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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dr Simon" data-source="post: 6335185" data-attributes="member: 21938">Shore leave, and for some (Shem particularly) it's a relief to get solid groud under foot again. Captain Ying and Copper Dann are the only crew of the Shadow Lark to leave the ship, the rest stay aboard to make ready to sail again. Port Linlin is a shanty town built on top of the burned ruins of an older city, but busy with people of all kinds, mianly Nekuuese humans but also lots of other humans from across the Southern Seas, with skins of all shades including some rare green-skinned Atala; also non-humans, mainly tlaxu and a few salsham'ai and gloppies.There are stalls selling anything, as long as it is small and portable. There are food stalls and makeshift drinking dens, brothels, gambling dens and places to bliss out on golden yaama. It is Blue who finally spots a man bearing a red talon tattoo, partly hidden on the back of his hand. The group have stopped to risk the wares of a noodle vendor, and the man is seen heading through the curtain that passes for a door into a nearby dingy shack. From here, there is also a good view of the harbour, and Shem points out the latest arrival pulling into port - a long galley with lemon-coloured sails and a hull of black wood, just like the one that you attacked back in Llaza.</blockquote>