There are seven short blasts of the ship's whistle followed by one long blast. Soon after, the loud speaker crackles to life:
"This is a pre-recorded emergency message. All passengers are asked to gather at their nearest muster station. Primary exits toward muster stations are marked with a blue arrow. Please proceed in a calm and orderly fashion in the direction of these arrows. Crew members will assist you further at each of the muster stations."
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DAY 10<br />
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6:50PM<br />
Recently left the Sacred Lands, en route to Shadowglen via Omen Islands. (Question the wisdom of this charted course, but distance from the islands makes local intervention unlikely.) Inclement weather and turbulence has caused several of the ship&;s amenities to be closed.<br />
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7:50PM<br />
I am confident in saying that the ship is definitely under attack from some force and must concede that this is likely the doing of the sea witch. <br />
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10:05PM<br />
We have cut the engines, activated our emergency beacon, and will soon be gathering passengers at the muster points, though I do wonder how effective evacuation by life raft will be in this particular circumstance. <br />
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10:25PM<br />
<a href=/explore/cruise/porthole.php>More shadows have gathered in the water</a>, and the ship has been struck several times by all manner of monstrous beasts. It seems clear to me that evacuation is not a safe option for passengers at this time. The MS Oracle has received our distress call and been dispatched from port in the Darkside, though it is many hours away. A few passengers with battle experience have chosen to take matters into their own hands, and while myself and the crew have actively discouraged them, I cannot help but admire their bravery against these horrors. Those with combat experience have been permitted to <a href=/explore/cruise/weapon_shop.php>purchase weapons available on the ship in limited supply</a>; the cost is high to ensure only those with proper training and motivation are wielding dangerous weapons on deck. I certainly hope we get through this to see the income put to good use -- we&;ll be needing repairs. (Suddenly all those jokes about icebergs and capsizing are not as funny.)<br />
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Shinwa save us all.
<br />
6:50PM<br />
Recently left the Sacred Lands, en route to Shadowglen via Omen Islands. (Question the wisdom of this charted course, but distance from the islands makes local intervention unlikely.) Inclement weather and turbulence has caused several of the ship&;s amenities to be closed.<br />
<br />
7:50PM<br />
I am confident in saying that the ship is definitely under attack from some force and must concede that this is likely the doing of the sea witch. <br />
<br />
10:05PM<br />
We have cut the engines, activated our emergency beacon, and will soon be gathering passengers at the muster points, though I do wonder how effective evacuation by life raft will be in this particular circumstance. <br />
<br />
10:25PM<br />
<a href=/explore/cruise/porthole.php>More shadows have gathered in the water</a>, and the ship has been struck several times by all manner of monstrous beasts. It seems clear to me that evacuation is not a safe option for passengers at this time. The MS Oracle has received our distress call and been dispatched from port in the Darkside, though it is many hours away. A few passengers with battle experience have chosen to take matters into their own hands, and while myself and the crew have actively discouraged them, I cannot help but admire their bravery against these horrors. Those with combat experience have been permitted to <a href=/explore/cruise/weapon_shop.php>purchase weapons available on the ship in limited supply</a>; the cost is high to ensure only those with proper training and motivation are wielding dangerous weapons on deck. I certainly hope we get through this to see the income put to good use -- we&;ll be needing repairs. (Suddenly all those jokes about icebergs and capsizing are not as funny.)<br />
<br />
Shinwa save us all.
I spent plenty of sp on weapons for my pet, can't use them now. I loved battling, because I loved the /chance/ it gave to everyone. Maybe you'd get your behind handed to you by a stronger opponent, the same way you'd get it handed to you in real life. The weapon could only carry you so far. I don't think Subeta should try and make it's battle like a video game, because it's not one. It's been more suited to life and I wish it would have stayed that way. If we gained experience like we did on video games, with the ability to constantly earn it (not training sessions or the rare level up candy) then okay. Great. It fits. You don't earn exp quickly enough in battles to make this effective in level gains. Imagine Pokemon if it took you an hour to train your pet one level, and the battle exp earned was minimal and rare candies were hard to find and mostly expensive.
If I purchase an item as a collector or steal it, discover it, whatever, I can pick up the finest blade there is and STILL use it. There's no force field that says, Sorry, buddy, but you're too weak to handle this sword. You can use a letter opener right now, and maybe later after you have some experience, a dagger. Believe me, I've dealt with many people in the ER who have shot or stabbed or wounded themselves due to inexperience, and there was nothing there saying no, you can't use that gun!
A % scale, great. A beginner can only hope to "get lucky" and make a good hit and pray they don't damage themselves in the process. An all up: Sorry, you can't use this. No. We're not a game where you can level up and gain stat points in a short, efficient time.