Charles Reed/Explorations

This article is a stub and only includes information up to Chapter 30. Help improve the Shrouded Seascape Wiki by expanding it.

* Overview
* Diary Entries
*** Explorations**
* Relics
* Gallery

## Dioises Island

Charles agreed to take on a task from the Fhtagn Covenant. They wanted him to recover their holy relic, a golden idol of their god Fhtagn. The task required him to travel to a mysterious, unexplored island. Many had attempted the task before him, including members of the Fhtagn Covenant, but none had returned.

The Fhtagn Covenant offered Charles 1 million Echo as a reward, and Bandages as his guide to the island, plus as a First Mate since John had retired, and the S.S. Mouse was left without a First Mate.

Charles and his crew safely reached the island and retrieved the golden statue easily. But their real trouble started on their way back. The Dioises inhabiting the island tampered with their memories, making them forget their companions and think that they had come to the island alone. This allowed the Dioises to easily capture them.

Charles was somehow able to reach the shore without getting captured but became confused. His memories suggested that he had come to the island alone, but it was impossible for him to do so, since he was no superhuman. There were many footsteps on the shore, proving that others had come to the island with him.

Luckily, the Dioises released Bandages for unknown reasons, and he encountered Charles. Comparing Bandages' footprints to the others on the shore, Charles was able to confirm that Bandages was his crew member and that others had indeed come to the island with him.

Bandages led Charles to the place where he was captured, and there they found all the remaining crew members. Charles immediately set them free, but this caused the Dioises to reveal themselves and launch a vicious attack on Charles and his team.

However, they managed to escape from the island with the help of explosives which were used to kill the Dioises that were blocking their path, and the fact that the Dioises were somehow afraid of seawater, and their powers were limited only to the island.

But there trouble didn't end there. The crew members of a ship discovered that a Diois had sneaked into their ship and had tampered with their memories. It made them believe that it was their ship doctor, Anna. The Diois then attempted to eat as many crew members as possible before it was caught. Luckily, the crew members were able to discover the truth when it tried to attack Bandages, and Charles compared his diary entries. A fierce battle followed, and the Diois was ultimately defeated and thrown out of the ship.

## Laboratary 3

Charles had acquired a new vessel for exploration, the Narwhale, and decided to venture into a perilous island with a Danger Level 5 rating.

As he and his crew explored the island, they came face to face with a Fat Worm. Fortunately, they were rescued by Lily, who commanded her mouse allies to lure the worm away and invited them to her hideout. She then expressed her desire to return to her home in the Coral Archipelago, and Charles agreed to take her along since he was now going back to the Coral Archipelago in consideration of the dangers present on the island.

When Charles and his crew tried to leave the hideout, they found themselves blocked by a group of mice. The mouse leader had ordered the beach to be sealed off, and he demanded Charles's help in exchange for allowing them to board the ship.

Charles refused but warned the mice that he would set off the explosives he was carrying if they didn't move out of the way. Faced with the threat, the mice quickly changed their minds and offered Charles a valuable treasure if he agreed to help them.

Charles didn't want to get into a fight with the mice, but he was willing to consider helping them if the reward was good enough.

Charles was presented the Clown Mask, which he decided to accept. Although the mask was peculiar, its usefulness was significant as long as the usage time was controlled. Whether for escaping or battling, it could prove to be a valuable asset.

The mice then led Charles and the crew to the Laboratory 3. The mouse king wanted an item from the laboratory, but only humans could open the door to it. But things didn't go according to its plan, as opening the door required electricity and there was none present.

Mice, no matter how clever, were still mice. Those mice must have witnessed humans opening the door with their fingerprints and assumed that any human touch on the panel would suffice. In actuality, it wasn't that simple.

Fortunately, the door wasn't very thick and Charles blew it using an explosive. Inside, he discovered a black flask and he immediately grabbed it and dashed out. The explosion had been quite loud and he was afraid it might have attracted unwanted attention.

However, as fate would have it, just as Charles and his party were halfway through their journey back out, a Fat Worm emerged from blocked their path, but Charles was able to defeat it using the Clown Mask.

As a side-effect of using the Clown Mask, his personality changed from a cautious one to a risk-taking one. He decided to not escape and instead went back inside to get more Relics stored in Laboratory 3.

> Since this place is used to research relics, there must be many of them here. Heh heh, I'm gonna be rich.
>
>

But how could it be so easy? Inside the Laboratory 3, there was a swarm of Fat Worms. Encountering them, Charles made a run for the exit. The situation had turned Charles into an acrobat as he tried to defy death. With every evasion, he narrowly avoided their attacks by slimmest of margins. Making use of his extraordinary agility, he performed a dancer dancing precariously on the edge of life.

While escaping, he encountered 1068 who tried to swindle Charles to enter him, but Charles had already read the record book regarding 1068 and wasn't fooled but he did try asking about the exit to the Surface World.

The situation was desperate as more and more Fat Worms kept coming to block his path. At the last moment, just as the Fat Worms had fully covered him, the deck gun of Narwhale was fired by Lily to kill the worms.

In the end, Charles successfully escaped the island and got four relics from the Laboratory - Tentacle Ring, Purple Pyramid, a knife covered in rust, a quill as thick as a forearm.