A pirate’s life 12

A Pirate’s Life

A short story started by LXZ using the A Pirate’s Life storyworld.

Game cards:

  • Setting: “Pacific Ocean”
  • Tone: “Dark”
  • Beginning: “There’s something strange in these waters…”
  • Ending: “…and you uncover an unknown mystery!”

Cast:

  • LXZ is William (The Captain) • 141 words
  • Xiaobai is Rayan (The Sail Master) • 554 words
  • Julia is Maria (The Doctor) • 409 words
  • Sophia is Arthur (The Navigator) • 82 words

Act 1 Scene 1

Character Bonds

Scene cards:

  • Place card: “Shark Enclave”
  • Challenge card: “Icebergs!”
  • Success card: “You’re able to re-stock your food supply”
  • Setback card: “A crew member has disappeared!”

William (LXZ) played their Strength card “Confident” and wrote:

In the seven seas there lived a fierce group of pirates raiding the seven sea there was a captain in the selfish group, he was called captain Willian.He was a very confident and greedy man.That captain had a bunch of friends Rayan, Maria and Arthur.They where on a marvellous quest to be the richest pirate in the sea!They would had to go to the Pacific Ocean in the boarder of shark enclave, which was a place where many pirates don’t dare to go.

William (LXZ) drew the Flaw card “Inexperienced.”

William (LXZ) wrote a Flashback, playing their Bond card “Best friend”:

A few years ago, when William was a teenager he belonged to a very rich family.Everyone in the neighbourhood bullied him because they were jealous of his richness.One day, another boy named Rayan moved into the neighbourhood.After he
moved in they worked together to kick the bullies for being
mean.Ever since he moved in they were best friends.

William (LXZ) drew the Strength card “Strong.”

Rayan (Xiaobai) played their Strength card “Perceptive” and wrote:

It was a foggy and windy day. One could barely see his fingers! There was not much anyone could do but letting the ship drift along. Anyway, nobody is really bothered to move a finger, as they were all suffering from hunger, huge hunger! After all they had been out for the treasure for ages before almost all the food supplies had run out.

Suddenly the ship began to thud and then they realised they had just crashed onto an iceberg and suddenly the pirates took what was left of their food supplies and tools and headed for the nearest iceberg. The pirates had to make a boat to find the shark enclave which according to the myth would lead to the treasure. Using the pickaxes, they had found in the iceberg they mined a hole which was where the sailors would stay and sail the so-called ship. After that they dug out lots of space to recreate a cosy, snug cabin for everyone.

Soon with the help of the so-called boat they managed to arrive at the next food depot in time to get a great amount of rations including potatoes, carrots, apples, tomatoes, oranges, rice, bread and of course fish. The crew all knew that the next obstacle after the food depot was the sirens. The sirens sang so beautifully that it allowed the sailors to crash on rocks. Captain William knew this, and he ordered everyone to put wax in their ears. The others didn’t argue as they knew that Captain William was always very confident about things like this. Soon they reached the shark enclave.

Rayan (Xiaobai) drew the Strength card “Witty.”

Maria (Julia) played their Bond card “New friend” and wrote:

As they entered the enclave, William became scared. Although he was the captain, he was slightly less brave than the rest of the crew. Soon, he had a heart attack! Maria rushed to see what was wrong with him. Luckily, Maria saw that the only problem was that William was a little too frightened. She said that the way for William to recover fully was to go inside the ship to stay away from outside. William obeyed; Maria was his new good friend. While William was inside, Rayan had to take over for the captain and give the orders. Nothing was wrong outside because Rayan was also a good captain and Arthur were doing good obeying orders. Within minutes, William was fully recovered and could go back to doing his role. He also became braver when he was recovering so the crew were much definitely safer. But, not so many people were outside so will there be a new problem?

Maria (Julia) drew the Bond card “Protector.”

Maria (Julia) wrote a Flashback, playing their Bond card “Protector”:

Maria took her 11+ and did not get a good mark. She decided to train to be a doctor for her career. She helped thousands of people survive by curing their illnesses. One of the people she cured was Rayan and he persuaded Maria to join the pirate crew. As she was so brave and great at being a doctor, she decided to the crew.

Maria (Julia) drew the Bond card “New friend.”

Arthur (Sophia) played their Motivation card “Prove someone wrong” and wrote:

In the deep ,deep Atlantic ocean a storm was stirring as the jagged rocks stroke the brown,wooden ship Arthur the fearless,scurvy pirate really tried to control the ship past the jagged rocks but nothing really worked eventually they hit the smooth,yellow sand. ‘’where are we?’’said Maria

Arthur (Sophia) wrote a Flashback, playing their Flaw card “Worried”:

Arthur had a secret,his mum and dad had shouted at him a lot so he ran away from home, along the way he found a lot of friends and became a fearless pirate on crazy adventures.


Act 2 Scene 1

Scene cards:

  • Place card: “The Invisible Tides”
  • Challenge card: “Rotten food supply”
  • Success card: “You found a small treasure!”
  • Setback card: “The crew feels awful!”

Rayan (Xiaobai) played their Strength card “Witty” and wrote:

As the pirates reached the beach, they realised they had arrived in an unknown place – it was full of people wearing feathers with a strange accent. After talking to the natives and scrutinizing the map, they finally figured out they were in America! Anchor down, sails down, engine off.

It was the best place to replenish the food cupboards! Salty fish, bye for now! Bonjour, apples, tomatoes, grapes, avocados, cranberries, pineapples, lamb chops, beef steaks and ham chunks! After the long-lasting starvation, if felt as if they were in heaven!

As the ship was severely damaged when crashing into the jagged rocks, they bought the best iron to forge a new anchor at Beard the Blacksmith and the hardest wood to chisel a flipper at Carter the Carpenter.

They stayed a few more day before the land sick struck again. Everyone felt the urge to go back to the sea, the deep blue sea, the mysterious sea, for the treasure. So up the anchor, up the sails, on the engine, zoom zoom zoom.

The ship went full speed through the Atlantic Ocean and into the Labrador Sea. Suddenly, the ship started to judder and sway as if an invisible hand were pushing it from side to side. Oh no, the invisible tides, coming from nowhere at any possible time towards any possible directions.

“Hold on!” shouted the Captain, “Just hold on! It might take days to leave the tides, but we have abundant food to survive this.” Even the most seasoned crew felt a rattle in the stomach in such a turbulence. Almost of the crew were green on the face, red in the eyes and yellow all over. Where would all this end?

Rayan (Xiaobai) drew the Strength card “Kind.”

Arthur (Sophia) drew the Flaw card “Dull,”,and the Motivation card “Teach someone something.”

Maria (Julia) played their Flaw card “Secretive” and wrote:

Maria and Arthur did not eat the food. However, they did not tell the rest of the crew to avoid eating it. Everyone except those two people in the group of pirates was now sick. But when Maria saw the problem, she was worried and commanded everyone to stop eating. She provided the crew with a bowl and people vomited in it. Their body colours resolved, but nobody fully recovered yet. Maria luckily had some other friends who were also doctors. She told William that for right now, Arthur had to steer the boat to land by herself. William told her that Arthur had to sail the boat by himself because he was not healthy enough to manage to manoeuvre the boat by himself. As Arthur sailed the vessel to land, Maria took the crew to one of her doctor friends. The doctor handled the problem by himself. The pirates took more than a month to recover and Arthur was getting a bit impatient waiting. Finally, when everything was back to normal, everyone embarked the vessel. Who knows what adventures they will have next?

Maria (Julia) drew the Strength card “Strong.”

 

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