SSS Ambassador: Emergency Situation

SSS Ambassador: Emergency Situation 10:23 pm

There are seven short blasts of the ship's whistle followed by one long blast. Soon after, the loud speaker crackles to life:

"This is a pre-recorded emergency message. All passengers are asked to gather at their nearest muster station. Primary exits toward muster stations are marked with a blue arrow. Please proceed in a calm and orderly fashion in the direction of these arrows. Crew members will assist you further at each of the muster stations."

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DAY 10

6:50PM
Recently left the Sacred Lands, en route to Shadowglen via Omen Islands. (Question the wisdom of this charted course, but distance from the islands makes local intervention unlikely.) Inclement weather and turbulence has caused several of the ship's amenities to be closed.

7:50PM
I am confident in saying that the ship is definitely under attack from some force and must concede that this is likely the doing of the sea witch.

10:05PM
We have cut the engines, activated our emergency beacon, and will soon be gathering passengers at the muster points, though I do wonder how effective evacuation by life raft will be in this particular circumstance.

10:25PM
More shadows have gathered in the water, and the ship has been struck several times by all manner of monstrous beasts. It seems clear to me that evacuation is not a safe option for passengers at this time. The MS Oracle has received our distress call and been dispatched from port in the Darkside, though it is many hours away. A few passengers with battle experience have chosen to take matters into their own hands, and while myself and the crew have actively discouraged them, I cannot help but admire their bravery against these horrors. Those with combat experience have been permitted to purchase weapons available on the ship in limited supply; the cost is high to ensure only those with proper training and motivation are wielding dangerous weapons on deck. I certainly hope we get through this to see the income put to good use -- we'll be needing repairs. (Suddenly all those jokes about icebergs and capsizing are not as funny.)

Shinwa save us all.

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I spent plenty of sp on weapons for my pet, can't use them now. I loved battling, because I loved the /chance/ it gave to everyone. Maybe you'd get your behind handed to you by a stronger opponent, the same way you'd get it handed to you in real life. The weapon could only carry you so far. I don't think Subeta should try and make it's battle like a video game, because it's not one. It's been more suited to life and I wish it would have stayed that way. If we gained experience like we did on video games, with the ability to constantly earn it (not training sessions or the rare level up candy) then okay. Great. It fits. You don't earn exp quickly enough in battles to make this effective in level gains. Imagine Pokemon if it took you an hour to train your pet one level, and the battle exp earned was minimal and rare candies were hard to find and mostly expensive.

If I purchase an item as a collector or steal it, discover it, whatever, I can pick up the finest blade there is and STILL use it. There's no force field that says, Sorry, buddy, but you're too weak to handle this sword. You can use a letter opener right now, and maybe later after you have some experience, a dagger. Believe me, I've dealt with many people in the ER who have shot or stabbed or wounded themselves due to inexperience, and there was nothing there saying no, you can't use that gun!

A % scale, great. A beginner can only hope to "get lucky" and make a good hit and pray they don't damage themselves in the process. An all up: Sorry, you can't use this. No. We're not a game where you can level up and gain stat points in a short, efficient time.

Posted by Nezha-Veles

I could only fight the first two. Ah well.

Posted by FoxPaw

I beat the first three, but I can't beat the strongest one. I almost can, but my pet just isn't quite strong enough.

Posted by Alchemy

@Fate - Well if you have any questions you know who to ask caus
e he knows EVERYTHING!

Posted by Sayonara_Baby

Managed to beat the first 2 opponents 5 times each but no way are my pets strong enough to try against the other 2 opponents. Just out of curiosity....do we now have to wait another 3 days for something to happen regarding this plot/event?

Posted by Fate

I knew this would happen XD

Posted by Ipsi

Aw no Cork Tipped Cutlass left? I really wanted one. .__.

Posted by edge

I want them weapons but just got a reborn icewand of doom *sobs*

Posted by Anasazi

Managed to get 15 on the easiest and 10 on the next 2, and 1 on the 4th. I could keep going on the first 3, but I'm not. Do not like the tier system at all. I can't use my 2 best weapons until I go up 2 more tiers.

Posted by Unwritten

I didn't have a chance after the first two, lol. Good luck to all of the super strong pets - whip 'em good.

Posted by melnuit

we managed to whomp the first three! the tier system sucks, i couldn't use my healer!

Posted by kellie_cd_sub

I knew it was a good idea to save food for my pets! >

Posted by Rei

phew, that Moradon is hard! had to fight hard to get 10 wins..

Posted by Cross

My battle pet's only tier 1 (almost tier two, lol)... Guess I'll be sitting this one out! Best of luck to all high-tier battlers! (:

Posted by Pipkitten

Takes years to get to fight that last one, or a bunch of money

Posted by Twisted_Pretzel

I wonder if this will lead to us picking to be either a Pirate or an Islander,like Keith mentioned?

Posted by Moltres

This new tier system is pissing me off. My strongest pet is only Tier 3, so I can't use any of my decent weapons.

Posted by Seifer

gee, I'm doing errands and offline for a couple of hours and the news is flooded! *pun intended?*

Hail Merana--goddess of the screwed islanders

Posted by gemajgall

Yea I really love that the battle part is apart of it, but not completely necessary! It's fun and fair (:

Posted by Azalea

I can hold off the crabs and the jellyfish but I'm useless against the harder foes, good luck high tier battlers!

Posted by pandemonium

Most of those weapons I can't use, and the one I bought isn't any help at all - it keeps misfiring and doing additional damage. That was a total waste. I can't beat either of these challengers, even though my battlers are listed as being good matches. There needs to be something between the easy side of medium and HARD. :

Posted by Penemuel

OMG I so want that harp... not to use for battle, but to add to my pet's TC!! But I don't even have half that in my vault (cries)! I'm hoping that we can buy it later at a more "reasonable" price! I too will be sitting the rest of this battle out as my poor pet is only at tier 2 and can't even last one hit from Teef!

Posted by Krynne

Teekah and I whipped on the first two but these last two kicked our asses pretty good,lol. *herds pets into the safe zones to make way for the others much stronger pets* Go Battlers!!

Posted by Kysta

;-; i cant afford weapons

hawkeye and thor and the others will save us

Posted by blackwidow

lol the weapons are so expensive. must rely on others to save me from those creatures

Posted by Karrie9325

Gonna sit this one, although I do admit it got me wanting to get my pets back into training. They haven't in a while.

Posted by Metaphor

I'm happy to have this non-essential battle part of the event since I haven't tinkered with battling since the new system was put in place. It's letting me see - without a load of stress - where my pet (and weapons) are at the moment while having a bit of fun, too.

Posted by Monsoon

Ah, that's good to hear. Still, though, I'm not a huge fan of this tier system. Not that I could have afforded those weapons anyway, haha ugh.

Posted by Venusaur

Well at least I beat one of them

Posted by Azalea

OMG this tier system sucks

Posted by Medb

It is NOT required for you to battle to advance to the next cruise phase.
This phase is included to add the battle element in for the battlers of Subeta.

YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BATTLE TO ADVANCE.

Posted by Joshua

This is exciting~!

Posted by Heart_Marauder

kejdkdksldh. eeeeeek this is exciting. now to buy all of the weapons.
all of them

Posted by sick

*pouts* can't afford them
Drats

Posted by Azalea

Yay I am able to beat two of them. I am bad at battling, so, I call that a success.

Posted by Yeleste

too bad about the new tier system. Before I could battle my level 150 pet efficiently with the ability to wield expensive powerful weapons, now my pet is pretty useless and it takes forever to level him up sufficiently, so I guess I'm out

Posted by majaha

At this moment, I'm really disliking the tier system v_v

Posted by Romanovi

o-oh my. I think I'll just cheer from the sidelines, seeing as I'm poorer than dirt and my highest level pet is tier one. good luck everyone! let's hope we don't all drown!

;

Posted by NIHILISTIC

I hope that it is not essential that we battle. My pets are very weak. I can't even get past the first one :/

Posted by ashleyhancock2

welp. i hope we can still move on without battling because all my pets suck, ahaha.

~~we should rename the ship SOS ambassador~~

Posted by piplupp

Those weapons. Money, Tier, Too Much.
On said note of having to fight, I TOLD you to not provoke the physical gods, but did you listen?
... Wait, where's the Captain gone?
How do you even find these opponents? Have they kidnapped the captain? Do pets not even tier 4 have a chance? Buh.

Posted by Frozen_Shade

Tiers just ruined it all~

Posted by Destiel

I'm a lover, not a fighter, and especially not in water(very weak swimmer) ;A; Imma sit this out as well

Posted by HippyKat13

fffff.... the gap between the medium challenger and hard challenger is just so big waah
see if I can take on teef lol

Posted by Chen

Well Lovely, Some of our pets can't be used on the new update. JUST DO EFFING LOVELY.
Welp, Good luck to you all! /Takes last Lifeboat to safety with friends/

Posted by Jolteon

I really like the fact that there's an NPC Logbook.

Posted by Monologue

Oh no! None of your pets are eligible for battle. You might want to make sure that they're well fed and happy!
I don't have real high level battle pets anyhow, nor do I have the sP to buy the new weapons, so I guess I will sit this one out

Posted by Rainey

My battle pet is only tier 1 though.

Oh well, I guess it's time to see how many time I can beat up Grandcrab Jones before he has a stroke or something.

Posted by Clarinda

I can't afford these weapons... ;A;
but nonetheless...
*salutes* Reporting for duty, Captain Dinghy SIR!

Posted by Firaga

Well, I was able to take out one of them for a few times.
Only was able to damage the last one halfway before being slain!
I did well and helped my fellow cruise mates out in the long run. I'll keep fighting and handing out heals!

Posted by Joshua

How exciting!

Posted by Straywillow

Can't seem to get those challengers.

Posted by Lindsie

Ofc the Siren Weapons are released when I have no money ofc

Posted by Nightwing

I can't defeat either of these guys. QQ

So sad. I thought for once I could do semi-well in a battle plot. xD

Posted by Rattata

oops, too broke just now for anything but the blowdart.

Posted by Extract

I knew this 3 hour tour was a bad idea.

Posted by lovecraft

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GOOD BYE MONEY. I liked having you.

THIS. VERY SERIOUSLY THIS. o_o

Posted by Blanche

Cry. Been able to defeat Teef twice. I think I'm about spent now.

Posted by Jabberwock

I really hope I can still move on after this since I obviously can't defeat these new guys. If not, well... that would really suck.

Posted by Venusaur

Why did I spend all of my money on CSC?

just why

Posted by Classical

Aww... pet not strong enough to use any of the weapons. Oh well, bank account appreciates.

Posted by Hiallina

I like battling, but this will take me all night to do 5 wins for each opponent for each pet because all my pets are battle pets.

Posted by Starshadow

I hope you don't have to battle these guys to move on because those opponents are way out of my tier.

Posted by Ropera

*is refreshing on the porthole page* This... is how you get the opponents, right? o__o;

Posted by Lindsie

I'm with y'all that get to fight the last two in spirit.

Posted by Rarity

What is dead may never die, but rises again, harder and stronger!

Posted by Integrity

You guys handle the monsters! I'll get the witch! *angler-fish pops out of water* On second thought....

Posted by Florrosada12

talk about tourist prices lol can't afford a single weapon

Posted by Queenloki

So I can't battle the two new ones, good luck everyone

Posted by Pistachio

Oh my god the weapons.
BUT THOSE PRICES. Worse is I only need them for a TC :"D

Posted by pax

Well... Just got to a Tier 8 and now I'm too poor to get any of those weapons.
I'll just grab the Jolly Roger Blade and see what I can do to help!

Posted by Joshua

/just figured out where the opponents were

Posted by Mustang

lol those weapon prices

Posted by Lantern

Shinwa save us all, indeed.

Posted by Beez

Was excited for new weapons...until I saw the price. 6-42 million? Wow. Too bad.

Posted by Starshadow

So dramatic .___.
/has no BD pet

Posted by Java

I see he Siren Harp that I have been wanting for a long time now. It's cheaper than in user shops but still way too expensive for me to get. *stares*

Posted by Liz4

Well whadya know. My tier 3 actually beat the 1st two.

Now imma sit back and let others take care of the last two. *shudders*

Posted by _Cresenta_

We're all gonna die! Abandon your husbands, abandon your children, abandon ship!
*starts inflating rubber dinghy*

Posted by Dracien

Welp, atleast I managed to beat the first 2 opponents :'D *sits back and lets the people who can actually battle take charge*

Posted by Jodie

Oh goodness. These last two are way deeper water than my tiggy winkle knows how to paddle. Good luck ya'll!!!

Posted by springjoy

Just gonna go on and say it-- AWWWW YEAAHHHH MORE BATTLINGG ♥!

Also, I'm also just gonna say... show meyourteef -snorts-

Posted by Andrea

Awww.. wish I could afford those Siren weapons, even though I sure as heck can't use them ._.
I'll just play with the sandcrab and jellyfish

Posted by CakeMoose

wow..the weapons are a lot of sps...and I am new my pets are not even close to that level good luck guys

Posted by So-so

Weapons!! I'm so excited

Posted by Freak

Fortunately, I think most of those weapons I cant use yet, but.. Oh wow. Do want.

Posted by Xiocite

Those weapons!

And those price tags! Ouch.

Oh well. Not like my pets were high enough in the tiers to wield them anyway.

Posted by Madeline

*was eating ice cream, but a deckhand rushes by, bumping into and felling the ice cream scoop*......*stares at scoop*....

................Of course......

Posted by Solarstar17

Looks like this is where I'm out, since I don't battle my pets. I'll just let everyone else protect me, thank youu!

Posted by RIZZOLI

Holy.

Posted by Life

I hope we don't HAVE to battle to move on in the plot because I suck at it. haha

Posted by CallaSoreon

Really I can't afford or even use those weapons....

Posted by kimcl91

Haha too bad none of my pets can wield those. I guess I'll just sit back with the other weak pets and watch you strong people while I share popcorn. XD

Posted by Mustang

My best pet is tier 3....This isn't looking good for my chances. *panics*

Posted by _Cresenta_

I dont know what weapon to buy ;-;

Posted by Dumbledore

GOOD BYE MONEY. I liked having you.

Posted by Seiryuu

welp it looks like I'm out of this fight xD

Posted by facade

battling I just knew it, and I really dont like it much.

Posted by SHORTnSASSY

Oh my god. What to buy. WHAT TO BUY *flails*

Posted by Haunted

oh god

Posted by Torchic

Awesome!
Although I'm poor and my battle pet isn't even Tier 4. xD
//fails ;~;

Posted by Rattata

All passengers are asked to gather at their nearest muster station.

At first I read that as "murder station" and I was saddened.
Those weapons hrrrngh.

Posted by Jabberwock

YAY

Posted by Ignored

WOW.

Posted by Lindsie

D'oh!

Posted by Ivyana

Eeeeyaaay, more enemies for my pets to fight~!

Posted by Marine

o_o

Posted by Cookie

Oooooooooooooooooh!

Posted by Dia

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