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Might as well get through the awards.
You're immediately handed a small burlap sack. The sheer weight and heft of it already tells you what's inside.
>+$500! TOTAL CASH: $1250
>+3 GOLDEN DUBLOONS!
You raise an eyebrow at the Captain but he's already yelling at the rest of your allies to accept their rewards. You glance around at what they got.
Ashley is holding up a weirdly shaped electric guitar with a off-white body. You almost fooled yourself into thinking it's just wood but the dull white, almost yellowed material reminds you more of bone than anything. Ashley strums a few of the strings (which you note has a really stringy, fibrous look to them. Whale teeth maybe?) and the sound that comes out of it sounds odd in a way you can't quite describe. It's not bad though.
And the giddy smile on the normally aloof, impersonal punk tells you that she doesn't mind it either. She looks up at you with that same giddy smile and nods her head like a god damn bobblehead with how fast she's moving it. <<span class="mu-b">"This guy is a fucking freak but hey. It's worth it because of this. Thanks."</span>>
>+1 RAPPORT WITH ASHLEY!
>RAPPORT CAP BOOSTED, BOOSTING HOW MANY UPGRADES SHE CAN GET! ASHLEY'S RAPPORT 2/7 --> 3/8!
Benedict and Adam's gifts are, in contrast, a lot more boring. The messhall apron draped over the many layers of clothing Benedict is already wearing is a grease soaked apron made out of burlap and cheap plastic. The hat placed onto Adam's head is a very goofy looking captain's hat that looks like it belongs to some sort of cheap sea captain themed costume.
"My apron. Is cool. More than. Other gift." Benedict smugly taunts his friend.
"It's a fucking apron! I got a cool looking hat!" Adam taunts him in return.
"Lame. Not cool." Benedict mutters as he takes his last antipsychotic.
"Fuck off, it's cool! I look cool in it!" Adam tries lying to himself but his amused smirk tells you he's not fooling himself.
"No." Benedict bluntly responses. "But if you. Like. I. Like." The anomalous chef offers a smile to his friend.
>ADAM now has the ACTING CAPTAIN HAT (Takes up one of Adam's two accessory slots. +2 RESTRAINT while equipped, now 5/5)
>BENEDICT now has MESSHALL APRON (Takes up Benedict's armor slot. +1 MAX RESTRAINT, +1 TALENT)
Lex finishes sliding on the bulky suit of off-white, rigid armor underneath his jacket. He knocks on his chest. An audible clinking sound, almost like dice rolling, echoes out with every knock. "Not bad."
>LEX has WHALEBONE ARMOR EQUIPED. (5 charges left. Consumes 1 per RESTRAINT or FLESH damage taken.)
"NOW! CREW! IT IS TODAY THAT I ADMIT THAT WE ARE AT THE ZENITH OF OUR GOAL! TO REACH BEYOND THE SELF IMPOSED RESTRICTION OF THE CITY AND TO EMBRACE THE TRUE SCOPE OF THE INFINITE SEA! NAY-"
"Okay, sorry, I appreciate the gifts!" You yell out. "But we got some questions!"
Captain Abraham damn near snaps his own neck with how quickly he turns to glare at you. Yet with a soft, fatherly smile, he nods. "Speak."
