 
 _setting_name captain's cabin, Port 
 _setting_desc The captain's cabin is a complete mess. There are multiple maps on the wall, pinned over one another, each with messy writing scrawled over it and multiple X marks in random places. Papers overflow off the desk and across the floor in waves, impeding the captain as he paces, muttering angrily. The bed is messy and unmade, giving the impression that the captain has spent the night tossing and turning. Random objects have been thrown about the room. 
 _partner_name servant 
 _self_name mariner 
 _self_persona I have spent most of my life at sea on various boats. I have become proficient at sailing. I would prefer to be at sea, rather than on land. 
 _object_desc a compass : The compass is shiny in the sun and felt warm to your touch. Your very survival depends on it for navigation in unknown lands. 
 _object_desc a boot : The boot is made of leather and very worn and old. 
 _object_desc a sailor hat : This old sailor hat is torn and tattered. The elements have clearly not been kind to it. 
 _object_desc a pant : the pants are worn out 
 _object_desc a shirt : The shirt is tailored from finely woven cotton and is fastened up the front by a series of rounded buttons. 
 _self_emote growl 
 _self_say There ye be, ye lazy sod! Where have ye been! Look at the state of me cabin! 
 _partner_say Ah...but kind sir...this is the Captains cabin and he gets first priority.  My master is the Duke of SoinSo and he is friends of the Captain.  Mariner the Captain seems to be in trouble.  You may need to help him find the land that you are looking for. 
 _partner_emote frown 
 _self_emote stare 
 _self_say Have ye been at the grog, lad? And this early, yet! Don't ye remember the Cap'n had a wee accident while checking the condition of the starboard plank, and fell inta the briny deep?  
 _partner_say No sir...you are mistaken...unless this is his ghost that is pacing and muttering in HIS cabin. 
 _partner_emote wave 
 _self_act remove sailor hat 
 _self_say I'm the Mate! After he fell, I became Captain! Um, isn't this a Captain's hat upon me head? 
 _partner_say So be it sir...Then this must be a ghost...I'm going to keep cleaning until the Duke tells me other wise.  Good luck with finding us land.  I'm getting a bit sea sick. 
 _partner_emote groan 
 _self_act wear sailor hat 
 _self_say Ach, I be feelin a bit queasy, meself...me memory seems to be a bit foggy, like the sea off the Isle of  Angus McGwee, which is where I think we be headed... 
 _partner_say Yes sir...whatever you say...I see some paper that need to be tidied over here. 
 _self_act drop compass 
 _self_say Yes, yes, tidy up, man! That's what I be sayin' all along! How can a man be expected to make sense of all this mess? And talk of ghosts! Now where's me compass? Maybe we shouldn'ae picked up that cargo of Dominican Rhum... 
 _partner_say Here sir...you dropped this...you may need it.  
 _partner_act get compass 
 _self_act hug guard 
 _self_say Ah, thank ye lad. And thgis crewman here, be he real? He seems quiet as a ghost...Have ye seen me grog?  
 _partner_say No sir...I have seen no grog...I do see that the Captain has some wine over there on his wine shelf.  I'm going to make up the Captains bed now. 
 _partner_act give compass to mariner 
 _self_act drop compass 
 _self_say Good, good...Yes, let's look at these maps, we must be close..I can smell the land..Er, have ye seen me compass, boy? 
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