#[La Demonia Roja]

[sins-of-the-sea]

Happy New Years from La Demonia Roja!

She's shooting off her guns and ringing her bells! Here is to hoping 2024 will be a good year!

[lookthedevilintheeye]

"...the boat has STAMINA?!"

"What kind of a boat has stamina?!"

"Especially one that requires furling up your sails to recover?"

"Nevermind apparently all you need to man it is to just have one person behind the helm and no one else."

"Splendid!! Hey, Devil Pirates!! Our boat doesn't need a whole crew to man it too!"

Oh, no. La Demonia Roja groans as one of her scuppers very slowly leaks water.

Giovanni sobs as he hugs one of the masts. "It's okay, Demonia!! You're still special to us!"

"You made our ship cry!! FIRE!!"

It only took one rinky dink canonball to sink the Hurley Crew's ship instantly.

"OH WHAT THE BLOODY HELL??!!"

"Just gather a couple trees and you can repair your boat."

"But these trees are already harvested despite no one having come here!"

"That's a you problem, then."

[der-karibisch-heyder]

La Demonia Roja...

The Barracuda...

The HMS Cavalier...

The Diantha...

The Zummuroda...

The Taratai...

The Black Dog Bandits...

Seven Ships. Seven Keys. Seven Years.

One Eye.

[nabeandfriends-archive]

the Crew of La Demonia Roja? :0

Send a character’s name and my muse will explain their relationship with them.

"Okay but there's like. Lots of them? Nabe guesses most of them are friends??"

"Uhhh, Gio is nice cause he gives Nabe treats. And Mister Bald Man gives treats too... And Be-Na is always super nice and stuff and gives Nabe plenty of nest materials." She's already built three nests for herself on the ship but that's a topic for another time. "And uh, she's married to Blond Guy who Appreciates a Good Hat™, but Nabe doesn't know him very well."

Nabe pauses then, counting on her fingers. "Uh, then there's the Flying Crime Man, who is, of course, a criminal who should never be trusted for his crimes against birds. And at least two different Men with Red Hair, but Nabe doesn't really know them well."

She clearly doesn't know a lot of them well, considering she was only able to name two of them.

"And uh. That's all Nabe can think of at least? Which is kinda weird cause Nabe's been on boats before and there's usually more people than that, but she doesn't think she's actually seen anyone?"

[consolidations-of-a-dream]

“Rest in pieces, Crew of La Demonia Roja. Your antics will be remembered, whether we like it or not.”

“They’re immortal, Urameil.”

“I know they are. Let me have this.”

[dragonskxn]

🎁 + any idea you want! (to the Crew of La Demonia Roja!)

The letter was surprisingly delivered by Smudge, tied to a string around his neck. The hog had sprinted as fast as he could towards the docks, and towards La Demonia Roja, and squealed until he was let onboard.

The letter itself was practically falling apart, made from old, thin parchment. The ink was almost brown in color, like old rust, and the writing was sparse and written frantically, as if whoever wrote it was trying not to get caught writing.

Help please please please help me

Arrested me a whole group of them

They say I'm a witch I'm not but they don't believe me

Please help THEY'RE HURTING ME THEY WANT TO KILL ME

[realkiktraducciones]

He jugado a: Purgatorio

Enlace en español (Traducido por @blackvelvettranslations )

Enlace en inglés (Traducido por @memoriesoffear )

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Weno weno, la semana que viene es Halloween y ya se va notando el ambiente spooky en la atmósfera. En verdad no, me gusta el terror y demás pero ni que los muertos se levantaran de las tumbas. Qué quilombo. Pues en esta ocasión le llega la review a "El Purgatorio". Jueguito corto creado por un ponja llamado "Nama" o una ponja, no sé la verdad. Del poco taka taka que sé sólo le atino a las actualizaciones que sube a su twitter. A mí me da que es men, una protagonista bien rika, con unos compas bien dibujados y la rubia conchasumare tan bien detallada…Eso o le va a pasar como a esa mangaka pechugona que dibuja nenas bien dotadas… En cualquier caso, dejemos eso de lado y pasemos a hablar de "El purgatorio" o más bien llamado "La casa del terror sangriento dónde el de Viernes 13 te quiere cagar a machetazos". Comento esto porque como Purgatorio en su sentido más religioso de la palabra, poco tiene. A no ser que esa especie de redención personal que sufre Enri sea convertirse en una demonia peliazul con aura roja 7u7r En lo relativo al juego, concuerdo con lo que dice Miguel Ángel aquí, pero en general el juego habría que entenderlo desde el punto de vista del creador. Desde el comienzo el juego se vende como otro más de terror del montón, pero entra la cantidad desorbitada de sangre que rodea todo el ambiente y la Enri chibi en el menú de pausa…ya algo te hueles. Cosa que se te confirma al final del juego con los bonus extra. Pura joda japo, un clásico. Técnicamente hablando…todo es muy OK excepto la primera contraseña y el puzzle de la araña como Jibaru lo ha bautizado. Son de esas cosas que uno se suele encontrar en juegos cortos para auto alargarse estúpidamente. Podrías pegarte horas intentate resolver la primera pass pero ni en joda, te tiras a la internet y listo. Igual para el baile de botones. Bueno, al menos el baile que te marcas es aleatorio y te puedes entretener pero la contraseña es tocar los huevos por gusto. Al parecer no es tan random, y en cierto sitio puedes encontrar la pista. Un traductor del equipo lo comentó en rpgmaker.net : [SPOILER ALERT:]

Personalmente me la he pasado muy bien y me he partido el culo en más de una ocasión, sobretodo cuando vi esa transformación súper facker de Enri en una especie de Kratos parte madres. Y aunque supuestamente tiene 15 años la mujer aparenta unos 30 mínimos pero te hacés el boludo y ya, igual que el juego en verdad. Que te marca una historia cliché de pies a cabeza con la excusa de meter colorante del rojo por doquier y unas pantallas de GAME OVER de lo más particulares… ¿Alguien se quedó con hambre y quiere una segunda parte? Pues estás de suerte porque existe pero claro en japo, como sus proyectos. Así que pa100cia hasta que alguien lo traiga…menudas pintas tiene la portada, ¿eh? Puntaje: 7/10 Tiempo de juego: 1-1'5 Horas Puedes verme en rpgmaker.net para ver mis listas de juegos, lo que ando jugando o las críticas de juegos que aquí no están y allí sí. Salud5 y a hacerse pajas! P.D.: Les dejo el pixiv del creador enlazado a su galería de "Purgatorio 2" o "奈落2" en Nintendo. Curioso, que el segundo kanji significa "caerse" o "derramarsete", lo que tienen los kanjis de significado "sonoro". Bueno, ya me voy, al carajo.

[traduccionesrealkik]

He jugado a: Purgatorio

Enlace en español (Traducido por @blackvelvettranslations )

Enlace en inglés (Traducido por @memoriesoffear )

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Weno weno, la semana que viene es Halloween y ya se va notando el ambiente spooky en la atmósfera. En verdad no, me gusta el terror y demás pero ni que los muertos se levantaran de las tumbas. Qué quilombo. Pues en esta ocasión le llega la review a "El Purgatorio". Jueguito corto creado por un ponja llamado "Nama" o una ponja, no sé la verdad. Del poco taka taka que sé sólo le atino a las actualizaciones que sube a su twitter. A mí me da que es men, una protagonista bien rika, con unos compas bien dibujados y la rubia conchasumare tan bien detallada...Eso o le va a pasar como a esa mangaka pechugona que dibuja nenas bien dotadas... En cualquier caso, dejemos eso de lado y pasemos a hablar de "El purgatorio" o más bien llamado "La casa del terror sangriento dónde el de Viernes 13 te quiere cagar a machetazos". Comento esto porque como Purgatorio en su sentido más religioso de la palabra, poco tiene. A no ser que esa especie de redención personal que sufre Enri sea convertirse en una demonia peliazul con aura roja 7u7r En lo relativo al juego, concuerdo con lo que dice Miguel Ángel aquí, pero en general el juego habría que entenderlo desde el punto de vista del creador. Desde el comienzo el juego se vende como otro más de terror del montón, pero entra la cantidad desorbitada de sangre que rodea todo el ambiente y la Enri chibi en el menú de pausa...ya algo te hueles. Cosa que se te confirma al final del juego con los bonus extra. Pura joda japo, un clásico. Técnicamente hablando...todo es muy OK excepto la primera contraseña y el puzzle de la araña como Jibaru lo ha bautizado. Son de esas cosas que uno se suele encontrar en juegos cortos para auto alargarse estúpidamente. Podrías pegarte horas intentate resolver la primera pass pero ni en joda, te tiras a la internet y listo. Igual para el baile de botones. Bueno, al menos el baile que te marcas es aleatorio y te puedes entretener pero la contraseña es tocar los huevos por gusto. Al parecer no es tan random, y en cierto sitio puedes encontrar la pista. Un traductor del equipo lo comentó en rpgmaker.net : [SPOILER ALERT:]

Personalmente me la he pasado muy bien y me he partido el culo en más de una ocasión, sobretodo cuando vi esa transformación súper facker de Enri en una especie de Kratos parte madres. Y aunque supuestamente tiene 15 años la mujer aparenta unos 30 mínimos pero te hacés el boludo y ya, igual que el juego en verdad. Que te marca una historia cliché de pies a cabeza con la excusa de meter colorante del rojo por doquier y unas pantallas de GAME OVER de lo más particulares... ¿Alguien se quedó con hambre y quiere una segunda parte? Pues estás de suerte porque existe pero claro en japo, como sus proyectos. Así que pa100cia hasta que alguien lo traiga...menudas pintas tiene la portada, ¿eh? Puntaje: 7/10 Tiempo de juego: 1-1'5 Horas Puedes verme en rpgmaker.net para ver mis listas de juegos, lo que ando jugando o las críticas de juegos que aquí no están y allí sí. Salud5 y a hacerse pajas! P.D.: Les dejo el pixiv del creador enlazado a su galería de "Purgatorio 2" o "奈落2" en Nintendo. Curioso, que el segundo kanji significa "caerse" o "derramarsete", lo que tienen los kanjis de significado "sonoro". Bueno, ya me voy, al carajo.

[hellcab]

(sins of the sea) 💡 i still haven’t found any good idea to start interacting

{{ First of all, I love pirates. I really love the idea and characters behind your RP blog.  }}

{{ Now on interacting, Roth’s AU is basically him traversing the multiverse. I’d imagine eventually, he would end up abroad the La Demonia Roja. Granted, his being there would cause some commotion. Y’know, with some blue-skinned demon cabbie showing up and all. It causes some concerns. }}

{{ From there, I can only imagine the chaos that will happen. }}

[sins-of-the-sea]

Click for full view.

Made a separate scale chart comparing a typical 6' foot dude to La Demonia Roja's dimensions. Note that she's really big even for a Manila galleon.

And as she's a 16th century ship sailing in the 18th century by the Main Story, yes, she will freak sailors out upon sight. The spooky decals and figurehead in addition to the black hull and crimson sails are just icing on the cake.

This is also to show how it is very literally impossible to man this ship with just a Crew of seven, so it's imperative Demonia moves on her own.

This is going to be EXTREMELY helpful for me in writing/drawing scenes taking place on the ship.

[lookthedevilintheeye]

“All in favor of sinking La Demonia Roja, say aye.”

“Not enough of the muses on this blog have icons in order do so, Captain.”

[der-karibisch-heyder]

Caribbean Currency 2

Continuing from the last post I made.

(Pictured: Florentine Guilder from 1341)

So I did a bit more reading around, mostly in the interest of grasping living wages and cost of living in the 17th and 18th centuries. In doing so I came across more in depth information about Dutch currency beyond the Lion Dollar, namely the Guilder.

Guilder, which is the English term for Gulden, which is German and Dutch for just “golden”, an informal term for “gold penny”. It is largely considered interchangeable with the Florin, as the currency was widely used all across the reach of the Holy Roman Empire. Anyway.

A Guilder was essentially worth half a Lion Dollar. Recall earlier, a Lion Dollar is worth between 4 and 5 Shillings in English currency. It takes 20 shillings to make a pound, thus 4 to 5 Lion Dollars to make a pound. Hence, it takes about 10 guilders to make a pound, so a Guilder is roughly equal to 1/10th the value of the pound or English Guinea. This is all noteworthy because the Guilder was the long accepted go-to currency for foreign reserves, likely due to its equal value and standing with the Florin and its widespread use across central Europe.

In reading on all this, I too found the values of ships were often rated in tonnage. Specifically about 20 pounds to the ton. Using some ships in Devil’s Eye for a quick reference...

La Demonia Roja, a massive Manilla Galleon, weighs in at 1000 tons of storage, giving it a massive value of 20,000 pounds.

The Barracuda, a simple schooner, weighs in at a mere 100 tons, giving it the value of 2000 pounds.

The Barracuda’s long standing rival and competitor from their piracy days, the Dutch vessel Diantha, being a converted Fluyt (a ship with a unique design meant to maximize tonnage without taking up too much area), weighs in with 400 tons for a value of 8000 pounds.

The HMS Cavalier, a 6th Rate warship oared frigate captained by an old former friend of Ravyn Hurley’s father, Post-Captain Jack Davenport, weighs in at 300 tons for a value of 6000 pounds.

For comparison’s sake, the annual wage of the First Lord of the Treasury of England was 4000 pounds. It’s a little sad that Ravyn’s pride of a ship is worth less than that, but such is life. Middle class wages were expected to be anywhere between 40 and 75 pounds a year, which is about what would be expected for a merchant trader who owned a ship. Given the costs of a ship and hiring a crew to captain and sail the ship, the loans must be outrageous. Despite that, a ship was a long term investment that often paid for itself several dozen times over several decades of use, which is why piracy for stealing such vessels was a lucrative business to begin with.

Other notable wages and fees of the 17th and 18th centuries include:

Coach rides were 5 pence per mile if you rode inside the coach, and 2 pence per mile if you rode on the outside.

River ferrying was about 3 pence per mile.

A cheap shared bed at an inn would cost you 2 pence a night - but an unfurnished room for rent would only cost 1 shilling a week, so it was actually cheaper to pay by week if you were staying over long term. (Things like this are again, why Ravyn needs Robert around to manage the crew’s finances!)

Servants only made between 2 and 5 pounds a year in earnings, but their estate would pay for their clothing, food, and board, which were the most common and costly expenses of living at the time. A more experienced housemaid could make up to 8 pounds a year, and an exceptional housekeeper could make up to 15 pounds a year.

Lastly, it was generally assumed anyone making 500 pounds or more a year were considered wealthy to some degree or another. I don’t know how far up one must go the wealth ladder to be considered nobility or aristocracy, though.

As for the money the Heyder family pulls in, I’m still working that out. I’m imagining Robert having a fairly large amount of disposable income, but not enough to where he can just liberally throw money at any and every problem he comes across. Otherwise it would start begging some questions. I’ll get back to that later.

[consolidations-of-a-dream]

The Rogue Problem (1/?)

"You're surely taking your rejection well. Are you certain this is a declination?"

"Please don't pull that bull with me. I felt his negative energy explode. It looks like something you'd like to eat up. You’re looking at the results right now."

"Oh, definitely. Remind me to get to the ship so I can have a feast."

"Stop!! You are not getting anywhere near La Demonia Roja!"

"Why not? I'm going to have multiple sources of negative energy. It's not like I'll feed off of just one."

"You get away from them all!"

"Yes! Or else-

"......... We're being watched."

"What?! By whom?"

"The Cosmos. Or at least a representative. Or-...."

"Right. I'm gone. No eating for me today, it seems." Parachai vanishes altogether from the present reality.

"Wha- he actually returned to the Cosmos!"

"For now. What about you?"

"I-I..."

"Sigh. Go follow the others to the docks, Valentine. I'll catch up with you."

".... Right." Val turns to the docks and starts racing towards its direction despite previously promising he'd stay in the park.

Harpreet sighs again. He then turns his head next to the smoldering tree. "Greetings, Steward."

A giant man with sharp eyes and long, crimson hair manifests by the tree out of nowhere. "Greetings, Companion. It seems your purpose has expanded beyond your tulpamancer and now are in the company of rogues. We need to talk."

[dragonskxn]

(sins of the sea) Some of Abena's dolls would appear at Annalise's door! They're carrying a baby basket! Though a few more others are waving at her to come with, hoping to take her to the ship. And should Annalise meet with La Demonia Roja, the boat would greet her with a happy bell! Ohh my! Perhaps they have something for her?

"Oh!" Annalise smiled brightly, lifting up the basket from the adorable little dolls. "Thank you. I suppose this is much more suitable than the nest I'm trying to make..." She chuckled, before following the poppets out the door.

Upon reaching the ship, Annalise bobbed a small curtsy in greeting. "It's nice to see you again," she chirped. "Did you need me for anything?"

[hriobzagelthewanderer]

[sins of the sea] La Demonia Roja sends a birthday gift to Hriob too. Except it's an entire cake instead of a cupcake. SENT TO HIS FACE SHOT FROM A CANNON. ALL THE WAY FROM THE SEA. DON'T ASK HOW, DON'T ASK HOW FAR, SHE IS A MAGIC BOAT, SHE'LL FIND A WAY.

"Oh, hey, Is that a Galleon on the horizon? Odd that there's sailors this far out-"

SPLAT.

"...Du verstehst doch, dass das Krieg bedeutet, oder...?"

[altsmultimuse]

@sins-of-the-sea​ gets a starter!

     The crew would have discovered by now that, as promised, Dionysos is a mostly useful presence on the ship. While most of the hard labor can be performed by golems and tulpas he would still offer a helping hand here and there. He knows the Mediterranean and surrounding seas quite well; this combined with the Seven's existing knowledge provides for smooth sailing.      Not to mention they can scoop an endless supply of wine from the sea on request.      Indeed Dionysos has made himself quite comfortable on La Demonia Roja. At the moment he has also made himself comfortable by snuggling with Guy in one of the ship's inner chambers. As usual, he doesn't care if any of the others witness it. ( One could argue that he throws himself at Guy even more when others are around. )

     "Koúkla mou, when was the last time your crew stopped somewhere just for FUN? I have an idea. You should join me for Bacchanalia. They can too, I suppose. As long as you are there, I would be happy."