It's from Benjamin. "hey. just checking up on u. max was worried, so was i. be careful. text me when u can."
Another text message, from Maruyama. "Checking in on you. Text me back to tell me your status."
Seems like even if you don't hire them, they might still contact you from time to time to check up on you. As soon as you send a text to make sure you're not dead, you lose all signal.
https://youtu.be/LzetwZpEwhc - THE SEA
It's been an hour since you left the port. The five of you have been standing around, waiting for any sort of instruction from the captain. You're currently on the somewhat crowded, rusted deck of the ship.
The layout is pretty simple. There's a big cabin-like building in the middle of the ship, presumably where the captain and other high ranking officers sleep and steer the ship. A hatch towards the back of the ship leads to where you assume the crew, and by proxy you and your allies, will sleep at. One look down there tells you that it's going to suck sleeping down there. A hatch at the front seems to lead to the cargo storage area.
Seems like you're left to your own devices for now. Assign an action to you and your allies.
>Have someone use some of the MEAT BAIT you got to try catching some fish. (-2 MEAT BAIT, TALENT DC: 18. Pass and whoever's assigned will get some fish to sell later and heal some RESTRAINT or boost their MAX RESTRAINT for the mission if they're at full RESTRAINT. Failure and the sheer boredom will damage their RESTRAINT.)>Some of the sailors are busy trying to move some heavy boxes. Have some help them with that. (VIOLENCE DC: 22. Succeed and your party will gain some approval from the crew, which may help down the line. Failure and whoever's assigned will just hurt themselves.)>[ASHELY ONLY] "Hey. Ashley. Can a girl get some of that sweet, sweet sound?" (Everyone gains some minor RESTRAINT regeneration for the next three updates.)>[BENEDICT ONLY] "Hey, Benedict. Go ahead and cook us something." (You and your allies will gain +1 MAX FLESH for the mission.)>[PERSON OF INTEREST] You do NOT trust the captain right now. Send someone over to try talking to him and get a better read on why he actually hired you. (CHARM DC: 16 (-3 from your observation success.) Succeed and he might slip something about his actual reason for hiring you. Failure and you imagine he won't react kindly to you prying into him.)>Have someone stand guard in case anyone tries to board the ship. (You'll be warned if anything dangerous approaches.)>[NICOLE ONLY] Might as well meditate if nothing else. (WILLPOWER DC: 23. Succeed and you'll heal some RESTRAINT and gain +1 WILLPOWER for the rest of the mission. Failure and you just wasted an action.)>Grab an ally of yours and just talk to them to pass the time. (Pick an ally to talk to. You'll gain another 0.5 RAPPORT with them. This consumes you and the ally's action.)>Try to do something else. (Write in what you want to do and who to assign to it.) 