Scouting the Spires

[daedalus@theworld.co]

Brother Causarius waits until everyone else is on the boat before he gets on. He sits down in a location that is central to the other monks. Those of you who have worked with him before recognize that he is placing himself such that he can reach as many of you as possible as quickly as possible.

 

[Greybar]

To everyone's relief, the boat looks to actually be in better shape than the dock. It has the smell of old fish still on it, mixed with the smell of pine tar recently used to make minor touch-up repairs. While the dock might be a convenience, the boat is Hollus' livelihood.

Hollus pushes the boat off away from the dock. The morning takes on a quiet, peaceful quality, with the only sound being the lap of the water on the hull and the occasional distant sound of noise from the shore. Hollus points Fera and Albus towards oars near their seats, and the two muscular members of the part soon have the boat moving at a good clip.

"Yep, Garcus is a good man. A clever man, mind you. He's sharp with his deals, and though I never feel I've been tricked by him, there are others more bitter. Then, it's every mans responsibility in trade to look out for himself, isn't it?"

"So, whatcha looking for over at Icecreek? I haven't been out that way myself for a while now. Don't want to intrude on their fishing grounds, you know. Besides, I found myself a nice enough nook where there aren't any settlements on the north shore anyway."

OOC: With most armors, there is a separate layer of cloth and padding that keeps the metal bits from grinding, burning, and generally being mean to your skin and/or more civilian undergarments. So removing the armor and stripping down to the padding layer is pretty easy and non-titilating.

 

[daedalus@theworld.co]

As Brother Causarius works the oars, he watches the nearby docks (particularly the teenager). He is not trying to be subtle about this, but neither is he staring - just taking a healthy interest in those around him.

 

[ericpat]

"Yep, Garcus is a good man. A clever man, mind you. He's sharp with his deals, and though I never feel I've been tricked by him, there are others more bitter. Then, it's every mans responsibility in trade to look out for himself, isn't it?"

"I couldn't agree more. Tell me, other than not to underestimate Garcus, is there anything else I need to know about him when I sit down to broker a deal with him? What about Krolis Firebeard, do you know him? Have you made any deals with him?"

"So, whatcha looking for over at Icecreek? I haven't been out that way myself for a while now. Don't want to intrude on their fishing grounds, you know. Besides, I found myself a nice enough nook where there aren't any settlements on the north shore anyway."

"No doubt you've heard the tales of this past iceberry harvest. We are planning an expedition to investigate how much of the rumors are true. Since the landing site's docks were destroyed, we need to find a new location that we can use to make landfall."

 

[Daphna_Llassa]

Before (or as) the ship gets on the way, Fera thinks about the teenager and tries to remember if she saw him before.
Fera quietly rows as she looks out at the water. She is looking both over the water (boats, birds) as well at the water itself (large fish).

 

[Greybar]

Hollus nods his head, "Yup, I heard from a fellow who'd been in to the city yesterday that there had been some big problem. Iceberry harvesters have been attack in the past though, and will be again in the future. Since I never set foot on the outer shore, I'm just fine with that."

"I don't know much about Krolis, though I heard Garcus say he's a great warrior who saved a lot of folks lives this winter. Most folk look up to him more than that old man Merthus who used to try to run things. I understand Merthus' family is one of those who first settled Icecreek, an' still think they ought to have everyone listen to 'em."

Albus:
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Everyone seems to be going about their business, no particular overt interest other than some casual looks.
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Fera:
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You don't think you've seen the teenager before, and he's moved somewhere you can't see him now. You feel you have a very good eye and ear open for the waters around you, and everything looks calm and normal.
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Locutus:
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Your feel for people and their motives leaves you confident that Hollus is being very open and honest with you.
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Celarus:
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Just in case you were feeling left out of the sekrit messages...
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The boat is drawing near to the Veil, mists beginning to trail along the water. Soon the shore will disappear entirely as you move into the wall of white. For many (if not all of you), this will be your first trip through the Veil.

 

[Samus_the_Lucky]

GM:
[sblock]Celarus will keep staring off into space or whatever he was doing because he obviously didn't notice somthing what with all those sekrit messages...*sigh*.

Celarus will take the time to look over his companions in one of those montage shots where you see all the heroes before the action begins. He probably won't notice anything that was not already mentioned in their introductions but a guy can dream can't he?[/sblock]

 

[ericpat]

Hollus nods his head, "Yup, I heard from a fellow who'd been in to the city yesterday that there had been some big problem. Iceberry harvesters have been attack in the past though, and will be again in the future. Since I never set foot on the outer shore, I'm just fine with that."

"True, but this one is at least different in that the docks at the landing site were destroyed. Hence our need to find a new place to go ashore."

"I don't know much about Krolis, though I heard Garcus say he's a great warrior who saved a lot of folks lives this winter. Most folk look up to him more than that old man Merthus who used to try to run things. I understand Merthus' family is one of those who first settled Icecreek, an' still think they ought to have everyone listen to 'em."

Locutus nods. "Merthus? I hadn't even heard that name. Do you know anything else about him?"

 

[Greybar]

"Merthus? I hadn't even heard that name. Do you know anything else about him?"

"Not really." Hollus says as he steers the boat straight into the Veil. "I met his son Maeror briefly once. He's a fisherman too and had gotten pulled up northward after hooking one of the big bluescales. I saw him struggling to pull the thing into his boat with his son so I pulled over to give him a friendly holler, but he wasn't exactly in a friendly mood. All I got out of him was his name."

The boat pulls into the mist, and there is a disorienting feeling. Hollus doesn't even seem to notice it, but for the rest of you it's a bit of a churn. Albus dismisses it, having felt much worse before, but Locutus and Celarus look a bit green, and Fera looks about 10 seconds away from losing her breakfast.

 

[Samus_the_Lucky]

"ugh does that that happen everytime you go through the veil? Does it happen on the way back as well? Hollus, how can you stand to going through this thing all the time?" Celarus turns and sees that Albus looks ok about it as well, "Albus how come it didn't affect..." Celarus seems to realize that given how Albus does healing, he may not want to know more about Albus' ability to stand things...