The Captain's Secret - The Esperanza [Captain's Quarters]
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				Title: <strong>The Captain's Secret - The Esperanza [Captain's Quarters]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dominique</strong> on <strong>22-02-2019, 07:59:58</strong>
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				<div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span style="font-family: georgia;" class="bbc_font">The Captain's Quarters</span></span></strong><br><br>*<br><br>(https://i.imgur.com/xPZxGSi.jpg)</div><br><br><hr><div align="center"><span style="font-family: georgia;" class="bbc_font"><br><span style="font-family: georgia;" class="bbc_font"><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u"><strong>Links to Other Threads</strong></span></span></strong></span><br><span style="font-family: georgia;" class="bbc_font">Out of Character Thread (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=300545.0)<br>Accepted Characters (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=300519.0)</span><br><br><strong><span class="bbc_u">IC Threads</span></strong><br><span style="font-family: georgia;" class="bbc_font">The Esperanza - Top Deck (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=300620.0)</span><br><span style="font-family: georgia;" class="bbc_font">The Esperanza - Middle Deck (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=300994.0)</span><br><span style="font-family: georgia;" class="bbc_font">The Esperanza - Lower Deck (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=300995.0)</span><br><span style="font-family: georgia;" class="bbc_font">The Esperanza - Captain's Quarters (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=300996.0)</span><br><span style="font-family: georgia;" class="bbc_font">The Esperanza - Navigation Room (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=300997.0)</span><br><span style="font-family: georgia;" class="bbc_font">Erotic Thread (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=301003.0)</span><br><span style="font-family: georgia;" class="bbc_font">Event Thread (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=302780.0)</span><br><br></span></div>
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Captain's Secret - The Esperanza [Captain's Quarters]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dominique</strong> on <strong>08-03-2019, 15:01:34</strong>
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				<hr><div align="center"><span style="font-family: courier;" class="bbc_font"><span style="font-size: 20pt;" class="bbc_size"><strong>Game Master</strong></span></span></div><hr><br>The Captain's private quarters were a place few eyes had ever seen the interior of. Rosette de Courtenay safeguarded it in a manner that gave it an air of mystery, of wondering what hid behind the sturdy wooden door that warded any curious onlookers and kept any less trustworthy sailor from having a peek or thinking they could claim one of the treasures within for themselves. The door was locked with a key that the Captain kept on her person at all times; a single spare existed but currently belonged to no one. There was little reason for anyone to spend time inside other than Rose herself, and even though the old crew members knew that their dear Captain had invited the occasional man -or woman- into her bed, they were often too distracted by the sight and feel of naked flesh to wonder about what else hid in the private room of their commander. <br><br>It was a pity though, really, that few people got to enjoy the trove of information and invaluable relics neatly stowed away inside. Despite the Captain's love for adventure, for excitement and even a good measure of chaos, her room was well organised and neat looking. Her bed, lavish and covered with wine red sheets, went hidden between two sturdy book cabinets, and the big tomelike books contained on the shelves were of a vast assortment of subjects. Many of them revolved around nautical information, some directly linking back to the Naval Academy of Marseilles, but even more told stories of mythical legend, of tales almost forgotten with but a hair of truth to them. Among them were scrolls, too, although most maps were stored away in the navigation room instead, where they would best serve their purpose. <br><br>There was a single wardrobe, containing most of Rose's clothes and personal items. A few more cabinets littered the walls, with trinkets, prizes and extraordinary treasures from past victories stood on display for no one but her to see. There were gems, gold-encrusted weaponry and dazzling jewels. There was a strangely shaped skull, a shriveled leg of what might have been an oversized chicken and a fang as big as your arm. A sizeable table was placed at the heart of the room, with a well-crafted chair placed against it. Upon it stood a sturdy jar of quills, with a carefully closed pot of ink beside it. A thick scroll, covering almost the entire wooden surface, lay rolled out on top, with an intricate display of images and symbols seemingly etched into the sturdy parchment. It was covered in a wax of sorts, which had aided in withstanding the test of time, but it did little to explain the enigmatic nature of what was written on its surface. The scroll was a secret that even Rosette de Courtenay had thusfar been unable to unravel. But with her new crew, and with one man in particular, she had good faith that was about to change. <br><br><br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Captain's Secret - The Esperanza [Captain's Quarters]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dominique</strong> on <strong>16-03-2019, 00:46:50</strong>
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				<hr><div align="center"><span style="font-family: courier;" class="bbc_font"><span style="font-size: 20pt;" class="bbc_size"><strong>Game Master</strong></span></span></div><hr><div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/FsSwBxR.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Rosette de Courtenay (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=300519.msg14691423#msg14691423)<br><strong>Position:</strong> Captain<br><strong>Location:</strong> The Esperanza, Port Royal | top deck → Captain’s Quarters<br><strong>Time &amp; Date:</strong> Day 1, Morning, close to Noon<br><strong>Tagging:</strong>&nbsp; Weston<br><strong>Content:</strong> Revealing plot things<br><hr><br>She opened the door and stepped aside, letting Weston enter first. Rose closed the door carefully behind herself, twisting the lock and pocketing the key before following her newest found recruit into the open space. It was a single room, but even that was a rare luxury on a pirate ship. A table filled much of the open space, around it were shelves an cabinets secured against the walls. The bedstead was neatly made; not something the Captain was prone to, but she wasn't going to look like a slob on the first day out to sea. <br><br>"Now, Weston," she said as she made her way to the big chair that stood at the end of the table that was closest to the windows. The little glass squares let in an abundance of warm daylight, and the little oil lamps&nbsp; that stood or hung at various places in the room had little use right now. Kara didn't sit down yet, but rather loomed over the big piece of thick, glossy parchment that lay unrolled before her. Upon it stood, well, a text of sorts, although she could not begin to unravel it. It seemed to contain letters, numbers, but symbols she had never seen before as well. In the parchment itself, a much larger, though difficult to discern and equally unfamiliar symbol sat embedded, in a shade just a hint darker than the paper it was printed into. <br><br>"This is why I requested that Mister Scott bring you aboard the Esperanza." Rose watched Weston Beauchamp expectantly, her fingers drumming lightly on the table. "What can you make of it?" <br><br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Captain's Secret - The Esperanza [Captain's Quarters]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Reia</strong> on <strong>18-03-2019, 05:55:19</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/a/a4/Reia-Weston_003.png)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Weston "Wes" Beauchamp (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=300519.msg14739202#msg14739202)<br><strong>Position:</strong> Linguist/Historian<br><strong>Location:</strong> Top Deck → Captain's Quarters<br><strong>Time &amp; Date</strong>: Day 1 | Morning, Close to Noon<br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Rosette de Courtenay<br><strong>Content:</strong> Fascinated, Enraptured, Learning of a Secret<br><hr><br>Wes felt his eyes grow wide as he stepped into the captain's quarters. The room was spacious for something on a ship, with good light coming in from the large bank of windows on the far wall. What drew his attention, however, was the parchment spread out over the large table taking up the majority of the room. He stepped closer, completely mesmerized, and gently touched one corner of the document.<br><br>Vellum, which meant it was meant for a ship and to stand up against the harsh salt water in the air. The text, if that is what it was, made little sense; it was a mixture of letters, numbers, and some symbols he'd not yet come across. And in one corner there was - Wes paused and tited his head. He had seen that before but where?<br><br>Captain de Courtenay's voice interrupted his thoughts and he glanced up at her. "What can you make of it?"<br><br>He frowned and set his belongings on the table in a somewhat composed pile. Fingers hovering over the parchment he moved closer to the captain, mind already trying to work out exactly what he was looking at. "I have seen this large symbol here, but I cannot recall exactly when or where just now," he tapped the center of the large, dark shape. "More than that and I will need time."<br><br>A glance around the room and he swallowed thickly upon realizing he would actually be staying in the captain's <em>room</em>. "Captain de Courtenay? Where shall I be sleeping?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Captain's Secret - The Esperanza [Captain's Quarters]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dominique</strong> on <strong>19-03-2019, 14:14:27</strong>
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				<hr><div align="center"><span style="font-family: courier;" class="bbc_font"><span style="font-size: 20pt;" class="bbc_size"><strong>Game Master</strong></span></span></div><hr><div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/FsSwBxR.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Rosette de Courtenay (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=300519.msg14691423#msg14691423)<br><strong>Position:</strong> Captain<br><strong>Location:</strong> The Esperanza, Port Royal | top deck → Captain’s Quarters<br><strong>Time &amp; Date:</strong> Day 1, Morning, close to Noon<br><strong>Tagging:</strong>&nbsp; Weston<br><strong>Content:</strong> Revealing plot things<br><hr><br>She felt a surge of hope at Weston’s claim that he recognised the large symbol that was buried into the parchment. Of course, he didn’t understand it <em>yet</em>, but Rose was confident that he had the means and the capability to figure it out. Her immediate interest was in the scribbled lines of text that covered the sign though, but the Captain knew all too well that that, too, would require more than a mere glance. <br><br>“I’ve been told that a key is required to understand what’s written on this scroll,” she said, her eyes filling with an old frustration as she took in the text that she’d pained her mind over for so many hours, but was never able to decipher. “Now, Weston, it is my ambition to recover this key, or cipher, tomorrow. What I want from you is to give it your everything to unravel the code and tell me where we’ll be heading next. More importantly, I want you to stay alive until then.” Rose sized him up for a moment; he didn’t appear to be the hero type, and she highly doubted he’d be fighting to board the enemy vessel first, but in this case she was rather safe than sorry. Who knew when she’d next manage to drag a linguist onto the Esperanza, after all. “Just don’t do anything foolish,” she warned vaguely. <br><br>Rose did catch how Weston’s gaze searched her room before inquiring about his sleeping accommodations. She couldn’t help it; Rose laughed, taking a moment before she pressed the back of her hand against her laugh, stifling the unfitting reaction. “Oh, dear Weston,” she said, eyes gleaming. “You shan’t be sleeping here, not unless you have other qualities you want to show me.”&nbsp; <br><br>That was perhaps too bold a statement to make, but Rose already found that she would gladly see Weston Beauchamp fluster. Still, she had important matters to resolve as well, and so she scraped her throat, then stood back from the table. “During the hours of the day you are free to spend all the time you need in my cabin. In fact,” she said, and she swivelled around, moving over to the low cabinet near her bed. Leaning over, she rummaged through the top drawer and retrieved the spare key, which she formally handed over to Weston. “This is not something I give to you lightly,” she said as the key changed owners. “I hope you’ll keep that in mind. Remember, throughout the day you are free to visit my quarters. You may store any belongings here for safekeeping as well, as long as they pertain to your research. At night, however, this place is off-limits, even for you.”<br>She offset the pressing statement with an ensuing look of nonchalance. Rose closed the drawer with her knee and leaned against the little cabinet, hands resting atop the counter. “I have requested that Liam has your belongings taken to one of the officer’s cabins. You, unlike most people on the Esperanza, have been given a room of your own. Whether it remains that way is up to you; you’re not dealing with well educated sailors here. I suggest that you make some friends around here quickly, Weston. The last thing I need is to find you drowned in your own pool of blood, throat slit ear to ear.”<br><br><br><br>
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