Academy of Drell, Part 6

[Jeremy]

Rallyn looks up from the boat to the shore where Charlotte, Keith, Sildarin, and Lyrique are all near the bonfire. Happening to make eye contact with Keith on shore he rapidly changes subjects in his dialogue focusing more on mechanical dwarves, shadow manta rays, disappearing headmasters, and anti-magic/psionic zones.

Never understimate elven ears I guess. Well, whatever..

 

[Tokiwong]

Keith wipes a spot clean for Charlotte to sit next to him, and listens to the conversations at hand, tending to the fire, with care, watching its dance, its rythymn, absent-mindedly, he begins to sharpen the edge of his elven-crafted rapier...

It seems Rallyn is picking up right where we left off... how droll...

 

[Zhure]

Lyrique looks over the map. D.Script: 16+10=26

The map is primitive and not marked in any language, just a few complex runes showing important points. After puzzling over it for a couple of minutes, Lyrique manages to get a fair gist of the map. If his interpretation is correct, it shows the layout of the reefs around the northwest of the island and how to plot a course from an island almost due north of Drell about 30 miles away.

 

[Argent Silvermage]

"It would seem that they have a staging area off an island about a day and a half away if I'm reading the map right and my knowledge of sea travel has not let me down. We need to get going. they already have a lead on us and only the gods know how many of them there are there. Can anyone use the wand of fire balls? If no one objects I'd like to keep hold of the staff of fire." Lyriques Red hair shining in the sun he has been absently polishing the staff with oil from his father's shed.

 

[Tokiwong]

Hmmph, keep your stick... but keep it useful...

Keith listens to Lyrique and nods, "Sounds simple enough, don't you think Charlotte?"

 

[Zhure]

Glukma

"A longboat like this can easily go 30 miles in a day, even if the wind isn't with us," Glukma speaks up.

 

[Argent Silvermage]

"Wonderful! Thanks Glukma. Now we just have to get in the boat! and were off. I'll take a set of oars. Anyone know any good sea chanties?" Lyrique says

 

[Tokiwong]

"Wonderful! Thanks Glukma. Now we just have to get in the boat! and were off. I'll take a set of oars. Anyone know any good sea chanties?" Lyrique says

"Sea chanties, you can't be serious, right?" Keith gives Lyrique a strange look, "I can use another set of oars, just no sea chanties..."

Yeah lets sing, like a bunch of blithering buffoons... right to our untimely deaths...

 

[Argent Silvermage]

Lyrique shoots Keith back the same look. What is his problem? He disapears and has no explanation for his whereabouts, then just sidles up to Charlotte like he expects her to be there. Well "Mr. High and Mighty" I'm keeping an eye on you. This is all to convenient. Lyrique thinks to himself. Prehaps Sildarin could use some coaching on how to impress a girl although she is only human, he will long out live her maybe that is not the wisest of choices.

 

[GnomeWorks]

Charlotte takes the proffered seat, sitting down next to Keith.

"I think it's simple enough." She says, nodding her agreement.

"Alright, so we know how to get to their staging area. But what are we going to do when we get there?" Charlotte asks. "If we go in with no plan, we won't be able to do much good. Can you make out any details of what the place looks like, Lyrique? Anything that would give us an idea of what to plan for would be very helpful."