From the Archives

The original Captain's (B)Log is written on paper. There is a story in it which I will post to this rendition of the collection as an example of what is to come.

Remember: The names have been changed to protect the guilty.

As a bit of backstory, it should be said that we are not aboard an actual ship. And our work aboard the Axiom (a codename, remember) occurs in shifts, not continuously. Therefore we do have a schedule, work overtime, need to be relieved of our work when the shift is over.

3/20/14
1836 (6:36pm, you will have to get used to 24 hour time for this blog)

As I write this, I have so far been here 1 hour and 6 minutes past my scheduled departure time, which has cost the Axiom crew budget 2 hours of on call pay based on our policy. It would appear that the crew member "in charge" is not being a good steward of our monetary resources here.

Since his arrival on deck this afternoon at 1436, the Old Man and the Sea has provided himself busy work rather than taking on charges and relieving other crew members to go home. Which is his job, I might add. At this time, myself (Rumplestiltskin) and my fellow crew member of the same shift times, Snow White, have been here an hour over each our scheduled shift end times. Despite there being five crew members here (myself, Snow, the Old Man, Agent J, and Glenda the Good Witch) and there only being 2 or 3 of our charges in here at any one time, the Old Man has left the rest of us to care for these poor souls while he looks on doing nothing of merit. The most useful thing he has done is transport charges from the deck, but he takes so long to do that, more come up from the lower decks and he refuses to take them when he returns from his apparently arduous journey. When he does finally return, he sits at the desk with other crew members making jovial conversation whilst Snow, J, and I accrue overtime.

Glenda suggested early on that he relieve one or both Snow and I so we could go home, but the Old Man said we didn't want to give up our charges. For the record, I was not asked. I would have loved to have gone home.

Agent J requested to go home at one point, and as I watched the Old Man's expression as he looked for a reason to hang on to J as long as possible, I spoke up and told him he ought to go. After all, he was on unnecessary over time, there were still 4 crew members remaining (also on unnecessary over time), and there was really nothing to do. The Old Man made no further response knowing I was right.

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1937

Snow White and I finally left the ship at this time. We were never relieved, we only left when our charges had left our deck. We will of course return to the ship at 0730 in the morning.

Maiden Voyage

This blog is set to include retellings of Certain Shenanigans of members of the crew. All characters are code names. All stories are true. Since they are all true, the stories may not be entertaining. That is not their purpose. There are things that happen aboard this ship that prove detrimental to the crew and our charges. This blog is a collection of those things observed, documented with the intention of showing the True Captain and Padmé Amidala what happens when they are not looking.