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๐Ÿ“ Day โ„– 36: May 17, 1823.

โณ22:16

  • โ€œWhere did the boat ๐Ÿ›ถ and the ship go โ›ต๏ธ?โ€ - we looked around puzzled ๐Ÿ”Ž.

  • โ€œApparently they got here before us ๐Ÿค”.โ€ - Keith said anxiously ๐Ÿคต๐Ÿป.

  • Who are they ๐Ÿ˜ฒ? Can you tell us what happened ๐Ÿ˜ณ?

  • The inhabitants of the island ๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿฟโ€๐Ÿฆฑ. They are very dangerous. They indiscriminately attacked ๐Ÿ‘Š๐Ÿป and dragging us to their camp ๐Ÿ˜ต. I miraculously fought back and escaped ๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ but the kid was unlucky. - Sighed our linguist ๐Ÿคต๐Ÿป.

  • What kid ๐Ÿคท๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ?

  • You won't believe it, but it all started back on the ship โ›ต๏ธ. During the storm ๐ŸŒช I thought someone was hiding behind the barrels ๐Ÿ›ข. Went to check ๐Ÿง and found a hare ๐Ÿ‡ the grandson of the headman ๐Ÿง™๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ. What's his name?... Lyn ๐Ÿ‘ฆ๐Ÿผ... So here's where the whole ship โ›ต๏ธ thing started throwing us all up. The kid couldn't help himself and fell overboard ๐ŸŒŠ. Tried to catch him myself ๐Ÿคœ๐Ÿป and together we fell in the water ๐Ÿ’ฆ. Next, by some miracle, we swam ๐ŸŠ to a nearby reef โ›ฐ and there we waited out the end of the storm โ›ˆ. Finding an island nearby ๐Ÿ we swam to ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿป.

At first, it seemed uninhabited ๐Ÿš but then we heard the strange sounds of drums and went for the noise. That was our mistake ๐Ÿ™…๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ. Bumped into a group of savages ๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿฟโ€๐Ÿฆฑ and they attacked without a word ๐Ÿน and led us into the village ๐Ÿ•Œ. Like I said before, we tried to break out ๐Ÿ˜. Fought back ๐Ÿ‘Š๐Ÿป until backup ๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿฟโ€๐Ÿฆฑ arrived. The guy ๐Ÿ‘ฆ๐Ÿผ got grabbed and I ๐Ÿคต๐Ÿป miraculously got away from them in the thicket ๐ŸŒด. That's how I spent the night ๐Ÿ˜ด. In the morning I found their camp โ›บ๏ธ, but I didn't like what I saw there at all ๐Ÿ˜ตโ€๐Ÿ’ซ.

  • We've got to save the boy ๐Ÿ‘ฆ๐Ÿผ! - interrupted Stan ๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿป

  • I don't know if he's still alive ๐Ÿ˜จ. I'm afraid the locals are very violent ๐Ÿ˜ˆ. They have whole fences of human bones ๐Ÿ•Œ in the ruins ๐Ÿ’€. Doing weird rituals ๐Ÿ”ฎ at night. Possibly even with sacrifices โ€ฆ I'm afraid ๐Ÿ˜ž. They're cannibals โ˜ ๏ธ. - Said Keith ๐Ÿคต๐Ÿป.

  • How many are there ๐Ÿคจ?

  • I don't know exactly ๐Ÿ˜Ÿ. Perhaps a few dozen ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿป. The main village is even further inland, so who knows how many there are ๐Ÿคท๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ. I saw only men ๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿฟโ€๐Ÿฆฑ. The boy is being held behind the ruins in a cage. He was still alive a couple of hours ago ๐Ÿ‘ฆ๐Ÿผ.

  • We need to save him ๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿป. I'm definitely not leaving him here ๐Ÿ˜ฒ! - insisted the blacksmith ๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿป.

  • Yes, yes! Let's save him ๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿป, we must try ๐Ÿคœ๐Ÿป, but we need a plan ๐Ÿ“‹. And also a way to retreat ๐Ÿ‘ˆ๐Ÿป. We need to find the ship โ›ต๏ธ! Without it we can't do anything ๐Ÿ’โ€โ™‚๏ธ.

The whole evening ๐ŸŒš we carefully wandered along the shore ๐ŸŒŠ. Keeping in the cover of the forest ๐ŸŒณ we tried our best to keep our heads down ๐Ÿคซ. But the ship was never found ๐Ÿ˜ฌ. Everyone was terribly tired ๐Ÿ˜ฎโ€๐Ÿ’จ. So, set up camp ๐Ÿ”ฅ and slept in a secluded spot under the rocks โ›ฐ. What to do next, there were no sensible ideas ๐Ÿคท๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ.

We will wait for the morning โ˜€๏ธ and then we will act according to circumstances ๐Ÿ˜‰. I wanted to find the ship โ›ต๏ธ and then plan further ๐Ÿง. But, as usual, we might just have to improvise ๐Ÿ˜œ. After my watch, I ๐Ÿง”โ€โ™‚๏ธ lay down ๐Ÿฅฑ. Thoughts ๐Ÿง  again kept my body from completely relaxing and finally falling asleep ๐Ÿ˜ด. A lot of things were keeping me awake ๐Ÿ˜ฎโ€๐Ÿ’จ. Dangerous islanders ๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿฟโ€๐Ÿฆฑ. The missing ship โ›ต๏ธ and boat ๐Ÿ›ถ. And most importantly, the life of the poor boy ๐Ÿ‘ฆ๐Ÿผ who, because of his curiosity ๐Ÿค“ got himself into such danger โ˜ ๏ธ. On the very first day of his journey ๐Ÿ˜ตโ€๐Ÿ’ซ. How did we not see it coming in the first place! Let's give him a decent whipping ๐Ÿค›๐Ÿป! If we save him ๐Ÿ™โ€ฆ

  • Get up! Morning ๐Ÿ—ฃ! Let's move out ๐Ÿšถโ€โ™‚๏ธ! - Win ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿฆณ poked ๐Ÿ‘‹๐Ÿป me in the shoulder, he was the one unlucky enough to be on duty last ๐Ÿฅด.

  • Dream ๐Ÿ˜ด! I had a strange dream ๐Ÿ˜ณ! I think it's Bioz ๐Ÿง”๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ!โ€ฆ