The captain and the first mate watched as the green sailors began the race to the crow's nest at the top of the rigging. Also watching the climb was the rest of the crew, at least until the first mate noticed that they were spectating and not working. "Get back to work, you scurvy dogs!" Mister Plugg screamed at them, and they all hurried to make themselves look busy while keeping watch on the climbers' progress.<br/><br/>Some moved steadily like turtles but too slowly to win the race and were rather boring to watch. More exciting were those who scampered up like hares, only to slip midway. The crew pointed and hooted as Kali lost her footing and threatened to fall, only to grab on to the rigging and catch herself at the last moment. Captain Harrigan frowned and shook his head. "Mister Plugg! I'll leave it to you to make sailors or pies of these lubbers." With that the captain returned belowdecks, leaving the first mate in charge.<br/><br/>The first to the top was the angry-looking man who pulled himself up the regular handholds and footholds offered by the rigging with practiced skill. Second was Athoros, whose turtle strategy almost paid off but not quite, and Mister Plugg looked unlikely to offer any prizes for second place. "Get your fat asses down here, on the double!" He shouted up at them without waiting for the  rest of them to reach the crow's nest. A sadistic half-smile crossed his lips as his gaze swept over Asra, who was lower on the rigging than everyone else. The wind was picking up and the actual riggers were starting to make their way up to unfurl the sails and get under way.<br/><br/>Once their feet were back on the deck, Mister Plugg had Master Scourge line them up in two files, something which the boatswain enforced with relish with liberal threat of his whip until the newly impressed crew members were standing at attention with the proper spacing between them. The first mate paced imperiously in front of them, his ponytail flapping behind him in the wind like an angry black snake. "You," he pointed at angry-face, "rigger. You'll take your orders from me. The rest of you will enjoy being swabs under the kind tutelage of Master Scourge here. Except for you," here he dragged Asra in front of the rest by her ear, "report to the galley as cook's mate, you useless pussy, and keep your bloated tits off my deck unless you want them lashed off you."<br/><br/>Mister Plugg sent Asra on her way with a kick to her rump and walked off to supervise the rest of the ship's duties, with his newest rigger giving one last glance back before hurrying after him. That left the remaining swabs under the command of Master Scourge, who gave them a very fake grin that looked something between a snarl and a grimace. "Alright me lovelies, let's get your backs broken in for a start. You'll be scrubbing the decks and ye won't be done until they're as smooth as a shaven whore's cunt. Get ye holystones from the stores below and get started."<br/><br/>It turned out that the holystones were blocks of sandstone, and scrubbing the decks was exactly what it sounded like: being on their knees bent over scrubbing the decks with the stones until they were clean and polished, under the scorching sun. At first Master Scourge supervised them directly, and threatened them with a crack of his whip at any sign of slowing down, but eventually his other duties summoned him elsewhere leaving the swabs to work by themselves.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">OOC</div><div class="spoiler_body"><span class="bbc_u">Tasks and ship actions systems</span><br/><br/>Tasks: Every day the PCs will be assigned a task for the day requiring a skill or ability check. Failing the check results in punishment of varying severity depending on how badly it failed. Today's task is scrubbing the decks, with a DC 10 Strength or DC 10 Constitution (pick one) check.<br/><br/>Ship actions: There are two types of ship actions: daytime actions which take place during the day's work and nighttime actions which take place in the evening after work. Daytime actions involve different aspects of working, interacting with crew or exploring the ship. A list of available actions is below.<br/><br/>-Work Diligently: Gain a +4 bonus on any one check for a job’s daily task<br/>-Influence: Make normal checks for a job’s daily task and attempt to influence / interact with a single NPC (make an additional Diplomacy check)<br/>-Sneak: Make normal checks for a job’s daily task and briefly explore one area of the ship (make an additional Perception check or other applicable check)<br/>-Shop: Take a –2 penalty on all checks for a job’s daily task and visit the quartermaster’s store (currently not available)<br/>-Shirk: Take a –2 penalty on all checks for a job’s daily task and take time exploring one area of the ship (can take 10 on a single Perception check or other skill check, but must make an additional  Stealth check to avoid being discovered)<br/><br/>For now, select a daytime ship action and roll the check for the task of scrubbing the deck.<br/></div></div>