Harry Easter

> Are you guys really pirates? I've never seen a crew that behaves so... erratically.

> Can you tell me about the ship and its crew?

> When we first came in, you looked pretty spooked...

> I'm sorry it didn't work. Is there anything else I can do for you? I feel bad just leaving you like this.

> Nonsense! Let me try again, I'm sure it'll work this time.

> Why, I'm a dashing adventurer! I could break the curse!

> Are you alright? You look kind of... stuck.

> Can I ask you some questions?

> I'm very pleased to meet you, Ellie.

> I'm <%PCName>. What's your name?

> Please, we mean you no harm.

> [approach the ogre]

> [go down to orlop deck]

> Alright, let's try something else.

> [snoop around]

> [whisper] Aloth, could you give us a little bit of light?

> [produce some light to get a better look of your surroundings]

> [go below decks]

> [snoop around some more]

> [snoop around the deck]

> Not yet. We'll have to snoop around some more.

> Maybe we'll be able to convince them to stop raiding ships and put their talents to more productive use.

> I'd like to take a look around your ship, if that's fine with you.

> The existence or might of the gods is not in question, but whether or not their self-declared origin and nature can be trusted. To believe an entity truthful because they say they are truthful amounts to nothing but circular reasoning. The divine mechanics must be established by means that do not rely on the testimony of the gods themselves, and worship specifically runs contrary to this by narrowing the paths of interaction to those chosen by the deity, and further encouraging the society to regard other avenues of inquiry as heresy.

> The gods cannot be established by any objective means as actually residing over their claimed spheres. Thus, the act of worship is at best wishful thinking, at worst self-deceit, and in either case liable to only deepen our ignorance as to the true origins of the world and blindly subject us to the tyranny of potentially malevolent entities.