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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dr Simon" data-source="post: 5497307" data-attributes="member: 21938">Olmar swats away the remaining gulls. Now that it realises that it has been seen and is being targetted, the imp creature flies away into the storm, taking the witchfire with it. Although the ship is no longer under attack, it is far from safe. Sigurd begins shouting orders again over the storm, and Bjorn directs Olmar and Vela to help with making the ship safe. For over an hour the Sea Ghost battles through the storm until, suddenly, all is calm. The clear night sky shows overhead, but on the horizon in every direction are dark clouds flecked with lightning. The sea still swells, but the wind has stopped."The eye of the storm," says Punketah.One of the sailors currently in the rigging (finally managing to get the sails furled) gives a shout."Something coming up beneath us," he cries."Where?" calls back Captain Sigurd."All around!"The sea about the ship boils and foams as something rises from the depths. Columns of coral break the surface and a collision rocks the ship, which then begins to rise as well."All hands brace!" shouts Sigurd as the thing continues to rise. The ship is held on an island of encrustation, shedding spume as it bobs to a halt. A craggy undersea landscape risen to the surface, some 200 ft. across. About 100 ft. away there is a structure like a shack, built from the prow of a ship. Dying fish flap about amidst the coral and barnacles. The ship heels to one side. There is an ominous creaking and chorus of shrieks and roars from the menagerie below decks, but all is otherwise ominously still.</blockquote>

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