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Message: <blockquote data-quote="NiTessine" data-source="post: 339789" data-attributes="member: 475">'Ere you go... Chapter III, part II. I have lots of biology and geography classes during the next month or so, so I should have lots of time to write... <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60e.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":cool:" title="Cool    :cool:"  data-smilie="6"data-shortname=":cool:" />---------------Despite their escort's indifference to whether they were going to leave Kislev or not, the party soon began seeking passage aboard a ship bound for the Empire. After a few hours of touring the waterfront taverns and buying people cheap ale, they found the captain of such a vessel, in one of the better inns of the area, where the ale wasn't quite so watery, and the rats were fatter. The captain, Hans Versenkung, was a portly man, with the strange accent that seems to develop to all who spend long times at the sea, regardless of where they actually grew up, and a great, bushy white beard. He regarded the adventurers thoughtfully for a moment, and then said:"The price of tickets be ten gold, each. If ye can 'elp us fight 'gainst pirates or monsters, ye'll get yer coin back when we reach Marienburg."It was a deal.The captain's ship was a small and fast merchant vessel, with the name Das Minnow written on its side in bright red paint. After the party of five had taken their heavy backpacks and cumbersome armour to their cabins they soon found themselves in the dining hall of the ship. Since the ship was primarily a mercantile one, it rarely carried passengers, and the hall was almost empty, with the notable exception of a large noble family occupying the long table in the middle of the hall. They were a noisy and boisterous bunch, and were already deep in their cups. Frederich and Franz could identify quite a few popular drinking songs from the taverns of Nuln and Altdorf. The remains of two large pheasants were lying on their silver platters.Kase, in his heavily accented Reikspiel, inquired about the noblemen from the cook, who supplied him with much information on them. It was the Von Hedon family, he knew, from Nuln. It was the entire family, apparently, every member of it, right down to the house priest, the jester, and their own halfling cook, returning from Kislev where they'd spent a holiday.The adventurers quietly finished their fish stew, and then retired for the night, to the three cabins assigned to them, on the second deck. Kase and Khaleas took one, and Fisibbei and Frederich the second. Franz was quite vehement on sleeping alone.It was good to sleep in a proper bed, after long weeks of bedding down with blankets in forests and waking up stiff and sore after a night spent on the deck of a riverboat. It was nothing compared to Khuritsa's silken linens, but compared to the other places they'd spent nights lately, it was a definite improvement. They were determined to enjoy their night's sleep.Hence, it should've come as no surprise when a shrill cry cut the night after less than two hours afterwards. Running feet were heard in the hallway, and a woman's voice cried:"He's been murdered!"</blockquote>

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