{"id":96747,"date":"2019-10-31T11:00:53","date_gmt":"2019-10-31T16:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/?p=96747"},"modified":"2019-10-29T02:17:56","modified_gmt":"2019-10-29T07:17:56","slug":"porkins-pirate-adventure-half-mast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/porkins-pirate-adventure-half-mast\/","title":{"rendered":"Porkins’ Pirate Adventure: Half-Mast"},"content":{"rendered":"
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My fellow Toileteers, Great Sitters on the Porcelain Throne, esteemed ladies and gentlemen of The Bowl, I apologize to all of you for everything you will read below and in the future.<\/p>\n

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The words, the length, the style, the music, all of it, is utter garbage. The task became greater than my meager talents and patience could bear. Ambition and pride took hold and, like a fool, I allowed it. If you know what’s good for you, you’ll smash that back button and get out of here. With that said, welcome to my adventure through the Pirate Metal Archipelago:<\/em><\/p>\n

On my way home from the local tavern where I had returned a lost legendary magical helm found in a cave but 200 feet away, I am approached by an odd fellow with a peg leg and an eye patch. As I click through the dialogue options from this incomprehensible goblin, I realize I’ve just been given a side quest. \u201cThank ye. Listen t’ naught but metal of me scallywags fer one week ‘n return t’ me,\u201d he says. He then turns to engage in an automated animation of tying a knot to a post that isn\u2019t there before he clips through the dock into oblivion. He better be back when I reload the area.<\/p>\n

\u201cMetal of me scallywags?” What does that mean? There aren\u2019t any quest markers on my map so I guess I need to talk to some people first. Walking further down the dock, a dialogue prompt opens next to a cloaked figure disembarking from a well-appointed frigate. \u201cAhoy!\u201d I yell, waving. He slowly turns and pulls back his hood. A flattened visage with a short, sharp, yellowed beak hits daylight, his black, deep-set eyes peer through to my soul.<\/p>\n

Ah, fuck. Owlkind.<\/p>\n

I back away, but not in time. His stomach undulates like stormy seas before his beak gapes and spews a pillow of assorted fur and bones on my boots.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat ye want, traveler?\u201d he asks while casually wiping his beak of stray hairs and bone bits.<\/p>\n

Once I’ve discretely kicked off the bone-hair amalgam generously gifted, I skip through the pleasantry options and go straight for the goods: \u201cGood day, sir. Have you encountered any metal of scallywags nearby?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSKREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE,\u201d he bellows with eyes widening like plates. \u201c\u2019Tis pirate metal ye seek, do ye? Aye, there be pirate metal. I shall take ye t’ it. 20 gold ‘n we shall set sail.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pirate metal. Goddammit. For a whole week. What did I agree to? Well, I need the XP and surely the quest reward will be more than the 20 gold pieces for the trip. Alright. Let\u2019s do it. How bad can it be? I hand over the gold.<\/p>\n

\u201cREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE,\u201d screeches the Owlkind.<\/p>\n

I flinch from the ear-piecing sound. \u201cJesus Christ! Do you have to do that all the time?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDo what?\u201d<\/p>\n

We disembark into a lengthy cut scene.<\/p>\n

[LOADING\u2026\u2026.]<\/p>\n

DAY ONE: Running Wild \u2013 Under Jolly Roger<\/em> (1987)<\/h2>\n