Lance Serotonin/IF-1667
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The waters beyond this point are uncharted, tales from distant shores echoed back into our reality.
Background
The following accounts can be traced to a single leather-bound journal originally found in a locked wooden chest alongside a sextant-like device of indeterminate origin and a shell that matches no known species of mollusc. The chest was located in a storage room in the Legscraper’s lower levels that was described as “smelling faintly of the sea”. Subsequent attempts to locate and navigate to said room have been unsuccessful thus far. The journal details the exploits of the crew of a large sailing vessel, The Tokyo Adrift, descriptions of which are largely consistent with mid-17th century galleons.
With The Tokyo Adrift
Lance Serotonin was the first mate of The Tokyo Adrift, though accounts from the journal place him as roughly equal in standing to the nominal captain Stijn Strongbody. Serotonin was said to be aided in his duties by a loyal flock of parrots. Visual descriptions of Serotonin’s parrots are roughly consistent with present-day scarlet macaws, with bright red plumage that transitions to yellow and blue in the wings. However, sketches of the birds depict their beaks as elongated, closer to the structural adaptations of molluscivores. In times of confrontation, the flock is described as “wielding a cutlass with deadly efficiency” though the mechanics of this are unclear. Several of Serotonin's flock had taken to roosting in Lotus Mango's foliage, much to the latter's amusement.
As first mate, Serotonin could be seen utilising his flock’s innate knack for mimicry to echo orders to all parts of the sizeable sailing vessel. He personally undertook the task of lighting the ship’s lanterns every night for visibility, sending a parrot to each lamp, candle in beak. Serotonin himself could either be found on the quarterdeck in his wheelchair or swinging from the rigging in a bosun’s chair of his own design.
As first mate, Serotonin took charge of the vessel when Strongbody was indisposed. The journal states that this would occur occasionally when the captain was "swept up by a new discovery; a breakthrough in his research". In one particular instance, Serotonin took the helm after Strongbody was made unavailable following a [REDACTED], a large wave of [REDACTED] impact. It is unknown if this appointment was made permanent due to the incomplete nature of the last journal entry, the bottom of the page having been ripped to bitten out, with jaw marks consistent with juvenile female anglerfish.
The following notes are from Lance Serotonin, researcher at The Atlantean Facility for Interdimensional Studies and Hypotheses.
Records of me… of Serotonin 1667 peter out not long after the events of 1667. It’s unclear what happened to them. I don’t remember. I thought maybe going through the documents would jog my memory, but it didn’t. The investigation into Serotonin 1667’s ultimate fate is ongoing, alongside my other research into the era.
