The S.S. Endurance, a white and majestic ship, broke through the waves like a saw splitting timber in half. Herm was standing in the bridge with his hands with a firm grip on the steering wheel, cursing the waves in his swedish native tongue. It had almost been a week since the group had boarded the S.S. Endurance and set sail for the mysterious island in the Hermuda Triangle. The waves had grown in size more and more, which was a sign that they were getting really close to their destination.
"These waves are dangerous!" Farlig yelled from below, standing near the railing. "We'll capsize at this rate!"
"I once sailed through a hurricane and lived to tell the tale." Herm stated with confidence. "We'll be fine." Herm paused. "The weather's getting worse though, so I think all of you need to get inside the ship and stay there."
The group did exactly that, some stayed up on the bridge with Herm while the rest ventured below deck into their rooms. Herm didn't pay attention, he was busy enough steering the ship as it was. He turned to Helios, who was holding the map.
"Helios, where do we go next?" He asked while looking at the compass right next to the steering wheel, it was pointing east. "South or Southeast?"
"Southeast."
"Southeast it is." Herm said with a smile as he began to turn the steering wheel forty-five degrees, splashing through the largest wave yet as they turned. "How much further until the twin capes?"
"If we keep heading southeast for another hour, we should be seeing it."
"If we miss it, we'll never get to the island." Herm said, seriousness on his face.
"What do you mean?" Lamps asked. "How can we miss it?"
"The island is located somewhere in the Hermuda Triangle, you can't navigate a ship through those waters to save your life." Herm paused. "There's a disturbance in the magnetic field far worse than on any other place on the planet. As far as I know, crossing the twin capes is the only safe passage to reach the island. We're just lucky that the entire area is not frozen in ice anymore."
Everyone on the bridge stood in silence to contemplate this fact as they continued for another hour, cruising through wave after wave. Herm finally shifted his attention to Merc, who finally saw something in the far distance through a pair of binoculars.
"Hey, I can see something in the far distance!" He said. "I think it's the twin capes."
"Alright then, onwards it is!" Herm announced.
The ship broke through another wave, splashing seawater all over the ship. If anyone had been outside at that point, they would've been swallowed by the sea. However, Herm had faith in his ship, steering it towards the twin capes in the distance. As they reached it, the waves began to calm down and that was when Vlady noticed something creepy about them.
"That's no twin capes, those are the horns of the Devil himself." He said in a whisper, looking at the black rocks that were shaped like two horns. They sailed past the twin capes in silence.
"We're in the Hermuda Triangle now." Herm said, looking at the compass to his right going haywire. "If we stray too far from our course, we'll get lost." They continued through the safe passage for another half hour, Helios helped Herm coordinate through a thick mist that had enveloped the entire ship. It wasn't until the mist cleared that Helios told Herm to turn the ship south, which was exactly what he did by turning the steering wheel another forty-five degrees.
"Get everyone up here." Herm told the people gathered on the bridge. "We should reach the island in less than an hour."
Some of them went below deck to gather the remaining crew. They sailed for another ten minutes until what looked like an island slowly began to appear in the far distance.
"There it is!" Herm exclaimed. "The island."
It was at that moment, when Drrr and a few others arrived with some bad news.
"Herm, this is bad! We found something in the engine room!"
"What did you find in the engine room?" Herm asked, a confused look on his face.
"We found a bomb!" Vern exclaimed.
"Brian, give me that pipe wrench over there." Herm suddenly said and pointed at the red thing standing in the corner of the room.
"Here you go, Herm." Brian said as he handed Herm the wrench, who effortlessly locked the steering wheel in a place, in an attempt to keep the ship from going off course.
"I'll take care of this." Herm then said as he let go of the steering wheel and rolled up his sleeves. "I just happen to have a PhD in disarming bombs."
"What do you need us to do?" Spin asked.
"Make sure everyone gets off the damn ship." Herm ordered. "Get them to the lifeboats and put on life vests, hurry!"
Spin and the others immediately started to hand out life vests and began to get everyone to the lifeboats in a hurry.
"What about you?" Maddie asks as Herm starts his descent down the stairs.
"I'll be right behind you." Herm said. "Don't wait for me."
As Herm disappeared down the stairs, Ahoda helped people get into a lifeboat.
"This one's full." Ahoda said as he and Primate helped lower the lifeboat down into the water. "Let's get everyone else to the lifeboat on the other side." Ahoda said as he and the others hurried over to a lifeboat on the other side of the ship and began escorting people on board. The people in the other lifeboat were already heading away from the ship, oars at full capacity.
Meanwhile, Herm arrived in the engine room with a flashlight in his hands. He found the bomb behind a large engine, ticking away at an alarming pace.
"There you are, you bastard." He said as he saw the bomb. "I have no idea how you got on board, but if you think you're gonna blow up my ship you got another thing coming." He used his flashlight to take a more detailed look at the monstrosity, the ticking noise had a nice melody to it. "Now then, where are you hiding that red wire of yours?"
He started to pick apart the outer shell of the bomb and soon found the pad with all the wires, colored red, blue and yellow. "There you are." Herm said victoriously as he pulled out a knife from his pocket and cut the red wire in half without a moment's hesitation. The ticking noise the bomb made suddenly stops, before the melody could finish its song. That was until the bomb suddenly started to sound again, but this time the ticking sound sounded much faster.
"You gotta be kidding me." Herm sighed. "This is cheating."
The bomb suddenly exploded and the S.S. Endurance went up in a ball of flames, scorching the surface of the water in liquid hot fire. Luckily for the lifeboats, they had managed to travel quite a distance from the ship and were nowhere near the blast radius.
"Oh my god!" Angi exclaimed as she witnessed the explosion of the ship. "Oh my god!" She exclaimed again as the shockwave of the explosion created a large wave that was coming right for them.
"Everyone grab onto something, it's not over yet!" Primate yelled out before the wave collided with them and flipped the lifeboats upside down, hurling everyone into the water. Thankfully, everyone was in close proximity to the island so the wave ended up carrying everyone involved all the way to the shore. The lifeboats were not as lucky as they were torn to shreds by sharp rocks underwater.
One by one, the twenty-two castaways made it to the shore and bore witness to the tropical island they had just landed on. The burning wreckage of the ship was soon swallowed by the deep sea, a torn up sailor's hat was the only thing that bubbled up to the surface.
It is now Day 1.
With 22 alive, it will take 12 to lynch. The day will end on Tuesday, 3 pm EST, 23 hours from now. Plurality is in effect.
Rules can be found here:
http://www.ndimforums.com/fe/thread.asp?threadid=5286&pagenum=1&pp=15
I changed some minor things after I first posted it so if you read it early on, I recommend you to read them again. Believe me, it'll be tremendous.
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