Well, this story got delayed again due to three things. One, my older sister visiting us to get a checkup from the dentist. Two, I was in the mall for hours. And three, it was daylight savings time for we have to move our clocks forward one hour. At least I can update this story today, since I have all the time in the world. Finally, after a few weeks of waiting, I was able to get a review from someone. YES! This is a new reviewer of course so I'm sure that he wanted to say something. This person is MadMaxofHazardUs, and he said he liked my story. He stated that the feelings of Mark Melzter I captured were really accurate and by putting it in audio diaries fits well with the Bioshock world. I'm impressed by this. I hope he likes the rest of my story in the near future. Starting with this next entry, Mark makes it to Puerto Plata and gets a letter from Roscoe. At the same time, an incident had occurred in the Bly that got Mark's attention. What could this mean? We're about to find out.
Disclaimer: I don't own Bioshock, its sequel, or Something in the Sea.
Entry Fifty-Four: Incident at the Bly
Audio log of Meltzer, November 23rd 1968.
We made it to Puerto Plata yesterday, which is the last stop in the Caribbean, just to get all the emergency supplies we need. Turns out, a late tropical storm appeared in the path we're going after this and Ferrence wanted to leave port in a couple of hours. I'll get to that later…
Upon reach the docks, I decided to head to a pharmacy or whatever they have on this island to get some medication for seasickness. But before I headed there, I went to the post office at the docks to see if there was any mail for me under my name. Turns out there was one from Inman and he gave it to me. I opened it and discovered that it was a copy of the letter Andrew Ryan sent to the son of Mark Hadleigh. I don't know how he got it, maybe he had connections to mailing association or something, but at least he came through. I just need to read it and see what it says. There was also a letter from him saying he's looking into the Skytrain disappearance and any information on which airport it left before it vanished. I just hope he gets it to me soon, that storm I said earlier could complicate things.
Another thing… I talked to one of the officers at the docks in Spanish, though it was a little sticky, wanting to know if there were red lights coming from under the sea and if there were any girls missing a while ago. He said, from what I could understand, that there were red lights sighted around the Caribbean and South America and a bunch of girls went missing months ago. I haven't heard from this back at home, but it never made it in the U.S. press. At least I know that more girls were missing in the South as the others around the Atlantic Ocean.
Back to the ship, half the crew returned from trading their merchandise for cash. Where they went, I don't know. However, they had to pass security checkpoints along the way to the trade off. From what I could understand, some of the crew was scared of what the officers might find. After all, this place is somewhat of a rebellious island. Plata is filled with rebels, fugitives, socialists, and the occasional loyalists that use to work for the former president of this land, Juan Bosch. Hell, last night a group of thieves stormed into the Nellie Bly and tried to take one of the crates for themselves. The captain and his crew were able to stop them and took them to the authorities. Didn't had a full nights sleep after that fiasco. But I was surprised these crooks made it that far and tried to take one crate. Guess Ferrence's security isn't as tight as I think. Better wait for the right moment to get into the cargo bay and take whatever's in one of the crates. Too bad the captain would beef up security more then ever. Hmm… Maybe the storm could give me a bit of an advantage.
Uh oh… Sounds like Meltzer has a plan in getting to the place to find out what secrets the captain was keeping. The next chapter will explain what he found. Please Review.
