Aigul
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"The station is pinned to the surface of Aigul. Once it was a roving vessel, the Fortas Kettle, and floated freely from place to place. Now it is stuck on spines of fluke-rock."
Aigul is a huge, stationary lorn-fluke. When a British zubmarine was sunk by its spines, London turned the whole mess into Station VI.
Eat a Cactus
It seems this Fluke's needles contain memories and emotions. Eating these needles allows one to experience memories and emotions, not unlike Gaoler's Honey. Like Gaoler's Honey, the spines are addictive, and are responsible for the crew's situation.
(We may occasionally break down a wall or two. Don't mind it)
The Crew
"When there is nothing left of my skin but the spines of Aigul, then I will be allowed to rest," says the First Mate. "Until then, if I cannot alleviate these sorrows, I must at least bear witness."
The crew of Aigul have become rather...addicted to what this Fluke can offer them. Using rubbery rituals not unlike the Shapeling Arts, the crew is capable of growing regrets into spines. No, not backbones, a protrusion, similar to those of the Lorn-Fluke. The First Mate is an expert of this, to point that they are quite deformed. These spines are used to store regrets, in the hope that they may possible alleviate them, though this process is still as addictive as ever. The Captain of the crew, a formerly jovial man, is in a state of perpetual ailing and injury. Due to the crew's fierce dedication to their Captain (to the point that the First Mate considered wedding him), none of the crew members can leave.
As it turns out, the Captain's gashing wound opens every time the First Mate grows another regret.
(The First Mate would give up anything for the Captain, except us.)
