Experience II

[Paxus Asclepius]

Silvermoon:

Spoiler

The hatch is indeed open. Unfortunately, the tossing of the ship, and the loud crashes of thunder striking very near you, prevent you from holding concentration long enough to prepare spells.

 

[Isida Kep'Tukari]

"Gi' me a 'and, 'ere! When di' this monster blow up?" Granite demands of the sailors as he helps cut the ropes.

 

[Paxus Asclepius]

"Less than a quarter-hour! Just came from nowhere!"

Teratius seems to have grasped the situation, so his next action is somewhat surprising; he begins belting out a song. Strangely, his voice can be heard despite the howl of the wind and the crash of lightning, and Granite and the sailors fall easily into the rhythm of his shanty.

"What care we how white the spray is?
What care we for the wind or weather?
Heel ya ho, boys, every inch is
Bearin' homeward to Ochalea.

Heel ya ho, boys, let her go boys
Heave her head 'round into the weather
Heel ya ho, boys, let her go boys
Sailin' homeward to Ochalea."

 

[Thanee]

Silvermoon

Spoiler

After trying to focus on her book a few times, Silvermoon has to give up and puts it back into her backpack, pondering her other options. Guess I have to go for brute force then... she thinks moments before moving next to the case again and checking the height of the ceiling. Hmm... no, that won't do. Bad idea! Besides, I would probably sink the ship this way... Guess I'll have to try with what I have. Asking Skreg to hide and take up watch, she drops her backpack to the ground and then casts two more spells, Polymorph for one (into Pixie) and then Blink. Afterwards she picks up her backpack (still human-sized, but it's pretty lightweight) again and glides into the case while ethereal, looking (she has one of her lights in hand) where there is room for her to fit in with her small form and what's inside, of course...

 

[Paxus Asclepius]

Silvermoon:

Spoiler

There is no room for Silvermoon to fit into the case, certainly not with her backpack; this is because a human corpse, seemingly mummified by extreme dry heat, fills the interior, bathed in a sickly purple light.

 

[Thanee]

Silvermoon

Spoiler

Ick! (OOC: I actually thought that she'd find something like that in there. ;-))

Silvermoon then just tries to find out, by repeatedly moving inside partially through the case at various locations, if any of the stolen goods (OOC: whatever those are, hasn't really been specified, I think, but I suppose Silvermoon is not looking for a weird glowing corpse ;-)) can be seen inside, and she will very quickly retreat back outside every time she does.

 

[Paxus Asclepius]

Silvermoon:

Spoiler

As far as you were told, the stolen goods consisted of the case and its contents, which were completely unspecified. It's entirely possible that the body is, in fact, the stolen goods.

 

[Thanee]

Silvermoon

Silvermoon heads out and moves closer towards the outside deck to see what's going on, but she'll stay within the protection of the ship's hull and watch from there for now.

Spoiler

OOC: Oh, I see. I guess it doesn't really look like Silvermoon would even want to bring that back. ;-)

OOC: One more question: How many cubic feet does the case have in volume? Silvermoon could handle 28 cu. ft., that would mean, if the case is rectangular, that it can be as high as one foot and four inches (28/(7x3)); judging from the little room in there, that sounds feasible, that it fits into that volume (a human corpse would easily fit in with plenty room for a thick casing left). What do you think?

Prior to the above: Unable to carry the case, Silvermoon heads out of the hold, having seen enough for now. She flies through the door, quickly checks whether it has been broken open or not, and then heads around a corner towards the upper deck, where she lands and dismisses her spells (except for the Detect Magic on Skreg), if unobserved, Skreg following closeby.

 

[Paxus Asclepius]

As Silvermoon gets higher in the ship, the noise of the storm grows louder, and the pitching of the ship more evident.

Silvermoon:

Spoiler

The box is indeed within that volume.

 

[Isida Kep'Tukari]

*Granite continues to heave and cut, keeping eyes sharp to look for any ne'er-do-well trying to take advantage in the bad weather.*