Instead of an in-game funny experience, I decided to write a story, like "Memories of a Storm", that involves my in-game character/ship plus some humor and fiction. (the contest title says "show off your creativity", so I went for it
) I hope you like it!
-Tortuga-
Sundown. I was on my way from Port Royal to Devil's Anvil, with nothing but a few gold doubloons in my pocket and a light sloop at my feet. About a quarter mile from my destination, I encountered a man strapped to the back of what appeared to be eight sea turtles, strung together with rope. He wore a cover over his face and appeared to be sleeping or in a drunken stupor. As my ship approached, the man suddenly jolted up:
"Who goes there?", he slurred.
"Auralius", I replied.
"And whose ship is that?", he spoke, "a mighty fine-looking vessel."
"The ship is mine", I replied, "her name is Dark Voyager."
"She looks in need of a captain", the man pressed.
"I am the captain of this ship, she needs no more", I firmly replied.
"Aye, is that so?", the man stated, "and what have you against acquiring a new captain?", he paused, "a
better captain?"
*At this point, I had helped the man off his turtle-raft and over the starboard side of my sloop.*
"Well, there aren't any captains around here other than myself, and seeing as you have no ship and only a crew of sea turtles, I don't fancy you to be much of a captain yourself", I said. "How did you end up on a raft made of sea turtles anyways? Where are you trying to go? It looks like you aren't sailing anywhere at all--considering you have no ship", I boldly stated.
The man held his hands at chest level and started making odd pointing gestures, "The person doing the sailing is not always the one with a ship. And the person without a ship is now in need of someone to set sail with, savvy?", the man clearly stated.
At this moment, the man made his way to the wheel of my ship and removed the cover that had previously obscured his face. As he stood at the helm, with trinkets and jewelry glistening in the remaining sunlight, I realized I was standing in the presence of the legendary pirate, Captain Jack Sparrow; now it was I, indeed, that was without a ship.
"You're Captain Jack Sparrow!", I exclaimed.
"Aye, and we be headed for Tortuga now", as he grabbed at a bottle of rum to his side.
"What lies for us at Tortuga?" I said.
"Treasure, mate; the rarest and most legendary artifact this side of Padres", he said.
"What kind of treasure, exactly?", I questioned.
Sparrow pulled a crumpled map from his pocket and pointed to two letters that had been circled and written over top a crude drawing of Tortuga, "BK". Underneath, a small inscription wrote, "Held by few, sought by many".
"DK?", I mumbled, "Doubloons!! DK must stand for Doubloons of the King! We're gonna be rich!"
"Aye, perhaps--if the map read DK", he paused, "but it reads BK, which means something much greater than doubloons, mate. What we're after is a key. A key that will make available to us all the treasures in the world. A key which will bring us experiences so grand that legends will be written on our account", Sparrow charismatically spoke.
"BK stands for Beta Key", Sparrow whispered, "and I can't wait to get my hands on one."
*Cue "He's a Pirate" Track*
*Roll Credits*
-Auralius
