Elven Navy Delta Squad: Thought Taker

[Keia]

Marcus quietly asked Hector who woke the rest of the crew. Also, Marcus will try and identify the voice from the back of the crew. To stall for time, Marcus will have Hector inspect the crew or something similar to give Marcus a minute to confer with the rest of the team.

Marcus has in his mind to play this out one of two ways. The first is to investigate who possibly knew what Tinker was up to prior to the incident and intimidate then into revealing what they know. The second is to admit that Tinker was killed and imply that Marcus himself was responsible for his death, thereby diverting the blame from Thought Taker (until it was ascertained whether he deserved it or not) and letting the rest of the crew know that the squad was not to be trifled with or end arounded.

He will quickly and quietly go over them with the rest of the team after he gets the identities mentioned above.

 

[Mirth]

"I think the faster Grillon can find out what happened with Tinker, the better," Chjargal says when Marcus approaches him. "I hope the priest is already preparing for I don't relish the idea of protecting the squid-brain from the rest of the crew."

"Don't lie to them, though," the bugbear says when Marcus brings up his other plan. "Whatever we do in this difficult situation, we should be honest."

 

[GruTheWanderer]

Benjamin woke the other crew members up. He's the youngest of the sailors (unofficial "cabin boy").

Robers noticed that Tinker is missing. He's the dwarf who together with Tinker and Jella came to complain earlier on behalf of the crew.

 

[Keia]

To those who knew him, the tell-tale signs that a plan was formulating passed across Marcus's face. Marcus looked to the others of his team, "Any other suggestions?"

 

[Old Fezziwig]

"I think safety, ours and the crew's—well, I suppose Thought Taker's also—should be the first priority. If the truth compromises that, I've no interest in it. Telling them exactly what happened now could turn things nasty for all of us before we can handle it. Are we really ready to deal with the crew, our mission, and Thought Taker all at once?"

 

[perivas]

Amanu offers his opinion, "Putting ourselves between Thought Taker and the crew is a poor idea, but assuming the guilt ourselves--even if it is for a short while--is an even worse idea. The truth must be told to the crew. We have but to point out that the Thought Taker has not and will not feed on Tinker's brain. Though mindflayers may not be the most well liked species, without the possibility of feeding upon Tinker, even our mindflayer would have no motive to kill Tinker. Logic and reason. Those are our best tact, I believe."

 

[Keia]

Marcus listened to each member of the team and their opinion. He shook his head in agreement to each point of advice they made. At this point he motioned for Benjamin to come over to him, standing there with his team.

"Benjamin, who had you wake up the rest of the sailors, tonite?" Marcus asked. He was trying to establish a trail - if one of the three that brought concerns to the team had him wake them up, then this could have been premeditated.

Also, Marcus wasn't entirely certain that the three came forward on their own - or if they were prodded by a third, as yet unknown, party. Marcus longed for the situations that were were solved with a swing of Cramp.

 

[GruTheWanderer]

Benjamin responds to the question with a nonchalant shrug, "I just heard you waking up the vanran, er vanneren, ... the metal monkey. When I saw the rest of the soldiers up and about, I figured something must be happening. I'm sorry I didn't ask permission first. I think Hector is going to make my life heck for the next few days."

 

[GoldenEagle]

"I need to rest"

After an evening of Rest, Grillion will prepare 2 Speak with dead spells.

"we get 4 questions of the dead man. Let's make them good."

GE

 

[Keia]

Benjamin responds to the question with a nonchalant shrug, "I just heard you waking up the vanran, er vanneren, ... the metal monkey. When I saw the rest of the soldiers up and about, I figured something must be happening. I'm sorry I didn't ask permission first. I think Hector is going to make my life heck for the next few days."

"That's alright, sailor," Marcus commented. "Trust me, if we needed the crew up in the middle of the night, we'd have no problem waking them.

Marcus barked out an loud order, called the attention of the crew and the rest of his team. "Those of you who were awakened in the middle of this night, didn't need to be awakened to this news. But since it's done, I'm glad you're up to hear it from me. The sailor known as Tinker . . . is dead. It appears he tried to take matters into his own hands and died for it. We will confirm the details in the morning."

Marcus paused a moment to let the news sink it, but not enough to start the general murmur and uproar before he continued, "I understand that many of you are having difficulty coming to grips with our passenger on board. You're not alone, but he is here and he is going to be protected by us. We drove off pirates, we drove off the ghostly spirits, and we'll deal with any other threat that comes along. That said, we will not be responsible for anyone who tries to take matters into his own hands with regard to our passengers or any of my team. Understood?"