Scenario:THE FREEZE - Chapter 3: A Glacial Prison - Episode 1
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THE FREEZE - Chapter 3: A Glacial Prison - Episode 1
Eugen and the crew feel that by just doing the work they're given, they aren't earning nearly enough pieces of eight, so they ask some more experienced fishermen if there's a way to earn any more. After sweetening the fishermen with a bribe, he tells the crew about a game that the other fishermen play to earn extra peices of eight.
(Captain) and the crew learn about the currency "pieces of eight" which is used on board the explorer ship.
To earn enough peices to eat, (Captain) and the crew work hard at their jobs.
Soriz: I'm raising the net! Watch your heads! Out of the way! Hnnngh!
Eugen: Phew… All right, time to separate the crabs from the fish, you guys! We'll go and lift up the next net!
Joel: OK, I'll collect up the crabs. Lyria, (Captain), you grab the fish!
Lyria: Yes sir! (Captain), watch out for the crabs' claws! They'll give you a nasty pinch!
Vane: Wow, these nets are getting real beat up. We'll need to dry them before we can fix them.
Lancelot: Vane… your face has gone a strange color… are you really OK?
Vane: I'm fine! You know me, Lancey, I'm as sturdy as they come!
Jin: Raise the nets! Hnnngh!
Jin: Phew… fishing is a very physical job!
Eugen: You aren't wrong. Where I'm from, all the men are sturdy and strong from their work.
Soriz: But we've barely earned any pieces from all the work we've been doing…
Ippatsu: You're right… The fisherman earlier said that you need some pieces to buy food on the ship, didn't he?
Agielba: Lifting all of these nets is only gonna get us enough for one or two rice balls each…
Eugen: What a swindle…
Rough Fisherman: Oi! Stop yer jawin', landlubber! We're busy here!
Eugen: Hey, you guys… how do you earn more pieces of eight?
Rough Fisherman: Huh? With elbow grease, of course! We don't slack off and chat like you!
Soriz: You callin' me a slacker, boy? You should stop with that talk before you say something you'll regret.
Eugen: Is there a way? A way to earn pieces a bit more efficiently?
Eugen: Come on, friend, you can tell us, right?
While talking, Eugen surreptitiously slips a few pieces of eight into the fisherman's pocket.
Rough Fisherman: Heh… now you get how things work around here.
Rough Fisherman: We play a little game! If you lose, bad things happen to you, though…
Rough Fisherman: If you win, you can have all the food and wine you want. You can even get a better room on the ship!
Agielba: Wha-? Why didn't you tell us that in the first place?
Rough Fisherman: Little fishes will just get eaten alive… Well, I suppose you swabs just became slightly bigger fishes…
Rough Fisherman: I can introduce you. If you want to get involved, talk to me when we next cast the nets out.
The experienced fisherman left Soriz and the others on the deck.
Jin: A game, huh… It would certainly be a good thing if we won… but how easy is that?
Ippatsu: But at this rate things are just gonna get worse and worse!
Soriz: You're right… Lyria and the others are getting really hungry…
Eugen: And Vane is looking paler and paler… We can't sit around and wait for things to improve.
Agielba: It's sink or swim! We have to participate in their game!