Mysterious Island: 1-9 The Truth

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The truth is out. Gina and Sinbad find out about the island's curse. The sea explorer begs them, and they decide to return the black conch.

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• The ship filled with gold, and the Sea Explorer's description of people who lost their senses...
• I am reminded of the rumor I heard in the tavern that evening....

• Drunk B: Don't you remember? A few years ago... An unlucky crew went looking for the island...

• Drunk B: It was like they were hypnotized... And a passing ship was the only reason they made it back to the mainland at all.

• Drunk A: I think I remember something about that... Does it have anything to do with the island?

• Drunk B: What else could it be? Only a few of the ships that have gone looking for it have returned!

• Drunk A: But a ship that made it back was full of gold! I hear the hold was shining!

• You: In our timeline, your ship set out to find the island just a few years ago.

• You: When your ship returned with all that gold, all the other sailors started looking for the island.

• Sea Explorer: That's impossible. I can't have misremembered the time.

• Sea Explorer: I've watched the sun rise and set on this island alone so many times... How can it be just a few short years?

• Sinbad: What if that's part of the curse?

• Sinbad: Perhaps the curse warps your perception of time as part of the punishment.

• The Sea Explorer falls silent again.
• For a while, no one says anything, and all we can hear is the heavy breathing from the fog.
• Sea Explorer: If that's the case, I'm to blame for all this.

• Sea Explorer: How could I have known that the curse would be so vicious? If only I had listened to my father...

• You: (He's still hiding something...)

You know about the curse?

• Sea Explorer: There is an ancient line of writing engraved on the monolith where the conch was taken from.

• Sea Explorer: It says the sound of the conch can lift the curse, and there will be serious consequences if the conch is removed.

Your father?

• Sea Explorer: I told you I came here for the treasures on the island.

• Sea Explorer: The one who told me about all this was my father.

• Sinbad: If you want us to help you, tell us everything you know.

• Sinbad: Especially about the curse! If you leave anything out, I'll set sail first thing in the morning.

• Sea Explorer: I understand — please listen to me, both of you!

• Sea Explorer: I come from a family that had known magic for generations. But by my father's time, our magic had been lost.

• Sea Explorer: Still, In line with our ancestral tradition, my father continued to travel and collect magical books, one of which mentioned this island.

• Sea Explorer: This island was once inhabited by a tribe of great magicians. They all perished by a curse, leaving behind countless treasures.

• You: Has the curse been in place since then?

• Sea Explorer: Yes. But the second half of the book was completely burned, and I couldn't learn the exact nature of the curse.

• Sea Explorer: Since my father's study of magic had been unsuccessful and my family's fortune was declining, I had to leave home to seek opportunities at sea.

• Sea Explorer: My captain hired and took care of me, so I told him about the island.

• Sinbad: If you knew about the curse, why did you take the black conch?

• Sinbad: Didn't you have a boatload of gold from the island? That wasn't enough?

• Sea Explorer: The black conch has the power to lift curses. There must be powerful magic within.

• Sea Explorer: I wanted to bring it home to my father.

• Sea Explorer: Maybe... maybe...

• Sinbad: Fool! Because of your selfish desire, you harmed your whole crew!

• Sea Explorer: I admit I made a mistake, but I didn't know the curse would affect the others!

• Sea Explorer: My captain took me in when I was at my worst. Why would I want to hurt him?

• Sinbad: You still have a conscience, at least.

• Sea Explorer: Kind captain, beautiful lady, I have told you everything there is to tell.

• Sea Explorer: I only implore you to give me a chance to redeem myself!

• Sinbad shakes his head and looks at me-

Speak your mind

• You: Sinbad, in a few years, he has hurt every single person who's arrived on the island.

• You: The curse is no excuse. In all this time, he just kept hurting others instead of changing his ways.

• You: I don't think he can be redeemed even if we return the conch!

• Sea Explorer: I understand that I can't possibly make amends for my many sins.

• Sea Explorer: But even if I deserve my punishment, I beg you to give the crewmates I dragged in a chance to survive.

Leave it to Sinbad

• I am at a loss.
• You: Sinbad, I don't think I can give any advice on this.

• You: I can understand his reasons for taking the conch, but I can't approve of what he did afterwards.

• You: But if we don't return the conch, the innocent souls of the others won't be released.

• Sinbad: Right...

• You: No matter what decision you make, Sinbad, I'll support you.

• Sinbad: I understand what you mean, child.

• Sinbad: We should return the black conch, for the sake of the innocent crew members.

• Sinbad: As the captain of a ship, I can't just sit by and leave other sailors to drown.

• You: Sinbad...

• Even though I still begrudge the Sea Explorer for what he has done, Sinbad's choice does not surprise me.
• Ever since Sinbad generously allowed me to stay at his mansion, I've learned that Sinbad is the most compassionate man in the Full Moon Kingdom.
• Although he occasionally seems scatterbrained, he can be counted on when it comes to making important decisions.
• Sea Explorer: So you will return the conch? Thank you!

• Sinbad: But I have a condition.

• Sea Explorer: Name it!

• Sinbad: If the curse is successfully lifted, you must apologize to your captain and crewmates.

• Sinbad: If you retrieve the treasure you acquired from the island, you must donate your share to make up for the evil you've done.

• Sinbad: If you can't retrieve your share, find me. I'll give you a job and then personally oversee your redemption for the rest of your life.

• Sea Explorer: You will let someone like me work for you?

• Sinbad: Room and board only. Your wages will be given to those you hurt, as compensation for your misdeeds.

• Sea Explorer: You are truly magnanimous!

• Sinbad: If you don't keep your word, I will find you and punish you severely.

• Sea Explorer: Please rest assured, I will cherish this opportunity!

• You: (... I really hope he can change his ways this time.)

• You: Now let us return the conch.

• Sinbad: Please lead the way.

• Sea Explorer: I'm sorry, but the conch can only be returned when the sun rises.

• Sea Explorer: The alcove on the monolith closes at night.

• You: It can do something like that?

• When I saw the monument during the day, it was weathered and damaged. It looked completely ordinary.
• Sea Explorer: Legend has it that the magicians specialized in light. Their magic may only function in sunlight.

• Sea Explorer: If they built the monolith, its magic may only work in the light.

• Sinbad: This island really is a magical place.

• Sinbad looks at the bright moon in the sky with his hands behind his back, sighing from the bottom of his heart.
• Sea Explorer: I'll send you back to your ship to rest.

• Sinbad: Aren't you afraid we won't come back once we leave?

• Sea Explorer: I believe you are a man of your word, Captain Sinbad. And if you really decide not to come back, I suppose I would deserve it...

• Sinad: Haha, you're right! Remember what you've learned tonight. Be a good person when the curse is lifted!

• Hearing Sinbad's cheerful laughter, I feel a sense of relief.
• But then he seems to remember something-
• Sinbad: My crew is still sound asleep on the mainland!

• Sea Explorer: Don't worry, I'll send your crew back to the ship.

• Sinbad: Alright, I'll leave it all to you.

• Sinbad: There's still some time before the sun rises. Let's go back and get some rest, Gina!

• You: Alright.