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Test Drive Meme #1
TEST DRIVE #1
The day begins as any other, you’re going about your day, living your life, when, without warning, you feel the world around you shift on its axis. You feel a great tear, welling from the depths of your soul as you are ripped from all you have known. If you’re lucky, you arrive in the wilderness of an unfamiliar world, where the language is foreign and the people are hostile. To make your escape, you must learn some language, flee, and occasionally fight, all to find your way off the floating isles you find yourself on and to the great ocean below, where rebel forces will welcome you.
If you’re unlucky, you materialize within a room full of armed guards and are quickly subdued with charged nets, stripped of your belongings, fitted with strange devices that suppress your powers and pressed into servitude. Your days are unimaginable pain and toil.
Fortunately, even in this world, there is still hope. For the denizens of this world have not given up. And it is for that dream of salvation that the Crimson Corsairs raise their flags and sail - for liberation. Perhaps you are one who has lived their entire life under the oppressive yoke of the Empire. Perhaps you have seen first hand your family and friends cut down by nobles hunting men for sport, or perhaps you have run afoul with the church and barely escaped with your life. No matter your origin, the Corsairs sail for you, for your freedom, for your life. And today, a taste of freedom will be won for all.
ARRIVAL/LIBERATION
This month, the Crimson Corsairs raided a Larendt labor camp in order to obtain much-needed parts and textiles as well as liberate another batch of servants for the cause. The raid was executed under the cover of night, with one team sweeping the dormitories and gathering as many servants as they could while the other team hit factories as they could, focusing on taking important items like ship parts and clothing, loading them into prepared trams and fleeing before the guard could mobilize. The operation, thankfully, went off without a hitch, and the Corsairs were able to usher a number of servants into their waiting ships.
As dawn breaks, the raiding fleet docks at Flotsam as the city-fleet begins the long journey away from the continent before a retaliation fleet can be mobilized. The former servants are finally let above deck. The sun is beating down hard on them, its brilliance marking their first step into freedom.
Corsairs on the fleet will have a lot to do - the new arrivals will need to be sorted, clothed, and fed. Many are emaciated from the conditions in the labor camp, and the former servants will be immediately ushered to a mess hall for their first meal as free folk. Corsairs will be needed to organize the movement, prepare and serve the food, and also just sit with them and talk to them, helping them adjust and filling them in on the situation.
Former servants will have found the entire process exhausting to say the least. They were awoken in the dead of night by heavily armed people quickly moving through, shattering their chains and ushering them into ships. The entire night was spent sailing, and while the hull is dark it is crowded and difficult to sleep in. Finally, upon arrival they are ushered into a meal hall and served a humble meal - but a meal that far exceeds anything that was ever served at the servant’s table. What is known is that they are now free.
MEANWHILE IN THE WATERLOGGED ROW…
With another successful mission under their belt and their duties more or less complete, the triumphant Corsairs observe a time-honored tradition: heading to the Waterlogged Row and getting absolutely shitfaced on awful grog.
The mood is jubilant and self-congratulatory, with drinking songs ringing out across Flotsam. In consideration to other residents, the Row is currently moored a good distance from the residential areas to keep the celebrations from disturbing what little peace there is in the chaotic town that is Flotsam. But for those who participated in the mission, tonight is about celebration. Singing, storytelling, socializing, this is the glue that holds the operations team together. And as the Crimson Corsairs do not officially recognize a drinking age, everyone is welcome! Even if they probably shouldn’t be!
New arrivals are, of course, not at all restricted so those who finish their meal and go exploring will quickly find the Row, as well as many Corsairs eager to buy them a pint to toast their newfound freedom.
MAKING THE GOOD STUFF
Elysium often serves as the crux of Corsair operations, and the next operation is no different. While the operations team is carousing and toasting their success, the planning team is hard at work preparing for the next mission.
The order of the day is gathering, which has brought the team to the forests outside of Elysium. In the coming month, Elysium will host a lavish party for the guards of a certain continent, and it is the duty of the gatherers to ensure that any drink served is “enhanced”, with such potency that they won’t be in any position to do their duty when the raiders strike.
Any herbology specialists will be absolutely vital for this operation. While the Corsairs have some documents and know, generally, what they’re looking for, there are a wide variety of things that grow within the forest, many of which can be quite dangerous.
Those new to gathering will really need to watch their step. Elysium is rich in hallucinogens, and a whiff of the wrong flower or mushroom could leave them contemplating their navel for the next hour. Tasting is out of the question, but what they don’t know can’t hurt them right? After all, the Elysium workers spend a lot of time eradicating poisoned growths to keep wandering nobles safe so anything they find can’t be THAT bad. Right?
And of course, for experienced foragers, they will find an entirely new duty thrust upon them - keeping the newbies in line. Really, how can they expect anything productive to be done when they send a bunch of green recruits into a forest full of hallucinogens?
EDUCATION AS THE BOMBS FALL
New Corsairs almost always find themselves in the Vault. Nestled in the earth and subject to the constant pounding of munitions overhead, the Vault is the repository of knowledge for the Crimson Corsairs and the place where new inductees are educated. Language instruction, education on the world and its people, writing, reading, arithmetic, just about any kind of learning can be done in the Vault’s halls.
Notable about the Vault’s education is how deeply tied it is to the Crimson Corsair’s broader philosophy - everyone’s unique talents and insight have value. As such, Corsairs are often called to the Vault to share their specialized expertise. While many Corsairs do choose to become full-time teachers, any Corsair can come and teach a class.
For the new Corsairs, now is a time to learn and train, acclimate themselves to their situation and figure out where they want to go from here. For established Corsairs, this is an opportunity to meet the new recruits and help train them so they can help with the cause. Those who might be students today will be comrades standing at your side tomorrow, so teach them well.
DANGER AT SEA
As the most mobile of the Corsair’s settlements and the only obvious Imperial target, Flotsam is well equipped to deal with any number of dangers. One such danger is the enormous sea monsters who dwell within the Eternal Ocean. While many are not too keen to tangle with such a large fleet, occasionally a monster will become angry or territorial enough to try to attack the fleet.
And it is for that reason that the Corsairs now find themselves battling a massive sea serpent that has stretched itself across the western edge of the fleet. New Corsairs aren’t expected to assist in this battle, but as the sinking of Flotsam would be VERY BAD for those who are currently trying to live on it, many will jump in anyway, especially as they should have been issued weapons. As to established Corsairs, well, you know the drill by now. Monster bad, try to sink ship, let’s convince it that there are easier marks than the pride of the Corsair fleet.
Some Corsairs will need to man the cannons to blow it away, but many will get up close and personal, jumping into melee range to drive it away from the ships and mitigate as much damage as they can. Others still will provide support from the back with magic or ranged weaponry, and still others will need to weave their way in between the battle to carry out wounded Corsairs for medical attention. Whatever your specialty, your city needs you. Best get to work.
WILDCARD
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Coughing to clear her throat as a cover, she carries on regardless. "...apologies, that the library is a good place to start. I think it represents the best of the Crimson Corsairs and our mission. Yes, let's...start with the library." After only a slight hesitation, she starts to turn around to lead the way, but suddenly swings back.
"Oh, and you can just call me Momo." She adds. "We're all comrades in arms here, after all. Now then, this way, please."
"If you have anything in particular you're interested in reading, I'm sure I can help you find it. Anyone?" She asks as they walk, unwittingly into the path of the landmine that is Musse Egret.
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And right in her hands was a book with a fully colored illustration of two women in flowing white dresses that left VERY little to the imagination embracing each other passionately. Your move, Momo.
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She's still staring at the cover.
"Y-Yes, we do have a variety of different genres in addition t-to our research and educational material." She manages finally, pulling her gaze away. "I-Including romance. We believe it's important people remember that many forms of romance and attraction exist outside the Empire's incredibly narrow view of what is socially acceptable. As I said, we don't ban or censor any of our material. Knowledge should be free to all, and that includes that life, and people, are more than the Empire says they are or should be." The more she talks, the more she recovers, though her face is still dusted pink by the time she's done talking. "Does that answer your question, Musse?"
Momo also hasn't moved to give the book back to her either.
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"Exactly, yes. At the end of the day, the safeguarding of romance novels like these are just as important as any piece of research or weapons tech. The Empire wants its citizens to believe attraction and...coupling are only to be done in service to the state. Creating more soldiers for the Emperor. But that denies a wealth of experiences no less valid than what the Empire prefers, and I'm sorry to say they've been effective in stamping out material that would contradict that view, or labelling it heresy. Even something as simple as a romance novel can remind people that there is more than what they've been trained to see, or ignore. I encourage all of you to peruse these shelves and...maybe the experience will be an educational one for you. I hope that it is."
Hmm, the muscles are certainly well-detailed, she'll give it that. Someone put a lot of effort into that drawing. "You certainly have an excellent eye, Musse. Is there anything else you're curious about?" The rest of the group seems to be deferring to her for now, and this is good experience in teachable moments for Momo. She's starting to think she might be getting a good handle on this!
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In her hands this time was not naughty books, but instead complex engineering schematics for airships and sea ships. You've already read them too, right Momo?
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This is actually very helpful. Musse is being quite the excellent assistant. Momo will have to thank her once they're done, she thinks, idly tucking the book she still hasn't given back under her arm.
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And with that, she'll helpfully drop a stack of books with ladies in saucy positions with each other right into Momo's waiting arms. Aren't you so lucky she's so helpful Momo?
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"—a-as, uh..." She slowly turns beet red as her train of thought becomes completely derailed. "Rest is...it's...." The library has THIS much? And how did her companion assemble it so fast?!
"A-Anyway, I encourage you all to explore the library to your heart's content. Please sampleeverythingwehaveavailable." She manages, her voice quickening as she does so. "We'llreconvenelater, I'm...I'm just going to see these books are properly...p-put away."
She spins on a dime, trying very hard to ignore the reactions of the crowd (what a perfect fool she must look!) and totters off into the stacks. Musse may notice Momo is going in the wrong direction.
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