Agent Kallus Posted April 21, 2018 (edited) The Tale of Doctor Alfredson of Corrington: Chapter 2 Chapter 1 : Embarking on towards Adventure. Character list in spoiler brackets. Spoiler - Ragnar Alfredson : Corrish Doctor of ecology. - Calder Norrington : Corrish Student of ecology and apprentice to Doctor Alfredson - Kentu Yiroe : Silk trader, councillor of the ASTG and Captain of the Autumn Blossom - Ruri Hamahdar : Doctor of medicine and physician on-board the Autumn Blossom - ASTG Marine 1 - ASTG Marine 2 - ASTG Marine 3 The Autumn Blossom was an odd ship. It belonged the All Seasons Trade Guild (ASTG),they were a group of traders from the Lotus Kingdom. It had been built in Corrington but was stylised to better to fit the style of the foreigner's small fleet. Of the four ships that the guild had in Northern Halos and it's colonies the Autumn Blossom was the smallest. It did however still retain a striking visage with an excessive number of lanterns.The vessel was staffed by a small crew of ASTG marines who were ever present on the ship and slept in shifts to ensure that there were always hands on deck. Ragnar Alfredson and his apprentice had brought an incredible amount of equipment with them, more than Yiroe had presumed.After all their cargo was loaded Calder Norrington headed up onto the ship. Calder headed up the ladder causiously. "Are you sure this is safe?" "Absolutely, It is perfectly safe ,don't fret" Ragnar laid back in the row boat and took in his surroundings. The Autumn Blossom easily dwarfed the little rowboat, and Alfredson was intrigued by the Lotus Kingdomish lanterns that adorned the vessel. After everything was stowed on-board Yiroe briefed Ragnar and Calder of the planned route of the journey, Ragnar and Yiroe had already agreed upon most of the details "We will be stopping at the town of Rassilon and then our next port of call will be Quinnsville" Ragnar nodded but Calder was aghast. "What!, we are going to stop on a pirate island and hang about in a pirate town!? Surely this is pure folly!" "I have business in Rassilon, stopping there is non-negotiable. You'll be fine, don't let the tall tales of drunken bragards upset you, Rassilion is perfectly safe" Calder was not fooled by this but he stopped his dissent nonetheless. Yiroe continued "Whilst in Rassilion, I'll leave to attend to my business. My crew will contract us some labourers while we are there, they will also pick-up some new cannons for the ship. However this shouldn't take them too long and you are welcome to their assistance if you should need it." "Need assistance for what exactly?""To, um" Yiroe had to pause to allow his words to come to him "well, To study the habitats there, uh, is that not what you do?" "That's sounds like an excellent idea!" Ragnar was clearly a lot more enthusiastic about stopping at the Nest of Thieves than his apprentice. " I hear they have wonderful Palm trees!" This was not Ragnar's first time in the new world, however leaving the mainland was a new experience to Calder and he felt uneasy about the trip. That was not his only discomfort, as he found that the gentle sway of the boat left him feeling rather queasy. He went below deck to see the ship's physician, Doctor Ruri. "Not much we can do about this, I suggest you get some fresh air" ILuckily for Calder the ocean breeze was accessible from both below deck and up on the deck. "What's troubling you?" "Something feels off about this whole deal we've got going." "You do love to worry, don't you Calder, I'm sure everything will work out fine. What ever you think is off about this, tell me one thing that makes you suspicius." "Well for the first thing, why didn't they dock at the port, why wait for us out at ocean?, Tell me that's no suspisious!" "Oh Calder you are too cautious for you're own good, It was most likely just a measure to avoid docking fees." Calder remained unconvinced, and continued to assert his suspicions to Ragnar whose laissez-faire attitude was a result of either eccentric naivety or a genuine effort to stop Calder's growing concerns but which of these it was was a mystery to Calder. Yiroe sat alone in the captain's cabin, he inspected the payment, he was most curious as to what it was ,for that was a point that Lady Red Winter had neglected to divulge. He dared not open the bag as the seal had been especially designed to prevent tampering. The winds were generous and carried the Autumn Blossom across the open ocean towards the sea of storms. OOC: This is the second part of Doctor Alfredson's story, thought this chapter had a greater focus on Calder, I hope you all like it. C and C are welcome. (This is the first boat I've moc'd for BotBS, the next one will probably be more orthodox.). I hope that what I've done with the ASTG and the Lotus Kingdom is alright, if not let me know and I can edit the text. I've hyperlinked some of references to other peoples builds ans settlements. Bonus Images are in the spoiler and on flickr. Thanks to @Bregir for the background suggestion.The lanterns on the back were taken from the temple of resurrection set from ninjago. Spoiler IMG_2678 by Bismuth83, on Flickr IMG_2674 by Bismuth83, on Flickr IMG_2673 by Bismuth83, on Flickr IMG_2677 by Bismuth83, on Flickr - this one shows the construction behind it and reveals that I only built half a ship, so the interior could be used. Edited April 21, 2018 by Agent Kallus Forgot to link Quinnsvillie Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Roadmonkeytj Posted April 21, 2018 Very unique ship build to make the story progress very well. Looking forward to its progression. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bodi Posted April 21, 2018 Quite original hull technique, junks are very different of european vessels and your plates built hull worked well here. Nice colour scheme btw. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LM71Blackbird Posted April 21, 2018 Nice looking ship! Well written entry in your story and it will be nice to have you in Quinnsville eventually. Keep up the good work! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kwatchi Posted April 21, 2018 That is a fun little boat and great story accompanying it. Nice work. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Braunsfeld Posted April 22, 2018 Quite unique a ship. Let's see where the story goes! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mesabi Posted April 25, 2018 Excellent Little Ship Kallus. The use of the red and gold really is eyecatching. If I had to give one critique, I'd say that the Captain's cabin is a little large in comparison to the ship. But, that does not at all take away from the ship in any form. Don't get to attached though, those sea rats who commented wouldn't think twice about sinking it! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
