t see are telling us stop messing with their sacred cloopers. Huh? What? Poo. I’m confused again.
Pause: I wsih that we had a new thread. “Hint Hint”
Sacred cloopers? Maybe we should put the pearls back.
No way. We are taking the pearls for the greater glory of Museica, and if any grs try to stop us, we will pie them so thoroughly that they will be unable to even think about baked goods again without having a panic attack.
Hello? Glassboro?
Ship’s Log, Moozer112
Ship’s log will now be simply acnolledged. In-*WHUNG! end ship’s log. Hit island. alan! What’s up?
236-The island, Cap’n. We hit it, and it started rising, and pulling us with it!
ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Go ashore, alan!
Right. I’ll*vanishes and appears on island.*
I’m back. I think that I’m glad that I left, I didn’t get damaged by the rocks. What are we doing now, besides going to an island?
alan’s on the island, Glassboro. You can join him if you like. He vanished.
Wow. They sure are panicing. But in the wrong direction. Why are they running toward us? Are they attacking?
Are my eyes bugging out?
*Slow motion scream*
*Fast motion again*
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr runs right past me like I don’t even exist.
What?
What’s going on?
The Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr’s arerunning away toward the shore, away from their camp. Huh?
Oh no! What if something is chasing them? It is! Run for your life! It’s like a cross between a deranged T. Rex and a LIL!
Here I am, on an island watching a herd of hpbs get eaten by a… What is that? A toohbrushasorus?
It looks like a cross between a T. Rex and a toothbrush. I think it is a toothbrushasorus. Whoever named it can’t spell “saurus”. No… I DISCOVERED A NEW DINOSAUR! THE TOOTHBRUSHASAURUS!
Wow. That’s awesome!
The toothbrushasaurus is sure scrubbing away at those LIL’s! They must have been dirty little things!
Grab the pearls and let’s go! LILs and GRRRs and Toothbrushosauri oh my!
Yay! Now that we are back on our ship and in calm waters, I will make us a wonderful breakfast! Eggs, bacon, sausage, grits, cinnamon buns, freshly made orange juice……………………Wow. My mouth is watering.
Yum!
*sifting through bag of pearls while humming and not thinking about anything in piticualr*
Hey, there’s a black pearl in here! I wonder if i- *poof*
…
*poof* O.O Well I think that might have been the Peacefull Pie Planet, but I’m not entirely sure.
The green pearls seem to be middle-range transporters, while the black ones are long-range. I think there are some small purple ones in here that are short-range.
Well, aparently they are. I found myself sitting on the cabin roof. That was odd. At least it wasn’t the mast.
I’m vegetarian.
That’s referring to the meal, sorry. I hadn’t refreshed recently enough.
Maybe we could attach this black one here to the prow or top of the mast, and if we were in big trouble someome could climb uup and transport the ship somehwere else… if it was in a place we don’t normally get to close to we wouldn’t be in dangor of accedental teleportation.
Yes! Like an emergency getaway device! That would be a big help, in case of extreme danger.
Yeah! It would! As long as it didn’t backfire on us. The other problem with it is that we can’t test it, seeing as there is no extreme danger around.
good point!
OH NO THE TOOTHBRUSHASAURUS IS CHARGING AT ME AND IME SUDDENLY PARALYZED OH *vanishes to Moozer112 very suddenly* Wow. I’m safe… Wait a minute… CAP’N!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *whispers something to Koko du Pelle*
Wow… If alan is correct… that island allows you to teleport by mentioning your destination! Or it will teleport you automaticly if you’re in danger! Cool!
~Ship’s log~
May 15:Uneventful since leaving the island. Alan hopes that the jar of earth we took from the island will allow us to exploit the island’s power. But haven’t used it yet.
(261) What?! I thought that it was the pearls that allowed you to teleport!
Well. I have a delima. I’ve just finished cooking dinner and now I have nothing to do! Perhaps I can go out on deck while everyone’s eating and watch a quiet sunset. Wait! What’s that?! Come here everyone! I can see a giant castle floating in the sky!
Oooo, it’s beautiful!
262-Right. The pearls and the island will let you teleport.
Let’s try to reach the castle. Everyone think about it and touch a green pearl.
Oh! It’s even more beautiful inside! That is, if you ignore the dragon tied up right inside the courtyard.
so now what?
Glasboro! alan! Blackblogger! Supermuse who is posting under a long and fancy name to make the ship sound important!
alan:Supermuse is absent, Cap’n. Left ‘im behind.
KdP:Oh well. I see a floating castle ahead! And a ship… C’mon. Grab the earth! *crew members grab jar of earth from island* Floating castle!*vanishes with crew to castle* Oh look, the crew of the other ship. kiwimuncher, alice, PC, Jadstone, ruffled Grouse.
Wow. We’re all here! Lets have a big reunion Bar-B-Q! With corn on the cob and watermelon to go with it! And homemade icecream for desert! Oooooooooh! Yummmmy! I wonder if the owner of this castloe will allow us to use his grounds. We could invite him, of course! And his dragon!
I know! The dragon could be the barbecue!
269-Great!*owner of castle shows up.*
Castle Owner:Get out!*shoots wand at everyone*Oops, my wand doesn’t work anymore. I-
Koko du Pelle:*pies owner of castle*May we have a barbecue in your castle?
Me:Please Mr. Great Owner of the Castle! We beg of you! Can we have a bar-B-Q?!
Mr.Great Owner of Castle: No! You may not! I refuse to host it!
*Crys of protest ring out*
Cheesy: Bleep! Ble-Bleep! Bleep! Bleepen!
*Cheesy accidently spews cheese everywhere*
*Mr.Great Owner of Castle wipes the cheese off his face and tastes it*
Mr.Great Owner of Castle: Wait! You can host it if this charming fellow gives me some of his cheese!
*Cheesy nods and everyone cheers*
Great! May we use your dragon to cook the food?
He agreed, and we are now having a wonderful barbecue. Mr. GOOC is showing me some charts of Dor. We now have the Museican globe completely mapped.
If we have the Museican globe completely mapped, can we go home now? Or would it be quicker to go forward and sail around the world?*is curious about Dor* Let’s keep going forward!
Yeah, let’s go forward. Only if we go around the world, we’d have to cross the South Pole, which is uncharted. So much the better! Let’s go.
(270) Wait! Do you mean that the dragon is the BarBQ or that it’s going to cook it?
Well, now we are bidding goodbye to the Great Owner of the Castle and are traveling through Dor. Since this seems to be a new chapter in our grand voyage, I was wondering if we could make a Part 7. Could we? Huh? Well?
277- It cooks the food.
And I agree about Part 7.
Let’s travel thru Dor and get Part Seven afterward.
Has there ever been a part 7 of anything?
No 7, seven or seventh.
280- Probably a random thread.
We’ll be the first.
How exciting!
Sorry about the multiple short posts.
I just want to get Part 7 soon.
Knock it off
Wow. Lot of PoPoing and PoPoPoing going on. I think we need Part 7 if we plan to navigate Dor. We can’t do that on so few posts.
287- Sorry sir/ma’am/zurb. Consider it knocked off.
Let’s just finish this thread up with the navigation of Dor, and continue it if we need to on Part 7.
~
I see a volcano in the distance. I can’t tell whether it’s active or extinct, but the stone is a peculiar blue. Let’s check it out.
Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh
A blue volcano!
Cooooooooooooooooool!
Maybe it’s Lapis Lazuli. How exciting!
Yeah! To the-*volcano erupts* OH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It’s ACTIVE!
Run away!
Whoops, I mean,
Steer away!
and the blackfooted farret quickly got out of there and landed on a nearby island
~Ship’s Log, Moozer 112~
Just landed on an island near an active blue volcano. A million and smileies are marching toward us. This must be… Smiley Island.
Oh dear. The Moozer 112 is trapped on Smiley Island. Should we help them?
Wait… something’s happening. The green pearls are twitching. Uh oh. The five next to me just started grinning. And the rest will soon follow.
They’re smileys.
:mrgreen::mrgreen::mrgreen::mrgreen::mrgreen:
Now the rest of them are coming alive.
:mrgreen::mrgreen::mrgreen::mrgreen::mrgreen::mrgreen: :mrgreen::mrgreen: :mrgreen::mrgreen: :mrgreen::mrgreen: :mrgreen::mrgreen: :mrgreen::mrgreen: :mrgreen::mrgreen: :mrgreen::mrgreen: :mrgreen::mrgreen: :mrgreen::mrgreen: :mrgreen::mrgreen: :mrgreen::mrgreen:
:mrgreen::mrgreen::mrgreen:
:mrgreen::mrgreen: :mrgreen::mrgreen: :mrgreen::mrgreen:
They speak a language similar to that of Kiwimuncher’s Cheesy. I wonder if he can act as a translator.
Uh-oh. Now some of the smileys are mad.
281, 283, etc – There was a Hot Topics, v. 2006.8. Sorry, people. But hey! 600 more posts and we can become the first to get to part 9!
You are positively obsessed, E2MB. But still . . . 600 posts, huh?
Great. My incompetent captain just nearly got me killed. Just because I wasn’t here to complain. I’m seriously considering making my own ship.
Bleep! Bleepen Bleep Bleepy Bleepen!
Cheesy says that the smilies want our smiles because they have every smiley face except terrified faces! I don’t want them to take my smile! Wait! I know! Lets be happy! They have tons of happy faces!
If we’re happy, then they won;t want our smilie because they already have smiling faces!
Okay, that works . . . I hope. Unfortunately this is a smile of terror, so it’s not working- EEP!
They pulled me off the ship with their teeth!
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And now for something completely different. Can we have a new thread yet?
There’s a new thread!