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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bob Aberton" data-source="post: 1273447" data-attributes="member: 1518">Malachi,The boat nudges into the bank and you and Oshente go ashore.  The rest of the Orcs pole or row their craft closer to shore, out of the strongest current, and hold them there, slowly plying quants or oars.Heart---- looks Oshente and the others over appraisingly."You are shaman, holy man, so I trust your word," the elven chieftain says to you.  "You are their chief, and this is your mikko?  Your people will aid us greatly.  We will give you land by the river, to each family, we will give land for the planting of maize and squash.  We will teach your people the ways of the forest..."At this, Oshente breaks in:"Our Peopol knows dha way of dha forest - "" - The way of your forest, mikko.  We will teach you the ways of our forest.  Your people in their turn will aid us against the Men of Standishtown.  Give your word on behalf of your people that this friendship will not cause them grief, and we will accept them with open arms.  If you or your people betray our trust, we are far greater in number than they, and our vengeance will be such that their grandchildren's grandchildren will weep to hear of it."Nicodemus,(OOC:  All of the alchemical items you gave Vemuz, you recover, except for the two Alchemist's Fires you gave to Artimus to raise hell.  Malachi still has his, so you won't get them back until his return to the GRACE.)Vemuz,As you go below to find the slop-chest to fit the new hands with proper gear, you hear them raise a hearty cheer behind you."T'ree cheers for dha CALYPSO'S GRACE, an' t'ree more for dha Bo'sun!"  One of them shouts, and he is heartily answered.In a quarter of an hour, the Orcs are fitted with new slop-trousers, striped jerseys, neckerchiefs, and sea-boots, already looking something like proper seamen.Malthas,The new hands are all fairly young, and exceedingly strong-looking.  To an Orc, they look like they could de-ballast the GRACE single-handedly.  You have a feeling they will be holy terrors with good steel in hand.(OOC Anyone:  Does anyone know how it to find the old thread, if it's even possible?  I just realized I don't have a copy of the Ship's Articles for the CALYPSO'S GRACE on my computer... <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f631.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":o" title="Eek!    :o"  data-smilie="9"data-shortname=":o" /> )</blockquote>

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