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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GlassEye" data-source="post: 6238143" data-attributes="member: 40413">Captain Minali nods to the giant half-orc as he moves away from the gangplank.  "We'll hope that beast settles quickly then."  She turns to Pirvinia to answer the sorceress' question of accommodations.  "Unfortunately, with the horses taking up so much space in the hold we've had to break down some of the walls belowdeck.  The men will share space with the crew below but as the only other woman aboard you will share my cabin.  It'll be crowded but much more spacious than the others have.  Of course, any of you are free to sleep on deck if you wish."Minali appraises Garadh with a keen eye then gives a nod.  "So be it.  You look like you've hoisted a few crates in your day.  I'd be glad of the extra hand.  Zartosht will see that you have something to do."  The Captain frowns and looks from Zartosht to Samad and back again when Quillion makes his explanation of the strange tension between the two.Before the captain can comment Zartosht steps up to Samad and peers into his elven eyes.  He barks a laugh and grasps the elf's forearm in the greeting of those from the Living Sands.  "It is true: you are not Tesh, nor am I.  Only a fool or someone who has been too long from his home would see an enemy where one does not exist.  Perhaps I am both, but there shall be no trouble between us."With things smoothed over and the Captain itching to resume loading cargo and passengers effects, Zartosht takes Garadh to help finish the loading.  The others move aside so the crew can work unimpeded.  Tide is already flowing out before the last horse is aboard but once it is settled and the hatch closed the crew are scrambling to raise sails.  In moments the Breezy Maid is on her way.-----Life aboard the Breezy Maid is everything Quillion remembers about shipboard life from cramped conditions to poor quality food.  There is no privacy for anyone except Pirvinia when the captain is on deck which she is during most of the day but the cabin is stiflingly hot.  At least on deck there is breeze and the occasional, brief rain storm to cool one down.  Most of the sailors, apparently under strict orders from the captain, pay no heed to the passengers; all crew interactions occur with either First Mate Zartosht or Captain Minali.Several days into the journey when the sun is high and the skies are clear everyone hears the call of the sailor on watch, "Flying rays to port!"  Off the left side of the ship a school of rays fly alongside the ship skipping off the waves like a rock skips across a calm lake when thrown just so.<a href="http://beta.ditzie.com/55109/52c102095932a" target="_blank">Combat Map</a><img src="http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/716/w26c.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /> <img src="http://imageshack.com/a/img4/3315/mkb6.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /> <img src="http://imageshack.com/a/img836/6013/2ot.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />. . . Brother Goswald . . . . . . Zartosht, First Mate . . . . . . Captain Minali . . . .</blockquote>

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