Deep Sea Embers Chapter 22: Crew Code


Alice stopped in front of the captain's cabin.

Miss Doll raised her head, looked at the dark oak door in front of her, and noticed a line of words written in beautiful squiggly letters on the door frame: Door of the Homeless.

Of course, it's not surprising that such a line of words appeared on the door frame of the captain's cabin of the Lost Country, but Alice still frowned subconsciously - she was not curious about this door, but why she knew "words".

She has no memory of learning words. In fact, she does not have any memory of "learning", nor does she remember where she has accumulated experience in activities outside and talking with people, but these knowledges naturally exist in her mind.

She can read the letters on the door frame of the captain's cabin, and she can also understand the purpose of the various furnishings in the room, and these things can not be learned just by lying in a wooden box and listening to the people outside. - So where does this knowledge come from?

Before today, Alice had never considered this question, but for some reason, after talking to that "Captain Duncan", the "curiosity" suddenly popped up in the doll's mind that should have been running peacefully forever. concept.

She recalled carefully, the change seems to have occurred after Duncan asked about the origin of the name "Alice"... At that moment, she questioned some things in her mind for granted, and began to try Recalling the origin of his name, and then, something in his mind loosened.

Alice didn't know whether this loosening was good or bad, but she didn't like the feeling of confusion, so she quickly shook her head, put her doubts aside, and adjusted at the captain's room door. After a moment of mentality, he put his hand on the handle of the oak door and pushed it forward slightly.

The door pattern didn't move.

Alice was stunned for a moment, then tried to push it again, but felt that the wooden door was unshakable as if it was made of steel as a whole.

Immediately after, when she was about to try again, a voice suddenly came from the captain's cabin - a voice hoarse and low, as if from a piece of dead wood: "Open the door, ma'am."

It wasn't Captain Duncan's voice. Alice was taken aback, but she quickly reacted and hurriedly said "oh" before pulling the door open - this time, the door opened very lightly.

It was only at this time that she recalled that when the captain brought himself here before, it seemed that he had indeed pulled the door open.

It seems that the "knowledge of life" that appears out of thin air in my mind is only knowledge after all. I have been sleeping in a wooden box all the year round, and I still lack real survival experience. To the captain's room.

The captain's cabin was empty, the striking sailing table was quietly under the light, the surface of the chart on the table was covered with a thin mist, and the dark wooden carved goat head was turning his eyes from the edge of the table, A pair of obsidian eyes stared blankly at him.

"Come in, ma'am, the captain is busy, you can wait for him here for a while," the goat head said, more politely than Alice thought, "and try to avoid such probing behavior, which Makes some of the overly sensitive guys on the Lost Homes feel like they're hated, and it's going to be a hassle to appease them - and in case your head falls off again, it's a problem, I don't have hands to pick it up for you... …”

Really speaking! This woodcarving really speaks!

Although Captain Duncan had said before that the goat head on the sailing table could talk, Alice was stunned when she suddenly heard a woodcarving talking to her, and she responded consciously: " Ah, alright, but my head doesn't fall off that easily, and the last time I installed it, I did... wait, you said there are some sensitive nerves on the Homeless... Is there any... …”

Alice realized the information revealed in Goat Head's words just now, and she looked around with surprise and nervousness. At this moment, she seemed to feel that the captain's room, and even the entire ship's homeless. Everything swayed in the dimness and turned into something "weird" like the weird goat head, and the goat head's voice came into her ears: "Is this weird? Do you think the great Captain Duncan would wash the decks himself with such a huge ship taking a lot of manpower to run?"

What this goat head said actually made a lot of sense. Although Alice's mind just woke up and not very bright, she thought there was something wrong with this, but after thinking about it for a long time, she could only nod her head: "That's right. ...so there are many like you on the Lost Homes..."

"There's only one loyal second-in-command for the captain, and the rest are just a bunch of idiots you don't have to think about communicating with—they don't have any interest in communicating with people," Goathead didn't wait for Alice to finish. He interrupted her, "But considering that you are a newcomer on the ship, it is normal for you to not understand many reasons and rules. As Captain Duncan's most loyal first and second mate..., I need to tell you something on this ship. Common sense that must be known to survive on board, after all, the captain will not condescend to explain this kind of thing to newcomers... madam, are you ready?"

Alice listened in a daze. She had forgotten the original purpose of her coming to the captain's room. She only felt that every time the goat head in front of her opened her mouth, it was a lot of crackling, and the rhythm of the conversation after three or two openings. She was no longer on her side, especially when the other party suddenly popped up a bunch of titles just now, she felt like her whole head was buzzing, and when the other party's voice fell, she could only subconsciously nodded: "Ah, Ah, okay... okay?"

"Very well, then here are a few rules that the crew of the Lost Country must know, which will help newcomers adjust to the environment faster and fully accept the words of the Lost and the great Captain Duncan in the dangerous boundless sea. The blessing of..."

The goat's head was obviously satisfied with Alice's answer. He shook his wooden head as he spoke, with obvious pride in his tone—

"First, Captain Duncan is the absolute master of Homeless. Captain Duncan is always right. Even if reality conflicts with Captain Duncan's language, Captain Duncan's judgment shall prevail.

"Secondly, any crew member can only operate in the area allowed by Captain Duncan. Captain Duncan has not ordered the open area, and must not step into the area, because those areas do not exist.

"Third, if you have stepped into an unauthorized area and you are lucky enough to survive temporarily, you must stay where you are and wait for Captain Duncan to bring you back, or wait for death in peace - never return without authorization, because You are not returning homeless.

"Fourth, the Lost Country is always on the right course, don't question the captain's voyage plan, if you find that the scenery around the Lost is not what you expected ~IndoMTL.com~ or find the Lost Into deeper 'deep' waters, then this is part of a normal sailing plan.

"Fifth, the captain will occasionally leave the ship, but he will definitely return. During the captain's departure, the Homeless will continue to sail normally, but all crew members must not approach the bridge at the stern - the rudder system will be used when the captain leaves. Insecure, the stern cable will hang any daredevils who show 'usurpation'.

"Sixth, on the Lost Homes, there are only six basic rules for the crew.

"Seventh, the door of the captain's room opens outward."

Goathead seems to have taught the new crew "common sense" more than once. He said the rules very smoothly and naturally, but Alice immediately noticed something was wrong when she heard the last two: "Wait a minute. , Mr. Goat Head, you just said the sixth item..."

"Sixth, on the Homeless, there are only six basic rules for the crew." Goat Head replied immediately, when he mentioned these basic rules, he did not hesitate.

Alice wondered for a while whether there was something wrong with herself or the "first mate" in front of her: "But you mentioned the seventh rule just now..."

"Seventh, the door of the captain's room opens outward." Goathead replied very naturally.

Alice stared blankly at the black goat head wood carving on the table. After doubting her ears, she began to doubt her own brain - but soon she realized that she had no brain, so she confirmed it again : "Aren't these two ... contradictory?"

"There is no contradiction."

Listening to Goat Head's firm answer, Alice opened her mouth, but suddenly swallowed all her questions.

(Mom!)


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