53°20'38.20"N 6°15'18.32"W

Brisk northerly winds just shy of 8 knots. Been raining heavily the past few days, today seems to be the first day with pleasant weather in a while.


Captain's Log: 4/2/2026

I swear I blinked and here I am once again writing another log entry. This previous month had gone by so quickly, it's causing me to yet again, reevaluate the tasks in my daily routine. Either the days are getting shorter or somehow I'm moving slower. Neither is a pleasant scenario to dwell upon. However today seems pleasant and after consumption of much needed caffeine, I think I'm ready to divulge for you this months log entry.


Concerning my writing:

Admittedly, my writing has been without any gusts of wind in my sails as of late. Due to heavily focusing on wedding plans, daily chores and the process of seeking out another job that pays better and offers for me greater opportunity. Although slow a few pages have been done, although I'm scarcely been able to properly focus long enough to get more than maybe five pages down this entire month. Aside from the excuses of daily tasks and the ever so present inconvenience of going to my day job; I've found trying to properly write out the events in this next scene to be trickier than I had originally thought and will need to list it all out in order of events to ensure that it all unfolds in the way I'm intending it to. For the first major act of the story there will be many people affected by this incident that truly gets the ball rolling. Once I manage to line everything out, it all work out the way I'm imagining it all to go in my head.

Outside of writing the Last Pirate King sequel, the Creative Monkey has insisted recently to delve into shorter writing projects involving needed artwork-- a graphic novel. One of these smaller writing projects originally started as a joke during Inktober 2025. The prompt was for Deer and thus I had sketched out this muscular and bloodied anthropomorphic sketch of Bambi with a shotgun strapped to his back and a chipped, bloodstained machete in his hand. It became really popular among my co-workers and they insisted I write it out and make it into a graphic novel and the more I thought on it, the better it got, hence that's what became a small project I'm calling, Bambi: Hunter of Hunters. A name likely already taken, but I wouldn't presume anybody's ever written something quite like this before. A violent tale of loss and vengeance; which I based heavily off of Shakespeare. Where Bambi goes through a series of challenging hunters that have entered into his forest and started killing not only his family but his dearest friends as well.

I don't actually know when I'll start screenwriting this all out for a comic format, but when I do you'll be damn sure I'll announce it here 😉

 

Concerning the Captain:

It probably can almost go without saying, since I've already hinted at the calamity of stress that is my daily life. I've been in good health as of late, although it can't be said the same for my mental health. I've been overwhelmed and stressed with daily chores, planning my wedding and attending to my present day job while trying to search for another job. While I don't dislike where I currently work, I don't necessarily like it either. A common mindset among one's place of employment, but my present job has done well for me and has treated me kindly, but the issue is I feel stuck. This job comes with a ingle position and you're stuck there forever essentially. No moving up, nor moving down, just the machine you work at and that's all there is. Granted it's been kind to me, being a temperature controlled facility, I'm sitting while working and I have to take my time to ensure the part I make are good parts. There is no standard for how many you're expected to make in a day and it makes for one of the most stress-free jobs I've ever had the privilege to work. But still after three years, I've started to not only feel stuck, but have come to the conclusion that this job isn't going to be a place for me to grow as an employee. So at present I'm looking for other jobs and have reached out to a few of them with hopes of a coming interview. 

Many stresses at the moment, but nothing I can't handle. But finding a better paying job, that also happens to be closer will also be needed in the event that my fiancée and I manage to find a house to move into. Like I said, many stresses.

But aside from it all, my health is good and my winds are currently fair. The waters seem pleasant and for now Spring looks to be a promising season of coming change.


Concerning the crew:

Recently I had the pleasure of being able to try out a new Magic Precon commander deck I purchased a while ago, called, Eldrazi Incursion. I've always been a fan of the Eldrazi in Magic and recently came across this commander deck. We have been able to play a few games during break times at work and once a few weeks ago over the weekend. It feels nice to be involved in MTG again, the crew are a talented bunch when it comes to theme and strategy with their commander decks.

Spirits are both high and casted. Gotta have those 1/1 defenders savvy? 😉


Until we next make full sail,

Flynn Forecastle ⚓ 

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