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<blockquote data-quote="the Jester" data-source="post: 1438228" data-attributes="member: 1210"><p><strong>Enter Vosh the Centaur</strong></p><p></p><p>Vosh the Centaur, green haired and happy in the sunlight, regarded the strangers as they approached him. Their faces were streaked with grief.</p><p></p><p>His was full of wonder. He had come to be not so long ago, and... existence! Sunlight! Feeling! It was all new. All his experiences were new and fresh, and he greeted everything with child-like wonder.</p><p></p><p>The party of pirates made his acquaintance. Vosh the druid. He healed a few wounds for them; which, of course, brought to mind the fact that they didn’t have a healer, really. </p><p></p><p>The next step was obvious; Vosh was invited to join the crew. <em>Sailing?</em> Traveling somewhere else? He’d never even thought of such a thing before! He was overjoyed at the opportunity. Though it required a few days to build him a cabin- he was larger than a human or elven crew member, after all- the <em>Twikwakikikak</em> soon departed the Isle of Courage, course set for Pesh. </p><p></p><p>The halfling cook, Bilbo, approached Lyr quietly a few days along the way. Clutching at her arm, Bilbo fearfully took her into her cabin. </p><p></p><p>“What is it?” Captain Lyr demanded.</p><p></p><p>“It’s Farenth,” the cook whispered. “He wanted me to poison you!”</p><p></p><p>Grimly, Lyr gathered Rajah, Coric and Vosh. Then he sent Urlah, one of their pirates, to get Farenth. When he arrived, he started at the wall of hostile faces before him.</p><p></p><p>“Yes, captain?” he asked.</p><p></p><p>“You tried to persuade Bilbo to poison me,” she said without preamble.</p><p></p><p>Farenth hesitated. <em>She’s going to kill me,</em> he thought. <em>Bitch. Well, we’ll just have to see if I can talk my way out of this- I certainly can’t fight my way out. And there’s no point in lying- clearly I was wrong when I thought I had that little halfling worm intimidated. Well, well. Another score to settle. Now, what can I say to keep her from killing me?</em> He nodded in answer to Lyr’s statement. “For the good of the ship.”</p><p></p><p>Lyr looked at him in surprise. “The good of the ship! You don’t poison the captain for the good of the ship! Explain yourself!”</p><p></p><p><em>The fool’s going to let me off alive,</em> Farenth realized immediately, <em>if only I can give her a good enough reason. Her faith is weak. She should kill me and eat my heart. Well, well- maybe I’ll have the chance to kill her and eat hers instead!</em> Aloud, he said, “Surely you agree that the circumstances surrounding the death of Galiger, if not Malford as well, were very suspicious. We should have tracked down Dexter and killed him, and found out what happened. Failing that- well. There’s an old Peshan saying: to find the killer of the king, see who inherits the crown.” He frowned. “If I was wrong, I apologize. I-“</p><p></p><p>“Oh, what a crock!” Coric scoffed. “We should kill him right now.” He drew his sword with a hissing sound.</p><p></p><p>“No,” Lyr commanded. “We’ll put him off at the next island we stop on, but we’re not going to kill him. He was trying to work for the good of the ship, even if he was misguided. I can’t kill him for trying to look out for the ship.”</p><p></p><p>Coric snarled and slammed his sword back into its scabbard. He stalked out without another word.</p><p></p><p>“As for you,” Lyr said to Farenth, “get to your cabin. Stay there. I’ll tell you when you can come out.”</p><p></p><p>With a nod, Farenth turned and left. <em>Fool!</em> he exulted. <em>I will see you all dead!</em></p><p></p><p>If only he knew how close to right he was.</p><p></p><p>They reached Pesh after a few weeks and set to a variety of tasks. The first was pushing Farenth off the boat almost but not quite violently. He nearly ran down the gangplank.</p><p></p><p>Coric Left purchased a supply of yaksha wood, strong and supple, for construction into a bow built to his strength. Vosh purchased some golden clippers. Lyr got the magic skull fully identified at last, learning its charges. The group set aside a few days to wander into the Spicewoods in the hopes of finding something interesting going on, and though they saw a panoply of spices, herbs, flowers and trees, they saw no trouble on the first two days of the trip. The heady smell of the Spicewoods hung in the air like a mix of nutmeg, honey and cinnamon.</p><p></p><p>The third day, as they crossed a small glen surrounded by cinnamon trees, they stumbled into a trio of weird snake-men. A quick and lethal battle ensued, with Coric, Vosh and Lyr triumphing quickly and efficiently. They profited from the fight, and using the money the yuan ti had they were able to finish outfitting and resupplying the ship as well as pay handsome bonuses to the men.</p><p></p><p>Lyr was determined to travel far to the east. “Strogass,” she said. “Ultimately. It will take us a while to get there, though. But I’ve managed to purchase maps here that show the way. There’s a big reach of empty territory, but there are also a lot of satellite islands around Strogass.” She pointed her finger at an island on the map. “That’s our next stop. Apolex. We’ll leave in three more days, once the final supplies arrive and are lashed in to the hold.”</p><p></p><p>Coric is the last one with any Peshan business; he does a job for the guildmaster thief of Pesh City, retrieving an onyx egg from a safe. Then the ship sets sail for Apolex.</p><p></p><p></p><p><em><strong>Next Time:</strong></em> Piracy!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="the Jester, post: 1438228, member: 1210"] [b]Enter Vosh the Centaur[/b] Vosh the Centaur, green haired and happy in the sunlight, regarded the strangers as they approached him. Their faces were streaked with grief. His was full of wonder. He had come to be not so long ago, and... existence! Sunlight! Feeling! It was all new. All his experiences were new and fresh, and he greeted everything with child-like wonder. The party of pirates made his acquaintance. Vosh the druid. He healed a few wounds for them; which, of course, brought to mind the fact that they didn’t have a healer, really. The next step was obvious; Vosh was invited to join the crew. [i]Sailing?[/i] Traveling somewhere else? He’d never even thought of such a thing before! He was overjoyed at the opportunity. Though it required a few days to build him a cabin- he was larger than a human or elven crew member, after all- the [i]Twikwakikikak[/i] soon departed the Isle of Courage, course set for Pesh. The halfling cook, Bilbo, approached Lyr quietly a few days along the way. Clutching at her arm, Bilbo fearfully took her into her cabin. “What is it?” Captain Lyr demanded. “It’s Farenth,” the cook whispered. “He wanted me to poison you!” Grimly, Lyr gathered Rajah, Coric and Vosh. Then he sent Urlah, one of their pirates, to get Farenth. When he arrived, he started at the wall of hostile faces before him. “Yes, captain?” he asked. “You tried to persuade Bilbo to poison me,” she said without preamble. Farenth hesitated. [i]She’s going to kill me,[/i] he thought. [i]Bitch. Well, we’ll just have to see if I can talk my way out of this- I certainly can’t fight my way out. And there’s no point in lying- clearly I was wrong when I thought I had that little halfling worm intimidated. Well, well. Another score to settle. Now, what can I say to keep her from killing me?[/i] He nodded in answer to Lyr’s statement. “For the good of the ship.” Lyr looked at him in surprise. “The good of the ship! You don’t poison the captain for the good of the ship! Explain yourself!” [i]The fool’s going to let me off alive,[/i] Farenth realized immediately, [i]if only I can give her a good enough reason. Her faith is weak. She should kill me and eat my heart. Well, well- maybe I’ll have the chance to kill her and eat hers instead![/i] Aloud, he said, “Surely you agree that the circumstances surrounding the death of Galiger, if not Malford as well, were very suspicious. We should have tracked down Dexter and killed him, and found out what happened. Failing that- well. There’s an old Peshan saying: to find the killer of the king, see who inherits the crown.” He frowned. “If I was wrong, I apologize. I-“ “Oh, what a crock!” Coric scoffed. “We should kill him right now.” He drew his sword with a hissing sound. “No,” Lyr commanded. “We’ll put him off at the next island we stop on, but we’re not going to kill him. He was trying to work for the good of the ship, even if he was misguided. I can’t kill him for trying to look out for the ship.” Coric snarled and slammed his sword back into its scabbard. He stalked out without another word. “As for you,” Lyr said to Farenth, “get to your cabin. Stay there. I’ll tell you when you can come out.” With a nod, Farenth turned and left. [i]Fool![/i] he exulted. [i]I will see you all dead![/i] If only he knew how close to right he was. They reached Pesh after a few weeks and set to a variety of tasks. The first was pushing Farenth off the boat almost but not quite violently. He nearly ran down the gangplank. Coric Left purchased a supply of yaksha wood, strong and supple, for construction into a bow built to his strength. Vosh purchased some golden clippers. Lyr got the magic skull fully identified at last, learning its charges. The group set aside a few days to wander into the Spicewoods in the hopes of finding something interesting going on, and though they saw a panoply of spices, herbs, flowers and trees, they saw no trouble on the first two days of the trip. The heady smell of the Spicewoods hung in the air like a mix of nutmeg, honey and cinnamon. The third day, as they crossed a small glen surrounded by cinnamon trees, they stumbled into a trio of weird snake-men. A quick and lethal battle ensued, with Coric, Vosh and Lyr triumphing quickly and efficiently. They profited from the fight, and using the money the yuan ti had they were able to finish outfitting and resupplying the ship as well as pay handsome bonuses to the men. Lyr was determined to travel far to the east. “Strogass,” she said. “Ultimately. It will take us a while to get there, though. But I’ve managed to purchase maps here that show the way. There’s a big reach of empty territory, but there are also a lot of satellite islands around Strogass.” She pointed her finger at an island on the map. “That’s our next stop. Apolex. We’ll leave in three more days, once the final supplies arrive and are lashed in to the hold.” Coric is the last one with any Peshan business; he does a job for the guildmaster thief of Pesh City, retrieving an onyx egg from a safe. Then the ship sets sail for Apolex. [i][b]Next Time:[/b][/i][b][/b] Piracy! [/QUOTE]
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