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<blockquote data-quote="NiTessine" data-source="post: 464361" data-attributes="member: 475"><p>Here it is, the last part of Chapter 5. Sorry about the short length and the long delay. Had this evil thingy called school invade my life, and then I spent four days in Hungary. But now, I'm back home, the school stuff's been taken care of, and I can concentrate on important stuff, like keeping my readers happy. Have at it!</p><p></p><p>---------------------------------------------------</p><p></p><p>Frederich's axe came down, sweeping the skaven's head clean from its hunched shoulders. The body slumped to the deck. The fight was over.</p><p></p><p>Dead troglagobs were laying in heaps where Ranland and Frederich had slain them. Khaelas was quietly whimpering in pain. The skaven and the nobleman lay in a tangle, their blood mixing into a pool that ran in rivulets over the side, to the sea. Kase lay still, his sightless eyes looking at the sky, where dark clouds had gathered. It began to rain.</p><p></p><p>And as they thought things just couldn't get any worse, they did. They smelled smoke. A thick, grey column wafted upwards from belowdecks, carrying with it the certain knowledge that Das Minnow had just made her last journey. With the amount of smoke, they could not even go down to check how widespread the fire was, let alone attempt to put it out.</p><p>"My ship! They burned my ship, the savages!" Ranland could be heard muttering. </p><p></p><p>During the battle, the morning fog had lifted, unveiling the city of Marienburg only a mile away. That mile was of cold sea. Its deceptively placid surface was broken in three places near the ship by the triangular dorsal fins of sharks. Unbeknownst to the heroes, they were the pets and mounts of the late troglagobs. In the end, that knowledge wouldn't have done them much good.</p><p></p><p>However, they hadn't come that far just to die on a burning ship. Frederich, being from Nuln, knew enough of firearms to load and fire one, and managed to injure one of the great sea beasts with a lucky shot from von Hedon's handgun. The effect was far more than they'd expected, however. The two other creatures immediately rushed towards their friend, and soon the water was as blood, as the three creatures fought each other in a feeding frenzy, tearing great chunks off their sides and reducing fins to ribbons. </p><p></p><p>In the end, only one remained, injured. Frederich put it out of its misery with another shot.</p><p></p><p>* * *</p><p></p><p>The swim was a long and hard one. As flames engulfed Kase's body and the ship, along with most of their gear, the adventurers let their fates to the hands of Manannan. Frederich and Ranland were both adept swimmers, but Fisibbei and Khaelas both nearly drowned before they finally pulled themselves on the stones of the Marienburg harbour. There they laid for many long minutes like so many dead fish, regaining their breath and their strength.</p><p></p><p>Then, they rose, still dripping water. Their muscles aching from the long swim, shivering from the icy water, the four made their way to the closest inn with hot baths, and paid them for a week.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NiTessine, post: 464361, member: 475"] Here it is, the last part of Chapter 5. Sorry about the short length and the long delay. Had this evil thingy called school invade my life, and then I spent four days in Hungary. But now, I'm back home, the school stuff's been taken care of, and I can concentrate on important stuff, like keeping my readers happy. Have at it! --------------------------------------------------- Frederich's axe came down, sweeping the skaven's head clean from its hunched shoulders. The body slumped to the deck. The fight was over. Dead troglagobs were laying in heaps where Ranland and Frederich had slain them. Khaelas was quietly whimpering in pain. The skaven and the nobleman lay in a tangle, their blood mixing into a pool that ran in rivulets over the side, to the sea. Kase lay still, his sightless eyes looking at the sky, where dark clouds had gathered. It began to rain. And as they thought things just couldn't get any worse, they did. They smelled smoke. A thick, grey column wafted upwards from belowdecks, carrying with it the certain knowledge that Das Minnow had just made her last journey. With the amount of smoke, they could not even go down to check how widespread the fire was, let alone attempt to put it out. "My ship! They burned my ship, the savages!" Ranland could be heard muttering. During the battle, the morning fog had lifted, unveiling the city of Marienburg only a mile away. That mile was of cold sea. Its deceptively placid surface was broken in three places near the ship by the triangular dorsal fins of sharks. Unbeknownst to the heroes, they were the pets and mounts of the late troglagobs. In the end, that knowledge wouldn't have done them much good. However, they hadn't come that far just to die on a burning ship. Frederich, being from Nuln, knew enough of firearms to load and fire one, and managed to injure one of the great sea beasts with a lucky shot from von Hedon's handgun. The effect was far more than they'd expected, however. The two other creatures immediately rushed towards their friend, and soon the water was as blood, as the three creatures fought each other in a feeding frenzy, tearing great chunks off their sides and reducing fins to ribbons. In the end, only one remained, injured. Frederich put it out of its misery with another shot. * * * The swim was a long and hard one. As flames engulfed Kase's body and the ship, along with most of their gear, the adventurers let their fates to the hands of Manannan. Frederich and Ranland were both adept swimmers, but Fisibbei and Khaelas both nearly drowned before they finally pulled themselves on the stones of the Marienburg harbour. There they laid for many long minutes like so many dead fish, regaining their breath and their strength. Then, they rose, still dripping water. Their muscles aching from the long swim, shivering from the icy water, the four made their way to the closest inn with hot baths, and paid them for a week. [/QUOTE]
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