The Cyodrake's Gaze
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The Cyodrake's Gaze is a vessel that first appeared on the at the harbour of Krawk Island. It seems to be a lead up to a new world, and to the next plot.
The ship contained exclusive foods, weaponry, and medicines which were available for sale before it disappeared. The design of the ship's rigging, along with the items it was supplying, seem to imply that the vessel comes from a Chinese style world (although similar Chinese ships are not capable of flight, unlike The Cyodrake's Gaze). Its relation to the Cyodrake, the Petpet which it borrows its name from, is unknown.
It is suspected that a new world may be released due to the overall oriental style of the ship, probably named Shenkuu, a name revealed on the Kou-jong page accidentally at its first release. More than likely, this will be an the island on the other side of Neopia.
Plot Summary
The Cyodrake's Gaze appeared at Krawk Island on the August 3, 2006, unable to make it to Mystery Island, their destination. The ship had just sailed through a storm, during which they lost much of their supplies and also appeared to have lost their navigator, Hoban, overboard. Captain Tuan shared his story with users, detailing what happened from his perspective. Three days later, presumably when the ship had repaired sufficiently, it sailed away.
On 8th August, the ship appeared on the shores south of Mystery Island. As they resupplyed their ship, but it appeared Hoban had not reached the island. Kentari gave his story of the night in which Hoban disappeared, saying Hoban gestured angerily with his words instead of calm like in Captian Tuan's version. Kentari later went to the weapon storage to check on the weapons, and noted Chef Bonju walking out with something concealed after his usual inspection. Before he could confront him, everyone was called on deck to deal with the storm. The ship set sail at midnight NST on the August 11, again having stopped for only three days.
On the August 15, the ship reappeared in Faerieland, the Captain forgoting to mention that the ship can fly. Chef Bonju gave his version of the events, noting Hoban said his words very calmly and everyone enjoyed his food. He also saw Linae and Anshu talking together after the meal, seeming to plot something, and continued to do dishes until everyone was called onto the deck for the storm. As he wandered about the deck, he was approached by Hoban who was angry because Linae had said he was cursed and brought bad luck to the crew. After telling his story, the user asked if he was in the weapons room, to which Chef Bonju finally admitted to, but says he only borrowed a knife to carve with, as his best knife had vanished. The weapon he was shown with from the store does not seem suitable for carving, however, but whether this is significant or a mistake on the part of the artists is not clear.
The Cyodrake's Gaze left Faerieland on 19th August at midnight, and reappered on the Lost Desert on the 23rd. Following the advice of the ship's captain, Linae is asked to give her version of events. She insisted Hoban said his words dramatically, calling it a "hex". When prompted, she admits to having talked with Anshu as Chef Bonju had claimed, but according to her, she was talking about the bad state of the food - considering the length the crew members try to go to about the dinner, this does seem unlikely. After dinner, she retired to her cabin to play Kou-Jong but missed her Lost Desert Sunset piece, which she found up on the deck. As she went to retrieve it, she heard who she thought was Anshu and Hoban arguing with each other before the storm started. She continued to do her duties above deck until she went below to help Anshu repair a leak. When asked if she saw Hoban, she said they worked together on two occasions, in which he looked menacing to her, and hoped none of his luck would harm her.
On the 27th August, the ship set sail again, and returned to Mystery Island on the 29th. The ship's captain says that he is running out of time and patience, and that he suspects one or more of the crew are hiding something: their stories do not tally. Shumi gives unlocks Hoban's map room to allow the user to examine it: there are two documents (a grid and a map seeming to show the direction change from Mystery Island to Krawk Island) annotated in red which are of interest. It should be noted that, presumably, since Hoban disappeared only Shumi has had access to this room. Anshu, is then questioned His story tallies with Linae's, except he says Linae asked her about a medical problem, not the food. When prompted, he agrees that he had an argument with Hoban, which he says was over whether they could stop at port on Krawk Island to pick up some herbs. During the storm, he was fixing a leak below deck, but notes that he heard Hoban shouting in this time, and also that he saw Hoban arguing with someone again at 5:00, which Bonju also observed.
Solving the Mystery
On August 31, after questioning all the crew, users were able to make the following guesses about Hoban and his whereabouts...
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Crew
The Cyodrake's Gaze is manned by the following Neopets, in the order they are encountered in the plot.
Captain Tuan
Captain Tuan, a Blue Gnorbu, is captain of the ship, and has taken it upon himself to find his lost crewmate Hoban. Though until the forth chapter he insists that you will be of little help to him, he continues to allow you to investigate, and suggest a crew member to interview each time his ship moves. By the time the ship reached the Lost Desert, the captain has decided that the user's willingness to help is geniune and gives the user his gratitude, and starts to wish more Neopians would be as kind, but trails off before he finishes the thought.
First Mate Shumi
First Mate Shumi, a Green Scorchio, First Mate Shumi is the first of the crew to give his story on Hoban's disappearance, and apparently doesn't play much of a role in any of the stories, even his own. It was him that suggested to the captain they needed outside help.
Orrin
Orrin is a Red Nimmo, who keeps the inventory on all the ship's stores. He saw someone being swept overboard during the storm, and it is believed to be Hoban.
Navigator Hoban
The navigator of the ship, Hoban the yellow Aisha is responsible for plotting the ships course. He was apparently swept overboard in a storm, and the crew set out to look for him. In each recollection of the events of that night, Hoban is seen first carrying only an empty bag at his side...but later appears to have acquired three scrolls. Appears to have threatened to sail the ship into a storm as a bit of revenge.
Linae
Linae is a pink Kougra, who hosts the game Kou-jong. She seems to have told Hoban that he was very bad luck.
Chef Bonju
An orange Blumaroo, Chef Bonju manages the Magical Cooking Vessel, which appears to be related to the Cooking Pot on Mystery Island. He was noted in the second chapter of the plot to be sneaking out of the arms room, possibly concealing something. He claims in the third chapter to have gotten a small blade from there to use in place of his knife which had gone missing.
Kentari
Kentari, a yellow Shoyru manages and sells weaponry from the ship. He is the second crew member to give his story on Hoban's disappearance, and keeps check of the weaponry stores.
Anshu
Anshu is a brown Ruki, who sells medicines from the ship. Bonju believes that he and Linae are conspiring to do something in chapter 3, but Linae claims that they were only discussing how bad the food was.
Presentation
The way the comic-strips for this plot are written, it is as though the reader is conducting the investigation and is an integral part of the plot line, something absent from previous, similar plots which included part-by-part chapters.
Whenever the ship leaves harbour, the main comic page becomes inaccessible. The sources of the comics can still be accessed, however, for them to be read:
Due to the size of the source images, however, and the inability to scroll down them on most browsers when viewing them in source form (as the are Flash movies), sites such as TheDailyNeopets have set up pages where they can be seen and scrolled.
Trivia
- References to Mystery Island Volcano, the Lost Desert Plot and the Altador Plot were made in the release of the plot in the saying...
Ah ha! So there is more going on! Clever one, you are. You hesitate for a moment, though, if only because you remember previous times you've offered to help a strangers. Volcanoes... and spike traps... and flooded cities. *shudder*
- Many theories emerged throughout the participation of the plot where the Cyodrake's Gaze would appear next after each disappearance. Lutari Island and Altador were of major discussion, and many users were angry at the thought it would arrive as Lutari Island, because it was only available to user who had Neopets Mobile.
- An as-so-far unreleased game, Eye of the Storm, staring The Cyodrake's Gaze's crew, has been found.
- On The Cyodrake's Gaze comic page, it said in text under the banner "Sponsored by: PokemonCenter.com"
External Links
- The Cyodrake's Gaze
- The Cyodrake's Gaze Plot Comics
- Selected Pet Pages: Guide by glenstew, Guide by frozenpandaman
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