Island Empire Part 2, Mermaid's Rest

[Erland]

Morwyn

OOC: Will the captain see Radoon, or should I start the shore party?

I'll take Radoon's report, but I'll let Finn fill him in on our (mis)adventure; I think that Marienna's errand is urgent (OOC: especially since party members are already drinking potions that we haven't actually gotten yet ) and Radoon indicated that he could wait until another time. Now that we've got Finn's missive, I think you can start the shore party.

 

[Scotley]

OOC: Mike go ahead and give Radoon's report. If you don't post in the next couple of hours I'll move things along. Sorry, I've been a little slow this week. Holiday madness ya know.

 

[Scotley]

All Ashore Who's going Ashore

Marienna leaps lightly to the dock, followed some what less gracefully by Thomas, Jack and Giles, the nco who normally handles the boats. Captain Morwyn feels lighter without the axe, but perhaps a little less comfortable without that stalwart companion. The trip into the markets takes the party deep into the heart of the 'Rest. An array of smells food, fish, humanity, and garbage mix in the crowded market area, which is made of lots of narrow walkways between small boats serving as stalls and a few larger barges and old ships that rent more traditional stalls. A variety of good, many of which you suspect are stolen or more accurately pirated are for sale. You'd guess some of the shoppers have come to here from other parts of the Empire looking for items to resell at home. A furious haggling is going on at some vendors. Unlike most landward markets fresh water is for sale at some stalls and there is a paucity of food items. Mostly just preserved stuff, much of which has seen better days. After a couple of false starts, a seller of restorative potions is found and Marienna is able to get the 5. Other potions and alchemical wares are for sale at a couple of stalls.

OOC: If you are interested in such things let me know otherwise we'll move on any other particular stops you want to make.

 

[Erland]

Morwyn

As I mentioned earlier, are there any Identify or similar magics that Marienna is willing to trust? Otherwise, I don't have any particular desire except to get everyone back to the ship safely.

 

[mleibrock]

Radoon - Mariner/Fighter/Master Thrower

Radoon will update the capt and listen to Finn's report of their away trip. All this bothers Radoon as his magical experieinces are limited to human, not supernatural and he has a difficult time understanding how to fihgt such a creature. Before M. leaves for the shore party, Radoon will ask her to look for a potion to coat a blade and possibly make it hit as a magical weapon. He will give her all the money he has as he has no idea if there is sucha thing or the costs...

 

[Scotley]

Marienna nods at his request. "I believe that such a thing does exist, but who knows if it can be found here. I will try. Take care of yourself." She hugs him with one arm and departs quickly.

 

[mleibrock]

Radoon - Mariner/Fighter/Master Thrower

Marienna nods at his request. "I believe that such a thing does exist, but who knows if it can be found here. I will try. Take care of yourself." She hugs him with one arm and departs quickly.

Radoon inhales as she embraces him. Nice to feel a woman next to me again, it has been some time. Thinking how close he came to having the life sucked from him earlier, this place gives Radoon a shudder, but the thought of this embrace washes all other thoughts away...

 

[Scotley]

The shop of Antwoine deVay

Eventually, the shore party finds itself in the shop of Antwoine DeVay 'Appraiser and Diviner of Magics'. The shop is an old fishing trawler that still smells vaguely of its last catch of sardines. The boat is full to the gunnels with books, papers, maps and diagrams. An array of strange devices on a long table that runs the length of the hold provide the tools of his trade. A funny looking lizard about three feet long sits on a magically warmed rock near one end of the table. The lizard glows with neon color bands that start at the tail move slowly toward the tip of the nose. Antwoine is an old Wheelander Sorcerer. He is stoop shouldered and wears thick lenses in a frame attached to headband that are pushed up just above his eyes until needed. Combined with tufts of white hair that stand out from his head they lend a perpertually startled look to the man. "Welcome, welcome, what have you got for me today? I charge 150 gp for a simiple examination complete with a written report of my findings."

 

[Scotley]

Recovered Posts

OOC: I managed to recover a couple of old pages from Jan. and early Feb. from Google's caching system. I couldn't get anything from March or April unfortunately. I'm cleaning them up and will try to post them here before we continue. As near as I can tell pages 1-7 were in the restore file, while I got 8, 9, & 10 from Google. We lost 11-17.

 

[Scotley]

OOC: Keith has email summaries containing most of the action that was lost. If anyone wants them I will forward them on. Give Finn an extra 500 exp.