Last night, I decided to push myself beyond my normal PvE Lord behaviour and embrace mayhem.
After someone had recovered the Skull of Siren Song from a voyage, I saw my opportunity to have a go. After all, it's opt-in PvP and that's well within the scope of my morals and empathic bounds.
The poor fellow solo slooper managed to give me the run around as I blocked their path to Crook's Hollow. Close to the island they went for a ram, and I saw the ashen glow pirate leap from the aft shortly after. I followed their plunge and took my chance to callously dispatch them under the ocean waves, before delivering the skull to its destination.
Returning to my sloop, I was surprised that the Owl of Minerva was unscathed by the ordeal. I felt pity as I spotted the other pirate on the horizon but they vanished before I could offer to help them secure the next one - this one was just an exercise, at the end of the day.
But that wasn't the end of the day...
An in-game day or so later, a second skull was uncovered by another poor soul. This time my mission was only to make it exciting for them... not to steal it (they seemed relatively new).
Sometimes, these Sea of Thieves have other plans.
I managed to pursue them towards Cannon Cove. As we clashed at North Star Seapost, I had my plan to sink to them. And as I took on water they boarded, I told them I wouldn't contest and saluted them, wishing them luck as I sank to the depths. Their mercy was probably misplaced for, as I surfaced, I spotted their ship sinking, also.
The unlucky pirate disappeared but I boarded my free floating rowboat and gathered my supplies, expecting their return. Surprisingly, I could not spot them anywhere on the horizon. What was I to do? The storm was overhead at this point. I rescued the skull and rowed it to Cannon Cove.
My second steal. An accident.
But karma follows pirates on the seas. I later got into a protracted fight with a duo after I'd almost downed the skeleton fleet captain. Although much experience was learned, and practice gained, I ultimately lost to a deserving crew.
