800 word story writing challenge

There is a comment saying my introduction is poor and I will admit it is not particularly poetic or extraodianary. My original idea was to use characters based on popular DDO members. But since I might offend somebody by using them in a story, I dropped it. Anyway, this person has not read the entirety of the story and has already made prejudiced comments. Please, voters, be fair and tolerant. We aren’t professional writers obviously and we have work and school to keep us busy daily. However, of course, we will still do our best to deliver a story.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Thank you Digital for the advice and pointing out my mistakes. I find your piece interesting and relaxing because you describe the atmosphere clearly. But I felt that your use of multiple sentence paragraphs did not fit the mood of the story. Although it worked in some areas such as the first few sentences, after a while the story felt repititive. However I still enjoyed your writing style overall.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------....I release the mast from my hug and ponder around the ship, wondering what will happen next. The sudden rain had stopped a few hours ago but the wood around me is still wet.It has been six days since we have been lost on the ocean, surviving on fruits kept fresh only by discolored wooden box carts. None of us have fallen ill or had scurvy yet, which is a relief. But with each day that goes by, we get hungrier and weaker. Craving for meat and feeling like lying on the floor so we can just give up, right then and there.Roy has kept us strong from the start. He says we will find land someday. And he promises luxurious treasure and women. Fame and wealth will bestow upon us he said. Of course we believe him. He is the strongest sailor of Merhadus and one of the few who studied the maps of the world. It was Roy who brought us together and convinced us to sail with him to uncharted areas on the ocean.I, Robert Romeiro, am a geologist and mathematician. I am out here on a quest to prove to my peers that the Earth is indeed round and not flat as pre-dominantly assumed.However, after sailing for six weeks, we got oursleves lost with nowhere to go. At first it was because of the arguements between the two captains about the direction of north and their different map knowledges that caused us to be lost. And then well, a monstrous blizzard hit us and we lost all of our maps and equipment. The tide that hit us was also unusually large. Twenty times the height of our ship and as wide as an entire coastline. It reminded me of the old urban myth of the Kraken that destroys whole cities and can only be seen from tall mountains. The tide had engulfed the ship but luckily we were locked inside the cabins safely. It is still a mystery how the ship survived the attack.But it is what happened afterward that intrigues and fascinates us to this day....