TEXT: The Impending Storm  
   
  by Trevor Hudgins (Adamant Drakon Freelance Productions)  
   
  and Todd Zircher 
  Setting:  
   
  Boom!  Was that the sound of a cannon crack?  Maybe thunder 
  overhead?  It is impossible to tell from the safety that is deep within 
  the Platinum Shark.  However, it has scared your caretaker, Orphan 
  Rose and has sent her above decks to investigate.  This was about an 
  hour ago.  You and the rest of the small animals aboard have become 
  worried. 
   
  Crash!  With this second unknown sound and growing concern 
  over Rose, you and the rest of the animal crew have come to meet 
  and decide on what to do.  Many wish to hide out in the hold and 
  wait to see what happens.  Others want to return to their various 
  duties that will take them all over the ship.  There are only a handful 
  of you that are brave enough to take up the search for your human 
  caretaker. 
   
  Crack!  Oh!  Was that the sound of timbers snapping?  Chaos is 
  breaking out on the upper decks. It's time to scurry and help the 
  human crew. 
  The NPCs: 
   
  Orphan Rose is the animal caretaker of the Platinum Shark.  She’s 
  a skinny red haired girl with a nose for trouble.  Rose went above 
  decks more than an hour ago.  Where is she?  Why hasn’t she 
  returned? 
   
  Rupert Parsons is the navigator for the ship.  He really likes rabbits 
  and is a little dense.  But, he’s a wiz with the charts and has never 
  steered the Shark wrong.  
   
  The Captain, no one knows his real name.  He’s tough but fair and 
  makes sure that the human crew does not pick on the jacks.  It’s said 
  that he rescued Savannah from a tribe of cannibals. 
   
   
  The other members of the animal crew are hiding out, doing their 
  chores, or looking around the ship to see what is happening.  They are 
  willing to help, but not at the risk of themselves. 
   
  Most of the human crew is still asleep below deck, except for the 
  few on night duty.  However, you have not heard any sounds that you 
  would hear from them since Rose has gone missing. 
  The Stage:   
   
  Play normally happens anywhere on the Platinum Shark, 
  especially on the upper decks.  From front to back we have the bow 
  spirit, the foremast, the forecastle (fo’c’s’le) or crew quarters, the 
  main deck, the main mast, the mizzenmast, the quarter deck, the 
  poop deck, and the rudder.  From top to bottom we have the crow’s 
  nest, the sails and rigging, the poop deck, the quarter deck, the main 
  deck (crew quarters and the captain’s cabin), the gun deck, the hold, 
  the bilge (the really stinky part of a ship) and the keel.  Other 
  interesting parts of the ship include the anchor, the galley and the 
  store room, the ammunition magazine, the water casks which are in 
  the hold. 
   
   
   
   
   
   
  (Bunny jack is pirate slang for any intelligent animal crew member, 
  even if they're not of lapine ancestry.  Pirates are funny that way.) 
   
   
   
   
   
  Copyright 2011 by Todd Zircher (The Trouble with Rose). 
   
   
   
   
  Copyright 2011 by Adamant Drakon Freelance Productions 
   
   
   
   
  (The Impending Storm).  Readers are free to share and print. 
  
  Name: 
  Mister Patch 
  Name: 
  Suzie, Rupert's Cabin Rabbit 
  Details:   
  A salt and pepper rabbit with a black patch over his 
  left eye.  His remaining red eye oversees the duties 
  of the other bunny jacks. 
  Details:   
  This pure-bred grey rabbit was once the play mate of 
  William Stuart (Queen Ann’s son.) But, that was 
  before she was nabbed by Parsons, the navigator. 
   
  I am working.  My job is to tell you what to do. 
   
  I am royalty.  Do not lay your filthy paws on me. 
   
  Back to back with Jolly Roger and lived to tell it. 
   
  Rupert Parsons is very nice, but I miss my prince. 
   
  Aye, I do have eyes in the back of my head. 
   
  Mr. Patch leaves me alone and for good reason. 
   
  I know where the best grog is located. 
   
  I like Rose, because she is my servant. 
   
  Neither man nor jack can best my steel. 
   
  Behind the bluff, she’s terrified of pirates. 
   
  Aye, there’s a story behind this eye patch. 
   
  Of course I can handle a sword, Prince William 
  insisted on that. 
   
   
   
   
  Name: 
  First Mate Bucky 
  Name: 
  Able Hand Jack 
  Details:   A robust and hard working white rabbit but is known 
  for his lewd jokes. 
  Details:   He is a grungy mouse that is loyal to Mr. Patch.  He is 
  cheerful, enjoys his drink, and is always hungry. 
   
  Did you hear the one about…? 
   
  Heard anything new, Bucky? 
   
  There isn't a knot that I can't tie or untie. 
   
  What needs to be done, Captain? 
   
  Served with Captain Cook, finest chef on the seven 
  seas. 
   
  Suzie’s mood is… 
   
  Ah Suzie, what wouldn't I give to be with that doe? 
   
  This was grandfather’s pocket watch. 
   
  Sure Orphan Rose knows, but she won't tell a soul. 
   
  Sure, I keep a private stash of goodies, doesn’t 
  everyone? 
   
  I spent some time in Barbados behind bars. 
   
  “Nothing that a good bonk on the head can’t fix.” 
  
  Name: 
  Savannah, the Captain’s Bird 
  Name: 
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  Details:   
  She is a toucan that is unable to talk but can speak 
  magically to the other jacks on the ship.  She can get 
  messages to anywhere on the ship when the Captain 
  needs to give orders in a hurry. 
  Details:   _______________________________________ 
   
  With the power of my mind! 
   
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  I’ve got the top perch between the Captain and 
  Mister Patch and I plan to keep it. 
   
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  I eat and drink what the captain gives to me. 
   
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  Here’s the latest gossip about Orphan Rose… 
   
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  “I forgot about Eli Blackbird in the crow’s nest!” 
   
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  No, I won’t forget.  … Oh, a shiny… 
   
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