Woodrat came awake. Someone was holding him by the back of his coat and shaking him. Had he been caught slacking again? What had he been doing? He didn't want to wake up. What ship was he on? He was hot, and sick, and wanted to go back to sleep. But someone wouldn't let his stay asleep.

Abruptly, someone forced his teeth apart and shoved something down his throat. It was hot and awful, not food fit for man or beast. He was dropped on to something soft and springy and an unintelligible voice boomed nearby. He felt worse. He laid down to go back to sleep. The voice wouldn't let him.

Woodrat came awake fully, feeling horrible. He was held by the back of his coat and being shaken again. The shaking stopped and he closed his eyes."Dammit, wake up!"Words? Those were words. Woodrat's ears were recovered enough that his brain made that connection. Again, something held him up and shook him. He opened his eyes. His first mate was looking at him and yelling. Woodrat raised a finger and pointed at him. "See here now, your captain needs a little nap. Just go away and raise a sail or make chain or something like that." He closed his eyes.Captain Woodrat felt himself held tightly and a large hand put repeated pressure on his abdomen until an explosion started in his stomach, ran up his throat, and he found himself breathing out a plume of fire 10 foot long. He felt better. His mate set him down and handed him three dried red berries. Was that what he had eaten before? "Make some smoke, you're nearly dead. Then chew these up, and force out some more fire. You need to drop your heat before you burst your furnace." Ozzy took a handful himself and chewed them up, followed by burping up his own plume of fire that was significantly bigger than Woodrat's had been. He was jealous about that. He was captain! Where did his mate get off having bigger fire than he did!Looking at his furnace, he was appalled.

Captain Woodrat (Mate, Veteran Shipwright) Level: 8      OVERHEATED. Furnace ready to burst!!Smoke: 52/1525  Heat: 2900/2825  Fuel: 580/1623   Furnace: 32/32  Smoke Eating: 15/15