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Message: <blockquote data-quote="talien" data-source="post: 4942286" data-attributes="member: 3285">Fair Salvage: PrologueThe Long Day’s Night eventually rescued Sebastian, Vlad, and the remaining crew of the Lady Quay.  The breezed had stopped completely, so that the air hung hot and humid and utterly still.  Ships had been becalmed, sometimes for weeks, with no sight of land or salvation, slowly depleting their supplies. “Sorry boys,” said Captain Amos.  “According to the charts you recovered from Marissa Lapideaux’s home, the time to open a portal to R’lyeh came and went.”Sebastian turned the small sextant over in his hands.  “Then all is lost.”Amos clapped Sebastian on the back.  “Oh, I’m sure something’ll turn up.  If my boys heard right, you stopped the Unspeakable One and lived to tell about it.  Opening a portal should be a piece of cake for the likes of you.”Vlad rubbed his forehead.  “If only it were that easy.”Sebastian looked up.  Something had caught his attention. “There.” He pointed. “What’s that?”There was a glint on the water, not far off.  Vlad peered over the deck at it.“Well, I’ll be…” said Amos.  He handed Vlad the spyglass.  “See for yourself.”Vlad looked through the scope.It was a whale-shaped construct, composed entirely of thick, clear glass. It was hundreds of feet long.  The body was fashioned with the appropriate dorsal hump, medium-sized flippers, and a powerful fluke.  Its huge, bulky head took up nearly a third of its total body length.  A single angled blowhole was located on the far left top of its forehead, projecting streams of visible white air.  The slim and narrow lower jaw of the glass whale was lined with peg-like teeth that fit into grooves along its robust upper jaw.  Tiny figures moved within it. “What is that?”“I don’t know,” said Amos.  “But it has no sails and she’s running against the wind. How is that possible?”“Anything’s possible, with the right magic,” said Sebastian.  “But to outfit a ship of this size with such an enchantment would be fantastically expensive.”“Maybe it’s a ghost ship,” offered Vlad.  “We’ve seen a few of those lately.”Amos shook his head.  “The weather’s calm.  Visibility’s good.  The ship looks solid enough to me.”With a splash of its tail, the gigantic glass whale disappeared into the deaths.“That’s worrisome,” said Vlad.  “If whoever pilots that ship joins Coryan’s civil war, they could blow Freeport right out of the water.”“Worse,” said Amos, “they could outbid Freeport’s buccaneers!”Sebastian just shook his head.</blockquote>

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