[HOE] The Librarian's Almanac for July 6th

[Michael Cone <mkcone@yahoo.com>]

Another all Brother Dominic Issue!

June 19th
The pod of misshapen whales has returned. They began
shadowing the ship at dusk last night. The sails were
rigged again and Greg has run cables from the genny to
a pair of old spear guns. That should give them a
nasty surprise if they attack. I’ve put double watches
on for the evening.
The whales hit us just after three. We have hull
damage but the electrical spearguns worked. Lisa has
one specimen she is going to dissect at dawn.
Happy Birthday to me.

June 20th
Lisa finished the autopsy around four. The deck is
covered in guts and blubber. What we have been calling
“whales” are actually a form of mutant sea bass. The
specimen had a form of parasitic life form embedded in
the spinal column. Lisa is calling it a “parallel
evolution.” She swears that it may be able to
supplement our dwindling food supplies.  I remain
skeptical. Greg is calling it some sort of symbiote,
Wishbone is calling it black magic. I think Wishbone
may need to remain a landlubber from now on.
Lisa’s reports are getting weirder. The mutant is
showing signs of having potent natural defenses aside
from better than normal vision, this thing can
generate its own anesthetic gas and has overdeveloped
digestive juices. Rick and Harry are calling it an
anti-S.E.A.L biowarfare project. I’m not sure who had
the tech during the last days, but it makes me
nervous. We keep seeing more and more obviously
gene-gineered creatures. Someone might still be making
them.

June 21st
Lisa’s attempt at gourmet cooking has crippled my
ship. Wishbone and I are the only ones still standing
after eating from the stores. Everyone else had some
of the mutant and consequently have severe food
poisoning. We will be at least two days behind
schedule.

June 26th	
All but two of my crew are back on duty. We have
dropped the exploration of the Catalina Islands from
the schedule and are heading back to port. I have
confined Wishbone to his quarters again. He accused
Lisa of attempting to kill the crew in a sacrifice to
the “sea spirits.” You can decide whether or not to
back me up when you get this, but I’ll drink spook
juice before that little witch doctor gets back on
board on my watch.

June 30th
We have made port in Shan Fan. Have someone clear my
debts with Sparkle Johnny and I’ll start repairs on
the Explorer. Wishbone and Harry have declined to sign
on for the next voyage. Good riddance to the Rasta-boy
but I will miss that one-eyed Scotsman. Anyone looking
for them can probably find them at the Bronze Dragon.
I’ll be hitting the docks for their replacements.
Alex thanks you for the vodka. He kindly requests that
you do not ship it in the Red Bear bottles, however.
He is calling it an affront to Mother Russia. 

July 1st
Blackjack and Li made the delivery today. I look
forward to trying it out when we reach the open sea. I
hope the pictures made it through the Net legibly.
Greg is requesting another package of motherboards in
exchange for more time on the electron microscope. We
depart at dusk to dodge pirates, Captain Rawlings
expects us to make good time, and the trip is expected
to last six weeks. With luck.

All logs complied by the Librarian David Bryant




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