Breakfast at the Cresting Wave
Between bites of spicy sausages, bacon, ham, eggs, crepes, cheese and fried potato cakes Captain Marin reports that his magical sources assure him that as of midnight Allois was still alive and still in the area of Mermaid's Rest. They will check again in five days, which is about how long it will be until you arrive at Mermaid's rest. He will send word via a magically created bird like the ones that summoned some of you to him. As you all finish eating Captain Marin says, "I know there are some risks involved in this mission and despite my best efforts we don't know very much about the opposition. With that in mind I had some friends of mine put together some things that might be of use to you." He motions to Terry who gets up and gestures to someone on the other side of the screen. A young human woman in a couriers uniform comes into the private area where you are seated carrying 2 dark brown leather bags, an identical bag in black with silver trim, one of shark skin and one in buff colored leather. She hands the buff colored bag to Marienna, who seems as surprised by the gift as the rest of you. The black bag goes to Michael Storm, while the shark skin bag goes to Morwyn, and Radoon and Rook get the dark brown though there appears to be some small stitching around the bag given to Rook that might be writing in some strange language. The bags each have a shoulder strap and a flap that comes down over the front. On the front of each bag is a small patch with an embrodered Marin and Son logo--twin lateen sails marked with a stylized double M on a background of blue that fades from dark navy at the bottom to azure at the top. Finally, the courier hands Terry a small cloth bundle as well and he looks to Marin saying, "that really wasn't necessary Captain." He responds, "now Terry you might need a little something extra for this job too." As you receive the bag, which looks like the sort of thing a clerk or student might carry you note that it is fairly heavy obviously containing some items.