The honeymooners

In The Beginning

June 1946.

The War is over. Welcome home, GI.

Love is in the air, and with love come nuptials, and with nuptials comes honeymoons. In this case, then comes Florida and in particular, Miami is always a wonderful place to be.

In this case...it hasn't turned out like you'd wanted. But still...love is in the air, and sometimes you're head over heels enough to ignore the little things and go on an adventure.

The Honeymooners IC Thread:

The Honeymooners OOC Thread: https://forum.rpg.net/index.php?threads/coc7e-the-honeymooners.934031/

Locations

The AMS Honeydew

The AMS (which stands for Alberto Marin's Ship) the Honeydew is a 40' shallow draft houseboat; her beam is about 15'. She is of pre-war build, then again, these days, most everything is as US production shifts from Wartime to Peacetime production. With her small diesel engine, she has a normal cruising speed is 2-3 knots. Cabins are plainly furnished on the portside of the boat, but the cabins are comfortable. The engine is also the generator for electric lights; she has a battery that will give an hour or two of light when the main motor isn't running. There isn't power for major appliances, so food is cooked on an oil stove on the aft quarter. The cabin roof is a sun deck with reclining chairs, tables, and sun beds. A canvas awning can be rigged in wet weather. The other deck areas are small and cluttered with hatches and fittings. There is a drop privy amidships, and there are two two-hundred gallon tanks, one fore and one aft. The forward is potable water for cooking, the aft is for diesel fuel.

There are two 20-gauge double-barreled shotguns and fifty cartridges in a gun case in the wheelhouse. A fire axe is clipped to the bulkhead in the galley. There are also several sharp knives aft, in a pair of broad cabinets with utensils, cooking and eating gear, and this qualifies as a basic galley. Other equipment inc1udes four oil lanterns and two large flashlights, several coils of rope, six fishing rods and reels (bring your own bait), a 78-rprn record player with a stack of jazz and Andrews Sisters records, and a boat hook. A four-seat rowing dinghy emblazoned with the name, 'Al's Little Princess' is towed aft. It can hold 5-6 people if the extra passengers sit between the rowing benches, but is easily swamped if heavily loaded.

The Everglades

Picture a fifty-mile-wide slow moving river of depths ranging from a few feet to a mere few inches, subdivided into a complex maze of islands, swamps. and streams. This is the Everglades. There are literally thousands of small islands, and they are home to many plant and animal species found nowhere else on Earth.

Cypress trees grow in the water, with tubular air roots sticking up as snorkels, Festoons of Spanish moss cover their branches like strange wigs, twisting lianas strangle trees and bushes. Log-like shapes float in the water, sometimes opening cavernous mouths, then slipping underwater as the boat approaches. Snakes and amphibians swim and cling to trees while flamingoes and pelicans flap overhead.

Pitcher plants lure insects into their lethal maws, and orchids attract lovers of beauty. Insects are everywhere, from gigantic dragonflies to mosquitoes and hordes of stinging midges. Small lizards and amphibians find their way into cabins and beds. At night bats swoop through the trees, eyes glimmer from every tree and islet the boat passes, and every light is besieged by moths until the lights are put out.

In the 1940s the Everglades have been explored, and areas are being drained. Wildlife is plentiful, and alligators are common, though becoming rare around the main channels. Other large animals include a few crocodiles and manatees. There are no hunting restrictions. There are houses and farms on some of the largest islands, and villages in the drained areas, but most of the region is still uninhabited.

Dramatis Personae

Player	Name	Gender	STR	CON	DEX	INT	SIZ	POW	EDU	APP	HP	SAN	Photo
Naphthalim
ferretribution	Thérèse Terri	Female	25	55	65	90	65	75	50	80	8	75
Gryffon15	Arthur Buller_Cott	Male	25	50	60	70	55	50	80	60	7	50
Daxian	Harlow Buller-Cott	Female	40	65	80	70	40	60	50	55	10	60
PathfinderQ1	Katherine Kitty Braithwaite

Known NPCs

Captain Honest Al Marin: A transplanted Cubano who owns Honest Al's Boat Rentals south of Miami. He's run-and owned-the place since he came to the US in 1915. He rents small boats for day and week excursions into the Gulf, and also small shallow-draft boats for coastal and trips into the Everglades.