Universalis 1
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Story so far: link
Players: EvilCat, giacomoart, davina_small.
Tenets
- Naval adventure.
- Lovecraft-esque horror. (Details, 2)
- Pseudo-historic setting of Elizabethan time. (Details)
- Moral choice between sin and virtue.
- No supernatural facts or components can be introduced into the game until there are 3 or 4 characters marked with "sympathetic" trait. (Details)
- No interrupts.
- Try to challenge only such details and/or in such way that preceding text wouldn't have to be overwritten.
- If a player doesn't act on his turn for a day, the next player can take the turn for free, or any other player can take it for
1. - Refresh rate for each scene based on the number of players who get refreshed: 12 for 2, 8 for 3, 6 for 4, 5 for 5 or more.
== Scene #1: Sea Battle ==
[framed by giacomoart]
The clash of steel and the roar of the cannon all but drowned out the sound of thunder as lightning crackled across the darkening horizon. A rising wind swirled through the acrid smoke that billowed up from a pair of sailing ships: a lumbering Spanish galleon locked into close combat with a smaller pirate vessel. By weight of numbers, the sides would seem to be evenly matched, but the red-haired woman leading the assault on the galleon cut a bloody swath through the the Spanish crew.
A rallying battle cry howled over the waves, as the red-haired demoness -- the pirate queen, Nicole Tissot -- pierced another foe. Her rapier went right through sailor's heart, while the dagger in her left hand averted the victim's final blow. With a disrespectful kick, the body was sent to the sea where a slew of sharks already waited for their next treat.
As the waves turned crimson from blood, storm became stronger. Clouds grew heavy and black, but it wouldn't rain. Waves raged more and more, and, finally, a lightning struck the sloop's mast.
[continued to Scene #2]
Scene #2: During the Storm
Framed by EvilCat
Components (control indicated by E or G letter):
| the Caribbean Sea (E) | Storm (E) - {{#replace:sinister, supernatural, violent, heavy rain (x2), howling winds, - }} |
Spanish galleon - {{#replace:cannons, huge|, | - }} |
Pirate sloop - {{#replace:cannons, agile|, | - }} |
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Ship's boys #1 and #2 |
Scene #3: ???
To be framed by giacomoart for 
9+.
Coin count: EvilCat - 12, giacomoart - 13, davina_small - 25.
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