Narrative

269.   The Penkeeper was built in Dighton, Hornbeak, by Dawna Aldis. It is the first ship that she has completed.
270.   Cal Zollie is trying to gather up a group of people in Dighton for an expedition on the Penkeeper, which Cal Zollie has agreed to lead. The group about to board the Penkeeper has decided that, rather than Cal Zollie naming himself captain outright, the passengers will decide who their captain will be democratically. Cal Zollie's shipmates have decided that he would make the best captain. Cal Zollie was designated captain of the Penkeeper, which will depart Dighton shortly; he has never captained a ship before. Capt. Cal Zollie, Goober Aldis, Loise Zollie, and Dawna Aldis have boarded the Penkeeper from the port of Dighton, Hornbeak. The Penkeeper, under command of Capt. Cal Zollie, has left the harbor at Dighton, Hornbeak. The Penkeeper sits motionless on the open sea, 366 miles off the coast of New Waterford. Gerhardt Zollie died at sea aboard the Penkeeper from complications related to infancy; he was not even a year old.
271.   The Penkeeper is heading N at full-speed.
272.   The Penkeeper is heading N at quarter-speed. The crew of the Penkeeper have spotted land. The Penkeeper is approaching the island of Zollie. Penkeeper is now docked at Zollie Point, on Zollie.
283.   Goober Aldis is trying to gather up a group of people in Zollie Point for an expedition on the Penkeeper, which Goober Aldis has agreed to lead. Goober Aldis has made it clear that, because it was his decision for the ship to be commandeered, he will serve as its captain. Goober Aldis was designated captain of the Penkeeper, which will depart Zollie Point shortly; he has never captained a ship before. Freida Aldis, Hortense Aldis, Capt. Goober Aldis, Garry Aldis, Esteban Aldis, Dawna Aldis, and Sean Quinn have boarded the Penkeeper from the port of Zollie Point, Zollie. The Penkeeper, under command of Capt. Goober Aldis, has left the harbor at Zollie Point, Zollie. The Penkeeper is heading S at quarter-speed. Esteban Aldis died at sea aboard the Penkeeper from complications related to infancy; he was only a year old.
284.   The Penkeeper is heading W at half-speed. The crew of the Penkeeper have spotted land. The Penkeeper is approaching the island of Bellefontaine. Penkeeper is now docked at Rodolphe Zollie, on Bellefontaine.
297.   Garry Aldis is trying to gather up a group of people in Rodolphe Zollie for an expedition on the Penkeeper, which Garry Aldis has agreed to lead. The group about to board the Penkeeper has decided that, rather than Garry Aldis naming himself captain outright, the passengers will decide who their captain will be democratically. Garry Aldis's shipmates have decided that he would make the best captain. Garry Aldis was designated captain of the Penkeeper, which will depart Rodolphe Zollie shortly; he has never captained a ship before. Capt. Garry Aldis, Freida Aldis, and Dawna Aldis have boarded the Penkeeper from the port of Rodolphe Zollie, Bellefontaine. The Penkeeper, under command of Capt. Garry Aldis, has left the harbor at Rodolphe Zollie, Bellefontaine. The Penkeeper is heading N at quarter-speed.
298.   The Penkeeper is heading NE at full-speed.
299.   The Penkeeper is heading N at half-speed.
300.   The Penkeeper is heading N at quarter-speed.
301.   The Penkeeper sits motionless on the open sea, 1390 miles off the coast of Aldis Island.
302.   The Penkeeper is heading NE at three-quarter speed. Freida Aldis took her own life aboard the Penkeeper; she was 45 years old.
303.   The Penkeeper is heading N at full-speed.
304.   The Penkeeper is heading S at three-quarter speed. The crew of the Penkeeper, which has been at sea for 7 years, are desperately trying to navigate the ship back to land; they may be hopelessly lost at sea. Capt. Garry Aldis, captain of the Penkeeper since 297, died aboard the Penkeeper, which had become lost at sea; he was 23 years old.
305.   The Penkeeper, a ghost ship, is steadily moving S on a gale.
306.   The Penkeeper, a ghost ship, is steadily moving S on the wind. The Penkeeper sank 1220 miles off the coast of Bellefontaine; there was no one aboard.
315.   Capt. Cal Zollie, who captained the Penkeeper from 270 to 272, died in Charlotte, Zollie, of natural causes; he was 63 years old.
320.   Capt. Goober Aldis, who captained the Penkeeper from 283 to 284, died in Dixons Mills, Bellefontaine, of natural causes; he was 71 years old.