FINAL INVESTIGATION

[bathymetric]

Good morning, passengers. You've made landfall.

The ship arrives at the shore of the island early in the morning, suddenly grinding to a halt for the first time in weeks. A ramp is lowered directly onto the beach, and The Captain almost immediately hops down it, laughing the whole while as he does. Jones stands on the ship, not following, and The Captain addresses you:

"Don't take too long! We have business in that lighthouse, you and I."

Without another word, The Captain heads towards a path on the beach that heads lighthouse-ward, but not before turning back again.

"And Jones! Head to your ship and ready the crew for when this is over."

Jones seems... not quite content to do this, whatever it is, but after a minute or so for any last conversation, he vanishes into a wall.

With both of your captors no longer on board, the ship is quiet. Its engines are stalled, the journey over. If you wish to survive the day, you're going to have to go onto that island and face The Captain once and for all.

But first... there are some areas you definitely haven't explored yet! If you're going to go in with all the information you need, might be time to take advantage of this situation...

Comments

[sivard]

[Huh! He should probably take this book with him.

Is it bookmarked in any way?]

[bathymetric]

[ There appears to be a few pages torn out, actually? ]

[sivard]

[Oh, how strange. Is it possible to tell what pages they are? Anything that makes it obvious it's about a specific pirate in particular, or is it random pages?]

[bathymetric]

[ So a lot of the pirates on the remaining pages are crossed out, but the missing section in particular starts at Idiot Jim and ends at Lemonbeard, a pirate apparently known equally for his beautiful blond hair and his rigorous attention to scurvy safety. ]

[sivard]

[....man pirates have weird names.

He'll be taking the book with him, because it's clearly pretty important. Is there anything else in the immediate area that stands out?]

[bathymetric]

[ There's actually one other thing in here, yeah! Over in the corner, above where the bottle shattered, there's a blank screen. ]

[sivard]

[....Huh.

He's gonna assume it's like the strange devices they were all given. Maybe Jones was talking to the Captain. He can't fault the guy for chucking bottles at him!]

[bathymetric]

[ It's true!

Other than that, though- looks like there's something tucked behind the screen? ]

[sivard]

[Welp, time to take a look at that, too!

What have we here?]

[bathymetric]

[ Looks like a torn scrap of paper with... some poetry on it? ]

[sivard]

[Welp.

Not that Zaveid knows about it, but is it more ominously specific poetry?]

[bathymetric]

¹If by seven trials surmounted, all crimes they see
Beware that the souls may strike against thee
The island nonetheless access’d
The tower climb’d, if truth reveal’d
Poorly ended for ye shall the ritual be

[ Maybe! It sure is the last thing there is to find in here, regardless! ]

[sivard]

[That's sure a thing. Don't mind him taking it with him.]