bravenewworld | [Video] Announcing that the ship is now available for use!

[The feed comes on to show Banzu. It looks like he got some piercings since people last saw him; cuffs on his upper ears and weird blobs on his lobes. ~~It's certainly not the case that he evolved because he's totally not an Enlightened.~~]

Hi everyone, I'm Banzu. I'm happy to announce that as of today you can charter my ship to take you to the tropical island or for whatever exploration journeys you're interested in. Just contact me for details and to schedule a time. Right now I'm also taking requests for me to build or repair things.

For those of you who haven't seen Pathfinder yet, I'll show you the highlights.

[The camera rotates to show the ship moored at the end of the stone pier, "Pathfinder" painted on its bow. The ship is 60 feet long, with a short metal smokestack protruding from the middle, an open forward deck, a small hut with large windows just forward of the smokestack, and a raised section covering the aft deck with water tanks mounted on the roof. The camera starts moving towards it.]

This is the Pathfinder. It can carry passengers, cargo, and supplies for a small expedition. It's powered by a steam turbine engine and can reach the tropical island in around two hours. The forward deck can be used to hold cargo, but passengers are free to be on it as well.

[Banzu walks up the gangplank and through the open door at the top. Through another door can be seen the inside of the wheelhouse, with the ship's controls visible, but Banzu turns left instead and descends a steep set of stairs into the cabin. The interior isn't anything fancy or high-class, being mostly varnished wood with no decorations, but it's still a fairly nice-looking place. The stairs emerge next to some cabinets, with an extremely compacted kitchen area on the other side of the space from the stairs.]

This is Pathfinder's cabin, where passengers can stay if they'd rather not be on the deck above. As you can see there's electricity, lighting, and equipment for preparing food on a long trip.

[The camera turns to look towards the bow and moves past the partition wall, showing padded bench seating along the sides with a table running down the middle, which can apparently fold down until it's only a narrow ledge down the middle, judging by how one section of the table is currently folded down to demonstrate. There are a pair of somewhat narrow bunks behind the nearest benches, one on each side, and a small door at the other end, opened wide enough that the edge of a toilet can be seen.]

And this is the seating area. It can seat twelve, and if you fold down the seats there's a total of six bunks for overnight trips.

[He turns the camera to show himself again.]

And that's the passenger areas. If you're interested in going to the island, or if you just want to ride, contact me to schedule your trip. I'm hoping to see lots of you in the coming weeks.

Banzu out.

[OOC Notes: The Pathfinder is now available for use! Further details on the ship, the port, and how hiring Banzu's services works, are in those links, but basically, normal trips to the tropical island can be handwaved; just PM this account or contact me at

GoggleDragon if you want to do some exploring or to plot anything unusual.]

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I'm not planning a trip soon, but hey! It's looking pretty good!

[Goku's impressed, that probably took a lot of effort.]

It is.

[It did.]

How long did it take, anyway?

The ship took... a bit under a month? But getting the materials, building the port, and getting a good stock of fuel together took a few months on top of that. Been working on this project for a while.

[Goku whistles.]

Still! You must of been working on that day and night, doing it in under a month! I don't know too many people who can do something like that.

I had help, so we could sleep. But I don't either; as far as I know this is the first ship anyone around here has built in centuries. Apparently there are people somewhere out at sea who build boats, but theirs use sails and oars, not an engine, so they're slower and need more people to run.

Centuries, huh? [And now cue Goku's horribly obvious lack of an education. A talented Enlightened that...passed up schooling for work.]

Well, how come it's been centuries when we've been able to build one this entire time? Are we really that far behind?

[Banzu's doing the same thing; he's really supposed to be finishing high school right now. The difference is he taught himself stuff in his spare time.]

Probably no one thought about it. Or if they did, they never got around to actually building it.

[Or no one found blueprints in the Old City like Banzu did but he's not telling anyone that.]

Seems pretty useful not to build... [Eh, but oh well. If they just never got around to it, then they just didn't get around to it.]

Gosh, thanks for thinking to though. Not sure where we'd be if people like you didn't try to make things a little easier for everyone around here.

Still trying to find people with Pokémon that can give them a ride.

Whenever you end up wanting a trip I'll be around.

Thanks, Banzu. If I ever need you I'll make sure to get a hold of you. I'm Goku, by the way.

[And Yuuna is extremely impressed too! She peers at the video, a Hitmonchan crowding in beside her.]

Oh wow! That is awesome! Must've been a lot of work!

It was, but it's finished now and ready for customers.

Well I definitely wanna give that a try. I've been interested in the island, but I didn't really have a good way to get there short of finding a pokemon big enough to take me.

[She peers at the video again.]

Any time you're looking to set sail in the near future?

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Whenever someone's looking to charter a ride. Until I get a good idea of when and how often people want to ride I'm not setting any schedules.

Well then I'll definitely be in touch!

[She grins, and so does the Hitmonchan.]

I'm Yuuna, by the way.

[Banzu gives a slight nod.]

I'm Banzu, but you knew that already.

Yep! Caught that already.

So, uh...what gave you the idea? Just thought a little nautical excursion sounded nice?

[The real reason? He was poking around in the Old City and found some blueprints. But he's not advertising that little fact.]

After the tropical island was discovered I heard lots of people trying to arrange rides because they had no Pokémon that could get 'em there. It seemed like people'd be interested in another way to get there, and maybe to find other islands.

Actually...that sounds like something I'd love to be in on.

[She'd had vague notions of it once she'd acquired nautical travel. And unbeknownst to her, Bergmite is not far from evolving into an aircraft carrier...]

You think I could convince you to take me along?

If someone organizes and funds an expedition I'm not going to complain. If you can find support for that kind of thing we can talk about the details. [aka how much he'll be charging] For now I'm planning on going wherever the money is. This project's been expensive, so I need to rebuild my savings.

Definitely something I'll keep in mind.

[She isn't broke, exactly, but she's not wealthy enough to fund anything solo.]

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