PoPP: Souls For Smuggler's Shiv [01]


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Sasha shrugs wearily at Lerissa's suggestion, but nods slightly to indicate her assent. Gelik collapses to the ground as soon as the meager meal is ingested and passes out. Abraxis' watch passes without incident, as does Lerissa's. The rains stop sometime during Lerissa's watch. She wakes Auron as Sasha finds a place to stretch out.

About 45 minutes into Auron's watch, he begins to hear a low moaning over the sounds of the surf and a subtle glow draws his eyes offshore. As he watches in fascination, the glow resolves into the figure of a rotted corpse with eyes of blue flame and a hooked hand, dressed in the tattered remains of a captain's coat and a tricorn hat. The figure is pacing atop the waves about a dozen yards offshore, plainly agitated over something. It's voice comes clearly across the water, cursing and berating crew, exhorting them to better effort, and occasionally exclaiming, “Alas my Aeshamara!”
 

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Auron freezes, he has never seen a spirit of a man before, only his animal-esque totemic creatures from his tribe. The large man, whispers (or more accurately hisses), to try and get some of his allies attention, if a small rock is within reach, he'll risk grabbing it to toss at Leaf. He also wonders how he can so clearly hear the creature's voice.
 



Sitting up quickly the goliath slaps at his forehead a couple times with both hands. "Snakes! Snakes!" he shouts then casts about the ground as he picks up his dagger from where it lies next to him.

Not seeing any snakes he hears Abraxis mumbling and sees Auron standing stark still.

{{ Maybe not snakes, but still trouble.}}
he thinks to himself.

From where he sits he cautiously and quietly looks to where the northern barbarian stares.
 


Abraxis' eyes go wide as he follows Auron's gesture and he sees the apparition. He quickly climbs to his feet, grabbing for his glaive.
 

Lerissa

Hearing Leaf's voice mutter something about snakes brings Lerissa to consciousness and she first lays quiet, not knowing where the slithery critters are but realizing he may have been dreaming, she sits up and looks in the direction the others are gazing.
 

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