[h1]Episode 2 - “Catch of the Day”[/h1]


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Welcome to New Melbourne!  

China Doll just set down in Pensacola, home of a whole dearth of fishin’ fleets.  King Tuna season’s just about to commence, so those fleets and every charter boat on the coast are gearin’ up to head out.

We dropped our passengers.  Them horn-dogs was plenty groggy, but they’re gonna make their boat.  All the fishin’ crew folk hightailed it to join the refits all along the docks.  Two passengers missin’...but Rex has a way with the logs.  Ever’thing’ll look just fine if anybody comes sniffin’.

The Skyes are skyin’ out.  Cyd got ‘em somethin’ workin’, but wouldn’t be right to go askin’ their business.  

Mathias an’ Isaac got some on ‘em...but Abby got some in her.  She’s wearin’ a bullet in the medbay, under the doc’s care.

Pen an’ Sam are flippin' switches an’ puttin’ China Doll on shore power.  Word is we’re gonna be here a spell.  Cap’n might have a deal sproutin’.

Since we’re down a deckhand, Hook’s pullin’ double duty, with a little help from Rex and the Cap’n.  Cargo’s comin’ off, and it looks like the Cap’n missed a puddle of puke when he set to moppin’.  Gorram amateurs…

Speakin’ of...Cal’s set on tryin’ his hand offshore fishin’ with Hook.  Seein’s the sweet deal he worked involves a whole boatload of tuna ain’t been caught yet, they got a good chance to go haul in somethin’ for the galley.   

Pensacola’s a fishing town done growed up.  Lotsa docks an’ fishin’ boat crews, all kindsa boatwork shops an’ suppliers just crazy busy right now.  Seagoin’ town like this has it’s diversions for sailors, an’ right now the saloons, gamblin’ parlors, an’ brothels are runnin’ 24/7.

Turns out some folk find this sorta setting all romantic like, so they’s plenty ‘o’ hotels, gift shops, an’ nice places what offer more respectable environs.  Them as so inclined can even take tours what point out hauntin’s, murder sites, pirates, an’ all make of nefarious activity in the town’s history.

Crew got paid.  Not so much coin as we’d like, but ain’t no one alive ever got rich on Badger's dole.  So hit the town!  Try not to end up in the greybar hotel, [i]dohn mah?[/i]