Enchantment of the Royal Sea:P1:Officers Journal3

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Title: Officer's Journal

Author: Boyd Kirkpatrick


It's been a fine few days as we prepare to leave Trinsic, readying for our voyage. The crew seems hale and hearty, and all seems to be going well. I have high hopes for this outing.
I've caught sight of the Serpent's Pillar through my spyglass, and we're making excellent time. I think we'll be there very shortly.
I came on deck to shouting voices, just to see a fistfight starting between two of the men...and almost all the others joining in. Arguing about the damn pillar started it...but I ended it, along with Rogers. Managed to separate the worst of them...but it wasn't fast enough, as two of the ones who started it had already drawn blades and managed to kill each other. Rogers and I tossed the bodies overboard, but I don't want the Captain to turn us around. We might not keep Garrity if he does, and Garrity knows these waters better than anyone.
I've no bloody idea what happened last night, or where we are now.
Garrity seems on edge. I'm worried about him.
Captain Johne came to report to the men and I about Garrity...he apparently cracked, and Captain Johne said he came at him like a lunatic, swinging his cutlass, and he was forced to cut him down. Grief can make a man do crazy things, so I wouldn't put it past him. Still...we're up to a dozen or so of the crew dead from the brawl, the vortex, and now Garrity being added to the list. I've got a foreboding feeling.
The Captain's been keeping to himself lately, and acting a bit strange.
The Captain has locked himself into his own quarters. Apparently Rogers tried to talk to him and he drew steel on Rogers...and Rogers ran, with the Captain chasing him. So stunned were the crew that nobody followed. Rogers hasn't returned...but for him to have run? He fought a kraken barehanded. Would he have run from anything?
The men are demanding I do something...I think we have to put the Captain under arrest and relieve him of duty. I'll be taking a few of them with me to go confront him.


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