SHIP'S LOG:

Ay Queen Fir

Aura Cathartes 1/8/2026 10:46pm

So it's our first big job. It's all snowy and blowy and they send like 20 of us over to pick it up with a coupe of forklifts. The cargo is on pallets, wrapped in black canvas with white straps holding it down, under floodlights in the dark. Then suddenly I don't know what happens but we're attacked by these giant furry Ice Worms, or tentacles or something. They're bigger than trees but fast as snakes, coming down on us from all over. "Save the cargo!" the supervisor's screaming while sailors are getting grabbed and eaten, parts of them thrown around. The chomping sound, the smell of blood. It felt safer in the forklift so I just kept on driving as fast as it could right back into the hold and they close the doors, ship thrashing, and we take off. I don't know how many crewmen we lost but WTF I ain't going out there again. We need off of this ship, but someplace where there aren't any Ice Worms.

Altus Avius 9/11/2025 10:39pm

If anything, the Ay Queen Fir has taken on too many crew members if you ask me. Hot bunking it, mess is cheek to jowl. Whole ship's overburdened we hardly made it over whatever that last mountain range was. Truth be told, wouldn't be so bad if we had to thin the herd...

Aura Cathartes 5/20/2025 6:06pm

I heard you might be looking for some crew?

A mayday is a heck of a way to put out a want ad.

@Ferus Equid

Ferus Equid 1/26/2025 10:18pm

Well glad to finally get me own ship up in the air. The engines are humming in tune, and not a leak to be found in any of the balloons.

But it takes more than one ornery horse to drive an airship. What was I thinkin? Drove the Ay Queen Fir right off the lot all by meself!

Mayday! Mayday!