Anicka's Escape to the Pacific

Anicka at Santa Barbara

## Quote

"“Nay! Your boat is in the West Coast of California, and you’ll be flying over Portugal by tonight!” **-** Blazina to Anicka Konvicka, Cesky Krumlov 2036

## Context

After the presumed death of her father when she was twelve, Anicka never truly was able to cope with this otherwise solidified reality according to her relatives and friends. Despite having met with therapist and psychologists for many years, and despite having been shown official documents of his death by the British Royal Navy themselves, the belief that her father *couldn't* be dead resonated with Anicka the rest of her childhood. This was in part solidified by a serious of mysterious dreams that Anicka continuously received, where she claimed to see a "Lonely FIsherman, at the ends of the world," gesturing her forward. Taking this as a sign to one day pursue her father's disappearance while in expedition in the Pacific, Anicka went behind her mother's back and secretly worked a series of jobs, claiming to be doing after school clubs when in reality she was saving money for this trip. Even after hearing about the takeover of Pirates across the Pacific Lands, Anicka's conviction was still completely dedicated to the mission of finding her father, and was almost more so inspired to also experience this new way of life herself, giving her a win-win situation.

## Overview

After having already transported portions of her now deconstructed childhood boat and shipped it to Santa Barbara to eventually be reconstructed so she could sail it to the Galapagos, Anicka simply bided her time waiting for the right moment to leave her hometown of Cesky Krumlov and escape to the Pacific. Full well knowing her disappearance would cause a disturbance, Anicka took a number of measures that would delay authorities tracking her down, involving a bomb, fake travel documents, fake IDs, disguises, and even a hired actor at the standby that would alleviate suspicion temporarily in London by posing as her with her actual documents. It was around late April of 2036 that Anicka received an especially poignant dream, of her steering a lone ship in the Pacific during a tremendous storm, leading her to believe that she should depart soon. After informing her contacts and making sure her plans were in place, Anicka sat down and wrote a goodbye letter, lying on the letter that she would be in London to find more information about her father. However unknown to Anicka her brother Arnost had already been suspicious of her behaviour, already knowing of her fake job but also becoming gradually more aware of the fact that Anicka seemed to be missing when she shouldn't and acting rather suspicious in general. Arnost used his judgement and informed Anicka's closest friend, Jana, of her potential deception and the two of them attempted to confront her, trying to figure exactly what was she doing, at school. Anicka deceptively told the truth, saying she was running away to the Pacific to find her father, to which Arnost and Jana brushed off as a joke. She then simply told them that nothing was happening, which only gave Jana and Arnost the suspicion of keeping a closer eye on her. Knowing that her position was tenuous