[Myself and Dak are currently trying to get hired onto the crew of the 'The Reaper'.]
DAY 552 (7th Eleint) (September)
Myself and Dak spent all morning at the dockside, surreptitiously watching The Reaper. After about five hours or so the ship became agitated as the two pirates we had kidnapped were late for work.
Eventually the captain seemed to give up and then went over to the harbour master, presumably to either report them missing or hire new crew.
After lunch we did a wee tour of the taverns, doing the 'gentlemen of fortune' act, looking for work and trying to get noticed. In the evening we returned to watch the Reaper.
Not much was happening so we went back to the 'Pickle Inn' and during what was a good evening we both attempted the 'Pickle Jar Challenge', the challenge being to get the a very stubborn lid off a pickle jar.
Neither of us could do it, but a little halfling wizardy fellow after us could! I took it in good humour, but Dak was made angry. When even a 10 year old girl could open it easily Dak was about to lose it.
I told the innkeeper he'd better stop taunting the heavily armed half-orc barbarian and the fellow admitted the jar was magical - basically the stronger a person was the harder it was to unseal.
Later on one of the pirates from the Reaper appeared, one of the middle rank guys. Myself and Dak acted all sailor-y in the hope of getting noticed.
I tried to teach Dak a complicated knot.
He left after a few drinks, so we just carried on and got wildly drunk, and ended up taking rooms in the place, too hammered to even make it back to our own inn.
DAY 553 (8th Eleint) (September)
In the morning I had all our stuff moved to the Pickle Inn, as it was on the docks and suited our disguise.
As we ate our breakfast the barman, who we were on good terms with now told us that the Reaper was looking for crew.
'Tell them that Bart sent you!' he told us as I happily pressed a silver piece into his hand.
We promptly did so and talked to George the Quartermaster of the Reaper. We spun our yarns and he seemed willing enough to hire us then and there.
'We sail in three days,' he told us gruffly. 'Come back tomorrow and we'll put you on the night watch.'
We went back to our usual place in the dockside taverns and this evening tried the 'Hot Foot Challenge'. It was two gold to play.
The challenge was to eat a plate of grilled pigs feet with hot sauce, then balance the bones on the table. I ate the lot (I am a fan of spicy food) but only managed to balance two.
Dak completed the challenge, but as he had not wagered on it, he did not win anything for doing so!
Nice rooms in the Pickle, I've a good view across the harbour.
DAY 554 (9th Eleint) (September)
Reported for work in the morning and we were given a little tour of the ship and shown our berths by the Quartermaster.
We then performed our duties as shown by the boatswain - a man called Derek Chiles.
Tonight we take the first part of the night watch.
So far so good!
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