Malvoisin's Savage Tide, Act 1 - There Is No Honor

[stonegod]

He crouches down next to Vark and leans forward, showing his pearly white teeth. "What you do with ship, Vark? Why you steal from Vanderborens?"

Col pats his dim witted friend on the shoulder. "He do be out cold. Need some heal'n if we to be putting 'im to the question."

Anar picks up the masterfully crafted rapier that was taken from Vark, and adds his old blade to the pile of equipment. He grins at the thug as he does so, and then gracefully sheaths the new sword.

The old man also points out the pile of four gold coins. "They 'ad a score and ten coins total. We can be mak'n up the difference later." The old man fishes a couple pieces of jewelry out as well. "These do be on the ugly one. Think they'll be worth some pretty penny as well. What you think?"

 

[stonegod]

Once everyone is one deck, Col will point out the coin. "So, what else you be find'n? The ring? Anything 'bout what this 'ere vessel be doin'? Mayhap we need to look belowdecks as well for the manifest?"

 

[GwydapLlew]

"The others found paper with ring but nothing else. Chongo think that someone should stay onboard, guard ship while others go to bosslady. We took ship, Chongo does not want to lose it again."

 

[Voadam]

Kalen walks up to the bound thug. His hands move in elaborate gestures that draw the thug's eye while his voice takes on a soothing droning quality. "As you heard before, I'm the lord's magister, a mage of the high arcana. I was sent to deal with the cursed ring found aboard here by the lord harbormaster himself. Now Vark has doomed himself by his actions. A yardarm noose awaits him but you need not share such a fate. The lord rewards cooperation while if you choose to place your neck next to Vark's right now and hold silent I don't think it will end well for you. Tell me everything that was going on here."

ooc use my last first level spell for hypnotism with the emphasized suggestion. And bluff and diplomacy +5 as well.

 

[stonegod]

Col nods at the jungle man's words, and manages to filch the note off of Kalen while he is busy with the prisoner. The old one mutters words under his breath, something about "these do be almost the same signs spoken of in the Nethertome, if me read'n of the Tome of Six Signs be correct, they do!" and then hands back the scrap.

He mutters to himself angrily for a bit, and then with a start, having noticed the others, comes back to his senses. "Anar! How 'bout you and eye take a look at the hold to see if there be anythin' of note down there." In a more conspiratory tone, he adds, "Besides those precocious beasts that may earn us a pretty coin in the Azure."

OOC: If Anar/Rhun is willing, take 20 on searching the various areas in the hold. Col will also want to document what critters are down there for potential 'repatriation' later.

 

[Rhun]

Anar nods to Col, and follows him below to help search the hold.

 

[Malvoisin]

Kalen walks up to the bound thug. His hands move in elaborate gestures that draw the thug's eye while his voice takes on a soothing droning quality. "As you heard before, I'm the lord's magister, a mage of the high arcana. I was sent to deal with the cursed ring found aboard here by the lord harbormaster himself. Now Vark has doomed himself by his actions. A yardarm noose awaits him but you need not share such a fate. The lord rewards cooperation while if you choose to place your neck next to Vark's right now and hold silent I don't think it will end well for you. Tell me everything that was going on here."

ooc use my last first level spell for hypnotism with the emphasized suggestion. And bluff and diplomacy +5 as well.

The thug looks up at Kalen as he begins to speak. At first, anger flashes in his eyes, but as the beguiler's words drone on, the man's features go slack, and his eyes take on a blank expression (Will save failed). By the time Kalen reaches his final question, a thin line of drool trails down from the thug's toothless mouth. He seems eager to answer the question, "Vark hired ush'a hep 'im wish a job....we wush gunna ge' twenny go'd eash to he'p 'im woad up tha' buncha animaws. We wush supposa dewiver 'em tonigh', to anuver ship."

 

[Malvoisin]

While Kalen interrogates the only conscious thug, Col and Anar slip belowdecks and make a thorough search of the hold and other rooms below (Search Checks, take 20). Unfortunately, even their most diligent efforts turn up nothing more which seems noteworthy.

Col does take a moment to catalog the various wildlife in the hold, however. Several creatures are dead...some torn apart by the rampaging rhagodessa, others apparently from fright or smoke inhalation. However, still living are four brightly colored tropical birds, three monkeys, one exotic cat with a leopard-like coat (though only slightly larger than a normal house-cat), and one fairly large lizard with green and brown bands.

 

[stonegod]

Col diligently makes notes of the animals, trying to identify each and its condition, while roughing guessing what they could make if they tried to sell the in the Azure District. He mutters to himself as he does so, then turns to Anar. "You figure there be any trouble sell'n these? Not too exotic to require notes from the law, me thinks."

OOC: Kn (nature) to identify, untrained Appraise to guess what they might get for them, and Kn (local) to know where to sell them and the legality of doing so.

 

[hafrogman]

Bored with the interogation, Keoni wanders the ship, getting a feel for it and still trying to wind down after the excitement of their boarding. He gazes into the night, looking out at the lights of Sasserine for a while.