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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Express" data-source="post: 1665254" data-attributes="member: 19166">Out to Sea (con't)Corvo cawed loudly and took wing, quite sensibly, to the upper rigging of the ship.Bynara as usual sized up the situation the quickest. We could see sailors rushing to defend the bow; on the rear upper deck atop the castle we saw at least two of the sahaugin. The deck filled with shouts, curses and cries. “The windwrights,” she said, “if something happens to them, we’ll never get out of here.”I paused and cast Bless, half surprised I still could. Dorbo slung his crossbow across his shoulder and pulled out a wand. Taking a deep breath he began to sing a dwarven battle song. Bynara crinkled her face in distaste; Dorbo’s voice was thin and barely in key. She readied her shortbow. “That’s supposed to inspire courage? Let’s go.”We moved quickly up to the stairs leading to the top of the castle. Bynara and I led. A sahaguin emerged from behind the ships wheel, and met us at the top of the stair. It thrusted its trident at me but missed. Bynara rewarded it with an arrow to the head; I cut at it and the sahaugin fell back with a gurgle.It was darker on the upper deck, the lanterns where gone. Behind the rear mast we could see four sailors engaged with three of the invaders. But what was worse, I could see two more emerging off to the left, climbing over the railing from the stern of the vessel.Feeling heroic, I rushed to aid the sailors; By and the others turned their attention to the new arrivals, unleashing a barrage of magic missiles and arrows, both mundane and magical.I arrived at the rear of the upper deck in time to see a sailor go down. I thrusted at his assailant, opening a deep gash in the monster's still wet flesh. To my surprise, the sahaugin ignored my attack. It reached out and grabbed me, despite holding its trident in one hand. Its grip was surprisingly strong. Then another pair of dark, wet arms seized me, despite the efforts of the nearby sailors to hack them off of me. I couldn’t turn or see what was around me. One of them growled in Common. "For the Devourer. Your power is ours." The words lingered in my ear.My now frantic attempt to get free failed, and I felt myself being manuevered backwards. I was getting worried. I began to shout for aid, I thought I saw Anvil in a blur as I was turned around against my will. To my surprise, no blade or trident finished me off. But no rescue came either.Then, everything turned upside down as both sahaugin and I, still in their embrace,tumbled over the railing. The darkness of the water below came into view and I closed my eyes.</blockquote>

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