Parallel Lines

[DEFCON 1]

'Birds are gone, 'mates! You might as well head back up. I'm sure your Captain could use you now. Any of you seen that wizard at all since the attack? No? You sure? Crap. Great. Okay then. If I doesn't look like anything's screwed up down here, I guess we're all set.'

Massif turns to Digger as the shipmates all begin filing past them to go back to their various duties on the ship. The dwarf looks up at the warforged and shakes his head.

'This just isn't sitting right. Captain freaks out about some stupid birds but then claims it's nothing. Some wizard comes for a airship ride but then disappears into nothingness when barely a threat appears. And my pants are riding up on me! Ugh! What a day!'

And with that, Massif reaches down and tries to pull out the wedgie. He then turns and heads back to the stairs to go back up to the top deck to see if anything else of note has occured with the others.

 

[Sorren]

OOC: Sorry for my absence. I've been on holiday vacation. Here's the deal; I do most all of my posting from work. Access to the net otherwise is limited, at best. That means that posting over the holidays will be sporadic. In addition to that, I've got another batch of training coming up on Dec 13-17. That means from Dec 11-19, I want be able to post very much.

I should have mentioned this from the start, but to be honest, it just slipped my mind. If it's a problem, I'll bow out and let someone take my place.

Sorren just stared at the captain a moment, but decided to let the issue drop... for now. It was her ship after all, and that put her at the advantage. In response to her, he simply bowed. As you say...

He turned to the others. So where is this missing wizard? Sorren never really trusted anyone, but he held a special distrust for those who practiced the arcane. They tampered with forces they didn't completely control. Who knew what such things could do to their minds.

 

[Eluvan]

((Don't worry about it too much Sorren, I wasn't really expecting people to post over the Thanksgiving weekend. The absence from the 11th-19th should be fine, I'll run your character as an NPC and you'll get full XP and treasure for it. Thanks for letting me know in advance.))

 

[Sorren]

((Don't worry about it too much Sorren, I wasn't really expecting people to post over the Thanksgiving weekend. The absence from the 11th-19th should be fine, I'll run your character as an NPC and you'll get full XP and treasure for it. Thanks for letting me know in advance.))

OOC: Thanks. After the first of the year, I expect to be posting regularly on week days.

Game on!

 

[Zweischneid]

So where is this missing wizard?

'It doesn't seem the Lady can or wants to be found..'
Celebren notes, his knuckles whitened with frustration.

Looking around to ascertain the location of the other half-elf, he adds.
'..but we should maybe try to find Vel. He was the last one who has seen and talked to Samea. If anyone can help us, it might would be him.'

'Say captain.. could you find someone trained in the healing arts to treat our companion Valenar, while we try to straighten out this whole mess?'

Nodding at Sorren, Celebren puts his white tunic in order and heads off to find the hopefully more talkative Vel.

 

[DEFCON 1]

Massif arrives on deck, presumably with Digger following behind (although it's possible the warforged went elsewhere as Massif wasn't really paying any attention to him).

'So where is this missing wizard?'

'It doesn't seem the Lady can or wants to be found..'

Massif glances up at the rest of the group, and watches Celebren wander over to Vel, while Sorren stands still next to the Captain and Systar still lies on the deck, trying to recover from his wounds.

'Well she ain't downstairs anywhere. Already checked. Nothing seems out of place neither. So who knows where she went, or why she was here in the first place.

And anyway... since our Captain doesn't seem to want to clue us in on anything... which of course is her right as she's paying our wages... I'm more than willing to call this little incident closed. She can keep her secrets about these birds and who that wizard was... I'm only getting paid to make sure nothing happens to the ship, and thus I've done my job. I'm going back downstairs and putting my feet up.

Hey Cap!!! You got anything to drink on this barge?'

The dwarf looks up to the Captain to see what she says before he turns around and goes back down to the lounge.

 

[Eluvan]

Dresda looks more and more distracted, but seems relieved by Massif's statements. She smiles and nods at his last question.'Of course, I'm certain I can dig something up. I might have something to help you wounds, too,' she says looking over at Systar. She then walks back into her cabin.

Vel is easily found; he's still by the door that leads below decks, and looks rather surrpised by Celebren's assertion that he would be able to help. He raises an eyebrow at him, inviting any questions.

 

[Sorren]

Sorren turned from the group and assumed his post by the door leading below deck. We do not know that the threat is gone. I suggest we return to our posts. The day is far from over.

 

[ShaggySpellsword]

Systar, down in the lounge area, rewraps his headwrap and places his Ancestor-mask back in place. He procedes to take his still-strung bow and uses the string and his voice to play a steady, meditative trance-like song. His voice begins shaky from loss of blood, but eventually grows in strength as he starts to feel less jarred from his combat encounter. He is still very wounded, but in better control of himself showing it.

 

[Zweischneid]

Vel is easily found; he's still by the door that leads below decks, and looks rather surrpised by Celebren's assertion that he would be able to help. He raises an eyebrow at him, inviting any questions.

'Greetings!'
Celebren halts with a slight formal bow, before sitting down next to Vel, stretching his stiff muscles. With a wide smile the half-elf adds.
'Hope I don't keep you from something important.'

'Anyways, as you sure know, we still haven't found the good Lady Samea, who so mysteriously vanished during this incident with the flock of birds.'
For a moment, the young Monk pauses, studying the other mans expression carefully, fully aware that he's likely outclassed in wits and trickiness by this one.

'And.. well, you happend to be the last of us who has seen her, as well as being the only once who had an actual conversation with her, since you met her before anyone of us arrived on the ship... '
Pausing again - and trying to appear nonchalant - Celebren waits for a response.

'Not that there is much to worry about I would suppose. But the matters of the Lady Wizards disappearance are quite bewildering, as I am sure you agree.'







OoC:
Just incase you need some rolls (feel free to ignore them)
((Diplomacy d20[19]+3= 22))
((Sense Motive (untrained) d20[16]+2= 18))